Franz Kline’s “Painting Number 2” was the start of Manish Engineer’s—our Associate Director of Applications, Information Technology—journey into art. For #ArtSpeaks, he shares why abstract expressionism appealed to his rebellious teen self, and how the artist’s process continues to inspire him today. ArtSpeaks—a day of gallery talks with MoMA staff members returns November 28. View the day’s schedule at mo.ma/artspeaks. #ArtSpeaks | MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Franz Kline’s “King Oliver” is a monument to jazz great Joe “King” Oliver, and captures the spirit of the 1950s New York jazz scene on canvas. The painting is available in our Nov 12 Post-War Contemporary Art sale. http://bit.ly/1xBtYJq | Christie's

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In this episode of The Artist Project, Alex Katz visits the Modern and Contemporary galleries to observe Franz Kline’s “Black, White, and Gray.” Katz notes that, “...the fixed value system doesn’t seem to work well now. We live in an age with more variables. Kline’s work was not absolute.” http://bit.ly/1Y2B8DV #MetArtistProject “Alex Katz at the Met,” mounted in celebration of gifts both donated and promised to The Met is on view in gallery 918. | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York