Art Across America
| BOSTON
ARIZONA
Tucson
Tucson Museum of Art
El Alma del Pueblo: Spanish Folk Art and Its Transformation in the Americas
Through Aug. 2.
www.azstarnet.com/~tmaedu/ index.html
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance
Explores the Harlem Renaissance and its influence on the culture of early-20th-century America and Europe.
July 15-Sept. 13.
www.lacma.org
San Diego
San Diego Museum of Art
Monet: Paintings of Giverny From the Muse Marmottan
Blockbuster exhibit features 22 paintings by Monet.
Through Aug. 30.
www.sddt.com/sdma.html
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
National Gallery of Art
Alexander Calder
Works from one of the great innovators of the 20th century.
Through July 12.
Manet, Monet, and the Gare Saint-Lazare
Emphasizes the heroic symbol of the Saint-Lazare station in Paris and its influence on Impressionist artists.
Through Sept. 20.
Mark Rothko
Retrospective reveals the depth of the artist's career.
Through Aug. 16.
www.nga.gov
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sarah Charlesworth
First mid-career survey of this American artist's work, including more than 60 large-scale photo-objects that address issues of media, gender politics, art history, mythology, and more.
Through Sept. 27.
www.nmwa.org
The Phillips Collection
Richard Diebenkorn
Most comprehensive survey to date of the late contemporary American artist's career.
Through Aug. 16.
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chuck Close
Surveys full spectrum of the American artist's career, including more than 90 works.
Through Sept. 13.
MAINE
Rockland
Farnsworth Art Museum
Wondrous Strange: the Pursuit of the Marvelous in the Art of the Wyeth Family
Explores the dimensions of narrative, fantasy, and reality in the art of this important family of American artists.
Through Nov. 8.
www.wyethcenter.com
Portland
Portland Museum of Art
Monet to Matisse: Responses to the Riviera
Highlights the Impressionist and Modernist European and American masters who were active on the Riviera from 1880 to 1940.
Through Oct. 18.
www.portlandmuseum.org
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
New Paintings by David Hockney
Dramatic panoramic landscapes of his native English countryside.
Through Aug. 23.
PhotoImage: 60s-90s
Explores dialogue between photographic imagery and contemporary printmaking.
Through Sept. 27.
www.mfa.org
Williamstown
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Degas and the Little Dancer
Focuses on the evolution of the famous sculpture "Little Dancer, Fourteen Years Old" by the French Impressionist.
Through Sept. 7.
www.clark.williams.edu
NEW YORK
New York
Museum of Modern Art
Pierre Bonnard
Features 90 paintings by the French artist who is best known for depictions of intimate interior scenes.
Through Oct. 13.
www.moma.org
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Art of the Motorcycle
Through Sept. 20.
www.guggenheim.org
Whitney Museum of American Art
Andrew Wyeth
Highlights the American artist's landscape paintings.
Through Aug. 30.
Charles Ray
Mid-career survey of this internationally recognized artist.
Through Oct. 19.
www.echonyc.com/~whitney
OHIO
Columbus
Columbus Museum of Art
George Bellows: Love of Winter
Interpretations of winter created between 1908 and 1915 by this important 20th-century artist from Columbus.
Through Sept. 13.
www.columbusart.mus.oh.us
OREGON
Portland
Portland Art Museum
Chihuly Over Venice
Chandeliers made by Dale Chihuly in cooperation with glass masters of Finland, Ireland, and Mexico for installation over canals of Venice.
Through Jan. 18.
Splendors of Ancient Egypt
One of the largest shows of ancient Egyptian art to visit the US.
Through Aug. 16.
www.pam.org
TEXAS
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art
That Earlier, Wilder Image: Oil Sketches by American Landscape Painters, 1830-1880
Examines how artists including Thomas Cole and Frederic Church used oil sketches to create easel paintings and promote their careers.
Through Sept. 13.
www.unt.edu/dfw/dma/www/dma.htm
- From the '1998 Traveler's Guide to Art Museum Exhibitions: Tenth Anniversary Edition' (800-2-LOVE-ART)
