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The Great Tangka at Drepung
Photo by Eveline Yang; courtesy of the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (www.thdl.org)

This exhibition presents the largest objects from the Rubin Museum’s collection and explores the reasons why artists living in the Himalayas produced the even larger tangkas (Tibetan scroll paintings and textiles) that are majestically draped over mountainsides and in valleys. In Himalayan cultures, these large works are the focus of community celebrations and accrue merit for all who participate.

Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th St. (off of Seventh Avenue)
New York, NY
Telephone: (212) 620-5000
Web site: www.rmanyc.org

Fifty years after the end of the Civil War, artists in Charleston began to focuse their energies on making art to inspire a sense of unity and appreciation of their city among those living there. Through their art, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Elizabeth O’Neill Verner, Anna Heyward Taylor, Alfred Hutty and others shared their love of Charleston’s physical environment and lowcountry character. In the Gibbs Museum’s newly installed Explore Gallery, visitors will see many examples of art works that figure prominently in the Charleston Renaissance, a period of artistic ferment dating from 1915 to 1940. This exhibition combines computer resources, library materials and works of art to offer a multi-dimensional, educational experience.

Gibbs Museum of Art
135 Meeting St.
Charleston, SC
Telephone: (843) 722-2706
Web site: www.gibbesmuseum.org

(L) Incense Stand, 17th century
Cloisonné
33 1/4 x 26 1/2 x 19 in.

(R) Gord Peteran, Inception Stand, 2006
Electrical wire
31 x 24 x 24 in.

Inspired by China: Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditions brings together 27 masterpieces of historic Chinese furniture with 27 pieces of contemporary studio furniture created specifically for the exhibition. The 22 contemporary artists represented come from the U.S., Canada, Japan and China. Shown together, the works reveal a surprising exchange of ideas and inspiration across time and geographic boundaries. The exhibit also marks the increasing opportunities for cross-cultural exchange among contemporary artists in North America and China, as China makes its entry into the global art community.

Museum of Arts and Design
40 W. 53rd St.
New York, NY
Telephone: (212) 956-3535
Web site: www.madmuseum.org

This exhibit looks at how the conditions particular to Minnesota and other areas in northern latitudes with extreme climates contribute to SAD (seasonal affective disorder) and the ways in which artists have depicted the the people of this area and their subjective responses to the climate in this part of the country. The artists’ works include photography, installation, video, sculpture and painting and focus on space as it relates to and is affected by light and atmosphere. As they explore subjective experiences of sadness and isolation, the artists suggest connections between physical and psychic space.

Frederick R. Weisman Art Musem
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN
Telephone: (612) 625-9494
Web site: http://www.weisman.umn.edu

Theo Jansen, Animaris Percipiere Primus, 2005. Photo: Kevin Kennefick

The surprising works displayed in this exhibit include meticulously crafted animals that move on their own, healing machines that exude beneficial energy, love-filled performances and statues that honor past and present deities. With their deeply-held personal truths, the “believers,” the artists who dare to believe in order to create, courageously defy skepticism, irony and, often, reason.

In their works, the artists contemplate some of the most fundamental questions that have long captivated philosophers, scientists and spiritualists, from the nature of matter, the possibility of immortality and the elements of identity, to the dynamics of human interaction, the limits of physical capacity and the power of the human mind.

Among the Believers are Bas Jan Aders, the Icelandic Love Corporation (ILC), Yoshua Okón and Fritz Haeg, CarianaCarianne, Sister Mary Corita, Erkki Kurenniemi, Jonathan Meese and former hobo Emery Blagdon, who created the healing machines.

Selections from The Believers will be on view through December 2007.

MASS MoCA
87 Marshall Street
Building 4, Second floor
North Adams, MA
Telephone: (413) 662-2111
Web site: http://www.massmoca.org

Tigers, 19th century, Korean
Ink and color on paper
17 x 19 1/4 inches (43.2 x 48.9 cm)
Gift of Dr. Andrew Byoung Soo Kim and Mrs. Wan Kyun Rha Kim in honor of James and Agnes Kim, 2006, 2006-30-2

With support from the Korean Heritage Group, established in 1997, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has doubled the size of its collection of Korean art, which now includes nearly 300 works. To mark the expansion of the Korean art program and the 10th anniversary of the Korean Heritage Weekend, the museum has displayed 50 examples from the collection acquired mainly since 1997, including screen paintings, hanging scrolls, furniture and ceramics.

Highlights include a group of Koryŏ dynasty (918–1392) and Chŏson dynasty (1392–1910) ceramics from the collection of Colonel Stephen McCormick. Col. McCormick donated nearly 100 Korean works of art to the museum through gifts and bequest. A selection of the Koryŏ celadons donated by Dr. Brian Salzberg is also displayed.

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 26th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Telephone: (215) 763-8100
Web site: www.philamuseum.org/

Developed by the the Fowler Museum at UCLA, this traveling exhibition is the first museum show devoted to contemporary arts of Islamic Africa, and to the life of an African saint. A wide range of 20th- and 21st-century art forms associated with the Mouride movement, a Sufi sect in Senegal with a rapidly expanding diaspora throughout the world, especially in American cities, are on view, demonstrating the on-going and flourishing creative traditions of African artists. Known as peaceful and diligent workers, Mourides make art honoring the mystic, poet and pacifist Sheik Amadou Bamba (1853-1927).

Museum of International Folk Art
Museum Hill, Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM
Telephone: (505) 476-1200
Web site: www.internationalfolkart.org

Personal letters from several major 19th- and 20th-century artists provide an intimate glimpse into their lives: Thomas Eakins, Frida Kahlo, Marcel Duchamp, Dale Chihuly and Andy Warhol, among others. The correspondences include handwritten letters to family members, friends and business associates. The exhibit was organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Georgia Museum of Art
90 Carlton Street
Athens, Georgia
Telephone: (706) 542-GMOA
Web site: www.uga.edu/gamuseum

Something Unexpected Art Gallery is pleased to present Memories: A Journey Into The Mind, an exhibition of works by Miguel Benavides and Marco Duran.

Reception: Saturday, September 1, 4-8PM and
Sunday, September 2, 2-6PM

Something Unexpected Art Gallery,
152 Main Street,
Nyack, NY 10960
Phone: 845 358 1196

L’Enfant Chéri, Ca. 1790. Marguerite Gérard. 51.9

Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Washington, D.C., estate is the setting for beautiful gardens and Post’s extensive collection of Imperial Russian and Western fine and decorative arts, including paintings, furniture, glass, metalwork, ceramics, glass and textiles.

The gardens feature a French parterre, Japanese-style gardens, a rose garden and greenhouses.

Hillwood Museum and Gardens
4155 Linnean Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Telephone: (202) 686-5807
Web site: www.hillwoodmuseum.org