From photography to film to exhibits of
old masters, Impressionists and modern artists, late summer offers
a full range of artistic experiences, including festivals of every
kind. Several exhibits focus on the relationship between different
art forms.
Domestic
Boston -- Over 175 black-and-white
photographs by one of Americas most noted photographers are on
display in Ansel Adams at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston from Aug.
21 to Dec. 31. While visiting the museum, catch Sounds of the Silk
Road: Musical Instruments of Asia, through Jan. 5, featuring more
than 100 musical instruments and works on paper.
Dallas -- The works of another famed
photographer are on view at the Dallas Museum of Art through Sept.
4. Gordon Parks, Half Past Autumn: Selections From the Collection
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art is a retrospective showing some 130
photographs taken by Parks between 1940 and 1977.
Davenport, Iowa -- Theres excitement in
the Quad Cities area with the recent debut of cultural attractions,
including the 100,000-square-foot, modernist, glass Figge Art
Museum, on the banks of the Mississippi River. The $46.9 million
facility opened on Aug. 6. The museums inaugural exhibition, The
Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935,
is on display from Sept. 17 to Jan. 1. It includes works by such
artists as Georgia OKeeffe, Marsden Hartley and Arthur
Dove.
Opened in June
and just steps away from the museum is the glass-enclosed, $7
million Skybridge. Jutting out into the Mississippi River, it
presents a shower of changing colors nightly.
The nearby
Bucktown Center for the Arts, with artists studios and galleries,
opened July 22. Down the street, another museum, the year-old River
Music Experience, features music exhibits and live
performances.
Hawaii -- All of the islands celebrate the
annual Aloha Festivals from Aug. 27 to Sept. 21. On the Big Island,
theres music, art, a paniolo parade and a hula competition
for couples.
Los
Angeles -- For Your Approval: Oil Sketches by Tiepolo, at
the Getty Center through Sept. 4, features sketches by the
18th-century artist used to develop his full-scale frescoes and
altarpieces. The museum also is displaying works by another master
in Rembrandts Late Religious Portraits through Aug. 28.
New
York -- Drawings From the Modern, 1945-1975, at the Museum
of Modern Art through Aug. 29, focuses on key periods in the
development of modern art, showing a range of styles represented by
such artists as Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and Agnes
Martin.
If youre looking
for something different, try Governors Island in New York Harbor.
Closed to the public for over 200 years, the historical island
features a pair of early 19th-century forts and offers tours
Mondays through Saturdays.
Festivals are on
tap throughout the city. The New York International Fringe
Festival, from Aug. 12 to 28, features productions by more than 200
groups, and the free Lincoln Center Out of Doors from Aug. 13 to
Sept. 4 includes performances several times a day and night by
well-known groups such as the Paul Taylor Dance Company and
little-known groups from around the world.
Several of New
Yorks specialized museums offer interesting and unusual
exhibitions. The Neue Galerie looks at the horrors of war in a
series of prints by two noted German artists of the early 20th
century. War/Hell: Master Prints by Otto Dix and Max Beckman runs
through Sept. 26.
The Dahesh Museum
of Art celebrates its 10th anniversary with The Dahesh Collection:
Celebrating a Decade of Discovery, through Sept. 22. The Rubin
Museum of Art features two new exhibitions, Eternal Presence:
Handprints & Footprints in Buddhist Art, through Sept. 4, and
Female Buddhas: Women of Enlightenment in Himalayan Art through
Jan. 15.
Omaha,
Neb. -- The Joslyn Art Museums Mir Iskusstva: Russias Age
of Elegance, through Sept. 14, showcases works from the State
Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. Never before seen in the West,
the exhibition focuses on the Russian art movement in the decades
before the Russian revolution. The
museum also is showing Frederick J. Brown: Portraits of Music I
Love through Sept. 4, with paintings from the African-American
artists Jazz and Blues series.
Philadelphia -- Poussin to Cezanne: French
Drawings From the Prat Collection, at the Philadelphia Museum of
Art through Sept. 25, includes works from a notable, private
collection by some of Frances greatest artists, including Edgar
Degas, Georges Seurat and Claude Manet.
Phoenix -- Surrealism USA, which
originated at the National Academy of Design in New York, is making
its only other stop at the Phoenix Art Museum through Sept. 25.
Included are paintings, sculptures and works on paper by such
artists as Salvador Dali, Alexander Calder and Mark
Rothko.
Santa
Ana, Calif. -- Personal artifacts, clothing and video and
audio footage focus on one of the 20th centurys most fascinating
figures, Argentinas Eva Peron. Evita: Up Close and Personal is at
the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art through Oct. 16.
Washington -- The Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden explores the relationship between music and modern
art in Visual Music: Synaesthesia in Art and Music, through Sept.
11.
Williamstown, Mass. -- Film buffs will
enjoy Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film, 1880-1910 at
the Williams College Museum of Art, through Dec. 11. The
exhibition, with 50 early films and 100 paintings by Thomas Eakins,
Childe Hassim and others, explores the ties between film and
art.
International
Budapest,
Hungary -- The festival season is very much alive with
several on the agenda in upcoming weeks. The youth-oriented Sziget
Festival, from Aug. 10 to 17, highlights modern music, including
rock, jazz and theater, film and classical music. From Aug. 28 to
Sept. 4, the Budapest Jewish Summer Festival at sites throughout
the city explores the range and diversity of Jewish culture,
including music, dance, books and film.
Cobham,
England -- The art is horticultural at Painshill Park, one
of Europes premier 18th-century parks. The new exhibition, through
Oct. 30 in the parks Walled Garden, should appeal to U.S. visitors.
American Roots at Painshill Park showcases North American plants of
the 18th century.
Dubrovnik, Croatia -- The 56th Dubrovnik
Summer Festival, through Aug. 28, showcases music, theater and
dance.
Edinburgh, Scotland -- Overlapping the
citys mammoth Fringe Festival, which ends on Aug. 29, is the
Edinburgh International Festival from Aug. 14 to Sept. 4, featuring
performances by troupes from around the world.
London -- The Royal Academy of Arts is
featuring works from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston in an
exhibition exploring the influence of French Impressionist painters
on Bostons art scene at the turn of the 20th century. Impressionism
Abroad: Boston and French Painting runs through Sept.
11.
Toronto -- The 20th annual Toronto
International Film Festival from Sept. 8 to 17 includes features
from around the world, including a number of North American
premieres.
Venice -- The 62nd Venice International
Film Festival runs from Aug. 31 to Sept. 10.
Long-time
arts and tourism writer Alvin H. Reiss is editor of the Travel Arts
Partnership Newsletter (TAP), which is published by Museums
Magazine, the Arts & Business Council and the Art Knowledge
Corp. For more details, visit www.travelartspartnership.com.