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Naples Museum of Art™
Season Exhibitions 2006-07
Exhibitions are held in the Naples Museum of Art and the adjacent Philharmonic Center for the Arts.
The Philharmonic Galleries will be open one hour before most performances at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts to patrons with performance tickets. Come early and enjoy our Galleries as part of your Philharmonic Center experience! Naples Museum of Art tickets provide access to the Philharmonic Galleries during non-performance times. Between exhibitions and at non-performance times, the Galleries will be "dark" during the 2006-07 season.
IMPRESSIONS:
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Impressions: Americans in France, 1860-1930 Impressions: Americans in France, 1860-1930 examines the work of a number of important American artists who lived in or visited France, were influenced by artistic developments there and whose work was in turn influential on other Americans.
Softcover color catalogue produced by the Naples Museum of Art.
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CLAUDE MONET:
GIVERNY AND THE NORTH OF FRANCE
Claude Monet, Villiage Street (1869-71), oil on canvas.
Collection of The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee; Museum Purchase from
Cornelia Ritchie and The Ritchie Trust No. 4 provided through a Gift from the Moss Family Fund.
This delightful special focus show, organized by the Naples Museum of Art, is designed to complement the exhibition Impressions: Americans in France, 1860-1930, which runs during the same time. The exhibition of nine paintings by Claude Monet features beautiful and evocative examples of the artist at work in Giverny, as well as in other small villages on the Seine, and on the coast in Normandy. Monet is usually seen as the most influential of the French impressionists – and also the most single-minded of the group, who systematically refined the impressionist vision and technique throughout his career.
Works of art included in Claude Monet: Giverny and the North of France are on loan from many institutions, including the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Albright- Knox Art Gallery, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Frick Art & Historical Center, the Samuel P. Harn Museum, the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, as well as private collections in Florida.
Generously underwritten by Gulf Bay Group of Companies
Thursday, January 18 through Sunday, May 13, 2007
Presented in the Eugene & Mary Frey Gallery
ILLUMINATING THE WORD:
THE SAINT JOHN'S BIBLE
THE FIRST HANDWRITTEN, ILLUMINATED BIBLE TO BE COMMISSIONED IN 500 YEARS!
'One of the extraordinary undertakings of our time.’ – Smithsonian magazine
Donald Jackson, with Andrew Jamieson and Sally Mae Joseph, To the Ends of the Earth (2002),
natural hand-ground ink on calfskin vellum. The Saint John's Bible, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John's University.
Discover a contemporary masterpiece of medieval craftsmanship and calligraphy. Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible offers the rare opportunity to see an illuminated Bible in progress. Led by Donald Jackson, senior illuminator to the Queen of England, scribes and artists in Wales are rendering this beautiful book entirely by hand. Commissioned by Saint John’s University and Abbey, this hand-painted Bible includes exquisite renderings of native flora and fauna. Approximately 100 extraordinary large-format pages will be on view, along with sacred texts from many religions, including Islam, Judaism and Taoism. Admire the medieval and modern techniques being employed in this challenging project. And enjoy an extraordinary expression of artistic vitality.
This exhibition is organized and sponsored by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Saint John’s University.
This exhibition and its national tour are made possible by TARGET®.
Friday, January 26 through Saturday, April 7, 2007
Presented in the Donald & Jean Sampson Resource Room, the Paul & Charlotte Corddry Galleries, the Patrick & Patricia Longe Gallery and the Martin Foundation Gallery
THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME: BASEBALL
Featuring works of art and rare memorabilia
Arnold Friedman, World Series (ca. 1930-38), oil on canvas. Acquired 1938. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
This exciting exhibition, organized by the Naples Museum of Art, is centered around a prominent private collection of rare baseball memorabilia and ephemera. The exhibition also features a selection of 10-15 works of art inspired by baseball, by a diverse selection of artists including George Luks, Raoul Dufy, George Bellows, Elaine de Kooning, Jacob Lawrence and Robert Rauschenberg. The paintings in this exhibition include the only known baseball painting by George Bellows.
Included:
- Babe Ruth’s 1919 contract marking his move from the Red Sox to the Yankees
- Joe DiMaggio’s 1948 uniform
- Mickey Mantle’s Sultan of Swat crown
- Lou Gehrig’s 1936 signed contract with the Yankees
- a 1999 World Series trophy
- autographed baseballs
- and much more
Tuesday, January 9 through Sunday, May 13, 2007
Presented in the Robert & Carolyn Springborn Galleries
ÁNGEL MARCOS
EN CUBA
en Cuba 3 (2004), color photograph on Plexiglas. ©Ángel Marcos.
Courtesy Galerie Ernest Hilger.
Ángel Marcos (born 1955) is a highly-acclaimed contemporary photographer whose large-scale works eerily portray the disintegrating beauty of Cuba. Marcos captures Havana’s superb historic buildings, which appear peeled of their outer layers, stripped of their skin. Similarly, society is relieved of its ceremony and tradition in Marcos’ world. Solitary figures wander through panoramic vistas, like the last inhabitants of an enormous ghost town. This exhibition, co-organized by the Naples Museum of Art, will also be shown in France and Spain. It will be accompanied by a major publication.
Tuesday, October 17 through Saturday, December 23, 2006
Presented in the Robert & Carolyn Springborn Galleries
Catalogue available at the Museum Store Online:
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Angel Marcos en Cuba Acclaimed Spanish photographer Angel Marcos captures the architectural heritage and disintegrating beauty of Cuba in Angel Marcos en Cuba. Marcos' remarkable large-scale photographs eerily portray Havana as a troubled and troubling place, seemingly entombed by its history.
Hardcover color catalogue co-produced by the Naples Museum of Art.
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY AND WALKER EVANS:
THREE WEEKS IN CUBA, 1933
Walker Evans, Parquet Central II (Sleeping man) (1933), gelatin silver print
Photo: ©Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A friendship between photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975) and writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) began in Havana, Cuba in May 1933. The three weeks they spent together there left a lasting impression on both men, as seen in this fascinating exhibition, which pairs rare photographs that Evans gave to Hemingway with newly discovered Hemingway letters and personal artifacts. The documents and images reveal a unique friendship between the two men during a time of growing political instability in Havana – and provide unique insights into the minds, and art, of both men.
Organized by the Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House, Florida and circulated by Curatorial Assistance, Inc., Pasadena, California
Tuesday, November 21 through Sunday, January 21, 2007
Presented in the Bolton & Lu Drackett Gallery and the Jean Smith Newell Gallery at the Philharmonic Galleries
CHANGING HANDS:
ART WITHOUT RESERVATION 2
Contemporary Native North American Art from the West, Northwest & Pacific
Eric Robertson, The Hub (2001), aluminum, copper, stainless steel.
Collection of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
Photo: Kelowa Art Gallery.
Changing Hands 2 offers a broad alternative view of recent and ongoing developments in Native American art by stressing aesthetics and content over tribal affiliations, ethnographic specifications and cultural history. The exhibition raises important and provocative questions about cultural identity in a changing world. Featured is work by more than 150 emerging and established artists, including such masters as Preston Singletary, Robert Davidson, Anita Fields, James Luna and Arthur Amiotte. Most importantly, all works were created within the last seven years. Categories include the Human Condition; Beyond Function; Material Evidence; and Nature as Subject.
Organized and circulated by the Museum of Arts & Design, New York. The public programs surrounding this exhibition are supported in part by The National Endowment for the Arts.
A Great Nation Deserves Great Art. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue published by the Museum of Arts & Design, New York.
Generously underwritten by U.S. Trust Company
Tuesday, October 3 through Sunday, January 7, 2007
Presented in the Donald & Jean Sampson Resource Room, the Paul & Charlotte Corddry Galleries, the Patrick & Patricia Longe Gallery, the Martin Foundation Gallery, the Jay & Patty Baker Gallery, the Stephen and Lety Schwartz Gallery and the Eugene & Mary Frey Gallery
Catalogue available at the Museum Store Online:
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Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 2 Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 2 offers a broad alternative view of recent developments in Native American art by stressing aesthetics and content over tribal affiliations and cultural history.
Soft cover catalogue produced by the Museum of Arts and Design.
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FROM CASSATT TO KATZ:
TWENTIETH-CENTURY PRINTS FROM THE GRONLUND COLLECTION
Mary Cassatt, The Manicure (c. 1908), Alex Katz, Gray Umbrella (1979-80), lithograph.
drypoint edition 1923. Collection of Robert and Dorothy Gronlund.
Collection of Robert and Dorothy Gronlund.
In May 2006, Robert and Dorothy Gronlund of West Palm Beach gave the Naples Museum of Art six 20th-century prints by American artists. This is the first of a series of donations that the Gronlunds will make to the Museum, thus establishing a mainly American modern print collection to reinforce the collection of paintings from that period. From Cassatt to Katz: Twentieth-Century Prints from the Gronlund Collection includes work by such favorites as Josef Albers, Alexander Calder, Mary Cassatt, Salvador Dali, Jim Dine, Jean Dubuffet, Helen Frankenthaler, Alberto Giacometti, Alex Katz, Man Ray, Robert Rauschenberg and James Rosenquist.
Friday, February 2 through Saturday, June 30, 2007
Presented in the Bolton & Lu Drackett Gallery and the Jean Smith Newell Gallery at the Philharmonic Galleries
SIX CONTINENTS OF QUILTS:
THE MUSEUM OF ARTS & DESIGN COLLECTION
Sanae Hattori, Romanesque Cherry Blossoms (1992), silk, cotton, rayon, polyester.
Collection Museum of Arts & Design. Gift of the artist, 2001.
In recent years, the traditional art of quilt-making has undergone a dramatic and exciting redefinition, as artists from around the world have transformed the genre with new ideas, techniques and expressions. Six Continents of Quilts: The Museum of Arts & Design Collection brings more than 30 vibrant and colorful examples to the Naples Museum of Art, highlighting how contemporary fabric artists from New York to Japan to South Africa are breaking new ground in the genre – revealing both the diversity and the “common threads” that unite artists and people across the globe.
Organized and circulated by the Museum of Arts & Design, New York
Saturday, April 21 through Saturday, June 30, 2007
Presented in Donald & Jean Sampson Resource Room, the Paul & Charlotte Corddry Galleries, the Patrick & Patricia Longe Gallery and the Martin Foundation Gallery
LEADERS IN AMERICAN MODERNISM
Selected works from the American Modernism Collection
A permanent collection featuring works generously underwritten by
William J. & Suzanne V. von Liebig
Oscar Bluemner, Harlem River (1912), watercolor on paper. Naples Museum of Art
The American Modernism Collection has been re-installed to reflect historic installations at Alfred Stieglitz’s Gallery 291, at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (the early Guggenheim Museum) and at Frederick Kiesler’s World House Gallery. The Naples Museum of Art is the only museum in America to present an exhibition featuring not only the art but also the gallery design concepts of a period. The collection is particularly strong in the work of the Stieglitz group, including John Marin, Oscar Bluemner, Arthur Dove and Marsden Hartley. Precisionism, abstraction, magic realism and surrealism are among the movements represented.
Wednesday, September 13 through Saturday, June 30, 2007
Presented in the William J. and Suzanne V. von Liebig South Gallery, the James L. & Joan French Gallery and the Schoen Foundation Gallery
MASTERS OF MINIATURE
Featuring works from the Ede & Ravenscroft Collection
The Ede and Ravenscroft Collection, Louis XVI Library, Versailles
Masters of Miniature showcases work from one of the largest and most acclaimed collections of miniatures in the world. Called “a revelation” by The New York Times, this remarkable collection offers esoteric glimpses into faraway times and places. The centerpiece of the gallery are the three rooms commissioned by Michael Middleton of Ede & Ravenscroft from the brilliant English miniaturists Kevin Mulvany and Susan Rogers. Louis XV's Private Office, Versailles, contains perhaps the most important piece in the whole exhibition, the Bureau du Roi (King's Desk), by miniature furniture maker Denis Hillman, an incredibly exact miniature copy of the original designed by Jean-Henri Riesener for Louis XV in 1769.
Wednesday, September 13 through Wednesday, June 20
Presented in the Stephen & Patricia Pistner Gallery
MODERN MEXICAN MASTERS
A permanent collection including the Pollak Collection and works from the Bryna Collection
Rufino Tamayo, Dos Mujeres en la Ventana (Two Women at the Window), (1925), oil on canvas.
Naples Museum of Art.
The Museum’s collection is re-displayed to include works from the Bryna Collection of Michael and Tanya Aranda.. This remarkable acquisition expands the existing holdings of the Pollak Collection, particularly later in the 20th century and with sculpture. Modern Mexican Masters is unique in the southeastern United States, featuring works by the most important artists to emerge after the Mexican revolution, including the great muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. In addition, Rufino Tamayo, who became perhaps the best-known Mexican painter of the 20th century, is represented by a selection of works.
Wednesday, September 13 through Saturday, June 30, 2007
Presented in the William J. and Suzanne V. von Liebig North Gallery, the Dolph & Sharon von Arx Galleries and the Lutgert Family Gallery
