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Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders 5-18-11 Newsletter
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Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, GA

About the Georgia Museum of Art
The Georgia Museum of Art, on the campus of the University of Georgia, in Athens, is both an academic museum and, since 1982, the official art museum of the state of Georgia. The permanent collection consists of American paintings, primarily 19th- and 20th-century; American, European and Asian works on paper; the Samuel H. Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings; and growing collections of southern decorative arts and Asian art.

Exhibitions
  • Horizons
    • Jan. 30 - June 30

Horizons
  • Stone and Steel: Small Works by Beverly Pepper
    • Janu. 30 - July 29
Stone and Steel: Small Works by Beverly Pepper
  • American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection
    • May 14 - August 7
American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection
  • The Art of Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings from the Georgia Museum of Art
    • May 15 - August 7
The Art of Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings from the Georgia Museum of Art
  • Dalí Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy
    • August 7 - April 10
Dalí Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy
  • All Creatures Great and Small
    Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
    • April 20, 2011 - April 20, 2012
All Creatures Great and Small

Openings, Closings, and Events
New Exhibitons This Week

Huntsville, AL

Huntsville Museum of Art

  • Future Retro: Drawings from the Great Age of Automobiles
    • May 15 – July 24
  • Edward Weston: Leaves of Grass
    • May 15 – July 24
  • Fast, Loose & Out of Control: Bobby Allison & The Alabama Gang
    • May 15 – July 24
  • Looking at the Collection: Encounters Alumn
    • Through Sept. 18
  • Event
Edward Weston: Leaves of Grass

San Francisco, CA

The Contemporary Jewish Museum

  • Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories
    • May 12 - Sept. 6
  • Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre?
    • Through July 31
  • Are We There Yet? 5000 Years of Answering Questions with Questions
    • Through July
  • “Being Jewish”: A Bay Area Portrait
    • Ongoing
  • StoryCorps StoryBooth
    • Ongoing
  • Event
Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories

Stanford, CA

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts

  • 12 Drawings from Domenico Tiepolo’s New Testament
    • Through May 29
  • Illustrated Title Pages: 1500 – 1900
    • Through Oct. 16
  • Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture
    • Through August 7
  • Longing for Sea Change: Felix in Exile
    • Through June 26
  • Extreme Makeover: A Fresh Look at the Cantor Arts Center's Contemporary Collection
    • December 15, then ongoing
  • Go Figure!
    • Through August 5, 2012
  • Collection Highlights from Europe 1500 - 1800, Ancient Greece and Rome
    • ongoing
  • Event

Monterey, CA

Monterey Museum of Art

  • FROM DAWN TO DUSK: GOTTARDO PIAZZONI’S FINAL MURALS
    • Through Dec. 2012
    • MMA La Mirada
  • A GLORIOUS CENTURY: 1910-2010
    • Through May 28
    • MMA La Mirada
  • MontereyNOW: Mari Kloeppel
    • March 17-July 10
    • MMA pacific street
  • The Art of California, 1880 to the Present
    • Through Oct. 23
    • MMA Pacific Street
  • California Artists and Portraiture
    • Through Jan. 8, 2012
    • MMA Pacific Street
  • Adams & Weston and the Masters of California Photography
    • Through Jan. 8, 2012
    • MMA Pacific Street
  • Event
A GLORIOUS CENTURY: 1910-2010

Pomona, CA

American Museum of Ceramic Arts

  • Ceramics: Post-Digital Design
    • April 23 – June 25
Ceramics: Post-Digital Design

New London, CT

Lyman Allyn Art Museum

  • The Subject is Light: The Henry and Sharon Martin Collection of Contemporary Realist Paintings
    • March 19 - August 21
  • Face Off: Portraits by Contemporary Artists
    • April 10 - Sept. 18
  • American Stories
    • Ongoing
  • Event

Washington, D.C.

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

  • A Photographic Journey of the Ambassador’s Daughter: Moscow, 1937-38
    • Closes May 29
  • Event
A Photographic Journey of the Ambassador’s Daughter: Moscow, 1937-38

Daytona Beach, FL

The Southeast Museum of Photography

  • KAREN GLASER – THE MARK OF WATER: FLORIDA’S SPRINGS AND SWAMPS
    • Closes May 29
  • LORNA BIEBER – IMAGES: FOUND AND LOST
    • Closes May 29
  • Events
LORNA BIEBER – IMAGES: FOUND AND LOST

Winter Park, FL

Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College

  • Sharaku Interpreted by Japan’s Contemporary Artists
    • Through June 12
  • Juxtaposing History: Salvador Dalí, the Hebrew Bible, and the Formation of Israel
    • Through June 12
  • The Last Harvest: A History and Tribute to the Life and Work of the Farmworkers on Lake Apopka
    • Through June 12
THIS IS ART: Works of Art from the Class of 2011

Miami, FL

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University

  • Creative Visions
    • Opens May 11 – May 20
  • Museum Studies Spring 2011 Exhibition: Folk Art Selections from the Frost Permanent Collection
    • Closes May 28
Master of Fine Art Students' Exhibition: Frame This

Miami Beach, FL

The Wolfsonian-Florida International University

  • PAGE AT A TIME
    • May 12 - June 12
  • Art for All: British Posters for Transport
    • April 15 - August 14
  • Rewriting the World: Primers and Poetry in the Age of Confusion
    • April 7 - June 5
  • Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection
    • Ongoing
  • LAWRENCE WEINER (MIRA & VE): installation
    • Ongoing
  • Event

West Palm Beach, FL

Norton Museum of Art

  • Fabulous Fakes: The Jewelry of Kenneth Jay Lane
    • Extended to May 29
  • Altered States: Jose Alvarez, Yayoi Kusama, Fred Tomaselli and Leo Villareal
    • Through July 17
  • From A to Z: 26 Great Photographs from the Norton Collection
    • Through July 17
  • Eternal China: Tales from the Crypt
    • Through July 17
  • Event
Eternal China: Tales from the Crypt

Atlanta, GA

Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University

  • Monsters, Demons, and Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures of the Ancient World
    • Feb. 5 - June 19
  • Divine Intervention: African Art and Religion
    • Feb. 5 - Dec. 4
  • Works on Paper: Featuring Recent Acquisitions
    • Through June 5
  • Events
Divine Intervention: African Art and Religion

Augusta, GA

Morris Museum of Art

  • The Charleston Renaissance: Works on Paper
    • Through June 26
  • Event
The Charleston Renaissance: Works on Paper

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis Museum of Art

  • Material World
    • Through February 5, 2012
  • William Lamson: Divining Meteorology
    • Through August 28
  • Selections from Project 35
    • Through Oct. 30
  • The Old Masters
    • Through December 31
  • Gauguin as Printmaker: The Volpini Suite
    • Through Sept.18
  • Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial
    • Through Sept 18
  • Indiana Artists' Club Annual Exhibition
    • Through June 5
  • Events
The Old Masters

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa Museum of Art

  • Lil Picard and Counterculture New York
    • Closes May 27
  • Event
Lil Picard and Counterculture New York

Wichita, KS

Wichita Art Museum

  • A Kansas Treasure in Context: Mary Cassatt
    • Through July 31
  • The Art of Adornment: Artists Embellish the Body
    • Closes May 29
  • Wichita Art Museum: 75 Years of American Art
    • Through July 24
  • Events
The Art of Adornment: Artists Embellish the Body

Paducah, KY

The National Quilt Museum

  • Celebration! (SAQA)
    • April 7 - July 12
  • The Color Orange: Antique Quilts from the Pilgrim Roy Collection
    • March 10 - June 5
  • Orange Peel: New Quilts from an Old Favorite 2011
    • March 10 - June 5
Celebration! (SAQA)
The Yeiser Art Center
  • FAITH
    • May 14 – June 11
FAITH

Owensboro, KY

Owensboro Museum of Fine Art

  • THE DIVINE IN ART
    • Closes May 31
THE DIVINE IN ART

Louisville, KY

Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft

  • David Sharpe: Re-Defining Sunsets
    • April 2 - July 23
  • Craft Meets Technology
    • April 2 - July 23
  • Event
Artists Collect
Louisville Visual Art Association
  • Children's Fine Art Classes Exhibition
    Middle and High School
    • Closes May 29
  • Event
Children's Fine Art Classes Exhibition
The Speed Art Museum
  • RARE CARAVAGGIO MASTERPIECE THE FORTUNE TELLER ON VIEW FOR A LIMITED TIME
    • May 18 through June 5
  • Impressionist Landscapes: Monet to Sargent
    • Closes May 22!!!!
  • The Gardens of Giverny: A View of Monet's World; Photographs by Stephen Shore
    • Closes May 22!!!!
  • Light into Line: Impressionist Prints
    • Closes June 5
  • Events

SPEED BRINGS RARE CARAVAGGIO MASTERPIECE TO AMERICA THE FORTUNE TELLER ON VIEW FOR A LIMITED TIME


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