Exhibits

Chicago, IL

"The House Beautiful: Arts & Crafts Architecture," at the Art Institute of Chicago through Feb. 2. Visit the exhibit website.

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Boston, MA

"Luis Melendez: Master of the Spanish Still Life" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;
Feb 2 – May 9. For details on this exhibition.

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Williamstown, MA

The Wheatfield, 1816, by John Constable. Gift of the Manton Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton. The Clark, Williamstown, MA

"Constable and After: Sir Edwin Manton and the British Landscape" at the Clark Art Institute, through June 23, 2010. For details on this exhibition.

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Manchester, NH

"Homer to Hopper: American Watercolor Masterworks from the Currier Museum of Art" at the Currier Museum of Art, March 1 to June 20, 2010. www.currier.org

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New York, NY

Thomas Eakins The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), 1871 Oil on canvas; 32 1/4 x 46 1/4 in. (81.9 x 117.5 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund and George D. Pratt Gift, 1934 (34.92) Photograph © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click for exhibit website. Through January 24.

"Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718-44" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 21. Co-curators Jeffrey Munger and Meredith Chilton. For exhibit details.

Southern Song Yuan dynasty , 13th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore

"Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through February 21. Click for exhibit details.

Alfred Russel Wallace cabinet

"Traveling the Silk Road" at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY through August 15. Visit the exhibit website.

The Alfred Russel Wallace Cabinet of Collections at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. For details about the exhibit.

 

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Philadelphia, PA

"A Purer Taste of Forms & Ornaments: Josiah Wedgwood & the Antique" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Curator Donna Corbin, Associate Curator of European Decorative Arts. Through March 14.

From the exhibit : "A Purer Taste of Forms & Ornaments: Josiah Wedgwood & the Antique" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Krater" Vase Made in Etruria, England, c. 1790 Made by the Wedgwood factory, Etruria, England, 1759 - present Stoneware (basalt ware) with encaustic decoration 36 x 20 3/8 x 17 3/4 inches (91.4 x 51.8 x 45.1 cm) Gift of Charlotte and David E. Zeitlin in honor of Susan Z. Baer, 1992 This vase, one of the largest in Etruscan Ware produced at Wedgwood, is a copy of an Apulian (South Italian) volute-krater dated circa 330-310 BCE that was in collection of Sir William Hamilton. The monumental vessels may have been produced for display in the Wedgwood factory's London showrooms.

"Wrought & Crafted: Jewelry & Metalwork 1900 to the Present" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Curator: Elizabeth Agro. Through Feb. 7. Click for more information on this exhibit.

"An Enduring Motif: The Pomegranate in Textiles" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Curator: Dilys Blum. Through Spring 2010. Click for more information on this exhibit.

Printed Textile, c. 1760 French Block-printed cotton plain weave 28 x 40 1/2 inches (71.1 x 102.9 cm) Purchased with funds contributed by Mrs. Alfred Stengel, from the Henri Clouzot Collection, 1929 Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Fort Worth, TX

"American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White" at the Amon Carter Museum, October 2, 2010–January 2, 2011. www.cartermuseum.org

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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.

 

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