Calendar

Magazine Antiques, Sept, 2004 by Kathleen Luhrs

The arts here and abroad--a compendium of exhibitions, symposiums, and lectures

California

BERKELEY Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology: "Tesoros Escondidos: Hidden Treasures from the Mexican Collections"; September 16 to June 26, 2005.

LOS ANGELES J. Paul Getty Museum: "Visions of Grandeur: Drawing in the Baroque Age"; to September 12.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-1970s"; to October 3. [??] "Luxury Textiles East and West: Opulent Interiors"; to January 30, 2005.

SAN DIEGO San Diego Museum of Art: "American Beauty: Painting and Sculpture from the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1770-1920"; to October 4.*

SAN FRANCISCO Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: "From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welsh Collection [Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts]"; September 17 to November 28.*

Legion of Honor: "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya"; September 4 to January 2, 2005.* [??] American Decorative Arts Forum of Northern California lecture: "From Queen Anne to Arts and Crafts: Two Centuries of Change in American Furniture" by Brock Jobe; September 14. For information call 415-249-9234.

Colorado

DENVER Denver Art Museum: "Changing Seasons: Coverlets from the Museum's Collection"; to October 17. [??] "Heaven and Home: Chinese Art of the Han Dynasty from the Sze Hong Collection"; to December 19.

Connecticut

GREENWICH Bruce Museum: "Figural Art from the Bruce Museum Collection"; to November 14.

HARTFORD Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: "Ballets Russes to Balanchine: Dance at the Wadsworth Atheneum"; September 25 to January 2, 2005.* [??] "Childe Hassam and Connecticut Impressionism"; to October 3. [??] "Theater, Dance, and Porcelain in the Eighteenth Century"; to Winter 2005.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

NEW HAVEN Yale Center for British Art: "The Poetry of Truth: Alfred William Hunt"; September 18 to December 12.*

NEW LONDON Lyman Allyn Art Museum: "American Artists Abroad and Their Inspiration: Selections from the Lyman Allyn Museum"; to October 24.*

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.

Delaware

DOVER Biggs Museum of American Art: "Janvier Family Tree: Delaware Craft"; ongoing.*

WINTERTHUR Winterthur Museum: "Bonnie Prince Charles and the Royal House of Stuart, 1688-1788: Works of Art from the Drambuie Collection [Edinburgh]"; September 4 to January 16, 2005.* [??] "Maestros de Plata: William Spratling and the Mexican Silver Renaissance"; to September 26.*

District of Columbia

Freer Gallery of Art: "Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Painting"; to February 20, 2005.* [??] "Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court"; to June 26, 2005. [??] "Young Whistler: Early Prints and the 'French Set"'; to March 13, 2005.

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.* [??] "Hudson River School Visions: The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford"; to September 26.* [??] "Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum [London]"; to February 6, 2005.*

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: "Asia in America: Views of Chinese Art from the Indianapolis Museum of Art"; September 18 to March 20, 2005. [??] "Caliphs and Kings: The Art and Influence of Islamic Spain"; to October 17.

Textile Museum: "Floral Perspectives in Carpet Design"; to February 6, 2005. [??] "Over One, Under One, and Much More"; to January 2, 2005.

Florida

CORAL GABLES Lowe Art Museum: "The Morans: The Artistry of a Nineteenth-Century Family of Painter-Etchers"; September 18 to November 14.*

WINTER PARK Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art: "Sculpting Nature: The Favrile Pottery of L. C. Tiffany"; to January 9, 2005.

Georgia

ATHENS Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia: "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Gilded Age"; to September 26.*

COLUMBUS Columbus Museum: "Our Young Nation: American Federal Furniture and Decorative Arts from the Watson Collection"; September 19 to January 9, 2005.*

Illinois

CHICAGO Art Institute of Chicago: "Japanese Art from the Alsdorf Collection"; 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.*

Terra Museum of American Art: "Chicago Modern, 1893-1945: Pursuit of the New"; to October 31.*

Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis Museum of Art: "Bolton Brown"; September 22 to January 2, 2005. [??] "A Genius for Place: American Landscapes of the Country Place Era"; to October 11.* [??] "Giovanni Bellini and the Art of Devotion"; September 11 to January 2, 2005.

Iowa

DECORAH Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum: "First Flowering: Rosemaling by Early Masters"; to April 17, 2005.


 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement

Content provided in partnership with Thompson Gale

  • Your Work How to Win at Office Politics

    How to Win at Office Politics

    Like it or not, every workplace is a political environment. But operating effectively within it doesn’t have to mean sucking up, lying, or slinging dirt. In its purest form, office politics is simply about getting from here to there: securing a promotion, seeing an idea come to fruition, or gaining support to make an organizational change. Playing the game well is about defending your position, earning respect, exchanging favors, and keeping your sanity amid the chaos. To get started, you need to know what you really want from work, then orient your political moves toward those goals. It all starts with strong relationships and helping others; those people in return make up the support system that helps you realize your goals. Here’s how it’s done.

  • Your Industry The Five Worst Drug Companies of 2009

    The Five Worst Drug Companies of 2009

    These five companies have performed even worse than their peers and competitors. Investigations? Insider trading? Dirty factories? Recalls? Management churn? Scandals? They've got it all. In order of incompetence, BNET presents the five worst drug companies of 2009. Drumroll, please ...

  • Your Money Death in the Family: 12 Things to Do Now

    Death in the Family: 12 Things to Do Now

    Hang onto this essential checklist, so you’ll know what to do when the time comes.