A new Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit opens a window to unfamiliar works
Summary
The Detroit Institute of Arts has opened “Georgia O'Keeffe: Architecture,” an exhibit focused on the artist’s paintings of buildings and the places where she lived and worked. The exhibit presents architectural subjects as a significant part of O'Keeffe’s career, which included about 140 architectural paintings.Key Facts
- The exhibit is at the Detroit Institute of Arts and runs through Jan. 3, 2027.
- Curator Ben Colman said the exhibit uses an autobiographical lens to explore places that shaped O'Keeffe and her art.
- O'Keeffe was born in 1887 on a Wisconsin dairy farm.
- She lived in Manhattan during the 1920s, when skyscrapers were reshaping the city.
- O'Keeffe later moved to New Mexico, where adobe buildings and desert landscapes surrounded her.
- The article says O'Keeffe completed about 140 architectural paintings.
- O'Keeffe died in 1986 at age 98.
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