Exhibits

 

Hartford, CN — to December 2008
 “Faith and Fortune,” at the Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main St. (860-278-2670; www.wadsworthatheneum.org); Sun, Wed, Thur, Fri 11–5, Sat 10–5, Closed Mon & Tues; Adults $10, Seniors $8, Students $5. Sixty masterpieces of fine and decorative art return after 3 years of travel.

at right: Juan de Valdes Leal, Vanitas, c.1660. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1939.270 Wadsworth Atheneum .

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Washington, D.C.— September 26 to January 4, 2009
“Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams:  Natural Affinities,” Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F Streets, NW, (202-633-1000, www.americanart.si.edu); Open daily 11:30-7, closed Dec 25. Admission free.

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Washington, D.C. - through January 18, 2010
“The Honor of Your Company is Requested:  President Lincoln’s Inaugural Ball,”
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F Streets, NW, (202-633-1000, www.americanart.si.edu); open daily 11:30-7, closed Dec 25.  Admission free.  Small exhibition celebrates the revelry of the ball on the evening of March 6, 1865.

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Wilmington, DE — from September 23, 2007
“The Return of the Pre-Raphaelites,” at the Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Pkwy, (302-571-9590, www.delart.org); open daily exc. Mon, 10–4, Sun 12–4, Adults $10, Seniors $8, Students $5. America’s largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, newly installed.

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Winterthur, DE — March 21 to May 25, 2009
"Home and Harbor:  Furniture of Coastal New England 1750-1820,"
at The Winterthur Museum. Accompanying Catalogue by Brock Jobe, Professor of American Decorative Arts, University of Delaware and The Winterthur Fellows Program.

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Miami Beach, FL — ongoing
"Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from the Wolfsonian Collection," at the Wolfsonian Museum, Florida International University. This exhibition provides an overview of the Wolfsonian's holding and showcases the museum's collection, which spans the period 1885 to 1945. The nearly 300 works on display provide insight into the ways design has influenced and adapted to the modern world. For details.

Teapot, 1932 Designed by Ljudmila Viktorovna Protopopova (Russian, 1906ˆ81) Decorated by the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, on a blank by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, 1897 Glazed porcelain, gold 8 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (22.2 x 23.5 x 12.4 centimeters) The WolfsonianˆFlorida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection TD1990.22.2a,b

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Portland, ME — ongoing
"Form and Design in Glass and Ceramics" at Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square (207-775-6148; www.portlandmuseum.org).

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New York, NY
“Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808–1842,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd (212-535-7710; www.metmuseum.org) open daily exc. Mon, 9:30–5:30, Fri. & Sat. til 9; Suggested adm. Adults $20, Seniors $15, Students $10. The exhibit was curated by Beth Carver Wees, with assistance from Medill Higgins Harvey.

through November 16, 2008
“Thomas Hope:  Regency Designer,” at the Bard Graduate Center Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, 18 West 86th Street, (212-501-3000, www.bgc.bard.edu). Open Tues – Sun 11-5, Thurs 11-8, admission $3, $2 seniors and students, free on Thurs after 5. 

through September 21, 2008
“Art of the Royal Court:  Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave., (212-570-3951, www.metmuseum.org).  Open Fri & Sat 9:30-9, Sun, Tues-Thurs 9:30-5:30, closed Mon., admission $20, seniors $15, students $10. Most comprehensive exhibition on the tradition of hardstone carving and mosaic inlay (pietre dure) that developed in Italy in the 16th century and spread throughout Europe.  Some 150 tables, cabinets, caskets, jewelry, vases, and sculptures represent the range of this brilliant art form of the courts of Europe through four centuries.

through September 1, 2008
“Wiener Werkstatte Jewelry,” at the Neue Gallerie, 1048 Fifth Ave., 85th  & 86th  Streets, (212-628-6200, www.neuegallerie.org); open Sat-Mon & Thurs 11-6, Fri 11-9, closed Tues & Wed., admission $15, students & seniors $10.  Wiener Werkstatte, or Vienna Workshops, masterpieces made between 1903 and 1920.  Workshops founded in 1903 following the English Arts and Crafts ideals.

Josef HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Brooch, 1907 Silver, partly gilt; agate, coral, lapis lazuli, malachite, turquoise, and other semi-precious stones. Private Collection Executed by the Wiener Werkstätte 5 x 5 cm (2 x 2 in.)

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Mount Vernon, VA- through January 21, 2009

"Setting the President's Table: American Presidential China from the Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Collection" is co-organized by George Washington's Mount Vernon and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A new changing exhibition at the F.M. Kirby Foundation Gallery in the Donald W. Reynolds Museum features china from 21 administrations – from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. Co-curated by David Barquist and Susan Gray Detweiler. Historic Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway,Mount Vernon, VA 22121 (Telephone: 703/780-2000; www.mountvernon.org).

Monroe Covered Sugar Bowl, porcelain with printed, enamel, and gilt decoration, 1817. Courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art, McNeil Americana Collection.

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Richmond, VA - on permanent exhibit

Tea Service, (three pieces marked ‘Cooke and White’). Photo : Virginia Historical Society.

"Silver in Virginia," at the Virginia Historical Society, 428 N. Boulevard, (804-358-4901, www.vahistorical.org). Installed in the new James H. Willcox, Jr., Gallery, this exhibit presents Virginia silver organized by towns and cities.

 

through October 5, 2008
“Italian Dressing:  Palladio and American Classicism,” Virginia Center for Architecture, 2501 Monument Ave., (804-644-3041). Open Tues-Fri 10-5, Sat & Sun 1-5, closed Mon, admission free. 500th anniversary of Palladio’s birth and his influence on a new generation of architects in America. For details.

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Williamsburg, Virginia - through December 2008
“Flowers, Birds, and Baskets:  Pattern in 19th century Bed Coverings,”
“Exciting Expressions:  Painted Furniture,”
“Conserving the Carolina Room,”
“Cross Rhythms:  Folk Musical Instruments,” 
at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, , 325 West Francis Street, Colonial Williamsburg, (757-220-7554, www.history.org); open daily 10-7, admission adults $37, ages 6-17 $18.

through 2009
“American Furniture:  From Virginia to Vermont,” DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, 325 West Francis Street, Colonial Williamsburg, (757-220-7554, www.history.org); open daily 10-7, admission adults $37, ages 6-17 $18.

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