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 Edgar Degas Blue Dancers ca. 1893 |
Degas to Picasso: Painters, Sculptors and the Camera San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Oct. 1, 1999 - Jan. 2, 2000 An examination of the role of photography in the artistic process via 364 paintings, drawings, sculptures and photos made between 1885 and 1915. Curator: Dorothy Kosinski, Dallas Museum of Art. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Dallas Museum of Art and to the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao. Funding: Bank of America. |
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 Robert Heinecken CBS Docudrama in Words in Pictures 1985 |
Robert Heinecken Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Oct. 2, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Over 150 provocative "photo-sculptures" on the subject of mass media. Curator: Lynne Warren, MCA. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Feb. 13-Apr. 24, 2000). Funding: National Endowment for the Arts. |
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 Marc Quinn No Visible Means of Escape 1996 |
SENSATION: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection Brooklyn Museum of Art Oct. 2, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 The infamous exhibition denounced by Mayor Giuliani, featuring paintings, photographs, sculpture and installations from the collection of British advertising magnate Charles Saatchi. Tour: The exhibition originated at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and traveled to the Hamburger Bahnof in Berlin. Funding: Christie's, Time Out New York. |
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 Evan Summer Nocturne VIII 1989 |
Evan Summer: Landscapes and Nocturnes Corcoran Gallery of Art Oct. 2, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000 Large-scale intaglios of barren panoramas by the Pennsylvania printmaker. |
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 Brice Marden Athena's Notebook (#5) 1980 |
Brice Marden: Workbook Drawings Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Oct. 3, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Workbooks of varying sizes in which the New York artist drew regularly from the 1960s to the present, along with works by those who inspired him, including Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock. The exhibition is based on a show organized by the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Mass., and the Winterthur Museum in Switzerland. Curator: Barry Walker, MFAH. |
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 James Schoppert Another Feather from Moon's Nest 1990 |
Instruments of Change: James Schoppert Retrospective, 1947-1992 National Museum of the American Indian Oct. 3, 1999-Feb. 6, 2000 Carvings, masks and poetry by the Alaskan artist. |
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 Willie Doherty Incident 1993 |
From the Poetic to the Political: A Reading of Irish Art of the 1990s McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College Oct. 3-Dec. 12, 1999 40 paintings, installations, photography and videos by 13 artists from the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in Dublin. Curator: Declan McGonagle, IMMA. |
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 Set of Canopic jars Dynasty 26 (664-525 B.C.) Giza |
Searching For Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum Birmingham (Ala.) Museum of Art Oct. 3, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000 Over 130 objects dating from 5000 B.C. to 500 A.D., from sites along the Nile River. A 3,000-year-old mummy and its coffin will be on view in conjunction with the exhibition. Curator: David Silverman, University of Pennsylvania Museum. Catalogue essays: Silverman, David O'Connor, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU. |
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| Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages National Gallery of Art Oct. 3, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 More than 50 fragments of altarpieces, cult figures and devotional objects. Curator: Julien Chapuis, Metropolitan Museum Cloisters. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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 Paula McCarty Mouse Boy 1998 |
Growing Up Post-Modern University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Ill. Oct. 5-Nov. 7, 1999 An exploration of childhood at the end of the 20th century through photographs, sculpture, paintings and installation works by 14 artists. Funding: Illinois Arts Council. |
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 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Princesse Albert de Broglie... 1853 |
Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch Metropolitan Museum of Art Oct. 5, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 A look at "Who's Who" of the ruling elite of France, via 40 paintings and 92 drawings from the Revolution to the Second Empire. Curators: Gary Tinterow, Metropolitan Museum, Philip Conisbee, National Gallery of Art, Christopher Riopelle, National Gallery, London. Catalogue essays: Georges Vigne, Andrew Shelton, Hans Naef, Robert Rosenblum, Rebecca Rabinow, Tinterow, Conisbee and Riopelle. Tour: The exhibition was on view at the National Gallery, Washington, D.C., and the National Gallery, London, prior to its presentation at the Met. Funding: The Florence Gould Foundation. |
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 Carleton Watkins View on the Columbia, Cascades 1867 |
Carleton Watkins: The Art of Perception Metropolitan Museum Oct. 5, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 150 works by the American landscape photographer. Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, in conjunction with the Met and the Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca. Funding: Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. |
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 Theodora Skipitares Salem Wheel 1996 |
Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the 20th Century Queens Museum of Art Oct. 6, 1999-Jan. 30, 2000 Paintings, sculpture, photography and installations by 34 artists of Greek origin. Curators: Peter H. Selz, independent curator, William R. Valerio, QMA. Funding: J.F. Costopoulos Foundation, et al. |
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 Aristide Maillol Desire 1906-08 |
Modern Starts: People Museum of Modern Art Oct. 7, 1999-Feb. 1, 2000 The first cycle of "MoMA2000," an examination of early modern figurative artists, from Matisse and Picasso to Lehmbruk and Posada. |
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 Michelangelo Pistoletto Venus of the Rags 1967 |
Regarding Beauty: A View of Late 20th Century Oct. 7, 1999-Jan. 17, 2000 The notion of beauty, via 70 works by 30 artists, including Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko and Lucian Freud. Curators: Neal Benezra and Olga Viso, MoMA. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Haus der Kunst in Munich. |
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| Rodin's Monument to Victor Hugo Metropolitan Museum of Art Oct. 7, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 20 sculptures by the artist, ranging from a small terracotta sketch to a life-size portrait in marble, as well as bronze figures, all relating to the Monument to Victor Hugo originally commissioned for the Panthéon in Paris. Organized by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation. Tour: The exhibition premiered at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and traveled to the Portland Art Museum and Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, Fla. |
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 Liu Heung Shing Young Toughs 1981 |
China: 50 Years Inside the People's Republic Asia Society, New York Oct. 8, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 160 photographs by 33 artists from Asia, Europe and the U.S., including Sebastiao Salgado, Wu Jialin and Hiroji Kubota. Presented in collaboration with Aperture Foundation. Tour: Following the Asia Society, the show travels to the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, the Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C. and numerous other international venues. Funding: Ford Motor Company. |
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 Francesco Clemente Contemplation 1990 |
Francesco Clemente Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Oct. 8, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 More than 200 oil paintings, frescoes, watercolors, pastels, sculptures and book illustrations from the early '70s. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Guggenheim, Bilbao. Funding: Hugo Boss. |
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 Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia reading the Daily News election results in 1941. |
The Italians of New York: Five Centuries of Struggle and Achievement The New-York Historical Society Oct. 8, 1999-Feb. 20, 2000 Photographs of Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans from Mayor LaGuardia to Joe DiMaggio. |
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 Bruce Conner Bombhead 1989 |
2000 B.C.: THE BRUCE CONNOR STORY PART II Walker Art Center Oct. 9, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 150 paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints and photographs spanning five decades. Curators: Joan Rothfuss, Walker Art Center; Bruce Jenkins, Harvard Film Archives; Peter Boswell, Miami Art Museum. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Forth Worth Modern Art Museum, the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. |
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 Firefighter's mask ca. 1910 France |
Masks: Faces of Culture Saint Louis Art Museum Oct. 9, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 An examination of masks in all their guises, from religious paraphenalia to movie props, with approximately 125 masks and 35 costumes. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. |
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 Paul Cézanne Victor Chocquet in an Armchair ca. 1877 |
Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections Baltimore Museum of Art Oct. 10, 1999-Jan. 30, 2000 Nearly 60 individual and group studies by such artists as Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Monet and Renoir. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Cleveland Museum of Art. |
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 Edward Hicks Peaceable Kingdom 1844-46 (detail) |
The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks Philadelphia Museum of Art Oct. 10, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 More than 80 paintings, decorative objects, manuscript materials and memoirs by the Quaker missionary, including several versions of his famous work, The Peaceable Kingdom (1826). Tour: The exhibition originated at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and travels to the Denver Art Museum (Feb. 5-Apr. 30, 2000) and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum (Sept. 24, 2000 -Feb. 7, 2001). Funding: J.P. Morgan, Pew Charitable Trust. |
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 Lee Krasner Self-Portrait ca. 1930 |
Lee Krasner Los Angeles County Museum of Art Oct. 10, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Over 50 paintings, drawings and collages by the Abstract Expressionist who married Jackson Pollock. Curator: Robert Hobbs, independent curator. Funding: Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc. Tour: After debuting at LACMA, the exhibition travels to Des Moines Art Center, Akron Art Museum and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. |
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 Joseph Richardson Teapot ca. 1750-60 |
Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758 Philadelphia Museum of Art Oct. 10, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 A look at how artists and artisans of the Delaware Valley transformed the European Baroque esthetic into an American regional style, including furniture, textiles, silver, metalwork, ceramics, prints, maps, books and paintings. Curator: Jack L. Lindsey. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Funding: J.P. Morgan. |
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| Gestures: Postwar American and European Abstraction from the Permanent Collection Los Angeles County Museum of Art Oct. 10, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 An overview of Abstract Expressionism and the concurrent art informel movement in Europe, including works by Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Hans Hartung. Curator: Jill Martinez, LACMA. |
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 Mimmo Palodino There will be no title 1986 |
Minimalia: An Italian Vision in 20th-Century Art P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center Oct. 10, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Sculpture, photography, painting, drawing and installation explored according to the themes of simplification and reduction, including work by Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni and Francesco Clemente. Curator: Achille Bonito Oliva. Funding: Illycaffe. |
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 Adrian de Vries Rearing Horse 1605-10 |
Adrian de Vries: Imperial Sculptor J. Paul Getty Museum Oct. 12, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Bronze sculptures that foreshadowed the emergence of the Baroque style in 17th-century Europe. Curators: Frits Scholten, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Gorel Cavali-Bjorkman, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Peter Fusco, Getty Museum. Catalogue essays: Frits Scholten. Tour: The exhibition premiered at the Rijksmuseum and traveled to the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. |
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| Art and Science: Joris Hoefnagel and the Representation of Nature in the Renaissance J. Paul Getty Museum Oct. 12, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000 An illuminated manuscript created for Emperor Rudolf II, grandson of Ferdinand I, featuring colorful paintings of flowers, insects, small animals and other items found in nature. |
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 Ray and Charles on the newly constructed steel frame of their house in Pacific Palisades, California, 1949 |
The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Oct. 12, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 More than 500 pieces of furniture, drawings, models, photographs, films, videos, toys and prototypes by the husband and wife team. Funding: Herman Miller, Inc., Maharam and Shaw Contract. |
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 John Salvest Meditation 7.21 1997 (detail) |
John Salvest: Time on His Hands Phoenix Art Museum Oct. 12, 1999-Jan. 23, 2000 Recent sculptures and a wall installation made from mundane, everyday objects. Curator: Kim Levin, president of the International Association of Art Critics and regular contributor to The Village Voice. |
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 Labrang woman's ensemble Northeastern Tibet 1920-30 |
From the Sacred Realm: Treasures of Tibetan Art in the Collection of the Newark Museum Newark Museum Oct. 15, 1999-Jan. 20, 2000 More than 300 ancient and recent artworks and artifacts, including tents, furniture, sculpture, paintings, costumes and personal objects, all from the Museum's permanent collection. Curator: Valrae Reynolds, Newark Museum. Catalogue essays: Janet Gyatso, Amherst college; Amy Helloer, independent scholar of Tibetan art history; Dan Martin, Tibetan studies scholar. Funding: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
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 Gilles Barbier How to Better Guide Our Daily Life |
Gilles Barbier: Clones Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Wash. Oct. 15, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 The Marseille-based artist's life-like wax self-portraits show the artist engaged in various masquerades, along with video works, large-scale installations, photographs and paintings. The exhibition is part of Cote d'Ouest, a series of exhibitions by contemporary French artists in American venues along the West Coast. Curator: Thom Collins. Funding: Association Française d'Action Artistique and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. |
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| Leon Golub Bucknell University Gallery, Bucknell, Pa. Oct. 15-Dec. 10, 1999 Social and political commentary from 1994 to the present. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montreal and the College of Charleston. |
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 Edward Stewart and Stephanie Smith Sustain 1995 |
Seeing Time: Selections from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich Collection of Media Art San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Oct. 15, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Film and video installations, single-channel videotapes and photo-based artworks by contemporary artists such as Mariko Mori, Bruce Nauman and Dara Birnbaum provide an overview of media art forms. Curator: Robert R. Riley, SFMOMA, Thea Westrich. Catalogue essays: David Ross, Robert R. Riley, Marita Sturken, Chrissie Iles, Thea Westreich. |
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 Leo Kenney Enchanted Rock 1946 |
What it Meant to be Modern: Seattle Art at Mid-Century Henry Art Gallery Oct. 15, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Over 100 sculptures, paintings and drawings by artists working in the Northwest from 1932 to 1962. Funding: Museum Loan Network. |
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 Bill Viola The Crossing 1996 |
Bill Viola Art Institute of Chicago Oct. 16, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Around 40 works created by the media artist between 1972 and 1996, including large-scale installations, single-channel videos and pages from the artist's notebooks. Curator: David A. Ross (while at the Whitney Museum of American Art). Tour: The exhibition originated at the Whitney and traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. |
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 Brassaï Balloon Seller, Montsouris Park, Paris 1931-34 |
Brassaï: The Eye of Paris National Gallery of Art Oct. 17, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000 125 photographs by the legendary artist of the Parisian night. Curator: Anne Tucker, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Catalogue Essay: Anne Tucker. |
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| The Experimental Exercise of Freedom: Lygia Clark, Gego, Mathias Goeritz, Hélio Oiticica and Mira Schendel Museum of Contemporary Art and the Geffen Contemporary Oct. 17, 1999-Jan. 23, 2000 Around 100 works from the late 1950s to the 1970s by Latin American artists. Funding: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. |
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| Barbara Kruger The Geffen Contemporary at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Oct. 17, 1999-Feb. 13, 2000 Power, sexuality and representation addressed via photographic prints, etched metal plates, audio and video installations, and billboards. New work specially made for the exhibition is also included. Curator: Ann Goldstein, LA MOCA. Catalogue essays: Rosalyn Deutsche, Katherine Dieckmann, Ann Goldstein, Steven Heller, Gary Indiana, Carol Squiers. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Whitney Museum of Art in New York and other venues to be announced. |
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 Francisco Oller y Cestero Still Life with Coconuts ca. 1893 |
Latin American Still Life: Reflections of Time and Place Katonah Museum of Art Oct. 17, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Paintings, sculptures, photographs and mixed media installations by Frida Kahlo, Tina Modotti, Diego Rivera and others. Curators: Edward Sullivan, New York University, Clayton Kirking, Parsons School of Design. |
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 Portrait of a Married Couple Roman between 55-79 AD |
Pompeii: Life in a Roman Town Los Angeles County Museum of Art Oct. 17, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 More than 400 wall frescoes, blown glass, bronze instruments and other artifacts salvaged from the ruins of Mt. Vesuvius. Curators: Nancy Thomas, LACMA, Tina Oldknow, independent curator. Funding: IBM. |
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 Lauren Greenfield Ashleigh, 13, practice on the day of her Bat Mitzvah... 1993 |
The Changing Face of Family: Photographs from the Collection of the Jewish Museum Jewish Museum Oct. 17, 1999-Feb. 6, 2000 Photography's role in the construction of the notion of family is examined through 40 images from the invention of the medium to the present, all drawn from the museum's collection. Curator: Michelle Lapine, Jewish Museum. |
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 John Singer Sargent Ena and Betty, Daughters of Asher and Mrs. Wertheimer 1901 |
John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the Wertheimer Family Jewish Museum Oct. 17, 1999-Feb. 6, 2000 12 paintings of the London art dealer Asher Wertheimer with his family, painted between 1898 and 1908.. Curator: Norman L. Kleeblatt and Michelle Lapine, Jewish Museum. Catalogue essays: Kleeblatt, Kathleen Adler, Trevor Fairbrother, Lapine. Tour: The exhibition travels to New Orleans, Richmond, Va., and Seattle. Funding: Morris S. and Florence H. Bender Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Betty and John Levin. |
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| Propaganda and Dreams International Center of Photography Oct. 20, 1999-Feb. 13, 2000 Over 200 works explore the similarities between FDR's Farm Security Administration photography and Social Realism. Curator: Leah Bendavid Val, independent curator. Tour: The exhibition premiered at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. |
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 François Lemoyne Head of Omphale, Study for "Hercules and Omphale" 1724 |
Watteau and his World: French Drawing from 1700 to 1750 Frick Collection Oct. 20, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 65 sheets by the French School Old Master draughtsman and 12 of his forebears and followers, including François Boucher and Claude Gillot. Curator: Alan P. Wintermute, Christie's senior specialist of Old Master paintings. Catalogue essays: Alan P. Wintermute, Pierre Rosenberg, Musée du Louvre, Paris; Margaret Morgan Grasselli, National Gallery of Art; Colin B. Bailey, National Gallery of Canada. Tour: After its presentation at the Frick, the exhibition travels to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa. Funding: The Florence Gould Foundation. |
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 Beads ca. 2200-1600 BC Afghanistan |
The Beaded Universe: Strands of Culture American Craft Museum Oct. 21, 1999-Jan. 30, 2000 Jewelry, talismans, clothing, handbags, shoes and other artifacts from around the world, along with room-sized installations by contemporary artists. The exhibition is based on the book The History of Beads: From 30,000 BC to the Present Day by Lois Sherr Dubin. Curator: Martha W. Longenecker, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, Ca. Funding: BP Amoco. |
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| New Work: Jim Hodges Miami Art Museum Oct. 22, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 The New York artist transforms everyday items into complex art. |
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 Edward Hopper Hill and Houses, Maine 1927 (detail) |
Edward Hopper: The Watercolors National Museum of American Art and its Renwick Gallery Oct. 22, 1999-Jan. 3, 2000 The first major exhibition of the American artist's work in 40 years, featuring 56 watercolors made between 1923 and the mid 1940s. Curators: Virginia M. Mecklenberg, NMAA, Margaret Lynne Ausfeld, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Tour: From the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, the exhibition travels to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Montgomery, Alabama. Funding: Sara Roby Foundation, Thelma and Melvin Lenkin, et al. |
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 Kenneth Riley The Bride 1999 |
34th Annual Cowboy Artists of America Sale and Exhibition Phoenix Art Museum Oct. 23-Nov. 21, 1999 More than 100 new works by the members of the Cowboy Artists of America. |
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 Jan van Leeuwen Sunflowers 1995, printed 1999 |
Janna Dekker and Jan van Leeuwen Photographs: Contemporary Dutch Still Lifes Cleveland Museum of Art Oct. 23, 1999-Jan. 12, 2000 Black-and-white nudes and portraits and cyanotype blueprints complementing the exhibition "Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands, 1550-1720," at the CMA. |
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 Façade "Grandfather's House" 20th century |
Explore Korea: A Visit to Grandfather's House Seattle Art Museum Oct. 23, 1999-Oct. 2000 A simulated village home erected in the gallery provides an interactive look at the Korean lifestyle. Curators: William J. Rathburn and Sarah Loudon, SAM. Funding: The Korea Foundation. |
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 Friedrich Seidenstücker Untitled (Sch) ca. 1930 |
"Ghost in the Shell" -- Photography and the Human Soul, 1850-2000 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Oct. 24, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000 Photographers' attempts to capture more than just a face, via 175 prints, books, multimedia works, videos and a video projection installation. Curator: Robert A. Sobieszek, LACMA |
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| Art of Ancient and Medieval Georgia Walters Art Gallery Oct. 24, 1999-Jan.16, 2000 5,000 years of culture through 150 works. Tour: The exhibition will travel to the Mingei International Museum of Folk Art and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. |
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 Jim Dine Green Suit 1959 |
Jim Dine: Walking Memory, 1959-1969 Cincinnati Art Museum Oct. 24, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 The self, the body and memory are addressed in paintings, performance, mixed-media assemblages and sculpture by the Cincinnati native. Curators: Germano Celant and Clare Bell, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Tour: The exhibition originated at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Funding: Florence Gould Foundation. |
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| Music for the Eyes: The Fine Art of African Musical Instruments Los Angeles County Museum of Art Oct. 24, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 An interactive exhibition geared toward families and children. Curators: Elisabeth L. Cameron, Jane Burrell, Elizabeth Caffry, all of LACMA. |
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 William Gainsborough The Linley Sisters (Mrs. Sheridan and Mrs. Tickell) probably 1772 |
From Rembrandt to Gainsborough: Masterpieces from the Dulwich Picture Gallery Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Oct. 24, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Baroque-era paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, Nicolas Poussin, William Hogarth and many more. Curators: Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Ian A.C. Dejardin of the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Catalogue Essays: Giles Waterford, former director, Dulwich Picture Gallery: Desmond Shawe-Taylor; Ian A.C. Dejardin. Tour: The exhibition travels to the Speed Art Museum, Louisville. Funding: The Ford Motor Company. |
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| From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings from Basel and Berlin National Gallery of Art Oct. 24, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Works on paper by Renaissance artists drawn from two of the foremost collections of early German drawings, the Art Museum in Basel and the Print Room in Berlin. Curator: Andrew Robison, National Gallery of Art. |
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| Martin Puryear: Commission for the Getty Center J. Paul Getty Museum Oct. 26, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000 Stainless steel and bronze sculpture erected for the Getty Center's Tram Arrival Plaza presented along with drawings and photographs intended to elucidate the piece. |
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| William Eggelston and the Color Tradition J. Paul Getty Museum Oct. 26, 1999-Jan. 30, 2000 46 images that helped to establish the artist in the 1970s as one of the first serious non-commercial photographers working in color, along with works by 13 other artists who were influenced by him. Curators: Judith Keller and Mikka Gee, Getty Museum. |
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 Le Preson, V the Prisons, Venice |
Two Views of Venice: Canaletto and Menpes Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Oct. 26-Dec. 19, 1999 28 etchings by the 18th-century Venetian painter Caneletto and 22 by Australian-born British artist Menpes (1855-1938). Curator: Rosemary T. Smith, professor of art history at Virginia Commonwealth University. Catalogue essays: Rosemary T. Smith; Frederick G. Schab. Funding: Arthur Ross Foundation. |
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 Patrick Caulfield Foyer 1973 |
Patrick Caulfield: A Retrospective Yale Center for British Art Oct. 27, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 Over 50 brightly colored, sleek paintings by the British Pop artist. Organized by the Hayward Gallery, London, and the British Council. Catalogue essays: Patrick Caulfield, Bryan Robertson, Susan Ferleger Brades, Andrea Rose. |
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 Annie Liebovitz Akke Alma, Showgirl, Stardust Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada 1996 |
Annie Liebovitz: Women Corcoran Gallery of Art Oct. 27, 1999-Feb. 28, 2000 More than 70 portraits of significant women in contemporary culture, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Gloria Steinem and Toni Morrison. Catalogue Essay: Susan Sontag. |
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| Modern Starts: Places Museum of Modern Art Oct. 28, 1999-Mar. 14, 2000 Part of the first cycle of MoMA2000, an exploration of the geographical sites represented in works created between 1880 and 1920, from images by French landscape artists Cezanne and Atget, to modern cityscapes by de Chirico and Léger. |
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 Eastman Johnson Girl in Barn (Sarah May) ca. 1877-78 |
Eastman Johnson: Painting America Brooklyn Museum of Art Oct. 29, 1999-Feb. 6, 2000 70 paintings and 32 drawings by the 19th-century American artist, including portraits of Emerson and Longfellow. Curators: Teresa A. Carbone, BMA; Patricia Hills, Eastman Johnson scholar. Catalogue essays: Teresa A. Carbone, Patricia Hill, Anne Rose, Jane Weiss. Tour: The exhibition travels to the San Diego Museum of Art (Feb. 6-May 21, 2000), and Seattle Art Museum (June 8-Sept. 10, 2000). Funding: The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. John S. Tamagni, Blair W. Effron. |
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 Albert Bierstadt The Sacramento River Valley ca. 1872-73 |
Pacific Arcadia: Images of California, 1600-1915 San Diego Museum of Art Oct. 30, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 The changing imagery of the California dream, via 250 paintings, drawings, photos, maps, prints and advertisements. "Picturing Paradise: San Diego in the Eye of the Artist, 1875-1940" runs in conjunction with "Pacific Arcadia," from Oct. 30-Jan. 9, 2000. Curator: Claire Perry, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. Tour: The exhibition originated at the Cantor Arts Center. Funding: Ford Motor Company. |
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 Sam Bookatz Night Glow 1951 |
Sam Bookatz Corcoran Gallery of Art Oct. 30, 1999-Feb. 13, 2000 Figurative drawings and Cubist-inspired canvases by the Washington-based mid-century artist. Curator: Bill Christenberry, Corcoran College of Art and Design. Funding: Evelyn Stefansson Nef. |
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 David Bailly Self-Portrait with an Allegorical Still Life 1651 |
Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands, 1550-1720 Cleveland Museum of Art Oct. 31, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 A slice of Dutch life in the prosperous 16th and 17th centuries, via 75 works by Rembrandt, Pieter Aertsen, Pieter Claesz and more. Curators: Alan Chong, Art Gallery of Ontario (formerly of the CMA), Wouter Kloek, Rijksmuseum, Diane de Grazia, CMA. Tour: The exhibition originated at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. |
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