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Raphael—The Power of Renaissance Imagery: The Dresden Tapestries
As part of a historic exhibition, the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) will bring a set of six important tapestries designed by Raphael from the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (GAM) in Dresden, Germany, to the U.S. for the first time. These tapestries are woven from the same Raphael designs used to create the tapestries for the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in 1515-16. *Raphael—The Power of Renaissance Imagery: The Dresden Tapestries and their Impact *will be on view at the *Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio, the exclusive U.S. venue, from July 17 to Oct. 30, 2022*. The exhibition, w... read more
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Guarding the Art
For the first time in the *Baltimore Museum of Art*’s (BMA) history, the people who protect the art have selected the art. *Guarding the Art, *an exhibition curated entirely by 17 current and former members of the museum’s security team, *opens on Sunday, March 27*, with approximately 25 works of art from across the BMA’s collection. Max Ernst. Earthquake, Late Afternoon. 1948. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Bequest of Saidie A. May. BMA 1951.297. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisWinslow Homer. Waiting an Answer. 1872. The Peabody Art Collection. Collection of... read more
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Graphic Eloquence: American Modernism on Paper from the Collection of Michael T. Ricker
Museums and scholars revisit the story of American modernism regularly, but few exhibitions have examined modernist works on paper. “Graphic Eloquence: American Modernism on Paper from the Collection of Michael T. Ricker,” on view from March 5 to September 4, 2022, at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, hopes to change that conversation. The exhibition includes approximately 150 works by 70 artists, both well known and overlooked, and will be accompanied by a catalogue published by the museum. William Baziotes (American, 1912 – 1963), untitled (abstraction)... read more
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Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents
*The Met Fifth Avenue, The Tisch Galleries* *April 11–July 31, 2022* *National Gallery, London(September 10, 2022–January 8, 2023) * Renowned for his powerful paintings of American life and scenery, Winslow Homer (1836–1910) remains a beloved and consequential figure whose art continues to appeal to broad audiences. Opening April 11, 2022, *Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents* will reconsider the artist’s work through the lens of conflict, a theme that crosses his prolific career. A persistent fascination with struggle permeates his art—from emblematic images of the Civil War and Re... read more
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Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948–1960
The first major museum exhibition to explore the early work of Roy Lichtenstein, one the most celebrated American artists of the 20th century, will be on view at the *Columbus Museum of Art from March 4 through June 5, 2022.* Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948–1960 offers an in-depth view of the artist’s years in Columbus, Ohio, and includes approximately 90 works on loan from public and private collections in a range of media. With many works on public view for the first time, this unprecedented exhibition demonstrates the formal invention and provocative nature of Li... read more
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Annibale Carracci. The frescoes from the Herrera Chapel
* Museo Nacional del Prado. Madrid* *3/8/2022 - 6/12/2022* The Apostles around the Empty Tomb of the Virgin FRANCESCO ALBANI Mural painting transferred to canvas, 193 x 272.5 cm 1604-5 Barcelona, Museu Nacional d´Art de Catalunya, deposit of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. In the early years of the 17th century Annibale Carracci (Bologna, 1560 - Rome, 1609) accepted the commission from Juan Enríquez de Herrera to paint frescoes in his family chapel in San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Rome. Carracci devised the entire scheme and painted some of the fresco... read more
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Monet to Matisse: Impressionist Masterpieces from the Bemberg Foundation
*The San Diego Museum of Art * * March 19 through August 7, 2022* This marks the first time the Bemberg Foundation’s Impressionism collection, which rarely leaves its permanent home in France, has traveled to California and is one of only two showcases in the United States. Slideshow Organized by the Bemberg Foundation, based at the historic Hôtel d’Assézat in Toulouse, France, the exhibition features more than 60 works produced between the 1870s to 1930s. This is the second installment of a loan from the Bemberg Foundation, following the *Cranach to Canaletto* exhibition on ... read more
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At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism
*Whitney Museum of American Art* *May 7, 2022, to March 2023* The Whitney Museum of American Art presents *At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism*, an exhibition of over sixty works by more than forty-five artists that highlights the complexity of American art produced between 1900 and 1930. The exhibition showcases how American artists responded to the realities of a rapidly modernizing period through an array of abstract styles and media. *At the Dawn of a New Age* features artworks drawn primarily from the Whitney’s collection, including new acqui... read more
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Gift of 15 remarkable paintings by prominent American artists
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced Wednesday their receipt of a significant gift from longtime patrons James W. and Frances Gibson McGlothlin. With a total collective value of nearly $60 million, the donation includes a substantial contribution to VMFA’s expansion campaign, which will culminate in a second major wing at the museum named after the couple — the James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing II — as well as 15 remarkable paintings by prominent American artists. "Girl in Hammock," 1894, Theodore Robinson (American, 1852–1896) Oil on canvas laid down on board.... read more
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Kollwitz Context - The work behind the masterpieces
* Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Cologne, Germany* *through June 19, 2022) * “I want to have an effect during this age in which people are so perplexed and in need of help.” - Käthe Kollwitz, diary entry from 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), considered one of the most important German artists of the first half of the 20th century, famously addressed themes of war, poverty and death in her empathetic works. Her world-renowned drawings, prints and sculptures also conveyed love, security and the struggle for peace. Her over 50-year career spanned the tumultuous era from the German Empire ... read more
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Christie's 20th Century Art Evening Sale in May: Pablo Picasso’s Tête de femme (Fernande)
Christie’s has announced Pablo Picasso’s *Tête de femme (Fernande),* the first major sculpture of the artist’s career as a leading highlight of the 20th Century Art Evening Sale taking place this May at Rockefeller Center in New York City (estimate on request; in the region of $30,000,000). One of two casts of the work owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, *Tête de femme (Fernande)* has been deaccessioned by the Museum; proceeds from the sale will be solely dedicated to future acquisitions for the Museum’s collection. Marc Porter, Chairman, Christie’s Americas, remarks: *“It... read more
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One Each: Still Lifes by Cézanne, Pissarro and Friends
* Cincinnati Art Museum * *March 11–May 8, 2022* *One Each: Still Lifes by Cézanne, Pissarro and Friends* focuses on still life paintings by five French painters, all created in the mid-1860s, the formative years of Impressionism. This single-gallery special exhibition is organized in partnership with the Toledo Museum of Art. Cincinnati Art Museum’s *Still Life with Bread and Eggs*, a masterpiece by Paul Cézanne, and Toledo Museum of Art’s equally significant Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), France, Still Life, 1867, oil on canvas, Toledo Museum of Art; Purchased with funds f... read more
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From Hassam to Wyeth: Gifts from Doris and Shouky Shaheen
* Norton Museum of Art* *THROUGH MAY 1, 2022 * This exhibition celebrates Doris and Shouky Shaheen's recent gift of twelve American oils and watercolors to the Norton Museum of Art. Ranging in style from Impressionism to Realism, the works demonstrate how American painters continued to depict the nation's distinctive and evolving landscape from the late 19th into the 20th centuries. In addition to Childe Hassam and Andrew Wyeth, artists represented include William Glackens, Jane Peterson, Edward Henry Potthast, John Henry Twachtman, Guy Wiggins, and Wyeth's son, Jamie. Child... read more
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Dürer, Rembrandt and Picasso: Three Masters of the Print
*Norton Museum of Art**THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11, 2022* This exhibition is intended to be like a music program that juxtaposes two of the greatest traditional composers with one of the most important of the moderns. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), *Coat of Arms with Skull*, 1503 In his day, the German painter Albrecht Dürer accomplished the astonishing feat of bringing both the woodcut and the engraving to a level of achievement that arguably has never been equaled. Rembrandt Van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), *The Three Trees*, 1643 In a similar fashion, Rembrandt transformed e... read more
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Monet to Picasso The Batliner Collection
The ALBERTINA is home to one of Europe’s largest and most outstanding collections of classical modernist paintings: The Batliner Collection. It was turned over to the ALBERTINA by Rita and Herbert Batliner in 2007, opening a new chapter in the museum’s history. From French Impressionism, Pointillism and Fauvism (including works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Braque, and Matisse) to masterpieces of the expressionist artists’ groups Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter (including paintings by Kirchner, Kandinsky, and Nolde) and on to the Russian avant-garde and numer... read more
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Edvard Munch. In Dialogue
*ALBERTINA * *8 February – 19 June 2022* The ALBERTINA is dedicating its major spring exhibition of 2022 to Edvard Munch (1863– 1944). This comprehensive showing is unique in several respects: more than 60 works by the Norwegian artist exemplify his impressive oeuvre as one that has been groundbreaking for both modern and contemporary art. Edvard Munch. In Dialogue focuses primarily on Munch's later works and their relevance to contemporary art. Alongside iconic versions of the Madonna and the Sick Child as well as Puberty, it is ultimately also a number of landscape paintings—be... read more
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Turner on Tour
*National Gallery* *3 November 2022 – 19 February 2023 * Two ground-breaking pictures by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) will return to the UK for the first time in over 100 years, as part of a new National Gallery focus exhibition. Generously lent for the first time by The Frick Collection in New York, the two oil paintings, will be on display at the Gallery in the Turner on Tour exhibition this winter (3 November 2022 – 19 February 2023). 'Harbour of Dieppe: Changement de Domicile' and 'Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet-Boat: Evening' were acquired by the American ind... read more
Art History News4 weeks ago
Jean Dubuffet: Ardent Celebration
*Guggenheim Museum Bilbao * *February 25 to August 21, 2022 * • Curated by David Max Horowitz, Assistant Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, - Throughout his career, Jean Dubuffet rejected cultural conventions and socially enforced ideas of beauty, instead exploring stimulating new perspectives. He sought to inspire his audiences to access more authentic and enriching ways of experiencing art, creativity, and the broader world around them. - Jean Dubuffet continually reinvented his approach to making art. He explored a host of media and compositional strategies, pursued a wide ... read more
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Whistler’s Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan
*Royal Academy of Arts* *26 February – 22 May 2022 * Whistler’s Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan is the first exhibition to examine the important role played by the Irish-born model Joanna Hiffernan (1839?–1886) in establishing the reputation of the American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) as one of the most influential artists of the late 19th century. Consisting of over 70 works, the exhibition brings together nearly all of Whistler’s depictions of Hiffernan, and includes paintings, prints, drawings, and related art works and ephemera. Whistler’s Woman in Whi... read more
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The Morozov Collection. Icons of Modern Art
Cézanne’s “Still Life with a Curtain” (1892-94). State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Van Gogh’s “The Prison Courtyard” (1890). Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts A major international exhibition, which opened in Paris last fall after being postponed three times due to COVID-19, offers a rare view of 200 masterpieces from the collection of the Russian brothers, Mikhail and Ivan Morozov. As Russia invaded Ukraine last week, the exhibition of exceptional paintings from Russian museums—one of the world's most valuable modern art collections—remains on loan in France until, for no... read more
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Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts April 16, 2022 to July 31, 2022 - Sunlight, 1909, Frank Weston Benson (American, 1862–1951), oil on canvas. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, John Herron Fund, 11.1. © The Frank W. Benson Trust The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) will host the highly anticipated exhibition *Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France* from April 16, 2022 to July 31, 2022. The exhibition, which made its debut at the Denver Art Museum, focuses on a group of aspiring artists who, between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, left the United ... read more
Art History News5 weeks ago
Christie’s New York 20th Century Evening Sale - May: Van Gogh. O’Keeffe
*Champs près des Alpilles* oil on canvas 17.3/4 x 21.5/8 in. (45 x 55 cm.) Painted in November 1889 Estimate on request Christie’s has announced Vincent van Gogh’s *Champs près des Alpilles*, 1889 (estimate on request; region of $45,000,000) as a leading highlight of the 20th Century Art Evening Sale taking place this May at Rockefeller Center in New York City. This rare work was one of two canvases sent from the artist while living in an asylum in Saint-Rémy to his close friend Joseph Roulin in Marseille at the beginning of 1890. A closely related view, painted from the same ... read more
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Christie's 21st Century Evening Sale this May: Jean-Michel Basquiat
e Here is the King: Basquiat Masterworks from 1982 JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988) *Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict* signed, titled and dated ‘JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT 1982 “PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DERELICT” (on the reverse of the left panel) triptych—acrylic, oil, oilstick and hardware on hinged wood construction overall: 81 ⅝ x 82 ⅜ x 3 ⅝ in. (207.3 x 209.2 x 9.2 cm.) Executed in 1982. Christie’s will present Jean-Michel Basquiat’s*Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict,* 1982 (estimate on request) as a leading highlight in the 21 st Century Evening Sale... read more
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Christie’s Old Masters Evening Sale, London 7 July: Lucas Cranach the Elder and Jan Jansz. den Uyl
Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) *The Nymph of the Spring*Painted in* circa *1540 Estimate: £6,000,000-8,000,000 London – Lucas Cranach the Elder’s (1472-1553) *The Nymph of the Spring* (estimate: £6,000,000-8,000,000) and Jan Jansz. den Uyl’s (1595-1639) *Pewter jug and silver tazza on a table* (estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000) from *The Collection of Cecil & Hilda Lewis*, will be leading highlights in the *Old Masters Evening Sale* on 7 July, during *Classic Week* London. Revered within collecting circles, Cecil and Hilda Lewis were true connoisseurs and generous philanthropi... read more
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As They Saw It: Artists Witnessing War,
* Clark Art Institute* *March 5–May 30* Paul Delaroche (French, 1797–1856), Napoleon Crossing the Alps: The Guide, c. 1848. Black chalk with white heightenings on paper, sheet: 16 7/8 x 22 13/16 in. sheet1: 24 7/8 in. Clark Art Institute, 1990.10 The Clark Art Institute’s latest exhibition presents four centuries of war imagery from Europe and the United States in *As They Saw It: Artists Witnessing War, *on view March 5–May 30, 2022. Spanning European and American art from 1520–1920, the exhibition of prints, drawings, and photographs shows how artists have portrayed periods of ... read more
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Nuestra Casa: Rediscovering the Treasures of The Hispanic Society Museum & Library
*The Hispanic Society Museum & Library* (HSM&L) is pleased to present Nuestra Casa: Rediscovering the Treasures of The Hispanic Society Museum & Library, revealing hidden gems from the expansive, permanent collection of the museum that includes more than 750,000 objects. Curated by Dr. Madeleine Haddon, the exhibition will open to the public on* February 17, 2022, and run through April 17, 2022.* The objects featured in Nuestra Casa are a part of the HSM&L’s permanent collection and help to illuminate the wide array of arts, literature and history of the Iberian Peninsula and Lati... read more
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Christie’s 1 March: Kees van Dongen, Marc Chagall
Following the announcement of two masterpieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Pablo Picasso that will lead the upcoming Shanghai to London sale series on 1 March, Christie’s presents a broad selection of exciting works in the Shanghai auction leg, featuring sensational paintings by celebrated Western Modern Art figures including Kees van Dongen, Marc Chagall, and many more, to meet the soaring demand of Mainland Chinese collectors. A group of works by international fast-rising artists will also debut in the sale. The Evening Sale will coincide with a series of events from 26 Febru... read more
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Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son
*Meadows Museum * *February 20 through June 12, 2022* Installation view, "Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son" at Meadows Museum.*Photo: Guy Rogers III*Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617–1682), The Prodigal Son Receiving His Portion, 1660s. Oil on canvas, 411/8 x 53 in. (104.5 x 134.5 cm). National Gallery of Ireland. Presented,Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987 (Beit Collection); NGI.4540.Photo © National Gallery of Ireland.Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617–1682), The Departure of the Prodigal Son, 1660s. Oil on canvas, 411/8 x 53 in. (104.5 x134.5 cm). National Gallery... read more
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Dialogues with Picasso. The Collection 2020-2023
* MUSEO PICASSO MÁLAGA* *THE ROWER**, A CUBIST MASTERPIECE BY PICASSO FROM 1910, IS NOW ON DISPLAY AS AN INVITED WORK AT THE MUSEO PICASSO MÁLAGA* - *The Cubist painting The Rower, an oil on canvas in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, was painted by Pablo Picasso in Cadaqués in 1910. As an invited work, it can be seen in Room II of the Museo Picasso Málaga until May as part of the display Dialogues with Picasso. The Collection 2020-2023.* - *The Rower** last visited Europe more than thirty years ago when it was exhibited at the Öffentliche Kunst... read more
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HYPERREAL. THE ART OF TROMPE L'OEIL
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza 16 March to 22 May 2022 Christoffel Pierson. Niche with Falcony Gear, ca. 1660-1670 . Washington, National Gallery of Art. Patrons’ Permanent Fund. © National Gallery of Art, Washington Painting images that are impossible to distinguish from reality has been a challenge for artists of all periods. The ability to deceive the viewer by making the painted seem real through the laws of optics and perspective is a visual game of which the earliest examples are known from descriptions in Greek literary texts. Since then, trompe l’oeil has been exten... read more
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Thomas Cole’s Studio: Memory and Inspiration
The Thomas Cole National Historic Site *April 30 to October 30, 2022* *Albuquerque Museum* *November 19, 2022, to February 12, 2023* Thomas Cole, Study for “Catskill Creek,” c.1844-45, oil on wood, 12 x 18 in., National Gallery of Art, Washington, Avalon Fund, 1998.67.1. Thomas Cole was already the most famous landscape painter in America when he died unexpectedly at the age of 47 in February 1848. His legacy continues to influence American art to this day, and a new exhibition “Thomas Cole’s Studio: Memory and Inspiration” explores the creative directions of the painter’s las... read more
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The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at The Courtauld
5 March – 5 June 2022 The Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Drawings Gallery The Renaissance artist Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), was celebrated for his graceful compositions and praised as the heir to Raphael (1483 – 1520). Parmigianino drew relentlessly during his short life: more than a thousand of his drawings have survived. They show the virtuoso artist, endlessly sketching out new ideas on paper. As well as drawing and painting, Parmigianino also experimented with printmaking, and is considered to have been the first to try the new mediu... read more
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Window on the Marsh
* Cape Ann Museum * *March 19 through Sept. 27, 2022* Martin Johnson Heade (1819 - 1904). Sunset on the Marshes , 1867. Oil on canvas. Private Collection. Photography by Bob Packert. Stretching across 25,000 acres of vast salt marsh, barrier beaches, and tidal rivers on Massachusetts’ North Shore is the Great Marsh, a natural wonder that has captivated many artists over the years. *Window on the Marsh* is a new exhibition at the Cape Ann Museum that features two works of the marsh by each of the renowned painters Martin Johnson Heade and Fitz Henry Lane is accompanied by four phot... read more
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Christie’s 1 March 2022: Francis Bacon’s Triptych 1986-7
• Francis Bacon’s *Triptych 1986-7* will be a leading highlight of Christie’s Shanghai to London sale series • *Triptych 1986-7 *is being offered at auction for the first time in the 20 th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale on 1 March 2022 • Across three monumental canvases, Bacon’s most rare and celebrated format, he entwines imagery drawn from the annals of twentieth-century history with a poignant, retrospective view of his own life and art • The figure in the left-hand panel is based on a photograph of American President Woodrow Wilson leaving the Treaty of Versailles negotiation... read more
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Mark Rothko's Works on Paper - Exhibition and Catalogue Raisonné
*National Gallery of Art, * *November 19, 2023–March 31, 2024* *The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway* *May 16–September 22, 2024* Mark Rothko, *Untitled*, 1959, Oil on paper, private collection, © 2023 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko The National Gallery of Art, the largest public repository of works by Mark Rothko, announced today a major exhibition of the artist’s paintings on paper. On view in the National Gallery’s East Building from November 19, 2023, through March 31, 2024, the exhibition will examine some 100 paintings on paper that the a... read more
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Jacques Louis David: Radical Draftsman *The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York* *February 17–May 15, 2022* Regarded in his time as the most important painter in France, Jacques Louis David (1748–1825) produced major canvases that shaped the public’s perceptions of historical events in the years before, during, and after the French Revolution. Drawings were the primary vehicle by which he devised and refined his groundbreaking compositions. Opening February 17, 2022, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jacques Louis David: Radical Draftsman is the first exhibition devoted to wor... read more