http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/arts/design/all-things-agnes-martin-at-the-guggenheim.html 2016-10-13 22:23:06 All Things Agnes Martin at the Guggenheim Behind the scenes, reshaping a London show in New York. === True, the But in New York, the artist’s grid and stripe compositions take on a whole new life, in part because Martin lived in Lower Manhattan and in part because of the cylindrical Frank Lloyd Wright building that surrounds them. That is the view of the Guggenheim’s Tracey Bashkoff, who organized the exhibition with Tiffany Bell. That is a perspective shared by the New York Times critic Holland Cotter, who wrote that the exhibition’s chronological journey up through the rotunda is its own reward. “By the time you reach these images on the Guggenheim’s top ramp, under its great skylight, you’ve been through a life,” he wrote, “and had a lesson in what abstraction can be and can do.” Walking through the show a few days before it opened — as workers put the finishing touches on lighting — Ms. Bashkoff talked about how the shape of the Guggenheim affects the experience of seeing the exhibition. She also discussed the ways in which the works that line the walls illustrate the artist’s techniques and reflect her professional evolution; they include the final ink drawing Martin made even after she had vowed to retire. Here are edited excerpts from the conversation. IT’S HOW YOU LOOK AT IT AGNES MARTIN 2.0 INVENTION AND SELF-CRITICISM ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE KEEPING IT CHRONOLOGICAL THE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS ANOTHER CHAPTER THE IMPORTANCE OF SANTA FE WATCHING PAINT DRY FREED BY LIMITS A FINAL BURST