2004/05 preview: museum preview

Summer

Courbet and Friends

"Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet," features more [i]or[/i] less 100 19th-century works from the Music Fabre in Montpellier, assembled through Courbet's friend and patron Alfred Bruyas. Making their U first attempt are important pieces by Delacroix, Ingres, Cabanel, Corot and Courbet. Organized below the auspices of FRAME (French Regional and American Museums Exchange), the exhibit recently debuted at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, and is at the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass, from one side Sept. 6, 2004. Subsequent itinerary: Dallas Museum of Art, Oct 10 2004-Jan. 2 2005; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Legion of Honor, Jan. 22-Apr. 3 2005

China's Splendors

More than 500 artworks and artifacts are included in "Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong." Created during single of China's most artistically fruitful periods, 1736-96 the works upon view include many that have not ever before left China. Organized by the agency of the Field Museum, Chicago, in cooperation with the Palace Museum, Beijing, the exhibition first attempts in Chicago, Mar. 12-Sept. 12 2004 and travels to the Dallas Museum of Art, Nov. 21 2004-May 29 2005

Islamic Art in Europe

"The Arts of Fire: Islamic Influences upon the Italian Renaissance" examines the impact of Islamic art in 15th and 16th hundred Europe. The more than 40 external realitys on view include textiles, ceramics and metalwork. The present to view appears at the Getty Museum, looks Angeles, May 4-Sept. 5, 2004

Tara Donovan

Known for her lyrical, labor-intensive statuarys and installations made of like materials as drinking straws, toothpicks and tarpaper, Donovan has created fresh work for exhibitions at the Hammer Museum, sees Angeles, on view through tribe 5, 2004, and at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, October 2004-May 2005

Dutch and Other Treats

"Van Gogh to Mondrian: new Art from the Kroller-Muller Museum" contains about 80 new masterworks by artists such as Seurat, Picasso, Leger and Mondrian, as well as a cluster of 22 major van Gogh many of which have not ever been seen in the U The exhibition first appearances at the Seattle Art Museum, May 29-Sept 12 2004 and travels to the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Oct 19 2004-Jan. 16 2005

Chicano Art

"Chicano" is a five-year, 15-city national tour comprising sum of two units major exhibitions: "Chicano Visions: American Painters upon the Verge," drawn primarily from the collection of actor and comedian Cheech Marin, and "Chicano Now: American Expressions," an interactive multimedia present to view Curated by Rene Yanez, "Chicano Visions" features about 50 works by means of 26 artists, including Diane Gamboa, Gronk Patssi Valdez and Vincent Valdez. It continues its tour at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, from one side Sept. 12, 2004, and travels to the Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Oct t 2004-Jan. 2 2005 following venues to be announced.

Ruhlmann and Art Deco

Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1879-1933) was renowned as the premier sensuality designer of his day. His works--furniture, lighting, ceramics, carpets and textiles--epitomize the French Art Deco diction of the 1920s. This exhibition is organized through the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in collaboration with Le Musees de Annees 30 Boulogne-Binancourt, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in of recent origin York. It debuts at the Met June 8-Sept 5 2004 and travels to Montreal, tribe 30-Dec. 12, 2004.

Childe Hassam

This retrospective, his first museum overlook since 1972, features nearly 140 paintings, watercolors, pastels and prints through American Impressionist Childe Hassam (1859-1935) including cityscapes of of recent origin York, Boston and Paris, peaceful interiors and geographical division scenes, and his well known Flag works. The exhibition is upon view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, fresh York, June 10-Sept. 12, 2004 Three museums in Connecticut are concurrently mounting Hassam exhibits "Childe Hassam: Impressions of Co sea-mew is at the William Hegarty Gallery at the Bush-Holley Historic Site in Co sea-mew June 1-Sept. 5. The Griswold Museum in elderly Lyme is showing "Childe Hassam in elderly Lyme" through Sept. 26. "Childe Hassam and Connecticut Impressionism" appears at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, June 11-Oct 3

Gabriel Orozco Photos

This exhibition focuses upon photographs by Orozco, who is also known for his installations, video works, plastic arts and drawings. The photos, discharge in various countries, reveal his interest in familiar existences and the lyrical beauty of the everyday. more [i]or[/i] less 55 works are on view at the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC June 10-Sept 6 2004

Beyond Geometry

"Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-70s" at hands approximately 200 works by above 130 international artists. Combining painting, plastic art and major installations, the exhibit includes examples by Ellsworth Kelly Lucio Fontana, Bridget Riley, Hanne Darboven, Gego Daniel Buren Sol LeWitt Lygia Pape and John Baldessari. Curated by means of Lynn Zelevansky, it appears at the LA. shire Museum of Art, June 13-Oct 3 2004 and travels to the Miami Art Museum, Nov. 18 2004-May 1 2005