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 Daniel Garber Stockton 1920 |
Up the River: Pennsylvania Impressionists and Modernists The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, N.J. Thru Nov. 25, 2001 Approximately 65 landscapes by Impressionists and early modernists of New Jersey's New Hope School -- Walter E. Baum, Rae Sloan Bredin, Fern Coppedge, Daniel Garber, Harry Leith-Ross, others -- from the collection of Jim Alterman. Catalogue: 48 pp., essay by art historian Brian Peterson. |
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| Morris Graves and Seattle Seattle Art Museum Nov. 1, 2001-Oct. 20, 2002 An installation of works from the collection by Northwest painter who died at age 90 last May. Curator: Chiyo Ishikawa, SAM. |
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 Adja Yunkers Aegean 1970 |
Adja Yunkers: To Invent a Garden Georgia Museum of Art Nov. 3, 2001-Jan. 6, 2002 A retrospective of torn-paper abstractions by the second-generation Abstract Expressionist artist. Organized by the Bayly Art Museum at the University of Virginia. Curator: Romito Ray. Catalogue: Eight essays and curator's statement. Funding: The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation. |
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 W. Eugene Smith Untitled (Umbrellas on Fifth Avenue) ca. 1955-57 |
Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Photographs Carnegie Museum of Art Nov. 3, 2001-Feb. 10, 2002 195 photos from the mid-1950s selected from 17,000 photos of Pittsburgh taken by the photojournalist for an uncompleted photographic essay on the city. Curator: Sam Stephenson, Duke University. Organized by Linda Batis, CMoA. Catalogue: 176 pp., 175 images and essays by Sam Stephenson and Alan Trachtenberg. |
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 Luca Giordano Lucretia and Sextus Tarquinius 1663 |
Luca Giordano 1634-1705 Carnegie Museum of Art Nov. 4, 2001-Jan. 20, 2002 Nearly 100 works by the Baroque era painter. Organized by the museums of Naples, Vienna, and Los Angeles. Curator: J. Patrice Marandel, LACMA. Also on view: "Seeing," opening Nov. 18. |
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 Bill Viola The Quintet of Remembrance 2000 |
Bill Viola: The Quintet of Remembrance Metropolitan Museum of Art Nov. 6, 2001-May. 5, 2002 The first major video installation acquired by the museum. Also on view: "Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche," opening Nov. 24. |
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 Jacob Lawrence Dominoes 1958 |
Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence Whitney Museum of American Art Nov. 8, 2001-Feb. 3, 2002 200 works spanning seven decades of the artist's career, organized by the Phillips Collection. Curators: Elizabeth Hutton Turner, Phillips, and Barbara Haskell, Whitney. Catalogue: Eight essays and curators statement. Funding: ExxonMobil, AT&T. Tour: Detroit Institute of Fine Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Also on View: "Black Box/White Cube Series -- Burt Barr: Projections," opening Nov. 8. |
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 Richard J. Neutra Windshield 1939 view from southeast photo: Harold H. Costain |
Windshield: Richard Neutra's House for the John Nicholas Brown Family Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Nov. 10, 2001-Jan. 27, 2002 Sketches, blueprints, photographs and original furniture -- 130 objects in all -- from the 1938 house in Fishers Island, New York. Curator: Dietrich Neumann, Brown University. Catalogue: Essays by Joyce M. Botelho, J. Carter Brown, Sarah Williams Goldhagen, Thomas S. Hines, Thomas Michie and Dietrich Neumann. Tour: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Octagon Museum, Washington DC and UCLA Hammer Museum, dates tba. |
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 Emperor Puyi's bicycle given to him by his Tutor Reginald Johnston 1909-12 |
Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace Phoenix Art Museum Nov. 10, 2001-Apr. 7, 2002 More than 300 objects and artifacts from the palace divided into eight sections by theme. The exhibition includes the complete contents of the Throne Room. Curator: Dr. Janet Baker, Phoenix. Catalogue: 100 pp., forward by James Ballinger. |
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 Roxy Paine PMU (Painting Manufacture Unit) 1999-2000 |
Roxy Paine Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Nov. 11, 2001-Jan. 27, 2002 A machine that makes art without the need for an artist will manufacture abstract paintings. |
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 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Aristide Bruant: Ambassadeurs 1892 |
Toulouse-Lautrec: Master of the Moulin Rouge, from the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art North Carolina Museum of Art Nov. 11, 2001-Feb. 17, 2002 Nearly 50 posters and lithographs of Parisian life from the 1890s as well as a selection of 30 posters and prints by his contemporaries. Curator: Joseph Covington, North Carolina. |
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| Making the Grade National Museum of African Art Nov. 11, 2001-May. 5, 2002 Selected pieces from the permanent collection associated with initiation rites. |
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 Manuel Alvarez Bravo Daughter of the Dancers/Muchachita! 1933 |
Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Optical Parables J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Nov. 13, 2001-Feb. 17, 2002 Photographer Manuel Bravo's 100th birthday celebration highlights work produced in Mexico from 1920s to the 70s. Also included are photographs by his contemporaries Edward Weston, Tina Modotti and Paul Strand. Curators: Roberto Tejada, independent curator and Mikka Gee Conway, Getty. Catalogue: Includes photographs and chronology, part of the In Focus photography series. Also on view: "Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen," opening Nov. 13. |
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 John Constable Study of Clouds 1821 |
Pastoral to Postindustrial: British Works on Paper from the Whitworth Art Gallery Grey Art Gallery, NYU Nov. 13, 2001-Jan. 26, 2002 95 works on paper including six watercolors by J. M. W. Turner and works by John Constable, Damien Hirst and Rachel Whiteread drawn from the collection at the University of Manchester. Curators: Charles Nugent, Mary Griffiths, David Morris, Lynn Gumpert and Lucy Oakley. Catalogue: Essays by British scholar Greg Smith and Mary Griffiths, Whitworth. |
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 Mantel Regulator by Robert Robin (1741-1799; clockmaker) Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843; attributed casemaker) and Joseph Coteau (1740-1812; dial painter) French 1784 |
The Art of the Timekeeper: Masterpieces from the Winthrop Edey Bequest Frick Collection Nov. 14, 2001-Feb. 24, 2002 13 clocks and eight watches dating between the 16th and 19th centuries. Curator: William J.H. Andrewes. |
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 Christian Boltanski Gymnasium Chases Series (detail) 1991 |
Face(t)s of Memory: Found Photographs and Family Albums Jewish Museum of San Francisco Nov. 14, 2001-Jan. 31, 2002 Christian Boltanski and Marcelo Brodsky show work displayed along side photographs from the Judah L. Magnes Museum collection. Curators: Peter L. Stein and Natasha Perlis, JMSF, Bill Chayes, and Aaron Kornblum, Judah L. Magnes Museum. |
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 Marina Abramovic The Hero 2001 |
Directions-Marina Abramovic Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Nov. 15, 2001-Feb. 18, 2002 Video projection by the Belgrade-born, Amsterdam-based performance artist. Curator: Phyllis Rosenzweig, Hirshorn. |
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| Projects 74: Ricci Albenda Museum of Modern Art Nov. 16, 2001-Jan. 22, 2002 Albenda distorts a portion of the walls of the mezzanine level. Curator: Laura Hoptman, MoMA. |
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 Marisol John, Washington and Emily Roebling Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge for the First Time 1989 |
Marisol Delaware Art Museum Nov. 16, 2001-Jan. 27, 2002 Over 20 of the pop artist's trademark sculptures combining woodcarving, drawing, stenciling and casting. Curator: Judy Collischan, Neuberger. Catalogue: Monograph includes an essay by Eleanor Heartney. |
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| Pop Culture! Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Nov. 16, 2001-Feb. 11, 2002 Paintings, sculpture and works on paper by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Ed Rushca and Wayne Thiebaud from the museum's permanent collection. Also on view: "Lewis Baltz: Tract House Photographs, 1969-1971," opening Nov. 16. |
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 Norman Rockwell Freedom from Want 1943 |
Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People Guggenheim Museum Nov. 16, 2001-Mar. 3, 2002 70 oil paintings and all 322 covers created for The Saturday Evening Post spanning 60 years of the artist's career concludes its seven city American tour. Also includes sketches, rough studies and photographs of models. Curator: Anne Knutson, High Museum of Art, Maureen Hart, Norman Rockwell Museum and Judy L. Larson, The Art Museum of Western Virginia. Catalogue: Writers include Dave Hickey, Thomas Hoving, Judy L. Larson, Peter Rockwell and Robert Rosenblum. Funding: Ford Motor, Fidelity and Delta. |
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 Camille Pissaro Self-Portrait 1903 |
The Emergence of Jewish Artists in Nineteenth-Century Europe Jewish Museum Nov. 18, 2001-Mar. 17, 2002 70 works by 21 artists active in England, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Austria/Hungary and Poland. Among the artists are such figures as Camille Pissarro, Max Liebermann and Moritz Daniel Oppenheim. Curator: Susan Tumarkin Goodman, Jewish Museum. Catalogue: 192 pp., 110 color and 30 black-and-white illustrations. |
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 Gian Lorenzo Bernini Angel Holding the Superscription 1667-68 |
Earth and Fire: Italian Terracotta Sculpture from Donatello to Canova Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Nov. 18, 2001-Feb. 3, 2002 Sculpture by Italian artists dating from the Renaissance to the Neoclassical period such as Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Andrea Del Verrocchio. Drawings and models trace the evolution of the work from concept to finished works. Curator: Bruce Boucher, University of London, Anthony Radcliffe, Victoria and Albert and Edgar Peters Bowron, MFAH. Catalogue: A survey of Italian terracotta sculpture. Tour: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Mar. 14-July 7, 2002. Also on view: "Japanese Beauty: Woodblock Prints by Goyo from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery" and "Paintings of Native America from the Stark Museum of Art," opening Nov. 18. |
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 Jean Puiforcat teapot France 1935 |
Art Deco and Streamlined Modern: Design 1920-1940 Dallas Museum of Art Nov. 18, 2001-Feb. 17, 2002 75 objects from the museum's collections by noted designers including Oscar Bach, Georg Jensen, Paul Poiret and Gaston Suisse. Curator: Charles L. Venable, DMA. |
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 Russel Wright ca. 1920 courtesy of Ann Wright |
Russel Wright: Creating American Lifestyle Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Nov. 20, 2001-Mar. 10, 2002 350 objects including furniture, drawings, videos and photographs that document the design of lifestyle marketing. Curators: Donald Albrecht, Cooper-Hewitt and Robert Schonfeld. Catalogue: 176 pp., essays by Albrecht, Schonfeld and Lindsay Stamm Shapiro with new and archival photos. |
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 Krishna and his Friends Celebrate Holi in the Forests of Brindaban (detail) Mewar ca. 1710 |
Worlds of Wonder and Desire: Indian Paintings from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Nov. 21, 2001-Feb. 24, 2002 A collection of Indian watercolors on palm leaf, paper, ivory and cloth dating from the 12th to 20th centuries. Curators: Joseph M. Dye III, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter. Catalogue: "The Arts of India," 650 pp., 300 color plates and 175 black-and-white illustrations. |
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 Bust of standing statue of Ramsses II from Aswan New Kingdom 19th Dynasty ca. 1279-1213 B.C. |
Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum Brooklyn Museum of Art Nov. 23, 2001-Feb. 24, 2002 140 artifacts dating from shortly before the 1st Dynasty (ca. 3100 B.C.) including jewelry, funeral masks, Book of the Dead papyrus rolls and large sculptures. Nearly half of the objects have never been exhibited outside of Britain. Curator: Dr. Edna R. Russman, BMA. Catalogue: 400 pp, essays by Dr. Edna R. Russman and T.G.H James. Funding: Ford Motor. Tour: Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Apr. 12-July 2, 2002, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Aug. 10-Nov. 3, 2002. |
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