With works dating from the 17th through the 19th century, from many schools, the exhibition presents more than 40 masterworks by El Greco, Frans Hals, Thomas Gainsborough, Édouard Manet, Nicolas Poussin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and others. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain through March 4, 2007.
Nan Kempner: American Chic : Through March 4, 2007
This Costume Institute exhibition celebrates the cool glamour, spare elegance, and iconic style of one of the most renowned members of the Best-Dressed List's Hall of Fame, the late Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner, through a selection of works by her favorite designers and couture ensembles.
Barcelona and Modernity: Gaudàto DalÃÂ: March 7-June 3, 2007
The first comprehensive exhibition of its type ever mounted in America, Barcelona and Modernity: Gaudàto Dalàexplores the diverse and innovative work of Barcelona's artists, architects, and designers in the years between the Barcelona Universal Exposition of 1888 and the imposition of the Fascist regime of Francisco Franco in 1939.
The exhibition offers new insights into the art movements that advanced the city's quest for modernity and confirmed it as the primary center of radical intellectual, political, and cultural activities in Spain. Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Salvador DalÃÂ, and Antoni Gaudàare among the internationally renowned artists who contributed to the creative vitality of Barcelona. On view will be some 300 remarkable works in a range of media: painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, posters, decorative objects, furniture, architectural models, and design.
The exhibition is made possible by the Caixa Catalunya. Obra Social and the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Additional support is provided by Angelo, Gordon & Co.
The exhibition is also made possible in part by Jane and Robert Carroll and The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. It was organized by The Cleveland Museum of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in association with Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Accompanied by a catalogue. Press preview: Monday, March 5, 10:00 a.m.-noon
Incisive Images: Ivory and Boxwood Carvings from the Renaissance and Baroque: March 13-November 25, 2007
Small in scale but grand in impact, ivory sculpture starred in private collections throughout the Renaissance and Baroque, particularly in the courts of Central Europe, where the art form reached its apogee. The fine grain and lustrous texture of this exotic material permitted virtuoso carvers to extract maximum expression within the miniature format prized for the intimate spaces of collectors' cabinets and church treasuries. The exhibition of more than 70 works formed in ivory (and equally fine-grained boxwood), largely drawn from Museum storage, features freestanding sculptures as well as intricately carved armaments and a few lavish furnishings. Made possible by The David Berg Foundation.
The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This selection of 50 works from The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, given to the Museum in 2002, focuses on the highlights of this personal collection of Pierre Matisse, the brilliant and prescient New York art dealer and younger son of Henri Matisse. In addition to 24 works by Henri Matisse in all media, the exhibition also includes works by those artists whose careers Pierre Matisse launched in New York, among them Balthus, Dubuffet, Giacometti, and Miró.
Museo Picasso Málaga, Spain March 26-June 24, 2007-noon.
Venice and the Islamic World, 828-1797: March 27-July 8, 2007
This exhibition examines the relationship between Venice and the Islamic world over a thousand-year period, focusing on artistic and cultural ideas that originated in the Near East and were channeled, absorbed, and elaborated in Venice, a city that represented a commercial, political, and diplomatic magnet on the shores of the Mediterranean.
The underlying theme of the exhibition focuses on the reasons why a large number of Venetian paintings, drawings, printed books, and especially decorative artworks were influenced by and drew inspiration from the Islamic world and from its art. "Orientalism" in Venice was based on direct contact with the Islamic world, which brought about new technological, artistic, and intellectual information. These Venetian objects are studied vis-à-vis works of Islamic art, providing an immediate, comparative visual reference. A continuous thread throughout the exhibition deals with the works of Islamic art that entered Venetian collections in historical times and explores the nature of the artistic relationship between Venice and the Mamluks in Egypt, the Ottomans in Turkey, and the Safavids in Iran.
The exhibition is made possible by The Hagop Kevorkian Fund. Additional support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Oceanic Heritage Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris.
It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Accompanied by a catalogue. Press preview: Monday, March 26, 10:00 a.m.
Europe and the Islamic World: Prints, Drawings, and Books: March 27-July 15, 2007
In conjunction with the exhibition Venice and the Islamic World, 828-1797, a related installation of prints and drawings drawn from the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will explore the broader theme of interactions between Europe and Islamic regions. From Albrecht Dürer's 15th-century engraving of a Turkish family to the sketches and costume studies drawn by Eugène Delacroix during his visit to Morocco in 1832, this exhibition will explore the West's ongoing fascination with Islamic culture. While some prints and drawings record the foreign travels of Europeans, others provide evidence of Muslims living in Europe. The ways in which Islamic traditions influenced European costume, architecture, and ornament will also be featured. -- www.metmuseum.org
Posted January 18th, 2007 by ruzik_tuzik
