Be the first to experience “Abstract Expressionists: The Women” as it opens to the public at WAM. Abstract Expressionism—born in the 1940s and 1950s and recognized as the first global American art style—features vast, colorful canvases filled with abstract shapes and forms. While the story of Abstract Expressionism has often centered on larger-than-life figures like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, women artists were ambitious innovators in their own right, shaping the very foundations of the movement.

With more than 40 canvases by 30 women—including Grace Hartigan, Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, and Elaine de Kooning—this exhibition brings to Wichita some of the most important women artists of any century.

Abstract Expressionists: The Women is organized by the American Federation of Arts from the Christian Levett Collection and FAMM (Female Artists of the Mougins Museum), France. The exhibition is curated by Dr. Ellen G. Landau. It is generously supported by Berry Campbell Gallery, Betsy Shack Barbanell, Monique Schoen Warshaw, and Clare McKeon and the Clare McKeon Charitable Trust. Additional support has been provided by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the Every Page Foundation.  

Presenting Sponsor:
Koch Family Foundation

Principal Sponsor:
Dwayne and Velma Wallace Foundation

Distinguished Sponsors:
Connie Bonfy
Dr. Harold and Evelyn Gregg
The Shaw Family Foundation

2025 exhibitions and public programs are generously supported by the Downing Foundation. All museum exhibitions receive generous sponsorship from the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum and the City of Wichita.