Clyfford Still spent his childhood and adolescence in the West and saw how the boundless plains could offer generous bounty in times of plenty or pitilessly starve in dust and wind. In an interview, he referred to that experience as one that taught him to respect the “awful bigness of the land, the men and […]

Katherine Simóne Reynolds' guest-curated exhibition, Held Impermanence, draws deeply upon the collections and archives of the Clyfford Still Museum. In five galleries, Reynolds illuminates multiple competing desires held in constant tension within the Clyfford Still Museum. The collection testifies to Still’s ambitious attempt to keep his entire corpus intact. The commitment to the integrity of […]