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The Frick and “Masterpieces”

The Frick and “Masterpieces”
Beginning March 9, 2010, the Frick will showcase “Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery”. “The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the loan of nine Old Master paintings from the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, one of the major collections of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century...

Focus On Artists- SFMOMA

Focus On Artists- SFMOMA
Now until May 23, 2010, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is showcasing, “Focus On Artists – Selections from the Collection” “This exhibition looks at SFMOMA’s long-term relationships with several modern masters whose iconic works were influential in defining movements from...

Newark Museum – Abstract Art Exhibit

Newark Museum – Abstract Art Exhibit
Next month, the Newark Museum of Art presents: “Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s” The intention is to offer a “ground-breaking exhibition of 90 works from the 1920s through 1950s and the first to present the Pan-American scope of geometric abstraction....

“Caravaggesque” at AIC

“Caravaggesque” at AIC
The Art Institute of Chicago has an exhibit called “Four Followers of Caravaggio”. The display highlights 4 artists that were inspired  by the paintings of  artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1571-1610, who is acknowledged for “his revolutionary style and for his unconventional process...

Tim Burton at MOMA

Tim Burton at MOMA
The Museum of Modern Art, NYC presents a retrospective of artist and film maker Tim Burton. The program is a celebration of the gifted and often bizarre and controversial director of such movies as “Sweeney Todd”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, “Ed Wood” and “The Corpse Bride”....

Small Paintings by Bill Sharp

Small Paintings by Bill Sharp
There are a number of painters who paint on small canvases and yet the work is flowing and loose as if the artist was working on a surface that was at least a hundred times the size. One of many artists who’s work I like is Bill Sharp who is able to create architectural structure and atmosphere...

Alice Neel at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Alice Neel at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
As part of its program called “The American Season”, MFAH presents “Painted Truths”, devoted to the colorful and intense work of artist Alice Neel, 1900 – 1984. She is “best known for her psychologically acute portraits. Intimate, casual, direct and personal, satirical at times, they chronicle...

Sargent in Houston

Sargent in Houston
American artist John Singer Sargent, 1856-1925, known primarily for his portraits, is the star of 2 exhibits at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston beginning February 14, 2010. “Sargent and the Sea”: “the little-explored maritime paintings and drawings that Sargent produced in various locales during...

Digital Photography at the Atlanta High Museum

Digital Photography at the Atlanta High Museum
“The Portrait Unbound” exhibit is a collection of 21 large photographs created by Robert Weingarten using composite digital images that represent his subjects. There are portraits of Hank Aaron, Buzz Aldrin, Chuck Close, Jane Goodall, Dennis Hopper, Colin Powell, and more, that include not just...

Watercolors * Studio Museum of Harlem

Watercolors * Studio Museum of Harlem
I love watercolors – the result can look so easy and effortless – the best don’t reveal the skill and control required. The Studio Museum of Harlem is showcasing 18 pieces on paper - A Delicate Touch: Watercolors from the Permanent Collection: “Watercolor is quick, lightweight and...

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