Passport to Paris: Nineteenth-Century French Prints from the Georgia Museum of Art
June 15 - August 17
Nineteenth-Century Paris was virtually a laboratory of artistic experimentation. Innovation and originality were the twin touchstones of the age, and nowhere were the timeworn conventions of traditional artistic practices more thoroughly overturned than in printmaking. The French avant-garde, led by Edouard Manet along with James McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, and others, used the various printmaking media to circulate their bold experiments to the widest possible audience.
Brilliant by Design: Masterpieces of American Cut Glass, 1880 -1915
June 15 - July 27
The Dixon-organized exhibition Brilliant by Design: Masterpieces of American Cut Glass, 1880-1915 showcases some 75 works from the great age of cut-glass artistry, nearly all chosen from distinguished private collections in the Memphis area. Assembled by Dr. Tom Fortner, a well-known author and expert in cut glass, Brilliant by Design includes stunning examples by all the famous makers of the brilliant period: Dorflinger and Sons, T.G. Hawkes, J. Hoare & Company, and Libbey Glass Company, among others.
June 15 - August 17