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Kemper ARTcast: Norman Kleeblatt, part 2

Clockwise from top: Clement Greenberg, Willem de Kooning, and Harold Rosenberg. via Two Coats of paint, Tuesday, May 20, 2008:
Clockwise from top: Clement Greenberg, Willem de Kooning, and Harold Rosenberg. via Two Coats of paint, Tuesday, May 20, 2008:

Kemper Museum's Amy Duke interviews Norman Kleeblatt, Chief curator of the Jewish Museum in New York, on his award winning exhibition Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art

By Drew Bolton

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Music: Excerpts from Gargarin by Dark Matter

Kansas City, Mo. – Norman Kleeblatt: Battle of the Bergs & Abstract Expressionism | part 2

Kemper Museum's Amy Duke interviews Norman Kleeblatt, Chief curator of the Jewish Museum in New York, on his award winning exhibition Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art. In the second part of their interview, Amy Duke and Norman Kleeblatt discuss the antagonistic relationship between influential critics Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg.

Produced in collaboration with KCUR 89.3 FM, Kemper ARTcasts is the Kemper Museum's podcast series. This project brings the voices and insights of artists, as well as community and curatorial voices, to a broad range of listeners.

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