IMPRESSIONS:
AMERICANS IN FRANCE, 1860-1930

This exhibition, organized by the Naples Museum of Art, 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. The exhibition includes the work of pre-impressionists, impressionists and early modernists. Impressions includes paintings by Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt, William Glackens, Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois, among others. The exhibition will also examine closely the work of painters who were part of the art “colony” at Giverny, where Claude Monet moved in 1883.
  

Works of art included in Impressions: Americans in France, 1860-1930 are on loan from many leading institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Terra Foundation in Chicago and Giverny, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. A fully-illustrated catalogue will be available for this exhibition, with a keynote essay by Professor William H. Gerdts, an internationally respected expert in this field.

Generously underwritten by Friends of Art at the Naples Museum of Art
    

Thursday, January 18 through Sunday, May 13, 2007

Presented in the Jay & Patty Baker Galleries and the Stephen and Lety Schwartz Gallery

Catalogue available at the Museum Store:

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.

CLAUDE MONET:
GIVERNY AND THE NORTH OF FRANCE

    

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

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

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

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:

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.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY AND WALKER EVANS:
THREE WEEKS IN CUBA, 1933

  

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

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:

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.

FROM CASSATT TO KATZ:
TWENTIETH-CENTURY PRINTS FROM THE GRONLUND COLLECTION

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

  

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

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

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

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

Catalogue available at the Museum Store:

20th-Century Mexican Art: The Pollak Collection, a fully illustrated guide to the remarkable Mexican art collected over a 30-year period by Harry and Sharley Pollak, was published by the Naples Museum of Art in September 2007. The Pollak Collection includes significant works from the masters of 20th-century Mexican art and reflects all of the major movements and developments of the time. Among the gems in this collection are Rufino Tamayo’s monumental White Nude, José Clemente Orozco’s The Red Curtain, Alfredo Zalce’s Girl Selling Ducks and two works by Diego Rivera. 20th-Century Mexican Art: The Pollak Collection features full-color reproductions of all of the paintings, drawings and sculpture in the collection along with commentaries on the art and artists. It includes an illustrated interview with Harry Pollak and an essay about the collection by pioneering Mexican art dealer Mary-Anne Martin.       Hardcover color catalogue produced by the Naples Museum of Art. $45