May-June 2018

- *Santa Barbara Museum of Art* - *July 8, 2018 - September 18, 2018* - https://www.sbma.net/exhibitions/fauvismtofascism The tumultuous period between the two World Wars is the backdrop for this intimately scaled and timely exhibition, which explores the little known relationship between modern art and totalitarianism in the work of the French Fauves, Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958) and André Derain (1880-1954). [image: Image result for Fauvism to Fascism] Maurice de Vlaminck, *The Bridge (Le Pont) *(detail)ca. 1912. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Gift of the Joseph B. and ... more »

This July, Sotheby’s will present at auction one of the greatest and most beautiful watercolours by JMW Turner left in private hands. Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A.,.*The Lake of Lucerne from Brunnen*, Watercolour over traces of pencil, heightened with bodycolour , 308 by 469 mm. Estimate: £1,200,000 – 1,800,000. Commissioned in 1842 , *The Lake of Lucerne from **Brunnen* is part of a celebrated group of 25 ‘finished’ Swiss landscapes that Turner made during the final decade of his life - a collection of works widely considered the pinnacle of the artist ’ s achievem... more »

*Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 20 June 2018 * [image: Image result for [[["xjs.sav.en_US.-bLukczzFgg.O",5]],[["id","type","created_timestamp","last_modified_timestamp","signed_redirect_url","dominant_color_rgb","tag_info","url","title","comment","snippet","image","thumbnail","num_ratings","avg_rating","page","job"]],[["dt_fav_images"]],10000]] Pablo Picasso,*Femme dans un fauteuil,* 1942, Estimate on Request Pablo Picasso’s *Femme dans un fauteuil *of 1942, will be a leading highlight of Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Saleon 20 June 2... more »

*Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA* *June 30, 2018 – Sep 30, 2018* inSThis summer at the Legion of Honor,* Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters* is the first major international exhibition to assemble works by England’s nineteenth-century Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with the medieval and Renaissance masterpieces that inspired them. Through important loans of paintings, works on paper, and decorative arts from international collections, as well as more than 30 works drawn from the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the exhibition will demonst... more »

* Joslyn Art Museum * *June 2 through September 9, 2018* *Treasures of British Art 1400–2000: The Berger Collection* presents a rare opportunity to view one of the most important collections of British art in America. The paintings in this exhibition tell the complex history of Great Britain and how matters such as religious conflict, the rise and fall of the monarchy, industrialization, trade expansion, colonialism, and European influences shaped British artistic identity. With such a breadth of historical material and a diverse representation of subject matter, there is something... more »

*Los Angeles County Museum of Art* * June 3, 2018–September 16, 2018 * *National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.* *October 14, 2018–January 20, 2019* Displaying exquisite designs, technical virtuosity, and sumptuous color, chiaroscuro woodcuts are among the most striking prints of the Renaissance. First introduced in Italy around 1516, the chiaroscuro woodcut, which involves printing an image from two or more woodblocks inked in different hues, was one of the most successful early forays into color printing in Europe. Taking its name from the Italian for “light” (chiaro) and... more »

*Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa* * Jun 10, 2018 - Sep 09, 2018* This summer, Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, presents an original exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking work of three legendary Impressionist artists: Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, and Camille Pissarro. Featuring more than 90 prints and key paintings on loan from institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the National Gallery of Art. *Innovative Impressions* is the first in-depth study to focus on the prints of these three artists together. It explores their remark... more »

[image: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter Clara Serena, ca. 1623 Private collection] Christie’s will offer *Portrait of Clara Serena , the Artist's Daughte*r by Peter Paul Rubens in the London Old Masters Evening Sale on 5 July, during Classic Week (estimate: £3 - 5 million ). Never intended for public display , this seminal work offers a rare glimpse into the private life of the greatest artist of the Northern Baroque. The portrait is on public view in New York until 5 May, later going on view in Hong Kong from 24 to 28 May, before being exhibi... more »

*Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine * *June 5 to August 19, 2018.* [image: John Marin, Stonington, Maine, 1923. Watercolor and charcoal, 21 3/4 x 26 1/4 in. Colby College Museum of Art. Gift of John Marin Jr. and Norma B. Marin, 1973.047] John Marin, *Stonington, Maine,* 1923. Watercolor and charcoal, 21 3/4 x 26 1/4 in. Colby College Museum of Art. Gift of John Marin Jr. and Norma B. Marin, 1973.047 inShare *Modern Wonder: The John Marin Collection* opens at the Colby College Museum of Art, in Waterville, Maine, from June 5 to August 19, 2018. “*The life of today, ... more »

*Stephan Welz & Co, Cape Town 2018* Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish 1577 - 1640), Portrait of a Gentleman. Oil on oak panel 54 by 39,3cm. This exquisite portrait by the most influential Flemish Baroque artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640) depicts a gentleman in a crisp white ruff and black coat, with intricate black on black weaving on the shoulder and chest of the coat. The face of the sitter stands out against the muted greens on the background, the play of light and shade drawing one into the portrait. The technique is elegant and the face of the sitter seems to glows w... more »

*The Met Breuer* *July 3-October 7, 2018 * At the Met Breuer this summer, the exhibition *Obsession: Nudes by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso from the Scofield Thayer Collection* will present a selection from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Scofield Thayer Collection of some 50 erotic and evocative watercolors, drawings, and prints by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Pablo Picasso, whose subjects, except for a handful, are nudes. The exhibition will provide a focused look at this important collection and mark the first time this brilliant group of works are being s... more »

*Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid* *26 June to 30 September 2018. * The monographic exhibition Monet / Boudin presented by the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza offers visitors the first opportunity to discover the relationship between the great Impressionist painter Claude Monet (Paris, 1840 -Giverny, 1926) and his master Eugène Boudin (Honfleur, 1824 -Deauville, 1898), the most important representative of mid-19th-century French plein airpainting. This joint presentation of their work not only aims to cast light on Monet’s formative years, in which Boudin played an important... more »

The Kunsthaus Zürich is to receive the collection of Gabriele and Werner Merzbacher as a long-term loan, one of the most important private collections of modern art. A total of 65 works have been promised to the Kunsthaus for at least 20 years. They include paintings by the great masters of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Fauvism, members of the ‘Brücke’ and ‘Blauer Reiter’ groups, and many more. The cooperation, which involves 65 paintings and a minimum commitment of 20 years, is a gesture of gratitude to Zurich and Switzerland by Werner Merzbacher, who was born in Oehring... more »

[image: Albert Birkle The Acrobat Schulz V 1921] Albert Birkle *The Acrobat Schulz V* 1921 The George Economou Collection © DACS 2018 This summer, Tate Modern will explore the art of the Weimar Republic (1919-33) in a year-long, free display, drawing upon the rich holdings of The George Economou Collection. This presentation of around seventy paintings and works on paper will address the complex paradoxes of the Weimar era, in which liberalisation and anti-militarism flourished in tandem with political and economic uncertainty. These loans offer a rare opportunity to view a rang... more »

*Musée Cantini*,* Marseille* *May 18th to September 23rd * *For the first time in France,* the *Musée Cantini* presents, *from May 18th to September 23rd ,* the exhibition *"Courbet, Degas, Cézanne ... Realistic and impressionist masterpieces from the Burell collection"* . The works are from the Burrell Collection, an eclectic collection of art acquired over many years by *Sir William Burrell* (1861-1958). Sir William Burrell was an exceptional collector of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with a collection of about *8,000* pieces from all eras and from all continents. In... more »

[image: Image result for [[["xjs.sav.en_US.-bLukczzFgg.O",5]],[["id","type","created_timestamp","last_modified_timestamp","signed_redirect_url","dominant_color_rgb","tag_info","url","title","comment","snippet","image","thumbnail","num_ratings","avg_rating","page","job"]],[["dt_fav_images"]],10000]] Pablo Picasso,*Femme dans un fauteuil,* 1942, Estimate on Request Pablo Picasso’s *Femme dans un fauteuil *of 1942, will be a leading highlight of Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Saleon 20 June 2018. One of a major series of full-scale portraits, painted during the war,... more »

*The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse* *Friday, 11 May 2018 - Sunday, 21 Oct 2018 * The exhibition presents a spectacular selection of eighteenth-century Venetian art, with Canaletto's greatest works shown alongside paintings and works on paper by Sebastiano and Marco Ricci, Francesco Zuccarelli, Rosalba Carriera, Pietro Longhi and Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. The exhibition explores the many delights of eighteenth-century Venice, from the splendours of the Grand Canal and St Mark's Square to its festivals, theatre and masked carnival, bringing the irresistible allure of... more »

[image: Image result] Sir Peter Paul Rubens, *Portrait of a bearded Venetian nobleman, bust length*, Oil on oak panel, 60 by 48 .6 cm. Estimated in the region of £3 million Unseen on the market for 60 years, this remarkable depiction of a Venetian Nobleman was almost certainly cherished by the artist who kept it until his death in 1640. A cquired by the great Dutch co llector Hans Wetzlar in the early 1950s , it has remained in the possession of his descendants ever since . One of only a few portraits by the artist to come on the market in recent years , it is estima... more »

Sotheby’s spring auction of American Art will be held in New York on 23 May 2018. Led by 13worksby Norman Rockwell from all periods of the artist’s decades-long career, the sale features 120+ lots that are together estimated at more than $40million. The auction also includes exceptional example by Frederic Edwin Church, N.C. Wyeth, Milton Avery, Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran– many of which are from distinguished private collections and are coming to auction for the very first time. NORMAN ROCKWELL: AMERICA’S FAVORITE STORYTELLER Leading the selection of works by [image: Ima... more »

[image: Nine Jelly Apples, 1964, watercolor and graphite. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of George Hopper Fitch, B.A. 1932. Photography by Tony De Camillo, © Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY] *Nine Jelly Apples,* 1964, watercolor and graphite. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of George Hopper Fitch, B.A. 1932. Photography by Tony De Camillo, © Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Best known for his rich, colorful paintings of cakes, ice cream cones, and candy counters, California artist Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920) has been an avid and prolific draftsman si... more »

The Jewish MuseumMay 4-September 16, 2018The Jewish Museum presents an exhibition of 31 paintings by Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), the Expressionist artist known for his gestural and densely painted canvases, from May 4 through September 16, 2018. *Chaim Soutine: Flesh* highlights the unique visual conceptions and painterly energy that the artist brought to the tradition of still life. Soutine’s remarkable paintings depicting hanging fowl, beef carcasses, and rayfish are now considered among his greatest artistic achievements. These works epitomize his fusion of Old Master influences ... more »

National Gallery of Art, Washington July 1 through November 25, 2018 [image: Ludolf Backhuysen, Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast, 1667, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund] Ludolf Backhuysen, S*hips in Distress off a Rocky Coast,* 1667, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund During the 17th century, the Dutch were a nation of merchants, engineers, sailors, and skaters. Water was central to their economic prosperity and naval prowess, essential as a means of transportation, and popular as a site for r... more »

National Gallery, London *9 April – 29 July 2018* In a landmark show at the National Gallery in spring 2018 – the first purely Monet exhibition to be staged in London for more than twenty years – there is a unique and surprising opportunity to discover the artist as we have never seen him before. [image: Claude Monet The Grand Canal (Le Grand Canal), 1908 Oil on canvas 73 × 92 cm Nahmad Collection, Monaco © Photo courtesy of the owner]Claude Monet The Grand Canal (Le Grand Canal), 1908 Oil on canvas 73 × 92 cm Nahmad Collection, Monaco © Photo courtesy of the owner [image: Claude ... more »

The Annenberg Space for Photography, a cultural destination dedicated to exhibiting both digital and print photography, announced its next exhibition – Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America’s Library. The exhibition, running from *April 21 through September 9, 2018*, is a collection of nearly 500 images – discovered within a collection of more than 14 *million* pictures – permanently housed in the world’s largest library at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Put together by the distinguished photography curator Anne Wilkes Tucker, the exhibition features the image e... more »

Amedeo Modigliani, *Nu couché (sur le côté gauche*). Signed Modigliani (lower left). Oil on canvas, 35¼ by 57¾ in.; 89.5 by 146.7 cm. Painted in 1917. Estimate in excess of $150 million. Courtesy Sotheby’s. [image: Amedeo Modigliani, “Nu couche (sur le cote gauche)," 1917.] Amedeo Modigliani’s stunning* Nu couché (sur le côté gauche)* is estimated to sell for in excess of $150 million in Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 14 May 2018 – the highest estimate ever placed on a work of art at auction. Painted a century ago, Nu couché is the greatest work from the ... more »

Mark Rothko’s monumental canvas, [image: Image result] Mark Rothko, No. 7 (Dark Over Light), 1954, oil on canvas, 90 ⅛ x 58 ⅝ in. © Christie’s Images Limited 2018. *No. 7 (Dark Over Light),* 1954, will highlight *Christie's May 17 Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York* (estimate in the region of $30 million). At nearly eight feet tall, No. 7 (Dark Over Light) belongs to a select group of canvases that were among the largest that Rothko ever painted. Its grand scale is matched only by the emotional intensity of its painted surface. Such a highly active painterl... more »

[image: Image result] Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Composition, 1916, oil on canvas. © Christie’s Images Limited 2018. Kazimir Malevich’s* Suprematist Composition,* 1916, will lead Christie’s Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art (estimate upon request). Suprematist Composition is among the groundbreaking abstract paintings executed by Malevich that would forever change the course of art history. The present canvas was last sold at auction in November 2008, when it established the world auction record for the artist, which it continues to hold today.* One decade later, S... more »