ArtPourri

Treasures to Tour--The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, will be the first U.S. venue for a 27-month national tour of "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs." Scheduled to open June 16, the exhibit will include 50 major objects excavated from King Tut's tomb, as well as more than 70 objects from other royal graves of the 18th Dynasty. Tickets are now on sale to the general public; visit www.KingTut.org. Travels to Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, in December and The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, in May 2006.

NEA News--The FY 2006 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines are available online at www.arts.gov/grants/apply/index.html. Grants for Arts Projects represents the primary funding opportunity for organizations and deadlines vary.

Auction Records Set--A painting by Jean-Baptiste Santerre set a new auction record recently at Doyle New York. The double portrait of The Duc d'Orleans and his mistress as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was executed circa 1716. And at the annual "Dogs in Art" auction that coincides with the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, a world auction record was set for "Poker Dogs" artist Cassius Coolidge.

Spring Arrives!--Four spring flowers--an iris, a hyacinth, a daffodil and a tulip--painted by Massachusetts artist Christopher Pullman are featured on four definitive stamps tentatively scheduled for issue on March 15th in booklet form. The watercolor paintings are based on photos of blossoms purchased at a Boston flower market and images found in garden catalogs.

Exhibitions:
(It is suggested that you confirm schedules/dates with venues in advance of visits.)

New York, NY -- Metropolitan Museum of Art -- Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): The Drawings brings together 115 of the finest and most representative drawings from European and American public and private collections by the great Flemish artist. Through April 3.

New York, NY -- American Craft Museum -- Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor is the first comprehensive retrospective of this important artist, known for her works in ceramic, bronze and stone. Featured are about 80 works, including freestanding sculpture and sculptural vessels from her early years in Britain and mid to late career works produced in the U.S. Through April 3.

Columbus, OH--Ohio State University, Wexner Center Galleries -- Landscape Confection features nearly 50 imagined landscapes portrayed in stitched fabric, beads, wax, metal, silk flowers and other materials by 13 emerging and mid-career artists from around the globe that embrace the idea of the decorative. Through May 1. Travels to Contemporary Arts Museum-Houston and the Orange County Museum of Art-LA.

Phoenix, AZ - Phoenix Art Museum -- In Monet's Light: Theodore Robinson at Giverny features over 55 paintings, watercolors, drawings and photographs by Robinson, the American artist who brought Impressionism to the U.S., and a small number of stunning landscapes by his friend, Claude Monet. Through May 8. NOTE: The Sedona Arts Center will present an "In Monet's Light" Lecture/Slide Show and Reception on March 10 from 5 to 6 p.m. In addition, a bus trip is being scheduled to view the exhibition on March 22. Call 928.282.3809.

Philadelphia, PA -- Philadelphia Museum of Art -- Salvador Dali embraces every aspect of his creative life as painter, writer, object-maker, designer of ballets and exhibitions, filmmaker, theorist and publicist. Included are more than 200 works, placing the artist's famous surrealist canvases of the '20s and '30s in context with his early and later work and reassessing his position in modern art. Through May 15.

Washington, DC -- The Textile Museum -- Beyond the Bag: Textiles as Containers celebrates the use of textiles as utilitarian containers and gives visitors an opportunity to investigate the many ways various cultures have exploited the unique properties of textile containers to suit their needs. Through June 5.

Copyright ARTtalk Vol. 15 No. 5 -- March 2005