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Magazine Antiques, July, 2004 by Kathleen Luhrs
The arts here and abroad--a compendium of exhibitions, symposiums, and lectures
Alabama
BIRMINGHAM Birmingham Museum of Art: "Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master--Father of Modern Japanese Design"; to August 1.*
HUNTSVILLE Huntsville Museum of Art: "Becoming a Nation: Americana from the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State"; to July 18.*
California
LOS ANGELES J. Paul Getty Museum: "The Arts of Fire: Islamic Influences on Glass and Ceramics of the Italian Renaissance"; to September 5.* [??] "Fit for a King: Courtly Manuscripts, 1380-1450"; to August 29. [??] "Photographers of Genius at the Getty"; to July 25.* [??] "Visions of Grandeur: Drawing in the Baroque Age"; to September 12.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "Inventing Race: Casta Painting and Eighteenth-Century Mexico"; to August 8.
SAN DIEGO San Diego Museum of Art: "American Beauty: Painting and Sculpture from the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1770-1920."* [??] "Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes"; to September 6.*
SAN FRANCISCO Legion of Honor: American Decorative Arts Forum of Northern California lecture: "The Art and Science of Furniture Connoisseurship," by Philip D. Zimmerman; July 13. For information call 415-249-9234.
SAN MARINO Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens: "Sugaring Off: The Maple Sugar Paintings of Eastman Johnson"; to August 1.*
Colorado
DENVER Denver Art Museum: "Heaven and Home: Chinese Art of the Han Dynasty from the Sze Hong Collection"; to December 19.
Connecticut
COS COB Bush-Holley Historic Site: "Childe Hassam: Impressions of Cos Cob"; to September 5.*
HARTFORD Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: "Childe Hassam and Connecticut Impressionism"; to October 3. [??] "kid size: The Material World of Childhood"; to August 1.* [??] "Reflections and Shadows: Impressionism and 19th-Century Style"; ongoing.
NEW HAVEN Yale Center for British Art: "The Art of James Ward at the Yale Center for British Art"; to August 22.* [??] "Ocean Flowers: Impressions from Nature in the Victorian Era"; to August 8.*
Yale University Art Gallery: "American Miniatures of Children 1770-1950"; to fall. [??] "Stagestruck in America: Artists, Entertainers, and Audiences, 1906-1956"; to August 8.
OLD LYME Florence Griswold Museum: "A Haven for Painters: The Art Colony at Old Lyme"; to January 2, 2005. [??] "'A Pretty Fine Old Town'": Childe Hassam in Old Lyme"; to September 26.
WINDSOR Windsor Historical Society: "The Woodworkers of Windsor: A Community of Craftsmen, 1635-1715"; to August 14.*
Delaware
DOVER Biggs Museum of American Art: "Janvier Family Tree: Delaware Craft"; ongoing.*
WINTERTHUR Winterthur Museum: "Maestros de Plata: William Spratling and the Mexican Silver Renaissance"; to September 26.* [??] "The Winterthur Library Revealed; Five Centuries of Design and Inspiration"; to July 25.*
District of Columbia
Corcoran Gallery of Art: "Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms: Paintings That Inspired a Nation"; to September 6.*
Freer Gallery of Art: "Birds and Beasts in Japanese Art"; to July 18. [??] "The Tea Ceremony as Melting Pot"; to July 18. [??] "Whistler in Paris: Lithographs from the Belle Epoque, 1891-1896"; to August 15.
Hillwood Museum and Gardens: "Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs"; to December 31.*
National Gallery of Art: "American Masters from Bingham to Eakins: The John Wilmerding Collection"; to October 10.* [??] "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya"; to July 25.* [??] "The Cubist Paintings of Diego Rivera: Memory, Politics, Place"; to July 25.* [??] "Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford"; to September 26.*
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: "Caliphs and Kings: The Art and Influence of Islamic Spain"; to October 17.* [??] "Return of the Buddha: The Qingzhou Discoveries"; to August 8.*
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Textile Museum: "Timeless Connections: Exploring Tapestry Weave"; to August 1.
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Florida
TAMPA Tampa Art Museum: "Tales from the Easel: American Narrative Paintings from Southeastern Museums, circa 1800-1950"; to July 11.*
WINTER PARK Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art: "Sculpting Nature: The Favrile Pottery of L. C. Tiffany"; to January 9, 2005.
Illinois
CHICAGO Art Institute of Chicago: "Japanese Art from the Alsdorf Collection"; July 2 to September 12. [??] "Seurat and the Making of La Grande Jatte"; to September 19, 2004.* [??] "Unbuilt Chicago"; to January 16, 2005.
Field Museum: "Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong"; to September 12.*
Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis Museum of Art: "A Genius for Place: American Landscapes of the Country Place Era"; to October 11.
Iowa
CEDAR RAPIDS Cedar Rapids Museum of Art: "Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave"; to August 25.
DECORAH Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum: "First Flowering: Rosemaling by Early Masters"; to April 17, 2005.
Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS New Orleans Museum of Art: "The Collector's Eye: The Louis S. Harris Collection"; to September 12.
Maine
MONHEGAN Monhegan Museum: "Side by Side on Monhegan: The Henri Circle and American Impressionists"; to September 30.*
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