In the second Behind the Scenes podcast produced on the occasion of the exhibition Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500 - 1800, Grasselli talks to host Barbara Tempchin about the Gallery's exceptionally rich collection of 18th - century
drawings by the major artists - Boucher, Fragonard, Greuze, and Watteau, among many others - each represented by several works of outstanding quality.
Not exact matches
These
drawings, many mural - large, command high prices and are owned
by major museums, yet the
artist, a man who lost his country, land, family, identity, and freedom, never received a penny.
Exploring aspects of Romantic landscape
drawing in Britain and Germany from its origins in the 1760s to its final flowering in the 1840s, this catalog considers twenty - six
major drawings from London's Courtauld Gallery and the Morgan
by artists such as J. M. W. Turner, Samuel Palmer, Caspar David Friedrich, and Karl Friedrich Lessing.
The first
major museum exhibition to explore graphite as a medium in works beyond
drawings, Graphite includes sculpture,
drawing, and installation works created over the past decade — including several newly commissioned works —
by emerging and established contemporary
artists.
This
major loan exhibition celebrates the transformation of the art of
drawing by Andrea del Sarto (1486 — 1530), one of the great Florentine Renaissance
artists.
In October 2012, to coincide with the opening of Marlborough Contemporary, a
major exhibition of work
by Frank Auerbach, Next Door, featured for the first time more than forty preparatory
drawings to accompany the new paintings, offering a unique insight into the
artist's working methods.
First
major survey of work
by British
artist Anna Barriball, bringing together
drawing, video, photography and sculpture made over the last decade.
This early contè crayon
drawing is a strong addition to WCMA's collection of American art and the first
major social realist work
by an African - American
artist before 1950.
This exhibition affords a fascinating look at the output of some of South Africa's
major artists, and will also showcase from our Johannesburg spaces works not yet shown in Cape Town, including Kudzanai Chiurai's Revelations, a series of photographic tableaux exploring politics and power in Africa, new wood sculptures
by Willem Boshoff, and a selection of
drawings, linocut graphics and sculpture
by William Kentridge.
In 2011 in New York, the gallery exhibited a selection of works
by the
artist curated
by Flavin Judd
drawn from his seminal 1989 exhibition held at the Kunsthalle Baden - Baden, Germany, and in 2013 a
major installation
by Judd was included in Dan Flavin and Donald Judd, the inaugural exhibition at David Zwirner's new 20th Street location in New York.
These stories are related
by means of powerful and insightful artworks,
drawing on the
artists» faith and from their awareness of
major events on the world stage.
Intrigue: James Ensor
by Luc Tuymans will bring together some 70 paintings,
drawings and prints
by the
artist, the vast majority of which have been
drawn from
major Belgian collections.
The Indian - born sculptor, who has had
major shows at the Royal Academy in London and the Turbine Hall in recent years, said he had been attracted to Berlin in part
by its strong artistic community, which includes
major British
artist friends of his such as Douglas Gordon and Tacita Dean; they, in turn, have been
drawn here
by the strong encouragement given to the arts.
This has included developing a
major multi-site exhibition programme, called We Face Forward, of art from West Africa, for the Cultural Olympiad; an exploration of the visual legacies of slavery with Trade and Empire, presented to coincide with the bi-centenary of the abolition of British slavery; and consistent attention to
artists from South Asia, including a celebrated 65 - hour
drawing and performance installation in 2013
by Indian
artist Nikhil Chopra, the presentation of Subodh Gupta's work in the grounds of the Whitworth and video and textile work
by Aisha Khalid.
In addition to paintings,
drawings, and mixed - media works
by acclaimed
artists such as Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, and Nellie Mae Rowe, the
major gift included 20 important quilts dating from the 1930s to 2003 that were created
by women
artists based in the area around Gee's Bend, Alabama.
Opening on 23rd January at the Rook & Raven gallery, Bigger Than The Both of Us, a solo exhibition
by acclaimed
artist Corinne Felgate is comprised of two new
major installations, Bigger than the Both of Us (MOMA) and Studio X Y Z, that
draw on the
artist's on - going research into our collective relationship with the man - made environment, and how society's perception of the manufacturing industry shapes our understanding of what it is to exist in the world today.
The New York Times's Randy Kennedy has news that the Menil
Drawing Institute will be inaugurated with a gift of 110 works
by major Postwar and Contemporary
artists:
These
drawings are a
major contribution to the museum, including works
by 12
artists not currently represented in the permanent collection, and showcase the museum's commitment to building a carefully crafted, in - depth collection that reflects founder Duncan Phillips's vision and distinctive eye.»
Home to the national collection of prints and
drawings, the British Museum's holdings extend from the 14th century to the present day, and include works
by all the
major European and British
artists.
The US Pop
artist Ed Ruscha, known for his emblematic depictions of modern America, has given a
major group of his printed editions to the Tate collection — augmenting an already impressive group of his paintings,
drawings and prints donated
by the art dealer Anthony d'Offay in 2008.
Published in conjunction with the first
major retrospective on Rauschenberg's career since the
artist's death in 2008, this book presents the complete set of 34
drawings, with an introduction
by curator Leah Dickerman and newly commissioned poetry from Kevin Young and Robin Coste Lewis, each reflecting on a selection of
drawings and their corresponding Cantos.
Drawing on transgender and queer theory, Getsy offers innovative and archivally rich new interpretations of artworks
by, and critical writing about, four
major artists — Dan Flavin (1933 — 1996), Nancy Grossman (b. 1940), John Chamberlain (1927 — 2011), and David Smith (1906 — 1965).
The mission of Whitespace is to expand and introduce the viewer to current trends in contemporary art
by creating international exhibitions
by major mid-career contemporary
artists using various mediums: including painting, sculpture, photography,
drawing and video.
The book is a beauty... There is, throughout Ms. Jones's essay and the book as a whole, voluminous documentation of work
by major artists who still rarely figure in most histories of American postwar art, like Betye Saar, who made intricate figurative
drawings on covered glass windows; Senga Nengundi, who was conjuring unusual forms from sand and pantyhose before Ernesto Neto was even a teenager; and John Outterbridge, whose multifarious assemblages took on a gamut of styles.
David Shrigley: Life and Life
Drawing is Shrigley's first
major survey in Australia featuring new and recent work
by the internationally renowned Glasgow - based
artist.
Earlier solo exhibitions include the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis and Nelson - Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City which co-organized and exhibited Joel Shapiro: Outdoors, the first
major outdoor exhibition of the
artist's bronzes (1995 - 96); Joel Shapiro organized
by IVAM Centro Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain that later traveled to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, Kunsthalle Zurich and Musee des Beaux - Arts, Calais, France (1990 - 91); Joel Shapiro, an exhibition of
drawings and sculpture, was organized
by the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and later exhibited at the Kunsthaus Düsseldorf and Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden - Baden, Germany (1985 - 86); a
major mid-career survey organized
by The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York with subsequent venues at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto and San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art (1982 - 84); and Joel Shapiro: Sculpture and
Drawing at The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London that later traveled to the Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany and Moderna Museet, Stockholm (1980).
Architecture Opened in 1987, The Menil Collection is located in a 30 - acre campus which, along with the main building, it also encompasses a pavilion dedicated to the works of American
artist Cy Twombly, the Richmond Hall, displaying
major works
by Dan Flavin, the Menil
Drawing Institute, and the famous Rothko Chapel, built in 1971 to house a cycle of paintings commissioned to Russian - born American
artist Mark Rothko.
Intrigue: James Ensor
by Luc Tuymans brings together some 70 paintings,
drawings and prints
by the
artist, the vast majority of which have been
drawn from
major Belgian collections.
Gallery works
by William Kentridge, a
major South African
artist whose animated
drawings are owned
by museums like the Tate, hover between $ 150,000 and $ 600,000, according to Goodman Gallery.
Drawing Now, published to accompany the first
major survey of contemporary
drawings at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 15 years, contains more than 100 color reproductions of work
by 26 international
artists, both well - known and emerging, that demonstrate the fascinating variety of methods and approaches, mediums and scales, apparent in this old - again, new - again art.
The Met is set to unveil a
major show
by Michelangelo that presents the largest number of original
drawings by the Master
Artist ever presented in public, announced the museum.
Goodman Gallery is pleased to announce a
major, dual - location exhibition
by Zimbabwean
artist Kudzanai Chiurai, titled We Live in Silence, in which a new series of characteristically theatrical and politically charged works (photographs, videos,
drawings, paintings and installation) will be presented.
The Pokross Collection is comprised mainly of paintings,
drawings, and prints
by major artists of the post-World War II period.
This fascinating exhibition contains over 100 paintings,
drawings, prints and sculptures
by major European historic
artists from the surrealist movement: Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Georgio de Chirico, Joan Miro, Dorothea Tanning, Hans Bellmer, Jacques Herold, Oskar Fischinger, and Frederick Kann.
Its permanent collection contains a fine selection of Italian and Netherlandish paintings, 18th and 19th century British art - notably, a
major collection of Victorian painting and Pre-Raphaelite oils, a series of prints and
drawings, plus works
by artists such as Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Gilbert and George.
She also has organized several
major retrospectives and single -
artist exhibitions: Born in the State of FLUX / us (2010), which was devoted to the work of Benjamin Patterson, a contrabass musician, long - time arts administrator and founding member of Fluxus; the survey Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein (2011); Trenton Doyle Hancock: Skin and Bones, 20 Years of
Drawing (2014); Compilation (2015), a retrospective of work
by sonic and visual
artist Jennie C. Jones.; and most recently, Everything and Nothing (2016), a 10 - year survey of work
by painter and sculptor Angel Otero.
Anselm Kiefer to Join LeWitt at Mass MoCA —
Major Connecticut collectors Andrew and Christine Hall (who once got in trouble for a Kiefer on their lawn) are lending a selection of major works by the somber German artist to the Massachusetts museum for a 15 - year - plus show, joining the institution's 25 - year exhibition of Sol LeWitt's wall draw
Major Connecticut collectors Andrew and Christine Hall (who once got in trouble for a Kiefer on their lawn) are lending a selection of
major works by the somber German artist to the Massachusetts museum for a 15 - year - plus show, joining the institution's 25 - year exhibition of Sol LeWitt's wall draw
major works
by the somber German
artist to the Massachusetts museum for a 15 - year - plus show, joining the institution's 25 - year exhibition of Sol LeWitt's wall
drawings.
Moffett points to a
major donation in 1991 of paintings and
drawings by American
artist William Glackens, valued at more than $ 60 million, as a milestone in the growth of the museum's permanent collection.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas Curated
by Andrea Karnes This
major survey exhibition of the work of Brooklyn - based
artist KAWS (American, born 1974) will feature key paintings, sculptures,
drawings, toys, and street art interventions to examine KAWS's prolific career in depth, revealing critical aspects of his formal, conceptual, and collaborative developments over the last twenty years.
Drawn from the Hall and Hall Art Foundation collections, which together make up one of the world's largest groups of works
by Anselm Kiefer, the exhibition will include approximately 50
major Kiefer
artist books, works on paper, paintings, and sculptures from the late 1960s to the present day.
Highlights include three new acquisitions of
major works
by Mark Bradford, the Los Angeles
artist who will represent the United States at the next Venice Biennale; a somber
drawing - cum - sculpture that seems to predict a stormy future, which David Hammons «
drew» with a bouncing basketball and graphite; and a solid stainless steel «Sleeping Woman»
by Charles Ray, all gleaming dead weight anchoring the gallery around it.
This solo show
by Corinne Felgate is comprised of two new
major installations: Bigger than the Both of Us (MOMA) and Studio X Y Z. Both
draw on the
artist's research into our relationship with the man - made environment.
Marking the occasion of the Blanton's fiftieth anniversary, this special survey will include ancient Mayan vessels, tribal masks, Chinese jade, Renaissance paintings, and Old Master prints and
drawings, showcased alongside modern and contemporary works
by major artists such as Claude Monet, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ed Ruscha, Vija Celmins and Kehinde Wiley.
In April of this year, she opened a
major survey of
drawings by Houston - based and internationally - recognized
artist, Trenton Doyle Hancock entitled, Trenton Doyle Hancock: Skin and Bones — 20 Years of
Drawing.
The Santa Monica Museum of Art has set Saturday evening for its last
major event in the Bergamot Station arts complex: the 11th Incognito benefit, which is expected to
draw more than 500 visitors and see participants vying for artworks donated
by artists including John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Mark Bradford and Ed Ruscha.
Minimal and Conceptual
drawings from the 1960s and 1970s acquired
by the foundation from New York - based collectors Eileen and Michael Cohen are juxtaposed with
major works
by self - taught
artists including James Castle, Henry Darger, Ele D'Artagnan and Pearl Blauvelt, representing a diverse anthology of works on paper.
The
artist derived much inspiration from primitive art and children's
drawings, and was influenced
by contemporaries such as Jean Dubuffet, the
major exponent of Art Brut.
This first
major solo museum exhibition and catalogue (with essays
by the curator, dream hampton, Mutu, Kristine Stiles, and Greg Tate) will survey the
artist's contributions to ideas of transnational feminism, Afro - Futurism, and globalization in collage, sculpture,
drawing, performance, and video, from the mid - 1990s to the present.
Drawing largely from the Arts Council Collection and supplemented
by important loans from
artists and
major public institutions, Uncommon Ground: Land Art in Britain 1966 — 1979 takes a fresh look at the art of this period and considers what was particular about the way land art developed in Britain.
ARTIST ROOMS: Sol LeWitt 12 May — 13 September 2009 A major wall drawing by influential American artist Sol LeWitt as part of the first UK tour of ARTIST ROOMS, a collection created by dealer and collector Anthony d'Offay and acquired by the nation in
ARTIST ROOMS: Sol LeWitt 12 May — 13 September 2009 A
major wall
drawing by influential American
artist Sol LeWitt as part of the first UK tour of ARTIST ROOMS, a collection created by dealer and collector Anthony d'Offay and acquired by the nation in
artist Sol LeWitt as part of the first UK tour of
ARTIST ROOMS, a collection created by dealer and collector Anthony d'Offay and acquired by the nation in
ARTIST ROOMS, a collection created
by dealer and collector Anthony d'Offay and acquired
by the nation in 2008.