News and Events | Montana Museum of Art & Culture | January 2011 |
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HAPPY NEW YEAR from the MONTANA MUSEUM OF ART & CULTURE!
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UPDATE on a Home for MMAC
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A STATE-OF-THE-ART HOME
FOR THE ART OF THE STATE
"Orphan art" still looking for home after Macy's building saleby Joe Nickell of the MissoulianThe Montana Museum of Art & Culture will have to wait a little longer to find a proper showcase for its trove of art. Monday's news that a Virginia-based developer has purchased the Macy's building in downtown Missoula means that the MMAC, Montana's only state-owned museum devoted to art--and the only state-owned museum that lacks a public building of its own--likely won't be moving into the 134-year-old building in the heart of Missoula. Read the whole article posted today on Nickell's Bag.
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ON VIEW in the Meloy Gallery |
Renoir, Magritte, Gauguin, and other European Masterpieces from a Private Collection
Through March 12, 2011
This exhibition provides an unprecedented opportunity for visitors to experience works by notable artists from the late 18th to early 20th centuries. Centered on portraiture, the exhibition includes works by Alexander Archipenko, Rosa Bonheur, William Bouguereau, Max Ernst, Paul Gauguin, Ren � Magritte, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, George Romney, Th �ophile van Rysselberghe, and John William Waterhouse. A full color exhibition catalog is available for just $10. Image: Th�o van Rysselberghe (Belgian, 1862-1926), Jeune femme en robe verte (Germaine Marechal), 1893, oil on canvas, 32 1/8 x 23 7/8 inches
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ON VIEW in the Paxson Gallery |
Three Centuries of European Prints from the MMAC Permanent Collection Through March 12, 2011
This exhibition includes never before exhibited prints from MMAC's Permanent Collection by Giavonni Batista Piranisi, Charles-Nicolas Cochin, Nicolas De Larmessin, John Michel Moreau, and Fran�ois Boucher, as well as more familiar works by Honor� Daumier, Jean Louis Forain, Eug�ne Delacroix, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Marc Chagall, K�the Kollwitz, Alberto Giancometti, Pablo Picasso and Joan Mir�.
An exhibition catalog is being prepared and will be available next month for just $10. Image: A group of sixth grade students from C.S. Porter Middle School listens to a presentation by MMAC Docent Chris South about printmaking. |
REACTIONS TO EUROPEAN MASTERPIECES |
Comments from visitors to Renoir, Magritte, Gauguin and other European Masterpieces from a Private Collection
"Wonderful...what a treat for Montana."
"Outstanding...paintings and presentation."
"Unique opportunity for Missoula."
"Please...do more exhibits like this."
"Exhibit raises the cultural bar for Missoula and Montana."
"Great...thanks for raising us all up."
"A cutural coup for Montana."
"Once in a lifetime."
"What a wonderful asset (MMAC) to have in Missoula."
"Thank you so very much for bringing great artwork to Missoula--shows what a cultural center we live in."
Image: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841 - 1919) Portrait de Nini, 1974, oil on canvas, 24 x 19 1/2 inches
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HAPPENINGS |
MOLLI Course: "Questions of Connoisseurship" with Brandon Reintjes Fridays, 1 - 2:30pm, January 21 - February 25, 2011It's not too late to sign up for this course being offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UM. The course will use MMAC's exhibition, Renoir, Magritte, Gauguin and other Masterpieces from a Private Collection, as a basis to consider the question of connoisseurship and examine original works by some of history's most notable artists. For more information, contact the MOLLI program at 406.243.2905 or [email protected].
Image: William Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905), Jeune Fille a la Cruche, 1885, oil on canvas, 38 x 24 1/4 inches
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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO PAM CAUGHEY |
The Montana Museum of Art & Culture staff extends a very special thank you to our wonderful Docent Coordinator, Pam Caughey. Pam has done an outstanding job preparing and scheduling a marvelous group of docents for the European Masterpieces exhibition.
Pam is an artist who recently completed her Master of Fine Arts degree in painting and drawing at The University of Montana.
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