Sentences with phrase «encyclopedic holdings»

«I admire the CMA's commitment to presenting innovative contemporary art in the context of its exceptional encyclopedic holdings and very much look forward to helping shape a contemporary program that resonates with collections spanning history and geography.

In addition, the Museum houses encyclopedic holdings of historic period clothing and textiles as well as prints, drawings, archival materials, and photographs that are displayed in rotation for reasons of preservation.

With and emphasis on multi-cultural and women artists, the works date from 1978 to 2013, and fill a gap in the museum's 6,000 - work encyclopedic holdings.

With an emphasis on multi-cultural and women artists, the works date from 1978 to 2013, and fill a gap in the museum's 6,000 - work encyclopedic holdings.

The format of pairing living artists with historical works is not without precedent — you may remember the brilliant Frieze Masters talk in which Ed Ruscha waxes poetic about Giovanni Bellini's The Ecstasy of St. Francis at the Frick — but the Met's encyclopedic holdings offer a virtually unrivaled range from which to choose.

Offering an archive of classic pieces — from Chanel suits to Dior gowns, from Gucci belts to Manolo Blahnik pumps — as well as contemporary looks by some of the most exciting young designers working today, the Library's encyclopedic holdings dazzle and inspire.

Not exact matches

During his tenure, the Tang's encyclopedic collection has expanded greatly through key acquisitions and gifts with significant additions to historical photography and contemporary art holdings.

While not as extensive as the American art collections in other Texas encyclopedic museums, SAMA's American holdings are remarkably strong for a collection that, until now, has grown on an ad hoc basis.

Although the provisions of Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy technically shield the city from being forced to sell any asset, a mixture of alarmism and rational fear of a populist campaign — to find revenue wherever possible to pay pensioners and other creditors — has led a wide array of observers to wonder how much money, exactly, could be squeezed out of the encyclopedic museum's vast holdings.

Gilvin will conclude with proposals for developing encyclopedic art museums and the African collections that they hold.

During his tenure, the Tang's encyclopedic collection has expanded greatly through key acquisitions and gifts with recent significant additions to historical photography and contemporary art holdings.

Its in - depth holdings of American paintings are broad in scope, yet can not be characterized as either encyclopedic or strictly historical.

Generously donated by Chicago collectors Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, these 44 paintings, sculptures, and photographs transform the museum's presentation of contemporary art, bringing new depth and perspective to the Art Institute's already strong holdings and making this collection the strongest of any encyclopedic art museum in the world.

The exhibition included important masterpieces of painting and sculpture from the National Gallery of Art, the rich holdings of prints and drawings from the Art Institute of Chicago, and the almost encyclopedic reserves from the Musée d'Orsay, representing in abundance all aspects of Gauguin's oeuvre.