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Frida Kahlo Centennial Exhibition

Few artists have captured the public’s imagination with the force of Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of this Mexican artist and to recognize her powerful...

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Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955–1965

The work of Jasper Johns (b. 1930) represents an important breakthrough in art at midcentury, a period of radical change in American art. Themes developed in the first decade of his career was examined...

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Picasso: Peace and Freedom

The exhibition Picasso: Peace and Freedom, at the Albertina 22 September 2010–16 January 2011, showed the twentieth century’s most important painter from a hitherto almost unknown perspective: in...

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Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril - Beyond The Moulin Rouge

The Courtauld Gallery, London 16 June – 18 September 2011Jane Avril in the Entrance to the Moulin Rouge, c.1892 © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, LondonNicknamed La Mélinite after a...

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Thomas Eakins at the Metropolitan

An unprecedented display of paintings and photographs by the acclaimed American artist Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art June 18-September 15, 2002. The final stop...

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19th-Century Masterworks: Ingres, David, Gericault, Delacroix, Rosetti, Blake,

Two hundred nineteen works by leading 19th-century American, British, and French artists from the legendary collection formed by Grenville L. Winthop (1864-1943) went on display at The Metropolitan...

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Book Reviews: German Art 1350–1600; Norman Rockwell

German Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350–1600"German Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350–1600" is a spectacular exhibition catalogue by Maryan W. Ainsworth and Joshua P....

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Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism: French and American Artists

Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism, on view at the Akron Art Museum October 29, 2011 – February 5, 2012, offered a broad survey of landscape painting as practiced by leading French artists from...

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Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities

“Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities,” on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Sept. 26 through Jan. 4, 2009, examined the friendship of two iconic artists who were attracted to...

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Michelangelo: The Drawings of a Genius

From October 8, 2010, to January 9, 2011, the Albertina presented the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Michelangelo in more than twenty years. The presentation of more than a hundred of the...

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Philip Guston Retrospective

The American painter Philip Guston (American, b. Canada, 1913-1980) was the subject of a major retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from October 27, 2003, through January 4, 2004. The...

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El Greco at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The first major retrospective in more than 20 years devoted to the great 16th-century painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541-1614) – known to posterity as El Greco – opened at The Metropolitan Museum...

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Gauguin in New York Collections: The Lure of the Exotic

Paul Gauguin was the subject of a major monographic show in New York City for the first time in more than 40 years. On view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from June 18 through October 20, 2002,...

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Maurice Prendergast: By the Sea

An exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art explores for the first time Maurice Prendergast's lifelong fascination with the seaside in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first...

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The Changing Garden: Four Centuries of European and American Art

The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center at Stanford University held an exhibition June 11 through September 7, 2003, that examined the garden as an enduring and evolving cultural resource. The Changing...

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Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch Master (1558-1617): Drawings, Prints, and Paintings

The first major retrospective devoted to the virtuoso Netherlandish mannerist Hendrick Goltzius – one of the most versatile and accomplished figures in the history of art – was on display at The...

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American Modern: Hopper to O’Keeffe at The Museum of Modern Art - NYC

American Modern: Hopper to O’Keeffe, on view at MOMA August 17, 2013–January 26, 2014, takes a fresh look at the Museum’s holdings of American art made between 1915 and 1950, and considers the cultural...

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Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting

The first major exhibition ever to examine the impact of 17th-century Spanish painting on 19th-century French artists, March 4–June 29, 2003 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featured nearly 240...

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George Bellows and the American Experience

The Columbus Museum of Art celebrates one of the city’s best loved native sons with George Bellows and the American Experience, on view August 23, 2013 – January 4, 2014. The exhibition highlights the...

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Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Gerstl and Their Times

With the Vienna Secession and Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna around 1900 was one of the cradles of modern art. From September 26, 2010 – January 16, 2011 the Fondation Beyeler mounted Vienna 1900: Klimt,...

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