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Battle of the Sexes at Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington)

Battle of the Sexes
Delaware Art Museum
March 5, 2011 – May 22, 2011
The Delaware Art Museum is excited to present Battle of the Sexes, a unique participatory exhibition that tests gender preconceptions about art, on view March 5, 2011 – May 22, 2011. Organized by The Philadelphia Women’s Caucus for Art, this exhibition is part of the Museum’s Outlooks Exhibition Series, which aims to encourage community involvement in the creation and exhibition of art.

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Fred Comegys Photographs at Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, USA)

Fred Comegys Photographs
Delaware Art Museum
February 12, 2011 – May 1, 2011
For more than 50 years, photographer Fred Comegys has captured international celebrities and local kids for the pages of The News Journal, Delaware’s most prominent newspaper. His distinctive images present national news and local interest stories, and perhaps most memorably, the intersection of the two. Born and raised in Delaware, he comes by these local angles naturally. The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to present Fred Comegys Photographs, featuring 60 images taken by Comegys over the last four decades, on view February 12, 2011 – May 1, 2011.

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Marc Sijan at Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, USA)

Ultra-Realistic Sculpture by Marc Sijan
Delaware Art Museum
November 13, 2010 – January 16, 2011
The Delaware Art Museum presents Ultra-Realistic Sculpture by Marc Sijan, featuring 17 startlingly lifelike sculptures, on view from November 13, 2010 through January 16, 2011. Based on individuals Sijan knows well, his faces and figures capture movement and human emotion, as well as the minute details of individual appearance. Although the artist draws inspiration from the idealized anatomy of classical sculptures, such as Michelangelo’s David, his contemporary interpretation of the human form illustrates the gritty imperfections of average people.

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Margaretta Frederick Chief Curator at Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, USA)

The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to announce that Dr. Margaretta Frederick has been appointed as the institution’s Chief Curator, a position that has been vacant since 2002. Dr. Frederick serves as the Curator of the Museum’s Samuel and Mary F. Bancroft Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art. As part of her expanded position, she will lead the curatorial vision for the Museum’s upcoming Centennial celebration, which includes a major exhibition of the works of Howard Pyle. Dr. Frederick’s new position is effective immediately.

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Leonard Baskin at Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, USA)

Leonard Baskin: Art from the Gift of Alfred Appel, Jr
Delaware Art Museum
September 26, 2010 – January 9, 2011
The Delaware Art Museum presents Leonard Baskin: Art from the Gift of Alfred Appel, Jr., featuring more than 70 drawings, prints, sculptures, and books, on view September 26, 2010 – January 9, 2011. In the 1950s, Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) emerged as an important American artist. Placing the human figure at the center of his work, Baskin set himself against the abstraction and formalism that dominated art production and criticism at the time.

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May Morris at Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, USA)

A Belief in the Power of Beauty: A Selection of Works by May Morris
Delaware Art Museum
August 28, 2010 – January 2, 2011
The Delaware Art Museum presents A Belief in the Power of Beauty: A Selection of Works by May Morris, on view August 28, 2010 – January 2, 2011. This exhibition will feature a selection of approximately 25 artworks, including landscape watercolors, embroidery, and hand-made books by the daughter of the celebrated William Morris, founder the Arts and Crafts Movement in England.

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The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (Wilmington, USA)

Fifty Works for the First State: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Delaware Art Museum
June 19, 2010 – August 29, 2010
The Delaware Art Museum presents Fifty Works for the First State: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, featuring art produced between 1966 and 2003 by 23 artists, on view June 19, 2010 – August 29, 2010. Dorothy and Herbert Vogel assembled one of the world’s most outstanding collections of minimal and conceptual art—over 4,000 works.

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The Pastoral Vision – British Prints, 1800 – Present

The Pastoral Vision – British Prints, 1800 – Present
Delaware Art Museum
May 15 – August 15, 2010
The Delaware Art Museum presents The Pastoral Vision—British Prints, 1800 – Present, featuring more than 20 lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts, on view May 15, 2010 – August 15, 2010. This exhibition explores British printmaking from the 19th century to the present, focusing on landscapes by artists such as James McNeil Whistler, Edward Lear, and Rachel Whiteread. Drawn entirely from the Museum’s permanent collection, with many pieces rarely on view, the selection will provide insights into the changing nature of prints and Britain’s pastoral beauty.

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Haiti: A Tribute in Art

Haiti: A Tribute in Art
Delaware Art Museum
May 8, 2010 – July 11, 2010
The Delaware Art Museum and the Wilmington, Delaware, Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, present Haiti: A Tribute in Art, featuring sequined and beaded voodoo flags, ironwork, and paintings by contemporary artists, on view at the Museum May 8, 2010 – July 11, 2010. This exhibition celebrates Haiti’s rich artistic diversity. The works of art are based on several themes relevant to this creative Caribbean country—history, religion, landscape, and daily life. Drawn from local collections, Haiti: A Tribute in Art was inspired by and organized in collaboration with the Wilmington, Delaware, Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.

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On Assignment: American Illustration, 1850 – 1950

On Assignment: American Illustration, 1850 – 1950
Delaware Art Museum
on view now through January 2, 2011
The Delaware Art Museum presents On Assignment: American Illustration, 1850 – 1950, featuring over 50 paintings and drawings from the Museum’s nationally recognized collection of original illustrations, on view now through January 2, 2011. These works demonstrate the range of styles and subjects that characterized illustrations in American books and magazines from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.

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Harold Edgerton at Delaware Art Museum

Faster than the Eye Can See: Photographs by Harold Edgerton
Delaware Art Museum
February 13, 2010 – April 25, 2010
The Delaware Art Museum presents Faster than the Eye Can See: Photographs by Harold Edgerton, featuring 18 photographs produced at ultra high-speed, on view February 13, 2010 – April 25, 2010. Dr. Harold “Doc” Edgerton redefined the limits of vision, showing things invisible to the unaided eye by stopping time and making it possible to witness split seconds.

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Women Collared for Work

Women Collared for Work
Delaware Art Museum
February 6, 2010 – March 21, 2010
The Delaware Art Museum presents Women Collared for Work, featuring paintings, drawings, sculptures, and mixed media installations by eight female artists, on view February 6, 2010 – March 21, 2010. The artists explore both the well-known contributions and anonymous stories of women spanning more than 100 years of history—1889 to 1999. They interpret the collar as a symbol for the restraint, inspiration, and innovation of powerful female icons representing a range of occupations.

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