Museum Listings

Frick Collection, New York City

“Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze,” the first monographic exhibition for an interesting artist, with thirty-five works. October 15, 2008–January 18, 2009.

 

Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

“From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci: A Century of Italian Drawings from the Prado,” seventy sixteenth-century drawings, with sheets by Giulio Romano, Paolo Veronese and Andrea del Sarto. The catalogue, written by Nicholas Turner (published in English by Art Services International), reproduces nearly 600 drawings in color. October 25, 2008–January 4, 2009. Travels to the Mary and Leigh Black Museum of Art, Northwestern University (January 24–April 5, 2009) and the Philbrook Museum of Art (April 25–July 5, 2009).

 

Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey

“Philip Pearlstein: Objectifications,” a retrospective covering six decades of figurative paintings. October 18, 2008–February 9, 2009.

 

National Academy Museum, New York City

“George Tooker: A Retrospective,” an important show on a pre-eminent post-World War II realist, noted both for his skill in the egg tempera medium and his exploration of alienation and spirituality, with sixty-six paintings and drawings. Through January 4, 2009. Travels to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (January 30–April 5, 2009) and the Columbus Museum of Art (June 5–September 6, 2009).

“The Unknown Blakelock,” with forty-one works by this eccentric artist, famous for his scenes of Indian encampments and moonlight. Blakelock had considerable influence on later artists through his sense of fantasy and expressionistic paint-handling. Through January 4, 2009.

 

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

“Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples,” 150 works of sculpture, painting, mosaic and luxury arts from the miraculously preserved resort cities of late antiquity. October 19, 2008–March 22, 2009. Travels to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (May 3–October 4, 2009).

 

New-York Historical Society, New York City

“Drawn by New York”: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings at the New-York Historical Society.” The most interesting material in this good-size show documents the growth of the city and includes a 360-degree panorama executed from the top of a lower-Manhattan church; drawings by Asher B. Durand and sketchbooks by other Hudson River School artists are aesthetic highlights. Through January 7, 2009. Travels to Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York (August 14–November 1, 2009) and the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (November 20, 2009–January 17, 2010).

 

Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma

“Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London,” including works by Sir Edwin Landseer, David Roberts, William Powell Firth and Sir John Everett Millais. October 12, 2008–January 4, 2009. Travels to the Delaware Museum of Art (January 31–April 12, 2009), the Yale Center for British Art (June 11–July 26, 2009), Brigham Young University Museum of Art (August 15–October 25, 2009), and the Huntsville Museum of Art (November 21, 2009–January 31, 2010).

 

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

“Drawn to Drama: Italian Works on Paper, 1500–1800,” an exhibition of old master works from the Clark’s own holdings and the private collection of Robert Loper. Drawings by Guercino, Salvator Rosa, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Albrecht Dürer and Peter Paul Rubens, among others. October 12, 2008–January 4, 2009.

 

Gallery Listings

Atlanta Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

“Jacob Collins and the Water Street Atelier,” sixty works by Collins and thirty-seven of his students and alumni, including Juliette Aristides, Carl Dobsky, Edward Minoff and Travis Schlaht. October 17–November 20, 2008.

 

ACA Galleries, New York City

“Voices of Dissonance: Blacklisted Artists and Others,” includes, in addition to political/psychological visual narratives by Jerome Witkins, work by Philip Evergood and the contemporary fantasist Irene Hardwicke Olivieri. October 16–November 29, 2008.

 

Arcadia Fine Arts, New York City

Steven J. Levin’s first New York solo exhibition features moody interiors, with a Hopperesque narrative undercurrent, and still lifes. October 23–November 6, 2008.

 

Arden Gallery, Boston

Paul Balmer, “Cityscapes to Landscapes,” schematic urban skyline paintings enlivened by lively color and textured paint surfaces. Through October 29, 2008.

 

Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York City

Sheila Hicks, “Minimes: Small Woven Works,” twenty minimes executed in 2007 and 2008; these small works explore color, structure and texture, informed by her background in painting and sculpture. Through November 8, 2008.

Wilson A. Bentley, “Vintage Photomicrographs” fifteen vintage photomicrographs of snowflakes, frost and dew, as well as photographs of cloud studies, taken by Wilson A. Bentley (1865–1931), better known as “Snowflake” Bentley. Through November 8, 2008.

 

Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York City

Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso, solo exhibition. Intriguing, large-scale oil paintings by a woman who depicts herself and family members in scenarios that combine contemporary observation and Renaissance tropes. October 16–November 9, 2008.

 

Fischbach Gallery, New York City

“Effigy—Guardian and Muse,” recent watercolors by Michiyo Fukushima, graceful images of figurative sculptures adorning New York City buildings. October 11–November 1, 2008.

“The Calculus of Intricacy” color pencil drawings with a Photorealist sense of mimetic clarity. Fruit and flowers on rumpled tinfoil incorporate unexpected color reflections. October 11–November 1, 2008.

 

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York City

Color prints by Arthur Wesley Dow, who worked in the borderland between traditional and modern at the turn of the twentieth century. The title of the exhibition, “Along Ipswich River,” hints at how Dow Americanized the Japanese print aesthetic. October 10–November 15, 2008.

 

J. Cacciola Gallery, New York City

Brent McIntosh, the first New York solo exhibition for this Canadian landscapist, whose acrylic paintings of woods and streams are built up from multiple layers of short strokes, balancing illusionistic space and surface pattern. Through October 31, 2008.

 

Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco

“The Figure Today,” realist group show featuring Steve Assael’s virtuoso drawings, tapestry-maker John Nava’s contemporary portraits and Francesca Sundsten’s surreal hybrids. Through October 25, 2008.

 

John Pence Gallery, San Francisco

Recent oil paintings by Chris Thomas, nicely executed still lifes, some featuring disturbing toys. October 10–November 8, 2008.

Recent oil paintings by Douglas Flynt. The best works by this alumnus of the Water Street Atelier are rich-toned still lifes with an old master flair, capturing the various sheens of metal, leather and wood. October 10–November 8, 2008.

 

Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe

Fifteenth Annual Realism Invitational brings together forty artists, including important names in the contemporary figurative revival and some excitingly bold works by Brian O’Connor and Margaret Bowland. October 17–November 20, 2008.

 

Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, California

“AWOL,” new oil paintings by Laura Karetzky. In a cinematic series of compositionally strong images, an enigmatic figure haunts a sun-drenched courtyard. October 25–November 29, 2008.

 

Main Street Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland

“Kevin Fitzgerald, evocative shoreline paintings that echo Whistler’s Nocturnes but with heavier painthandling. October 8–November 2, 2008.

 

Marlborough Gallery, New York City

Richard Estes, one of the founders of Photorealism, tackles New England, New York and—in some remarkably painterly images— Antarctica. October 14–November 15, 2008.

 

Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe

Jeff Faust, acrylic still lifes with a metaphysical cast: tightly rendered birds, eggs and other objects float in niches. October 10–November 10, 2008.

 

Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York City

Soft-focus, shadowy drawings, often distilled into iconic tree forms, by Danja Akulin. October 23–November 15, 2008.

 

Scandinavia House, New York City

“Sublime Nature: Romantic Paintings of the Nineteenth Century.” Through January 10, 2009.

 

Spanierman Gallery, New York City

Sarah Lamb, a Water Street Atelier alumna, presents recent oil paintings. The landscapes are fairly routine, but her kitchen still lifes have an old master richness. October 10–November 15, 2008.

 

Spheris Gallery, Hanover, New Hampshire

Oil paintings by Eric Aho, densely wooded landscapes that flirt with painterly abstraction. October 11–November 19, 2008.