by Sandy | Nov 18, 2020 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Museums
In celebration of female artists: “Women Take the Floor” challenges the dominant history of 20th-century American art by focusing on the overlooked and underrepresented work and stories of women artists. This reinstallation—or “takeover”—of Level 3 of the Art of the Americas Wing advocates for diversity, inclusion, and gender equity in museums, the art world, and beyond….”
“The exhibition features well-known artists like Georgia O’Keeffe, Ruth Reeves, Loïs Mailou Jones, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel, Helen Frankenthaler and Elaine de Kooning.”
Women Take the Floor
Until May 3, 2021
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
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by Sandy | Feb 17, 2020 | Art, Blogroll, Museums
I really like portraits. (I enjoy creating their back stories – what, where, why and of course, who?)
The above, by Black Renaissance artist Loïs Mailou Jones (1905 – 1998), is included in the American Art collection at the Brooklyn Museum. Work from assorted genres, created in the Americas, is represented.
“…this major reinstallation of our American Art galleries attempts to take a more inclusive approach. It embraces work by women and people of color and extends the definition of America to encompass not only the United States but Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean basin, beginning with the art of the first peoples who lived in the region thousands of years before contact with European colonizers.”
American Art Galleries
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
(Image: “Dans un Café a Paris“, 1939, Loïs Mailou Jones)
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by Sandy | Nov 19, 2019 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, presents Día de Muertos • A Matter of Life:
“The Day of the Dead commemoration is deeply rooted in ancient indigenous beliefs of life after death and a spiritual existence within the universe. After the 16th century Spanish encounter of America, celebrations for the deceased were mainly observed on All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days (November 1 & 2) throughout Mexico. Today, various Mexican communities and regions honor their dead in unique ways. From the Afro Mexican towns along the Costa Chica, to the Mixteca towns in the state of Puebla, each region observes the age-old practice in unique ways. “
“Come enjoy the unique installations of traditional and contemporary ofrendas to the dead!…”
Día de Muertos • A Matter of Life
Until December 8, 2019
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th street
Chicago, IL 60608
by Sandy | Oct 9, 2019 | Blogroll, Culture, Education, Exhibits, Learning, Museums
This wonderful, amazing space is always packed during the Summer. Maybe a nice Fall visit will give an opportunity to see more ~ without the lines 🙂
The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in September 2016. There’s lots to see and experience. The museum’s 11 massive galleries contain more than 30,000 priceless artifacts collected from all over the country.
Oprah Winfrey has her own exhibit devoted to her 25 years on T.V. Video highlights from her shows, letters & journals, photographs, etc all gathered to acknowledge an amazing life – Oprah!
Founding director Lonnie Bunch says, “This is not (nor was it ever intended to be) the National Museum of Discrimination…For me, the African American experience is an experience not of tragedy, but of unbelievable belief — belief in themselves, belief in an America that often didn’t believe in them”.
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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by Sandy | Sep 20, 2019 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Museums
“Telfair Museums proudly presents Suzanne Jackson: Five Decades, the first full-career survey and most comprehensive presentation to date for American artist Suzanne Jackson (American, b. 1944). A luminous career that spans over five decades, the retrospective will include her visual art practice as well as her connections to dance, theatre and costume design, poetry, and social activism.”
“The exhibition will feature approximately 40 signature works made between 1959–2018, alongside ephemera such as photographs, letters, periodicals, and journals.”
Suzanne Jackson: Five Decades
Until October 2019
Jepson Center, 207 W. York St.
Savannah, GA 31401
(Image: El Paradiso,1981-1984, acrylic wash on canvas)
by Sandy | Aug 29, 2019 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The Thannhauser Collection is a permanent installation at the Guggenheim. The vast art collection of Justin Thannhauser, son of an art dealer, was acquired by the museum in the last century.
The collection features “Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern French masterpieces including works by Degas, Cezanne, Gauguin, Kandinsky, Picasso, Renoir and more.”
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Avenue (at 89th Street ), NYC
