LATEST EXHIBITION NEWS
Pre-Raphaelite Pictures to début in China
Nineteenth century paintings from the collection of the Mexican businessman Juan Antonio Pérez Simón will be on view
in China through March 2009. Works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Albert Moore, John William Godward, Lord Leighton,
William Bouguereau and Sir Alma Tadema are included in the exhibition From Academia to Impressionism - Masterpieces of the 19th Century European Paintings from the Perez Simon Collection.
The exhibition opens at Beijing's World Art Museum in March 2008, and
will then tour to Shanghai, Hunan and Guangdong. Watch a video of the exhibit.
Recreation of Klimt's Beethoven Frieze
A full-scale recreation of Gustav Klimt's monumental Beethoven Frieze will be displayed at Tate Liverpool this summer as
part of the exhibition Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900,
the first comprehensive exhibition of Klimt's work ever staged in the UK and a key event in
Liverpool's programme for European Capital of Culture 2008.
Ponce Art Museum (Museo de Arte de Ponce)
The Ponce Art Museum in Puerto Rico will be closing for two years, during which time its art
treasures will be undertaking a
world tour:
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
The Hood Museum of Art in New Hampshire will be exhibiting ancient Roman objects, on loan from Naples,
alongside
Alma-Tadema's A Sculpture Gallery, plus X-rays of the painting, related drawings, prints,
and photographs:
Alma-Tadema and Antiquity: Imagining Classical Sculpture in Late-Nineteenth-Century Britain
(June 28, 2008 - September 28, 2008)
The Royal Holloway Collection
Paintings from the Royal Holloway Collection, London will be exhibited at the Philbrook Museum of
Art in Oklahoma from October 2008 - January 2009. The collection consists of sixty paintings, by
artsts such as John Everett Millais and Edwin Landseer.
William Holman Hunt
The Art Gallery of Ontario is organizing an exhibition entitled
William Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelite Vision:
This exhibition looks at the origins of Hunt’s vision, which is rooted in the economic, cultural and spiritual milieu of Victorian England. His concern about contemporary moral and spiritual dilemmas is articulated through works that focus on the theme of spiritual, intellectual, or emotional enlightenment. He is especially interested in moments of insight or revelation, which have the power to change the lives of individuals or the course of the human race.
This exhibition examines the meaning of Pre-Raphaelitism as defined by Hunt, who not only founded the movement, but also was the only one who remained true to its principles throughout his life. It will explore the lengths to which Hunt went to give his works verisimilitude, whether contemporary or historical, by including some of his studio costumes and props, his palette and brushes, photographs and letters.
The exhibition consists of 64 objects; paintings, drawings, engravings, textiles, photographs as well as some of Hunt’s letters and memorabilia.
It will be exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts from June 14, 2009 - September 6, 2009.
Other venues / dates to follow.
John William Waterhouse
J.W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite,
a retrospective exhibition of the British artist John William Waterhouse,
will open at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands in 2008, and will subsequently
travel to the UK and Canada:
December 2008 - April 2009, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
July - September 2009, Royal Academy of Arts, London
September 2009 - February 2010, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J.W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite is the first major survey of Waterhouse’s art since 1978. It will bring together paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, and historical photographs from museums and private collections worldwide, many of which have never been presented publicly. Although the art of Waterhouse is admired widely, the public knows relatively little about the man himself or his artistic production. Thus this project will place Waterhouse's most famous works within the wider context of his career, demonstrating why he ranks among the late nineteenth century’s most thoughtful, and innovative, interpreters of the classical and romantic traditions.
The cooperation between the Groninger Museum, the Royal Academy, and the Montreal Museum was inspired by the fact that all three institutions have specific backgrounds and histories which make them ideally suited to present this exhibition. Waterhouse was trained at the Royal Academy, showed there almost continuously throughout his career, taught there, and served on its governing council. Through the years, the Montreal Museum has acquired a rich collection of paintings by Victorian masters, many of whom were friendly with Waterhouse himself. Over the last few years, the Groninger Museum has gained more and more recognition in the Netherlands and abroad for its exhibitions that focus on nineteenth-century topics. Recent examples are Russian Landscape, which travelled to the National Gallery in London in 2004 and Akseli Gallen-Kallela in 2006.
Source: Peter Trippi, organiser of the exhibition.
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