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 Yves Tanguy Ennui and Tranquility (detail) 1938 |
Yves Tanguy Retrospective Menil Collection, Houston June 1-Sept. 16, 2001 Honoring the French Surrealist on the Centennial of his birth via 55 paintings, 15 works on paper and one sculpture. Catalogue: 284 pp. Tour: Organized by the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; this is the show's only U.S. stop. Also on view: "The Exquisite Corpse," June 1-Sept. 9, 2001. Search our Galleries:
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 Potter Marguerite Wildenhain (1897-1985) in her studio. ca. 1945 |
Craft and the Creative Process Archives of American Art, PaineWebber Center, New York June 1-Oct. 5, 2001 Papers, letters, photographs and artifacts document the life and work of craft artists Anni Albers, Dale Chihuly, Beatrice Wood, others. |
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 Alice Neel Joe Gould 1933 |
Alice Neel Walker Art Center June 2-Sept. 2, 2001 First full-scale exhibition marks the centennial of artist's birth with 75 paintings and watercolors. Curator: Ann Temkin, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Tour: The show was organized at the Philadelphia Museum and has appeared at the Whitney. Catalogue: Fully illustrated, with chronology of artist's life. Tour: Denver Art Museum, tba. Search our Galleries:
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 William Kentridge still from the film Shadow Procession 1999 |
William Kentridge New Museum of Contemporary Art June 2-Sept. 16, 2001 Animated films, drawings and performance work from 1989 to present by South African artist. Curators: Dan Cameron, New Museum and Staci Boris, MCA. Catalogue: Illustrated. Search our Galleries:
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 Michael Kenna Rouge Study #3 1996 Ford's River Rouge Complex |
Albert Kahn: Inspiration for the Modern University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor June 2-Oct. 21, 2001 Kahn's influence, via architectural renderings, plans, photographs and works by artists such as Diego Rivera, Elsie Driggs and Le Corbusier. Curator: Brian Carter, UMMA. Catalogue: Yes. Funding: Ford Motor. |
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 Edgar Bryan Untitled 2001 |
Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles UCLA Hammer Museum June 3-Sept. 2, 2001 25 emerging artists, including are Won Ju Lim, Eric Wesley, Amy Wheeler, Mark Bradford, Ronald Santos, Linda Kim and Thomas Eggerer. Curators: James Elaine, Russell Ferguson, Claudine Isé, Ann Philbin, Hammer Museum. Catalogue: Full color. Also on view: Jesse Bransford. |
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| Jasper Johns: Prints from Four Decades National Gallery of Art June 3-Oct. 7, 2001 Targets, maps, flags, ale cans and more, via 60 works dating from 1960 to 2000. Curator: Ruth Fine, NGA. Tour: Terra Museum, Chicago, Feb. 16-Apr. 28, 2002; Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, tba. Funding: HSBC Bank USA. Search our Galleries:
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Design from X to Z: Jerry Hirshberg and Nissan Design America Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego June 3-Sept. 3, 2001 Nissan's design facility showcases its designs from conception to production. Also on view: Sharon Lockhart, opening June 10, 2001. Search our Galleries:
Sharon Lockhart |
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 Michael Oatman Take: 1° The Photograph, 2° The Confession (second version) (detail) 1999-2001 |
Art at the Edge of the Law Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Conn. June 3-Sept. 9, 2001 20 artists risk arrest, including Tom Friedman, Michael Thompson, Dennis Oppenheim, Tom Sachs, Fred Tomaselli, Negativland. Curators: Richard Klein, Jessica Hough, Aldrich Museum. Also on view: Haluk Akakçe, "No way Forward No way Back", opening June 3, 2001. |
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 Lux Feininger Charleston on the Bauhaus roof 1927 |
Dancing on the Roof: Photography and the Bauhaus Metropolitan Museum of Art June 5-Aug. 26, 2001 60 rare photographs from New York area by László Moholy-Nagy, Lux Feininger, Umbo and others. Also on View: "Terry Winters: Printed Works," opening June 12; "The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection: Bonnard to Balthus," opening June 1; "Photographs: A Decade of Collecting," opening June 5; and "A Century of Design, Part IV: 1975-2000," opening June 26. |
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| Sherrie Levine/Joost van Oss: Sculpture Prototypes Getty Research Institute Gallery June 6-July 18, 2001 Sculptures based on Gerrit Rietveld furniture by the artist team that spent 2000 in residency at the Getty. Search our Galleries:
Sherrie Levine |
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 Ravinder Reddy Appayamma 2000 |
Popular CultureS: Installations by Michael Parekowhai, Ravinder Reddy and Yinka Shonibare Andy Warhol Museum June 8-Sept, 2, 2001 Local pop culture by artists from New Zealand, India and Africa. Curator: Margaret King, Warhol. Funding: Rockefeller Foundation. |
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 Pablo Picasso La Vie 1903 |
Picasso: The Artist's Studio Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Conn. June 9-Sept. 23, 2001 35 paintings and 10 drawings on the theme of the artist's studio. Curator: Cynthia Roman, Wadsworth. Tour: Cleveland Museum, Oct. 21-Jan. 6, 2001. Catalogue: 100 color and 75 black and white illustrations, 208 pp. Funding: Fleet. |
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 Caspar David Freidrich Moonrise Over the Sea 1822 |
Spirit of an Age: 19th-Century Paintings from Nationalgalerie, Berlin National Gallery of Art June 10-Sept. 3, 2001 Romanticism to Expressionism via 75 works by 35 artists, including Caspar David Friedrich, Max Beckmann, Adolph Menzel, Gustave Courbet. Curator: Philip Conisbee, NGA. Catalogue: Coordinated by Claude Keisch with essays by Peter-Klaus, Nationalgalerie. |
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| Picasso, Braque, Léger: Paintings from the Collection of Mr. And Mrs. Julian H. Robertson North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh June 10-Sept. 9, 2001 A selection of Cubist works includes three paintings by Picasso. |
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 Winslow Homer The Cotton Pickers 1876 |
Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s Los Angeles County Museum of Art June 10-Sept. 9, 2001 More than 50 paintings, drawings, engravings and watercolors from the decade the artist emerged as a promising painter. The works will be displayed as if in a 19th-century exhibition alongside other painters such as George Inness and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Curator: Bruce Robertson and Leslie Furth, LACMA (organized at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art). Catalogue: Produced by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. |
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 Mark Wethli Under a Northern Sky 1992 |
House: Charged Space McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College June 11-Sept. 16, 2001 37 objects in various media by Fritz Buehner, Bruce Monteith, Shellburne Thurber and Mark Wethli. |
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| Elie Nadelman: Classical Folk Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio June 12-Aug. 19, 2001 First major survey of the artist in over 20 years includes 46 figural sculptures and 22 drawings. Curator: Suzanne Ramljak and AFA. Catalogue: 70 colorplates, 106 halftones, 136 pp. Tour: Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Sept. 21-Dec. 30, 2001. Search our Galleries:
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 Lord Snowdon Barbara Cartland 1988 |
Snowdon: A Retrospective Yale Center for British Art, Hartford, Conn. The only American venue for 200 works by the celebrity photographer. Organizer: National Portrait Gallery, London. Catalogue: 200 illustrations. Funding: BP. |
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 Marisol John, Washington and Emily Roebling Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge for the First Time 1989 (detail) |
Marisol Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, N.Y. June 17-Sept. 2, 2001 Overview of the artist's work from 1960-90 features over 20 sculptures. Curator: Judy Collischan, Neuberger. Also on view: "Toshiko Takaezu," opening June 17, and "Au Natural, opening June 30." |
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 William Harnett Lobster and Le Figaro 1882 |
Treasures for a Queen: A Millennium Gift to Cincinnati Cincinnati Art Museum June 17-Sept. 2, 2001 Gifts of art requested by the museum from area collectors under the stipulation "highest quality" includes over 100 objects and works by artists such as Picasso, Chihuly and Dine. Catalogue: Yes. Funding: Firstar and Delta. Also on view: "An Added Dimension: Sculptors as Printmakers," opening June 30. |
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 Childe Hassam Bowl of Goldfish 1912 |
The Cos Cob Art Colony: Impressionists on the Connecticut Shore Museum of Fine Arts, Houston June 17-Sept. 16, 2001 Around 70 works by the art colony features paintings by Childe Hassam and John Twachtman. Curator: Emily Neff. Catalogue: 264 pp. Also on view: "Michael Miller's All Things Good," opening June 28, 2001. |
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 Clyfford Still 1948-C 1948 |
Clyfford Still Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden June 21-Sept. 16, 2001 40 paintings focusing on the years 1944-60 in the abstract expressionist's career. Curator: James Demetrion, Hirshhorn. Catalogue: Fully illustrated. |
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 Irving Penn Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson with the model of the Seagram Building 1955 |
Mies in America Whitney Museum of American Art June 21-Sept. 23, 2001 220 works made by Bauhaus guru Mies van der Rohe after he emigrated to the U.S. in 1938 until his death in 1969. The installation is designed by avant-garde media artist and Mies-groupie Ińigo Manglano-Ovalle. Curator: Phyllis Lambert, Canadian Centre for Architecture. Catalogue: 584 pp. Funding: Solow Art and Architecture Foundation, UBS/PaineWebber, Vivendi Universal. Mounted in conjuction with "Mies in Berlin" at the Museum of Modern Art, opening June 21 (see below). Search our Galleries:
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 Reflection study of Mies van der Rohe's German Pavilion, Barcelona International Exposition photo Kay Fingerle 2000 |
Mies in Berlin Museum of Modern Art June 21-Sept. 11, 2001 The early career of Mies van der Rohe, via 300 drawings, 15 models, video and digital displays and photos of Mies' work by Kay Fingerle and Thomas Ruff. Curator: Terence Riley, MoMA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University. Catalogue: 368 pp. Funding: UBS PaineWebber, Getty Grant Program. Search our Galleries:
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 William Auerbach-Levy (1889-1964) George Herman (Babe) Ruth, 1895-1948 ca. 1929 |
Celebrity Caricature in America New York Public Library June 22-Aug. 31, 2001 Caricature portraits and objects from the early 20th century organized into eleven sections with seven sound sections. Curator: Wendy Wick Reaves, National Portrait Gallery. Catalogue: 320 pp., with 155 color plates, 160 black-and-white illustrations. |
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 Clay Ketter Cold Kitchenette 1999 |
Against Design Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City June 22-Sept. 2, 2001 Group exhibition showcases contemporary design through 10 artists from the U.S., Canada, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. |
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 Adrianne Herman Cookies 1999 |
Digital: Revolutions in Printmaking Brooklyn Museum of Art June 22-Sept. 2, 2001 Approximately 84 works by Chuck Close, Nam June Paik, Kiki Smith, Carl Fudge, Robert Rauschenberg and others that explore the synthesis of digital computing and the printing process. Curator: Marilyn Kushner, BMA. |
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| Migrations, Humanity in Transition: Photographs by Sebastiăo Salgado International Center of Photography, New York June 22-Sept. 9, 2001 Traveling exhibition of photographs documenting mass migration. Catalogue: 432 pp., with 330 duotone photographs. Funding: BP. Search our Galleries:
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 Michelangelo Study for the Head of Leda ca. 1530 |
Michelangelo: Drawings and Other Treasures from the Casa Buonarroti, Florence High Museum of Art June 23-Sept. 2, 2001 47 objects, including 23 drawings by Michelangelo. Curator: Gary M. Radke, Syracuse University, David Brenneman, High. Catalogue: 152 pp. Tour: Toledo Museum, Sept. 21-Nov. 25, 2001. Also on view: "Bentwood Furniture: The Steinfeld Gift," opening June 30; "Let it Shine: Self-Taught Art from the T. Marshall Hahn Collection," opening June 23; "Contemporary Drawings by Italian Architects," opening June 23. Search our Galleries:
Michelangelo |
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 Henry Moore |
Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century California Palace of the Legion of Honor June 23-Sept. 16, 2001 Retrospective of 120 works spanning Moore's career. Curators: Dorothy Kosinski, Dallas Museum of Art, and Dr. Steven A. Nash, FAMSF. Catalogue: Fully illustrated. Tour: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, Oct. 21, 2001-Jan. 27, 2002. Search our Galleries:
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 Harry Callahan Chicago ca. 1950 |
Elemental Landscapes: Photographs by Harry Callahan Philadelphia Museum of Art June 23-Sept. 30, 2001 A selection of 100s of prints recently donated to the museum, concentrating on landscape photography. Curator: Katherine Ware, Stieglitz Center. Catalogue: 64 pp., with 35 black-and-white plates. Also on view: "Jacques Villion, Poet of Precision: A New Acquisition in Context," opening June 23. Search our Galleries:
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| Georgia O'Keeffe in Williamsburg: A Re-creation of the Artist's First Public Exhibition in the South Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe June 23-Oct. 21, 2001 Nine paintings, correspondence and photographs recall O'Keeffe's 1938 show at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Curators: Bonnie G. Kelm, Ann C. Madonia. |
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 Tony Feher |
Tony Feher and Sarah Sze Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. June 24-Sept. 9, 2001 Two solo-shows of sculptural installations. Curator: Amada Cruz, Bard. Search our Galleries:
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 Edouard Vuillard Five-panel Screen for Miss Marguerite Chapin: Place Vintimille (detail) 1911 |
Beyond the Easel: Decorative Painting by Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis and Roussel, 1890-1920 Metropolitan Museum of Art June 26-Sept. 9, 2001 French décorations, 1890-1930, via ca. 80 paintings and folding screens. Tour: the show originally appeared at the Art Institute of Chicago, which co-organized it. Catalogue: 289 pp., with essay by Gloria Groom, AIC. Funding: Janice H. Levin Fund. |
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 Wayne Thiebaud Three Machines 1963 |
Wayne Thiebaud: A Paintings Retrospective Whitney Museum of American Art June 28-Sept 23, 2001 Approximately 100 paintings, watercolors and pastels dating back to the 1950s in an exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Curator: Steven A. Nash, FAMSF. Catalogue: 216 pp. with ca. 100 illustrations. |
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 H.C. Westermann Memorial to the Idea of Man if He was Idea 1958 |
H.C. Westermann Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago June 30-Sept. 23, 2001 First posthumous retrospective of the artists spanning works from 1950-81 includes approximately 130 sculptures, 20 works on paper and ephemera. Curator: Lynne Warren and Michael Rooks, MCA. Catalogue: 212 pp. exhibition catalogue and a 398 pp.catalogue raisonné. Search our Galleries:
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| The Complete Graphic Works of H.C. Westermann Smart Art Museum, University of Chicago June 28-Sept. 9, 2001 50 lithographs, linoleum cuts, woodblock prints and related drawings of the Chicago based Imagist movement. Catalogue: 400 pp. |
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