Friendship by the Sea: Avery, Gottlieb, and Rothko

Pivotal 20th-century American artists Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko’s shared summers in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the 1930s and 1940s had a lasting impact on their work. Featuring 82 works from 26 collections, the Cape Ann Museum and The Phillips Collection present “Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea,” a new exhibition that explores their bond. Eliza Rathbone, chief curator emerita of The Phillips Collection, talks with Cape Ann Museum director Oliver Barker about the exhibition’s development. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)