Mason’s expansive Chelsea studio became her tuning fork — the barometer she used to check that colors and shapes were humming at the right frequency. Mason got herself a room of her own in 1979, when ...

Mason standing behind one of her works in progress with Wolf Kahn (left) and Martin Ackerman (right), c. late 1970s or early 1980s (© 2025 Emily Mason | Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation/ARS) Editor’s ...

The Studio: Emily Mason’s sunny top-floor loft is hung with paintings she made from 2011 to 2018 (the year before her death). Photo: Daniel Greer, Courtesy of Emily Mason and Alice Trumbull Mason ...

BRATTLEBORO — When Emily Mason of West Brattleboro died on Dec. 10 at the age of 87, she left behind a sizable legacy of innovation in abstract art. The daughter of an art pioneer — her mother, Alice ...

Everyone who’s ever been to New York at one time or another has had to ask for directions. Even in an age of smart phones and Siri, visitors to NYC still need help finding the box office, correct ...

A growing number of women abstract painters have had a revival in recent years, after decades of languishing in the shadows of their more famous male peers. The latest to join the crop is Emily Mason ...

Emily Mason is a contemporary abstract painter best known for her vibrant abstractions which she created though thin layers of pigment. Influenced by Lyrical Abstraction, the artist utilizes the ...