Virginia Darcé (1910-1985), The Market, 1938. Tempera on board, 22½ x 30½ in. Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon. Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, US General Services Administration, New Deal Art Project, L45.3.2
Tacoma Art Museum
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Through August 16, the Tacoma Art Museum in Washington showcases artwork created during the Great Depression era under the Works Progress Administration in an exhibition titled Forgotten Stories: Northwest Public Art of the 1930s. Some pieces will be displayed for the first time since their creation.
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Philip Guston (1913-1980), Painting, Smoking, Eating (detail), 1973. Oil on canvas, 77½ x 103½ in. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, © The Estate of Philip Guston.
National Gallery of Art
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One of America’s most influential painters, Philip Guston is commemorated in a major retrospective held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This overview of his 50-year career features approximately 117 paintings and 118 drawings from some 45 public and private collections, some works well-known and others rarely seen.
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Robert Colescott (1925-2009), Knowledge of the Past is the Key to the Future: Upside Down Jesus and the Politics of Survival, 1987. Acrylic on canvas. Museum purchase: Robert Hale Ellis Jr. Fund for the Blanche Eloise Day Ellis and Robert Hale Ellis Memorial Collection, © 1987 Robert Colescott.
Portland Art Museum
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The work of Robert Colescott is showcased in a retrospective at Portland Art Museum in Oregon. His best-known work stems from the 1960s and ’70s counterculture scene, which inspired his representation of minorities in his characters, as well as his deconstructions of famous paintings. Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott is on view through May 17.
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Gustave Baumann (1881-1971), San Geronimo Taos, 1924, printed after 1932. Color woodcut, 7 x 6 in. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ann Baumann, 2005.437. © Ann Baumann Trust.
Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art celebrates the art of painter and printmaker Gustave Baumann in an exhibition beginning this August. Over the years, Baumann made numerous trips across New Mexico, Arizona and California searching for picturesque venues like the Grand Canyon and giant sequoias, all of which became the subjects of colorful woodcuts. The exhibition runs through January 10, 2021.
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William J. Glackens (1870-1938), The Bandstand, 1919. Oil on canvas. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of the Sansom Foundation, Inc., 92.29.
NSU Art Museum
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On view through spring of 2021, William J. Glackens: From Pencil to Paint at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale highlights more than 100 of the celebrated painter’s works from the 1890s to 1930s. The exhibition captures Glackens’ innate drawing abilities, showcasing drawings from the beginning to the end of his career, while also placing them side by side with the paintings for which they were made.
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Will Shuster (1893-1969), 40th Wedding Anniversary. Oil on board. Gift of Catherine Rayne, 1978.
New Mexico Museum of Art
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A Fiery Light: Will Shuster’s New Mexico celebrates the 100th anniversary of the artist’s arrival in the Southwest. Running August 29 through May 1, 2021, the exhibition sheds light on the artistic legacy he developed in Santa Fe and throughout New Mexico, focusing on the significant artistic relationships he created. —
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