Artist: John Opie (1761 - 1807)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
John Opie displayed artistic talent at a young age and was first discovered by John Wolcot. In 1781, Wolcot started Opie’s career in London, marketing him as a naïve genius under the nickname, “The Cornish Wonder.” Opie painted portraits and other paintings in a style similar to that of Rembrandt. His later work was uninspired and repetitive. In 1805, he became a professor of painting at the Royal Academy and his lectures were published in 1909 after his death. Opie also produced history paintings for Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Miss Walker John Opie (British, 1761-1807)Oil on canvas; 29 7/8 x 24 7/8 in. (75.9
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John Opie Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet - Act IV, Scene V. Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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John Opie Shakespeare - Timon of Athens - Act IV, Scene III Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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John Opie Shakespeare - Part two of King Henry the Sixth - Act I ,SceneIV Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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John Opie Shakespeare - First Part of King Henry the Sixth - Act II, Scene III. Line and stipple engraving with hand coloring 18th - 19th century
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Samuel William Reynolds, Senior John Opie Mezzotint 18th - 19th century
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Catherine Opie - RV Trip 1998 chromogenic print Miami Art Museum American
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John Steuart Curry - John Brown 1938 Lithograph Arkansas Arts Center American
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John Singleton Copley - John Greene c. 1769 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Gray 1766 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Vanderlyn - John Sudam 1829-1830 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Wollaston - John Stevens c. 1749-1752 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. John Greene 1769 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Durand - Mrs. John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Frazee - John Marshall 1834-35 marble Boston Athenaeum American
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John Smibert - Mrs. John Pitts 1735 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Hoppner - John Granville 1790-95 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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John Johnston - John Peck c. 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Durand - John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Sartain Portrait of John A. Sutter mezzotint 1850
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Charles Willson Peale - Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr. 1790 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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John Sartain John Calvin 19th century
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John Singleton Copley - Portrait of John Scollay 1764 black and white chal Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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John R. Johnston - Mrs. John R. Johnston before 1857 salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John B. Neagle William Helmuth (or John Henry Helmuth) oil on canvas 1834
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John Singleton Copley - The Honorable John Erving c. 1774 oil on canvas Smith College Museum of Art American
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Man, Said to Be John Durham, ca. 1790 John Barry (British, active
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: artist unknown Title: Tapestry Fragment of Virgin and St. John Date: about 1520 -
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John Wesley Jarvis - Commodore John Rodgers c. 1814 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Colonel John Montresor c. 1771 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Dixon An Incantation Mezzotint 1773
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John Smibert John Nelson oil on canvas 1732
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John Smith Sir John Percival Bart Mezzotint 1704
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John Smith John Duke of Marlborough Mezzotint 1705
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John Hall King John, Act IV, Scene I 18th century
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John Trumbull - John Trumbull 1793 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John R. Johnston - John R. Johnston with Painting late 1850's salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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H.B. (John Doyle) John Wilkes 18th - 19th century
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John Kay John Campbell of Blythewood Etching 1784
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Wilson The Elephant and the Bookseller, opposite page 45 in the book, Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), Vol. 1 Engraving 1793
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W. Grainger The Baboon and the Poultry, opposite page 17 in the book, Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), vol. 2 Engraving 1793
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John Smith John Lambert the Elder, (after same) mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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John Neagle - The Reverend John Albert Ryan 1825-1829 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Faber the Younger St. John, Apostle and Evangelist mezzotint 1754
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John Covert - John Covert's Father In His Pharmacy c. 1906 oil on cavnas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Gilbert Stuart - John Jay 1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Alice Neel - John 1980 lithograph on paper The Art Gallery University of Maryland
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John Stuart Curry John Brown Lithograph 1939
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William Strang John Bunyan, frontispiece portrait and first plate in the book The Pilgrim*s Progress by John Bunyan (London: John C. Nimmo, 1895) etching 1885
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John Neagle - Amy Taylor Dickson (Mrs. John Dickson) c. 1835 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Carter Portrait of John Carter at Work, frontispiece in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Young John the Baptist; History Scene
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John Faber the Younger Portrait of John Taylor Mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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John James Audubon Douglass' Squirrel, a study for pl. 48 ofViviparous Quadripeds of North America by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman (New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848) Watercolor, ink, graphite, and glaze on wove paper circa 1843
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: John Smith and after Gottfned Kneller Title: John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave Date: 17th
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John Chester Buttre Portrait of John B. Webber engraving 19th - 20th century
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John Cochran John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent 19th century
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John Smith Portrait of John Egerton, Earl of Bridgwater Mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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John Cage Variations III 1992
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John Cage Plate arrangement cards for Dereau 1982
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William St. John Harper (sculpture) engraving 1889
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John Wootton The Owl and the Elephant, plate for Fable XLI on page 155 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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John Wootton The Old Hen and the Cock, plate for Fable XX on page 76 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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John Wootton The Lyon and the Cub, plate for Fable XIX on page 73 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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John Trumbull Philip Church oil on canvas 1784
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John White Alexander - Portrait of Mrs. John White Alexander 1902 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Elaine de Kooning - John Ashbery 1975 oil on board Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Paolo Veneziano - St. John the Baptist c. 1350 tempera on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Julia Margaret Cameron - Sir John Herschel 1867 albumen print from w Cleveland Museum of Art British
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Piero della Francesca - St. John the Evangelist 1454-69 tempera on panel The Frick Collection Italian
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Paolo Veneziano - St. John the Baptist c. 1350 tempera on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Francesco d'Ubertino Verdi - St. John in the Wilderness c. 1535 oil on panel Utah Museum of Fine Arts Italian
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Gilbert Stuart - John Adams c. 1800-1815 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Royall Brewster Smith - John G. Read 1833 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Jacopo Sansovino - St. John the Baptist c. 1540-1550 bronze Liechtenstein Museum Italian
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Gilbert Stuart - John Randolph 1804-1805 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Sir Joshua Reynolds - John Musters 1777-1780 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Robert Campin - John the Baptist early 1410's oil and tempera on p Cleveland Museum of Art Netherlandish
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Charles Willson Peale - John Nicholson 1790 Oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Joseph Wright - Mrs. John Ashton c. 1769-1771 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Juseppe de Ribera - St. John the Baptist c. 1624 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art Spanish
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Benjamin Trott - John Jordan c. 1830 watercolor on ivory Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Boris Bernhard Gordon - John Huntington 1917 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Wootton The Spaniel and the Cameleon, plate for Fable II on page 7 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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John Wootton The Wild Boar and the Ram, plate for Fable V on page 18 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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William Strang The Pilgrim*s Progress by John Bunyan (London: John C. Nimmo, 1895) book with 14 etchings 1895
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Ezra Ames - John Scoville c. 1810 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Dieric Bouts - John the Baptist 1480's oil on wood Cleveland Museum of Art Netherlandish
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Gilbert Stuart - Sir John Dick 1783 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Daniel Huntington - Dr. John W. Francis 1857 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Chester Harding - John Randolph 1829 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - John Adams c. 1821 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Valentin de Boulogne - St. John the Evangelist c. 1622-23 oil on canvas Ackland Art Museum French
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Francesco da Sangallo - St. John Baptizing 1535-38 bronze The Frick Collection Italian
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Antonio d'Enrico - St. John the Baptist c. 1627-29 oil on canvas Philbrook Museum of Art Italian
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Thomas Skynner - John Stone c. 1845 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. John Taylor c. 1778 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Robert Feke - Mrs. John Banister 1748 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Frederick W. Mayhew - John Harrisson c. 1823 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. John Kirby after 1748 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (18)
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Photographer's Gallery: Altered States of America: Catherine Opie
Im kind of a twisted social documentary photographer Catherine Opie shot to prominence in the mid 1990s with a spectacular sequence of Portraits of her close friends within Los Angeles leather community: transvestites, female-to-male tr...
MAK Center for Art and Architecture: TRESPASSING: Houses x Artists
The projects engage the house as subject, investigating its forms, functions and significance while imagining a wide variety of prototypes for living. Presenting renderings, models, video and an interactive installation, the artists and architects...
Tate Britian: Intelligence: New British Art 2000
Intelligence means both information gathering (intelligence as in MI5) and the faculty employed to process information into something new. Many artists today can be seen as intelligence agents at large in society, gathering, siftin...
Tate Modern: Between Cinema and a Hard Place
Ranging from film and video to sculpture, the exhibition features works by the following artists: Miroslaw Balka, Matthew Barney, Christian Boltanski, Janet Cardiff and George Bures-Miller, James Coleman, Stan Douglas,...
Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens: The Great Wide Open: Panoramic Photographs of the American West
Well-known early photographers such as Carleton E. Watkins, William H. Jackson, and Eadweard Muybridge are represented, along with contemporary photographers including Karen Halverson, Mark Klett, Gus Foster, Robert Dawson, Stuart Klipper, Cath...
Sheffield Galleries and Museum Trust, Graves Art Gallery: Tate Sculpture: The Human Figure in British Art from Moore to Gormley
Tate Sculpture will display 20 major works focussing on the human form, by internationally renowned masters such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, alongside contemporary artists such as Sarah Lucas, Ron Mueck and Antony Gormley. Tate Sculptu...
Wiener Secession, Vereinigung Bildender Künstler: Rita McBride, Secession Tower
McBride's technique can best be compared to transformation and alienation. She assumes that the material of an object is in itself a carrier of meaning. Ignoring the seemingly obvious coupling of form, function and material, Rita McBride works wi...
PS1 Contemporary Art Center: Uniform: Order and Disorder
The artists: Adel Abdessemed, Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Lina Bertucci, Joseph Beuys, Alighiero Boetti, Chris Burden, Maurizio Ca...
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford: Open City: Street Photographs 1950-2000
Open City: Street Photographs 1950-2000 begins at the point at which photographers began to make work that was in part a reaction to this established vocabulary, and at the same time a continuation and extension of its tradition.  The exhibition w...
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: Open City: Street Photographs since 1950
On the opening day, the exhibition's co-curators--Kerry Brougher, the Hirshhorn's chief curator, and Russell Ferguson, deputy director/chief curator of the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles--will discuss the show in a slide illustrated "Curators' Ta...
Transition: Hans in Transition: Paintings by Hans Scheirl
"For Hans in Transition I plan to create a dynamic between self-portraits from that time and my new work, which is more abstract, more graphic design and comix inspired." "Staging myself as a man and staging myself as a painter is juxtaposed...
Tate Liverpool: Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop
The technique of remixing has been used since the mid 1960s when King Tubby and Lee Perry first started to experiment with Dub music in Kingston, Jamaica. The bringing together and reconfiguring of a wide range of sources is now at the heart of t...
Seattle Art Museum: Only Skin Deep: Photography’s Role in Shaping America’s Identity
The curators Coco Fusco, Associate Professor in the Visual Arts Division at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, and Brian Wallis, ICP’s Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator, explore America’s stereotypical notions of race through more t...
Whitney Museum of American Art: Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2000
Curator Sylvia Wolf's selection focuses on artists who live and work in this country. Portraits, landscapes, street photographs, and genre subjects will be featured, including works by Vito Acconci, Diane Arbus, Matthew Barney, Dawoud Bey, Nancy B...
Cleveland Museum of Art: Photography Transformed: Selections from the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company Collection
The exhibition will include large-scale portraits, urban and natural landscapes, and staged works by 54 artists, most working in color media. They in...
Laguna Art Museum: The OsCene: Contemporary Art and Culture in Orange County
In fact, it has been over twenty years since a survey exhibition of contemporary art in Orange County has been organized by a museum (the last major effort being done by Newport Harbor Art Museum in 1979). Tremendous growth and change have occurre...
Palazzo Ducale: Arti and Architettura: 1900 - 2000
A utopian adventure, encroaching sometimes into “archisculpture”, whose protagonists – artists and architects from Kazimir Malevich to Vladmir Tatlin, from Antonio Sant'Elia to Giuseppe Terragni, from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Piet Mondrian, f...
Arizona State University Art Museum: SITES AROUND THE CITY: ART AND ENVIRONMENT
Citywide project committee is co-managed by Heather Sealy Lineberry and Felicie Regnier. EXHIBITION AT THE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM:
The ASU Art Museum's exhibition and catalogue will present the most challenging contemp...

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