Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy, 1956-2006 August 22, 2007

'The Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy, 1956-2006' reveals critical movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Op Art with a display of forty-seven paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. The exhibition seeks to unveil some of the pluralistic ways in which abstraction developed after 1950 by examining works in the Academy's collection.