Winter 2006-07 Special Exhibitions
A Compilation of Significant Shows by Stan Parchin,
Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions
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Albertina Museum
Vienna, Austria
Picasso: Painting Against TimeSeptember 22, 2006-January 7, 2007
Some 200 drawings, paintings, prints and sculptures by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) focus on the last years of his prolific career.
Andy Warhol: POPSTARS
November 24, 2006-February 18, 2007
Some 50 drawings and collages, mostly from the Factory or atelier of American Pop artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987), depict recording stars of the 1970s and 1980s (e.g., The Beatles, Aretha Franklin and The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards).
Alte Pinakothek
Munich, Germany
Leonardo: The Madonna with the CarnationSeptember 14-December 3, 2006
Madonna and Child with a Carnation (1475-76) by Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is displayed in light of new technical and analytical studies related to the painting. Works by students from the workshop of painter and sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) join Leonardo's masterpiece.
American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York
GoldNovember 18, 2006-August 19, 2007
Explores the art, symbolism and science of Earth's magnificent malleable mineral throughout history and across civilizations. Among the precious objects on display are: ancient Lydian, Byzantine and Spanish currency; rare textiles; and splendid examples of Mesoamerican jewelry.
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Charles Sheeler: Across MediaOctober 7, 2006-January 7, 2007
Examines the influences of drawing, film, painting and photography on American artist Charles Sheeler (1883-1965) through some 50 of his works. Travels next to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California from February 10 to May 6, 2007.
The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology
Oxford, England
Imagining LeonardoAugust 9-November 5, 2006
A group of rarely displayed drawings by Italian High Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) forms the basis of a special exhibition that reveals how other artists and scholars interpreted the master's works.
Asia Society
New York, New York
Gilded Splendor: Treasures of China's Liao DynastyOctober 5-December 31, 2006
Describes the Khitan Empire (907-1125 A.D.) of northern China and Mongolia through numerous funerary objects made of gold and precious stones.
Glass, Gold and Grand Design:
Art of the Sassanian Persians (224-642 A.D.)
February 14-May 20, 2007
More than 150 glass, bronze and mosaic works of art, textiles and arms from American and European collections describe the amazing culture of the Sassanian Empire from the Third through Seventh Centuries A.D.
The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in
the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture
New York, New York
James "Athenian" Stuart, 1713-1788:The Rediscovery of Antiquity
November 16, 2006-February 18, 2007
This first international loan exhibition of 150 works by British architect and designer James "Athenian" Stuart (1713-1788) explores his contributions to the development of Neoclassicism, frequently overlooked. Travels next to London's Victoria & Albert Museum from March 15 to June 24, 2007.
The Blanton Museum of Art
Austin, Texas
Rembrandt's EtchingsAugust 4, 2006-December 10, 2007
More than 24 etchings by Dutch Baroque painter, engraver, draftsman and printmaker Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the museum's collection are assembled to celebrate the 400th anniversary of his birth.
Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585
September 19, 2006-January 14, 2007
Some 60 paintings and 100 drawings, mostly by Italian artist Luca Cambiaso (1527-1585), describe the career of Genoa's first truly "modern" artist and the cultural milieu in which he worked.
The British Museum
London, England
French Drawings: Clouet to SeuratPart 2: 1700-1900 Watteau to Seurat
October 3, 2006-January 7, 2007
French master drawings from The British Museum's collection, many of them seldom exhibited because of their sensitivity to light, comprise this show. They include works by Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Paul Seurat (1859-1891) and Paul Cézanne (1839-1906).
Power & Taboo: Sacred Objects from the Pacific
September 28, 2006-January 7, 2007
More than 80 works of Oceanic art describe the Polynesians' powerful gods and explain their concept of tapu (taboo). The influence of Polynesian art on Modernists Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Henry Moore (1898-1986) is addressed.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York
Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005October 20, 2006-January 21, 2007
Some 100 images by American photographer Annie Leibovitz (b. 1949) cover a number of her recent professional assignments. Included are images that document facets of her personal life and Leibovitz's landscapes of the American West. Travels next to the San Diego Museum of Art, California from February 10 to April 22, 2007 and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia from June to September 2007.
Ancient Egyptian Magic: Manipulating
Image, Word and Reality
December 6, 2006-August 12, 2007
Twenty objects describe how the ancient Egyptians understood the universe's unknown forces and attempted to manipulate them by means of images, rituals, speech and written words in a world where religion and magic were identical.
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science
Greenwich, Connecticut
Jan van der Heyden (1637-1712)September 16, 2006-January 10, 2007
Examines the precisely painted cityscapes of Dutch Baroque artist Jan van der Heyden (1637-1712) through some 40 paintings and 20 drawings. Travels next to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from February 1 to April 30, 2007.
Painterly Controversy: William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri
January 27-April 29, 2007
Illustrates the similarities and differences in the works of American Impressionist William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) and Ashcan School painter Robert Henri (1865-1929) during a lifetime of common admiration and animosity for each other. The exhibition chronicles their vitriolic debate over the direction of American art through the early years of the Twentieth Century.
Busch-Reisinger Museum
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of TechniqueSeptember 9-December 10, 2006
More than 30 drawings, paintings and prints by Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and members of his workshop demonstrate the importance of technique in the production of their works.
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Gatineau, Quebec
Petra: Lost City of StoneApril 2, 2006-February 18, 2007
More than 170 artworks and artifacts from Jordanian, American and European collections describe the Middle Eastern culture of Petra from the First Century B.C. to the Sixth Century A.D. The exhibition explores: the art and architecture of the Nabataeans, Petra's inhabitants; their daily life and religious beliefs as represented in sculptures from before Roman rule through Byzantine times; the Nabataeans' artistic cross-fertilization with other ancient civilizations; and Petra's decline after the earthquake of 363 A.D.
Click here to read a review of the exhibition.
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Atlanta, Georgia
Discovering Rome: Maps and Monuments of the Eternal CitySeptember 23, 2006-January 14, 2007
Primarily seventeenth- and eighteenth-century graphic works illustrate: Rome's ruins from classical antiquity; medieval churches; Renaissance villas; and remarkably manicured gardens.
Domains of Wonder: Selected Masterworks of Indian Painting
December 16, 2006-March 11, 2007
Displays 123 paintings and two bound manuscripts that describe the religious beliefs and rich cultural heritage of India, beginning with fourteenth-century images of Jain saints.
Amon Carter Museum
Fort Worth, Texas
Regarding the Land: Robert GlennKetchum and the Legacy of Eliot Porter
September 16, 2006-January 7, 2007
Eighty works of color photography by Eliot Porter (1901-1990) and Robert Glenn Ketchum (b. 1947) illustrate their landscapes, contrasting Porter's interest in natural history with Ketchum's eye for abstraction.
Christ Church Picture Gallery
Oxford, England
Leonardo and Milan: Drawings from the Guise CollectionAugust 9-November 5, 2006
The gallery exhibits rarely seen drawings by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), his pupils and followers. This exhibition describes the artists' individual achievements while documenting the aesthetic taste of British General John Guise (1682/83-1765), a collector of Leonardo's works on paper.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Claude Lorrain--The Painter as Draftsman:Drawings from the British Museum
February 4-April 29, 2007
French Baroque artist Claude Lorrain (1604/5?-1682) is represented by 85 works on paper, a selection of oil paintings and several original etchings on loan from the British Museum.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, Ohio
Barcelona and Modernity: Gaudí to DalíOctober 15, 2006-January 7, 2007
More than 200 drawings, paintings, posters, prints and sculptures, supplemented by architectural models, decorative objects, designs, furniture and video, describe the "Catalan Renaissance" in the history of modern Spanish art from before the Barcelona Universal Exhibition of 1888 through the beginning of Fascist rule in 1939. Travels next to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from March 7 to June 3, 2007.
Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia, South Carolina
Frank Lloyd Wright and the House BeautifulNovember 10, 2006-February 4, 2007
Over 100 drawings, pieces of furniture, examples of metalwork, textiles and ephemera created by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) demonstrate his philosophy of the "house beautiful" that integrated home furnishings with his innovative style of architecture.
Courtauld Institute of Art
London, England
David Teniers and the Theatre of PaintingOctober 19, 2006-January 21, 2007
Celebrates the 1660 publication of the Theatrum Pictorium (Theatre of Painting) by Dutch Baroque painter David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690), the first illustrated catalogue of a major European collection of more than 1300 works of art.
Dahesh Museum of Art
New York, New York
Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers,Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt
June 8-December 31, 2006
Europe's fascination with the art and culture of Egypt from Napoleon's brief military occupation of the country (1798-1801) through the beginning of World War I is explored through numerous examples of the decorative arts, drawings, illustrated books, medals, paintings, photographs, prints and watercolors. On display are bound and unbound copies of the Déscription de L'Égypte (1809-1829).
Click here for a selection of images from the exhibition.
Salvador Dalí Museum
St. Petersburg, Florida
Dalí by the Decades: Dalí's Surreal CenturyAugust 4, 2006-January 2007
Drawings, oil paintings, photographs and watercolors from the museum's permanent collection describe how events between the two World Wars influenced the symbolism in the art of Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).
Dalí Zodiac
August 4, 2006-January 29, 2007
Divided into four sections, this exhibition presents: the Dalí Zodiac set of prints; the artist's personal Zodiac; a history of Dalí's Zodiac group; and an explanation of Catalan Mysticism's origins.
Dalí & the Spanish Baroque
February 2-June 24, 2007
Presents Spanish Old Master paintings alongside works by Dalí to explore the origins of the Surrealist's pictorial vocabulary.
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, Texas
Van Gogh's Sheaves of WheatOctober 22, 2006-January 7, 2007
The centerpiece of this exhibition is Sheaves of Wheat (1890) by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Wheat as a metaphor for both the cycle of life and the plight of the agricultural worker is explored through works by van Gogh, Jean-François Millet (1814-1875), Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Claude Monet (1840-1926) and Paul Gauguin (1848-1903).
Matisse: Painter as Sculptor
January 21-April 29, 2007
More than 150 drawings, paintings and sculptures by French Fauve artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) describe the interrelationships among the three media as interpreted through the master's sculptural works. Part of the exhibition is also on view at Dallas' Nasher Sculpture Center. Travels next to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from June 9 to September 16, 2007 and The Baltimore Museum of Art from October 28, 2007 to February 3, 2008.
Dayton Art Institute
Dayton, Ohio
Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art:Treasures from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
September 24, 2006-January 7, 2007
Landscapes, portraits, self-portraits, still-life paintings, Delftware, sculptures and objects of silver and glass recreate the everyday life and working environment of seventeenth-century Dutch artists Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Jan Steen (1626-1679), Gerard Dou (1613-1675), Pieter Claesz (1597/98-1660), Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682) and Hendrick Ter Brugghen (1588-1629). The influence of Roman Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610) is explored.
The Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, Michigan
The Big Three in Printmaking:Dürer, Rembrandt and Picasso
September 13-December 31, 2006
Numerous examples of aquatint, drypoint, engraving, etching, linoleum cuts, lithography and woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) illustrate three high points in the history of Western European printmaking.
Annie Leibovitz: American Music
September 24, 2006-January 7, 2007
Seventy insightful works on paper by American photographer Annie Leibovitz (b. 1949) portray major personalities in the music industry from the late 1970s through the 1980s. Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen and others are included in Leibovitz's star-studded portfolio.
Click here for a selection of images in the exhibition.
Field Museum
Chicago, Illinois
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the PharaohsMay 29, 2006-January 1, 2007
This ticketed special exhibition features objects from the boy-king Tutankhamun's tomb (some of which were previously seen in the United States, minus the pharaoh's iconic Gold Mask) and other works of art from his predecessors' reigns. Included this time is the gilded gold coffin of the lady Tjuya. Tutankhamun is properly placed historically within the monotheistic maelstrom of his father, Akhenaten, by works of art that describe the "heretic" pharaoh's religious revolution. Objects specific to Tutankhamun's burial include the pharaoh's delicate royal diadem, discovered encircling the mummified king's head, and one of the four miniature canopic coffins that contained some of the young ruler's internal organs. The show climaxes with the recent forensic reconstruction of what Tutankhamun was supposed to have looked like. Travels next to The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from February 3 to September 30, 2007 before debuting in London, England in November 2007.
Fogg Art Museum
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dissent!November 11, 2006-February 25, 2007
More than 40 prints, beginning in Europe's turbulent Sixteenth Century, illustrate opposition to political, religious and social oppression.
The Frick Art & Historical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Off the Pedestal: New Women in theArt of Homer, Chase and Sargent
November 4, 2006-January 14, 2007
More than 100 works by Winslow Homer (1836-1910), William Merrritt Chase (1849-1916) and John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), among others, trace the development of the intelligent, professional and self-assured New Woman, a concept that emerged in American art shortly after the Civil War.
The Frick Collection
New York, New York
Cimabue and Early Italian Devotional PaintingOctober 3-December 31, 2006
Reunites two panels depicting scenes from the life of Jesus Christ created by the Early Italian Renaissance painter Cimabue (act. 1272-1302). Manuscripts, small-scale altarpieces and examples of verre églomisé (gilded glass) help to situate Cimabue's works historically.
Click here to read a review of the exhibition.
Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804): A New Testament
October 24, 2006-January 7, 2007
Some 60 finished ink drawings from a corpus of 313 large works on paper that comprise the reassembled New Testament cycle of Venetian artist Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) are on display. They illustrate the level of artistic sophistication achieved by Tiepolo during his lifetime.
Masterpieces of European Painting
from The Cleveland Museum of Art
November 8, 2006-January 28, 2007
While The Cleveland Museum of Art undergoes a major expansion and renovation, 13 of its Old Master paintings grace The Frick Collection's walls. Works by Fra Filippo Lippi (1406-1469), El Greco (ca. 1541-1614), Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610), Frans Hals (ca. 1581-1666), Georges de la Tour (1593-1652), Diego de Velázquez (1599–1660) and Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), among others, comprise the exhibition.
George Stubbs (1724-1806): A Celebration
February 14-May 27, 2007
Approximately 20 paintings by artist George Stubbs (1724-1806), drawn exclusively from British collections, reflect his contributions to eighteenth-century painting.
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Nashville, Tennessee
Bedazzled: 5000 Years of Jewelry fromthe Walters Art Museum
September 16, 2006-January 14, 2007
Across cultures and time, precious pieces of jewelry from the Second Millennium B.C. to the beginning of the Twentieth Century have been expressions of creativity, wealth and power. A Syrian gold crown, Egyptian amulet necklace, pair of gold Roman snake bracelets, Visigothic fibulae (pins or clasps), a Spanish Baroque crystal crucifix and a Tiffany diamond necklace are among the exquisite highlights of this exhibition.
Gagosian Gallery
New York, New York
Cast a Cold Eye: The Late Work of Andy WarholOctober 25-December 22, 2006
This extensive loan exhibition from public and private collections features iconic works from the 1970s and 1980s by American Pop artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Among them are Mao, The Last Supper, self-portraits and more, capturing the artist's abilities as a history painter despite increasing criticism of Warhol's output late in his career.
Galleria degli Uffizi
Florence, Italy
The Mind of Leonardo da Vinci:The Universal Genius at Work
March 6, 2006-January 7, 2007
Displaying drawings, paintings and expertly constructed working models of machines designed by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), this special exhibition explores the Italian Renaissance master's "universal" role in contributions to the development of art, anatomical studies, science and technology. The fertile mind of this sophisticated artist and draftsman is demystified, allowing one to see Leonardo as the consummate investigator and inventive architect of his time. The master's insatiable desire to unify all facets of knowledge, aimed at attaining a perfect imitation of nature in art, is evident in this show.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, California
From Caspar David Friedrich to GerhardRichter: German Paintings from Dresden
October 6, 2006-April 29, 2007
Eighteen paintings from Dresden's Galerie Neue Meister represent the careers of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) and contemporary artist Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), best known for his photographically inspired works. In addition, 12 other German paintings created between 1800 and World War I by artists such as Gustav Carus (1789-1869) and Otto Dix (1891-1969) appear in the Getty Museum's galleries, juxtaposed with comparable works from its permanent collection.
Guercino: Mind to Paper
October 17, 2006-January 21, 2007
This international loan exhibition focuses on the drawings of the largely self-taught Italian Baroque artist Giovanni Francesco Barberi (1591-1666). Called Guercino because he was cross-eyed, the dramatic lighting of his altarpieces, charged with fiery emotion, invites the viewer into his paintings' illusionstic space. This presentation highlights Guercino's unconventional working methods that helped the artist to convey a sense of drama and movement in his compositions. Travels next to London's Courtauld Institute of Art from February 22 to May 13, 2007.
The Gospels in Medieval Manuscript Illumination
October 31, 2006-January 7, 2007
Twenty-one medieval manuscripts demonstrate how the New Testament Gospels of Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were decorated to describe the life of Jesus Christ. The exhibition emphasizes portraiture.
Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai
November 14, 2006-March 4, 2007
Some 43 Byzantine icons, six manuscripts, a liturgical textile and other religious objects from St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt are on display at the Getty Museum, accompanied by works from other collections.
Read more about the exhibition here.
French Manuscript Illumination of the Middle Ages
January 23-April 15, 2007
Explores the traditions of French illumination from the Ninth to Sixteenth Centuries A.D. through 25 manuscripts and individual leaves drawn from the Getty Museum's collection. Their relation to panel paintings and stained-glass window design is also explored.
Made for Manufacture: Drawings for
Sculpture and the Decorative Arts
February 6-May 20, 2007
Renaissance and Baroque drawings for ceramic, glass, metal, stone and wooden objects are displayed.
The Getty Villa
Malibu, California
Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa--Masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia
October 26, 2006-April 30, 2007
Twenty-seven mosaics from Roman North Africa, dating from the Second through Sixth Centuries A.D. and used to decorate the floors of public and private spaces, are on loan to the Getty Villa from Tunisia. Nature, theatre, mythology and religion are four topics explored in the exhibition.
Grey Art Gallery
New York, New York
Moving Pictures: AmericanArt and Early Film, 1880-1910
September 13-December 9, 2006
Displays examples of early cinema with American drawings, paintings and prints from the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, exploring: the relationship of film to landscape and marine painting; motion photography and the human body; the realistic depiction of urban life after 1900; and how fine artists related to filmmakers of the period. Travels next to the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. from February 17 to May 20, 2007.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York, New York
El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and HistoryNovember 17, 2006-March 28, 2007
This international loan exhibition brings together approximately 135 paintings by Spanish artists from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. In an attempt to reevaluate the traditional interpretations of Spanish art, the works are arranged thematically rather than chronologically, dealing with such subjects as everyday life, history, mythology and religion. Artists represented include El Greco (ca. 1541-1614), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664), Diego Velázquez (1599-1660), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Joan Miró (1893-1983) and Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, Georgia
Kings as CollectorsOctober 14, 2006-September 7, 2007
The first installment of a three-year collaboration between the High Museum of Art and Paris' Musée du Louvre, this exhibition features 32 world-renowned paintings, complemented by sculptures and antiquities collected during the reigns of Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715) and Louis XVI (r. 1774-1793). Baldassare Castiglione (1516), the famous portrait by Italian High Renaissance master Raphael (1483-1520), is on view through January 21, 2007. It will be replaced by Et in Arcadia Ego by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) for the remainder of the exhibition.
The King's Drawings
October 14, 2006-January 21, 2007
This exhibition from Paris' Musée du Louvre includes some 60 drawings, most never seen before in the United States, by masters such as Northern Renaissance artists Matthias Grünewald (1475/80-1528) and Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). The highlight of this show is Raphael's Head of an Angel, a study completed for The Expulsion of Heliodorus (ca. 1512), one of his famous Vatican frescoes.
Hood Museum of Art
Hanover, New Hampshire
From Discovery to Dartmouth: The AssyrianReliefs at the Hood Museum of Art, 1856-2006
October 19, 2006-March 11, 2007
Six large-scale relief sculptures from the Northwest Palace of Assyrian King Ashurnasipal II (883-859 B.C.) depict ancient rituals involving the Mesopotamian ruler, humans and supernatural entities. Other works of art from the Ancient Near East and vivid computer graphics enhance this exhibition.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, Indiana
Rembrandt: Face to FaceAugust 6-November 26, 2006
Self-portraits of Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) illustrate the master's inventive use of light and shadow, brilliant brushwork and preoccupation with human facial features.
Prints from Paris: Vollard Editions
December 3, 2006-June 30, 2007
Displays 37 engravings, etchings and lithographs produced by famous French artists of the last half of the Nineteenth Century and collected by Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939), the famous Parisian art dealer and print publisher.
Institut du Monde Arabe
Paris, France
Venice and the Islamic World, 828-1797October 2, 2006-February 18, 2007
Examines Venetian decorative arts, drawings, paintings and printed books that were influenced artistically by Islamic culture from the Middle Ages through the end of the Eighteenth Century. Travels next to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from March 27 to July 8, 2007.
Katonah Museum of Art
Katonah, New York
Ancient Art of the CycladesOctober 1-December 31, 2006
Introduces the viewer to the simple geometric shapes of mostly female sculptures from Greece's Cycladic Islands in the Third Millennium B.C. This art form influenced the Modernist works of Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920). Stone vessels from the same period are also on display.
Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth, Texas
Hatshepsut: From Queen to PharaohAugust 27-December 31, 2006
Hatshepsut (r. 1473-1458 B.C.), the female pharaoh of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, is the subject of an international loan exhibition. She ruled ancient Egypt for nearly two decades, first as regent for, and then as co-ruler with, her nephew Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 B.C.). During Hatshepsut's reign, trade relations with foreign lands were expanded. Interestingly, subtle innovations in royal sculpture allowed the queen to be portrayed as pharaoh. Sculptures from Hatshepsut's monumental mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri reflect the prosperity of her time. After her mysterious disappearance, Thutmose III obliterated Hatshepsut's name and images from a number of public monuments. In a vain iconoclastic attempt to eliminate the memory of his aunt's accomplishments, Thutmose III inadvertently left wondrous artworks for modern-day Egyptologists and art historians to interpret.
Read the full review.
View a gallery of images from the exhibition.
Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the
Floating World, 1690-1850
February 11-April 29, 2007
On loan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston are more than 80 ukiyo-e or "floating world paintings" from the Seventeenth through Nineteenth Centuries A.D. They explore the symbolism of the "two places of iniquity," namely the theater and the brothel. Travels next to Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum from June 2 to August 12, 2007 and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (dates to be determined).
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna, Austria
Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and theRenaissance of Venetian Painting
October 17, 2006-January 7, 2007
Some 60 Italian portraits, female nudes and landscapes from the first three decades of the Sixteenth Century reveal a specific artistic phenomenon that occured in Renaissance Venice. One of the show's highlights is Titian's Pastoral Concert, more popularly known as Concert Champêtre (ca. 1510), on special loan from the Musée du Louvre for this occasion.
Read more about the special exhibition.
Latenium Museum
Neuchatel, Switzerland
Treasures of the Steppes: Archeological Treasures ofRussia from the Collection of the State Hermitage
June 15, 2006-December 31, 2006
Approximately 200 artworks and artifacts from the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg describe the prehistoric cultures of Eurasia. On view are Paleolithic statuettes carved from mammoth bone, Neolithic utilitarian objects and ornamental treasures that illustrate the "animal style" of the Scythians and other nomadic peoples of the First Millennium B.C.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, California
Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of ImagesNovember 19, 2006-March 4, 2007
LACMA's The Treachery of Images (This is not a pipe) (ca. 1928-29) by René Magritte (1898–1967) is the centerpiece of a special exhibition that examines the Belgian Surrealist's influence on Pop, Conceptual and Post-Modern Art. Some 50 masterpieces by Magritte are displayed with works by Jasper Johns (b. 1930), Vija Celmins (b. 1939), Ed Ruscha (b. 1937), Joseph Kosuth (b. 1945) and Jeff Koons (b. 1955), artists inspired by the twentieth-century master of pictorial illusion.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Memphis, Tennessee
Masterpieces from an English CountryHouse: The Fitzwilliam Collection
September 16-December 3, 2006
Thirty-two Dutch, English, Flemish, French and Italian Old Master paintings, a complete set of Birds of America by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and pieces of English porcelain comprise this special exhibition from Great Britain. Artists represented include Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Claude Lorrain (1604/5?-1682) and Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792).
McMullen Museum of Art
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Cosmophilia: Islamic Art from theDavid Collection, Copenhagen
September 1-December 31, 2006
Examines the four major forms of rich ornamentation (textual, vegetal/arabesque, geometric and figural) in Islamic art from Spain to India over the course of a millennium. Such elaborate decoration was used on religious and secular objects from tablewares to tapestries. Travels next to the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois from February 1 to May 20, 2007.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
Brush and Ink: The Chinese Art of WritingSeptember 2, 2006-January 21, 2007
Seventy marvelous works of Chinese calligraphy, starting in the Fourth Century A.D.
Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard,
Patron of the Avant-Garde
September 14, 2006-January 7, 2007 Examines the career of Parisian art dealer Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) through masterpieces by the artists whom he represented: Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940) and others. One highlight of the exhibition is Gauguin's Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897). Ceramics, prints and sculptures commissioned by Vollard round out The Met's presentation. Travels next to the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois from February 7 to May 13, 2007 and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris from June 4 to September 14, 2007.
Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture
September 26, 2006-February 18, 2007
More than 80 sculpted heads from the Third through Early Sixteenth Centuries A.D. trace the development of the human face in medieval statuary. The artworks on display, made from limestone, marble, polychromed wood, silver and silver gilt, represent the French, Byzantine, German, Italian and English artistic traditions in medieval sculpture. Issues of connoisseurship, iconoclasm, portraiture, religion and usage are considered.
Sean Scully: Wall of Light
September 26, 2006-January 14, 2007
Irish-born American Abstract artist Sean Scully (b. 1945) has been profoundly influenced by twentieth-century masters Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) and Mark Rothko (1903-1970). Geometric shapes and brilliant colors characterize his Wall of Light, an expanding series of paintings, pastels, photographs, prints and watercolors begun in the 1990s.
Americans in Paris 1860-1900
October 24, 2006-January 28, 2007
Paris was the center of the art world in the Nineteenth Century. This
exhibition explores why American artists were lured to the French capital
(especially after the 1860s), what they found there and how they reacted to
it, through the works of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), John
Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), Henry Ossawa
Tanner (1859-1937) and his former teacher, Thomas Eakins (1844-1916),
among others. A highlight of the show is Sargent's Portrait of Madame
X (1883-84).
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Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art of the Papuan Gulf
October 24, 2006-September 2, 2007
Late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sculptures from the Papuan
Gulf of New Guinea represent supernatural entities that Oceanic peoples
placated for the needs of their daily existence.
Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s
November 14, 2006-February 19, 2007
Portraits of poets, prostitutes and professionals by 10 disillusioned artists of
Germany's Weimar Republic (1919-1933) are examined in 40 paintings and
60 works on paper in this international loan exhibition. Among those
represented are Max Beckmann (1884-1950) and Otto Dix (1891-1969).
Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton
Hall--An Artist's Country Estate
November 21, 2006-May 20, 2007
Assembles many of the architectural remnants, ceramic vases, paintings and
stained-glass windows from Laurelton Hall, the Long Island, New York
country estate of American Art Nouveau and Aesthetic artist Louis Comfort
Tiffany (1848-1933). Includes pieces from Tiffany's collections of Chinese,
Japanese and Native American art.
Discovering Tutankhamun: The Photographs of Harry Burton
December 19, 2006-April 29, 2007
Taken by photographer Harry Burton (1879-1940), these vintage black and
white pictures document the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun
(ruled ca. 1336-1327 B.C.) and its contents.
Closed Circuit: Video and New Media at the Metropolitan
February 23-April 29, 2007
Features new video works collected by The Museum's Department of
Photographs within the last five years.
Middlebury College Museum of Art
Middlebury, Vermont
Treasures from the Royal Tombs of UrSeptember 14-December 10, 2006
This special exhibition explores the spectacular art and material culture of ancient Sumer in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) through more than 200 objects from Ur. Featured are: the recently reconstructed Ram in the Thicket (actually a goat); the musical Great Lyre; and the ornate headdress, jewelry and precious accessories from the tomb of Lady Puabi, dating back to the Third Millennium B.C.
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Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Biedermeier: The Invention of SimplicitySeptember 16, 2006-January 1, 2007
The Biedermeier period in Central European art (1815 to 1830) is represented by some 300 Austrian, Czechoslovakian and German decorative objects, paintings, pieces of furniture and works on paper in this international loan exhibition. Travels next to the Albertina Museum in Vienna, Austria from February 2 to May 13, 2007.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montreal, Quebec
Girodet: Romantic RebelOctober 12, 2006-January 21, 2007
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824) was the rebellious student of Neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). More than 100 paintings and works on paper, devoted to portraiture, mythology and the military accomplishments of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), illustrate Girodet's artistic style and how his oeuvre was influenced by the French Revolution and its aftermath.
Odilon Redon's Haunted Realm:
Lithographs from the Montreal Museum of
Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Canada
October 12, 2006 to January 21, 2007
A rich selection of lithographs by French Symbolist painter Odilon Redon (1840-1916) explores many of the psychologically disturbing themes recurrent in his works.
Morgan Library & Museum
New York, New York
Fragonard and the French TraditionOctober 13, 2006-January 7, 2007
Numerous drawings by French Rococo artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806).
Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain
Strasbourg, France
Georges Rouault: Form, Color, HarmonyNovember 10, 2006-March 18, 2007
This retrospective of some 100 ceramics, etchings, oil paintings and watercolors describe the creative process and career of French Fauve and Expressionist artist Georges Rouault (1871-1958).
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
Maurice Denis: Earthly ParadiseOctober 31, 2006-January 21, 2007
A splendid gathering of the works of Nabi painter Maurice Denis (1870-1943) includes his commissions for churches, public buildings and theaters. Travels next to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec from February 22 to May 20, 2007 and the Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy from July 21 to September 21, 2007.
Museo Civico Archeologico
Bologna, Italy
Annibale CarracciSeptember 22, 2006-January 7, 2007
Surveys the career of the innovative seventeenth-century Italian artist Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) through many of his portraits, altarpieces, landscapes, drawings and prints from his beginnings in Bologna to his maturity in Rome.
Museo Nacional del Prado
Madrid, Spain
The Hidden LineJuly 21-November 5, 2006
The results of infrared reflectography on a number of the museum's Renaissance paintings allow the viewer to examine the artists' original drawings underneath layers of paint in their masterpieces, revealing the changes they made to their compositions before the works were completed.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Madrid, Spain
The Mirror and the Mask:The Portrait in the Age of Picasso
February 6-May 20, 2007
Describes the evolution of portraiture in the Twentieth Century through works by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), Francis Bacon (1909-1992) and Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Travels next to the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas from June 17 to September 16, 2007.
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Cradle of Christianity: Jewish and ChristianTreasures from the Holy Land
December 7, 2006-April 15, 2007
Traces the development of Christianity from the First through the Seventh Century A.D. with precious works of art and artifacts from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Museum of Biblical Art
New York, New York
Biblical Art in a Secular Century: Selections, 1896-1993December 14, 2006-March 11, 2007
An international loan exhibition of religious works in the Judeo-Christian tradition by twentieth-century artists Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Kiki Smith (b. 1954) and Jeff Koons (b. 1955), among others.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
Donatello to Giambologna: Italian RenaissanceSculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
January 24-July 8, 2007
Displays the MFA, Boston's superb collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance sculpture, largely unknown to both the public and scholars. Includes works by Donatello (ca. 1386-1466) and Luca della Robbia (1399-1482), among others. Explores issues of both preservation and conservation.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, Texas
Best in Show: The Dog inArt from the Renaissance to Today
October 1, 2006-January 1, 2007
Canine imagery in European art, beginning with the Renaissance, expressed changing social attitudes of Western civilization. Examples in engraving, painting, sculpture and photography attest to this fact. Works by Titian (1488-1576), Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), George Stubbs (1724-1806), Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899), Andy Warhol (1928-1987) and Jeff Koons (b. 1955) appear in this entertaining exhibition.
The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890-1950
October 29, 2006-January 28, 2007
Some 100 paintings, photographs and watercolors describe the American West's influence on Modernism in American art.
Museum of the History of Science
Oxford, England
Leonardo and the Mathematical ArtsAugust 9-November 5, 2006
Instruments for drawing, surveying, astronomy and telling time from the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries describe the mathematical culture of the Renaissance. The exhibition demonstrates how Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) worked within and beyond the standard definition of "the mathematical arts" in Renaissance Europe.
Museum of Modern Art
New York, New York
Brice Marden: A Retrospective of Paintings and DrawingsOctober 29, 2006-January 15, 2007
Galleries on two floors of MoMA are devoted to a chronological retrospective of more than 100 paintings and works on paper by the contemporary American artist Brice Marden (b. 1938). The works on display reveal Marden's early preoccupation with color, light and surface as well as his recent fascination with calligraphic forms.
Manet and the Execution of Maximilian
November 5, 2006-January 29, 2007
Several reunited works by French Realist painter Édouard Manet (1832-1883) depict the execution of Mexico's abandoned Emperor Maximilian on June 19, 1867.
Musée du Luxembourg
Paris, France
Titian: The Power of PortraitureSeptember 13, 2006-January 21, 2007
More than 60 paintings by mostly Italian artists describe the enduring importance of the portrait in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. The exhibition features an astonishing 35 works by Venetian master Titian (ca. 1490-1576).
National Gallery
London, England
Cézanne in BritainOctober 4, 2006-January 7, 2007
Some 40 works by French Post-impressionist painter Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), drawn entirely from British public and private collections, trace his career from the 1860s until his death. The role of collectors, critics and museums in the development of Cézanne's notoriety is explained.
Velázquez
October 18, 2006-January 21, 2007
Great Britain's first retrospective of the career of Spanish Baroque painter Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660) thoroughly examines: his origins in Seville, Spain; works produced while court painter to King Philip IV (r. 1621-1665); his Italian interludes; and the artist's last days. Almost half of the artist's surviving works, gathered together for this landmark exhibition, demonstrate his ability to paint realistically while imbuing his portraits and masterpieces of religious and mythological themes with intense psychological insight.
Renoir Landscapes: 1865-1883
February 21-May 20, 2007
Some 70 landscapes produced by French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) during the first 20 years of his career illustrate the artist's experimentation in composition and handling of the picture plane. Southern French, Italian and North African influences on Renoir's early works are addressed in this exhibition. Travels next to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario from June 8 to September 9, 2007.
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish DiptychNovember 12, 2006-February 4, 2007
Some 85 paintings from the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries explore the diptych (two-panel) format in Early Netherlandish and Northern Renaissance art within the context of contemporary writings and religious practices. Recent findings about the artists' painting techniques and workshop practices are examined. Travels next to the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium from March 3 to May 27, 2007.
Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings
November 19, 2006-March 18, 2007
Accompanied by several loans from American private collections, this exhibition displays many of the museum's etchings and drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669).
The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Britain
November 19, 2006-March 18, 2007
British drawings dating from the end of the Eighteenth through the dawn of the Twentieth Century illustrate trends in Romantic art: a genuine interest in the individual and the visionary; a revived taste for medieval art; and a rebellion against artistic conventions of the time. A highlight of the exhibition is Desdemona's Death Song (1875/80) by Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), recently acquired by the museum.
Nickle Arts Museum
Calgary, Alberta
Ancient Peru Unearthed: GoldenTreasures of a Lost Civilization
September 28, 2006-January 14, 2007
More than 120 gold and ceramic works of art from 900 to 1300 A.D. describe the pre-Inca Sicán culture of northern Peru. Travels next to Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum from March 10 to August 6, 2007.
Norton Museum of Art
West Palm Beach, Florida
William Wegman: Funney/StrangeNovember 4, 2006-January 28, 2007
The last 40 years of the career of American photographer William Wegman (b. 1943) are examined through 100 works, including pictures of his famous often-costumed weimaraner dogs, collages, drawings, paintings, videos and books. Travels next to the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts from April 7 to July 31, 2007 and the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio from September 14 to December 30, 2007.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen, Denmark
Women and ImpressionismOctober 6, 2006-January 21, 2007
This international loan exhibition investigates how revolutionary the French Impressionists' depictions of women really were through works by Édouard Manet (1832-1883), Claude Monet (1840-1926), Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) and other painters of the period.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Temples and Tombs: Treasures ofEgyptian Art from The British Museum
September 7-November 26, 2006
Some 85 objects from The British Museum (cosmetic and funerary items, jewelry, papyri, reliefs and sculptures) describe the development of art and culture of ancient Egypt from predynastic times to the Fourth Century A.D. The exhibition is divided into four sections: the pharaoh and the temple; objects associated with artists and nobles; Egyptians as portrayed in temple and tomb sculpture; and the role of the tomb in death and the afterlife. Travels next to The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens from December 22, 2006 to March 18, 2007 and the North Carolina Museum of Art from April 15 to July 8, 2007.
Onassis Cultural Foundation
New York, New York
Athens-SpartaDecember 6, 2006-May 12, 2007
More than 280 works of art and artifacts describe the cultures of Athens and Sparta, ancient Greece's two most prominent city-states. This international loan exhibition assembles rare treasures, many on display in the United States for the first time. Athens-Sparta enables viewers to appreciate the Greeks' accomplishments in Attic art while also examining those of the Laconian heritage.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Treasures/Tesoros/Tesouros:The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820
September 20-December 31, 2006
Chronicles more than three centuries of Latin American ceramics, metalwork, painting, sculpture and textiles, beginning with the Age of Exploration. Travels next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from June 3 to August 26, 2007.
The Phillips Collection
Washington, D.C.
The Société Anonyme: Modernism for AmericaOctober 14, 2006-January 21, 2007
This exhibition explores the influence of twentieth-century avant-garde artists on the development of Modernism in American art through some 130 rarely seen works by Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) and Max Ernst (1891-1976), among others.
Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film, 1880–1910
February 17-May 20, 2007
This exhibition displays American Realist paintings with the first experiments in film in a truly fascinating presentation.
Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
Demonic Divine in Himalayan ArtSeptember 23, 2006-December 17, 2006
Fifty-three paintings and sculptures from the Eleventh to the Nineteenth Century illustrate the wrathful yet protective deities of Tibet and Nepal.
Neapolitan Baroque: Masterpieces
from the Capodimonte Museum
December 10, 2006-March 4, 2007
Fifty paintings from the National Museum of Capidomonte describe painting in seventeenth-century Naples with examples (many never seen before in the United States) by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1651/53), Luca Giordano (1632-1705) and Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1642), among others.
Portland Art Museum
Portland, Oregon
The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient EgyptNovember 5, 2006-March 4, 2007
The ancient Egyptian idea of the afterlife is dramatically explored through 143 objects, all from Egypt and many never seen outside of their homeland. The show includes a life-sized reproduction of the burial chamber of the New Kingdom pharaoh Thutmose III (ca. 1479-1458 B.C.). The artworks exhibited, the largest selection of antiquities ever to be loaned by Egypt to North America, range in date from the New Kingdom (1550-1069 B.C.) through the Late Period (664-332 B.C.). They include jewelry, painted reliefs, religious implements, a sarcophagus richly painted with scenes of the afterlife and a model of the royal barge that symbolically carried the pharaohs along the Nile River and into the afterlife. Travels next to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from September 2 to December 31, 2007.
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, Florida
Master Drawings from the Yale University Art GalleryOctober 19, 2006-January 7, 2007
This exhibition of some 85 French, German, Italian and Netherlandish drawings includes a late-medieval model-book, preparatory drawings for paintings, prints and sketches. Travels next to the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas from June 1 to August 12, 2007 and the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut from February 12 to June 8, 2008.
Royal Academy of Arts
London, England
RodinSeptember 23, 2006-January 1, 2007
Explores the main sources of inspiration for French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) through his drawings and sculptures. Photographs of the artist with his works and some of the antiquities that influenced his art are also on view. Travels next to the Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland from February 9 to May 20, 2007.
Rubin Museum of Art
New York, New York
I See No Stranger: Early Sikh Art and DevotionSeptember 18, 2006-January 29, 2007
Some 100 drawings, textiles, examples of metalwork and paintings from the Sixteenth through the Nineteenth Century A.D. describe India's Sikh culture and its distinctive religious beliefs.
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Washington, D.C.
In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000October 21, 2006-January 7, 2007
Examines the art of various Biblical codices from the Second to the Tenth Centuries A.D. Included are fragmentary sheets of papyri and rare inscribed manuscripts.
Somerset House
London, England
The Triumph of Eros: Art andSeduction in Eighteenth-century France
November 24, 2006-April 8, 2007
Works from the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, never before seen outside of Russia, examine the French fascination with erotic art created by eighteenth-century masters such as Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) during the decadent Rococo period.
Städel Museum
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The Lust of Witches and the Fall of ManFebruary 23-May 13, 2007
This special exhibition is devoted to two recurring themes in the art of Hans Baldung Grien (1484/85-1545). His drawings and woodcuts, many of them risqué, depict women from Eve, the first woman in the Old Testament Book of Genesis, to the artist's fantastic images of sixteenth-century witches. They accompany the artist's tempera on panel Zwei Hexen or Two Witches (1523). Assembled together, the works illustrate Baldung's view of powerful female eroticism, Renaissance German society's belief in witches and how the very real presence of syphilis complicated the medieval ideal notion of love in a vast geographical region of the Holy Roman Empire.
Tate Britain
London, England
Holbein in EnglandSeptember 28, 2006-January 7, 2007
This international loan exhibition brings together major works of art by Hans Holbein (1497/8-1543). He brought Renaissance artistic ideas to England while in the employ of the tumultuous Tudor court, Holbein's most prominent patron having been King Henry VIII (1491-1547).
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, Ohio
In Stabiano: Exploring the AncientSeaside Villas of the Roman Elite
November 10, 2006-January 28, 2007
A complete three-wall triclinium room fresco, 24 wall paintings, stucco fragments and sculptures are among the 70 works of art on display. These ancient masterpieces come from four ancient Roman villas recently discovered near the Bay of Naples and the modern city of Castelammare di Stabiae in Italy. The exhibition describes the luxurious art and culture of the structures' occupants. Travels next to the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wisconsin from March 17 to June 3, 2007, the Dallas Museum of Art from July 9 to October 11, 2007 and The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida from November 7, 2007 to February 3, 2008.
University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology & Anthropology
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Under European Eyes: Conquistadorsand Arts of the New World
September 23, 2006-February 26, 2007
More than 40 Mexican, Central and South American artifacts describe how the European conquerors from the Age of Exploration regarded the New World's indigenous peoples and were influenced by their art.
Amarna, Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun
November 12, 2006-October 2007
More than 100 artworks and artifacts, joined by video recreations, maps and photographs, describe the city of Amarna, the capital of ancient Egypt's "heretic" pharaoh Akhenaten (ca. 1353-1336 B.C.), the father of Tutankhamun (ca. 1336-1327 B.C.). Those who plan on seeing Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute should see this nearby exhibition first.
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, New York
Picasso and American ArtSeptember 28, 2006-January 28, 2007
Works by artists Max Weber, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol, among others, demonstrate the influence of Pablo Picasso on the course of American art in the Twentieth Century.
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vincent van Gogh and ExpressionismNovember 24, 2006-March 4, 2007
Demonstrates the influence of Dutch Post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) on Expressionist artists such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) and Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). Travels next to the Neue Galerie, New York from March 23 to July 2, 2007.
Victoria & Albert Museum
London, England
Leonardo da Vinci: Experience, Experiment and DesignSeptember 14, 2006-January 7, 2007
This ticketed special exhibition explores the "laboratory of the mind" of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) and how he thought on paper, a rare commodity in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe. Divided into four sections, drawings, codices, notebooks, film animations and three-dimensional models illustrate the Italian High Renaissance master's inventions, ideas about the age-long transformation of the earth and motion of water, the role of mathematical proportion in the universe, anatomical studies and works on geometry, hydraulic machines and weights.
At Home in Renaissance Italy
October 5, 2006-January 7, 2007
Explores the relationship between the urban setting and the visual arts in Renaissance Italy through ceramics, furniture, paintings, sculptures, textiles and the decorative arts in the household of a typical palazzo. Evokes the experience of everyday life in the Renaissance home through artworks and objects from the Victoria & Albert Museum and other international collections.
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, Connecticut
Art & Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900October 5-December 31, 2006
Explores the relationship between the visual arts and music at several critical junctures in British history. The exhibition is divided into four sections: Handel's London, Music and Polite Society, Romantic Landscapes and Aspiring to the Condition to Music.
Canaletto in England: A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755
October 19-December 31, 2006
On display are more than 60 paintings and drawings produced by Italian artist Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), called Canaletto, produced during his nearly ten-year stay in London. Included are his depictions of the British capital's new architecture and country houses as well as his capricci (highly imaginative views). Travels next to the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, England from January 24 to April 15, 2007.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a specialist in ancient, late-medieval and Renaissance art and history, and a regular contributor to About Art History. You may read all of his Special Exhibition and Catalogue Reviews here.