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==Exhibitions== Since her first solo exhibition in 1958, Martin's work has been the subject of more than 85 solo shows and two retrospectives including the survey, ''Agnes Martin'', organized by the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], New York, which later traveled to Jamaica (1992–94) and ''Agnes Martin: Paintings and Drawings 1974–1990'' organized by the [[Stedelijk Museum]], Amsterdam, with subsequent venues in France and Germany (1991–92). In 1998, the [[New Mexico Museum of Art|Museum of Fine Arts]] in Santa Fe, New Mexico mounted Agnes Martin Works on Paper. In 2002, the [[Menil Collection]], Houston, mounted ''Agnes Martin: The Nineties and Beyond''. That same year, the [[Harwood Museum of Art]] at the [[University of New Mexico]], Pandora, organized ''Agnes Martin: Paintings from 2001'', as well as a symposium honoring Martin on the occasion of her 90th birthday. In addition to participating in an international array of group exhibitions such as the [[Venice Biennale]] (1997, 1980, 1976), the [[Whitney Biennial]] (1995, 1977), and [[Documenta]], Kassel, Germany (1972), Martin has been the recipient of multiple honors including the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the Women's Caucus for Art of the [[College Art Association]] (2005); Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1992);<ref name="AAAS">{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B |url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf |publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref> the Governor's Award for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts given by Governor [[Gary Johnson]], Santa Fe, New Mexico (1998); the [[National Medal of Arts]]<ref>[http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#98 Lifetime Honors – National Medal of Arts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054307/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html |date=2011-07-21}}, ''nea.gov''. Accessed March 28, 2011.</ref> awarded by President [[Bill Clinton]] and the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] (1998); the Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement by the [[College Art Association]] (1998); the [[Golden Lion]] for Contribution to Contemporary Art at the [[Venice Biennale]] (1997); the Oskar Kokoschka Prize awarded by the Austrian government (1992); the Alexej von Jawlensky Prize awarded by the city of Wiesbaden, Germany (1991); and election to the [[American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters]], New York (1989).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artsandletters.org/academicians2_deceased.php |title=Deceased Members: Agnes Martin |access-date=March 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726004624/http://www.artsandletters.org/academicians2_deceased.php |archive-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> Exhibitions continue to be mounted since her death in 2004, including ''Agnes Martin: Closing the Circle, Early and Late'' from February 10, 2006 to March 04, 2006 at Pace Gallery.<ref name=PaceCircle>{{cite web |url=http://www.pacegallery.com/newyork/exhibitions/11830/agnes-martin-closing-the-circle-early-and-late |title=Agnes Martin: Closing the Circle, Early and Late |publisher=Pace Gallery |date=February 10, 2006 |access-date=October 6, 2015 |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006220010/http://www.pacegallery.com/newyork/exhibitions/11830/agnes-martin-closing-the-circle-early-and-late |url-status=dead}}</ref> Other exhibitions have been held in New York, Zurich, London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Cambridge (England), Aspen, Albuquerque, British Columbia in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pacegallery.com/artists/290/agnes-martin/documents |title=Agnes Martin: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions |work=Biographical documents |publisher=Pace Gallery |access-date=October 6, 2015 |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006230747/http://www.pacegallery.com/artists/290/agnes-martin/documents |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, The Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico, University of New Mexico launched a museum-wide exhibition titled ''Agnes Martin Before the Grid'' in honor of her centennial year. This exhibit was the first to focus on the work and life of Martin prior to 1960. The exhibit focused on many, never seen before, works Martin created at Columbia, Coentis Slip and early years in New Mexico. It was also the first to consider Martins struggle with mental health, sexuality and Martin's important relationship with Ad Reinhardt. In 2015, [[Tate Modern]] ran a retrospective of her life and career from the 1950s until her last work in 2004, which will travel to other museums after the show in London.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=Guardian /> At the [[University of Michigan Museum of Art]], Martin was featured in the exhibition ''Reductive Minimalism: Women Artists in Dialogue, 1960-2014'' which examined the two generations of [[Minimalism|Minimalist]] art side by side, from October 2014 through January 2015.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Reductive Minimalism: Women Artists in Dialogue, 1960—2014 {{!}} University of Michigan Museum of Art|url=https://umma.umich.edu/exhibitions/2014/reductive-minimalism-women-artists-in-dialogue-1960-2014#:~:text=Reductive%20Minimalism:%20Women%20Artists%20in%20Dialogue,%201960-2014%20offers,celebrate%20the%20dialogue%20between%20them.|access-date=2021-01-15|website=umma.umich.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=John Carlos|last=Cantu|date=2015-01-03|title=UMMA's 'Reductive Minimalism' exhibit features perspective of women artists|url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/ann-arbor/2015/01/umma_reductive_minimalism.html|access-date=2021-01-15|website=mlive|language=en}}</ref> The exhibition included [[Anne Truitt]], [[Mary Corse]], and contemporary artists [[Shirazeh Houshiary]] and [[Tomma Abts]].<ref name=":4" /> She was also featured in ''White on the White: Color, Scene, and Space'' in [[Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art]]. From October 2015 through April 2016, Martin was exhibited in ''Opening the Box: Unpacking Minimalism'' at The George Economou Collection in Athens, Greece alongside [[Dan Flavin]] and [[Donald Judd]]. From 2015 to 2017 she had numerous solo exhibitions, some being at the [[Aspen Art Museum]] in Aspen Colorado, [[Tate Modern]] in London, [[K20 Center|K20]], [[Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen|Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen]] in Düsseldorf, [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] (LACMA) in Los Angeles, [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] on the Upper East Side, at the [[Palace of Governor-General in Kyiv|Palace of Governors]], The New Mexico Museum of History in Santa Fe. She has featured in the ongoing exhibition Intuitive Progression at the Fisher Landau Center for Art in Long Island City, New York from February 2017 to August 2017.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Agnes-Martin/8E9DC2766A9B654A/Exhibitions |title=Events & Exhibitions of Agnes Martin (Canadian, 1912 - 2004) 15 April–13 August 2017 |publisher=Mutual Art, Agnes Martin Exhibitions |access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref> In 2016, a retrospective exhibition of her works from the 1950s through 2004 was presented at the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/agnes-martin|title=Agnes Martin|date=2016-02-02|language=en-US|access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> In 2016 she was also featured in the ''Dansaekhwa and Minimalism Exhibition'' at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles<ref>{{cite news |url=http://artobserved.com/2016/02/los-angeles-dansaekhwa-and-minimalism-at-blum-poe-through-march-12th-2016/ |title=Dansaekhwa and Minimalism at Blum & Poe Through March 12th, 2016 |date=February 26, 2016 |access-date=April 13, 2017 |newspaper=Art Observed |last=Creahan |first=D.}}</ref> and earlier in the year in the show titled ''Aspects of Minimalism: Selections from East End Collections'' at the Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, New York.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=89483 |title=Guild Hall Museum opens "Aspects of Minimalism: Selections from East End Collections" |access-date=April 13, 2017 |publisher=Art Daily}}</ref> She was also featured in ''Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction'' at [[Museum of Modern Art|The Museum of Modern Art]] in Midtown, New York which shined a light on women artists who worked post [[World War II]] and before the start of the [[Feminist movement]]. The exhibition went from April 2017 to August 2017 and featured [[Lee Krasner]], [[Helen Frankenthaler]], and [[Joan Mitchell]], [[Lygia Clark]], [[Gego]], [[Magdalena Abakanowicz]], [[Louise Bourgeois]], and [[Eva Hesse]].<ref name=":3" /> Martin's work was included in the 2021 exhibition ''[[Women in Abstraction]]'' at the [[Centre Pompidou]].<ref name="Women in abstraction">{{cite book |title=Women in abstraction |date=2021 |publisher=Thames & Hudson Ltd. ; Thames & Hudson Inc |location=London : New York, New York |isbn=978-0500094372 |pages=170}}</ref>
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