Video Adolph Gottlieb and the Irascible Eighteen In 1950, The Metropolitan Museum of Art held an exhibition titled American Painting Today. A core group of Abstract Expressionists, led by Adolph Gottlieb and including Mark Rothko, Louise Bourgeois, Jackson Pollock, and others, protested the exhibition selection committee's decision to exclude "advanced art," writing a now-famous letter to the director of the museum as a statement of their position.Here's the story of that fabled letter and a resulting photograph of “The Irascibles,” as told by Sanford Hirsch, Executive Director of the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation, and Dr. Kent Minturn. Journal View All Video Sanford Hirsch and Dr. Kent Minturn Discuss Adolph Gottlieb Mar 18, 2019 Museum Exhibitions Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki to open with teamLab's installation Aug 16, 2018 Museum Exhibitions Adolph Gottlieb in Provincetown Aug 16, 2018 Video — Adolph Gottlieb and the Irascible Eighteen, Apr 4, 2019