Image Galleries from Special Exhibitions
The bad news is that we can't always physically attend special exhibitions at art museums and galleries, no matter how much we may wish to. The good news is that venues know this and often accommodate us with lovely high-resolution pictures. For your viewing pleasure, here you'll find annotated galleries of art images from special exhibitions.
Botticelli
On View November 13, 2009–February 28, 2010 at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am M
On View November 13, 2009–February 28, 2010 at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am M
Impressionism: Painting Light
An aptly-named show focusing on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists' works and working methods. In addition to 137 paintings, the exhibition contains 56 historical painting utensils and objects used by artists in their everyday lives. Further displays allow visitors to study x-ray and infrared scans of some of the works.
An aptly-named show focusing on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists' works and working methods. In addition to 137 paintings, the exhibition contains 56 historical painting utensils and objects used by artists in their everyday lives. Further displays allow visitors to study x-ray and infrared scans of some of the works.
The Conversation Piece: Scenes of Fashionable Life
Spotlights the original meaning of the phrase "conversation piece" (a specific type of genre painting in which the upper echelons of society engage in high-class activities). In this exhibition 36 conversation pieces from the Royal Collection, London depict over 200 years of fashionable royals and nobles dating from the reigns of Charles I to Victoria.
Spotlights the original meaning of the phrase "conversation piece" (a specific type of genre painting in which the upper echelons of society engage in high-class activities). In this exhibition 36 conversation pieces from the Royal Collection, London depict over 200 years of fashionable royals and nobles dating from the reigns of Charles I to Victoria.
Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889
Focuses on the single year of Gauguin's career in which he went into full-blown Modernism (and remained there). How do we know 1889 was *the* year? It then that Gauguin staged an avant-garde exhibition at Monsieur Volpini's Cafe des Arts for his own and a few friends' works. This exhibition contains the original show's paintings, carvings, ceramics, works on paper and zincograph prints.
Focuses on the single year of Gauguin's career in which he went into full-blown Modernism (and remained there). How do we know 1889 was *the* year? It then that Gauguin staged an avant-garde exhibition at Monsieur Volpini's Cafe des Arts for his own and a few friends' works. This exhibition contains the original show's paintings, carvings, ceramics, works on paper and zincograph prints.
Kandinsky
The first major retrospective of Wassily Kandinsky's work to be shown in over two decades. Nearly 100 of his most important canvases from 1907 to 1942 are on display, organized chronologically into the artist's training, Blaue Reiter Group, traveling, Bauhaus and Parisian periods. The venues are supplementing the exhibition at each stop with unique archival holdings including works on paper, manu…
The first major retrospective of Wassily Kandinsky's work to be shown in over two decades. Nearly 100 of his most important canvases from 1907 to 1942 are on display, organized chronologically into the artist's training, Blaue Reiter Group, traveling, Bauhaus and Parisian periods. The venues are supplementing the exhibition at each stop with unique archival holdings including works on paper, manu…
Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection
Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection features some fifty-five paintings and five works on paper selected from the National Museum Wales. As its name implies, the exhibition surveys 19th-century art (beginning with eight late works by J. M. W. Turner) and covers styles ranging from Romanticism to Post Impressionism. Other artists represented in this fine show include Corot, …
Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection features some fifty-five paintings and five works on paper selected from the National Museum Wales. As its name implies, the exhibition surveys 19th-century art (beginning with eight late works by J. M. W. Turner) and covers styles ranging from Romanticism to Post Impressionism. Other artists represented in this fine show include Corot, …
Making Nature: Masters of European Landscape Art
Focuses on landscapes done by European artists from the Renaissance to the present day, all of which are from the Art Gallery of South Australia's permanent collection. The exhibition's 170 objects include paintings, works on paper, prints, etchings, sculpture and photographs by artists ranging from German Master Albrecht Dürer to contemporary environmentalist sculptor Andy Goldsworthy
Focuses on landscapes done by European artists from the Renaissance to the present day, all of which are from the Art Gallery of South Australia's permanent collection. The exhibition's 170 objects include paintings, works on paper, prints, etchings, sculpture and photographs by artists ranging from German Master Albrecht Dürer to contemporary environmentalist sculptor Andy Goldsworthy
Art and Empire: Treasures From Assyria in the British Museum
Consists of 250 Neo-Assyrian objects including wall reliefs, sculpture, cylinder seals, military equipment, decorative ivories and metal vessels. These items came from excavated palaces and temples located in Nimrud and Nineveh in northern Iraq, and date from the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 B.C.) to Ashurbanipal (668–631 B.
Consists of 250 Neo-Assyrian objects including wall reliefs, sculpture, cylinder seals, military equipment, decorative ivories and metal vessels. These items came from excavated palaces and temples located in Nimrud and Nineveh in northern Iraq, and date from the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 B.C.) to Ashurbanipal (668–631 B.
The Eight and American Modernisms
This exhibition rightfully focuses on The Eight: Arthur Bowen Davies, William Glackens, Robert Henri, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, Maurice Prendergast, Everett Shinn and John French Sloan. Five of eight would go on to become better known for their association with the Ashcan School, but here we are looking at less gritty work that holds traces of Impressionistic coloring and handling.
This exhibition rightfully focuses on The Eight: Arthur Bowen Davies, William Glackens, Robert Henri, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, Maurice Prendergast, Everett Shinn and John French Sloan. Five of eight would go on to become better known for their association with the Ashcan School, but here we are looking at less gritty work that holds traces of Impressionistic coloring and handling.
Henry VIII: A 500th Anniversary Exhibition
April 21, 1509 was the date that a teenaged Prince of Wales became Henry VIII of England. Here, the Royal Collection and the St George’s Chapel archives are marking the 500th anniversary of his ascension with a special exhibition of paintings, drawings, manuscripts and objects created during Henry VIII's lifetime or resulting from his reig
April 21, 1509 was the date that a teenaged Prince of Wales became Henry VIII of England. Here, the Royal Collection and the St George’s Chapel archives are marking the 500th anniversary of his ascension with a special exhibition of paintings, drawings, manuscripts and objects created during Henry VIII's lifetime or resulting from his reig
Masterpieces of Futurism at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
This exhibition marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the "Futurist Manifesto" by writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (Italian, 1876-1944) in Le Figaro. It also showcases the foresight of Italian businessman and art collector Gianni Mattioli (1903-1977), who amassed numerous Futurist works long before they were fashionable.
This exhibition marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the "Futurist Manifesto" by writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (Italian, 1876-1944) in Le Figaro. It also showcases the foresight of Italian businessman and art collector Gianni Mattioli (1903-1977), who amassed numerous Futurist works long before they were fashionable.
Focus: Jasper Johns
"Focus: Jasper Johns" was organized in part to celebrate MoMA's acquisition of the artist's 2001 print series "Untitled." Deborah Wye, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator for Prints and Illustrated Books, selected accompanying prints, drawings and paintings around recurring visual themes that Johns employs.
"Focus: Jasper Johns" was organized in part to celebrate MoMA's acquisition of the artist's 2001 print series "Untitled." Deborah Wye, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator for Prints and Illustrated Books, selected accompanying prints, drawings and paintings around recurring visual themes that Johns employs.
The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection
The show contains exactly that which its title implies: Surrealistic sculptures dating from the early 1930s to the 1940s drawn from MoMA's collection. As for the eroticism, it is either subtle or blatant, dependent on each viewer's reaction. (After all, Surrealism was meant to be the visual and literary manifestation of the individual subconscious, was it not?)
The show contains exactly that which its title implies: Surrealistic sculptures dating from the early 1930s to the 1940s drawn from MoMA's collection. As for the eroticism, it is either subtle or blatant, dependent on each viewer's reaction. (After all, Surrealism was meant to be the visual and literary manifestation of the individual subconscious, was it not?)
American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell
It's evident that dismissing Norman Rockwell as "merely" an illustrator is foolish. He captured life in the United States through bad times (the Great Depression and World War II) and good (the idyllic 50s), and, with the onset of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, uncomfortable and unjust. He did this with an unsparing, albeit often-humorous eye and perfect technical skills.
It's evident that dismissing Norman Rockwell as "merely" an illustrator is foolish. He captured life in the United States through bad times (the Great Depression and World War II) and good (the idyllic 50s), and, with the onset of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, uncomfortable and unjust. He did this with an unsparing, albeit often-humorous eye and perfect technical skills.
Whitfield Lovell: All Things in Time
This image gallery accompanies the exhibition review "Whitfiled Lovell: An American Ingres on the Hudson" by Beth Gersh-Nesic.
This image gallery accompanies the exhibition review "Whitfiled Lovell: An American Ingres on the Hudson" by Beth Gersh-Nesic.
The Pre-Raphaelites
The first major exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite art to be shown in Scandinavia, this exhibition featured 200 paintings, photographs and other works by "Brotherhood" members ranging from Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt, to Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris and Frank Cadogan Cowper.
The first major exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite art to be shown in Scandinavia, this exhibition featured 200 paintings, photographs and other works by "Brotherhood" members ranging from Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt, to Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris and Frank Cadogan Cowper.
Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety, and Myth
Brings together approximately 150 rarely seen works, including 75 paintings and 75 works on paper by Munch and contemporary artists including James Ensor, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Max Klinger, and Claude Monet. Viewed in context, and in proximity to concurrent artistic trends, we are confronted with the truth that Edvard Munch wasn't nearly as dark and tormented as many of us have supposed.
Brings together approximately 150 rarely seen works, including 75 paintings and 75 works on paper by Munch and contemporary artists including James Ensor, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Max Klinger, and Claude Monet. Viewed in context, and in proximity to concurrent artistic trends, we are confronted with the truth that Edvard Munch wasn't nearly as dark and tormented as many of us have supposed.
Cézanne and Beyond
Cézanne held no aspirations to become the "Father of Modern Art," but his oils, watercolors and drawings, here juxtaposed amongst works by artists who followed him, clearly demonstrate the phenomenal impact his composition and coloring had on visual art from his time until now--and, indeed, for the foreseeable future
Cézanne held no aspirations to become the "Father of Modern Art," but his oils, watercolors and drawings, here juxtaposed amongst works by artists who followed him, clearly demonstrate the phenomenal impact his composition and coloring had on visual art from his time until now--and, indeed, for the foreseeable future
Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered
This retrospective exhibition at long last attempts to give the artist his due. Lievens, a child prodigy whose career began before that of his fellow Leidener, pupil of Pieter Lastman and competitor/friend Rembrandt, has long been eclipsed in the annals of art history by the latter. While the reasons for this discrepancy are both fairly unclear and clearly unfair, the works presented go a long wa…
This retrospective exhibition at long last attempts to give the artist his due. Lievens, a child prodigy whose career began before that of his fellow Leidener, pupil of Pieter Lastman and competitor/friend Rembrandt, has long been eclipsed in the annals of art history by the latter. While the reasons for this discrepancy are both fairly unclear and clearly unfair, the works presented go a long wa…
Alphonse Mucha
Art Nouveau fans worldwide know, love and can't live without the works of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939). However, there was much more to Mucha's output than his fabulous Parisian theater posters and advertisements. This exhibition offers a retrospective look at the artist's career through some 250 of his paintings, drawings, pastels, lithographs, book illustrations, tapestries and works…
Art Nouveau fans worldwide know, love and can't live without the works of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939). However, there was much more to Mucha's output than his fabulous Parisian theater posters and advertisements. This exhibition offers a retrospective look at the artist's career through some 250 of his paintings, drawings, pastels, lithographs, book illustrations, tapestries and works…
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976
Action/Abstraction... is the first major U.S. exhibition in 20 years to rethink Abstract Expressionism and the movements that followed. Over fifty key works by 32 artists--among them Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Hans Hoffman, Helen Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko--are displayed from the perspectives of rival art critics Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, both of whom wrote extensively o…
Action/Abstraction... is the first major U.S. exhibition in 20 years to rethink Abstract Expressionism and the movements that followed. Over fifty key works by 32 artists--among them Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Hans Hoffman, Helen Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko--are displayed from the perspectives of rival art critics Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, both of whom wrote extensively o…
African American Art in New York City Galleries
Highlights from the exhibitions "African American Art: Two Hundred Years" at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (on view January 10-March 15, 2008) and "Jacob Lawrence: Moving Forward" at DC Moore Gallery (February 13-March 22, 2008).
Highlights from the exhibitions "African American Art: Two Hundred Years" at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (on view January 10-March 15, 2008) and "Jacob Lawrence: Moving Forward" at DC Moore Gallery (February 13-March 22, 2008).
Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde
Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the French art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939). The full show contains some 100 paintings, along with ceramics, sculpture, prints, and livres d'artistes (limited-edition artists' books) that illustrate his unique place as a singular influence on Modern Art.
Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the French art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939). The full show contains some 100 paintings, along with ceramics, sculpture, prints, and livres d'artistes (limited-edition artists' books) that illustrate his unique place as a singular influence on Modern Art.
America! Painting History from the New World
An exhibition and International conference on 19th-century American art that included 240 paintings, 60 photographs, 10 sculptures and 80 Native American objects from the 1800s. The exhibition was mounted around four themes presented chronologically.
An exhibition and International conference on 19th-century American art that included 240 paintings, 60 photographs, 10 sculptures and 80 Native American objects from the 1800s. The exhibition was mounted around four themes presented chronologically.
The American Evolution: A History through Art
Built around the five themes "Money," "Land," "Politics," "Cultural Exchange" and "The Modern World," the exhibition draws attention not only to the development of the United States as seen through its art, but also serves to remind the viewer that Gallery founder William Wilson Corcoran (1798–1888) began collecting American art long before it became fashionable. On view March 1–July 27, 2008.
Built around the five themes "Money," "Land," "Politics," "Cultural Exchange" and "The Modern World," the exhibition draws attention not only to the development of the United States as seen through its art, but also serves to remind the viewer that Gallery founder William Wilson Corcoran (1798–1888) began collecting American art long before it became fashionable. On view March 1–July 27, 2008.
Americans in Paris, 1860-1900
Comprised of approximately 100 paintings, many of which are world famous and have never before been hung together, Americans in Paris, 1860-1900 explores those heady decades when United States artists flocked to France to study, absorb and expand upon their painting techniques. Gallery includes 47 portraits, interiors and scapes from land, sea and city.
Comprised of approximately 100 paintings, many of which are world famous and have never before been hung together, Americans in Paris, 1860-1900 explores those heady decades when United States artists flocked to France to study, absorb and expand upon their painting techniques. Gallery includes 47 portraits, interiors and scapes from land, sea and city.
Annie Leibovitz: American Music
Her latest traveling exhibition, "Annie Leibovitz: American Music" showcases 70 color and black-and-white portraits of American musicians in intimate settings. It includes Leibovitz's recent work in addition to several classic images from the late 1970s and 1980s. "American Music" is organized by Experience Music Project, Seattle and all works are courtesy of Annie Leibovitz.
Her latest traveling exhibition, "Annie Leibovitz: American Music" showcases 70 color and black-and-white portraits of American musicians in intimate settings. It includes Leibovitz's recent work in addition to several classic images from the late 1970s and 1980s. "American Music" is organized by Experience Music Project, Seattle and all works are courtesy of Annie Leibovitz.
Art of Achaemenid Persia
Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia was a recent special exhibition at London's British Museum and Barcelona's Caixa Forum. Herein lies several more images from that show and one other from the Brooklyn Museum.
Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia was a recent special exhibition at London's British Museum and Barcelona's Caixa Forum. Herein lies several more images from that show and one other from the Brooklyn Museum.
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection - The Baroque
Part two of The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection centers on the Baroque. The 74 paintings and drawings selected for the exhibition amply illustrate the great stylistic diversity of this long artistic era. Highlights include works by Caravaggio, Bernini, Domenico Fetti, and the painters Gentileschi.
Part two of The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection centers on the Baroque. The 74 paintings and drawings selected for the exhibition amply illustrate the great stylistic diversity of this long artistic era. Highlights include works by Caravaggio, Bernini, Domenico Fetti, and the painters Gentileschi.
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection - The Renaissance
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection comes to The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse in two parts in 2008 and 2009. Part one, seen here, presents 16th-century art from the Italian High Renaissance and Mannerism. Works by Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Tintoretto and Titian are among the 74 paintings and drawings brought together from royal palaces and residences across Britain.
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection comes to The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse in two parts in 2008 and 2009. Part one, seen here, presents 16th-century art from the Italian High Renaissance and Mannerism. Works by Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Tintoretto and Titian are among the 74 paintings and drawings brought together from royal palaces and residences across Britain.
The Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles
The BCAM's inaugural installation was comprised of key pieces from the Broad's private collection, the Santa Monica-based Broad Art Foundation and LACMA's post-war and contemporary holdings. Here are a few highlights of the initial 160 works on display, representing a stellar roster of perennial favorite names.
The BCAM's inaugural installation was comprised of key pieces from the Broad's private collection, the Santa Monica-based Broad Art Foundation and LACMA's post-war and contemporary holdings. Here are a few highlights of the initial 160 works on display, representing a stellar roster of perennial favorite names.
Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting
This first exhibition ever mounted of Flemish paintings in the Royal Collection brings together 51 works from the 15th to 17th centuries, including masterpieces by Hans Memling, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jan Brueghel, Sir Anthony Van Dyck and Sir Peter Paul Rubens. On view from September 28, 2007 through April 6, 2008 at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.
This first exhibition ever mounted of Flemish paintings in the Royal Collection brings together 51 works from the 15th to 17th centuries, including masterpieces by Hans Memling, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jan Brueghel, Sir Anthony Van Dyck and Sir Peter Paul Rubens. On view from September 28, 2007 through April 6, 2008 at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.
Caspar David Friedrich and the German Romantic Landscape
Explored the dual themes of Caspar David Friedrich's work within the larger context of German Romantic landscape painting, and patronage of both by contemporary Russian collectors--notably Tsar Nicholas I. On on view at the Hermitage Amsterdam from September 20, 2008 through January 18, 2009.
Explored the dual themes of Caspar David Friedrich's work within the larger context of German Romantic landscape painting, and patronage of both by contemporary Russian collectors--notably Tsar Nicholas I. On on view at the Hermitage Amsterdam from September 20, 2008 through January 18, 2009.
Cecilia Beaux, American Figure Painter
With nearly 100 oil paintings, works on paper and decorative objects drawn from a variety of public and private collections, Cecilia Beaux, American Figure Painter seeks to place noted Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumna, professor, and Philadelphia native Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) in a new position in American art history.
With nearly 100 oil paintings, works on paper and decorative objects drawn from a variety of public and private collections, Cecilia Beaux, American Figure Painter seeks to place noted Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumna, professor, and Philadelphia native Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) in a new position in American art history.
The Changing Face of Childhood: British Children's Portraits
On view at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main and the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London in 2007, this special exhibition surveys children in landscapes unaccompanied by adults, and illustrates the influence of British painters' awareness of "children" and "childhood" on the rest of European art from the early 17th through the mid-19th centuries.
On view at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main and the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London in 2007, this special exhibition surveys children in landscapes unaccompanied by adults, and illustrates the influence of British painters' awareness of "children" and "childhood" on the rest of European art from the early 17th through the mid-19th centuries.
Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-1975
Celebrates the abstract art movement first called Post-Painterly Abstraction and now known as Color Field Painting. American painter Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928) is credited with pioneering this new technique, in which color gained primacy and became both composition and subject matter. The show covers her influences, the artists she subsequently influenced and the rise of acrylic paint.
Celebrates the abstract art movement first called Post-Painterly Abstraction and now known as Color Field Painting. American painter Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928) is credited with pioneering this new technique, in which color gained primacy and became both composition and subject matter. The show covers her influences, the artists she subsequently influenced and the rise of acrylic paint.
Color Chart - Reinventing Color 1950 to Today
Color Chart: Reinventing Color 1950 to Today was on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York from March 2 through May 12, 2008 and did not travel. However, MoMA has thoughtfully provided both a website dedicated to the exhibition and a selection of images for our image gallery, as seen here.
Color Chart: Reinventing Color 1950 to Today was on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York from March 2 through May 12, 2008 and did not travel. However, MoMA has thoughtfully provided both a website dedicated to the exhibition and a selection of images for our image gallery, as seen here.
Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s
Drawn exclusively from the collection of the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s is comprised of some seventy iconic paintings and sculptures. The exhibition covers 100 crucial years of American art history during which United States visual artists hit their stride on the global scene.
Drawn exclusively from the collection of the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s is comprised of some seventy iconic paintings and sculptures. The exhibition covers 100 crucial years of American art history during which United States visual artists hit their stride on the global scene.
Cranach the Elder
Cranach the Elder surveys six decades of the artist's work, illustrating his versatile ability to jump from mythology, to parody, to altarpieces, to some of the most iconic portraits to came out of the Reformation.
Cranach the Elder surveys six decades of the artist's work, illustrating his versatile ability to jump from mythology, to parody, to altarpieces, to some of the most iconic portraits to came out of the Reformation.
Dada at MoMA
The first major museum exhibition in the United States to focus exclusively on the brief but hugely influential movement, Dada surveys the six principal cities in which its artists worked between 1916 and 1924.
The first major museum exhibition in the United States to focus exclusively on the brief but hugely influential movement, Dada surveys the six principal cities in which its artists worked between 1916 and 1924.
Dalí
Commissioned by the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres, Spain, in celebration of the centennial of the artist's birth, "Dalí" was a major retrospective exhibition. Over 200 paintings and three dimensional objects traced Dalí's career from early Cubist-inspired works, through his famous Surrealist phase and well into his Classic period.
Commissioned by the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, Figueres, Spain, in celebration of the centennial of the artist's birth, "Dalí" was a major retrospective exhibition. Over 200 paintings and three dimensional objects traced Dalí's career from early Cubist-inspired works, through his famous Surrealist phase and well into his Classic period.
Dalí: Painting and Film
The first exhibition to explore the deeply intertwined relationships of painted and "moving" pictures in the creative output of artist Salvador Dalí, an inveterate film goer, and occasional screenwriter, filmmaker and art director. The multi-media presentation contains more than 130 paintings, drawings, scenarios and letters, along with screenings of films in which Dalí had a hand.
The first exhibition to explore the deeply intertwined relationships of painted and "moving" pictures in the creative output of artist Salvador Dalí, an inveterate film goer, and occasional screenwriter, filmmaker and art director. The multi-media presentation contains more than 130 paintings, drawings, scenarios and letters, along with screenings of films in which Dalí had a hand.
Double Take: From Monet to Lichtenstein
Twenty-eight works, many of which have not been seen publicly for upwards of 50 years, are culled from the private collection of Seattle businessman and philanthropist Paul G. Allen. Exhibition curator Paul Hayes Tucker has creatively paired Impressionist and Post-Impressionist pieces with modern and contemporary works, placing the former side-by-side with the latter in groups of two or three.
Twenty-eight works, many of which have not been seen publicly for upwards of 50 years, are culled from the private collection of Seattle businessman and philanthropist Paul G. Allen. Exhibition curator Paul Hayes Tucker has creatively paired Impressionist and Post-Impressionist pieces with modern and contemporary works, placing the former side-by-side with the latter in groups of two or three.
Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors
On view only at the Morgan Library & Museum, "Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors" is comprised of more than 170 works, including original manuscript drafts, sketches, and watercolors for the first book by each of Babar's two authors: father Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937) and son Laurent de Brunhoff (b. 1925).
On view only at the Morgan Library & Museum, "Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors" is comprised of more than 170 works, including original manuscript drafts, sketches, and watercolors for the first book by each of Babar's two authors: father Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937) and son Laurent de Brunhoff (b. 1925).
Dutch Portraits: The Age of Rembrandt and Frans Hals
Sixty key paintings from European and U.S. lenders amply illustrate the rise of the Dutch merchant class in the seventeenth-century, and demonstrate its eagerness to record newly-found prosperity by commissioning an unprecedented number of portraits.
Sixty key paintings from European and U.S. lenders amply illustrate the rise of the Dutch merchant class in the seventeenth-century, and demonstrate its eagerness to record newly-found prosperity by commissioning an unprecedented number of portraits.
Focus: Ad Reinhardt and Mark Rothko
Focus: Ad Reinhardt and Mark Rothko displays these painters' works created between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. Viewing the group, it is clear that both artists were experimenting with color-as-composition (unlike some of their New York School kin), but were going down two entirely different paths. On view from April, 2008 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Focus: Ad Reinhardt and Mark Rothko displays these painters' works created between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. Viewing the group, it is clear that both artists were experimenting with color-as-composition (unlike some of their New York School kin), but were going down two entirely different paths. On view from April, 2008 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Frida Kahlo
This major exhibition contains more than 40 iconic Frida Kahlo paintings borrowed from over 30 private and museum collections around the globe, some of which have never before been publicly displayed.
This major exhibition contains more than 40 iconic Frida Kahlo paintings borrowed from over 30 private and museum collections around the globe, some of which have never before been publicly displayed.
From Russia: French and Russian Masterpieces
More than 120 outstanding works of Russian and French modern art, spanning the heady years between 1860 and 1925, are featured in this landmark exhibition. Assembled from the collections of four principle Russian museums in Moscow and St. Petersburg, paintings by names as stellar as Cézanne, Gauguin and van Gogh are displayed with those equally stellar names Malevich, Kandinsky and Repin.
More than 120 outstanding works of Russian and French modern art, spanning the heady years between 1860 and 1925, are featured in this landmark exhibition. Assembled from the collections of four principle Russian museums in Moscow and St. Petersburg, paintings by names as stellar as Cézanne, Gauguin and van Gogh are displayed with those equally stellar names Malevich, Kandinsky and Repin.
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724-1780)
A representative sampling of the artist's large output of small-scale drawings and paintings that so delightfully chronicled work, life, love and entertainment as it existed in Paris during the French Enlightenment. On view at The Frick Collection, New York and the Musee du Louvre, Paris from October 30, 2007-May 26, 2008.
A representative sampling of the artist's large output of small-scale drawings and paintings that so delightfully chronicled work, life, love and entertainment as it existed in Paris during the French Enlightenment. On view at The Frick Collection, New York and the Musee du Louvre, Paris from October 30, 2007-May 26, 2008.
Georges Seurat: The Drawings
On view at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 28, 2007-January 7, 2008.
On view at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 28, 2007-January 7, 2008.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526-1593)
The exhibition Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526-1593) illustrates that his best-known works remain as fun, fresh and innovative as anything that's been done since, and were grounded in solid draftsmanship and compositional skills. The show includes 40 paintings, about 30 objets d'art (including weapons and armor), graphic works and one tapestry, all on loan from private and public collections worldwide.
The exhibition Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526-1593) illustrates that his best-known works remain as fun, fresh and innovative as anything that's been done since, and were grounded in solid draftsmanship and compositional skills. The show includes 40 paintings, about 30 objets d'art (including weapons and armor), graphic works and one tapestry, all on loan from private and public collections worldwide.
Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s
The years of the Weimar Republic in Germany were short, sad and, particularly in Berlin, spectacular. A contingent of German visual artists moved on from Dada to Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity), from which a leftist sub-branch now known as Verism arose. Painted during a society's death spiral, this selection of Verist works contains portraits captured in a now-lost era.
The years of the Weimar Republic in Germany were short, sad and, particularly in Berlin, spectacular. A contingent of German visual artists moved on from Dada to Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity), from which a leftist sub-branch now known as Verism arose. Painted during a society's death spiral, this selection of Verist works contains portraits captured in a now-lost era.
Graffiti at Brooklyn Museum
An exhibition of twenty large-scale graffiti paintings, Graffiti explores how a genre that began as a form of subversive public communication has become legitimate -- moving away from the street and into private collections and galleries.
An exhibition of twenty large-scale graffiti paintings, Graffiti explores how a genre that began as a form of subversive public communication has become legitimate -- moving away from the street and into private collections and galleries.
Great Painters in Brescia from the Renaissance to the 18th Century
The Portland Art Museum is hosting Great Painters in Brescia from the Renaissance to the 18th Century from April 29 through September 17, 2006. Museums from the northern Italian city of Brescia in Lombardy have graciously lent 35 Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces for this special exhibition. The works displayed offer a broad sweep of artistic achievement by Brescian painters in terms of portraiture, fresco production, religious images, decorative cycles, landscapes and genre pieces.
The Portland Art Museum is hosting Great Painters in Brescia from the Renaissance to the 18th Century from April 29 through September 17, 2006. Museums from the northern Italian city of Brescia in Lombardy have graciously lent 35 Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces for this special exhibition. The works displayed offer a broad sweep of artistic achievement by Brescian painters in terms of portraiture, fresco production, religious images, decorative cycles, landscapes and genre pieces.
Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea
Illustrates the artist's interest in water, both in his art and his pursuit of water sports--the latter of which eventually led him to design and build his own sailboats. Through paintings, drawings, photographs and models of his boats the exhibition leads us from Paris, to family estates in Yerres and Petit Gennevilliers, to the Normandy coast. On view at Brooklyn Museum March 27-July 5, 2009.
Illustrates the artist's interest in water, both in his art and his pursuit of water sports--the latter of which eventually led him to design and build his own sailboats. Through paintings, drawings, photographs and models of his boats the exhibition leads us from Paris, to family estates in Yerres and Petit Gennevilliers, to the Normandy coast. On view at Brooklyn Museum March 27-July 5, 2009.
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet's first full retrospective in more than 30 years, the traveling exhibition explores this controversial artist's career in all media and includes a selection of 19th-century photographs that relate to his work, especially his landscapes and nudes.
Gustave Courbet's first full retrospective in more than 30 years, the traveling exhibition explores this controversial artist's career in all media and includes a selection of 19th-century photographs that relate to his work, especially his landscapes and nudes.
Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh
Through magnificent examples of sculpture, reliefs, exceptionally crafted jewelry, ceremonial objects and those of everyday use, Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh poignantly describes the artistic innovations of Egypt's Early Eighteenth Dynasty. On view from March 28 through July 9, 2006 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Through magnificent examples of sculpture, reliefs, exceptionally crafted jewelry, ceremonial objects and those of everyday use, Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh poignantly describes the artistic innovations of Egypt's Early Eighteenth Dynasty. On view from March 28 through July 9, 2006 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Helene Schjerfbeck
The artist's first major retrospective to travel outside of Scandinavia. The full exhibition features more than 120 oil paintings, watercolors and drawings, spans 69 years of Helene Schjerfbeck's career and amply illustrates her transition from academic painter to founding pillar of Modernism.
The artist's first major retrospective to travel outside of Scandinavia. The full exhibition features more than 120 oil paintings, watercolors and drawings, spans 69 years of Helene Schjerfbeck's career and amply illustrates her transition from academic painter to founding pillar of Modernism.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The first comprehensive presentation of the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) in Sweden for forty years. The exhibition includes some 200 items including drawings, oil paintings and the posters of bohemian life in Montemarte with which Toulouse-Lautrec is so closely associated. On view at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm from February 21 to May 25, 2008.
The first comprehensive presentation of the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) in Sweden for forty years. The exhibition includes some 200 items including drawings, oil paintings and the posters of bohemian life in Montemarte with which Toulouse-Lautrec is so closely associated. On view at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm from February 21 to May 25, 2008.
Impressionists by the Sea
Impressionists by the Sea takes a wondering look back, via 60 Impressionist paintings, at how the northern coast of France evolved from shore communities (that lived off of fishing and shipping for centuries) to vacation spots for Parisians at leisure during the second half of the 19th Century.
Impressionists by the Sea takes a wondering look back, via 60 Impressionist paintings, at how the northern coast of France evolved from shore communities (that lived off of fishing and shipping for centuries) to vacation spots for Parisians at leisure during the second half of the 19th Century.
In Monet's Garden: The Lure of Giverny
Claude Monet's beloved gardens at his Giverny home were a source of inspiration not just to him, but to scores of other artists during his life, after his death and to the present day. This special exhibition is built around twelve core Monet canvases and includes an additional 44 works by French painters, and American Impressionist, Post-World War II and Contemporary artists.
Claude Monet's beloved gardens at his Giverny home were a source of inspiration not just to him, but to scores of other artists during his life, after his death and to the present day. This special exhibition is built around twelve core Monet canvases and includes an additional 44 works by French painters, and American Impressionist, Post-World War II and Contemporary artists.
Jasper Johns - Gray
The first exhibition to examine the groundbreaking American artist's use of this color from his earliest works to the present day. More than 120 paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings take the viewer through a multitude of shades of gray employed across an ever-evolving body of work.
The first exhibition to examine the groundbreaking American artist's use of this color from his earliest works to the present day. More than 120 paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings take the viewer through a multitude of shades of gray employed across an ever-evolving body of work.
J M W Turner
The first major US Turner retrospective in 40 years, J. M. W. Turner contained over 140 works in oils and watercolor. The paintings provided an overview of both the artist's long career and his varied interests in history, mythology, seascapes and, of course, landscapes. Here we have a sampling of all of these themes, plus one work purely from Turner's own imagination.
The first major US Turner retrospective in 40 years, J. M. W. Turner contained over 140 works in oils and watercolor. The paintings provided an overview of both the artist's long career and his varied interests in history, mythology, seascapes and, of course, landscapes. Here we have a sampling of all of these themes, plus one work purely from Turner's own imagination.
Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927–1937
Covers one crucial decade from the Spanish painter's career, beginning with his oft-quoted 1927 statement, "I want to assassinate painting." To achieve this goal, Miró would de- and reconstruct his working methods time and time again. He created 12 distinct series during this 10-year period, all of which are amply illustrated in the exhibition.
Covers one crucial decade from the Spanish painter's career, beginning with his oft-quoted 1927 statement, "I want to assassinate painting." To achieve this goal, Miró would de- and reconstruct his working methods time and time again. He created 12 distinct series during this 10-year period, all of which are amply illustrated in the exhibition.
Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination
The first major Cornell retrospective since 1980, Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination brings together more than 170 of the artist's box constructions, collages, dossiers, films and graphic designs from public and private collections. The exhibition is organized by ten themes, each of which represents a recurrent motif in Cornell's work.
The first major Cornell retrospective since 1980, Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination brings together more than 170 of the artist's box constructions, collages, dossiers, films and graphic designs from public and private collections. The exhibition is organized by ten themes, each of which represents a recurrent motif in Cornell's work.
Landscape in the Renaissance
Features 23 illuminated manuscripts and one book from the prestigious collection of Los Angeles' J. Paul Getty Museum. The exhibition explores the late-medieval and Renaissance development of perspective and representations of water, the garden, light, depth, atmosphere and the bird's-eye view in manuscripts and paintings.
Features 23 illuminated manuscripts and one book from the prestigious collection of Los Angeles' J. Paul Getty Museum. The exhibition explores the late-medieval and Renaissance development of perspective and representations of water, the garden, light, depth, atmosphere and the bird's-eye view in manuscripts and paintings.
Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism
Some 40 paintings, from the Brooklyn Museum's collection and by French and American artists, are included in this traveling exhibition which traces the development of plein air painting from its inception in mid-nineteenth-century France, through the heyday of French Impressionism to its migration to U.S. shores via the minds and palettes of American painters returning home from abroad.
Some 40 paintings, from the Brooklyn Museum's collection and by French and American artists, are included in this traveling exhibition which traces the development of plein air painting from its inception in mid-nineteenth-century France, through the heyday of French Impressionism to its migration to U.S. shores via the minds and palettes of American painters returning home from abroad.
The Legacy of Giotto - Art in Florence 1340-1375
The Legacy of Giotto covers painting, sculpture, illumination and decorative objects created by the Giotteschi (pupils and followers of Giotto di Bondone) for a 35-year period after the death of the father of the Florentine School.
The Legacy of Giotto covers painting, sculpture, illumination and decorative objects created by the Giotteschi (pupils and followers of Giotto di Bondone) for a 35-year period after the death of the father of the Florentine School.
Life After Death: New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collect
During a 2003 trip to Leipzig, Miami-based Donald and Mera Rubell became the New Leipzig School's first collectors. Part of the Rubell Family Collection is currently traveling in the Life After Death... exhibition. We caught up with it at Seattle's Frye Art Museum the fifth venue of six, and offer an enticing selection of the works on view to you here in this special exhibition image gallery.
During a 2003 trip to Leipzig, Miami-based Donald and Mera Rubell became the New Leipzig School's first collectors. Part of the Rubell Family Collection is currently traveling in the Life After Death... exhibition. We caught up with it at Seattle's Frye Art Museum the fifth venue of six, and offer an enticing selection of the works on view to you here in this special exhibition image gallery.
Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas
Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History once again exhibits Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas through August 27, 2006. More than 200 ceramic, bone, metal, stone, textile and wooden works of art and artifacts describe the culture of the Inca at Machu Picchu during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History once again exhibits Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas through August 27, 2006. More than 200 ceramic, bone, metal, stone, textile and wooden works of art and artifacts describe the culture of the Inca at Machu Picchu during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Made for Manufacture: Drawing for Sculpture and the Decorative Arts
Features rare works on paper by European artists from the Fifteenth through Eighteenth Centuries. A number of them during the Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo periods designed three-dimensional objects (e.g., jewelry, metalwork, stained-glass windows, statues, table ornaments and tapestries) that skilled craftsmen eventually created.
Features rare works on paper by European artists from the Fifteenth through Eighteenth Centuries. A number of them during the Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo periods designed three-dimensional objects (e.g., jewelry, metalwork, stained-glass windows, statues, table ornaments and tapestries) that skilled craftsmen eventually created.
Masterpieces of French Painting, 1800-1920
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has loaned 135 works from its collection of French paintings to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (February 4-May 6, 2007) and the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (May 30-October 7, 2007) while its own galleries are being renovated. This special exhibition surveys the development of painting in France in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has loaned 135 works from its collection of French paintings to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (February 4-May 6, 2007) and the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (May 30-October 7, 2007) while its own galleries are being renovated. This special exhibition surveys the development of painting in France in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.
Masterworks at the Expanded Morgan Library
The Morgan Library & Museum's inaugural special exhibition celebrates the institution's recent expansion and reopening by highlighting some 300 objects from its world-class collection of more than 350,000 objects from the Third Millennium B.C. through the Twentieth Century. Here you'll find seven selections including a Dürer, a Picasso and a Gutenberg Bible.
The Morgan Library & Museum's inaugural special exhibition celebrates the institution's recent expansion and reopening by highlighting some 300 objects from its world-class collection of more than 350,000 objects from the Third Millennium B.C. through the Twentieth Century. Here you'll find seven selections including a Dürer, a Picasso and a Gutenberg Bible.
Michelangelo: The Man and the Myth
Explores the career, personality and appearance of Renaissance Master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), around whom a fabulous mythology began to be constructed even during his lifetime. This exhibition--comprised of over a dozen of his original drawings and writings, along with contemporary artists' portraits of Michelangelo--attempts to give us a glimpse into the true nature of the man.
Explores the career, personality and appearance of Renaissance Master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), around whom a fabulous mythology began to be constructed even during his lifetime. This exhibition--comprised of over a dozen of his original drawings and writings, along with contemporary artists' portraits of Michelangelo--attempts to give us a glimpse into the true nature of the man.
Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and His Artists
Drawn exclusively from the collections of the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France and containing more than 140 paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, and artists' books by the four title artists, as well as works by Bonnard and Matisse. Organized by the Royal Academy of Art, London and on view there from October 4, 2008 to January 2, 2009.
Drawn exclusively from the collections of the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France and containing more than 140 paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, and artists' books by the four title artists, as well as works by Bonnard and Matisse. Organized by the Royal Academy of Art, London and on view there from October 4, 2008 to January 2, 2009.
Modigliani and His Times
Modigliani and His Times brought together 126 works with the aim of analyzing the career of Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), from the time he arrived in Paris in 1906 to his early death. For the first time Modigliani's work was presented in a direct dialogue with that of artists who influenced him--Cézanne, Picasso and Brancusi--and with that of his friends in Montparnasse.
Modigliani and His Times brought together 126 works with the aim of analyzing the career of Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), from the time he arrived in Paris in 1906 to his early death. For the first time Modigliani's work was presented in a direct dialogue with that of artists who influenced him--Cézanne, Picasso and Brancusi--and with that of his friends in Montparnasse.
Natural Moderns: Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Contemporaries
Natural Moderns: Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Contemporaries is a one-room special exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum focusing on Modernist works by American artists Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), John Marin (1870-1953), Marsden Hartley (1887-1943) and Arthur Dove (1880-1946) painted between the years 1926 and 1946.
Natural Moderns: Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Contemporaries is a one-room special exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum focusing on Modernist works by American artists Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), John Marin (1870-1953), Marsden Hartley (1887-1943) and Arthur Dove (1880-1946) painted between the years 1926 and 1946.
Napoleon on the Nile
"Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt," at the Dahesh Museum of Art brings together Orientalist paintings from the museum's permanent collection along with more than 80 large engraved plate illustrations from the seminal, twenty-four volume Déscription de l'Égypte (1809-1822).
"Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt," at the Dahesh Museum of Art brings together Orientalist paintings from the museum's permanent collection along with more than 80 large engraved plate illustrations from the seminal, twenty-four volume Déscription de l'Égypte (1809-1822).
New York Cool: Painting and Sculpture from the NYU Art Collection
Grey Art Gallery, located within New York University's Washington Square Center, has assembled a treasure trove of its New York School artists' works from the 1950s and early 1960s, organized them thematically and sent them on the road. New York Cool: Painting and Sculpture from the NYU Art Collection features over 80 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints.
Grey Art Gallery, located within New York University's Washington Square Center, has assembled a treasure trove of its New York School artists' works from the 1950s and early 1960s, organized them thematically and sent them on the road. New York Cool: Painting and Sculpture from the NYU Art Collection features over 80 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints.
Philip Guston: Works on Paper
Better known as an Abstract Expressionist painter, Philip Guston (1913-1980) once said, "It is the bareness of drawing that I like. The act of drawing is what locates, suggests, discovers." Philip Guston: Works on Paper is the first retrospective of his drawings in twenty years, and offers abundant proof that the artist put those words to practice.
Better known as an Abstract Expressionist painter, Philip Guston (1913-1980) once said, "It is the bareness of drawing that I like. The act of drawing is what locates, suggests, discovers." Philip Guston: Works on Paper is the first retrospective of his drawings in twenty years, and offers abundant proof that the artist put those words to practice.
Pissarro: Creating the Impressionist Landscape
This focus exhibition concentrates on one decade of Camille Pissarro's (French, 1830-1903) painting career, the years 1864 to 1874. The nearly-50 paintings in the exhibition are arranged chronologically, allowing us to travel with the artist from the Barbizon School to the first Impressionist exhibition -- quite literally from shadows to light.
This focus exhibition concentrates on one decade of Camille Pissarro's (French, 1830-1903) painting career, the years 1864 to 1874. The nearly-50 paintings in the exhibition are arranged chronologically, allowing us to travel with the artist from the Barbizon School to the first Impressionist exhibition -- quite literally from shadows to light.
Radiant Darkness: The Art of Nocturnal Light
Radiant Darkness: The Art of Nocturnal Light, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California (April 24-July 22, 2007), features 21 works of various media from the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries. They illustrate nighttime light and describe its symbolism during the Renaissance and Baroque periods in Western Europe.
Radiant Darkness: The Art of Nocturnal Light, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California (April 24-July 22, 2007), features 21 works of various media from the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries. They illustrate nighttime light and describe its symbolism during the Renaissance and Baroque periods in Western Europe.
Raphael at the Met: The Colonna Altarpiece
Raphael at the Met: The Colonna Altarpiece, exclusively at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, reunites the seven panels of the Italian High Renaissance artist's masterwork for the first time since their dispersal in the Seventeenth Century. All seven works by Raphael (Raffaelo Sanzio or Santi, 1483-1520) are available for viewing within this picture gallery.
Raphael at the Met: The Colonna Altarpiece, exclusively at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, reunites the seven panels of the Italian High Renaissance artist's masterwork for the first time since their dispersal in the Seventeenth Century. All seven works by Raphael (Raffaelo Sanzio or Santi, 1483-1520) are available for viewing within this picture gallery.
Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian
Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian surveys how important portraiture was during the 15th- and 16th-centuries in Europe. Not only did we use it to portray every aspect of human life, portraits were also promotional pieces (for artists) and often served as heavy-hitting political propaganda. Artists' works on display include those of Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Holbein, Dürer and many others.
Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian surveys how important portraiture was during the 15th- and 16th-centuries in Europe. Not only did we use it to portray every aspect of human life, portraits were also promotional pieces (for artists) and often served as heavy-hitting political propaganda. Artists' works on display include those of Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Holbein, Dürer and many others.
Renoir Landscapes: 1865-1883
We all know and love Pierre-Auguste Renoir as a preeminent painter of people, but often overlook his landscapes. This is a mistake for, as Renoir Landscapes: 1865-1883 illustrates, the artist originally developed his superbly innovative color palette and loose brushwork in the freedom of the outdoors.
We all know and love Pierre-Auguste Renoir as a preeminent painter of people, but often overlook his landscapes. This is a mistake for, as Renoir Landscapes: 1865-1883 illustrates, the artist originally developed his superbly innovative color palette and loose brushwork in the freedom of the outdoors.
Robert Rauschenberg: Combines
Robert Rauschenberg (American, b. 1925) is rightly famous for his freestanding and wall-hung "combine" (mixed-media) pieces created between 1954-64. Organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, About Art History caught up with the traveling exhibition "Combines" during its stay at the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Robert Rauschenberg (American, b. 1925) is rightly famous for his freestanding and wall-hung "combine" (mixed-media) pieces created between 1954-64. Organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, About Art History caught up with the traveling exhibition "Combines" during its stay at the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Roman Art from the Louvre
Drawn from the remarkable collection of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition examines aspects of Roman art through works from the first century B.C. through the early fourth century A.D.
Drawn from the remarkable collection of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition examines aspects of Roman art through works from the first century B.C. through the early fourth century A.D.
Royal Tombs of Ur: Ancient Treasures from Modern Iraq
Here is a selection of some of the more than 200 exquisite Mesopotamian works of art and artifacts on display, including: the Great Lyre; the Ram Caught in a Thicket; a gold ostrich egg; superb examples of weaponry; and other precious masterpieces from Sumer's Early Dynastic IIIA period (ca. 2600-2500 B.C.).
Here is a selection of some of the more than 200 exquisite Mesopotamian works of art and artifacts on display, including: the Great Lyre; the Ram Caught in a Thicket; a gold ostrich egg; superb examples of weaponry; and other precious masterpieces from Sumer's Early Dynastic IIIA period (ca. 2600-2500 B.C.).
Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Art
Showcasing more than 80 sculpted heads dating from before the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, Set in Stone... describes the importance of facial expression in medieval sculpture, the role of iconoclasm in the dismemberment of many statues and how scientific innovations helped to uncover important information about many of the works on view.
Showcasing more than 80 sculpted heads dating from before the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, Set in Stone... describes the importance of facial expression in medieval sculpture, the role of iconoclasm in the dismemberment of many statues and how scientific innovations helped to uncover important information about many of the works on view.
Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga
Showcasing more than 200 original artworks by Tezuka dating from the late 1940s to the late 1980s, these works of art serve to illustrate Tezuka's pioneering work in manga, creation of anime as a genre and ongoing global influence on popular culture. They also demonstrate the "god of manga's" rightful position in the annals of art history.
Showcasing more than 200 original artworks by Tezuka dating from the late 1940s to the late 1980s, these works of art serve to illustrate Tezuka's pioneering work in manga, creation of anime as a genre and ongoing global influence on popular culture. They also demonstrate the "god of manga's" rightful position in the annals of art history.
The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989
Illustrates the influences of Asian art, literature, music and philosophical ideals on American artists during a 129-year period. The exhibition features nearly 250 works and includes painting, sculpture, video art, installations, works on paper, film, live performance, literary works and ephemera. On view January 30-April 19, 2009 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Illustrates the influences of Asian art, literature, music and philosophical ideals on American artists during a 129-year period. The exhibition features nearly 250 works and includes painting, sculpture, video art, installations, works on paper, film, live performance, literary works and ephemera. On view January 30-April 19, 2009 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night
Focuses on the artist's passion for depicting nocturnal light because, as Vincent wrote to his brother, Theo, in April 1885, "One of the most beautiful things by the painters of this century has been the painting of DARKNESS that is still COLOR." Traveling September 21, 2008-June 7, 2009 to New York City and Amsterdam.
Focuses on the artist's passion for depicting nocturnal light because, as Vincent wrote to his brother, Theo, in April 1885, "One of the most beautiful things by the painters of this century has been the painting of DARKNESS that is still COLOR." Traveling September 21, 2008-June 7, 2009 to New York City and Amsterdam.
Van Gogh: Heartfelt Lines
Contains 50 of Vincent's oil paintings, though its focus is on the ways in which he directly transcribed his draftsmanship skills into brushwork. An additional 100 graphic works and watercolors round out the show; on view from September 5 through December 8, 2008 at the Albertina, Vienna.
Contains 50 of Vincent's oil paintings, though its focus is on the ways in which he directly transcribed his draftsmanship skills into brushwork. An additional 100 graphic works and watercolors round out the show; on view from September 5 through December 8, 2008 at the Albertina, Vienna.
Veronese's Allegories: Virtue, Love, and Exploration
The Frick Collection has assembled all five of Paolo Veronese's allegorical paintings held in the United States for an exhibition entitled Veronese's Allegories: Virtue, Love, and Exploration in Renaissance Venice. Stan Parchin here takes us on a brief tour of the five Veronese paintings on display and offers a few words of wisdom about that which each is supposed to depict.
The Frick Collection has assembled all five of Paolo Veronese's allegorical paintings held in the United States for an exhibition entitled Veronese's Allegories: Virtue, Love, and Exploration in Renaissance Venice. Stan Parchin here takes us on a brief tour of the five Veronese paintings on display and offers a few words of wisdom about that which each is supposed to depict.
Vlaminck, a Fauvist Instinct
This exhibition concentrated on the years 1900 to 1915 in the much longer career of French painter, printmaker and writer Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958). From the turn of the century to the beginning of World War I, Vlaminck's work progressed from Post-Impressionist influences, through Fauvism and into a form of colorful Expressionism that would aid the Cubists and foretell Abstract art.
This exhibition concentrated on the years 1900 to 1915 in the much longer career of French painter, printmaker and writer Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958). From the turn of the century to the beginning of World War I, Vlaminck's work progressed from Post-Impressionist influences, through Fauvism and into a form of colorful Expressionism that would aid the Cubists and foretell Abstract art.