Musée d’Orsay March 26th to July 14th, 2024 National Gallery of Art, Washington September 8, 2024 to January 20, 2025 Claude Monet (1840-1926) Impression, Soleil Levant, 1872 Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet Don Eugène et Victorine Donop de Monchy (donateurs) © musée Marmottan Monet, Paris / Studio Baraja SLB What exactly happened in Paris in that spring of 1874, and what sense should we make today of an exhibition that has become legendary? “Paris 1874. The Impressionist Moment” seeks to trace the advent of an artistic movement that emerged in a rapidly changing world.   “Paris 18 ..read more

Following the success of its first edition held in April 2023 of Art Impressionniste et Moderne: Oeuvres choisies, Christie’s Paris is thrilled to present a highly curated sale of around 25 works by some of the most sought-after artists coming from prestigious private collections. Some of these works are complete discoveries such as the top lot of the sale, an intrinsically Fauve painting by Andre Derain painted near Collioure in 1905, in which he portrays his friends Matisse and Etienne Terrus, the Catalan artist who greeted them when both artists visited Collioure during that pivotal su ..read more

  Christie’s next auction of Modern American Art on 18 April will feature a strong selection of early 20th century painting, drawing and sculpture. Leading the sale is Milton Avery’s vibrant Female Painter of 1945 along with other significant paintings by Thomas Hart Benton, Charles Burchfield and Fairfield Porter. A stunning selection of still-life painting includes Georgia O’Keeffe’s Blue Morning Glory and Florine Stettheimer’s Tulips Under a Canopy. American Illustration will also be highlighted with Maxfield Parrish’s masterwork Ottaq ..read more

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 Childs Gallery Benediction in Georgia, 1916 Lithograph, 16 1/2 x 20 inches Acquire this artwork George Bellows was first introduced to fine art lithography by Albert Sterner in 1916 and quickly became the leading printmaker of the Ashcan School. As he gained proficiency in lithography, Bellows would later employ the services of master printers George C. Miller and Bolton Brown. Bellows' work in lithography helped to expand the use of the medium as fine art in the United States. Childs Gallery is pleased to present a grou ..read more

Barnes Foundation June 23–September 8, 2024 In summer 2024, the Barnes Foundation will present Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes, an exhibition featuring a selection of renowned canvases from its modern European art collection. Co-curated by curator Cindy Kang and assistant curator Corrinne Chong, this exhibition—including approximately 35 iconic works by Henri Matisse and Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the second floor of the Barnes collection galleries—reflects the expansion of the Barnes’s educational program, emphasizing the historical and cultural context of the w ..read more

   Bruce Museum  April 9-Oct. 13 A new exhibition of Andy Warhol’s works coming to the Bruce Museum provides art enthusiasts the opportunity to see some of the 20th century’s most celebrated and quintessentially American images at an intimate scale. “Andy Warhol: small is beautiful,” on view April 9-Oct. 13, will invite viewers to look closely at iconic works in a more personal size—some as diminutive as 5-by-5 inches. The comprehensive exhibition includes nearly 100 paintings and sheds light on the working process of one of the leading figures of the Pop art movement.  “E ..read more

 Petit Palais 14 November 2023 to 14 April 2024   After Romantic Paris, 1815-1858 and Paris 1900, City of Entertainment, the Petit Palais is devoting the last section of its trilogy to Modern Paris, 1905-1925. From the Belle Époque to the Roaring Twenties, Paris continued, more than ever before, to attract artists from all around the world. This cosmopolitan city was both a capital where innovation thrived and a place of tremendous cultural influence. Paris would maintain this status despite the reorganization of the international scene following the First World War, a period d ..read more

 From 24 March to 23 June 2024 a selection of paintings and drawings from Museum Berggruen in Berlin, which is part of Neue Nationalgalerie, will be on display in Italy for the first time. More than 40 extraordinary works by Picasso, Matisse, Klee, Giacometti and Cézanne will join those by Giorgione, Sebastiano Ricci, Pietro Longhi, Giambattista Tiepolo and Canova at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice. The exhibition, Elective Affinities, will take place at Gallerie dell’Accademia and Casa dei Tre Oci on the Giudecca ..read more

Also see https://africanamericanartq.blogspot.com/2020/07/william-h-johnson.html William H. Johnson (1901–1970) painted his last body of work, the “Fighters for Freedom” series, in the mid-1940s as a tribute to African American activists, scientists, teachers and performers as well as international leaders working to bring peace to the world. The landmark exhibition “Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice,” brings together—for the first time since 1946—34 paintings featured in the series, including 32 drawn from the museum’s collection of more than 1,000 works by John ..read more