Winslow Homer (1836-1910), East Hampton Beach, Long Island, 1874. Oil on canvas, 103/16 x 2111/16 in. National Gallery of Art, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon 2012.89.2.

National Gallery launches major loan project
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. recently announced details of its “Across the Nation” partnership program, which brings key works of art from its permanent collection to regional museums across the United States throughout 2025 and 2026. Through this program, the National Gallery has lent works of art by celebrated artists like Georgia O’Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Dorothea Lange, Sandro Botticelli, Rembrandt van Rijn, Henri Matisse and Mark Rothko to 10 partner museums nationwide. “We are so thrilled to bring some of the most beloved works from the nation’s collection of art directly into communities across the country,” says Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art. Loans include paintings, photography and full-scale installations. Across the Nation is part of the National Gallery’s programming commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States of America in 2026.

Norman Rockwell Museum director and CEO Laurie Norton Moffatt.

Rockwell Museum CEO to retire
Norman Rockwell Museum director and CEO Laurie Norton Moffatt will be retiring from her nearly 40 years leading the museum. Moffatt was known as a visionary leader who guided the transformation of a grassroots house museum into an internationally renowned home for American illustration art. During her tenure, she dramatically transformed the landscape of appreciation and respect for Norman Rockwell, advanced the scholarly study of illustration art into a recognized academic field and served as an influential advocate for the role of museums in a diverse and evolving society.  “It would be difficult to overstate Laurie Norton Moffatt’s profound contributions to Norman Rockwell Museum’s growth and evolution, as well as to public, academic, and art-world appreciation for Norman Rockwell and the field of illustration,” says Dolf Berle, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Norman Rockwell Museum. “She has worked in partnership with many board leaders and trustees over the years, opening and advancing new chapters in the appreciation of Norman Rockwell and deepening the museum’s influence in our community and society. We are proud of her work in the field.”

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), Thirty Years or La Vie en Rose, 1931.  Oil on canvas, 38 ½ x 50 1⁄3 in. Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris. Gift from Mathilde Amos, 1955.

Dealer of the Avant-garde
A landmark exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Berthe Weill, Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-garde is the first show devoted to the fascinating career of gallerist Berthe Weill (1865-1951), an important, but nearly forgotten figure of modern art history. As the first woman to focus primarily on championing young, emerging painters, she exhibited some of the greatest artists in the cultural zeitgeist, including Pablo Picasso, Raoul Dufy, Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani, Diego Rivera, Henri Matisse, Suzanne Valadon and more. The exhibition, on view through September 7, will feature nearly 100 works and features loans from major museums across North America and Europe. —