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8-24-15 newsletter
(August 25 - 31)

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Huntsville, AL

Huntsville Museum of Art

  • Images of the Great War: The European Offensives, 1914-1916
    • August 8 – November 15, 2015
  • Recent Acquisitions from the Collection
    • Through October 11, 2015
  • Connections: Diane Fox | Beauvais Lyons
    • June 27 – Sept. 27
  • Another Point of View: Art by American Women Highlights from the Sellars Collection
    • Through Sept. 20
  • Huntsville Photographic Society: 2015 Members’ Showcase
    • May 2 – September 20, 2015

Connections: Diane Fox | Beauvais Lyons


Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix Art Museum
  • American and European from the 1920s and 1930s
    • June 13 - November 15, 2015
  • From New York to New Mexico: Masterworks of American Modernism from the Vilcek Foundation Collection
    • June 7 - September 7, 2015
  • One-of-a-Kind: Unique Photographic Objects from the Center for Creative Photography
    • April 11 - October 25
  • The Resonance Of Clay: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection
    • Through April 1, 2016
Hidden Histories in Latin American Art

Bentonville, AR

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
  • Jamie Wyeth
    • July 25 through October 5, 2015
  • Warhol’s Nature
    • July 4 through October 5, 2015
  • American Encounters: The Simple Pleasures of Still Life
    • May 16 - Sept. 14
  • Fish Stories: Early Images of American Game Fish
    • Through Sept. 21

San Francisco, CA

The Contemporary Jewish Museum

  • Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait
    • Jul 23–Nov 1
  • Night Begins the Day: Rethinking Space, Time, and Beauty
    • Through September 20, 2015
  • You Know I'm No Good
    • Jul 23–Nov
  • Events
Night Begins the Day: Rethinking Space, Time, and Beauty

Stanford, CA

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

  • Warriors, Courtiers, and Saints: The Etchings of Jacques Callot
    • August 26, 2015–February 15, 2016
  • Stefano Della Bella: Capriccio and Fantasy
    • August 26-January 4, 2016
  • Piranesi’s Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered
    • August 19, 2015–January 4, 2016
  • Empathy
    • August 12, 2015–January 25, 2016
  • Astley D. M. Cooper and Mrs. Stanford's Jewels
    • August 5-November 16, 2015
  • Word as Image: Highlights of the Marmor Collection
    • July 1 through October 26
  • Modern Times: O’Keeffe, Stieglitz, and Toomer
    • May 6–September 21, 2015
  • Bay Area and Beyond: Selections from the Museum’s Collection
    • Through October 26, 2015
  • Fatal Laughs: The Art of Robert Arneson
    • August 20, 2014–Sept. 28, 2015
  • Pop Art from the Anderson Collection
    • August 13–October 26, 2015
Warriors, Courtiers, and Saints: The Etchings of Jacques Callot

Monterey, CA

Monterey Museum of Art

  • Lasting Impressions—Pedro de Lemos
    • April 30 – September 28, 2015
  • Iconic Masterpieces of Early California Painting
    • On view through October 2015
  • FROM DAWN TO DUSK: GOTTARDO PIAZZONI’S FINAL MURALS
    • Ongoing
Lasting Impressions—Pedro de Lemos

Torrance, CA

Torrance Art Museum

  • Studio System: An Experimental Residency in Museum as Laboratory
    • Closes August 29!!!!
  • Kay Whitney: a deceit
    • Closes August 29!!!!
  • Events
Studio System: An Experimental Residency in Museum as Laboratory

Santa Ana, CA

Bowers Museum
  • The 1968 Exhibi.
    • June 13 - September 13, 2015
  • Adams, Curtis and Weston: Photographers of the American West
    • May 16 through November 29, 2015
  • Where Ends Meet: A Retrospective of Works by Nancy Ravenhall Johnson
    • Extended through September 27
  • Event
The 1968 Exhibit

Irvine, CA

The Irvine Museum
  • Sunlightand Shadow: The Tradition of Plein Air Painting
    • June 2-September 24, 2015
Sunlightand Shadow: The Tradition of Plein Air Painting

Laguna Beach, CA

Laguna Art Museum
  • Phil Dike: The Wave and Malibu Set Series, 1968–1981: From the collection of Diane and E. Gene Crain
    • June 28-September 27, 2015
  • Marcia Hafif: From the Inventory
    • June 28-September 27, 2015
  • Frank Cuprien: Pacific Views, 1914–1938
    • Ongoing
Phil Dike: The Wave and Malibu Set Series, 1968–1981: From the collection of Diane and E. Gene Crain

Pomona, CA

American Museum of Ceramic Art

  • Jillian O’Dwyer: Geared
    • August 8 – September 6, 2015
  • Carolyn Lee: Arbitrary Subversion
    • August 8 – September 6, 2015
  • RE-MADE: Contemporary Approaches to Factory Ceramic
    • August 1-December 27, 2015
  • Event
Jillian O’Dwyer: Geared

Palm Springs, CA

Palm Springs Art Museum

Note: Palm Springs Art Museum and the Architecture and Design Center will be closed for the month of August!

Palm Desert will remain open.

  • STILL LIFE: CAPTURING THE MOMENT
    • 08/07/15 - 02/21/16
    • Palm Springs Art Museum in
    • Palm Desert
STILL LIFE: CAPTURING THE MOMENT

Denver, CO

Denver Art Museum
  • Castiglione: Lost Genius—Masterworks on Paper from the Royal Collection
    • August 9, 2015 – November 8, 2015
  • In Bloom: Painting Flowers in the Age of Impressionism
    • July 19, 2015 – October 11, 2015
  • Gunther Gerzso: A Mexican Master
    • June 25, 2015 – January 3, 2016
  • Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch
    • June 7, 2015 – November 29, 2015
  • Strong Statements
    • Through June 30, 2017
  • Creative Crossroads: The Art of Tapestry
    • May 31, 2015 – March 6, 2016
  • Printed and Painted: The Art of Bark Cloth
    • Through August 27, 2017
  • Recent Modern & Contemporary Acquisitions
    • Through April 17, 2016
  • Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz
    • Through May 1, 2016
  • Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder
    • March 13 – September 20
  • Glitterati: Portraits & Jewelry from Colonial Latin America
    • Through Nov. 27, 2016
  • All That Glistens: A Century of Japanese Lacquer
    • Extended through September 27

Greenwich, CT

Bruce Museum
  • Theodore Nierenberg: Photographs from His World Travels
    • August 1 - November 29
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride
    • June 27, 2015 - October 18, 2015
  • Walls of Color: The Murals of Hans Hofmann
    • May 2 - September 6, 2015
  • Madagascar: Ghosts of the Past
    • April 11, 2015 - November 8, 2015
  • Events
Theodore Nierenberg: Photographs from His World Travels

Norwalk, CT

Center for Contemporary Printmaking
  • 10th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition
    • Closes August 30!!!!
  • Event
10th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition

Storrs, CT

The William Benton Museum of Art University of Connecticut
  • Speak Up! Speak Out! Bread & Puppet Theater
    • May 28 – October 11, 2015
  • From Old Masters to Revolutionaries: Five Centuries of the Benton's Best
    • Ongoing
  • Event
Speak Up! Speak Out! Bread & Puppet Theater

New London, CT

Lyman Allyn Art Museum

  • The Gaze Returned: Portrait Studio
    • June 27, 2015 – January 10, 2016
  • Launchpad of the American Theater: The O’Neill Since 1964
    • June 26, 2015- January 3, 2016
Launchpad of the American Theater: The O’Neill Since 1964

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Page 6: OH-PA Page 7: SC-TN Page 8: TX - WY

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