The A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts

Presents art historian Kirk Varnedoe's six 2003 A.W. Mellon Lectures on the history and value of abstract art since the work of Jackson Pollock, in which he examines minimalism, satire and irony, and misunderstandings of the art form and discusses particular pieces.

An overview of the origins and development of twentieth-century abstract painting that focuses on seven major European and American artists, discussing their works and their individual impacts on the movement.