ARIZONA
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
602-257-1222; www.phxart.org
Passport to Europe: Six Centuries of Treasures From Museo de Arte de Ponce
Through June 15, 2008
Traveling in this splendid exhibition from Puerto Rico's Museo de Arte de Ponce are more than 50 paintings, including masterworks by Anthony van Dyck, Francisco de Goya, Jean-Léon GérÙme and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, California 94607
510-238-2200; www.museumca.org
Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury
May 17-August 17, 2008
Organized by the Orange County Museum of Art, Birth of the Cool, through nearly 150 works of art, examines the dynamic community of architects, designers, artists, filmmakers and musi-cians who interacted in Southern California during the mid-20th century.
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
1450 El Prado
Balboa Park
San Diego, California 92101
619-232-7931; www.sdmart.org
Georgia O'Keeffe and the Women of the Stieglitz Circle
May 24-September 28, 2008
This exhibition is the first to bring the paintings, drawings and photographs of Georgia O'Keeffe together with those of other pioneering female artists associated with Alfred Stieglitz. Featuring nearly 80 works, the display celebrates O'Keeffe and her female colleagues who helped pave the way for American Modernism.
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, California 93101
805-963-4364; www.sbmuseart.org
Over Rainbows and Down Rabbit Holes: The Art of Children's Books
Through June 15, 2008
Inspiring the imagination, this exhibition of nearly 70 original works presents art created specifically for children's books. The exhibition draws upon the outstanding collection assembled by Zora and Les Charles and is organized by SBMA in collaboration with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts.
IOWA
FIGGE ART MUSEUM
225 West 2nd Street
Davenport, Iowa 52801
563-326-7804
www.figgeartmuseum.org
When Gold Blossoms: Indian Jewelry From the Susan L. Beningson Collection
May 3-August 24, 2008
This stunning exhibition showcases the beauty and intricate craftsmanship of Indian jewelry from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Primarily from south India, the works include rings, pendants, jeweled crowns, ivory combs and a gold throne for a deity.
KANSAS
WICHITA ART MUSEUM
1400 West Museum Boulevard
Wichita, Kansas 67203
316-268-4921
www.wichitaartmuseum.org
Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art From the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum
Through July 20, 2008
A major exhibition of the art of the Inuit, or Eskimos, of Alaska, Siberia, Greenland and Canada presents 150 multimedia works that span nearly 2,250 years of artistic creativity and invention.
MISSOURI
PULITZER FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
3716 Washington Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
314-754-1850; www.pulitzerarts.org
Dan Flavin: Constructed Light
Through October 4, 2008
Artist Dan Flavin's work, sculptural installations composed of commercially available fluorescent light fixtures, finds a fitting home within the architecture and natural light of the Pulitzer building. In this exhibition the effect of Flavin's work extends beyond physical hardware to encompass the surrounding space, a result that is particularly dramatic for viewers.
NEVADA
NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART
160 West Liberty Street
Reno, Nevada 89501
775-329-3333; www.nevadaart.org
Frank Lloyd Wright and The House Beautiful
Through July 20, 2008
During his remarkable 70-year career, Frank Lloyd Wright dedicated himself to creating harmony between architectural structure and interior design while fulfilling the needs of modern living. This exhibition presents more than 100 of Wright's original decorative designs, including furniture, metalwork, textiles, drawings, publications and accessories.
NEW MEXICO
ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY
2000 Mountain Road Northwest
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
505-243-7255
www.cabq.gov/museum
Bill Brandt: A Retrospective
Through May 18, 2008
The wide-ranging work of master British photographer Bill Brandt is explored in this comprehensive exhibition spanning 50 years of his career. Brandt's vision extends from photojournalism to moody landscapes to revealing portraiture, making him one of the most remarkable photographers of all time.
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
800-579-9278; www.okcmoa.com
Roman Art From the Louvre
June 19-October 12, 2008
This unprecedented exhibition of 184 ancient masterworks, some weighing over 6,000 pounds, provides a rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of the Louvre's unparalleled Roman collection, most of which has never traveled to the United States.
PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART
2727 South Rockford Road
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
800-324-7941; www.philbrook.org
Painting the Italian Landscape: Views From The Uffizi
Through June 1, 2008
Featuring Italian masterpieces from Florence's Uffizi Gallery, this exhibition illustrates the evolution of Italian landscape painting from the Renaissance through the 18th century, when the landscape itself became the centerpiece in many paintings.
TEXAS
AMON CARTER MUSEUM
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
817-738-1933; www.cartermuseum.org
Marsden Hartley and the West: The Search for an American Modernism
June 14-August 24, 2008
Organized by the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, this exhibition features nearly 50 works by Marsden Hartley, one of America's great Modernists. The show focuses on Hartley's New Mexico period, 1918-1924, perhaps the most overlooked facet of his career.
AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART, DOWNTOWN
823 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
512-495-9224; www.amoa.org
Sol LeWitt: Structure and Line
May 24-August 17, 2008
Working in New York City in the early 1960s, Sol LeWitt believed the idea behind a piece was more important than its execution. This concept is evident in the 41 works presented in this dynamic exhibition, which includes ink and pencil drawings, gouaches and sculpture.
BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART
The University of Texas at Austin
200 East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78701
512- 471-7324
www.blantonmuseum.org
The Language of Prints
Through August 17, 2008
This exhibition explores printmaking as a rich and largely collective system of expression, or "language." Planned to coincide with the annual meeting of the Print Council of America, the show features 100 of the Blanton's rarest, finest and most distinctive prints.
CROW COLLECTION OF ASIAN ART
2010 Flora Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
214-979-6430; www.crowcollection.org
Texas Collects Asia: India and Southeast Asia
Through June 22, 2008
This exhibition, featuring over 60 works from the 12th century onward, explores the vibrant and complicated religious systems of Southeast Asia and India, illustrating the iconographic and stylistic diversity of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
214-922-1200
www.dallasmuseumofart.org
Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy
June 1-September 14, 2008
This exhibition explores the extraordinary lives of Sara and Gerald Murphy and their influence on a remarkable constellation of creative artists, including Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Igor Stravinsky, Alfred Hitchcock, Dorothy Parker, Cole Porter and Fernand Léger. Often portrayed simply as wealthy patrons, the Murphys in fact improvised their own brand of unconventional Modernism that was a source of inspiration to their many talented friends.
MEADOWS MUSEUM
Southern Methodist University
5900 Bishop Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75275
214-768-2516
www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org
Fernando Gallego and His Workshop: The Altarpiece From Ciudad Rodrigo, Paintings From the Collection of the University of Arizona Museum of Art
Through July 27, 2008
The Meadows Museum, the University of Arizona Museum of Art and the Kimbell Art Museum have collaborated on this extraordinary exhibition of 27 of the largest, most ambitious
panel paintings made in 15th-century Spain. Executed by the workshops led by Fernando Gallego and his associate, the painter known as Maestro Bartolomé, these crowning achievements offer a rare glimpse into this monumental art form.
NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER
2001 Flora Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
214-242-5100; www.nashersculpturecenter.org
Beyond the Grasp: Sculpture Transcending the Physical
Through August 31, 2008
As part of its display from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, this installation investigates sculptures that address ethereal subjects with tactile materials such as wax, glass, bronze, stone and steel. Beyond the Grasp features works by artists including Barnett Newman, Anish Kapoor and Alberto Giacometti.
PINK TULIP
Georgia O'Keeffe
1926
Oil on canvas
The Baltimore Museum of Art, bequest of Mabel Garrison Siemonn, in memory of her husband, George Siemonn
©Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE AND THE WOMEN OF THE STIEGLITZ CIRCLE
San Diego Museum of Art, California
CEREMONIAL BEADED WOMAN'S AMAUTIQ
Elisapee Alareak
Inuit, Arviat, Nunavut
c.1995
Caribou skin, beads, floss and caribou teeth
ARCTIC SPIRIT: INUIT ART FROM THE ALBRECHT COLLECTION
AT THE HEARD MUSEUM
Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
PABLO PICASSO, LA CALIFORNIE, CANNES
Bill Brandt
1956
©Bill Brandt Archive Ltd.
BILL BRANDT: A RETROSPECTIVE
Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, New Mexico
YOUNG GIRL
Late 1st c. B.C. or early 1st c.
MarbleMusée du Louvre, Paris ©AFA/Musée du Louvre/Anne Chauvet 2006
ROMAN ART FROM THE LOUVRE
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma
LANDSCAPE, NEW MEXICO
Marsden Hartley
c.1923
Oil on canvas
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn
MARSDEN HARTLEY AND THE WEST: THE SEARCH FOR AN AMERICAN MODERNISM
Amon Carter Museum, Texas
CUBE
Sol LeWitt
1997
Gouache on paper
©The LeWitt Collection Chester, Connecticut
SOL LEWITT: STRUCTURE AND LINE
Austin Museum of Art, Texas
HAœTIENNE (HAITIAN WOMAN)
Henri Matisse
1945
Lithograph
The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002
THE LANGUAGE OF PRINTS
Blanton Museum of Art, Texas
BIBLIOTHÈQUE (LIBRARY)
Gerald Murphy
1926-1927
Oil on canvas
Yale University Art Gallery, purchased with a gift from Alice Kaplan in memory of Allan S. Kaplan, B.A. 1957, and with the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., B.A. 1913, Fund
MAKING IT NEW: THE ART AND STYLE OF SARA AND GERALD MURPHY
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
