Posts Tagged ‘Norton Simon’
by Kelly Boyd Norton Simon: Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres, through 4/5/10. Reaching its greatest height in France under the rule of Napoleon III, portraiture had up until the late 1860s been characterized by Ingres’ fidelity to the face and emphasis on the patron’s prestigious social and moral standing. In “Gaze: Portraiture after Ingres”, the Norton Simon […]
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In Europe, Arts Ask for Alms (NY Times) Making Art Out of an Encounter (NY Times) Online, It’s the Mouse that Runs the Museum (NY Times) Scorsese, Govan Talk Film Preservation and Hint at Future Collaboration (LA Times) Critic’s Notebook, MOCA Begins to Roll Out Future Exhibition Plans (LA Times) A Renaissance at the V&A […]
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As part of an art exchange program between the Frick Collection in New York and the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ stunning portrait, Comtesse d’Haussonville, 1845, is being shown for the first time in California. The temporary exhibition includes two related preparatory drawings and is on view through January 25, 2010, […]
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Tags: Comtesse d'Haussonville, fashion, Frick Collection, Ingres, Norton Simon, portrait
By Emily Waldorf Did you know that you can get into Los Angeles museums for free on certain days? Mike Boehm wrote the definitive guide in The Los Angeles Times, that breaks it all down for the budget conscious culture-seeker. Hammer Museum is free on Thursdays Huntington Museum, Library, and Botanical Gardens are free the first […]
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Why University Museums Matter (NY Times) Contemporary Indian Art Gives Fresh Spin to Yale School of Art Gallery (NY Times) Recession-Related Closures Rock Chelsea Galleries (ARTINFO) Party Pics: Dan Graham at MOCA, BMWs and Beyond (ARTINFO) Crowds Mob Exhibition of Yves Saint Laurent Collection (ARTINFO) Party Pics: Andrew Berardini at Dan Graham’s Opening at […]
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Tags: Andrew Berardini, BMW art cars, Chelsea galleries, contemporary Indian art, crisis, crowds, Dan Graham, Frick, Gatsby, London graffiti artist, MOCA, Norton Simon, old masters, Oscar Night, Red Carpet fashion, Yale School of Art Gallery, Yves Saint Laurent