I'll be heading to see this show at SAAM before it closes this week. See today's review
A Commitment to Color By DANIEL KUNITZ in the New York Sun.
02/29/2008 - 05/26/2008
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Color as Field: American Painting, 1950–1975 is the first full-scale exhibition to examine the sources, meaning, and impact of the Color Field movement and offers an opportunity to re-evaluate this important aspect of twentieth-century painting. Washington, D.C is the only east coast city to host this landmark exhibition.
"Color As Field: American Painting, 1950-1975,"curated by Karen Wilkin. Until May 26 (8th and F streets N.W., Washington, D.C., 202- 633-7970).
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist
05/09/2008 - 08/03/2008
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist presents the first nationally touring retrospective of Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), one of the most influential visual artists from the Harlem Renaissance. This exhibition brings together more than 80 rarely seen works by the artist, including paintings, prints, drawings and illustrations. Susan Earle, curator of European and American art at the Spencer Museum of Art, organized the exhibition; Virginia Mecklenburg, senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is the coordinating curator.
Symposium
Friday, May 9, 1-5 p.m.
Celebrate the work and legacy of Aaron Douglas with some of the foremost experts on the artist. Participating scholars are Richard Powell (Duke University), Amy Kirschke (University of North Carolina, Wilmington), Rene Ater (University of Maryland), and Susan Earle (Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence). Kinshasha Holman Conwill, deputy director of the Smithsonians National Museum of African American History and Culture, will moderate, and University of Maryland Professor Emeritus David Driskell will deliver the keynote address.
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level
Smithsonian American Art Museum and
the National Portrait Gallery
8th and F Streets, NW
Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Information: 202-633-1000
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist presents the first nationally touring retrospective of Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), one of the most influential visual artists from the Harlem Renaissance. This exhibition brings together more than 80 rarely seen works by the artist, including paintings, prints, drawings and illustrations. Susan Earle, curator of European and American art at the Spencer Museum of Art, organized the exhibition; Virginia Mecklenburg, senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is the coordinating curator.
Symposium
Friday, May 9, 1-5 p.m.
Celebrate the work and legacy of Aaron Douglas with some of the foremost experts on the artist. Participating scholars are Richard Powell (Duke University), Amy Kirschke (University of North Carolina, Wilmington), Rene Ater (University of Maryland), and Susan Earle (Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence). Kinshasha Holman Conwill, deputy director of the Smithsonians National Museum of African American History and Culture, will moderate, and University of Maryland Professor Emeritus David Driskell will deliver the keynote address.
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level
Smithsonian American Art Museum and
the National Portrait Gallery
8th and F Streets, NW
Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Information: 202-633-1000
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Saul Steinberg: Illuminations
April 6 through June 24, 2007
Saul Steinberg (1914–1999) was famous worldwide for giving graphic definition to the postwar age through a dozen books of drawings and hundreds of incisive illustrations for the New Yorker and other periodicals. His work is intensely personal, humorous and sharply observant of 20th-century life. Joel Smith, curator of photographs at the Princeton University Art Museum, selected the approximately 120 works on paper and board, paintings, sculpture and other objects featured in the exhibition.
Variations on America: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections
April 13 through July 29, 2007
"Variations on America: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections" explores the vision and passion of private collectors who are formally affiliated with the Smithsonian American Art Museum through its patrons' support organization, the American Art Forum. Major oil paintings, sculptures and works on paper by leading artists from the past 150 years will be included. Approximately 75 masterworks from current members will be featured.
The museum, now part of the Donald W. Reynolds Center, presents an exciting array of special exhibitions and free public programs. It is located above the Gallery Place Metro station at 8th and F Streets N.W. in the heart of Washington, D.C.'s vibrant new downtown and is open from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (except December 25).
April 6 through June 24, 2007
Saul Steinberg (1914–1999) was famous worldwide for giving graphic definition to the postwar age through a dozen books of drawings and hundreds of incisive illustrations for the New Yorker and other periodicals. His work is intensely personal, humorous and sharply observant of 20th-century life. Joel Smith, curator of photographs at the Princeton University Art Museum, selected the approximately 120 works on paper and board, paintings, sculpture and other objects featured in the exhibition.
Variations on America: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections
April 13 through July 29, 2007
"Variations on America: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections" explores the vision and passion of private collectors who are formally affiliated with the Smithsonian American Art Museum through its patrons' support organization, the American Art Forum. Major oil paintings, sculptures and works on paper by leading artists from the past 150 years will be included. Approximately 75 masterworks from current members will be featured.
The museum, now part of the Donald W. Reynolds Center, presents an exciting array of special exhibitions and free public programs. It is located above the Gallery Place Metro station at 8th and F Streets N.W. in the heart of Washington, D.C.'s vibrant new downtown and is open from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (except December 25).
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