Akris x Leon Polk Smith: Spring/Summer 2026 Collection

Line, color, space, and the quiet power of pure form. Inspired by the minimal abstraction of Leon Polk Smith, Akris Spring Summer 2026 moves between the architectural and the fluid, the precise and the free. Swiss craftsmanship at its most essential, a reminder that in simplicity, there is infinite expression.

Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, February 21 – July 31, 2026

The Leon Polk Smith Foundation is pleased to announce that Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith continues its national tour at the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy,

Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith at University of Michigan Museum of Art, August 30th, 2025 – January 4th, 2026

The Leon Polk Smith Foundation is thrilled to announce Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith, a groundbreaking exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art that unites two of

Leon Polk Smith: Circle and Square, 1948-1987 at Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, MA, September 13th – October 18th, 2025

The Leon Polk Smith Foundation is pleased to announce Leon Polk Smith: Circle and Square, 1948-1987, a solo exhibition at Krakow Witkin Gallery in Boston that offers a comprehensive survey of Smith’s exploration of geometric

The Brooklyn Rail review on Leon Polk Smith: 1940-1961 exhibition.

What is it like to be “of one’s time” and not? Leon Polk Smith was a prime progenitor of American hard-edged abstraction whose non-objective pedigree as a protégé of the painter and philanthropist Hilla Rebay,

OSU Museum of Art presents Leon Polk Smith: Affinities in Art & Design, August 1, 2023 – January 27, 2024

The Leon Polk Smith exhibition features paintings, works on paper, and design. It includes selections from our own Leon Polk Smith Collection, numbering 756 works on paper. The Leon Polk Smith Foundation gifted this collection

Leon Polk Smith: Going Beyond Space, February 9th to May 7th, 2023

Museum Haus Konstruktiv – Selnaustrasse 25, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland. This solo exhibition is the first institutional retrospective in Europe of Leon Polk Smith in over twenty years, and the first ever in a Swiss museum.

On view at the Brooklyn Museum. A selection of paintings by Leon Polk Smith.

Brooklyn Abstractions: Four Artist, Four Walls August 12, 2022 – August 6, 2023 This installation of works by Maya Hayuk, José Parlá, Kennedy Yanko, and the late Leon Polk Smith—four artists with strong connections to

Palm Springs Art Museum Presents: Leon Polk Smith: 1945-1962 – March 26, 2022 – August 28, 2022

Leon Polk Smith: 1945-1962 Palm Springs Art Museum. Palm Springs, California March 26, 2022 – August 28, 2022 This exhibition presents the work of the innovative painter, Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996), whose significant contributions to twentieth-century

Lisson Gallery presents Leon Polk Smith: Prairie Moon New York, 9 September – 16 October 2021

Lisson Gallery is pleased to present Leon Polk Smith: Prairie Moon, an exhibition of works by Leon Polk Smith, organized by the curator, writer, and art historian, Lynn Zelevansky, opening September 9. Lisson Gallery –

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents, Leon Polk Smith Big Form, Big Space May 14 – August 22, 2021

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in a public gallery in Canada by American artist Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996). Focusing on paintings and works on paper from the 1950s, the exhibition charts

Heard Museum Leon Polk Smith: Hiding in Plain Sight February 5, 2021 – May 31, 2021

The Heard Museum of Art in Phoenix, Arizona is planning a solo Smith show that will include works from the 1930s to the 1990s. It is focused around the Native American influences and affinities in

Lisson Gallery Presents the Publication Release of Leon Polk Smith: Prairie Moon

This fully-illustrated catalogue was published to accompany the recent exhibition Leon Polk Smith: Prairie Moon at Lisson Gallery in New York (September – October 2021).

Gray Gallery Presents the Publication Release of Leon Polk Smith: Endless Space

Gray is pleased to announce the release of Leon Polk Smith: Endless Space, an illustrated publication examining the artist’s iconic Correspondence and Constellation series. Produced on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Gray Warehouse