“Every three years artists from across the country are invited to investigate the art of portrayal. This competition and resulting exhibition “The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today” will showcase excellence and innovation with a strong focus on the variety of portrait media used by artists today.”
The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today
Until January 8, 2017
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
8th St NW & F St NW, Washington, DC
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“The greatest French follower of Caravaggio (1571–1610), Valentin de Boulogne (1591–1632) was also one of the outstanding artists in 17th-century Europe.” This exhibition brings together 45 of his paintings.
“Although he is not well known to the general public, Valentin has long been admired by those with a passion for Caravaggesque painting. His work was a reference point for the great realists of the 19th century, from Courbet to Manet, and his startlingly vibrant staging of dramatic events and the deep humanity of his figures, who seem touched by a pervasive melancholy, make his work unforgettable.”
Valentin de Boulogne: Beyond Caravaggio
Until January 16, 2017
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
(Image: “Saint John the Baptist”, ca. 1613–14, Oil on canvas Valentin de Boulogne, French)
BTW – Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s work, is often described as “Baroque”. Ok. I just describe him as vibrant, passionate, fierce. One of my favorites.
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The Dallas Museum of Art offers 140 photographs by Irving Penn, (1917–2009), the first retrospective in twenty years.
Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty showcases “one of the best-known American photographers of the 20th century. In a career that spanned almost seventy years, Penn worked on professional and artistic projects across multiple genres. He was a master of both black-and-white and color photography, and he was key to the revival of platinum printing in the 1960s and 1970s.”
Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty – Until August 14, 2016
DMA / Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas
(Image: Irving Penn, “Sitting Enga Woman”))
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The Art Institute of Chicago:
“What is American art? That is a question the country’s artists asked and answered in myriad ways during the decade spanning the economic crash of 1929 through America’s entry into World War II. With economic downturn at home and the rising threat of fascism abroad, artists of the time applied their individualized visions of the nation to rethinking modernism. This exhibition brings together 50 works by some of the foremost artists of the era—including Aaron Douglas, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Grant Wood—to examine the landscape of the United States during the Great Depression and the many avenues artists explored as they sought to forge a new national art and identity.”
America After The Fall: Painting In The 1930s
Thru September 18, 2016
AIC / The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Il
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which debuted in 1935, has undergone extensive renovations since 2013. The grand re opening happened on Saturday, May 14, 2016. One of the exhibitions on view is the “The Campaign for Art”.
“Among the Painting and Sculpture highlights are two key paintings by Jackson Pollock, important works by Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, and an entire gallery dedicated to Joseph Beuys. A space devoted to the late work of Diane Arbus showcases a major gift to the Photography department. Media Arts features significant historic pieces by performance and video pioneers Ant Farm, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and Nam June Paik…”
Thru September 18, 2016
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
(Image: Richard Diebenkorn, “Coffee” 1959)
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Spoken word events, a forum for Caribbean writers, over 200 exhibit booths, music, panel discussions and children’s activities will be on hand at the Harlem Book Fair. It’s a great way to spend a Saturday in the city.
“The vision of the Harlem Book Fair is to partner with local 
and national leadership organizations under the banner of literacy
awareness, affirming HBF as the nation’s largest African American
literary event celebrating family literacy, community empowerment,
and community cooperation. “
Saturday, July 16, 2016
SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE
515 Lenox Avenue, West 135th Street,, NYC
Info:
Tel:914.231.6778 / Tel: 212.491.2200
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