The Art Story Foundation's official statement of purpose is to: "Educate, inform, and introduce people to modern art through speaker series, educational workshops, and online educational resources".
This website's mission is to make modern art more accessible and digestible to the general public by providing information that is easy-to-understand, professionally designed, and logically presented. Modern art requires much from the viewer, but a large time commitment should not be a prerequisite.
The Abstract Expressionist movement is the first movement covered by this website. With time, this website will grow to include more movements, artists, and educational tools to inform our audience.
The Art Story Foundation is an educational 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Please feel free to provide suggestions and comments on the information provided on this site, or
donate to The Art Story Foundation to help us continue our work.
"The Art Story Foundation is a result of my interest in trying to understand the art that is all around us. After developing a serious interest in Abstract Expressionism and other 20th century American art movements, I found the available sources of information too limited to satisfy my needs. Many excellent art books are too narrow in their scope, and hard to reconcile with other each other. I found similar issues with existing websites and other resources.
I believe the Internet offers a tool that can potentially address all these problems, and bring art education to the 21st century. This website, and the Foundation as a whole, is striving to achieve this goal."
- Michael Zurakhinsky