Images of the Great War: The European Offenses, 1914-16 from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection Huth, Boeing, Salmon, and Haws Galleries August 9 – November 15, 2015 The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University is the nation’s foremost graphic and documentary resource of soldiers and soldiering, and one of [...]
Connections: Diane Fox and Beauvais Lyons Grisham Gallery June 27 – September 27, 2015 This new series is focused on regional contemporary artists with shared sensibilities. Featured are two critically acclaimed artists from Knoxville, Tennessee, whose lithographs and photographs use animals as the key protagonists in their works. Fox’s black and white and [...]
John James Audubon: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. William H. Told, Jr. March 22 – June 28, 2015 In the early 1840s, renowned naturalist and painter John James Audubon decided to paint the animals of North America. Having achieved worldwide fame with his Birds of [...]
Encounters: Dori DeCamillis February 28 – June 14, 2015 Encounters: Dori DeCamillis was part of the long-standing Encounters series showcasing outstanding regional contemporary art. Focusing on a recent series of imaginary self-portraits, Birmingham painter Dori DeCamillis depicted a character in a private mythology designed to personify an individual piece of the artist’s personality, [...]
Rembrandt, Rubens, Gainsborough and the Golden Age of Painting in Europe February 15 – April 26, 2015 The economic growth that swept Europe during the 17th and 18th century fueled a golden age of painting. Religious upheavals transformed the way people thought about and utilized art. Technical aspects of art making were honed and codified, as [...]
