On This Spot Newsletter August 2025

On This Spot tells the stories of a diverse group of women artists through short-form documentaries. Join us as we put women artists on the map.

Video Spotlight – Grace Hartigan

Image credit: Grace Hartigan pictured in Gordon Parks’s photograph, Untitled, New York, New York, 1957. © The Gordon Parks Foundation. Courtesy of The Gordon Parks Foundation.



A pioneering Abstract Expressionist, Grace Hartigan fused spontaneity with symbolism to explore womanhood, modernity, and the city. Sometimes signing her work “George Hartigan” to evade gender bias, her talent soon spoke for itself.

Spot Reads

Further reading on Spot artists

Installation view: Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention, North Carolina Museum of Art, 2025. © North Carolina Museum of Art. Photo: NCMA/Vann Powell.

Review of Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention

By Dore Bowen for the Brooklyn Rail

"Postwar American painter Grace Hartigan’s work...is both representational and abstract, with wild forays into lithography, collage, all the while, communing with poetry. As such, her work kicks the door wide open on this well researched period of artistic activity."

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Webinar with Historic Districts Council

A discussion on the intersection of place, memory, and artistic legacy on the Lower East Side.

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Online via Zoom

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