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Seurat's Circus Sideshow

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York February 17 to May 29, 2017 Taking as its focus one of The Met's most captivating masterpieces, this thematic exhibition affords a unique context for appreciating the heritage and allure of Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), painted in 1887–88, by Georges Seurat (1859–91). Anchored by a remarkable group of related works by Seurat that fully illuminates the lineage of the motif in his inimitable conté crayon drawings, the presentation explores the fascination the sideshow subject held for other artists in the 19th century, ranging from the great caricaturist Honoré Daumier at mid-century to the young Pablo Picasso at the fin de siècle. This rich visual narrative unfolds in a provocative display of more than 100 paintings, drawings, prints, period posters, and illustrated journals, supplemented by musical instruments and an array of documentary material intended to give a vivid sense of the seasonal fairs and traveling circuses of the day. Am

Picasso, Braque, Juan Gris, Léger, Klee, Kandinsky: The Collection of Hermann and Margrit Rupf:

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao   November 11, 2016, to April 23, 2017 Curators: Susanne Friedli, Hermann and Margrit Rupf Foundation, and Petra Joos, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is presenting The Collection of Hermann and Margrit Rupf . This exhibition brings together 70 works by key artists in the history of art during the first half of the 20th century, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, Paul Klee, and Vasily Kandinsky, in dialogue with works by contemporary artists dating from the second half of the 20th century until today.  Hardly any time went by between the creation of works by artists like Picasso, Braque, and Derain and their acquisition by Hermann Rupf, who was personally involved with these artists at the beginning of their careers. The Rupfs were close friends with artists like Vasily Kandinsky and Paul Klee, who gave Hermann and Margrit Rupf dedicated works on imp

Matisse in His Time: Masterworks of Modernism from the Centre Pompidou, Paris

Gianadda Foundation in Martigny, Switzerland 20 juin – 22 novembre 2015 Palazzo CHIABLESE, Turin 12 dicembre 2015 al 15 maggio 2016 Oklahoma City Museum of Art June 18-Sept. 18, 2016     Henri Matisse L'Algérienne , 1909 Huile sur toile, 81 x 65 cm Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’art m oderne, AM 2009-214 © Succession H. Matisse / 2015, ProLitteris, Zurich / Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Philippe Migeat “Matisse in His Time: Masterworks of Modernism from the Centre Pompidou, Paris ” brought more than 100 works of art from France to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art last summer. The exhibit includednearly 50 paintings, sculptures and works on paper by celebrated artist Henri Matisse, along with masterworks by Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, Georges Braque, André Derain, Fernand Léger and Amadeo Modigliani. Pablo Picasso L'atelier , 23 octobre 1955 Huile sur toile, 116 x 89 cm Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’art mod

Masterpieces from Budapest From the Renaissance to the Avant-gardes

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza  18 February to 28 May 2017     Opening in February 2017 at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is Masterpieces from Budapest. From the Renaissance to the Avant-gardes , an exhibition which, for the first time in Spain, presents an important selection of paintings, drawings and sculptures from the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest and the National Gallery of Hungary.  In total the exhibition features 90 works from the 15 th to the 19 th centuries representing artistic schools such as the Italian, German, Flemish and Spanish and including great names from the history of art such as Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci, Rubens, Velázquez, Tiepolo, Cézanne and Manet, in addition to interesting works by Hungarian artists, together offering visitors a comprehensive idea of the collections housed in these institutions.  Curated by Guillermo Solana, artistic director of the Museo Thyssen, and Mar Borobia, head of its Department of Old Master Painting, the exhibi

Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern

Brooklyn Museum March 3 t hrough July 23, 2017 Reynolda House Museum of American Art August 25 –November 19, 2017 Peabody Essex Museum December 16, 2017–April 1, 2018   G eorgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern offers a new look at the iconic American artist’s powerful ownership of her identity as an artist and a woman. This major exhibition examines the modernist persona that Georgia O’Keeffe crafted for herself through her art, her dress, and her progressive, independent lifestyle. It will mark the first time O’Keeffe’s understated yet remarkable wardrobe will be presented in dialogue with key paintings, photographs, jewelry, accessories, and ephemera.  Opening on March 3, Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern represents a homecoming of sorts, as the artist had her first solo museum exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, in 1927. On view through July 23, 2017, Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern i s part of A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum, a yearlong project celebrating a deca