Events: Miami Art Week’s Final Days, Palm Beach Opens, Folk + Modern Art Exhibitions, Plus Must-See Design + Photography Shows

DECEMBER 5-11

NEW YORK

Ralph Eugene Meatyard, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
On view through December 23, 2015
DC Moore Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of photographs by Ralph Eugene Meatyard (1925-1972). In the space of just twenty-two years, this self-taught photographer created a mesmerizing oeuvre rich in formal, conceptual, and technical innovation that remained rooted in the experience of family life and the landscape of Kentucky. This exhibition will consist of forty photographs highlighting Meatyard’s career from the late 1950s through the early 1970s focusing on the subjects of his family, “Motion-Sound,” “Zen,” and “Light on Water” series. Meatyard purchased his first camera in 1950 to make family snapshots. This impulse quickly evolved into a full-fledged artistic practice in which his wife, Madelyn, and his three children, Michael, Christopher, and Melissa, were the central protagonists. Photographing during weekend breaks from his work as an optician, Meatyard staged his willing family in unconventional poses amidst dilapidated settings. Click here to continue reading.

Vintage Masters: Iconic Photographs from 1853 to 1996, Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY
On view through January 9, 2016
Throckmorton Fine Art is pleased to present fifty vintage photographic images by the pioneering masters of the medium in a new show titled “VINTAGE MASTERS” representing more than a century of innovation. The show has been curated to illustrate the nearly century and a half, from 1853 to 1996, when photographic innovation grew from its infancy to become one of the most important and impactful ways to express the human condition. No matter their age, location, education, political bent or social situation, the photographers featured in this show were all innovators, and they shared a commonality of vision. Click here to continue reading.

Japanese Gold Lacquer Boxes, Erik Thomsen, New York, NY
December 5, 2015-January 15, 2016
I am pleased to announce that our latest exhibition of Japanese Gold- Lacquer Boxes will open this Saturday, December 5,featuring more than 30 works dating from the 18th century to the present day. Our selection focuses on items suited to the daily lives of Japan's upper classes: suzuribako (writing boxes), natsume (tea caddies), kobako (miniature incense containers), and tebako (accessory boxes), all of them with exquisite decoration in the full range of maki-e ("sprinkled-picture") techniques unique to Japan. Adorned with designs drawn from classical literature and the natural environment, these masterpieces of traditional Japanese art offer glimpses of a refined culture that continues to thrive today.  Many of them are accompanied by their tomobako wooden storage boxes, signed and inscribed by the artist. Click here to continue reading. 

Endless House: Intersections of Art and Architecture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
On view through March 6, 2016
Endless House considers the single-family home and archetypes of dwelling as themes for the creative endeavors of architects and artists. Through drawings, photographs, video, installations, and architectural models drawn from MoMA’s collection, the exhibition highlights how artists have used the house as a means to explore universal topics, and how architects have tackled the design of residences to expand their discipline in new ways. The exhibition also marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Austrian American artist and architect Frederick Kiesler (1890–1965). Taking its name from an unrealized project by Kiesler, Endless House celebrates his legacy and the cross-pollination of art and architecture that made Kiesler's decades-long project a reference for generations to come. Click here to continue reading.

MASSACHUSETTS

From Narrow Coves to Mountaintops: A Survey in American Realism, Vose Galleries, Boston, MA
On view through January 9, 2016
Presenting a selection of outstanding paintings by important American artists such as Childe Hassam, Theodore Robinson, Samuel Lancaster Gerry, Charles Woodbury, and Anthony Thieme, among many others. This exhibition explores American Realism from the harbor scenes of Winckworth Allan Gay and Walter Farndon to a serene winter landscape by Ernest Albert to a stunning view of brave souls navigating the Alps by John Whorf. Viewable on our website and in the gallery from November 14th through January 9th, 2016, this showing will be accompanied by a forty-page catalogue. Click here to continue reading.

OHIO

American Sampler: Grandma Moses and the Handicraft Tradition, The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
On view through February 21, 2016
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860–1961), better known as Grandma Moses, was an accomplished seamstress who did not begin painting until she was 78, after arthritis made it difficult to embroider. In the remaining 23 years of her life, she became one of America’s most recognized and successful folk artists, drawing on the rich tradition of handiwork that played such a major role in her life. Moses also “sampled” from a variety of other media, including popular culture prints such as Currier and Ives, as well as topographical and birds-eye-view landscapes, all of which served to inform her visual vocabulary. This exhibition is the first of its kind to explore the formal relationships between Moses’ painting with her handicraft and other types of handiwork, including early American quilts and samplers, as well as images from popular culture, all in an effort to reveal the shared approach to her interest in pattern, form, and space that she employed to create her signature painting style. Click here to continue reading.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Andrew Moore, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
On view through January 17, 2016
currently teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His large-format color photographs capture architectural elements and urban landscapes as they are slowly reclaimed by nature. Moore maintains a “perpetual fascination with certain kinds of decayed spaces that have been reappropriated or reused or where the evidence of people struggling to keep their dignity lingers, places that have been abandoned but retain the ghosts of what they were.” Moore’s previous projects explored subjects in Cuba, Russia, and Detroit. The photographs in Andrew Moore are part of an ongoing project that focuses on the American South. Moore’s work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the National Gallery of Art. He received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship as well as grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, New York State Council on the Arts, and several private foundations. Click here to continue reading.

VIRGINIA

Rodin: Evolution of a Genius, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
On view through March 13, 2016
Organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Musée Rodin in Paris, this exhibition will feature nearly 200 works by the greatest sculptor of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Auguste Rodin. Revealing the evolving output of this genius of sculpture, the exhibition examines his techniques, materials, models and assistants, and explores the extraordinary working process behind some of his best known works. Auguste Rodin completely revitalized the very language of sculpture with his passion for the creative act. Fragile plasters as well as patinated bronzes, marble figures, astonishing ceramics and never-before-exhibited photographs all attest to this creative intensity, with much of the work presented in North America for the first time. Click here to continue reading.

PENNSYLVANIA

Silver to Steel: The Modern Designs of Peter Muller-Munk, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
On view through April 11, 2016
A German émigré to the US who moved to Pittsburgh in 1935, Peter Muller-Munk (1904–1967) was a brilliant silversmith, a pioneering industrial designer and educator, and a visionary spokesperson for his profession. Silver to Steel is the first retrospective of his four-decade career, and it situates Muller-Munk among the most influential designers of his generation. With more than 120 works of hand-wrought silver and popular midcentury products, supported by drawings, multimedia interviews, and period advertising, this exhibition presents the untold story of a man who rose from anonymity as a young silversmith at Tiffany & Co. to become a crucial postwar designer, promoting the practice of industrial design across the globe through one of the top design consultancies in America: Pittsburgh-based Peter Muller-Munk Associates (PMMA). Click here to continue reading.

NORTH CAROLINA

New York to Nebo: The Artistic Journey of Eugene Thomason, Mint Museum UPTOWN, Charlotte, NC
On view through March 27, 2016
From New York to Nebo: The Artistic Journey of Eugene Thomason is the first retrospective of American artist Eugene Thomason’s work in more than a generation and a rare opportunity to see the holdings of his art owned by The Johnson Collection, a private collection of southern American art. Thomason is a Charlotte native who, after training in New York at the Art Students League and with urban realist George Luks, returned to his home state in the early 1930s and became known for his colorful, powerfully-painted portraits and landscapes.  When The Mint Museum opened its doors in 1936, Thomason was perhaps the most significant artist working in Charlotte and one of the region’s strongest advocates for contemporary art. In fact, one of The Mint Museum’s first exhibitions, in 1937, was one dedicated to Thomason’s recent work. Click here to continue reading.

NEW MEXICO

Max Weber: In Retrospect, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
December 11, 2015-January 16, 2016
In celebration of its fifteen-year association with the Estate of Max Weber, the Gerald Peters Galleries of New York and Santa Fe are pleased to announce Max Weber: In Retrospect, an exhibition of paintings and drawings that span the life and career of this most influential of American modernist artists. From his arrival in Paris in 1905, Max Weber (1881-1961) devoted himself to modern art. In the classroom of Henri Matisse, he absorbed the tenants of Fauvism; on the walls of the Salon d’Automne, he encountered the work of Henri Rousseau, with whom he forged an influential friendship; and within the confines of the Stein’s apartment, he met Pablo Picasso and discovered the work of Paul Cézanne. In Paris, Weber initiated his lifelong commitment to developing, articulating, and redefining his own modern idiom. He returned to New York in 1908 and introduced the artistic avant-garde to American audiences. Click here to continue reading.

ONLINE

The ADA Online Show
Ongoing through December 7, 2015
On Friday, December 4, 2015, at 10 AM, the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America commenced with the winter online antiques show. The show will run around the clock until Monday, December 7 at 10:00 PM (at which time the show page will disappear and the show will be over and off the internet). No lines, no traffic, no bad weather, no tickets—this show can by enjoyed at any locale, at your leisure on one's desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone. Our members are excited about this innovative event and we anticipate great offerings from our diverse dealers. Click here to continue reading.

CATCH IT WHILE YOU CAN: MIAMI ART WEEK & PALM BEACH SHOW

If you’re in south Florida this weekend, be sure to catch the final days of Miami Art Week. The whirlwind event, which includes tons of fairs, exhibitions, and related happenings, is a favorite among the art world’s elite. Most Miami fairs will run through Sunday, December 6, while Palm Beach Jewelry • Antiques • Design, which is held 70 miles north at the Palm Beach Convention Center, will be open to the public through Monday, December 7.

Art Miami, Art Miami Pavilion, Midtown Miami Complex, Miami Beach, FL
Through December 6, 2015
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Miami Project, Deauville Beach Resort, Miami Beach, FL
Through December 6, 2015
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Design Miami/, Meridian Avenue & 19th Street, Miami Beach, FL
Through December 6, 2015
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Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL
Through December 6, 2015
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Palm Beach Jewelry • Antiques • Design, Palm Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Through December 7, 2015
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