MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS NATIONWIDE

Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma
"Shades of the Southwest"
Etchings by Gene Kloss
January 9 - April 3, 2011

The Philbrook Museum is featuring the works of famed printmaker, Gene Kloss (1903-1996), who began her career in the San Francisco Bay area, but eventually moved to Taos, New Mexico, the town with which she is most closely associated. By the 1930s, Kloss was already recognized for her skill with the techniques of etching, drypoint and aquatint, all of which she used in an inventive and masterful way to depict the varied landscapes and cultural traditions of the people of her adopted region.

The Art Museum of South Texas, 1902 N. Shoreline Blvd., Corpus Christi, Texas
"Alexandre Hogue: An American Visionary/Paintings and Works on Paper"
January 14 to April 3, 2011
This is the first exhibition dedicated to the work of Alexandre Hogue since 1984, when the Philbrook Museum of Art mounted a major show. The 157 paintings for this exhibit come from important museum collections around the world, including the Smithsonian, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and Houston's Museum of Fine Art. Accompanying the exhibition is a just-released book, "Alexandre Hogue: An American Visionary, Paintings and Works on Paper," by Susie Kalil. This exhibit presents a wide range of Hogue's paintings, from portraits and landscapes to his explorations with varied contemporary styles, including non-objective works.

Art Institute of Chicago
"John Marin's Watercolors: A Medium for Modernism"
January 23 through April 17, 2011
In 1929 and 1930 John Marin traveled to New Mexico, befriended several of the resident artists, and influenced many more. In fact, during and after his visit, a good number of artists in both Taos and Santa Fe began to explore the medium of watercolor with more frequency, including Victor Higgins, Andrew Dasburg, B.J.O. Nordfeldt, and Frank Applegate, to name only a few.  This exhibition, which will include over 100 works by Marin, will be organized according to the locations in which they were painted -- including New Mexico. This is a wonderful opportunity to view such a large body of Marin's work, who was named by Look magazine in 1948 as "America's No. 1 artist."

Denver Art Museum
"Celebrate American Indian Art"
The Denver Art Museum announced that it just opened its American Indian art galleries on January 30, 2011. The galleries now feature nearly 700 pieces of artwork that are displayed with a focus on individual artists and their inspiration.