Become a member and save up to 33% on your program registration price! Join today If you are already a member, log in to access your member price. Friendship by the Sea: Avery, Gottlieb, and Rothko Evening Lecture/Seminar Monday, July 27, 2026 - 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. ET Code: 1W0018 Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Earn ½ elective credit toward your World Art History certificate Registration Options $20 Member $30 Gen. Admission Log in to register for this program or to add it to your wishlist! Log in Resize text No. 20 by Mark Rothko, 1949 (© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York) Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko’s shared summers in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the 1930s and 1940s had a lasting impact on the work of these three pivotal 20th-century American artists. While Avery is often associated with representational art and Gottlieb and Rothko with abstraction, their friendship and time together on Cape Ann shaped their artistic journeys in profound ways. Featuring 82 works from 26 collections, the Cape Ann Museum and The Phillips Collection present “Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea,” a new exhibition that explores their bond. Eliza Rathbone, chief curator emerita of The Phillips Collection, talks with Cape Ann Museum director Oliver Barker about the development of this groundbreaking show. Highlighting key works by each, Rathbone discusses the impact of Gloucester’s coastal landscape on the three artists and shares behind-the-scenes details about the exhibition, illuminating the men’s friendship and its influence on each artist’s evolution. “Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea” is on view at the Cape Ann Museum June 30–Sept. 27 and at The Phillips Collection Oct. 24–Jan. 24, 2027. General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.
