Clyfford Still Museum
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Welcome

  • A woman wearing a yellow and blue dress sits on a bench in front of two abstract yellow paintings

    Director's Welcome

  • Three people gesture towards a Clyfford Still painting in a gallery

    About Us

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    History

  • In this black and white portrait of Clyfford Still, the artist selects materials from a supply table located in his studio in Westminster, Maryland. An array of spatulas, rags, foil, and containers litter the surface of the table. Large metal cans of paint occupy the space beneath the table. The massive canvas of PH-892, 1973 leans against the wall in the background. A ladder appears between the canvas and the artist's table. Still sports a beard and wears a short-sleeved dark blue shirt with khaki slacks.

    Clyfford Still

Current Exhibitions

  • A red pastel line moves upwards on black construction paper
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    Held Impermanence (Artists Select: Katherine Simóne Reynolds)

    January 25 – September 14, 2025
  • A thickly-painted, craggy yellow lifeline emerges from the bottom right edge and runs up parallel to the right edge before jutting left around a shoulder-shaped curve and ending at the top left. Patches of sky-blue, light orange, and mauve surround the apex of the yellow form. A dense black, brown, and maroon background surround the bolt.

    Collection Highlights (winter/spring/summer 2025)

    January 25 – September 14, 2025
  • Three young women lean down to look at the plants on an outdoor terrace
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    Abstract Expressions: Terrace Installation

    Ongoing
  • Archival display cases with text, photos, and objects on view

    Introduction to the Clyfford Still Archives

    Ongoing

Behind Closed Doors

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    Behind Closed Doors

Architecture Highlights

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    Architecture Highlights

Upcoming Exhibitions

  • A group of children point at artworks on a bulletin board while their teacher stands next to it.

    “Tell Clyfford I Said ‘Hi’”: An Exhibition Curated by Children of the Colville Confederated Tribes

    September 19, 2025 – May 10, 2026

Recent Exhibitions

  • A golden yellow field rises from the bottom edge and ends a little more than halfway up the canvas in a jagged, uneven line running from left edge over to the right edge. A heavy black field rests above the yellow field and runs from the top edge down to the jagged line dividing the two fields of color. Several areas of unpainted canvas have been left along this line. A small area along the top center edge has also been left unpainted, and an irregular cobalt blue form dangles from this area down into the black field at top center. Bright yellow vertical streaks shoot like a jolt through the golden yellow field from the bottom edge up to the jagged dividing line.
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    Dialogue and Defiance: Clyfford Still and the Abstract Expressionists

    May 10, 2024 – January 12, 2025
  • A large grayish expanse fills the entire right two thirds of this composition. A bolt of unpainted negative space shoots into this expanse from the top center edge and is bisected by a yellow lifeline. An additional small yellow form is visible along the top edge to the left of the gray expanse. Two small red forms float along the bottom left edge.

    Interlude

    April 30 – May 5, 2024
  • Two women look at a painting with cracks and other damage hanging on a black wall.
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    Spotlight: Inside Collections Care and Conservation

    September 15, 2023 – April 28, 2024
  • Three people look at a tall abstract painting with large sections of orange, black, red, blue, yellow, and bare canvas.
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    Awful Bigness

    February 17 – September 10, 2023
  • Two women look at Clyfford Still paintings on the wall with the exhibition title You Select on the wall next to the paintings

    You Select: A Community-Curated Exhibition

    August 19, 2022 – February 12, 2023
  • Young children pose in front of the title wall for Clyfford Still, Art, and the Young Mind

    Clyfford Still, Art, and the Young Mind

    March 11 – August 7, 2022

The Collection: Art and Archives

  • A woman wearing a pink jacket and black pants looks through sliding glass doors at racks of paintings in storage

    Art Collection

  • Papers and books from the Clyfford Still Archives

    Archives

For Families

  • A family looks up at the art and ceiling in the galleries

    Family Resources and Programming

  • Three children sit on the floor and touch a book in an art gallery

    Be an Art Protector!

  • A boy and girl smile and make art in an art studio

    The Making Space

  • A group of three young children stand in front of a painting while a little girl tries to make a shape she sees in the painting with her arms

    Family Guide Activities

Public Programs

  • People attend an outdoor party and laugh while talking in groups in front of the Clyfford Still Museum

    Public Programs

Stay Connected

  • People touch a screen in a gallery at the Clyfford Still Museum

    Stay Connected

  • Two women and a man pose in front of an abstract painting by Clyfford Still with orange, gray, black, red, yellow, and tan paint

    Become a Member

Shop and Give

  • A man's hand reaches for a postcard with an abstract painting reproduction of two human figures on it

    Shop

  • A family of three with a teenage son sit on a bench and smile while they look at a painting out of view and a large abstract yellow painting hangs on the wall behind them

    Donate

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