POETRY OF LIGHT - RICHARD POUSETTE-DART - Museum Frieder Burda

17 MAY  – 14 SEPTEMBER 2025

With the exhibition Poetry of Light, the Museum Frieder Burda is celebrating one of the great pioneers of Abstract Expressionism: the painter, sculptor and photographer Richard Pousette-Dart (1916–1992). Around 140 works from six decades provide an opulent overview of the multifaceted oeuvre of one of the most important artists of American postwar abstraction.

The exhibition Poetry of Light is a collaboration with the Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation in New York and the largest and most extensive show devoted to this important player in American post-war abstraction outside the US. The focus on painting is complemented by a carefully curated selection of sculptures, objects, drawings, and photographs. Among the many highlights of the exhibition are masterpieces of Abstract Expressionism which are made available by the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

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