1965 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Dec 8, 1965–Jan 30, 1966

Cover for 1965 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1965 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

Cover for 1965 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting catalogue

View the full exhibition catalogue at the Internet Archive.

In the News

“. . . a rather jumbled affair. But as a cross-section, a jumble is appropriate enough just now, since so many things are going on at once that any cross-section has to be a kind of hash rather than a revelation of logical inner structure.” —The New York Times

“. . . a respectable assemblage of paintings that does what it can, under limitations, to survey the current scene.” —The New York Times

“. . . a different, strangely buoyant feeling, [. . .] much livelier than that of two years ago.” —The Washington Post

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