Hello and welcome back to the Great Woman Artist podcast. I'm very excited to say that the paperback

of my book, The Story of Art Without Men, featuring a new cover and a new bonus chapter, is out

on Thursday, the 29th of August, 2024. Order your copy now via Waterstones or your local bookshop. So, today's episode,

instead of an interview, is an excerpt from the audiobook version, Downloadable via Audible,

of one of my favourite chapters, abstract expressionism. It was a movement that took place in downtown

Manhattan in the 1940s and 50s and featured the likes of

Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner and more, all of whom have episodes dedicated

to them in the Great Woman Artist's podcast archive. But just before we get to this, I am delighted

to say that this episode is supported by the Levitt Collection, a vast and varied art collection of which a major portion

is dedicated to works by women artists. Christian Levitt's support for women in the arts is such

that after publishing the major book, Abstract Expressionists, The Women in 2023, he opened the first

private museum in Europe, entirely dedicated to female artists

this June in Mujan, near Cannes in the south of France. FAM, which stands for female artists

of the Mujan Museum, unveils to the public over 100 works created by more than 80 female

artists from around the world.

The museum exhibits a breathtaking array of artworks from the collection,

including paintings, sculptures and photographs by women artists

who have marked the major artistic movements from the 19th century to the present day.

Get your ticket now at www.fam.com and in the meantime, stay tuned by following their

Instagram at fam underscore Mujan. I hope you enjoy this ex-apt. In 1960, Lee Krasner said,

Painting is not separate from life. It is one. It is like asking, do I want to live? My answer is yes,

and I paint. Ambitious, bold, energetic, full of action, scale, intensity and drama. Abstract

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