Three exhibits at the Musée d’Orsay place a spotlight on the work of French writer and painter Maurice Denis (1870-1943), Symbolist and theorist of the Nabi movement. Denis’s style was influenced by Gauguin. His works include landscapes and portraits, but his primary interest was religious subjects. Visitors to the museum will be able to view approximately 100 paintings from the years 1889-1941; photographs he took of family members and friends; and illustrations created for Paul Verlaine’s Sagesse, religious poems that reflect the poet’s conversion to Catholicism, and for St. Francis of Assisi’s Fioretti, or “little flowers.”
Musée d’Orsay
62, rue de Lille
Paris, France
Telephone: (33) 1 40 49 48 14
Web site: www.musee-orsay.fr
Alex Katz Paints Ada
In 1957, American painter Alex Katz met Ada Del Moro, who became his model, muse and wife. Katz’s paintings exemplify the modern painters art: In his portraits, he explored the range of his medium; allowed his model to collaborate and contribute to an unspoken narrative; and left plenty of room for viewers of the works to participate in the creation of a story.
Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Ave. at 92nd Street
New York, NY 10128
Telephone: (212) 423-3200
Web site: www.jewishmuseum.org
October 27, 2006 - March 18, 2007
Thirty photographs published in photographer Michael Cunningham and journalist Craig Marberry’s 2001 Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats (Doubleday) are shown along with memorable quotes that bring them to life (”Our crowns have already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear them” from James Baldwin, for example) in a heartwarming and humorous celebratioin of African American women and their creative use of fashionable headwear as part of faith and worship.
Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Telephone: (843) 722-2706
www.gibbesmuseum.org
October 6, 2006 – January 14, 2007
Through the Works Progress Administration, the U.S. government supplied money and jobs to visual artists during the Depression, thus stimulating a renaissance in the arts. While creating artwork for public buildings and spaces, artists and craftsmen were able to develop their techniques and styles and maintain a degree of autonomy. Printmaking was one medium pursued by many WPA artists, and here the Gibbes Museum curators have showcased 25 such prints from the museum’s permanent collection.
Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Telephone: (843) 722-2706
www.gibbesmuseum.org
August 25, 2006 – April 15, 2007
Set in the center of Carolina’s low country, Charleston has a remarkably colorful and lively history. The civil war in 1865 and the abolition of slavery left their marks on the city, which faltered during the years leading up to the new century. Although challenged by major cultural, economic and intellectual shifts, a strong historic core remained vibrant. Photographer George W. Johnson captured life in Charleston during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; his work serves as an architectural history of the city from the turn-of-the-century through 1930.
Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Telephone: (843) 722-2706
www.gibbesmuseum.org
September 8 – April 15, 2007
The 25 prints on view at the de Young are the most recent additions to the museum’s significant collection of Ruscha’s works. The prints reflect themes Ruscha considered in the past and ideas he is currently developing.
During his career, Ruscha (b. 1937) created a visual language from the landscape and culture of the West. For his newest works, he used etching, photogravure, digital media and the Mixografia process.
De Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
Telephone: (415) 863-3330
Web site: www.deyoungmuseum.org
16 September 2006 —4 March 2007
Asawa’s remarkable wire sculptures and her promotion of art education have earned her the respect of peers and collectors and numerous public commissions. This show marks the first major retrospective of her long and varied career and includes some of her earliest works, created in the 1940s at the experimental Black Mountain College in North Carolina. More than 50 sculptures and 45 works on paper are augmented by notebooks and vintage photographs by Imogen Cunningham.
De Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
Telephone: (415) 863-3330
Web site: www.deyoungmuseum.org
18 November 2006 —28 January 2007
Thirty works from the collection of Wendy Willrich provide a jumping off point for a survey of California landscape painting, dating from the Hudson River School through plein-air Impressionism and Fauve-inspired artwork by the Society of Six.
De Young Museum
Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
Telephone: (415) 863-3330
Web site: www.deyoungmuseum.org
18 November 2006 —28 January 2007
Among the 40 works by this modern master of the enigmatic are the now-classic “Metro” from 1951, “Dancing Couple” from 1965 and “Rodozachari Table” from 1981, an assemblage incorporating whittled wooden pencils, paint brushes, drawing pads, rubber stamps and other items that have become obsessions for the artist. Note: The gallery will be closed from December 23 through January 1, 2007.
Adam Baumgold Gallery
74 East 79th St.
New York, NY 10021
Telephone: (212) 861-7338
Web site: www.adambaumgoldgallery.com
Through February 10, 2007
All images © The Saul Steinberg Foundation/ ARS/NY
The first show in the U.S. to feature comic art from Africa, this exhibit brings together contemporary work that confronts issues critical to understanding contemporary Africa: human rights, immigration, corruption and the condition and treatment of women. The show was developed in 2001 by Africa e Mediterraneo, a non-profit organization based on Bologna, Italy.
Studio Museum of Harlem
144 West 125th St.
New York, NY 10027
Telephone: 212-864-4500
Web site: www.studiomuseum.org
November 15, 2006 - March 18, 2007
