National Gallery of Art, Washington, *October 2, 2022–January 2, 2023* *Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, * *Legion of Honor, February 11–May 14, 2023* John Singer Sargent's (1856–1925) decades-long captivation with Spain yielded a remarkable body of work depicting the rich and diverse culture he encountered. *Sargent and Spain* is the first exhibition to reveal the depth of this engagement and the intentional approach the artist adopted there. Presenting some 140 oils, watercolors, drawings, and never-before published photographs, several almost certainly taken by the artist ... read more
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Van Gogh’s Cypresses
he Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that a groundbreaking exhibition of some 40 works by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) will be on view at *The Met Fifth Avenue from May 22 through August 27, 2023.* *Van Gogh’s Cypresses* will be the first show to focus on the unique vision the artist brought to bear on the towering trees—among the most famous in the history of art—affording an unprecedented perspective on a motif virtually synonymous with Van Gogh’s fiercely original power of expression. A range of stunning works will illuminate the extent of Van Gogh’s fascination with ... read more
Art History News1 week ago
Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice
*National Gallery of Art, * *November 20, 2022–February 12, 2023* *Palazzo Ducale, Venice, * *March 18, 2023–June 18, 2023* A leading figure in the art of Renaissance Venice, Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1460/1466–1525/1526) is best known for his large, spectacular narrative paintings that brought sacred history to life. Celebrated in his native city of Venice for centuries, beloved for his observant eye, fertile imagination, and storytelling prowess, Carpaccio remains little known in the U.S.—except as a namesake culinary dish, "Steak Carpaccio.” *Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storytel... read more
Art History News4 weeks ago
Modigliani Up Close
*Barnes Foundation* *October 16, 2022–January 29, 2023* This fall, in celebration of its centennial, the Barnes Foundation will present *Modigliani Up Close**, *a major loan exhibition that shares new insights into Amedeo Modigliani’s working methods and materials. On view in the Roberts Gallery from October 16, 2022, through January 29, 2023, *Modigliani Up Close* is curated by an international team of art historians and conservators: Barbara Buckley, Senior Director of Conservation and Chief Conservator of Paintings at the Barnes; Simonetta Fraquelli, independent curator and Co... read more
Art History News5 weeks ago
Castaway Modernism - Basel’s Acquisitions of “Degenerate” Art
*Kunstmuseum Basel * * October 22, 2022–February 19, 2023,* https://kumu.picturepark.com/s/HN2WJ8Uh The Kunstmuseum Basel’s classic modernism division boasts one of the most prestigious collections of its kind. Yet the work of assembling it was begun at a comparatively late date. In the summer of 1939, the Kunstmuseum acquired twenty-one outstanding works of German and French modernism. Denounced as “degenerate,” they had been forcibly removed from German museums in 1937 in pursuance of Nazi cultural policy, then categorized as “internationally salable” and sold through the art ... read more
Art History News1 month ago
WILLIAM GROPPER: WORKS FROM HIS ESTATE
WILLIAM GROPPER: WORKS FROM HIS ESTATE is the new exhibition from Helicline Fine Art beginning today. Approximately three dozen paintings, drawings, cartoons and sculptures created by the great American artist between the 1930s–1970s are available for acquisition at HeliclineFineArt.com. The exhibition features a range of subject matters created over several decades. Featured are several of the renowned Senator paintings, images of women and men working, industrial scenes, ballet, New York City scenes, social commentary and Gropper’s political works depicting demonstrations, W... read more
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Phillips’ New York Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art15 November,
Cy Twombly Untitled, 2005 Estimate: $35,000,000 – 45,000,000 On 15 November, Phillips’ Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art in New York will be led by Cy Twombly’s monumental Untitled, 2005. With exceptional provenance and estimated at $35-45 million, Untitled is a masterpiece from one of Twombly’s last epic series that found its inception in his blackboards and crystallized in the three discrete suites of paintings collectively known as the Bacchus series. The Bacchus paintings began in 2003 amidst the US invasion of Iraq and culminated in 2008 when the artis... read more
Art History News1 month ago
The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England
*The Met Fifth Avenue* *October 10, 2022–January 8, 2023* Opening October 10, the first exhibition in the United States focusing on art created during the Tudor dynasty will feature more than 100 paintings, tapestries, sculptures, and more From King Henry VII’s seizure of the throne in 1485 to the death of his granddaughter Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, England’s Tudor monarchs used art to legitimize and glorify their tumultuous reigns. On view at The Met from October 10, 2022, to January 8, 2023, *The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England *will trace the transformation of... read more
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Motherwell, Hofmann, and Ruscha lead the dedicated sale on November 16 at Bonhams New York
[image: HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966) Let There Be Light (And the Sun Beautiful as She Was and Pregnant – Scattered Her Colours All over the Earth) 1955-1961] The Estate of Melvin S. Rosenthal 16 Nov 2022 New York HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966) *Let There Be Light (And the Sun Beautiful as She Was and Pregnant – Scattered Her Colours All over the Earth)* 1955-1961 Bonhams present sfor sale the entire collection of *Melvin S. Rosenthal* featuring the finest examples of art from the 20th century on *November 16* in *New York*. Mr. Rosenthal's collection includes renowned artists who had t... read more
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Even More on Edward Hopper's New York
Edward Hopper’s New York, on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art from October 19, 2022, through March 5, 2023, offers an unprecedented examination of Hopper’s life and work in the city that he called home for nearly six decades (1908–67). The exhibition charts the artist’s enduring fascination with the city through more than 200 paintings, watercolors, prints, and drawings from the Whitney’s preeminent collection of Hopper’s work, loans from public and private collections, and archival materials including printed ephemera, correspondence, photographs, and notebooks. From ... read more
Art History News2 months ago
ManhattenMasters
29 September 2022 – 15 January 2023 *The Mauritshuis* will round off its bicentenary year with a very special exhibition, featuring ten paintings by Dutch masters from The Frick Collection in New York. For the first time in its existence, the American museum will loan these items to a European museum, while its own building is undergoing renovation. One of the paintings that will temporarily exchange New York for The Hague is Rembrandt’s acclaimed Self-portrait of 1658, a painting of exceptional quality. Rembrandt painted many self-portraits, but this one is acknowledged by expert... read more
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The Virtues of Rebellion: Modern and Contemporary Surrealisms
An Exhibition Centered on Women in Surrealism Over the Past Century On View at Phillips, 432 Park Avenue From 21 October – 22 November Kay Sage Secret Voyage of a Spark, 1944 Emily Mae Smith Gleaner Odalisque, 2019 Phillips is proud to announce The Virtues of Rebellion, an upcoming exhibition through PHILLIPS X which will explore the creative output of women Surrealists from the first half of the 20th century and the artists working today that mine this rich legacy. Coinciding with the marquee 20th Century and Contemporary auctions across all three major houses in N... read more
Art History News2 months ago
Alice Neel: Un regard engagé
Also see People Come First Centre Pompidou –5 October, 2022 – 16 January, 2023 *Barbican Centre, London* *February 16, 2023 to May 21, 2023* [image: Exposition "Alice Neel" - affiche]Image: Alice Neel, *Marxist Girl (Irene Peslikis)*, 1972 Oil on canvas 151.8 x 106.7 cm 59 3/4 x 42 in © The Estate of Alice Neel Courtesy The Estate of Alice Neel and Victoria Miro Left: Alice Neel, Ellie Poindexter, 1961. Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 66.5 cm. 39 1/4 x 26 1/4 in © The Estate of Alice Neel. Courtesy the Estate of Alice Neel and Victoria Miro. Right: Alice Neel, Ellie Poindexter, 1962. Oil on ... read more
Art History News2 months ago
Picasso Cut Paper
* Hammer Museum * *October 1 – December 31, 2022 * The Hammer Museum at UCLA presents Picasso Cut Papers, an exhibition about an important yet little-known aspect of the practice of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). This exhibition features some of Pablo Picasso’s most whimsical and intriguing works made on paper and in paper, alongside a select group of sculptures in sheet metal. Cut papers were created as independent works of art, as exploratory pieces in relation to works in other mediums, as models for Picasso’s fabricators, and as gifts or games for family and friends. Pablo Pica... read more
Art History News2 months ago
Book: Neighborhood provides new understanding of 17th-century Dutch art
The importance of knowing what’s going on in your neighborhood and knowing what’s going on in your neighborhood and upholding its honor is at least as old as comparable societal expectations in 17th-century Netherlands, according to a new book by a University of Kansas art historian. Numerous Dutch paintings of an array of subjects — scenes of streets, domesticity, professions, and festivity -- conveyed and reinforced those values to contemporary viewers. That is Linda Stone-Ferrier’s conclusion after analyzing a range of 17th-century Dutch paintings in a new context: that of the ne... read more
Art History News2 months ago
Van Gogh in America
On the centenary of its status as the first public museum in the United States to purchase a painting by Vincent van Gogh, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) presents a landmark exhibition that tells the story of the artist’s rise to prominence among American audiences. *Van Gogh in America* features paintings, drawings, and prints by the Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. (opens in a new tab) The exhibition will run from October 2, 2022 to January 22, 2023, featuring 74 original Van Gogh works. Visitors can experience the defining moments, people, and circumstances that catapu... read more
Art History News2 months ago
Golden Boy Gustav Klimt. Inspired by Van Gogh, Rodin, Matisse…
* Van Gogh Museum * *7 October 2022 to 8 January 2023* [image: Klimt Judith voor Press release uit persbericht.jpg] *Gustav Klimt, Judith, 1901, Oil and gold leaves on Canvas, 84 x 42 cm, Belvedere, Vienna.* *A new exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum presents the work of Gustav Klimt alongside those artists who inspired him. This is the first retrospective of Klimt’s oeuvre of this scale to be organised in the Netherlands. The exhibition features iconic highlights from all over the world, such as * *Judith **(1901), Emilie **Flöge** (1902) and Water Serpents II (1904). These... read more
Art History News2 months ago
Canaletto: A Venetian’s View
Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum 1 October 2022 until 7 January 2023 - View Larger Image *View on the Grand Canal: From the Palazzo Bembo to that of Grimani Calerghi, now Vendramini. From the Woburn Abbey Collection.* *Canaletto - The Entrance to the Canal Grande at the Punta della Dogana and the Santa Maria della Salute **From the Woburn Abbey Collection.* *View of the entrance to the Arsenal by Canaletto, 1732 **From the Woburn Abbey Collection.* The exhibition will celebrate the wonderful work of Canaletto, featuring stunning paintings on loan from the Woburn ... read more
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Magic, Witchcraft and Surrealism – Leonora Carrington
*ARKEN Museum of Modern Art* *17 September 2022 until 15 January 2023. * *The exhibition will subsequently be shown at Fundación MAPFRE in Madrid* Leonora Carrington was one of Surrealism's key figures. She rebelled against power hierarchies and conventions with a magical universe filled with humour, witchcraft and spirit, yet she remained an overlooked figure in art history. Today, interest in Carrington is immense. The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid. Exhibition curator Sarah Fredholm who is in charge of the Leonora Carrington exhibition ... read more
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Sketches by Rubens at the Bonnat-Helleu Museum in Bayonne
* Bilbao Fine Arts Museum * *9/28/22 - 1/22/23* Complete article Sketches for Torre de la Parada *Apollo and Daphne* Apollo fell in love with Daphne after he was hit by an arrow shot by Cupid. He pursued her, mad with desire, and almost caught her. The terrified girl implored her father—a river god—to save her, and he turned her into a laurel tree (Ovid, Metamorphoses, book I). Thereafter, Apollo had to be just by wearing leaves from this tree as a crown. The vertical line marking the central axis of the composition is similar to many others found in the sketches in this seri... read more
Art History News2 months ago
Dutch Drawings from a Collector’s Cabinet
The J. Paul Getty Museum presents *Dutch Drawings from a Collector’s Cabinet,* an exhibition showcasing for the first time a magnificent group of 17th-century drawings acquired from a private collector in 2019. On view at the* Getty Center from October 11, 2022, to January 15, 2023, *the exhibition features 50 works by artists from the Dutch Republic, including Rembrandt van Rijn, Adriaen van de Velde, Jacob van Ruisdael, and Aelbert Cuyp, among others. “This exhibition celebrates a landmark acquisition for the Getty Museum, one that enables us to showcase a more comple... read more
Art History News3 months ago
1930s and 40s American art. The WPA era. Modernism.
Helicline offers American and European modernist artwork from the first half of the 20th Century. Look at HeliclineFineArt.com for others. The core of our offerings are 1930s and 40s American art. The WPA era. Modernism. Attached are seven work we are pleased to offer.. Some are depression era works. One shows the birth of television, a protest. family, the effects of war, a fight and more, All are figurative paintings and drawings that capture an era. Daniel Celentano (1902 – 1980) Going to the Festival 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 Watercolor on paper, c. 1930s Signed lower l... read more
Art History News3 months ago
Book: Vermeer's Maps
Most Comprehensive Study to Date on this Topic (New York, September 22, 2022)—Of the approximately thirty-four paintings attributed to Johannes Vermeer—whose extraordinary art has captivated viewers since his rediscovery in the nineteenth century—wall maps and other cartographic objects are depicted in nine of them, including The Frick Collection’s renowned *Officer and Laughing Girl* and the artist’s masterpiece in Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, *The Art of Painting*. With stunning reproductions and incisive text, the Frick’s new publication, *Vermeer’s Maps*, is the most... read more
Art History News3 months ago
Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty, Muscles of the Back, Plate 14 from Myologie complette en couleur et grandeur naturelle (Complete Scientific Study of Muscles in Color and Life-Size), 1746. Color mezzotint. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with the SmithKline Beckman Corporation Fund, 1968, 1968-25-79n, TL42415.2. Image: Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Photo: Joseph Hu. Cambridge, MA September 9, 2022 This fall, the Harvard Art Museums will present a first-of-its-kind exhibition and accompanying publication devoted to the graphic arts of the Enlightenment era. ... read more
Art History News3 months ago
More on EDWARD HOPPER’S NEW YORK
*Essay* Approaching a City: Hopper and New York, Kim Conaty *Images* Click on links for more info about each work: Edward Hopper, Manhattan Bridge Loop, 1928. Oil on canvas, 35 × 60 in. (88.9 × 152.4 cm). Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. © 2022 Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image courtesy Art Resource, NY Edward Hopper, Tables for Ladies, 1930. Oil on canvas, 48 1/4 × 60 1/4 in. (122.6 ×153 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art; George A. Hearn Fund. © 2022 Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/License... read more
Art History News3 months ago
Murillo: From Heaven to Earth
September 18, 2022—January 29, 2023 Kimbell Art Museum | The Kimbell Art Museum presents *Murillo: From Heaven to Earth*, a comprehensive exhibition of works by Spanish Golden Age painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682). The leading religious painter of Seville during his time, Murillo is primarily known for his depictions of the life of Christ, Christian saints, and other Biblical scenes, including monumental paintings of the Virgin in celestial glory. While *Murillo: From Heaven to Earth* includes a number of these religious paintings, its focus is instead on his earthl... read more
Art History News3 months ago
Edward Hopper’s New York
*Edward Hopper’s New York*, on view at the *Whitney Museum of American Art from October 19, 2022, through March 5, 2023*, offers an unprecedented examination of Hopper’s life and work in the city that he called home for nearly six decades (1908–67). The exhibition charts the artist’s enduring fascination with the city through more than 200 paintings, watercolors, prints, and drawings from the Whitney’s preeminent collection of Hopper’s work, loans from public and private collections, and archival materials including printed ephemera, correspondence, photographs, and notebooks. ... read more
Art History News4 months ago
Modernist Diaspora: Immigrant Jewish Artists in Paris, 1900-1945,
In the early 20th century, there was perhaps no greater source of creative vitality than the artistic communities at work in the city of Paris, France. Among the most profound and prolific were a cohort of young Jewish immigrants, who arrived with varying levels of training and contact with their artistic traditions, yet who created among the most innovative and stunning examples of contemporary art. Their experiences are the subject of Modernist Diaspora: Immigrant Jewish Artists in Paris, 1900-1945, a new book by historian Richard Sonn. Rich with examples from period art, So... read more
Art History News4 months ago
A Time of Toil and Triumph: Selections from the Shogren-Meyer Collection of American Art
*Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee* Sept. 9, 2022—Feb. 26, 2023 As a part of its 15th anniversary celebration, the Grohmann Museum is organizing a blockbuster exhibition from one of the premier collections of American industrial art—The Shogren-Meyer Collection. A collection focused primarily on the art of the 1930s and 40s, it also includes many fine examples from the surrounding decades, with many created during the depression era—a time of both toil and triumph. A grand opening event will be held for A Time of Toil and Triumph on Friday, Sept. 9 from 5 to 8 p.m. The free event wi... read more
Art History News4 months ago
Vermeer’s Secrets
* National Gallery of Art * *October 8, 2022-January 8, 2023* *Rijksmuseum, * *February 10–June 4, 2023* [image: Johannes Vermeer, "Girl with the Red Hat"] Johannes Vermeer *Girl with the Red Hat*, c. 1666/1667 oil on panel painted surface: 22.8 x 18 cm (9 x 7 1/16 in.) support: 23.2 x 18.1 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.) framed: 40.3 x 35.6 x 4.4 cm (15 7/8 x 14 x 1 3/4 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection *Vermeer’s Secrets *will unveil new findings about him and his process. The exhibition offers a behind-the-scenes look at how National Gallery curators,... read more
Art History News4 months ago
Dutch Drawings: highlights from the Rijksmuseum
[image: Etched self portrait of Rembrandt as a young man with curly hair, wearing a cap, with a surprised expression on his face] CREDIT Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Self-Portrait in a Cap, Wide Eyed and Open Mouthed, 1630. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. On Saturday 16 July 2022, the exhibition *Dutch Drawings: highlights from the Rijksmuseum* opened at the National Gallery of Ireland. Forty-eight works by 31 different artists who worked during the seventeenth century will go on display. This historic and important exhibition will give Irish audiences the unique opportunity to view... read more
Art History News5 months ago
Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape
May 21, 2022–August 14, 2022*University Research Gallery, University Teaching Gallery, Harvard Art Museums* A Scandinavian Landscape. - Between the late 16th century and the early 18th century, artists working in the Netherlands—then known as the Dutch Republic—produced an extraordinary number of landscape drawings. Many of these works depicted sites that were either recognizable as or evocative of the country’s cities, villages, and countryside. This profusion of local imagery coincided with the young country’s quest for global dominion, as well as with war and dramatic ecologic... read more
Art History News5 months ago
Diego Rivera’s America
*The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)* July 16, 2022–January 2, 2023 Diego Rivera, *The Flower Carrier,* 1935; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Albert M. Bender Collection, gift of Albert M. Bender in memory of Caroline Walter; © 2022 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. *The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)* announces *Diego Rivera’s America**,* the most in-depth examination of the artist’s work in over two decades. *Diego Rivera’s America* brings together more than 150 of Rive... read more
Art History News5 months ago
The Renaissance in the North: New Prints and Perspectives
Printmaking flourished in Northern Europe during the late 15th and 16th centuries as artists harnessed the power of the multiplied image. Relatively inexpensive, portable, and widely disseminated, prints aided religious devotion, advanced the fame of local and national figures, or offered moralizing lessons to enlighten and entertain an expanding international audience. On view in the National Gallery’s West Building from July 3 through November 27, 2022, *The Renaissance in the North: New Prints and Perspectives* presents some 30 newly acquired prints by Renaissance artists work... read moreå