image above: MAURICE PRENDERGAST (American, 1858–1924) Picnic by the Sea, 1913–15. Oil on canvas. Collection of Milwaukee Art Museum; Gift of the Donald B. Abert Family in his memory, by exchange, M1986.49. Photo by Efraim Lev-er
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Milwaukee Art Museum
The Ashcan School and The Eight:"Creating a National Art" September 23, 2022 – February 19, 2023 Recognized as the first American modern art movement, the Ashcan School and The Eight captured everyday life at the beginning of the 20th century, a moment of increasing industrialization and great cultural change. Rejecting what traditional art institutions considered appropriate, these artists embraced a loose painterly style to portray factories and immigrants, congested urban streets and bawdy entertainments. Some praised the artists as “creating a national art” while others dismissed them as painters of rubbish or “ashcans.” The Ashcan School and The Eight: “Creating a National Art” re-examines these artists and the social issues they depicted, drawing parallels to those still relevant today. The Milwaukee Art Museum has one of the largest collections of works by the Ashcan School and The Eight in the United States, and the exhibition is drawn from this significant collection. Prints, drawings, paintings, and pastels by artists including Robert Henri, George Bellows, and John Sloan are featured, revealing the full range of the group’s subjects and artistic practices. image on right: George Benjamin Luks, Bleecker and Carmine Streets, New York, circa 1905. Collection of Milwaukee Art Museum; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Abert and Mrs. Barbara Abert Tooman, M1976.14. Photo by John R. Glembin |
NOTE: This exhibiton will be the subject of our May 11, 2023 lecture, presented by the exhibition curator, Chyna Bounds.
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Art Institute of Chicago
Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio
Sept. 17, 2022–Jan. 16, 2023
For more than 60 years, Bridget Riley has created abstract, geometric drawings that challenge and delight the senses. These studies range from working drawings on graph paper to finished gouaches and serve alternately to anticipate and accompany her paintings. This the first and most extensive museum exhibition dedicated exclusively to the British artist’s drawings in over half a century. The exhibition presents approximately 90 sheets from the artist’s own collection, kept as part of her dynamic studio practice. These works cover the full range of her career—from her student days in the late 1940s, when she dedicated herself exclusively to drawing courses at Goldsmiths College, through her groundbreaking black-and-white optical works of the early 1960s and the innovative color studies she has produced from the late 1960s to the present day.
Sept. 17, 2022–Jan. 16, 2023
For more than 60 years, Bridget Riley has created abstract, geometric drawings that challenge and delight the senses. These studies range from working drawings on graph paper to finished gouaches and serve alternately to anticipate and accompany her paintings. This the first and most extensive museum exhibition dedicated exclusively to the British artist’s drawings in over half a century. The exhibition presents approximately 90 sheets from the artist’s own collection, kept as part of her dynamic studio practice. These works cover the full range of her career—from her student days in the late 1940s, when she dedicated herself exclusively to drawing courses at Goldsmiths College, through her groundbreaking black-and-white optical works of the early 1960s and the innovative color studies she has produced from the late 1960s to the present day.
Saint Louis Art Museum
Day & Dream in Modern Germany, 1914–1945
August 26, 2022–February 26, 2023
In the dramatic years between the two world wars, German art ranged from an activist realism to a utopian idealism. This exhibition presents a selection of work that questions the relationship among art, the visible world, and contemporary society. It features prints, photographs, drawings, and watercolors by some of the most celebrated artists of their generation selected from the Museum’s collection and from local museums.
In the first half of the 20th century, German art took a dizzying array of forms, from the bold abstraction of German Expressionism to the clinical hyperrealism of New Objectivity. This artistic diversity was a product of the momentous events shaping the lives of artists working in Germany. Two world wars, political revolution, crippling unemployment, and historic hyperinflation plunged everyday Germans into an endless cycle of existential threats that culminated with the genocide of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution that forced many artists into exile.
Some works of art in this exhibition reference sex, violence, and language that some visitors may find offensive.
August 26, 2022–February 26, 2023
In the dramatic years between the two world wars, German art ranged from an activist realism to a utopian idealism. This exhibition presents a selection of work that questions the relationship among art, the visible world, and contemporary society. It features prints, photographs, drawings, and watercolors by some of the most celebrated artists of their generation selected from the Museum’s collection and from local museums.
In the first half of the 20th century, German art took a dizzying array of forms, from the bold abstraction of German Expressionism to the clinical hyperrealism of New Objectivity. This artistic diversity was a product of the momentous events shaping the lives of artists working in Germany. Two world wars, political revolution, crippling unemployment, and historic hyperinflation plunged everyday Germans into an endless cycle of existential threats that culminated with the genocide of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution that forced many artists into exile.
Some works of art in this exhibition reference sex, violence, and language that some visitors may find offensive.
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM, Springfield, Illinois
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Welcome: Recent Acquisitions to the Art Collectionthrough December 31, 2022
The Illinois State Museum presents its second annual Juneteenth art exhibition NOIR II: The Migration. In collaboration with Springfield's Juneteenth, Inc., and national artists and co-curators, Korbin "Kas" King and Michelle "Micki" Smith, NOIR II is an exhibition of Black art by people of color depicting the migration of Black Americans. It tells the story visually, provoking viewers to think and talk about what freedom looks like for people of color in the United States. "This year, we want to explore life after Juneteenth. Now that we're free, what do we do? How do we survive? As last year's exhibition encouraged a conversation, that goal remains the same this year," said co-curator Smith. "We want to tell a story visually, provoking viewers to think and talk about what freedom looks like for people of color in the United States." King and Smith are seeking to tell the story of the Great Migration from southern states to northern states, more specifically:
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