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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS |
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EXHIBITIONS ON TOUR |
On View
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over the River
October 11, 2008-January 25, 2009
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Washington , D.C. – Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over The River, a Work in Progress, an exhibition of more than 150 photographs, collages, drawings, and maps, will chronicle the artists’ process as they prepare to assemble and suspend massive silvery fabric panels horizontally over the Arkansas River in Colorado. Highlighting The Phillips Collection’s longstanding commitment to representing important developments in modern and contemporary art, the exhibition at The Phillips will be followed by a national tour.
The Phillips’s exhibition will trace the development of this ambitious project over the past 16 years by displaying the process and materials that will be used to accomplish the artistic and engineering feat. It will be accompanied by a catalogue, and the museum will also screen documentary films on the projects of Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
The exhibition is organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Generously sponsored by Edgar H. and Janet M. Brenner
IMAGE:Over the River, Project for Arkansas River, State of Colorado, Drawing 1998
In two parts: 96 in. x 42 in. and 96 in. x 15 in. Pencil, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon,
photographs by Wolfgang Volz and topographic map. Copyright Christo, 1998
November 2008: CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE FILM SERIES
On October 16, 2008, Christo and Jeanne-Claude were interviewed on WAMU radio’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show.
Click here for Christo and Jeanne-Claude YouTube video.
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The Eight: Rebels for American Art
September 27, 2008–January 11, 2009
The Eight, also known as the Ashcan School, made history a century ago, with their vital images of gritty urban life. Approximately 20 works are on view.
Also on display are selections from the 19th century to the present by European and American masters including
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Maurice Prendergast, Paul Gauguin, and Georgia O’Keeffe.
IMAGE:George Luks, Otis Skinner as Col. Philippe Bridau, 1919, oil on canvas (52 x 44 in.), The Phillips Collection, acquired 1919
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| Edward Burtynsky, Quarry – Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991. Framed dimensions: 38 5/8 x 44 ½ in. Courtesy of Charles Cowles Gallery, New York |
Scale Matters:
Photographs from the Joseph and Charlotte Lichtenberg Collection
Nov. 1, 2008 -Feb. 1, 2009
Seven large landscape photographs by two photographers reflecting an environmental awareness will be on display. These photographs offer modern interpretations of the sublime: Lynn Davis’s colossal, elegiac views draw on
19th-century photographic sources, and Edward Burtynsky’s awe-inspiring vistas create unsettling beauty out of scarred, industrial landscapes. Included in museum admission
Part of the first annual
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| Giorgio Morandi, Natura morta, 1960. Olio su tela, cm 30 x 40 Rovereto, Mart inv. 315, Vitali 1188 |
Morandi: Master of Modern Still life February 21–May 24, 2009
Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), one of the most admired still-life painters of the 20th century, is renowned for his simple but stunning compositions. Combining a subtlety of design with a meditative aura, Morandi’s finesse remains unrivaled. For the first time in more than 50 years, a retrospective exhibition of his work will be presented in Washington, D.C. Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life will feature some 50 paintings drawn primarily from collections in Italy, with key additions from collections in the U.S. With works dating from 1913 to 1960, the exhibition will elucidate the evolution of Morandi’s uncommon style.
Exhibitions On Tour
American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips Collection
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| Gifford Beal (1879-1956), On the Hudson at Newburgh, 1918, Oil on canvas, 36 x 58 ½ in., The Phillips Collection, acquired 1924n |
This exhibition highlights paintings that were among the museum's earliest acquisitions. Featured artists will be Childe Hassam, Ernest Lawson, Maurice Prendergast, Theodore Robinson, Robert Spencer, Augustus Vincent Tack, John Henry Twachtman, and Julian Alden Weir, among others. As members of the first generation of American painters to absorb the technique, brighter palette, and subject matter of impressionism from their French counterparts, these artists painted atmospheric landscapes, park and beach scenes, urban views, and charming interiors, with particular interest in optical effects, light, and different seasons. The exhibition will show how American painting around the turn of the 20th century was enriched by the impressionist aesthetic.
This exhibition has been organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
The exhibition and national tour are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts
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June 16 -September 16, 2007 |
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC |
Corot to Picasso: Impressionist and Modern Masterworks
from The Phillips Collection, Washington, D. C.
September 15, 2008 – January 15, 2009
Palazzo Baldeschi, Perugia, Italy
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| Amedeo Modigliani. Portrait of Elena Pavlowski. 1917. Oil on canvas. 64.8 x 48.9 cm. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC |
In the fall of 2008, to mark the 100th year of the Foundation Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia, an exhibition of thirty masterworks from The Phillips Collection will be presented at the Palazzo Baldeschi in Perugia, Italy. Inspiring works, such as Edouard Manet’s Spanish Ballet, Vincent van Gogh’s House at Auvers, Amedeo Modigliani’s Elena Povolozky, and Pablo Picasso’s Woman with a Green Hat will be among many examples of impressionist and modern masters rarely presented in Umbria.
On view concurrently at the Palazzo Baldeschi, known for its celebrated collection of majolica, will be Fattori to De Pisis: Masterworks from the Collection of Ricci Oddi, an exhibition of Italian masters from the 19th and early 20th centuries, providing an opportunity to compare and contrast two great collections while celebrating the Foundation’s longstanding commitment to the art of collecting.