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Magazine Antiques, August, 2004 by Kathleen Luhrs

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GREENVILLE Greenville County Museum of Art: "Melting Pot: Art That Looks Like America"; to September 26.

Tennessee

HERMITAGE Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson: "Calico & Chintz: Early American Quilts from the Smithsonian American Art Museum [Washington, D. C.]"; to August 29.*

MEMPHIS Dixon Gallery and Gardens: "French and American Impressionism: Rediscover the Pcrmanent Collection"; August 1 to October 3.

NASHVILLE Frist Center for the Visual Arts: "Coming Home: American Paintings, 1930-1950, from the Schoen Collection"; to September 6. * "The Pre-Raphaelite Dream: Paintings and Drawings from the Tate Collection [London]"; to August 15.* * "Realms of Faith: Mcdicval & Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore"; to August 15.

Texas

FORT WORTH Amon Carter Museum: "Cherished Possessions: A New England Legacy"; to August 22.* * "Recent Acquisitions"; to October 31.

Kimbell Art Museum: "Caravaggio to Dali: 100 Masterpieces from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art [Hartford]"; to September 26.*

Vermont

SHELBURNE Shelburne Museum: "American Visions of Paradise"; to October 31. * "Art of the Needle: 100 Masterpiece Quilts from the Shelburne Museum"; to October 31. * "Pedal to the Metal: A History of Children's Pedal Cars"; to October 31.

Virginia

MONTPELIER STATION James Madison's Montpelier: "Public Places, Private Spaces"; ongoing. * "Treasures from the Madisons' Collections"; ongoing.

NORFOLK Chrysler Museum of Art: "America's First Old Master: Portraits by John Singleton Copley from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"; to August 15. * "Old Master Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders, III"; through December. * "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25"; to September 5.

WILLIAMSBURG Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museurn. Colonial Williamsburg: "Decorative Details: A Closer Look at Edward Hicks"; to September 30. * "Heavy Metal: American Cast Iron"; to September 30.

DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Colonial Williamsburg: "American Furniture: Virginia to Vermont"; to December 30, 2005. * "Different by Design: Furniture Styles in Early America"; to November 21. * "Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg"; to January 2, 2005.* * "Subtlety in Sepia: Prints by Paul Sandby"; to December 2006.

Wisconsin

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MILWAUKEE Milwaukee Art Museum: "Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony"; to September 19.*

Canada

GATINEAU Canadian Museum of Civilization: "Once in French America"; to March 28, 2005.*

OTTAWA National Gallery of Canada: "French Drawings from Canadian Collections"; to August 29.* * "Italian Neoclassical Drawings"; to August 22.

TORONTO Art Gallery of Ontario: "Turner, Whistler, Monet: Impressionist Visions"; to September 12.*

France

CHANTILLY Chateau Chantilly: "The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry"; to August 30.

PARIS Carrousel du Louvre: Twenty-second Biennale des Antiquaires; September 15-28.

Musee des arts decoratifs, Union centrale des arts decoratifs: newly opened jewelry gallery.*


 

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