Portraits at DMA!

The Dallas Museum of Art offers the exhibit, Multiple Selves: Portraits in Print from Rembrandt to Rivera, which examines how the artist views him or herself as the subject of a work of art…it features artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Diego Rivera, and Piet Mondrian…The works on view span from the 17th century through the 20th century…”

Multiple Selves: Portraits in Print from Rembrandt to Rivera

Dallas Museum of Art until November 5, 2017

1717 North Harwood Dallas, Texas

(Image: Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz, Self-portrait 1927)

 

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Munch at SF MoMA!

Edvard Munch, (1863–1944), painted more than just “The Scream”. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will have 45 of his other pieces on display, including Between the Clock and the Bed, a self portrait. He “was among the most celebrated and controversial artists of his generation. But, as he confessed in 1939, his true breakthrough came very late in life… these profoundly human and technically daring artworks reveal Munch as a tireless innovator and an artist as revolutionary in his maturity as he was in his breakthrough years.”

“Between the Clock and the Bed”

Until October 9, 2017

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA

(Image: Self Portrait, 1940, “Between the Clock and the Bed”)

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Still Life at MFAH!

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston offers “Two Centuries of American Still-Life Painting”… which “traces the history of American still-life painting in the United States over the course of nearly 200 years, from the early 19th century to the present day.’’

“The exhibition brings together 60 of the most influential American luminaries of the genre, including William Merritt Chase, Georgia O’Keeffe, James Peale, John F. Peto, Wayne Thiebaud, Max Weber, and Andrew Wyeth.”

Two Centuries of American Still-Life Painting

Until April 9, 2017

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

(Image:Raphaelle Peale, Orange and Book, c. 1817, oil on canvas)

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Lotsa Color At The Denver Art Museum!

Glorious color as the Denver Art Museum presents – Herbert Bayer: 1938–1974 New York and Aspen Paintings

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“Celebrated for his multidisciplinary approach to art and design, Herbert Bayer called painting “the continuous link connecting all the facets of my work.” The paintings presented in the exhibition give us a window into the personal side of this versatile artist. “

Herbert Bayer: 1938–1974 New York and Aspen Paintings

Until April 2017

Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Avenue Pkwy, Denver, CO

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Abstract Expressionism at the Denver Art Museum

denver-museum-museum-of-art-remington“Soon after World War II, the center of the avant-garde shifted from Europe to the United States when the first American-grown modern art movement—abstract expressionism—was born.

This first fully American movement emphasized individual expression and the freedom to experiment with materials and processes. In this presentation of abstract works, you’ll see how artists, including Robert Motherwell, Betty Parsons, and Joan Mitchell used loose brushwork and emphasized surface rather than depth on the canvas. A selection of works on paper also comprise this exhibition and show how artists, including Deborah Remington and Lee Krasner, capture the quiet intimacy of direct, informal drawing.”

Abstract Expressionism

Until May 14, 2017

Denver Art Museum

100 W 14th Avenue Pkwy, Denver, CO

(Image: Deborah Remington, 23° North by 82° West, 1954. Tempera paint on paper)

 

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Mexican Modernism In Philadelphia!

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents, “Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950”. “From the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 to the aftermath of World War II, artists and intellectuals in Mexico were at the center of a great debate about their country’s destiny. The exhibition tells the story of this exhilarating period through a remarkable range of images, from masterpieces by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Frida Kahlo, and Rufino Tamayo to transfixing works by their contemporaries Dr. Atl, María Izquierdo, Roberto Montenegro, Carlos Mérida, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, and many others.”

Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950

October 25, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Philadelphia Museum of Art

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

(Image: “La Marcha de la Humanidad” David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican, 1896 – 1974)

 

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