Sundaram Tagore Gallery New York opens ~Pure Pleasure~ an exhibition of work by Judith Murray May 28-June 27, 2026

Worth catching this exhibition of Judith Murray's`Pure PLeasure~ if your in NYC May 28-June 27. 2-26. The move,ent and expression of the paint texturally applied to the canvas is more than lovely. 

Please join acclaimed abstractionist Judith Murray and Sundaram for the opening of Pure Pleasure, a major new exhibition of paintings and drawings.   Active in New York since the 1970s, Murray (b. 1941) is part of a pivotal generation of women artists whose contributions are now being reassessed by leading curators and collectors. Pure Pleasure arrives at this moment of renewed institutional and market attention, placing Murray’s work squarely within this broader re-evaluation.  Now 85 years old, Murray is still discovering new possibilities in abstraction. Painted at scale and with intense physicality, the paintings on view in this exhibition are replete with energy and optimism, defying any expectation of late-career restraint. As the legendary curator Alanna Heiss once put it, “Judith has a desire to make a painting you could lie on and literally fly away into heaven. I know this may sound like a teenage 1960s 45-record, but if you are in the right room at the right time, with the right light, with the right painting of Judith Murray’s, you have a possible chance of ‘lift off.’ ” BROWSE THE EXHIBITION Since the 1970s, Murray has rigorously limited her palette to four colors: red, yellow, black, and white. But so skillful is she in mixing these hues that only the most observant viewer would realize it. Painting on large canvases in an off-square format that can reach up to eight by nine feet, Murray juxtaposes densely layered impasto brushstrokes—made with palette knives, brushes, and rags—with a vertical bar on the right side of the canvas. “The way I use oil paint is not only physical, but I also treat it as a sculptural medium,” Murray says. “The bar is the counter to everything else that’s going on. It’s the most modernist of all the elements. All the space moves back and forth in relation to it.” ABOUT JUDITH MURRAY Raised in Miami, Murray moved to New York in 1958 to study at Pratt Institute under the painter Walter Tandy Murch. She received early recognition when the legendary dealer Betty Parsons—known for championing Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman—gave her a solo show at Parsons-Truman Gallery in 1976. A review of the show in the SoHo Weekly News, one of the most influential voices chronicling cultural life in New York at the time, described Murray as “A Nonconformist Painter.” Two years later, Alanna Heiss, a pioneer in the alternative space movement, invited Murray to mount a solo show at The Clocktower, one of New York’s foremost experimental art spaces.  Murray later participated in various exhibitions at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now known as MoMA PS1) and the 1979 Whitney Biennial, as well as more than thirty group museum exhibitions, and had a solo show at the Dallas Museum of Art. Most recently, in 2025, her oil paintings and drawings were showcased in the exhibition Judith Murray: Paradise Paradox at 447 Space in New York at the invitation of artists Sean Scully and Liliane Tomasko. Murray’s work is in numerous notable public and private collections, including those of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Brooklyn Museum, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; The Contemporary Museum, Hawaii; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut; New York Public Library; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; United States Embassy, Mumbai; and Royal Family of Abu Dhabi.  She is the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Painting; a Guggenheim Fellowship; and National Endowment for the Arts Award. Murray was inducted into the National Academy of Design in 2009. INQUIRE SUNDARAM TAGORE NEW YORK 542 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001 212 677 4520 • gallery@sundaramtagore.com Images from top: Pleasure, 2023, oil on linen, 96 x 108 inches/243.8 x 274.3 cm Destination, 2015, oil on linen, 56 x 60 inches/142.2 x 152.4 cm Coast, detail, 2025, oil on linen, 40 x 44 inches/101.6 x 111.8 cm Reflection, 2025, oil on linen, 40 x 44 inches/101.6 x 111.8 cm Arena, 2025, oil on linen, 56 x 93 inches/142.2 x 236.2 cm Share Tweet Share #sundaramtagoregallery#fineartmagazineblog.blogspot.com#sunstormfineartmagazine.com #artfunfoever#artfunforall#fineartfun#artistjudithmurray#artbringsjoy

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INQUIRE Hiroshi Senju, Waterfall on Colors, 2025 Pigments on Japanese mulberry paper mounted on board, 63.8 x 89.5 inches/162 x 227 cm INQUIRE Karen Knorr, Hera’s Eyes, Oplontis Villa, Pompeii, 2024 Pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Photo Rag Baryta 315gsm paper, 48 x 60 inches/122 x 152.4 cm INQUIRE Ricardo Mazal, White Mountain PF1, 2025 Oil on linen, 60 x 80 inches/152.4 x 203.2 cm INQUIRE Kenny Nguyen, Eruption Series No. 65, 2024 Hand-cut silk fabric, acrylic paint, canvas, mounted on wall, 54 x 72 inches/137 x 183 cm INQUIRE Robert Natkin, In the Evening, 1992 Acrylic on canvas, 23.4 x 33.4 inches/59.4 x 84.8 cm Explore paintings, sculptures and drawings by a global group of artists, including indigo work on paper by Miya Ando. INQUIRE Miya Ando, Ushingesseki (Rain in the Morning and Evening When the Moon Rises) January 15 2022, 2022 natural indigo dye, micronized pure silver, kozo paper, 79 x 79 inches/200 x 200 cm For her first solo exhibition in Singapore,  Anila Quayyum Agha (b. 1965, Pakistan) brings together vibrant collages, resin paintings, embroidered drawings and immersive light installations. Please join Anila for the informal exhibition tour. INQUIRE Anila Quayyum Agha, Rain Forest (Teal), 2025 Lacquered steel, 36 x 36 x 36 inches/91.4 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm Enjoy activities and exhibitions throughout Gillman Barracks during Singapore Art Week, including Anila Quayyum Agha: The Unraveling at Sundaram Tagore Gallery. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS Anila Quayyum Agha, Ocean Coral – II (Butterfly and Mixed Plants), 2025 Mixed media (metallic sewing, hand-cut collage on paper, encased in resin on gesso panel), 18 x 18 inches/46 x 46 cm Join Sundaram in Park City during the Sundance Film Festival for Natural Order, an exhibition showcasing the work of three artists who share a deep connection to the natural world: Edward Burtynsky, Sebastião Salgado and Susan Swartz. Organized by Susan Swartz and curated by Claire Breukel. CLICK HERE FOR EXHIBITION DETAILS Matthew Kirk (b. 1978, Arizona) debuts new paintings, sculptures and installations in his first solo exhibition with the gallery since joining our roster in 2025. INQUIRE Matthew Kirk, A Fraction of the Sum, 2024 Mixed media on Sheetrock panel, 60 x 84 inches/152.4 x 213.4 cm The exhibition Into the Waters with Senju and Bingyi: Two Contemporary Paintings will be on view in the Sackler Gallery. Hiroshi Senju will be in conversation with Frank Feltens, The Japan Foundation Associate Curator of Japanese Art at the National Museum of Asian Art, Thursday, April 2.  CONTACT US FOR DETAILS For her first solo exhibition with the gallery, California-based painter Trishla Jain (b. 1985, New Delhi) presents new abstract paintings. INQUIRE Trishla Jain, Embrace, 2025 Ink and watercolor on canvas, 48 x 48 inches/122 x 122 cm We hope you’ll join us when we celebrate the opening of our newly renovated multistory London gallery in one of the city’s most iconic neighborhoods. Further details to follow. INQUIRE New York painter Judith Murray (b. 1941, New York), known for her lush, deeply expressive compositions, presents new abstract oil paintings. INQUIRE Judith Murray, Reflection, 2025 Oil on linen, 40 x 44 inches/101.6 x 111.8 cm Why Art Matters, Sundaram’s narrative short which follows two acclaimed documentaries, stars Nandita Das and Linus Roache. It explores the dilemma of a contemporary painter whose long-awaited breakthrough turns bittersweet, forcing her to choose between public acclaim and artistic integrity. INQUIRE SUNDARAM TAGORE NEW YORK 542 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001 212 677 4520 • gallery@sundaramtagore.com #sundaramtangoregallery#sunstormfineartmagazine Share Tweet Share Forward to Friend

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