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TWENTY TOP SHOWS
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Selection from the Ann Dunham Collection of Batik
Courtesy The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Washington, D.C.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
July 1-5, 2009
For four days only, batik textiles from the collection of Barack Obama’s late mother, Ann Dunham, alongside batiks on loan from Houston-based collector Ita McCutchen
Tour: Indonesian Consulates of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles; Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
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Vincent Cianni
The Pu Tang Clan, P.S. 84, Grand Street
1997
Duke University Special Collections Library
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Nasher Museum of Art
July 2-Oct. 18, 2009
Tracing the history of the photographic print from albumen, platinum, gelatin silver and photogravure to contemporary digital prints, via 82 photos from Duke University’s Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library
Curators: Sarah Schroth, Margaret Sartor, Karen Glynn, Margaret Morrison
Catalogue: Beauty isn’t Enough: Building an Archive of the Documentary Image at Duke University
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Charles Frederick Kandler
Wine Jug
1739/40
Art Institute of Chicago
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Art Institute of Chicago
July 11-Sept. 20, 2009
Ca. 300 objects and works of art drawn from all departments of the Institute for a show highlighting wine’s influence on art, from a Greek stamnos to contemporary German painter Brigitte Riesebrodt’s The Last Supper, made from recycled wooden wine barrel staves
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Kathy Butterly
Fall Into Spring
2004
Private collection
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Walker Art Center
July 11-Nov. 29, 2009
Adventurous works in clay by Ann Agee, Robert Arneson, Kathy Butterly, Nicole Cherubini, Lucio Fontana, Viola Frey, Jane Irish, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Jeffry Mitchell, Ron Nagle, George Ohr, Ken Price, Sterling Ruby, Beverly Semmes, Arlene Shechet, Rudolf Staffel, Paul Swenbeck, Adrian Saxe, Beatrice Wood, Betty Woodman, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein and Peter Voulkos
Curators: Ingrid Schaffner, Jenelle Porter
Catalogue: 112 pp., $35
Tour: This show has already appeared at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania
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Joseph Stella
Golden Fall
1940
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
July 12-Sept. 13, 2009
100 early-20th-century paintings, sculptures, watercolors and drawings from the collection of archeologist Charles K. Williams II, including pieces by Joseph Stella, Oscar Bluemner, Charles Demuth and Arthur Dove
Curator: Innis Howe Shoemaker
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Dennis Oppenheim
Attempt to Raise Hell
1974-1985
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
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Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
July 12-Sept. 27, 2009
Installation art by Vito Acconci, María Fernanda Cardoso, Russell Crotty, Lewis deSoto, James Drake, Charles Gaines, Ann Hamilton, Dennis Oppenheim, Paul Kos, others -- plus a newly commissioned installation by Jim Skalman
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ASCO
Spray Paint LACMA
1972 (printed 2007)
Courtesy of Harry Gamboa Jr.
© ASCO/a>
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Phoenix Art Museum
July 12-Sept. 21, 2009
120 works by 32 artists exploring the conceptual art, performance, photography and media-based art of a new generation of artists with cultural ties to Mexico and Latin America
Curators: Rita Gonzalez, Howard N. Fox, Chon A. Noriega
Catalogue: $39.95, 240 pp.
Funding: APS, Contemporary Forum
Tour: This show has already appeared at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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David B. Gamble house, Pasadena, 1907-09
Photograph © Alexander Vertikoff
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
July 14-Oct. 18, 2009
Inlaid furniture, stained glass, metalwork, architectural drawings and photographs relating to the work of Charles Greene (1868-1957) and his brother Henry Greene (1870-1954), stars of the American Arts and Crafts Movement
Curators: Edward R. Bosley, Anne Mallek
Catalogue: 265 pp., $75
Tour: This show has already appeared at the Huntington Library, Los Angeles, and the Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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Giampaolo Babetto
Spilla 5 (brooch)
2003
Museum of Arts and Design
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Museum of Arts and Design
July 15-Sept. 20, 2009
120+ pieces of glass jewelry by 60 of the world’s leading jewelry artists, including Giampaolo Babetto, Simsa Cho, Václav Cigler, Robert Ebendorf, Karl Fritsch, Thomas Gentille, Mieke Groot, Svatopluk Kasalý, Otto Künzli, Linda MacNeil, Evert Nijland, Ruudt Peters, Markéta Šilená and Giorgio Vigna
Catalogue: 212 pp., $60
Funding: Swarovski, Mondriaan Foundation, Karma Foundation, Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass
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Jan Dibbets
Untitled
1969
Museum of Modern Art
© 2009 Jan Dibbets/Artists Rights Society
Photo by Jonathan Muzikar
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Museum of Modern Art
July 19-Oct. 5, 2009
Ca. 120 drawings, installations, wall drawings, films, posters and ephemera made in and about the city of Amsterdam, by artists including Stanley Brouwn, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Gilbert & George, Bas Jan Ader, Sol LeWitt, Charlotte Posenenske, Allen Ruppersberg, Ger van Elk and Lawrence Weiner
Curators: Christophe Cherix
Funding: Wallis Annenberg Fund for Innovation in Contemporary Art, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim Foundation, Mondriaan Foundation, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, others
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Liz Craft
Windmill
1998
Hammer Museum
Courtesy Marianne Boesky Gallery
Image courtesy Marianne Boesky Gallery
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Hammer Museum, UCLA
July 19-Oct. 4, 2009
Selections of a gift of 50+ sculptures by L.A. artists, made from 1995 to the present, featuring Edgar Arceneaux, Frank Benson, Jonathan Pylypchuk (aka Rudy Bust), Xavier Cha, Liz Craft, Chris Finley, Hannah Greely, Katie Grinnan, Evan Holloway, Matt Johnson, Martin Kersels, Lisa Lapinski, Won Ju Lim, Nathan Mabry, Jason Meadows, Pentti Monkkonen, Ruby Neri, Ry Rocklen, Sterling Ruby, Paul Sietsema and Eric Wesley
Curators: Douglas Fogle, Ali Subotnick
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Dorothy Iannone
I Begin to Feel Free
1970
Courtesy of the artist
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New Museum
July 22-Oct. 18, 2009
Work made between 1965 and 1978 by the pioneering American-born, Berlin-based artist (the title is taken from Dieter Roth’s nickname for Iannone), including sculptures, paintings, drawings and a video box
Curator: Jarrett Gregory
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Selection from the Ann Dunham Collection of Batik )
Vincent Cianni)
Bill Viola<br />2005<br />Courtesy the artist and Bespoke Gallery<br />© 2009 Joe Sola'))
Joe Sola)
Tullio Lombardo)
Alyssa Monks</em><br />2000<br />© Catherine Yass<br />Courtesy Galerie Lelong'))
Catherine Yass)
Charles Frederick Kandler</em><strong> </strong><br />2006<br />Image courtesy of Lombard-Fried Projects'))
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Kathy Butterly)
Joseph Stella)
Dennis Oppenheim<br />Courtesy of Harry Gamboa Jr.<br />© ASCO'))
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David B. Gamble house, Pasadena, 1907-09<br />2003<br />Museum of Arts and Design'))
Giampaolo Babetto)
Hurvin Anderson)
Jan Dibbets)
Liz Craft)
Dorothy Iannone)
Ball-Nogues Studio
