NEW YORK (REUTERS).- The largest collection of Paul Cezanne’s Card Player paintings to ever be exhibited together opens on Wednesday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It includes three of five of the French master’s famous series depicting peasants o…
Bronzino & Portraits of Power Exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi Attracts 230,000
FLORENCE.- Bronzino. Artist and Poet at the Court of the Medici, the first ever exhibition devoted to the paintings of this major 16th century artist, closed at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, on 23 January 2011 having attracted over 140,000 visitors since …
Landmark Exhibition of John Marin’s Revolutionary Watercolors in Major Art Institute Exhibition
CHICAGO, IL.- In 1948, a nationwide survey pronounced John Marin (1870–1953) “America’s Number 1 artist.” Marin’s exuberant and improvisational paintings are recognized today as critical to the evolution of American modernism. …
Al Taylor: Wire Instruments and Pet Stains at the Santa Monica Museum of Art
SANTA MONICA, CA.- The Santa Monica Museum of Art presents Al Taylor: Wire Instruments and Pet Stains, the first American museum survey of work by this important and prolific artist. Through his drawings and constructions, Taylor (1948–1999) offer…
Landmark Exhibition of Iconic Works from Every Phase of Picasso’s Career Leaves Seattle in Less Thank Two Weeks
SEATTLE, WA.- There are less than two weeks left to see the Seattle Art Museum’s (SAM) Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris. What The Stranger calls “one of the best [Picasso show’s] you’ll ever see outside …
Exhibitions: Pablo Picasso Zurich Exhibition Recreates Landmark 1932 Show
ZURICH (REUTERS) .- In September 1932, already a world-famous artist, Pablo Picasso drove from Paris to Zurich for the opening of a mega-exhibition of his works that was to mark a turning point in Western cultural history. Although he curated the exhi…
Alexander McQueen’s Iconic Designs to be Celebrated in Spring 2011 at the Metropolitan
NEW YORK, NY.- The spring 2011 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, it was announced by the Museum today. The exhibition, on view from May 4 through July 31, 2011 (pre…
Alexander McQueen’s Iconic Designs to be Celebrated in Spring 2011 Costume Institute Retrospective
NEW YORK, NY.- The spring 2011 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, it was announced by the Museum today. The exhibition, on view from May 4 through July 31, 2011 (pre…
Alexander McQueen’s Iconic Designs to be Celebrated in Spring 2011 Costume Institute Retrospective
NEW YORK, NY.- The spring 2011 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, it was announced by the Museum today. The exhibition, on view from May 4 through July 31, 2011 (pre…
Landmark Exhibition of German Artist Hans Hartung’s Late Paintings Opens at Cheim & Read
NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read presents a landmark exhibition of Hans Hartung’s late paintings, dating from 1987–1989. This is the first showing of Hartung’s works in New York since his controversial 1975 exhibition at the Metropolitan Muse…