FEBRUARY 23-29, 2016

NEW YORK

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) Street, Dresden, 1908 (reworked 1919; dated on painting 1907). Oil on canvas, 150.5 x 200.4 cm (59 ¼ x 6’ 6 7/8 in.). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase.

Munch and Expressionism, Neue Galerie, New York, NY

On view through June 13, 2016

On February 18, 2016, Neue Galerie New York opened Munch and Expressionism, an exhibition that examines Edvard Munch’s influence on his German and Austrian contemporaries, as well as their influence upon him. The show will offer a compelling new look at works by the Norwegian artist, whose painting The Scream has become a symbol of modern angst. The Neue Galerie is the sole venue for the exhibition, where it will be on view through June 13, 2016. The show, curated by Expressionist scholar Dr. Jill Lloyd, has been organized in tandem with Munch specialist Dr. Reinhold Heller. Dr. Lloyd has assembled several important exhibitions for the Neue Galerie, including Van Gogh and Expressionism in 2007 and Ferdinand Hodler: View to Infinity in 2012. As an independent art historian, she has also curated exhibitions at the Tate, the Royal Academy in London, and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. She has written extensively on Expressionist art. Click here to continue reading.

 

CONNECTICUT

 

Ten/Forty: Collecting American Art at the Florence Griswold Museum, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT

On view through May 29, 2016

Ten/Forty: Collecting American Art at the Florence Griswold Museum commemorates the fortieth anniversary of Jeffrey Andersen’s tenure as Director of the Museum, and the tenth anniversary of Curator Amy Kurtz Lansing. The exhibition reflects on the evolving nature of how the Museum has approached building and stewarding a collection of American art. Recent acquisitions and selections from the permanent collection are placed in the context of new scholarship and examined in terms of how museums have changed their approach to the subject over the past forty years. Click here to continue reading.

 

MASSACHUSETTS

 

Pieter Claesz, Still Life with Peacock Pie, 1627. Oil on panel. National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

February 27-June 5, 2016

Amsterdam in the 17th century was a vibrant city with global connections. The largest and most powerful trade and shipping company in the world, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) filled Dutch homes with Asian porcelain, lacquer, sumptuous textiles, diamonds and spices. Inspired by these novel imports, Dutch potters, textile designers and jewelers created works of art we now perceive as distinctly Dutch. Artists such as Rembrandt, Willem Kalf, Jan Steen and Pieter Claesz were also quick to incorporate these luxuries into their paintings. Co-organized by the Peabody Essex Museum and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, this exhibition of 170 superlative Asian and Dutch works of art explores the transformative impact that Asian luxuries had on Dutch art and life in the 17th century, bringing new perspectives on the Dutch Golden Age and its relationship to Asia. Click here to continue reading.

 

OHIO

Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878), The Ford, 1965. Etching (first state). Cincinnati Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Greer French, 1940.174.

The Etching Revival from Daubigny to Twachtman, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

On view through May 8, 2016
Explore the renaissance of etching from the late 1850s through the turn of the century in Europe and the United States with the new Cincinnati Art Museum exhibition The Etching Revival from Daubigny to Twachtman, on view February 13–May 8, 2016. Featuring more than 100 monochromatic prints from dozens of artists, the exhibition also includes a wood etching press from the early 1900s, along with plates and tools used to create the etchings. Etching is one of the first original art movements in America and it played an important role in developing the public’s aesthetic appreciation of the graphic arts. Etching involves using a substance to bite into metal surfaces with acid in order to create a design. Etching was attractive to painters because it allowed them to capture the fleeting effects of nature rapidly with freedom and spontaneity. The process coincided with artist’s desire to work directly from nature. Click here to continue reading.

 

WISCONSIN

 

Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886), Beacon Hills on the Hudson River, opposite Newburg-painted on the spot, ca. 1852. Oil on canvas. The New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mrs. Lucy Maria Durand Woodman, 1907.11.

Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

February 26-May 8, 2016

Imagine Niagara Falls, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Yosemite Valley … untouched by the industrial age in their natural beauty and splendor. There were no road signs cluttering the landscape; in fact, there were few roads. Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School transcends centuries to show visitors the powerful, breathtaking vistas that defined our heritage and shaped our nation. The landmark exhibition includes nearly 50 of the most important artworks of the first half of American history—many of them monumental in size—and comes from the acclaimed collection of the New-York Historical Society. Several paintings are coming to the Museum directly from exhibition at the Louvre. Click here to continue reading.

 

MISSOURI

Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch (1610–1684). The Fishwife, 1672. Oil on canvas, 14 3/8 x 15 9/16 inches. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Gift of H. W. A. Deterding, London, SK-A-3246.

Reflecting Class in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

February 24-May 29, 2016

This groundbreaking exhibition examines 17th-century Dutch paintings in light of the new Republic’s social structure. Although the Dutch Republic was relatively democratic at the time, class distinctions remained and conveyed a variety of meanings to its citizens. Through approximately 71 carefully selected and arranged paintings, this exhibition will present the ways in which Dutch pictures reflect various socio-economic groups. Additionally, three place settings featuring the everyday tableware of the upper, middle, and lower classes will bring to life the tangible differences within the Republic’s stratified population. By exploring how class distinctions were expressed and the associations each group held, a more nuanced picture of Dutch society will emerge. Highlights of the exhibition include Vermeer’s A Lady Writing and portraits by Rembrandt and Hals. This exhibition was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities. Television media partners are Kansas City Public Television and Time Warner Cable. Click here to continue reading.

 

GEORGIA

Edo Bertoglio (Swiss, born 1951), Jean-Michel Basquiat on the set of Downtown 81, 1980–1981. 35mm slide. © New York Beat Films, LLC. Courtesy Maripol. By permission of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, all rights reserved.

 

Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

February 28-May 29, 2016
This exhibition will feature rare notebooks created by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), offering an intimate look at the life of the influential contemporary artist who died tragically at age 27. Filled with Basquiat's handwritten texts and sketches, the 160 unbound notebook pages will be presented along with 30 related paintings, drawings and mixed-media works drawn from private collections and the artist’s estate, as well as a Basquiat painting from the High's collection. Created between 1980 and 1987, the notebooks demonstrate how Basquiat began to develop the artistic strategies that would inform his large-scale works. He combined text and images in a raw expressionist style to explore culture and society through historical and popular themes. Click here to continue reading.

 

FLORIDA

 

Public and Private - The Figure Examined: Masterworks from the Kasser Mochary Art Foundation, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
On view through May 30, 2016
This exhibition examines one of the most universal subjects in art, the portrayal of the human figure. From the widely recognizable to the intimate and introspective, Public and Private presents more than 100 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by many of the most important artists of the late 19th and 20th centuries, including Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Alberto Giacometti, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Diego Rivera, Auguste Rodin, Paul Signac, Andy Warhol, and others. Juxtaposing their diverse approaches to a common subject reveals radical stylistic changes, as well as a broad spectrum of political, philosophical, and aesthetic meanings associated with the human form. Click here to continue reading.

 

ARIZONA

Jeff Smith, TTT, 7:50 pm, 2011. Archival pigment inkjet print. Courtesy of the Artist and Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ © Jeff Smith 2011.

Into the Night: Modern and Contemporary Art and the Nocturne Tradition, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

February 27-July 10, 2016
Into the Night: Modern and Contemporary Art and the Nocturne Tradition examines the long tradition of the nocturne in art and how that tradition has expanded to encompass various ways that contemporary artists consider the enigmatic notion of the night. This exhibition is comprised of paintings, photographs, and works on paper that investigate the psychological concepts of darkness, the dreamscape and its connection to the night, and the inter-connectedness of the environment with cultural and artistic discourse. The night is a loaded image and concept associated with mystery, drama, terror, and death. It is also associated with notions of safety, protection, and the womb. The origins of these broad and conflicting aspects of the night in the form of the nocturne derive from eighteenth-century musical scores composed in several movements meant for performance at night as a kind of serenade. Click here to continue reading.

 

CALIFORNIA

 

Josh Flagg, star of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing LA.

Design San Francisco, San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA

February 24-26, 2016

Design San Francisco offers three days to explore, engage, and enjoy the premier annual event for design professionals. We’re especially enthusiastic about our keynote presentations—design visionaries and personalities who are nationally recognized for their personal magnetism and visionary approaches to interior design. In addition, the SFDC showrooms will host seminars and workshops, each thoughtfully conceived and developed to support your own creative potential and improve your marketing acumen. The San Francisco Design Center, in partnership with California Home + Design magazine, The Luxury Marketing Council of San Francisco and DACOR presents “A Marriage Made in Heaven,” a compelling panel discussion that addresses the symbiotic, yet unexploited relationship between the real estate agent and interior designer, with the client as the common connection and center of affection. Real estate’s top producers and interior design’s celebrated masters acknowledge and appreciate the value that both parties bring to the table in terms of making a sale and a happy client. We eavesdrop on the “best in class” as they trade and share the secrets of their success. Josh Flagg, the celebrated star of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing LA” heads the cast of this entertaining and informative program. Click here to continue reading.