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Exhibition offers a fresh look at Dürer s brilliance and influence on later artists
Wolfgang Stuber, Saint Jerome in His Study, c. 1580, engraving on paper. Clark Art Institute, William J. Collins Collection.
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS
.- Drawing from its extensive holdings of works byand inspired byAlbrecht Dürer, the Clark presents Dürer & After, on view July 17 through October 3, 2021. Original prints appear alongside faithful imitations and freer interpretations by artists including Israhel van Meckenem the Younger, Marcantonio Raimondi, Hieronymus Hopfer, and Jan Wierix, offering a unique opportunity to assess Dürers centuries-long artistic legacy.
Albrecht Dürers mastery is unquestioned. While its a delight to study his exceptional prints, the opportunity to look at these works through a different lensthat of his influence on other artistshelps us to appreciate Dürer anew, said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark. It has been more tha
SFA Advisory opens its inaugural summer exhibition, Ridiculous Sublime
Exterior, SFA Advisory, Ridiculous Sublime. Photo by Erik Bardin.
NEW YORK, NY
.-SFA Advisory, Lisa Schiffs Tribeca outpost, announces its inaugural summer exhibition, Ridiculous Sublime, running through Labor Day. Featuring 50 international artists, Schiff transformed her permanent ground-floor office at 45 White Street into a temporary exhibition space as part of her commitment to exploring nascent tendencies which appear across the globe.
In 1757, Edmund Burke published A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful wherein he defined the sublime as an artistic effect productive of the strongest emotion the mind is capable of feeling. Elsewhere, the sublime has been used to describe a natural event that inspires awe and terror through sheer immensity. Beauty and awe are where the sublime in art usually lands, and often it consists of representations of Mother Nature wi
Don Wilkinson
Unlike many other regional art museums, it is not located amidst acres of lush woods nor across the street from a stately city hall or historic columned library. Instead, FR MoCA is located in a former nightclub in an industrial zone, surrounded by fast food joints and automobile repair shops.
But that said, passing through the front door is a revelation. As one enters through a quietly elegant foyer past a showcase cabinet and a vitrine into a flawless white wall gallery with a high black decorative ceiling and onpoint lighting, one might be reminded of a prestigious Fifth Avenue gallery.