…Totem Lesson 1 and Willem de Kooning’s c. 1949 Gansevoort Street, by its eponymous supporter Mary Margaret “Moo” Anderson. Anderson donated the works in advance of her death on Oct. 22 in anticipation of the launch of a tandem effort to raise $10 million to enhance funding for the museum’s programs and exhibitions, which are free and open to the public. Jason Linetzky, director of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, stands between t…

…ts, reminded me of a Miró painting. I hadn’t necessarily felt anything while looking at it, but feeling surfaced as I went on to read its description: “Francis first became interested in the color blue in Paris.” How does one become interested in a color? The quotes from him continued, “Blue is the color of speculation, because it is full of shadow.” Is it the gloominess of blue that reminds him of a shadow? “My painting frees my spirit,” Francis…