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MUSEO NACIONAL DEL PRADO
EL PRADO EN FEMENINO
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El Museo del Prado atesora las historias de grandes mujeres,
protagonistas en el ámbito del patronazgo artístico.
La serie documental “El Prado en femenino” nos acerca a estas reinas,
princesas, regentes y gobernadoras que contribuyeron poderosamente
tanto a la creación y consolidación del Museo como a enriquecer
las colecciones que tenemos la fortuna de poder admirar aún hoy…LEER MÁS

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Sleeping Beauties:
Reawakening FashionSLEEPING RET 500The exhibition features approximately 220 garments
and accessories spanning four centuries, all visually connected
through themes of nature, which also serves as a metaphor
for the transience of fashionREAD MORE

KIMBELL ART MUSEUM
Art and War in the Renaissance:
The Battle of Pavia Tapestries
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Seven lavish tapestries depict the battle of Pavia,
commemorating Holy Roman Emperor Charles V’s
decisive victory over French King Francis I…READ MORE


THE MENIL COLLECTION
JANET SOBEL: All-overJANET-SOBEL_Unititled-ca.-1946_Oil-and-enamel-on-board_EX2024.JS.1_1000-W.jpgSobel was a luminary of abstraction in the United States, and one of
its primary innovators. Acclaimed in her lifetime for her skillful
use of color and densely layered compositions…READ MORE

GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea, Turin

HEADER HAYEZ FRONT PAGE01_Hayez_Accusa segreta RET 2In this exceptional exhibition on Hayez, more than 100 works
covers his entire life as one of the most important representatives
of romanticism, the faces of the people depicted in his works stand out
with a masterful expressiveness that reveals the inner
dimension of the character…READ MORE


MEADOWS MUSEUM, DALLAS
Spanish Light SOROLLA in American Collections
The exhibition presents a number of Sorolla’s
selected masterpieces depicting his favorite subjects
found in the American collections…READ MORE

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863–1923), The White Boat (El bote blanco. Jávea), 1905.--BPS 1846


MACKLOWE GALLERY NEW YORK
TIFFANY IN COLOR
An immersive celebration of the
vibrant world
of Louis Comfort Tiffany
Macklowe Gallery’s extensive Tiffany Studios New York lamp inventory
features Art Nouveau lamps from Louis Comfort Tiffany just before 1900,
through the end of Tiffany Studios New York production in 1928
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The ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
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Remedios Varo’s has long since entered the Hall of Fame of unrepeatable artists.
A cult artist among curators and collectors of surrealist works,
she now receives an outstanding tribute through an anthological
exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago.
The exhibition presents more than 60 works created
between 1955 and his death in 1983 that are
an astonishing display of his prodigious imaginationREAD MORE

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Dorothea Lange_Seeing People_ National Gallery of ArtThe exhibition presents in 101 photographs a stark portrait of American society
from the years of the Great Depression through the 1960s.
Each image is a double portrait of people’s living and working conditions
and their harsh circumstances reflected in their faces READ MORE

Human Erosion in California (Migrant Mother)

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
CANOVA: Sketching in Clay
The exhibition explores Canova’s process detailing how he designed
in clay and how he moved from sketch to finished statue… READ MORE 

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
LOOKING UP:
Studies for Ceilings, 1550–1800
The exhibition presents some 30 examples of the evolution of ceiling decoration.
In the European tradition that spanned nearly four centuries, ceilings were where the
most ambitious, compelling, and meaningful painted compositions appeared…READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
VITTORE CARPACCIO
Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice
Vittore Carpaccio is one of the most beloved painters of early Renaissance Italy,
especially admired as the artist who captures the sanctity and splendor
of Venice at the turn of the sixteenth century…READ MORE

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WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
Edward Hopper’s New York
Edward Hopper was a keen observer of everyday life in New York,
which he interpreted in works of art that are perceived with
an enigmatic sense of loneliness…READ MORE 

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MUSEO DEL PRADO
La Esencia de un Cuadro 
La exposición introduce la experiencia olfativa como
una forma nueva de apreciar un cuadro y sus sentidos.
Esta obra evoca el jardín de árboles y plantas
singulares que Isabel Clara Eugenia y su marido tenían
en Bruselas a principios del siglo XVII, representando más de
80 especies de plantas y flores, donde figuran muchas de las que
se usan en las creaciones de la perfumería actual…LEER MÁS

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington D.C

SARGENT AND SPAIN
Captivated by Spain, John Singer Sargent painted stunning
landscape views, detailed architectural studies, local people
and traditions, dynamic flamenco dance scenes,
and everyday moments of Spanish Roma life over the course of
seven extended visits between 1879 and 1912…READ MORE

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MUSEUMS

SAMURAI MUSEUM BERLIN 
On May 8, 2022, the Samurai Museum Berlin was inaugurated.
The museum displays on 1,500 square meters one of the largest collections of
authentic samurai objects outside Japan and unique in Europe.
Visitors can immerse themselves in the legendary world
of Japanese warriors with pieces from the late Kofun period,
around the year 500, to the Meiji period in the 19th century…READ MORE

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THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
A PASSION FOR JADE
The Bishop Collection
Jade, the most esteemed stone in China, and many other hard stones,
are on display in this exhibition that brings together more than a hundred
remarkable objects from the Heber Bishop Collection.
Refined works represent the sophisticated artistry of Chinese gemstone
cutters during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911)…READ MORE
 

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington
THE WOMAN IN WHITE
Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Wistler
In 1860 James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) and Joanna Hiffernan (1839–1886)
met and began a significant professional and personal relationship.
Hiffernan posed as a model for many of Whistler’s works,
including his controversial Symphony in White paintings…READ MORE 

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FONDATION BEYELER
MONDRIAN
a successful road from Figuration to Abstraction
Bringing together works from its own collection and major international loans,
the Fondation Beyeler dedicates an anthological exhibition that explains
the evolution of the pictorial work of the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)
The exhibition extensively presents the Mondrian’s early works,
then shows how symbolism and cubism , and finally his abstract work
that has significantly influenced 20th century art in painting,
design, architecture, fashion and pop culture…READ MORE 

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L’ECOLE, SCHOOL OF JEWELRY ARTS

PRECIOUS ART DECO OBJECTS
From the Prince and Princess
Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection
Vanity cases, powder compacts and cigarette boxes are the backdrop for refined
decorative effects, executed on the miniature surfaces. To look at, these feminine
accessories are veritable masterpieces of creativity, fantasy and technique.
Made from gold or platinum, they are enriched with precious stones and gemstones,
and covered in mother-of-pearl, enamel or lacquer…READ MORE 

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CLARK ART INSTITUTE

HUE & CRY French Printmaking
The Debate Over Colors 
The exhibition presents the surprising but steady opposition to the use of color in printmaking
in 19th century France. Color prints are so widely accepted and beloved today that it is difficult
to understand the early opposition these works received. Critics at the time scorned
color printmaking, calling it gaudy, garish, vulgar, cheap, showy, and commercial…READ MORE 

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MAO. MUSEO D’ARTE ORIENTALE, TURIN

Five centuries of Japanese painting
The Perino Collection

“KAKEMONO, the hanging scrolls characterise the pictorial production of China,
Korea and Vietnam, as well as Japan itself, and with some variations in the support,
are the equivalent of framed Western paintings”. “Unlike our canvases or panels,
rigid structures built to be hung on a wall for an extended period, the painted scrolls
are designed for use over limited time and have a relatively soft structure”…READ MORE

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CLARK ART INSTITUTE

Competing Currents:
20th-Century Japanese Prints

The popular woodblock prints of the previous centuries suddenly seemed,
to many, a relic of the past.  During this transitional time in the early 1900s,
two parallel printmaking movements rose to prominence—shin-hanga (new prints)
and sōsaku-hanga (creative prints)…READ MORE

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Masterpieces of Lunéville Embroidery
by Johan-Luc Katt
JEWELS, CLUTCHES AND VESTS
Frenchman Johan Luc Katt has inherited the spirit,
quality and exclusivity of Haute Couture learned in the 1960s when he was
integrated in the Parisian atelier of the famous embroiderer François Lesage.
His hands have made exquisite creations for Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga 
and Yves Saint Laurent, among other famous couturiers… READ MORE

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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

Architecture, Theater, and Fantasy:
Bibiena Drawings from the Jules Fisher Collection
For nearly a century, members of three generations of the Bibiena family
were the most highly sought theater designers in Europe.
Their revolutionary stage designs were used for operas, festivals,
and courtly performances across Europe. From their native Italy to cities
as far afield as Vienna, Prague, Stockholm, Saint Petersburg, and Lisbon…READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

VERROCCHIO
Andrea del Verrocchio (c.1435–1488), the innovative artist,
painter, sculptor, and teacher whose pupils included
Leonardo da Vinci, Pietro Perugino, and likely Sandro Botticelli as well.
As a sculptor, Verrocchio was the most important figure
in Renaissance art between Donatello and Michelangelo…READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

RAPHAEL AND HIS CIRCLE
Raphael and His Circle features 26 prints and drawings by Raphael’s
collaborators and followers, and by printmakers who were inspired by him.
The exhibition shows from the Gallery’s collection, the complexity,
range, and immediate influence of his style as it become
the standard for aesthetic excellence in Western art…READ MORE

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CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART 

Fashioning Identity:
Mola Textiles of Panamá
For the Guna women of Panamá, the mola, a hand-sewn cotton blouse
and a key component of traditional dress, is a powerful symbol of culture
and identity. Strong expressions of duality, repetition, and equilibrium
are evident in mola imagery, both in single panels
and those comprising the front and back of a blouse.
..READ MORE

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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

K Y O T O
Capital of Artistic Imagination
Focusing on the main turning points in the cultural history of Kyoto
from ancient to modern times, the exhibition places special emphasis
on the decorative arts. Over eighty masterworks of lacquers, ceramics,
metalwork, and textiles from The Met collection.  PATRONS has selected
some of the most outstanding masterpiecesREAD MORE

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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

Children to Immortals

The exhibition focuses on children, a ubiquitous and long-standing
motif expressing the cultural importance of offspring.
Displays scenes from idealized daily life, historical novels, and legends.
Also religious figures of Buddhism and Daoism are presented…READ MORE

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BAUR FOUNDATION. GENEVA
and ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF NICE

The Beginning of the World
according to the Chinese

A fabulous story of China narrated through Jade 
Based on the works of art in SAM AND MYRNA MYERS’ collection,
six experts in Chinese history have written an exciting narrative
that reveals the universe of Chinese thought and
its conception of the creation of the world…READ MORE

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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

SAHEL: Art and Empire on
the Shores of the Sahara

The exhibition will bring together some 200 works that were created
in parallel to these developments, including spectacular sculptures in wood,
stone, fired clay, and bronze; gold and cast metal artifacts;
woven and dyed textiles; and illuminated manuscripts…READ MORE

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ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SAMURAI
Over 100 works of art from AGSA’s Japanese collection
that portray the pervasive influence of the samurai
in Japan
from the 14th to 21st centuries.
The culture and identity of the samurai are often understood
in one particular context: as ferocious and loyal warriors
who lived by a strict moral code. Samurai seeks to redress
this by presenting the complexities of their cultural influence
and their transformation into a global phenomenon…READ MORE
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MUSEOS

El Museo del Reloj Antiguo de GRASSY
Cuando el tiempo se convierte en arte
La historia de la relojería tiene un santuario en la Gran vía de Madrid,
en el Museo del reloj antiguo de Grassy, un rincón cargado de historia,
donde podemos admirar una de las colecciones de relojes
más importantes de España que ha ido creciendo
a lo largo de las décadas del siglo XX…LEER MÁS

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SERIE MAESTROS DEL DISEÑO

The GOLDEN PORTER
Exclusiva creación contemporánea inspirada en el lujo del siglo XVIII
La diseñadora de interiores Verónica Montijano García, rescata un icono del lujo
del período de los reyes Luis XV y Luis XVI de Francia y lo rediseña
como objeto único para coleccionistas de lo exclusivo…LEER MÁS

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SERIE MAESTROS DEL DISEÑO

Las Fragancias del genio de la Alta Costura 
Cristóbal Balenciaga creó su primer perfume en 1947 cuando estaba
en la cima de su prestigio en París. Esta es la historia de las fragancias
que acompañaron a sus creaciones de moda hasta su retiro en 1968…READ MORE

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PRESS

Why middle-sized museums can’t afford
BLOCKBUSTER EXHIBITIONS

Important article that forces to reflect on the problem of the middle-size museums.
Written by Meta Knol, director of Museum De Lakenhal in the city of Leiden, the Nederlands…READ MORE

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WOLFSONIAN-FIU MUSEUM

A UNIVERSE OF THINGS
Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Collects
Mitchell “Micky” Wolfson, Jr. The man who collects astonishing things
by their social significance. Mr. Wolfson has collected over 200,000 objects
from the period 1850-1950. A selection of over 100 are now on display
in the exhibition “A Universe of Things” at the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum…READ MORE

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YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART

Contemporary Designer Bookbinding
from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert
This is an exhibition that explores the vast array of approaches to bookbinding techniques
and materials. Featuring the work of the multifaceted designer and makers…READ MORE

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MASTERS of DESIGN SERIES

LALIQUE PERFUMES
Limited Editions 2018

Leitmotiv: SEDUCTION
The Serpent. A contemporary creation drawn from ancient myths.
To fashion the sumptuous “Séduction” flacon, the master- glassmakers
of the Cristallerie Lalique have drawn on their peerless know-how,
based on the experience of many years…READ MORE 

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PALAZZO MADAMA. TURIN

ANDREA MANTEGNA
1431-1506
Was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance.
He successfully matched his passion for classical antiquity with bold perspective
experiments and outstanding realism in his portrayal of the human figure.
The exhibition covers his artistic career, from his prodigious early years
to his well-established role as a court artist with the Gonzagas.
The exhibition also includes masterpieces by leading Renaissance artists
in northern Italy, who were in contact with Mantegna…READ MORE

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MUSEUM of FINE ARTS St. PETERSBURG, Florida
A FEAST FOR THE EYES:
European Masterpieces from the Grasset Collection
The collection offers a glimpse of life in the 1600s and 1700s,
along with many hidden meanings, in an exhibition of 40 paintings…READ MORE

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THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 
In Pursuit of Fashion:
The Sandy Schreier Collection
The Costume Institute’s fall 2019 exhibition features 80 promised gifts
from Sandy Schreier, a pioneering collector who over the course of more
than half a century assembled one of the finest private fashion collections
in the United States. The show explores how Schreier amassed a trove of 20th-century
French and American couture and ready-to-wear, not as a wardrobe,
but as an appreciation of a form of creative expression…READ MORE

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GREAT PATRONS SERIES

James & Diana Ramsay’s
visionary legacy of art
This is of one of this country’s most generous cultural gifts: a $38 million bequest
towards the development of the collection of Art Gallery of South Australia bestowed
by James Stewart Ramsay AO (1923–1996) and Diana Ramsay AO (1926–2017)…READ MORE

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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

MAKING MARVELS
Between 1550 and 1750, nearly every royal family in Europe assembled vast collections
of exquisite and entertaining objects Lavish public pending and the display
of precious metals were important expressions of power, and possessing artistic
and technological innovations conveyed status. The exhibition will feature
approximately 170 objects—including clocks, automata, furniture,
scientific instruments, jewelry, paintings, sculptures, print media,
and more—from The Met collection and more than 50 lenders…READ MORE

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MUSEUM OF FINE ART, BOSTON

ANCIENT NUBIA NOW
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), presents more than 400 works of art
from its collection, made over thousands of years of Nubian history.
The exhibition explores how these narratives have evolved over time,
confronting the MFA’s own past misinterpretations, and offering new ways
of understanding Nubia’s history and contemporary relevance…READ MORE

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MUSEUMS

LALIQUE MUSEUM
The museum presents the extraordinary creations of an artist
who revolutionized the design of perfume bottles, bequeathed us
surprising creations in art objects made of glass and was one
of the most famous jewelry designers of the Art Nouveau era…READ MORE

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COLLECTORS and MUSEUMS

The Louis XV Clock
and the Rococo style
The Rococo style is a purely French style, it takes nothing from ancient art.
It is light, lively, seductive, messy, but always graceful. From the majestic
and imposing Baroque, typical of the reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715),
created in the service of the absolutist monarchy, one passes abruptly
to the delicate and easy rococo of the Louis XV style, a style that is
at the service of the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie,
where the artist can carry out his works with more freedom…READ MORE  

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MASTERS of DESIGN SERIES

LALIQUE PERFUMES
Limited Editions 2019

Leitmotiv: The MERMAID. From The aquatic world of René Lalique
A passionate observer of Nature and Woman, René Lalique often combined
his two favorite themes within the extraordinary aquatic world he created…READ MORE 

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REYNOLDA HOUSE MUSEUM

J.C. LEYENDECKER
and the Golden Age of American Illustration
J. C. Leyendecker (1874–1951) captivated the public with his striking images
and fashionable depictions of handsome men and glamorous women.
With his instantly identifiable style—“The Leyendecker Look”
he helped shape the image of a nation…READ MORE  

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FRANÇOIS COTY

PERFUMEUR
Coty is often described as a “visionary”, but to me it seems insufficient,
because in reality he was a genius who revolutionized perfumery
and laid the foundations for the success and unstoppable development
of perfume throughout the twentieth century as we enjoy it today…READ MORE  

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MASTERS of DESIGN SERIES

LALIQUE PERFUMES. Limited Editions 2020
Leitmotiv: The ORCHID
Each year Lalique’s designers create a new flask and a new fragrance
in limited editions. The designs are inspired by the rich legacy of
René Lalique’s creations. The fragrances interpret the subtle messages
that the design suggests to the perfumer. In every detail, the design
of the flask and the fragrance maintains the spirit of perfection and excellence
that René Lalique imprinted on all his creations…READ MORE  

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ARTISTS

CONRAD JON GODLY
Conrad Jon Godly is one of the most important contemporary artists
and not only because of the extraordinary quality of his work
but also because of something unexpected, he implements
a new way of making realism in painting…READ MORE  

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington

THE EYE OF THE SUN:
Nineteenth-Century Photographs
from the National Gallery of
Art
The Gallery presents a selection of 140 photographs of 19th century pioneers of photography from its important collection, one of the best collections in America. The exhibition begins with the earliest examples of photography—daguerreotypes and photogenic drawings and salted paper prints by William Henry Fox Talbot—and continues with thematic sections ranging from portraiture to landscape… READ MORE

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PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

YOSHITOSHI
Spirit and Spectacle
Yoshitoshi, in a remarkable display of inventiveness and imagination,
re-energized the art of the woodcut before it fell out of favor in Japan.
The exhibition features nearly one hundred works drawn primarily
from the museum’s holdings—the largest collection
of the artist’s prints outside of his native country… READ MORE 

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

AMERICAN PRE-RAPHAELITE ART
Influenced by JOHN RUSKIN
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Ruskin (1819–1900),
the most influential art critic of the Victorian era, the National Gallery of Art
will present more than 80 paintings, watercolors, drawings,
and photographs created by American artists who were profoundly
influenced by the renowned critic…READ MORE

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YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART

INSTRUCTION WITH DELIGHT
Children’s Games from the
Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection

By the turn of the eighteenth century in Britain, parents and teachers
had begun to embrace wholeheartedly a suggestion from
the philosopher John Locke (1632–1704) that “Learning might be made
a Play and Recreation to Children.”  British publishers began
offering books and games for “instruction with pleasure”
of which 20 are presented in this post…READ MORE

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COLECCIONES

JOYA TIBETANA Y DEL HIMALAYA 
La orfebrería con diseños milenarios cautiva Occidente
La influencia de la joya Tibetana invade todo el imaginario del Himalaya.
La geografía de la región es rica en expertos artesanos y orfebres
que realizan piezas de gran creatividad apoyados en su extensa iconografía
proveniente de símbolos religiosos, astrológicos y otros
de gran significado para su cultura como los Ocho Auspicios…LEER MÁS

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MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
AND
THE STARS OF PARIS
The exhibition examines how Toulouse-Lautrec pushed his art
in new directions to portray the celebrity culture of his
time—equally fascinated, much like today, with the performers’
personal lives as with the roles they played…READ MORE


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PHOENIX ART MUSEUM

WONDROUS WORLDS
Art & Islam Through Time & Place
The exhibition features more than 100 artworks from Asia, Africa, Europe,
and North and South America, created from the ninth century through 2016,
presents hand-written texts, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, photographs,
and paintings, from across centuries and from nearly every continent…READ MORE

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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

¿Qué es la joyería?  ¿Por qué la usamos? 
¿Qué significados transmite?
La muestra atraviesa el tiempo y el espacio. Explora cómo la joyería actúa
y activa el cuerpo que adorna. Es un discurso global sobre una
de las formas de arte más personales y universales.
Una deslumbrante variedad de tocados y ornamentos para los oídos,
broches y cinturones, collares y anillos…LEER MÁS

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JEWISH MUSEUM LONDON 
and  THE PHOTOGRAPHERS’ GALLERY

ROMAN VISHNIAC Rediscovered
He has created the most extraordinary graphic document
of Jewish life before the Holocaust

He said: “I was living in Germany in the thirties, and I knew that Hitler
had made it his mission to exterminate all Jews, especially the children
and the women who could bear children in the future.
I was unable to save my people, only their memory”…READ MORE

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CUSTOT GALLERY DUBAI

FERNANDO BOTERO
A Still Life Retrospective
A major exhibition of still life paintings, drawings and watercolours.
These works, which come from the artist’s own collection and are being
exhibited for the first time, were created between 1980 and 2018…READ MORE

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MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

BOSTON MADE
Arts and Crafts Jewelry and Metalwork 

Frank Gardner Hale and His Circle
In the early 20th century, Boston boasted one of the most active
and influential jewelry-making and metalworking communities in the nation.
This is the first exhibition exclusively dedicated to the exemplary works of
this vibrant and interwoven group of craftspeople…READ MORE

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NEWARK MUSEUM

Unexpected Color
A Journey Through Glass

The exhibitions showcases more than 130 works in glass designed
by Frederick Carder for the famed Steuben Glass Works from 1903 to 1933 and
used in a variety of settings by the collector Thomas N. Armstrong III…READ MORE

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KUNST HISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN

PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER
The first-ever major monograph show dedicated to the greatest Netherlandish painter of
the sixteenth century: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525/30‒1569)
The exhibition commemorates the 450th anniversary of his death… READ MORE

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THE WOLFSONIAN. Florida International University

DECO: Luxury to Mass Market
Instead, it is the result of a search by designers and artists for ornament
that was suited to modern times. Inspired by many sources
and resulting in different stylistic outcomes, Art Deco flourished in Europe
in the 1920s and quickly spread around the world. In the United State…READ MORE  

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BOOKS / LIBROS

JOAQUIM CAPDEVILA
La Nueva Joya en Barcelona
Textos en inglés y catalánLo que hace imprescindible este libro para el conocimiento de la nueva joyería en Cataluña y Europa es la excepcional información gráfica sobre la obra artística de Joaquim Capdevila y el texto aportado por la autora Pilar Vélez, que hace gala de un conocimiento enciclopédico sobre el tema… LEER MAS

Text in English and Catalan. What makes this book essential for the knowledge of the new jewellery in Catalonia and Europe is the exceptional graphic information on the artistic work of Joaquim Capdevila and the text contributed by the author Pilar Vélez, who displays an encyclopaedic knowledge on the subject.

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LEGION DE HONOR

EAST MEET WEST
Jewels of the Maharajas
from The Al Thani Collection

India has been known for its gemstones and jewelry arts for centuries. In the exhibition at the Legion of Honour Museum in San Francisco. Visitors can now see more than one hundred and fifty precious objects from the collection formed by His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani. Impressive pieces ranging from Mughal rule in the 17th century to those reflecting India’s influence on today’s jewellers…READ MORE   

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MEADOWS MUSEUM

MURILLO
A 400th Anniversary Celebration
This exhibition celebrates Murillo by exhibiting the extraordinary holdings at the Meadows together with paintings by his Sevillian contemporaries. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was a Spanish painter of the Baroque era. Central personality of the Sevillian school, well known for his religious works, such as those presented in this exhibition at the Meadow Museum… READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

The NGA has purchased Jan van Kessel’s 
“Insects and a Sprig of Rosemary”
Formerly in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, the painting is an especially fine example of the artist’s work.The painting depicts a sprig of flowering rosemary surrounded by two butterflies, a bumblebee, a moth, beetles, a cockchafer bug, and several other insects… READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

COROT: WOMEN 
Dressed in rustic Italian costume or nude on a grassy plain, rendered with
a sophisticated use of color and a deft, delicate touch, Corot’s women convey
a mysterious sense of their inner lives. Corot: Women features 44 paintings
created between the 1840s and the early 1870s…READ MORE

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THE GALLERY AT 200 LEX. New York

 JEREMIAH: INSPIRED INTERIORS
The exhibition chronicles Jeremiah Goodman’s life and work, drawing on paintings and photographs taken from his own extensive archive. More than mere illustrations, his paintings interpret and inspire, conveying how a space is experienced through the eyes of an artist. Simply put, Jeremiah’s work comprises the best record of America’s greatest interiors… READ MORE

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COLLECTORS

SAM and MYRNA MYERS
50 years creating together
an stunning collection of Asian Art

Americans Samuel and Myrna Myers built an extraordinary collection
of some 5,000 works of art that, together, offer a very personal vision
of the world of Asian art. How did they create their collection? 
This is the story in the words of Sam and Myrna Myers…
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LE PETIT PALAIS, PARIS

Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800)
The Colorful Kingdom of Living Beings: 30 Masterpieces 
Scrolls portrayals including cocks, fish, peacocks, phoenixes, ducks and trees
in flower – reveal an astonishing delicacy of line and vividness of colour,
allied to an extraordinary talent and technical mastery…READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington

SENSE OF HUMOR
From the 15th to 20th century
Prints and drawings have consistently served as popular media for
humor in art. Prints, which can be widely replicated and distributed,
are ideal for institutional mockery and…READ MORE

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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

GOLDEN KINGDOMS
Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas
The exhibition present a new understanding of ancient American art
and culture, showcasing more than 300 objects drawn from more
than 50 museums in 12 countries. The exhibition will feature spectacular
works of art from recent archaeological excavations…READ MORE

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KIMBELL ART MUSEUM
FROM THE LANDS OF ASIA
The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection
This exhibition present over 400 objects selected from this remarkable collection, with works representing key periods in the history of the art of China, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia, Korea and Vietnam. Fascinating historical events through themes such as the symbolism of Chinese jade, the trade in blue-and-white porcelain, Buddhism, Noh theater, the Japanese samurai, the tea ceremony and the scholar’s studio…
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MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART
Power and Beauty in China’s Last Dynasty
Concept and Design by Robert Wilson 
Famous theater director and visual artist Robert Wilson has created an immersive and experiential environment to showcase the famous Chinese art collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). Scenographies and effective uses of light on works of art show the opulence of the Qing Empire, the last imperial dynasty of China… READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

CÉZANNE Portraits
Is the first exhibition devoted exclusively to this often-neglected genre of his work
The revelatory exhibition explores the pictorial and thematic characteristics of
Paul Cézanne’s (1839–1906) portraits, the chronological development of his style and
method, and the range and influence of his sitters. Cézanne painted almost 200 portraits.
The exhibition presents a selection of portraits…READ MORE

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PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

Old Masters Now
Celebrating the Johnson Collection
A major exhibition focusing on one of the finest collections of European art
ever to have been formed in the United States by a private collector…READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

Sharing Images
Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze
90 objects to highlight the impact of Renaissance prints on maiolica and
bronze plaquettes. It traces the metamorphosis that designs by
 Andrea Mantegna,  Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Raphael, Michelangelo,
Parmigianino, and Albrecht Dürer
, among others…READ MORE

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The MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM
 
TREAUSURE BINDINGS 
Were a luxury in the Middle Ages. Few survive, and some of
the finest examples are in the Morgan’s distinguished collection…READ MORE
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SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
ANDREW WYETH  
In Retrospect Major exhibition presents through 110 paintings and drawings,
radical reimagining of one of the 20th century’s most complicated artists.
“In Retrospect” reflects on Wyeth’s work through the historical lens
of a century in which he deviated from the American art mainstream
but continued to figure prominently in much…READ MORE

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LACMA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art

CHAGALL
Fantasies for the Stage
Concentrated in four theatrical productions created over a quarter century:
Aleko (1942), The Firebird (1945) , Daphnis and Chloe (1959), and The Magic Flute (1967). The exhibition comprises 145 objects, including 41 vibrant costumes; nearly 100 preparatory sketches; rare 1942 film footage
of the original performance of Aleko; musical accompaniments
for each section; and a selection of… READ MORE   

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

BOSCH to  BLOEMAERT  
Early Netherlandish Drawings 
While the exhibition features the remarkable skill and virtuosity of masters such as Hieronymus Bosch, Abraham Bloemaert, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and Hendrick Goltzius, several key examples also reveal the variety of functions served
by drawings across the 15th through 17th centuries…READ MORE

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KIMBELL ART MUSEUM 

CASANOVA
The Seduction of Europe
The exhibition presents a free-spirited exploration of mid-18th-century Europe. 
The celebrated Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798), who epitomizes the sophistication
of the 18th century, will act as our guide…READ MORE 

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THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART 

THE JAZZ AGE
American Style in the 1920s 
The first major museum exhibition to focus on American taste in art
and design during the 1920s and early 1930s.  More than 300 works,
explore America’s cultural coming of age through an exuberant selection 
of jewelry, fashion, paintings, decorative arts and motorcars… READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 

DELLA ROBBIA
Family of artists sculpting with Color
in
Renaissance Florence
More than 500 years after their creation, Della Robbia terracotta sculptures
endure as some of the most innovative and expressive examples of art
from the Italian Renaissance. Even today the ceramics retain their
signature opaque whites, deep cerulean blues, and lively greens,
purples, and yellows, due to the glazing technique invented
by sculptor Luca della Robbia (1399/1400–1482)…READ MORE 

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ART DEALERS

GALKA SCHEYER
Maven of Modernism in California
The NORTON SIMON MUSEUM
Maven of Modernism Exhibition presents exceptional examples
from Scheyer’s personal collection by the Blue Four artists. All together,
these works and related ephemera tell the fascinating story of this
trailblazing impresario, who helped shape California’s reputation
as a burgeoning center for modern art… READ MORE

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MEADOWS MUSEUM, DALLAS

ZURBARÁN
Jacob and His Twelve Sons,
13 Life-Size Paintings from Auckland Castle  

These life-size portraits, which depict Jacob and his Twelve Sons,
are a visual narrative of Jacob’s deathbed act of bestowing
a blessing on each son, blessings which foretold
their destinies and those of their tribes… READ MORE

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NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM

Reflecting Class in the Age of
REMBRANDT and VERMEER
Include Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch,
Gerard ter Borch and Gerrit Dou, among others. Loans from Amsterdam,
Paris, Berlin, Munich, Budapest, and London will complement the works coming
from public and private collections in North America… READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

VERMEER
And the Masters of Genre Painting
Dutch Golden Age painters from 1650 to 1675, when they reached the
height of their technical ability and mastery at depicting domestic life.
Some 65 masterpieces by Johannes Vermeer and his contemporaries—including
Gerard ter Borch, Gerrit Dou, Pieter de Hooch, Nicolas Maes, Eglon van der Neer,
Caspar Netscher, and Jacob Ochtervelt… READ MOREJohannes-Vermeer_The-Astronomer_450_w


MUSEO LÁZARO GALDIANO

El Tesoro GOYA 
Casi un millar de estampas de Goya en el Museo
José Lázaro Galdiano atesoró a lo largo de su vida, una de las mejores
y más valiosas colecciones de obra gráfica de este genio de la pintura
y la más completa reunida por un solo coleccionista… READ MORE

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JEWISH MUSEUM, New York

FLORINE STETTHEIMER    
Painting Poetry
 Painting Poetry are drawn from all periods of the artist’s life,
with Head of a Girl (1887-88), a pencil drawing Stettheimer made when
she was just 16 years old, being one of the earliest works on view. 
Offers a timely reconsideration of this influential American artist
with a sharp satirical wit, placing her centrally in the
modern dialogue of high and mass culture…  READ MORE 

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The PHILLIPS COLLECTION

GAUGUIN to PICASSO
The Staechelin and Im Obersteg Collections

Masterpieces created during the mid-19th and 20th centuries
by 22 world-famous artists—including Vincent van Gogh’s
The Garden of Daubigny (1890), Pablo Picasso’s double-sided canvas
Woman at the Theater / The Absinthe Drinker (1901), and Marc Chagall’s…READ MORE
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CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

RODIN – 100 Years
The Legacy of a Genius 
Like Michelangelo, he uses the vocabulary of the body, he talks of human
passions and destinies, a language that speaks to all cultures and all shades of opinion. Rodin changed the course of sculpture through his innovation, exploring human passions, using body language and creating unexpected assemblages…READ MORE  

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

FRAGONARD
The Fantasy Figures 
Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures, presents a series of rapidly masterfully executed,
brightly colored paintings of lavishly costumed individuals. Covered with 18 thumbnail-sized sketches and apparently annotated in the rococo artist’s own hand, the drawing now known as Sketches of Portraits emerged at a Paris auction in 2012 and upended several long-held assumptions about the fantasy figures…READ MORE 

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CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

CHAEKGEORI
Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens
The exhibition showcases 9 unique type of Korean still-life painting. 
Chaekgeori 책거리 (pronounced check-oh-ree), literally translated as “books and things,”
are painted screens that depict scholarly objects, exotic luxuries, symbolic flowers,
and gourmet delicacies dispersed in artful arrangements on bookshelves…READ MORE

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MUSEUM of FINE ARTS BOSTON

SHOWDOWN!
Kuniyoshi vs. Kunisada 
Rival artists Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861) and Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1864) were the two best-selling designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. Featuring 100 works drawn from the preeminent Japanese collection housed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), Showdown! Kuniyoshi vs. Kunisada revives the centuries-old competition and invites visitors to decide which of the two artists is their personal favorite…READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
The Urban Scene: 1920–1950 
American artists of the early 20th century sought to interpret the beauty, power,
and anxiety of the modern age in diverse ways. The black-and-white prints that
comprise The Urban Scene, often highlight the unprecedented scale of
urban architecture and the impact of industry and technology on city life…READ MORE  

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HIGH MUSEUM OF ART. Atlanta

AFRICAN ART
Permanent Collection  
With a curatorial department devoted solely to African art since 2001,
and a curatorial position endowed by Fred and Rita Richman,
 the High’s collection has grown to encompass the dynamic
diversity of African art forms from ancient to contemporary… READ MORE

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HIGH MUSEUM OF ART. Atlanta

MAGDALENE ODUNDO
The Vessels
 The trajectory of Odundo’s work over the course of three decades.
The Vessels of Magdalene Odundo” will trace her trajectory  from its genesis in the early 1980s through her most recent innovations, including new works created especially for the exhibition. Over the years, Odundo’s art has become immediately recognizable for its distinctive, sensuous forms, some of which suggest the human figure… READ MORE   

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

LOUISE BOURGEOIS 
NO EXIT
No Exit will present key early works, including three pen drawings (1947–1950) that evoke the cascading rivers and mountain peaks of Aubusson, the tapestry-producing region of France and home to Bourgeois’s mother’s family. Other highlights include the artist’s psychologically charged print project, He Disappeared into Complete Silence (1947)—a work that signals the… READ MORE

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MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston

Paint the Revolution
Mexican Modernism 1910-1950. Frida Kahlo and other artists
An exhibition that charts the development of Modern art in Mexico and the social, political, and cultural forces that shaped it over the course of nearly half a century, including easel paintings, large-scale portable murals and mural fragments, prints, photographs, books, newspapers, and broadsheet. Paint the Revolution is unprecedented for its breadth and the variety of visual materials on display… READ MORE

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The PHILLIPS COLLECTION

Henri deToulouse-Lautrec  
Iconic printed works
 An extraordinary selection of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s iconic and rare printed works from nearly the entire period of his lithographic career (1891–1899). An inaugural collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), “Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Époque” assembles, for the first time in the United States, close to 100 defining images…  READ MORE

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MoMA. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

PICABIA
Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction
 “Our Heads Are Round so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction”, is the first major exhibition of the artist’s work in the US in nearly half a century, and the first ever to chart the full range of Picabia’s audacious, irreverent, and profoundly influential career. “Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction” is… READ MORE

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MARCHAND, COLLECTOR
 
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler 
Great champion of Cubism
In the 1910s and 1920s. He enhanced the Cubist art movement with
the help of the poet critics Apollinaire and Max Jacob. Together with other great merchants such as Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Cassirer, Daniel Wildenstein, Léonce Rosenberg, Paul Rosenberg, Aimé Maeght and Leo Castelli, Kahnweiler became one of the
most influential art dealers during the 20th century… READ MORE

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FILÁNTROPO – COLECCIONISTA
  
Leonard A. Lauder
Donación al Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York 
(MET)
Después de entrevistarse con directores de diferentes museos, llegó a la conclusión de que el más apropiado para exponer y mantener su colección sería el Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York . En abril de 2013, en un gesto que conmociona al mundo del arte, comunica su decisión de donar 81 obras cubistas al museo y establecer en la propia institución un Centro de Investigación de Arte Moderno al que dotará con 22 millones de dólares para su desarrollo. El 24 de octubre de 2014 se inauguró en el “Met” la exposición CUBISMO: Colección de Leonard A. Lauder… READ MORE

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The MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

Founding Figures
Copper Sculpture from ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA,
ca. 3300–2000 B.C.

Standing about a foot tall, the small yet monumental “foundation figures”
in ancient Mesopotamia were not created to be seen by mortal eyes.
Cast in copper and placed beneath the foundation of a building, often a temple,
they were intentionally buried from prying humans. They combine both abstract and natural
forms and were created at the behest of royal rulers … READ MORE

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

POWER AND PATHOS
Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World
 During the Hellenistic era artists around the Mediterranean created innovative,
realistic sculptures of physical power and emotional intensity.
Bronze—with its reflective surface, tensile strength, and ability to hold the finest
details—was employed for dynamic compositions, graphic expressions
of age and character, and dazzling displays of the human form… READ MORE

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GETTY CENTER

WOVEN GOLD
Tapestries of LOUIS XIV
 The art of tapestry weaving in France blossomed during the reign of Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715). Three hundred years after the death of France’s so-called “Sun King,” the J. Paul Getty Museum will showcase 14 monumental tapestries from the French royal collection, revealing the stunning beauty and rich imagery of these monumental works of art…  READ MORE
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LEGION DE HONOR

The Brothers LE NAIN
Painters of 17th-Century France 
The brothers’ work was rediscovered in the 19th century by such art historians as Champfleury, and influenced many artists including Gustave Courbet and Édouard Manet. The brothers then became famous as “painters of reality,” admired for their deeply sympathetic and affecting portrayals of hard-working men and women. In these paintings, we see smiling field laborers, city beggars with deadpan… READ MORELe-Nain_Three-Men-and-a-Boy_450_w



PHILANTROPIST – COLLECTOR

Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Founder of The National Museum of Women in the Arts
The idea for the National Museum of Women in the Arts grew from a simple, obvious,
but rarely asked question: Where are all the women artists?
By 1980, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay began to devote her energies and
resources to creating a museum that would
showcase women artists, and the Holladay Collection became
the core of the institution’s permanent collection…READ MORE

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PHILANTROPIST – COLLECTOR

Madeleine Rast
A major gift of $9 million to the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Rast’s bequest will bolster the endowment, strengthening in perpetuity the museum’s mission to bring recognition to the achievements of women artists…READ MORE

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ARTIST

RUTH ASAWA
David Zwirner said: “Intricate, dynamic, and sinuous, these remarkable works,
begun in the late 1940s, continue to challenge conventional notions of
sculpture through their emphasis on lightness and transparency.
“I think her story, if properly told, should afford her a place amongst
the great artists of the twentieth century”…READ MORE

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THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION
Duncan and Marjorie Phillips

Founders of The Phillips Collection opened to the public in 1921 in Washington’s
vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood. Paintings by Renoir and Rothko, Bonnard
and O’Keeffe, van Gogh and Diebenkorn are among the many stunning
impressionist and modern works that fill the museum…READ MORE

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LACMA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art

NEW OBJECTIVITY
German Art in the Weimar Republic, 1919–1933 
During the 14 years of the Weimar Republic, artists in Germany grappled with the devastating aftermath of World War I:  the social, cultural, and economic effects of rapid modernization and urbanization; staggering unemployment and despair; shifting gender identities; and developments in technology and industry. Situated between the end of World War I
and the Nazi assumption of power, Germany’s first democracy thrived as a laboratory for widespread cultural achievement…  READ MORE 
 
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PHILANTROPIST – COLLECTOR

Jean Paul Getty
Getty had a genuine desire to share his art with the public and, thus, part of his Ranch House in Malibu (Pacific Palisades, California) was converted into The Villa Museum in 1974. On December 16, 1997, The Getty Center was opened to the public and also includes the Getty Research Institute (GRI), the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, and the J. Paul Getty Trust.  The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world’s wealthiest art institution…READ MORE

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GETTY CENTER

Robert Mapplethorpe
The Perfect Medium 
The exhibition is co-organized by LACMA and the J. Paul Getty Museum. In a historic collaboration, the two institutions will trace the artist’s working methods and materials, presenting the improvisational, experimental aspects of his practice alongside the refined perfection of his prints. The works on display provide new context for… READ MORE

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PATRON, COLLECTOR, PHILANTHROPIST
Andrew W. Mellon 
Founder of the National Gallery of Art
Collector and philanthropist, in 1936, Mellon wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to offer him his magnificent art collection as well as his own funds to the construction of a museum. With the support of the President, the Congress accepted Mellon’s gift which included a substantial endowment and established the National Gallery of Art in March 1937… READ MORE

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LEGION DE HONOR

Pierre Bonnard
Painting Arcadia 
The exhibition celebrates Bonnard (French, 1867–1947) as one of the defining figures of modernism in the transitional period between Impressionism and abstraction.
Several themes from Bonnard’s career will emerge, including the artist’s great decorative commissions where the natural world merges with the bright colors and light of the South of France, where windows link interior and exterior spaces, and where intimate scenes disclose unexpected phantasmagorical effects… READ MORE

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PHILANTROPIST – COLLECTOR

Joseph Early Widener
Founder of the National Gallery of Art

In 1939, Joseph Early Widener had donated a vast part of his collection for the opening ceremony of the Gallery and, later, in 1942, he donated the rest of his collection with more than 2,000 works including paintings, sculptures, art objects and porcelain…READ MORE
   
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NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM of ART

Hale Woodruff
Murals at Talladega College
 In 1938, Talladega College President Buell Gallagher commissioned Hale Woodruff the two cycles of murals, The Mutiny on the Amistad and The Founding of Talladega, are vibrant depictions of events symbolizing the centuries-long African American struggle for civil rights. These exceptional paintings have just been restored and are on a one-time national tour before returning to their permanent home in Alabama… READ MORE

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PHILANTROPIST – COLLECTOR

Samuel Henry Kress 
Founder of the National Gallery of Art
In 1920, Kress started collecting paintings and sculptures.The Kress Collection went growing until it contained over 2,800 works of art. Considered as a collection of incalculable value, in 1941, Kress made the first of his many relevant donations to the National Gallery of Art for its opening, which included 375 paintings and 18 sculptures…READ MORE

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THE JEWISH MUSEUM. New York

John Singer Sargent
Bravura Painting. Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children
 The portrait is contextualizing it with other family portraits, ephemera, documents, personal correspondence, and caricatures. On loan from the Tate Britain, it has been over ten years since the painting was on view in the United States. The work depicts Adèle Meyer, a wealthy British philanthropist, well-known society hostess, and political activist, with her children…  READ MORE

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PHILANTROPIST – COLLECTOR

Lessing Julius Rosenwald
Founder of the National Gallery of Art
In 1943 Rosenwald offered his outstanding collection to the National Gallery of Art. His collection was considered one of the most important private collections of the time. He bestowed to the Institution over 22,000 works including 350 xylographies of the 15th century, the largest group of pieces outside Europe…READ MORE

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DELAWARE ART MUSEUM

Mac Conner
The Original Mad Man 
His work is a “time capsule” of an era when commercial artists helped to redefine American style and culture. This comprehensive and lively installation explores the work of one of America’s original “Mad Men.” McCauley (“Mac”) Conner (born 1913) created advertising campaigns for a variety of products during the decade when the advertising industry was at its height and centered on Madison Avenue… READ MORE   

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PHILANTROPIST – COLLECTOR

Chester Dale
Founder of the National Gallery of Art
His private collection of French paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries was considered a museum. From the opening of the National Gallery of Art in 1941 and until his death, Chester Dale donated a total of 270 paintings, 7 sculptures, 22 graphic works, 1,200 catalogs and more than 1,500 books…READ MORE

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NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM of ART

Thomas  Hart  Benton and Hollywood
The Exhibition Explores Cinematic Themes
This exhibition includes approximately 100 works by Benton: 50 paintings and murals along with a selection of his drawings, prints and illustrated books. In addition, throughout this exhibition, Benton’s art is paired with historic movie clips. These pairings present opportunities to explore how both Benton and… READ MORE

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THE BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM of ART

Uzbekistan Ikats
All the Colors of the Rainbow

From the Collection of Peggy Slappey 
For the past decade, ikat patterns have permeated the fashion and design industry, touching everything from clothing and furniture to decorative arts. Despite its recent ubiquity, the ikat tradition has roots that go back centuries and cross many different cultures… READ MORE

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MUSEUM

Design Museum of Barcelona
Shows exceptional objects
Five collections whose excellence and singularity make this museum a world reference. The museum comprises more than 70,000 objects and is the result of including collections of Decorative arts, Ceramics, Textiles and Clothing, Graphic arts and Product design… READ MORE 
 
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PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

Audubon to Warhol
The Art of American Still Life
A major exhibition surveying nearly two centuries of the most intimate, intricate, and varied genre of painting practiced in the United States. Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life will explore the nature and development of still-life painting in this country from the days of the early American republic…  READ MORE

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The PHILLIPS COLLECTION

William Merritt Chase
A Landmark Retrospective of American Artist
William Merritt Chase was an innovative painter, and an influential teacher. Marking the centennial of his death, this retrospective—the first in more than three decades—explores the interrelationships in Chase’s work across subject and media… READ MORE  

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The ISRAEL MUSEUM, Jerusalem

Veiled Meaning
Fashioning Jewish Dress  
The Israel Museum’s world-renowned collection of Jewish costumes
showcases over 100 articles of clothing from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries arranged as complete ensembles or shown as stand-alone items.A sumptuous array of apparel from over 20 countries on four continents offers an exceptional… READ MORE



LEGION OF HONOR

Read My Pins
The Madeleine Albright Collection
Pins and Brooches with political message

Yet the jewelry’s true interest lies not in their materials or monetary value but in
the roles they played during her political service: Albright used her pins as silent
yet visually outspoken codes to foreign officials and the press. Pins could
be adopted for various reasons—a shining sun… READ MORE

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NORTON SIMON MUSEUM

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Created by a young Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806) during his first
and most important stay in Italy in the mid-18th century. These exquisite
works document Fragonard’s voyage to see the great artistic treasures of
Florence, Bologna, and Padua, among other cities…READ MORE

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MEADOWS MUSEUM, Texas

Janet Turner
Jerry Bywaters Special Collections
Directing her focus from painting to printmaking, Jane Turner depicted the power and vulnerability of nature while exploring new printmaking techniques and stretching the limits of her medium. For more than 40 years, Turner inspired countless young printmakers and promoted printmaking as an art form… READ MORE

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MEADOWS MUSEUM, Texas

Carlotta Corpron
Carlotta Corpron (1901-1988) was deeply rooted in Texas but heavily informed by European and other global influences. Corpron taught art at Texas universities and employed highly experimental methods in her photography. Corpron taught at Texas State College for Women (now Texas Woman’s University) from 1935 to 1968, and developed an innovative, abstract style of photography that portrayed everything from eggshells to scraps of paper to the midway rides at the State Fair of Texas. The subject of solo exhibitions at the the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (now the Dallas Museum of Art), The Art Institute of Chicago, and ….READ MOREcarlotta corpron_450_w

MUSEUM BEN URI

BEN URI Gallery and Museum
100 years in London

Ben Uri Gallery and Museum collection mainly shows the work, life and contribution
made by British and European Jewish descent artists. It is the only Art Museum in Europe
addressing universal issues of identity and migration through visual arts…READ MORE

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