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What a treat it was to write about the Sally Michel exhibition at the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey! Michel was a gifted artist and illustrator connected to the Abstract Expressionist movement whose impressive body of work was often overshadowed by that of her more famous husband, Milton Avery.

Sally Michel, Untitled (Gaspé Hillside), 1938. Gouache on paper. 17 3/4 x 24 inches. The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation. Photographer: Argenis Apolinario. © 2024 The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Sally Michel, Untitled (Gaspé Hillside), 1938. Gouache on paper. 17 3/4 x 24 inches. The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation. Photographer: Argenis Apolinario. © 2024 The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

“Sally Michel, Brilliant Legacy” is on view at the museum through May 4 so you still have time to see it. In the meantime, read the story I wrote about the show for Milieu, a national print magazine about interior design, architecture, and art. The exhibition, which includes over 40 paintings created between the 1930s and the ’90s, showcases Michel’s distinctive use of color, abstraction, and form, granting her more of the recognition she so richly deserves.