Poised tiptoe on a globe, this chubby cherub seems to pirouette, inviting interest from all angles. His complex movement in space is remarkable for a date so early in the Renaissance.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004, not in cat., not shown at two earlier venues
Aaron Douglas painted The Judgment Day in 1939, more than a decade after creating the book illustration on which the painting is based. In 1927 Douglas had provided eight strikingly original illustrations for a collection of poems titled God’s Trombones:
for the exhibition Two Centuries of Black American Art, that travelled to four venues
Gentile da Fabriano’s patrons were princes, the church, and various city governments as well as the customary merchant clients. His art has a cosmopolitan flavor, in which brilliant color, textural richness, and ornamental pattern are combined.
Sartis [sic], qui, était venu se fixer à Paris, l’avait prêté au Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Are artists sinners or saints? Gauguin paints himself as both.
Petersburg, Florida, 1990: 15 (followed by tour to 4 other venues). 1991 Coman,
This panel, along with The Birth, Naming, and Circumcision of Saint John the Baptist , and Madonna and Child with Five Angels were once part of the same altarpiece devoted to Saint John the Baptist (see Reconstruction ). The altarpiece’s original location is not known, though it was probably featured in a church dedicated to the saint in what is today the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, close to Giovanni Baronzio ’s home in Rimini.
Kress of New York to Museums, Colleges, and Associations, twenty-four venues in the
Ethel Philip, Whistler’s sister-in-law and a favorite subject of the artist, whose likeness appears in drawings, etchings, lithographs, and at least five full-size oil paintings, stands against an empty, shallow background with her back to the viewer. She wears a grey silk gown topped with a bolero jacket of transparent silk gauze or fine net—a design inspired by traditional costumes from Spain’s Andalusian region.
Madrid). 1999 Paris 1900: ‚The American School‘ at the Universal Exposition, 4 venues
Though hardly avant-garde, sculpture had been exhibited in earlier venues.
When The White Girl debuted in London in 1862, it puzzled viewers. At the time, portraits of this scale usually featured well-known people.
Institute, Pittsburgh, 1957-1958, no. 51, as The White Girl (travelling exhibition, 5 venues
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Bora Yoon considers whether we carry the sounds and memories of our people within us. In her response to Nam June Paik’s video sculpture, she brings together both traditional Korean instruments and eclectic electronic music.
stage, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and many other venues
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain works with performance poet Lady Caress to respond to this iconic photograph with a combination of music and poetry. In the ebb and flow of his composition, DBR hopes to capture pain, legacy, enduring hope—and the rhythm of the subject’s life.
Awards on BET and on Season 4 of Verses and Flow on TVOne as well as on stage at venues
