Through February 5th in Boston
Degas and the Nude - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Presents the Groundbreaking exhibition Degas and the Nude in October.  Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Degas and the Nude will explore Edgar Degas’s evocative depictions of the human form throughout his 50-year career, from academic studies, to overtly sexual imagery, to scenes of daily life.  These will be shown within the broader context of the artist’s forebears, contemporaries, and followers in 19th-century France.  This monumental exhibition features works from more than 50 lenders around the world, including a record number from the Orsay.   Museum of Fine Arts,  Boston,  Massachusetts  USA    Follow this link for more information...

Until February 5th in Massachusetts
Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists - After its critically acclaimed presentation at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, Rembrandt and Degas:  Two Young Artists will make its American debut at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, this autumn. The exhibition explores the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn’s impact on French Impressionist Edgar Degas by presenting the self-portraits both artists created in their early twenties. This exhibition brings two magnificent paintings by Rembrandt to the Clark from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, as well as etchings from international collections.   Williamstown,  Massachusetts USA    Follow this link for more information...

Through February 12th in Denmark
New Acquisitions 2009-2011 - Although Louisiana Museum of Modern Art does not receive public funding for its purchases of art, the museum’s collection is constantly growing thanks to a number of foundations and private individuals. The museum tries to keep abreast of the work of artists who are already represented in the collection, and to the best of our ability we close the gaps in the history of art as it looks at Louisiana. Finally, we purchase contemporary art to an extent that is ambitious and unique in Denmark.  From 15 October 2011 the South Wing of the Museum will therefore be housing an extensive exhibition of these new acquisitions, which will be presented and placed in the contexts where they belong in the Louisiana collection. This will be a spectacular exhibition with a wide range of works which will from then on become yet another visible sign of the living Danish cultural heritage administered by Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition presents more than 35 names, 20 of which are new, and features art from all genres: photography, painting, installation, sculpture, video, drawings and prints from a wide variety of global sources – including India, Greece, Germany Iceland and the USA.  Humlebaek,  Denmark     Follow this link for more information...

Through February 12th in Strasbourg
"Europe and the Spirit World or Fascination with the Occult, 1750 - 1950 - This multidisciplinary exhibit explores the influence that the occult had for many artists, scholars and scientists in Europe. Through nearly 500 works, scientific objects, book, artistic creations, and more, these themes will be explored. www.musees.strasbourg.eu    At the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Strasbourg (Alsace) France

Through February 19th in Calais
Henri Matisse: The Brush Drawings - This exhibit brings together for the first time the brush-drawn works by Matisse, starting with his very first drawings in 1900. A section of the exhibit will be dedicated to his calligraphy drawings and their relationship to the works of Chinese artists. museematisse.cg59.fr    (French language only) Musee Departemental Matisse - Le Cateau-Cambresis (Calais)  France

Until February 20th in Boston
Aphrodite and the Gods of Love - At the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.  Celebrating the Greek Goddess in the first museum exhibition devoted to Aphrodite.  Sculptures, frescos and other ancient objects illustrate Aphrodite's important role in love, marriage and beauty.   It features 160 works from the Museum's Greek and Roman collection, including 13 important loans—nine from Rome and Naples—including the spectacular Sleeping Hermaphrodite, which has left Italy only once.  At the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston,  MA  USA    Follow this link for more information...

Until February 26th in Vienna
Henri Cartier-Bresson - India-America-Russia - The extensive photographic oeuvre of Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 – 2004) have influenced generations of photographers. In this exhibition, which is devoted to his journeys to India, the USA and Russia, KUNST HAUS WIEN focuses on a little known aspect of this co-founder of the Magnum photo agency. During the Cold War era, from the 1940s to the 1980s, Cartier-Bresson travelled the countries of the two superpowers as well as the Indian subcontinent and documented life in these three highly diverse cultures in his unmistakable photographic style. The exhibition will be presented in cooperation with Magnum Photos and the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation.  Wien,  Austria    Follow this link for more information...

Until February 26th  at the Albertina
The Albertina presents an exhibition of René Magritte, one of the most renowned and popular artists of the 20th century. A selection of more than 150 works from around the world will cover every creative phase of the artist, retracing Magritte’s artistic career.  Conceived in collaboration with the Tate Liverpool, the exhibition addresses  little-explored aspects of Magritte’s life and artistic activity. It focuses on his use of patterns and recurring objects, the subject of covering and unveiling, visual breaks and eroticism in his oeuvre. On the basis of Magritte’s most important works and early commercial pieces, the exhibition examines the connection between the artist’s paintings and his work for the advertising industry as well as the influence of pop culture. Drawings and collages, rarely shown photographs and films will also be on display in the exhibition. At the Albertina Museum in Vienna, Austria

Until February 26th in Paris
Cézanne and Paris - This exhibition brings together 80 works by the famous artist from all over the world.  At the Musee du Luxembourg in Paris,  France       Follow this link for more information...

Until March 5th in France
 For the first time, the Château de Fontainebleau is loaning 170 of its artworks, furniture and objects from the former living space of Emperor Napoléon III and Empress Eugénie to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Bordeaux for an exceptional exhibition from December 9, 2011 to March 5, 2012. The couple reigned during the Second Empire in the extraordinary château from 1852 to 1870. All the members of the French ruling dynasties had once lived at Fontainebleau, located just an hour south of Paris, from kings and queens to emperors and empresses.   Bordeaux,  France

Until  March 18th in Edinburgh
The Scottish Colourist Series:  F C B Cadell - The National Galleries of Scotland presents the first of its Scottish Colourists Series with a retrospective of the work of F. C. B. Cadell. Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883-1937) is one of the four artists popularly known as ‘The Scottish Colourists’ (the others being J. D. Fergusson, G. L. Hunter and S. J. Peploe). He was born in Edinburgh, where he lived for most of his life, and studied in Paris and Munich. Cadell is celebrated for his stylish portrayals of Edinburgh interiors, his vibrantly coloured still lives of the 1920s, and for his evocative landscapes of the west of Scotland and the south of France.  The exhibition includes approximately 70 paintings, from public and private collections,  Edinburgh,  Scotland    Follow this link for more information...

Until March 18th, 2012 in New York
Masterpieces of Renaissance Portraiture on View in New Exhibition Opening at Metropolitan Museum -  The first great age of portraiture in Europe, both north and south of the Alps, took place in the 15th century.  For the first time since antiquity, portraits were used to record the features of a family member for future generations, celebrate a prince or warrior, extol the beauty of a woman, or make possible the exchange of a likeness among friends.  The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 21, 2011, through March 18, 2012, will celebrate the Italian contribution to this rediscovery of the individual in art.  It will bring together approximately 160 works—by artists including Donatello, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Verrocchio, Ghirlandaio, Pisanello, Mantegna, Giovanni Bellini, and Antonello da Messina— media ranging from painting and manuscript illumination to marble sculpture and bronze medals, testifying to the new vogue for and uses of portraiture in 15th-century Italy.  At the Metropolitan Museum, New York City,  New York

Until March 26th in London
Dazzling Arms and Armour from the East:  Surface Decoration and Conservation Issues  Until 26 March 2012 in the Conservation Gallery.  A unique opportunity to discover more about the varied and often exquisite forms of surface decoration found on Eastern arms and armour in the Wallace Collection. This display also explores the conservation issues involved in the care of this magnificent collection.  At the Wallace Collection in London,  England

Until April 1 in The Hague
The very best of Dutch painting from the Golden Age; a splendid seventeenth-century city palace on the Hofvijver in The Hague: a combination that makes the Mauritshuis a unique museum.  In The Hague

Until  April 1st in London
Landscape, Heroes and Folktales, German Romantic Prints and Drawings - Discover over 100 fabulous 18th–19th-century prints and drawings from this extraordinarily creative period of German art history.  German Romanticism was a philosophical and artistic movement in the late 18th and 19th centuries which was highly influential across the whole of Europe. Key figures included composers Beethoven, Schubert  and Brahms, philosophers Hegel and Schlegel, and literary giants Goethe and Schiller. Artists in 19th-century Germany were seeking a cohesive national identity that had not existed before – through works often inspired by the German landscape, mythology and Germany’s ancient past.  At the British Museum in London,  England

Through April 29th in Atlanta
Picasso to Warhol:  Fourteen Modern Masters - The High Museum of Art has over 52,000 advance ticket reservations for “Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters,” which opens Saturday, October 15, 2011, and runs through April 29, 2012. The exclusive presentation of this exhibition at the High continues the High collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA). “Picasso to Warhol” is one of the largest concentrations of modern art masterpieces to ever be exhibited in the southeastern United States, with over 100 works of art created by 14 of the most iconic artists from the 20th century: Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Constantin Brancusi, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio de Chirico, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Romare Bearden, Louise Bourgeois, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns. Atlanta,  Georgia  USA    Follow this link for more information...

Through May 5th in Jerusalem
Rubens Masterwork Featured in the Israel Museum - The Israel Museum presents an exhibition that sheds new light on The Death of Adonis (ca. 1614) by Flemish Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens. On view through May 5, 2012, Rubens, Venus, and Adonis: Anatomy of a Tragedy examines this monumental masterpiece, analyzing its iconographic sources, composition, and place within the development of Rubens’ style. Twenty-five related works—including a preparatory oil sketch by Rubens as well as drawings, paintings, and prints of the same theme by Rubens and other Flemish and Italian masters of his time—are brought together to illuminate aspects of the artist's special interest in the story of Venus, the goddess of Love and Beauty, and Adonis, her human lover.  At the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Until May 6th in Holland
Celebrating in the Golden Age - Celebratory theme for the new exhibition at the Frans Hals Museum. This winter it’s party time at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, Holland. Celebrating in the Golden Age showcases a highly popular subject in seventeenth-century art. Painters like Jan Steen and Frans Hals portrayed countless merry-making folk and lively companies, from peasant fairs and carnival celebrations to lavish al fresco parties, processions and civic guard banquets. The exhibition in the Frans Hals Museum will feature circa 50 paintings, including masterpieces from its own collection and loans from such leading institutions as the Metropolitan Museum (New York) and the Gemäldegalerie (Berlin). Celebrating in the Golden Age runs from  November 11, 2011 to May 6, 2012. Haarlem,  Holland    Follow this link for more information...

Until May 6th, 2012 in New York
American Cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe Celebrated in Metropolitan Museum Retrospective Exhibition - Organized chronologically, the exhibition will present the life and work of the noted early 19th-century New York City cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe through furniture, drawings, documents, personal possessions, and furniture. Portraits of his clients and contemporary depictions of New York City street scenes and domestic interiors will provide a glimpse into Phyfe’s milieu.  Renowned in his lifetime for his elegant designs and superior craftsmanship, Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854) remains to this day America’s most famous cabinetmaker. On view will be furniture produced in Phyfe’s Fulton Street workshops that once stood on the site of the former World Trade Center. Exhibition Location: The Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery and The Israel Sack Galleries, The American Wing .  New York,  New York

Until  May 13th, 2012 in Los Angeles
Gothic Grandeur:  Manuscript Illumination, 1200 - 1350  The word "Gothic" evokes visions of soaring spires, graceful flying buttresses, and sparkling stained glass. The term is also applied to the style of manuscript illumination that reigned in Europe from around 1200 to 1350. The Gothic illuminated manuscripts in this exhibition, drawn from the Getty Museum's collection, are characterized by whimsical marginal decorations, vivid narratives, and a naturalistic style of painting. On February 27, the pages of the manuscripts will be turned to reveal additional treasures.  Throughout the exhibition, curator Elizabeth Morrison will be highlighting fascinating details from these exquisite manuscripts in an occasional column on our blog, The Iris.  At the Getty Center in Los Angeles,  California

Until May 27th in Sweden
The Four Seasons presents a number of paintings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries depicting the changing seasons. Visitors will see how the artists devoted their efforts to capturing the distinctive features of each season. How many different colours can snow be? How do the colours change in a twilight image? How to depict autumn leaves, or spring light trickling through tender foliage? The featured artists include well-known names such as Bruno Liljefors, Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson, Prince Eugen, Anna Boberg, Gustaf Fjæstad, Hanna Pauli, Helmer Osslund and Elsa Beskow. Exhibits comprise over 100 works from Nationalmuseum’s collections. Although the emphasis is on painting, exhibits also include sculpture and applied art of the period.  At the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm,  Sweden     Follow this link for more information...

Until May 29th in London
Sandra Lousada:  Work and Performance - A new display at the National Portrait Gallery celebrates the fifty year career of photographer Sandra Lousada. The twenty one portraits on display depict key figures in literature, film and fashion from the early 1960s and form the first display of work by Lousada at the Gallery. Sandra Lousada: Work and Performance runs in the Bookshop Gallery from until 20 May 2012.  At the National Portrait Gallery in London,   England

Until June in London
Famous Authors Create New Identitiies for Mystery Portraits - For the first time in over 50 years, a group of portraits of mystery figures from the 16th and 17th Centuries will go on display at the National Portrait Gallery. Acclaimed writers Alexander McCall Smith, Joanna Trollope, John Banville, Julian Fellowes, Minette Walters, Sarah Singleton, Terry Pratchett and Tracy Chevalier have contributed short imaginative stories about the portraits to help to bring the sitters to life. Imagined Lives: Portraits of Unknown People opens at the National Portrait Gallery from 3 December 2011 and runs until June 2012.

Until June 5th in London
Golden Spider Silk - Victoria & Albert Museum - The only large textiles in the world to have been created from the silk of spiders will go on display at the V&A in January 2012. The four metre long woven textile was made from the silk of more than a million female Golden Orb Weaver spiders collected in the highlands of Madagascar. The hand-woven brocaded textile is naturally golden in colour and took over four years to create. It will be shown together with a new golden cape, currently being woven and embroidered in Madagascar, which will go on public display for the very first time at the V&A. The new piece has been created in the form of a cape, decorated with a wealth of complex embroidered and appliquéd motifs celebrating the spider in myth and metaphor.  Victoria & Albert Museum, London,  England

Through June 10th in London
The Museum of London presents Dickens in London, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens.  Dickens in London is the first major exhibition on the author since 1970. Learn about Dickens' difficult childhood experiences in 19th century London.  He worked in a blacking factory while his father was in debtor's prison.  Some of the most famous novels written by Dickens include Bleak House and David Copperfield.  On exhibition are excavated items from Jacob's Island, depicted by Dickens in Oliver Twist.  For further information

Until July 1st in Copenhagen
Paintings by the Queen - Denmark's queen exhibits her paintings in celebration of her 40-year reign.  Monarchs are generally the motif of portrait paintings but Denmark's Queen Margrethe II is an artist in her own right. Works by the queen are exhibited at the ARKEN Museum of Modern Art south of Copenhagen.   Copenhagen,  Denmark

Currently until October 27th in Jerusalem
Divine Messengers:  Angels in Art -  A new exhibition at the Israel Museum explores the theme of angels in art.   On display  are Paul Klee's masterwork Angelus Novus (1920), works by the Baroque painters Govaert Flinck, Pieter Lastman and Pedro Orrente prints by Gustave Dore depicting scenes from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, paintings from the Cuzco Spanish colonial school, Islamic art and illuminated Jewish marriage contracts.  The exhibition is on view through October 27th, 2012  At the Israel Museum in Jerusalem,  Israel

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