Art Across America

July 10, 1998

ARIZONA

Tucson

Tucson Museum of Art

El Alma del Pueblo: Spanish Folk Art and Its Transformation in the Americas

Through Aug. 2.

www.azstarnet.com/~tmaedu/ index.html

CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance

Explores the Harlem Renaissance and its influence on the culture of early-20th-century America and Europe.

July 15-Sept. 13.

www.lacma.org

San Diego

San Diego Museum of Art

Monet: Paintings of Giverny From the Muse Marmottan

Blockbuster exhibit features 22 paintings by Monet.

Through Aug. 30.

www.sddt.com/sdma.html

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

National Gallery of Art

Alexander Calder

Works from one of the great innovators of the 20th century.

Through July 12.

Manet, Monet, and the Gare Saint-Lazare

Emphasizes the heroic symbol of the Saint-Lazare station in Paris and its influence on Impressionist artists.

Through Sept. 20.

Mark Rothko

Retrospective reveals the depth of the artist's career.

Through Aug. 16.

www.nga.gov

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Sarah Charlesworth

First mid-career survey of this American artist's work, including more than 60 large-scale photo-objects that address issues of media, gender politics, art history, mythology, and more.

Through Sept. 27.

www.nmwa.org

The Phillips Collection

Richard Diebenkorn

Most comprehensive survey to date of the late contemporary American artist's career.

Through Aug. 16.

ILLINOIS

Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Art

Chuck Close

Surveys full spectrum of the American artist's career, including more than 90 works.

Through Sept. 13.

MAINE

Rockland

Farnsworth Art Museum

Wondrous Strange: the Pursuit of the Marvelous in the Art of the Wyeth Family

Explores the dimensions of narrative, fantasy, and reality in the art of this important family of American artists.

Through Nov. 8.

www.wyethcenter.com

Portland

Portland Museum of Art

Monet to Matisse: Responses to the Riviera

Highlights the Impressionist and Modernist European and American masters who were active on the Riviera from 1880 to 1940.

Through Oct. 18.

www.portlandmuseum.org

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston

Museum of Fine Arts

New Paintings by David Hockney

Dramatic panoramic landscapes of his native English countryside.

Through Aug. 23.

PhotoImage: 60s-90s

Explores dialogue between photographic imagery and contemporary printmaking.

Through Sept. 27.

www.mfa.org

Williamstown

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Degas and the Little Dancer

Focuses on the evolution of the famous sculpture "Little Dancer, Fourteen Years Old" by the French Impressionist.

Through Sept. 7.

www.clark.williams.edu

NEW YORK

New York

Museum of Modern Art

Pierre Bonnard

Features 90 paintings by the French artist who is best known for depictions of intimate interior scenes.

Through Oct. 13.

www.moma.org

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Art of the Motorcycle

Through Sept. 20.

www.guggenheim.org

Whitney Museum of American Art

Andrew Wyeth

Highlights the American artist's landscape paintings.

Through Aug. 30.

Charles Ray

Mid-career survey of this internationally recognized artist.

Through Oct. 19.

www.echonyc.com/~whitney

OHIO

Columbus

Columbus Museum of Art

George Bellows: Love of Winter

Interpretations of winter created between 1908 and 1915 by this important 20th-century artist from Columbus.

Through Sept. 13.

www.columbusart.mus.oh.us

OREGON

Portland

Portland Art Museum

Chihuly Over Venice

Chandeliers made by Dale Chihuly in cooperation with glass masters of Finland, Ireland, and Mexico for installation over canals of Venice.

Through Jan. 18.

Splendors of Ancient Egypt

One of the largest shows of ancient Egyptian art to visit the US.

Through Aug. 16.

www.pam.org

TEXAS

Dallas

Dallas Museum of Art

That Earlier, Wilder Image: Oil Sketches by American Landscape Painters, 1830-1880

Examines how artists including Thomas Cole and Frederic Church used oil sketches to create easel paintings and promote their careers.

Through Sept. 13.

www.unt.edu/dfw/dma/www/dma.htm

- From the '1998 Traveler's Guide to Art Museum Exhibitions: Tenth Anniversary Edition' (800-2-LOVE-ART)