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SUMMARY:ELLSWORTH KELLY - AT THE EDGE OF WATER
DESCRIPTION:From 27 June to 15 November 2026\, the Fondation Maeght will present a major exhibition devoted to the American artist Ellsworth Kelly. Ellsworth Kelly – At the Edge of Water\, curated by Éric de Chassey\, explores for the first time the role of water in Kelly’s work\, offering a new perspective on both his practice and his working method. \nA major figure in American art\, Kelly (1923–2015) is renowned for his large-scale abstract works\, which maintain a precise relationship with the visible world. Throughout his life he was drawn to aquatic environments — from Belle-Île and the Côte d’Azur to New York and the Caribbean — where experiences of looking at water gave rise to drawings\, collages\, paintings and sculptures. Rather than depicting landscapes\, Kelly translated the perception of water itself: its shifting colour\, light and surface. \nThe exhibition also recalls Kelly’s early and lasting connection with the Maeght family. After returning to France in 1948\, he exhibited at Galerie Maeght in Paris and stayed regularly with the family in Saint-Paul-de-Vence\, forging a friendship with Adrien Maeght that continued throughout his life. \n \nEllsworth Kelly\, Long Bay Beach (study for White and Dark Gray Panels I)\, 1977\, postcard collage\, 9.8 × 14.9 cm\, © Ellsworth Kelly Studio.
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/ellsworth-kelly-at-the-edge-of-water/
LOCATION:Fondation Maeght\, 623 Chem. des Gardettes\, Saint-Paul-de-Vence\, 06570\, France
CATEGORIES:Current,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:On Location: Drawing the Outdoors
DESCRIPTION:Discover how an intimate and reflective relationship with nature can shape artistic vision. \nMeander through visions of the outdoors to discover how landscapes offered 19th-century European artists freedom\, renewal\, and rediscovery beyond the pressures of society. Placing the natural world at the center of artistic expression and featuring drawings by J. M. W. Turner\, John Constable\, Gustave Courbet\, Edouard Manet\, Berthe Morisot\, Paul Cézanne\, and Vincent van Gogh\, among many others\, On Location: Drawing the Outdoors includes approximately 140 sketches\, watercolors\, and pastels in a showcase of creativity devoted to and inspired by nature. \nOrganized into 10 thematic sections\, the exhibition unfolds like a series of trails through the landscape\, tracing changing perceptions\, the rise of environmentalism\, and shifting national and artistic identities. Along the way\, it introduces the techniques\, formats\, and functions of outdoor drawings and watercolors\, showing how artists employed them to interpret the countryside and portray sites of natural beauty. On Location: Drawing the Outdoors offers visitors a space to reflect on how the experiences and motivations of 19th-century artists still resonate today. \nAn accompanying exhibition catalogue provides an expansive look at the topic through 5 panoramic essays and 10 focused thematic introductions\, by contributors with a range of interests and perspectives. \nCurated by Joachim Homann\, Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings\, with Meghan Grady\, Curatorial Assistant for Special Exhibitions and Publications\, Division of European and American Art\, and Susanne Bartels\, Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Curatorial Fellow (2024–26). Contributors include Penley Knipe\, Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works of Art on Paper and Head of the Paper Lab; Miriam Stewart\, Curator of the Collection\, Division of European and American Art; and current and former Harvard graduate student interns and Ph.D. candidates: Kacper Kolęda\, Byron Otis\, Sarah C. Rosenthal (Ph.D. 2026)\, and Erik Zou. \nFunding for the exhibition and related programming was provided by the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Support Fund\, the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Support Fund for the Study of Dutch Drawing\, the Melvin R. Seiden and Janine Luke Fund for Publications and Exhibitions\, and the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. The catalogue was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds\, including the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund. Additional project support was provided by the Almathea Charitable Foundation. \n \nVincent van Gogh\, “The Blue Cart”\, 1888. Graphite\, black chalk\, oil pastel(?)\, brown ink\, and transparent and opaque watercolor on tan laid paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum\, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop\, 1943.279.
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/on-location-drawing-the-outdoors/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Current,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270119
DTSTAMP:20261012T155434Z
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SUMMARY:Spectacular Freedom: Andrew Wyeth and the Modern American Watercolor
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition is the first to offer an in-depth exploration of American artist Andrew Wyeth’s watercolors—described by one critic as having a “spectacular freedom”—examining his relationship to the medium throughout the early decades of his career. Beginning in the 1930s\, Wyeth built a monumental reputation for his use of watercolor\, depicting the people and places that surrounded him in rural Pennsylvania and Maine in expressive and evocative compositions. His practice varied widely over the years that followed\, resulting in innovative works\, both sketches and finished sheets. These works ranged from vivid\, painterly landscapes to precisely rendered interior scenes and preparatory studies for the tempera paintings he produced alongside his watercolors. \nWyeth began to experiment with watercolor at a time when interest in it exploded throughout the United States\, leading to its promotion as a medium distinctively suited to depicting American experiences. This new climate for making and exhibiting watercolors not only encouraged Wyeth’s practice but also informed the fundamental questions engaged by his work about what it meant to be American and modern at that time. \nSpectacular Freedom: Andrew Wyeth and the Modern American Watercolor presents more than 100 works from the artist’s estate—most of which have never been on view. Featuring watercolors and a selection of the artist’s paintings\, the exhibition highlights a major aspect of Wyeth’s life and art. A richly illustrated accompanying publication includes essays by historians of American art and works on paper. \nSpectacular Freedom: Andrew Wyeth and the Modern American Watercolor is organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art in association with the Wyeth Foundation for American Art\, with support from the Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center of the Brandywine Museum of Art. \n \nImage credit: Maine Fisherman\, 1936. Andrew Wyeth (American\, 1917–2009). Watercolor on paper; 55.9 x 76.8 cm (22 x 30 1/4 in.). Wyeth Foundation for American Art Collection\, P0656. © 2025 Wyeth Foundation for American Art / Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/spectacular-freedom-andrew-wyeth-and-the-modern-american-watercolor/
LOCATION:The Cleveland Museum of Art\, 11150 East Boulevard\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Current,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002
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SUMMARY:Salman Toor: Drawings
DESCRIPTION:‘Painting was something I learned when I moved from Pakistan to the United States\, but drawing I always considered as second nature.’ – Salman Toor (2022) \nFor Salman Toor (b.1983)\, drawing is an integral part of his artistic life. To coincide with the exhibition Salman Toor: Someone Like You\, this focused display of a substantial group of works on paper\, made with ink\, charcoal\, and gouache\, showcases the artist’s mastery of drawing and the way in which it informs his practice as a painter. \nHaving started drawing as a child\, figure-drawing classes were a crucial part of Toor’s undergraduate training. Informed by his close study of art history\, particularly of baroque works\, Toor’s arresting drawings are characterised by his striking treatment of light as well as his rendering of real and implied movement to create pictures charged with a sense of dynamism and inner life. \nToor often works on variations of recurring motifs. Among the works included in this presentation are examples of his distinctive drawings of individuals and groups of figures at border control checks\, as well as still-lifes such as Fag Puddle in Vitrine (2021)\, which capture the fascination and greed connected to histories of accumulation and plundering. At times\, the artist has reworked historical paintings that especially affected him into new narratives and compositions\, such as in his drawing Three Mascots (2023)\, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s grisaille The Three Soldiers (1568). \nAlthough they are derived from his imagination\, Toor’s drawings are often based on memories\, especially the faces of friends and acquaintances. Toor has said that drawing someone is a way of connecting\, ‘like praying for someone\, or thinking about them\, creating a fantasy of them’. \nSalman Toor: Someone Like You can also be seen in the Denise Coates Exhibitions Gallery on the third floor from 2 Oct 2026 – 10 Jan 2027. \n \nSalman Toor (b.1983)\, Fag Puddle in Vitrine\, 2021\, The Courtauld\, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust). 
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/salman-toor-drawings/
LOCATION:The Courtauld Gallery\, The Courtauld Institute of Art\, Somerset House\, Strand\, London\, WC2R 0RN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Current,Exhibitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Courtauld Gallery":MAILTO:galleryinfo@courtauld.ac.uk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270124
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SUMMARY:The Surrealist Book
DESCRIPTION:A book bound with shards of shattered glass. A manifesto enshrined in polished metal. Love poems seamlessly merging with solarized photographs. For artists and writers of the Surrealist movement\, the book was a perfect vehicle for subversive experimentation and the promotion of Surrealism’s revolutionary tenets. Working collaboratively to unlock the unconscious\, they transformed the bound volume into a provocative new art form\, an enchanted portal to the unexpected\, the irrational\, and the marvelous. \nThe Surrealist Book features the work of Surrealism’s most fascinating figures\, including André Breton\, Salvador Dalí\, Claude Cahun\, Paul Éluard\, Toyen\, Max Ernst\, and Unica Zürn. It traces the myriad roles of Surrealist books from their foundational impact in the 1920s\, through their convention-defying influence in the 1930s and ’40s\, to the persistent presence of a Surrealist sensibility in volumes produced well into the 1950s and ’60s. \nThe exhibition showcases a transformative gift of rare artists’ books from the Helen and Sam Zell Collection\, presented for the first time at MoMA. This trove of exquisite objects includes special editions printed on unusual papers or enhanced with supplementary materials\, unique maquettes and singular sketchbooks filled with collages and fantastical drawings\, sculptural bindings that turn books into hybrid\, interactive artworks\, and much more. Whether sparking disquiet or delight\, books\, the Surrealists insisted\, “are doors.” Whoever “opens them is immediately thrown into a higher realm.” \nOrganized by Jodi Hauptman\, The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints\, and Starr Figura\, Curator\, with Kolleen Ku\, Curatorial Assistant\, Department of Drawings and Prints. \n \nUnica Zürn\, artist and author. Orakel und Spektakel\, IV. Buch: Anagramme und Zeichnungen (Oracle and Spectacle\, Book IV: Anagrams and Drawings). 1960. Book with ink\, colored ink\, pencil\, torn-and-pasted paper\, dried plant material\, feathers\, envelopes\, playing card\, embroidery-thread winder\, and thread; pamphlet binding with red paper wrapper over paper cover with ink on torn- and cut-and-pasted papers\, pages: 12 13/16 × 9 13/16″ (32.5 × 25 cm). The Museum of Modern Art\, New York. Gift of Helen and Sam Zell. Photo: Ben Blackwell. © Verlag Brinkmann & Bose\, Berlin\, Germany
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/the-surrealist-book/
LOCATION:MoMA\, 11 West 53 Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Current,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261126
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SUMMARY:Suor Plautilla Nelli: La Prima
DESCRIPTION:The nun-painter Suor Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588) was the first Florentine woman to achieve fame as a painter. Giorgio Vasari included a brief tribute to her in his second edition of the Lives\, writing: “she has done some things so well as to excite the wonder of artists.” \nPlautilla produced artworks of distinction and beauty both for their own sake and as a practical means of supporting her convent of Santa Caterina da Siena in Florence\, located across the piazza from the church and monastery of San Marco. \nThe exhibition includes works both for sale and on loan from private American and European collections. It is the first exhibition outside of Florence to be dedicated to this worthy and enterprising artist\, whose life is only minimally documented but whom we have come to know and esteem from the legacy of her art. \nOpening Reception: Thursday October 22nd\, 5:00-8:30PM \n \n  \nImage: Suor Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588)\, Head of a Friar (after Fra Bartolomeo) (detail)\, black chalk on paper. 13 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches (33.5 x 23.4 cm)
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/suor-plautilla-nelli-la-prima/
LOCATION:Robert Simon Fine Art\, The Fine Arts Building\, 22 East 80th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10075\, United States
CATEGORIES:Current,Exhibitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Robert Simon Fine Art":MAILTO:dfj@robertsimon.com
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