Indepth Arts News:
"Van Gogh to Picasso: Impressionist and Modern Masterworks for the
Cleveland Museum of Art"
2006-12-22 until 2007-03-28
Seoul Arts Center
Seoul, ,
KR Korea (South)
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) today announced the opening of
Van Gogh to Picasso: Impressionist and Modern Masterworks from the
Cleveland Museum of Art,
on view Dec. 22, 2006, through March 28, 2007, at the Hangaram Art Museum
in the Seoul Arts Center, Seoul,
South Korea. One of six CMA traveling exhibition series, Impressionist and
Modern Masterworks from the Cleveland
Museum of Art, opened in Beijing, China, in May 2006, before traveling to
Tokyo, Japan, in September 2006. The
exhibition comprises some of the finest modern European masterpieces ever
to be seen in South Korea. “As our
$258 million renovation and expansion project progresses, CMA is
continuing to share its collection with
audiences around the world,” said CMA Director Timothy Rub. “Our permanent
collection traveling exhibitions
series represent a milestone in CMA history. We are proud to partner with
the Seoul Arts Center at this exciting
time.”
According to U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Alexander
Vershbow, “This exhibition is an excellent example of the increasing
cooperation and linkages between the peoples of our two countries. It will
enhance mutual understanding by increasing knowledge of Western culture in
Korea and encouraging Americans
to consider Korea as a welcome site for future business and tourism.”
Van Gogh to Picasso comprises 94 of CMA’s most highly acclaimed 19th-
and 20th-century masterpieces,
including sculpture, paintings and works on paper. The exhibition is
divided into the following groupings: The
Impressionist Epoch; Post-Impressionism; Early Modernist Sculpture; and
The Age of the Avant-Gardes.
Highlights include: Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s (French, 1841–1919) Romaine
Lacaux (1864); Claude Monet’s
(French, 1840–1926) The Red Kerchief: Portrait of Mme. Monet (1868–70);
Berthe Morisot’s (French, 1841–1895)
Reading (1873); Auguste Rodin’s (French, 1840–1917) Heroic Head of Pierre
de Wiessant, One of the Burghers of
Calais (1886); Vincent van Gogh’s (Dutch, 1853–1890) Poplars at Saint-Rémy
(1889); Paul Gauguin’s (French,
1848–1903) In the Waves (1889); Paul Cézanne’s (French, 1839–1906) Brook
(c. 1895–1900); Pablo Picasso’s
(Spanish, 1881–1973) Bottle, Glass, and Fork (1911 12); Amedeo
Modigliani’s (Italian, 1884–1920) Portrait of a Woman (c. 1917–18); Henri
Matisse’s (French, 1869–1954) Festival of Flowers, Nice (1923); Edgar
Degas’
(French, 1834-1917) In the Salon; and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s (French,
1864-1901) May Milton.
In order to maximize the opportunity for Koreans to view these
exceptional works, Van Gogh to Picasso
will move to the Seoul Olympic Museum of Art from April 7, through May 20,
2007 after closing at the Hangaram
Art Museum in the Seoul Arts Center. The exhibition will then make its
Canadian debut at the Vancouver Art
Gallery, British Columbia, in June 2007, and its U.S. debut at The
Cleveland Museum of Art in October 2007,
before traveling to the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, in
February 2008, and the Kimbell Art Museum,
Forth Worth, in June 2008. The permanent collection exhibition will then
return for reinstallation at The Cleveland
Museum of Art in early 2009.
The Ohio Arts Council helps support the museum with state tax dollars to
encourage economic growth,
educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The
Beijing exhibition is made possible in part by
TIMKEN “Where You Turn,” a CMA Global Partner. This exhibition has been
organized by the Cleveland
Museum of Art.
Hangaram Art Museum (Seoul Arts Center)
Focusing on contemporary art, the museum gives the public a chance to
see various fine arts pieces with its six
exhibition rooms and storage and art shops. The three-story Hangaram Art
Museum building is designed as art
center that harmonizes well with the atmosphere of the Seoul Arts Center.
It allows the visitor to appreciate the art
pieces amid a bright and exhilarating environment thanks to its advanced
ceiling lighting system that uncannily
simulates natural light.
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