Ulla in Black Hat, 2010 Alex Katz (American, born in 1927) Printed by: Robert Blanton and Steven Sangenario, Brand X Editions, Inc., New York.  Published by: Robert Blanton and Christine Neptune, Brand X Editions, Inc., New York.  Screenprint.  Promised Gift of Alex Katz.  © 2012 Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.  Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Alex Katz Prints

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

April 28 - July 29, 2012
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Boston, Massachusetts
www.mfa.org
Alex Katz’s bold portraits and lyrical landscapes are among the most recognizable images of contemporary art. Quintessentially American and characterized by cool detachment, his works spark a dialogue between abstraction and representation. In celebration of the 60-year career of Katz (born 1927), and the promised gift of an archive of the artist’s prints from the 1960s to today, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), will present Alex Katz Prints, on view from April 28 through July 29 in the Ann and Graham Gund Gallery. This retrospective—conceived and drawn from the collection of the Albertina Graphic Collection in Vienna, which received the gift of a major Katz print archive—will showcase approximately 125 works. Included among them will be portraits of Ada, Katz’s wife and longtime muse, family members, and figures from the worlds of art and culture; landscapes of Maine; portfolios; and illustrated books of poetry. In Boston, additional works from the MFA’s collection and promised archive will be included, and a special highlight will be Rush (1971), a series of 37 paintings given by Katz to the MFA in 2011, which will make its Boston debut during the exhibition.

Oil on board by Charles Camion (Fr., 1879-1965), titled Village Street Scene (est.  $15,000-$25,000).

Two-Day Auction

Crescent City Auction Gallery

May 18-19, 2013
Crescent City Auction Gallery
1330 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana
www.crescentcityauctiongallery.com


Family Sundays: Helmets, Hats and Headdresses

Saint Louis Art Museum

May 19, 2013
Saint Louis Art Museum
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, Missouri
www.slam.org

Image courtesy of the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Gallery Talk: Painting in 18th Century Britain

Saint Louis Art Museum

May 23-24, 2013
Saint Louis Art Museum
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, Missouri
www.slam.org

Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Vermont Sugar House, 1938, watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches.  Loan from Mr.  Louis Moore Bacon.

Edward Hopper in Vermont

Middlebury College Museum of Art

May 23 - August 11, 2013
Middlebury College Museum of Art

Middlebury, Vermont
http://museum.middlebury.edu/exhibitions/upcoming/node/945

Olana, Home of Frederic Edwin Church

2013 Olana Partnership Frederic E. Church Award Gala

The Olana Partnership

May 23, 2013
New York Public Library
Celeste Bartos Forum
New York, New York
www.olana.org

Art After 5: Music and Art from Africa

Saint Louis Art Museum

May 24, 2013
Saint Louis Art Museum
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, Missouri
www.slam.org

Barrington Art Festival

Amdur Productions

May 25-26, 2013
Downtown Barrington
Cook and Station Streets
Barrington, Illinois
www.BarringtonArtFestival.com

"Index Horse" weathervane, attributed to J.  Howard & Co., Bridgewater, Massachusetts, ca.1850, copper and cast zinc, 20 x 24 inches, Private Collection.

Which Way the Wind Blows: Antique American Weathervanes

Brandywine River Museum

May 25 - July 28, 2013
Brandywine River Museum
Route 1
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/

Family Sundays: Helmets, Hats and Headdresses

Saint Louis Art Museum

May 26, 2013
Saint Louis Art Museum
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, Missouri
www.slam.org

Image courtesy of the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Gallery Talk: Architect Cass Gilbert's Saint Louis Art Museum

Saint Louis Art Museum

May 30-31, 2013
Saint Louis Art Museum
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, Missouri
www.slam.org

Millennium Art Festival

Amdur Productions

May 31 - June 2, 2013
Lake Street at Michigan Avenue
Lake Street at Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
www.MillenniumArtFestival.com