Titian and the Renaissance in Venice
*The Städel Museum*
2/13–5/26/2019
Titian (c. 1488/90–1576)*, Madonna and Child, St Catherine and a Shepherd
(the “Madonna of the Rabbit”), c. 1530. Oil on canvas, 71 x 87 cm. Paris*,
Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures ©bpk / RMN - Grand Palais /
Michèle Bellot.
The Städel Museum is devoting a major special exhibition to one of the most
momentous chapters in the history of European art: Venetian painting of the
Renaissance. Entitled “Titian and the Renaissance in Venice”, the show
unites more than a hundred masterpieces – In the early sixteenth century,
artists of t... more »
Impressionism in the Age of Industry: Monet, Pissarro and More
* Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) *
*Opening Feb. 16, 2019*
Pulsing with life, Paris in the 1870's was transforming – thanks to wider
streets, increased traffic, an explosion of factories in the suburbs, and
faster and more frequent steam-powered trains. No one in France was immune
to the rapid pace of change, least of all artists. This winter the AGO
presents a groundbreaking new exhibition, exploring how French
Impressionist artists and their contemporaries, famous for their lush
landscapes and sea vistas, were equally obsessed with capturing the spirit
of the industrial age. Openin... more »
Albrecht Dürer Drawings- Albertina Museum
*Albertina Museum *
*20 September 2019 –6 January 2020*
With its nearly 140 works, the Albertina Museum is home to the world’s most
important collection of drawings by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). And this
exhibition, rounded out by valuable,rarely shown international loan works,
focuses on Dürer’s drawn oeuvre—presenting it as an artistic achievement
that is in every respect equal to his paintings and printed graphics.
The historical backgroundof the Albertina Museum’s Dürer holdings
islikewise a matter ofconsiderable distinction:their provenance can be
traced back to 1528 withou... more »
Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature / Monet: Places.
*Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature *
* Denver Art Museum*.
* October 21, 2019 to February 2, 2020 *
*Monet: Places. *
*Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany*
*February 29 to June 1, 2020 *
*The Museum Barberini and the Denver Art Museum are currently collaborating
on a large-scale Monet retrospective, exploring the role of the places that
inspired the artist as well as his approach to rendering their specific
topography, atmosphere, and light. *
Denver's presentation of *Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature *will uncover *Claude
Monet's* (1840– 1926) continuous dialogue with nature and ... more »
Sotheby’s American Art sale on 6 March. 2019
Sotheby’s American Art sale on 6 March will present a wonderful group of
paintings, sculptures and works on paper. Among the highlights is
Milton Avery’s *Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter Reading *from 1951.
Also included is Andrew Wyeth’s *Cordwood*, a striking watercolor executed
in 1968 at the artist’s neighbor’s farm in Chadds Ford, PA.
Guy Carleton Wiggins
WINTER'S STORM ON CENTRAL PARK SOUTH
*Estimate*
$120,000 — $180,000
Ernest Lawson
MORET-SUR-LOING
*Estimate*
40,000 — 60,000
William James Glackens
WOMAN WITH WATCH
*Estimate*
40,000 — 60,000
USD
JUMP TO L... more »
From Rubens to Makart
Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections
*ALBERTINA Museum*
*16 February –10 June 2019 *
On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the
Principality of Liechtenstein in 2019, the is presenting a comprehensive
selection of the most outstanding works from the Princely Collections under
the title From Rubens to Makart. The museum is also devoting a
simultaneous, separate jubilee exhibition to the Viennese watercolor, an
important and central category of works within the Princely Collections, in
an exhibition entitled Rudolf von Alt and his Time.
Five Centuries of... more »
The Print Series in Bruegel’s Netherlands: Dutch and Flemish Works from the Permanent Collection
*The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia *
*Feb. 22-July 7, 2019*
Just as modern streaming services give us unprecedented freedom to watch
television series in our own order, time and place, print series allowed
viewers in the Renaissance Netherlands to enjoy the same sets of images as
their peers in more personalized and accessible ways. *The Print Series in
Bruegel’s Netherlands: Dutch and Flemish Works from the Permanent
Collection* places 16th- and 17th-century Netherlandish prints in their
original series context to explore the practices of looking at a successio... more »
Sotheby’s London Impressionist & Modern Art Sale 26 & 27 February 2019
Marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the influential German
school of art and design, Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening
and Day Sales will present artworks by th ose who taught at the Bauhaus and
those whose outputs were transformed by its teachings. Founded in 1919 by
the architect Walter Gropius , the Bauhaus – which resided in Weimar,
Dessau and Berlin until it was closed down under pressure from the Nazis in
1933 – aimed to unite the disciplines of crafts, art and architecture. This
core objective was conceived as a reimagining of the material world that... more »
All the Rembrandts
*Rijksmuseum *marks the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death in 2019
with
‘Year of Rembrandt’. The year-long celebration opens with ‘All the
Rembrandts’ (*15 February to 10 June)*, in which the Rijksmuseum will
present for the first time an exhibition of all 22 paintings, 60
drawings
and more than 300 best examples of Rembrandt’s prints in its collection
As well as holding the world’s largest collection of Rembrandt paintings
–
including
*[image:
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Bouguereau & America
*Milwaukee Art Museum *
*February 15–May 12, 2019*
*Memphis Brooks Museum of Art*
(06/22/19–09/22/19)
*San Diego Museum of Art*
(11/09/19–03/15/20)
*Bouguereau & America* showcases more than forty masterful paintings by the
French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905). The
exhibition explores the artist’s remarkable popularity throughout America’s
Gilded Age, from the late 1860s to the early 1900s. During this period,
owning a painting by the artist was de rigueur for any American who wanted
to be seen as a serious collector: the artist’s grand canvases brought a
s... more »
Monet: The Late Years
*de Young museum *
*February 16 through May 27, 2019*
*Kimbell Art Museum *
*June 16, 2019 to September 15, 2019*
[image: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) "Water Lily Pond" 1917-22. 130.2 x
201.9 51 1/2 x 79 1/2 in. The Art Institute of Chicago]
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) "Water Lily Pond" 1917-22. 130.2 x 201.9
51 1/2 x 79 1/2 in. The Art Institute of Chicago (Image courtesy of the
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Kimbell Art Museum have
announced *Monet: The Late Years, *the first exhibition in more than 20
years dedicat... more »
City of Women Female Artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938
*Belvedere*
*25 January 2019 to 19 May 2019 *
*Today, hardly anyone knows who they were, even though they made a part of
art history: artists such as Elena Luksch-Makowsky, Helene Funke, and Erika
Giovanna Klien contributed significantly to Viennese Modernism and artistic
trends that manifested after the First World War. To commemorate these
artists, their art, and their emancipatory achievements, a long overdue
retrospective has now been staged in the Lower Belvedere.*
*The exhibition expands the view of Viennese Modernism and focuses on those
women who actively helped shape the a... more »
Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art
Few artists have left behind as complete an account of their life and work
as Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). In March 2019, the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, presents *Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art*, an exhibition
showcasing key passages in the artist’s life, from his early sketches to
his final paintings, and chronicling his pursuit of becoming an artist. The
Museum is the only venue for *His Life in Art*, presenting more than 50
portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. The exhibition will be on view at
the *Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), from March 10 to June 27, 2019*.
... more »
Rudolf von Alt and his Time: Watercolors from the Princely Collections of Liechtenstein
*The Albertina Museum *
*16 February –10 June 2019*
This presentation, which is the second part of the celebratory exhibition
marking the Principality of Liechtenstein’s Tricentennial, is devoted to
the Viennese watercolor from the Biedermeier era to realism.
Nearly 100 of the most beautiful watercolors point to the vast knowledge
underlying the princely collecting passion while providing a
correspondingly overview of the watercolor artistry of this era.In the
Viennese tradition of watercolor painting, the spontaneous handling of
light and coloration plays a central role, conveyi... more »
Bonhams Impressionist And Modern Art Sale In London 28 Feb 2019
MARC CHAGALL
(1887-1985)
*Autour de 'La Révolution 1937'*
Autour de 'La Revolution 1937', a remarkable, and joyous work painted in
the aftermath of the Second World War by the Russian-French artist Marc
Chagall, leads Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art Sale in London on
Thursday 28 February. It is estimated at £300,000-500,000.
The 1917 Revolution and subsequent Russian Civil War were key events in
Chagall's artistic development. 20 years later – having moved to Paris in
1923 from his home town of Vitebsk – he embarked on his Révolution series.
Over several, similarly structure... more »
Verrocchio, Master of Leonardo
*Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello**Florence, Italy, **March
9‒July 14, 2019*
*National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., *
*September 29, 2019‒February 2, 2020*
*Exhibition* *Verrocchio, Master of Leonardo*
*Verrocchio, Master of Leonardo*, on view March 9‒July 14, 2019
in Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, will present
masterpieces by Andrea del Verrocchio in fascinating dialogue with works by
his predecessors, contemporaries, and followers including *Desiderio da
Settignano, Domenico del Ghirlandaio, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Peru... more »
German Expressionism and European Avant-Garde
New York–*Swann Galleries’ March 5* auction boasts property from the *Ismar
Littmann Family Collection*, a 160-lot offering of German Expressionism and
European Avant-Garde. The afternoon session of *19th & 20th Century Prints
& Drawings* features an array of works from notable Modern,
nineteenth-century and American artists.
Compiled in a separate catalogue, the Littmann offering celebrates a
singular collector. Ismar Littmann began collecting in the 1910s, and his
habits and tastes were individual and contemporary to the time–a parallel
to the independent spirit of the Breslau ... more »
Thomas Hart Benton: Mechanics of Form
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The *Surovek Gallery* in Palm Beach, Florida, is presenting a new
exhibition of around 65 works by Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), the famed
Regionalist painter known for chronicling the beauty, joys and sorrows of
everyday life in America. On view from *February 7 to March 15, 2019,* *"**Thomas
Hart Benton: Mechanics of Form*," the second presentation of Benton's art
at the gallery, includes works in oil, watercolor, and other media.
Seminal works by Benton are on loan from private collections, along with
the Thomas Hart Benton Trust, and a large selection is offered for sale... more »
Fortuny: Friends and Followers
*Meadows Museum, SMUFebruary 3, - June 2, 2019*
This February, the Meadows Museum, SMU, will examine the far-reaching
influence of 19th-century Spanish painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal
(1838–1874) in the new exhibition *Fortuny: Friends and Followers.* During
his lifetime and well into the early 20th century, Fortuny was extremely
popular in both Europe and the United States. His proto-Impressionist style
and “exotic” genre scenes influenced so many artists that the style came to
be described with its very own “ism”: “Fortunismo.”
*Fortuny: Friends and Followers* will explore that ... more »
American Beauty and Bounty The Judith G. and Steaven K. Jones Collection of Nineteenth-Century Painting
*Crocker Art Museum*
*October 28, 2018 — January 27, 2019*
Cover image: Albert Bierstadt, A Golden Summer Day near Oakland (detail),
c. 1873. Oil on paper on Masonite, 16 9/16 x 22 1/4 in. Crocker Art Museum,
Judith G. and Steaven K. Jones Collection.
Judith and Steaven Jones began to acquire 19th-century American paintings
in the late 1970s. The collection has grown to include 29 works that the
Joneses will leave as a bequest to the Crocker. The collection constitutes
the most important gift of American art from beyond California’s borders to
ever come to the Museum.
Many pa... more »
Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms’
*George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum*
*February 13 - April 29, 2019*
*Memorial de Caen in Normandy, France,*
*75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2019*
*Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,*
*December 2019 *
*Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., *
*Fall of 2020. *
Seventy-eight years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous State of
the Union address inspired artist Norman Rockwell to create his iconic
“Four Freedoms” series of paintings, the works of art will be on display in
the nation’s capital as part of *a seven-city international to... more »
Invention and Design: Early Italian Drawings at the Morgan
*February 15 through May 19, 2019*
The Morgan’s impressive collection of Italian Drawings documents the
development of Renaissance drawing practice from its beginnings in the
fourteenth century and over the following two centuries.From the influence
of medieval manuscript and painting workshops to the new practice of
sketching, artists gradually moved away from imitation of standard models
and to the invention of novel ways of thinking on the page and representing
traditional subjects. As artists came to be recognized more as
intellectuals than as craftsmen, a new class of colle... more »
Phyllis Mills Wyeth: A Celebration
[image: Jamie Wyeth, Connemara, 1987, Oil on canvas, The Phyllis and Jamie
Wyeth Collection]
Jamie Wyeth,* Connemara,* 1987, Oil on canvas, The Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth
Collection
Now on view at the *Brandywine River Museum of Art*, in Chadds Ford, Penn.,
a memorial exhibition celebrating the life of Phyllis Mills Wyeth (November
13, 1940–January 14, 2019) features a selection of portraits created by her
husband, artist Jamie Wyeth. From the late 1960s onward, Phyllis Wyeth
served as a muse to her spouse and these intimate works capture moments
from her life across the decades ... more »
Hidden Treasures/ Impressionist and Modern Art 27 February 2019 at Christie's in London
Christie’s 20th Century Season will launch on 27 February with Hidden
Treasures: Impressionist & Modern Masterpieces from An Important Private
Collection, a prestigious collection of 23 seminal works by the leading
Impressionist and Modern artists. Hidden Treasures will be led by
[image: Claude Monet, Saule pleureur et bassin aux nymphéas, 1916-1919. Oil
on canvas. 78¼ x 70¾ in. Estimate on request. Offered in Hidden Treasures
on 27 February at Christies in London]
Claude Monet, *Saule pleureur et bassin aux nymphéas*, 1916-1919. Oil on
canvas. 78¼ x 70¾ in. Estimate on request.... more »
Mark Rothko
The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
12 March - 30 June, 2019
[image: Mark Rothko]
Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
*No. 16 (Red, White and Brown)*
1957, oil on canvas
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Bildrecht, Vienna, 2019
© Photo: Kunstmuseum Basel
Mark Rothko (1903–1970) was among the most remarkable artists of the
twentieth century. This exhibition, the first ever to be mounted in
Austria, brings together more than forty of his major works and presents a
survey of Rothko’s artistic career, from his early figurative paintings of
the 1930s, through the transitional years o... more »
Rembrandt, Vermeer & the Dutch Golden Age Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection and the Musée du Louvre
Exhibition will open at Louvre Abu Dhabi on 14 February 2019
• The exhibition features 95 artworks and objects including 15
paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn
• The exhibition will also include paintings and drawings by
Rembrandt’s contemporaries in the Netherlands, as well as several small
paintings by 17th-century fine painters, some of which were later owned by
King Louis XVI of France
• Johannes Vermeer’s The Lacemaker (Musée du Louvre) and Young Woman
Seated at a Virginal (The Leiden Collection), painted on canvas cut from
the same bolt, will hang next to eac... more »
Slab City Rendezvous: Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, Yvonne Jacquette, Alex Katz, Neil Welliver
[image: Red Grooms, Slab City Rendezvous, 1964, Oil on canvas with wood and
cardboard, 56 1/2 x 60 in., Collection of Drs. Debra E. Weese-Mayer and
Robert N. Mayer]
Red Grooms, *Slab City Rendezvous*, 1964, Oil on canvas with wood and
cardboard, 56 1/2 x 60 in., Collection of Drs. Debra E. Weese-Mayer and
Robert N. Mayer
On Saturday, *April 13, 2019, the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine*
will open a major exhibition of close to forty works by 13 artists whose
work contributed to Maine’s important place in the evolution of
contemporary art. Entitled *Slab City Rendezvous... more »
Gainsborough’s Family Album
*Princeton University Art Museum*
*Feb. 23-June 9, 2019*
Images of family may be a constant presence in contemporary life, but in
the days before photography only the wealthiest had access to them. The
British artist Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) created more images of his
family than any artist before him—pictures of his wife, father, sisters,
pets and most particularly his two young daughters—leaving a remarkable
visual legacy that is both poignant and ahead of its time.
*Gainsborough’s Family Album* gathers together more than 40 of
Gainsborough’s depictions of his f... more »
Balthus
*Fondation Beyeler in Riehen / Basel*
*2 September 2018 to 1 January 2019*
*Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza*
*From 19 February to 26 May 2019*
In 2019 the museum will be presenting an exhibition on the legendary artist
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (1908-2001), known as Balthus. The exhibition
is jointly organised with the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen / Basel, where it
will be seen from September 2018 to January 2019.
Considered one of the great masters of 20th-century art, Balthus is
undoubtedly one of the most unique painters of his time. His diverse,
ambiguous work, which has ... more »
British Painting from Turner to Whistler
*The Fondation de l’Hermitage *
1 February to 2 June 2019
*The Fondation de l’Hermitage continues its exploration of the great
centres of western art in the 19th century with an exhibition devoted to
British painting from Turner to Whistler, taking in the Pre-Raphaelites.
Nearly 60 paintings, on loan from the most prestigious collections in the
United Kingdom and shown in Switzerland for the first time, offer an
unrivaled survey of art produced during the golden age of the British
Empire, highlighting its captivating originality.*
*Frederick Sandys, Vivien, 1863. Huile sur toile,... more »
Art & Empire: The Golden Age of Spain
The *San Diego Museum of Art* presents the exhibition *Art & Empire: The
Golden Age of Spain*, featuring more than 100 outstanding works by leading
artists from Spain and its global territories during the pivotal years of
around 1600 to 1750. On view *May 18, 2019 through Sept. 2, 2019,* the
exhibition showcases a wide variety of exquisite paintings, sculpture, and
decorative arts produced throughout the Spanish-speaking world. This
exhibition is the first in the U.S. to examine the notion of “Golden Age”
beyond the shores of the Iberian Peninsula by bringing together works from
... more »
Christie’s The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale, 27 February 2019
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Sixteen Artists including René Magritte, Joan Miró, Oscar Domínguez, Max
Ernst, James Ensor and Salvador Dalí
Launching *20th Century at Christie’s* on 27 February 2019, *The Art of the
Surreal* sale will follow the *Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale*.
This year’s 18th edition of Christie’s annual *The Art of the Surreal*
auction includes Surrealist works spanning from 1890 to 1974, with 34 lots
by 16 artists. The sale includes seven works by René Magritte, led by *Le
lieu commun *(1964, Estimate on Request), one of the finest and largest
examples of his iconic bowler-hatted m... more »
Prints in the Age of Bruegel
*27.02 > 23.06.2019 - BOZAR, Centre for Fine ArtsIn co-production with the
Royal Library of Belgium*
* The landscapes of Bruegel, a research project by Bas Smets*
As part of the commemorative year around Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the
BOZAR spring season is dominated by the artistic productions of the
dazzling sixteenth century. With the double bill ‘*The Age of Bruegel*’,
BOZAR presents two major exhibitions around the renaissance in the Low
Countries: ‘*Bernard van Orley*’ and ‘*Prints in the Age of Bruegel*’.
*So many men, so many minds. Allegory on the difficulty of Govern... more »
History, Labor, Life: The Prints of Jacob Lawrence
Crocker Art MuseumJanuary 27, 2019 — April 07, 2019
Jacob Lawrence, The Studio, 1996. Lithograph on paper, 30 x 22 1/8 in. ©
2019 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Jacob Lawrence, *Forward Together,* 1997. Silkscreen on paper, 25 1/2 x 40
1/8 in. © 2019 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle
/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. This exhibition provides an
overview of influential American artist Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000).
Lawrence was primarily concerned with the narration of African Am... more »
Life in the Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Masterpieces from the Dordrecht Museum
*Columbus Museum of Art *
*February 1 – June 16, 2019*
*Life in the Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Masterpieces from the Dordrecht
Museum, *on view at the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), is the result of an
innovative international partnership with Dordrecht Museum, The
Netherlands. Spanning more than three centuries, *Life in the Age of
Rembrandt* features 17th-century art from the Golden Age of Dutch painting
and concludes with works of The Hague School of the late 19th-century. This
exclusive exhibition, shown only in Columbus, Ohio, showcases some 90
works, including 40 masterworks, ma... more »
Thomas Cole’s Refrain: The Paintings of Catskill Creek
*Thomas Cole National Historic Site*
*May 4-November 3, 2019*
* Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York*
*November 21, 2019, to February 28, 2020*
*Thomas Cole’s Refrain: The Paintings of Catskill Creek* will open on May 4
in collaboration with Cornell University Press and the Hudson River Museum,
with related programming in partnership with Scenic Hudson and Greene Land
Trust.
The exhibition, curated by H. Daniel Peck, John Guy Vassar, Jr., Professor
Emeritus of English at Vassar College, reveals new scholarship on Thomas
Cole, scholarship explored in Professor Peck’s forthcomi... more »
American Beauty: Highlights from the Richard M. Scaife Bequest
[image: Martin Johnson Heade, New Jersey Salt Marsh, ca. 1875 - 1885, oil
on canvas, 17 × 36 1/4 in. Brandywine River Museum of Art. Richard M.
Scaife Bequest, 2015]
Martin Johnson Heade, *New Jersey Salt Marsh*, ca. 1875 - 1885, oil on
canvas, 17 × 36 1/4 in. Brandywine River Museum of Art. Richard M. Scaife
Bequest, 2015
This spring the *Brandywine River Museum of Art* in Chadds Ford, Penn.,
will present *American Beauty: Highlights from the Richard M. Scaife
Bequest*, featuring the finest works from the bequest of Mr. Scaife—who
left his impressive art collection to the Bra... more »
Louis Dewis: A Belgian Post-Impressionist
[image: La couze chambon a murol]
Louis Dewis, *The Couze Chambon near Murols*, 1940, oil on board, 23 ½ x 28
¾ in. On loan from The Dewis Collection, LC. Image Courtesy of the Orlando
Museum of Art
More than a hundred works of the distinguished Belgian Post-Impressionist
Louis Dewis, lost to the world for over 50 years, will be featured in
Dewis’s first major museum exhibition* beginning January 25th at the
Orlando Museum of Art* (OMA). Discovered by chance in the Paris attic of
Dewis’s daughter by his American great-grandson, Mr. Brad Face, they were
among thousands of the ar... more »
Whistler & Nature
*Fitzwilliam Museum*
*8 January – 17 March, 2019*
*Whistler & Nature *explores James McNeill Whistler’s (1834‐1903)
revolutionary attitude and relationship towards the natural world
throughout his life, as expressed in works ranging from his celebrated
London Nocturnes to his European coastal and pastoral scenes.
This fascinating exhibition of around 90 oil paintings, works on paper and
objects ‐ such as the Whistler’s sketchbook ‐ shows how his singular vison
was underpinned by his enduring kinship with the makers of railroads,
bridges and ships ‐ the cornerstones of Victorian wealt... more »
Pontormo: Miraculous Encounters
An international traveling exhibition will bring works by the great
16th-century Florentine painter Pontormo (Italian, 1494-1557) to Los
Angeles for the first time. *Pontormo: Miraculous Encounters,* on view at
the* J. Paul Getty Museum from February 5, 2019 through April 28, 2019, *features
the artist’s recently restored altarpiece the *Visitation* (about
1528-1529). The exhibition was previously at New York's Morgan Library and at
the Pitti Palace (Uffizi Gallery) in Florence.
“It is a privilege to bring the *Visitation, *one of Pontormo’s supreme
masterpieces and one of the most... more »
Gauguin: Voyage to Paradise
*Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida*
*Feb. 10-June 30, 2019*
Ten original dramatic woodcuts, wood engravings and lithographs that
Gauguin created on his journeys to Brittany, Martinique and Tahiti will be
the centerpiece of the Museum of Botany & the Arts, along with archival
photographs of Tahiti by photographer Charles Georges Spitz (1857-1894),
historic maps of Tahiti produced by explorers, historical photos of the
colonial pavilions of the Universal Exhibition of 1889 in Paris, and other
ethnographic sources that shaped Gauguin’s vision before he even set f... more »
Botticelli: Heroines and Heroes
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*Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston *
*14 February – 19 May 2019*
Botticelli: Heroines and Heroes explores the work of the legendary
Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, focusing on a genre called spalliera
that Botticelli employed with staggering originality. The catalogue and
exhibition, held at the Gardner Museum, Boston, include significant loans
from European and American public collections.
At the center of this exhibition is a spalliera reunited, the
[image: The Death of Lucretia]
Gardner’s *Tragedy of Lucretia *
[image: VirginiaBotticelli.jpg]
and its companion... more »
