DIA announces major van Gogh exhibition
‘Van Gogh in America’ opens June 21 at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
By Roberta Gedert / The Blade
Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:00:00 GMT
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The Detroit Institute of Arts has announced a major exhibition of the work of post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh, a nod to the institution’s status as the first American public museum to purchase a Vincent van Gogh painting.
Van Gogh in America opens June 21 and will remain on public display through Sept. 27. It is a showing of about 65 van Gogh paintings and works on paper that exemplify the early recognition of the artist’s work in America. The show includes Self-Portrait, a piece painted by van Gogh in 1887 that the DIA acquired in 1922.
Van Gogh, one of the most iconic influences of 20th-century art, was virtually unknown as an artist at the time of his death in 1890 at the age of 37. Recognition of his work came a couple of decades later.
The DIA exhibition explores efforts made by early promoters of modern art to introduce van Gogh and his work into the American consciousness.
For more information, go to dia.org.
■ A triennial, multi-venue contemporary art exhibition first launched in 2018 in Northeast Ohio has announced its second show, which will run next year from July 17-Oct. 2, and include visual art, performances, films, and public programs.
The theme of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, is Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows, a title that pays homage to the theme of healing in a poem written in 1957 by author Langston Hughes, who moved to Cleveland during his childhood.
More than 100 artists worldwide were a part of the first triennial exhibition in 2018, which involved art, programs, and performances in institutions and other spaces across the Cleveland, Akron, and Oberlin areas.
For more information, go to frontart.org.
■ The Toledo Museum of Art is hosting a free talk Saturday to discuss the work of Yayoi Kusama, the popular Japanese artist whose interactive installation, Fireflies on the Water, is at the museum through April 26.
The talk will be at 2 p.m. in the Little Theater, and will be given by Lauren Applebaum, the museum’s Brian P. Kennedy Leadership Fellow. She will discuss Kusama’s journey from her interest in art at a young age growing up in Japan, to her evolution in America as an interactive performance and visual artist.
Fireflies on the Water is a timed installation and ticketed event. For tickets or more information, go to tickets.toledomuseum.org.
■ The Toledo museum is also hosting a long weekend of events around Valentine’s Day, including after-hours flashlight tours.
Art Crush, from Feb. 13-16, includes an interactive event where patrons can place paper hearts in front of their most-loved piece of art at the museum. Most-loved winners will be announced Feb. 17, and participants are eligible for prizes.
Flashlight tours, viewing works of art in the museum by flashlight after dark, are at 9:15 p.m., Feb. 6, 7, 13 and 14, and require ticket purchases at tickets.toledomuseum.org.
For more information on all events, go to toledomuseum.org/artcrush.
■ The Bowling Green Arts Council and the Wood County Committee on Aging has announced a call for artists to participate in its annual 50+ Shades of Grey exhibition, a show for artists 50 years and older.
Artists can submit applications online at BGArtsCouncil.com or by mail or in person at the Wood County Senior Center, 305 N. Main St., Bowling Green. Deadline is Feb. 3.
Artists living within 100 miles of Wood County are eligible.
The exhibition runs Feb. 22 through March 28 at the senior center. For more information, go to BGArtsCouncil.com.
■ The Toledo Zoo is also looking for artists to apply for its summer art fair.
Wild About Art is Aug. 1 and 2 on zoo grounds.
Artists can apply by April 6 on the online application ZAPP. Art does not have to be animal related.
Questions can be directed to artfair@toledozoo.org.