Verkkomuseum visitors engage in silent contemplation establishing a connection with artistic objects. I argue that visual art that reduces linguistic. Verkkomclaughlin explores silence as both a refusal to make a spectacle out of the artist’s life, and a possible disavowal of responsibility in her death. Verkkoour 20 years of observations, combined with study results, suggest expressive abstract art may help participants through any stage and with all types of grief.