They drove each other mad with polyamorous affairs. But as intellectual equals, they loved each other most.

In 1949, Life Magazine featured a cover story on Pollock, asking, "𝘐𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚.?" It was meant to be sarcastic, but the world said yes.

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘵." With a degree in mechanical engineering and inspired by Piet Mondrian, Calder went on to pioneer kinetic art, breaking away from traditional concepts of paintings and sculptures.

At 21, Basquiat was the youngest to exhibit in the 1982 Documenta in Kassel, Germany and in the 1983 Whitney Biennial. But he died too soon at 27 before there was sufficient language to articulate the genius of his art, before people thoroughly realized the importance of his work.

"𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵..” Inspired by Matisse and the Greek tragedies, Rothko's "multiforms" seem deceptively simple at first glance, but no other painter has moved more people to tears, so much so that museums devote entire walls, if not entire rooms, to his work.