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(via Met Envy Apparently Fueled National Gallery of Art’s Interest in Corcoran)
Buried in a Washington Post story about the court appearance of philanthropist Wayne Reynolds, a benefactor to the Corcoran Gallery opposed to its planned integration with the National Gallery of Art and George Washington University, is this gem (emphasis added):
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(via Finding Refuge in Wyeth’s Windows)
Over the course of his career, the 20th century American artist Andrew Wyeth created 300 drawings and paintings of windows that are more about the people looking out them than the views they depict. Sixty of these meticulously crafted studies are on view through the end of November in the National Gallery of Art’s Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In — the first show ever exclusively devoted to them.
LOS ANGELES — From a show of ancient Greek bronzes at the J. Paul Getty Museum to Rafa Esparza’s adobe brick constructions at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles was overflowing with dynamic exhibitions this year that introduced new talents and reconsidered the old. Museums had strong offerings of both traditional shows and unconventional performance while well-known galleries and young upstarts continued to push boundaries. Here are some of our top picks from all over the city.
Marion True, former curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum, made headlines recently by giving her first interview since 2007. The appearance came as a surprise to some, since True had been disgraced when put on trial by Italy in 2005 for allegedly conspiring to have archaeological sites looted to produce artworks for the Getty’s collection (the trial ended without a verdict in 2010 due to an expiring statute of limitations; True was explicitly not absolved of the charges, though). She was later forced to resign — ostensibly not for her legal troubles, since the Getty paid for her defense, but for accepting loans for a vacation home in Greece from a dealer and two collectors who had sold objects to the Getty.
Walk into a gallery of 17th- or 18th-century French paintings and prepare to be blinded by the gilding that encircles each work like an overwrought halo. The reigns of Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI facilitated a literal golden age of frame making centered around Paris, with carved oak and gold leaf surfaces central to the style. Earlier this month, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles opened Louis Style: French Frames, 1610–1792 in its Getty Center, with over 40 frames with and without paintings on view.
(via Animating the Battles and Mythology of Greek Vases)
Greek vases have some of the most lively of ancient art with their flat figures engaged in combat, sports, and epic mythology. A duo called Panoply has been turning these vases into animations to explore their stories and make classical archaeology more engaging for a younger crowd.
(via Striking Mosaic Floor Found in Greek Tomb)
Last month, archeologists uncovered two oversize marble caryatids and a colorful marble panel in a substantial tomb complex in Amphipolis, Greece. Now, after excavating behind the sealing wall that the caryatids were guarding, they’ve found a chamber with a large and largely intact mosaic floor.
