The Winter Show : @ Park Avenue Armory, NYC

At this time of new beginnings, Dolan/Maxwell is delighted to start 2026 at The Winter Show. Our offerings reflect the gallery’s longstanding commitment to exceptional Modernist and Contemporary works on paper, abstraction, and, historically significant American art. The Winter Show is renowned for its rigorous vetting and its expansive view of artistic achievement across millennia - an ideal context for our historically grounded and yet forward-looking presentation.

Our selection spans pivotal moments in twentieth-century modernism and American art, with particular attention to abstraction and the nuanced narratives of African American experience. Highlights include Arshile Gorky’s Head (c. 1930–31), a formative work that bridges his early figurative investigations and later biomorphic abstractions; Grafton Tyler Brown’s Grand Canyon and Falls from Hayden Point (1889), a commanding vision of the American West by its earliest African American interpreter.

Elizabeth Catlett’s Two Generations (1979) is a powerful meditation on lineage, identity, and social responsibility, resonating strongly with her bronze sculpture Mother and Child (1976), a defining work within her sculptural practice. The presentation will also feature an extremely rare and substantial bronze by Krishna Reddy, To A New Form (1968), alongside Al Loving’s Untitled (1983), which exemplifies his radical material experimentation within abstraction. The selection is further enriched by works by Ben Wigfall, whose refined formal language and commitment to community-centered art-making helped shape postwar American print culture.

We've set the table for cross-generational conversations between Contemporary works by Steven Ford, Nona Hershey, Emily Mason, Larry Spaid, among mid-Century Modernist works by Frank Bacher, Nell Blaine, Dorothy Dehner, William Fett, Joan Miró, Terry Haass, Judith Rothschild, Anne Ryan, Fred Becker, Lorna Blaine Halper, Beauford Delaney and Mark Tobey. Likewise, recent paintings by Contemporary artists Peter Brooke, Michael Canning and Donald Teskey find new ways to address our natural world amongst splendid works by Stanley William Hayter, Gabor Peterdi, Charles Ethan Porter, Ernest Crichlow, Charles Alston and Dox Thrash. 
In all, these works articulate Dolan/Maxwell’s focus on the intersection of historical depth, material intelligence, and cultural urgency. We invite collectors, curators, and scholars to engage with this presentation as a nuanced exploration of artistic innovation - from early modernist experimentation to voices that continue to shape the American visual landscape.

The Winter Show is America’s leading art, antiques, and design fair, held annually at the Park Avenue Armory and showcases works spanning 5,000 years.  Over 70 internationally renowned dealers present fine and decorative arts, from paintings and furniture to jewelry and contemporary ceramics. The Winter Show is known for its rigorous vetting by 120 experts, the Fair ensures the highest standards of authenticity and quality.

Founded in the mid-1950s as a benefit for East Side House Settlement, the Show has become the premier event of its kind in the United States. All ticket proceeds support East Side House’s education and workforce development programs, helping communities in the Bronx and Northern Manhattan break the cycle of poverty and enter into the economic mainstream.