REVIEW I Impressions and Impressionism: A Collector’s Delight
Under the auspices of Geelong Gallery’s director, Humphrey Clegg, and co-curated by Marianne Mathieu, former scientific director of the Musée Marmottan Monet, and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, the great-great-granddaughter of Paul Durand-Ruel (1831–1922), Discovering the Impressionists coincides with Geelong Gallery’s 130th anniversary. The exhibition also complements the gallery’s own extensive collection, which Clegg says, “was built […]
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REVIEW: French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Divided into ten thematic sections, the curatorial brief (according to the NGV’s online publicity) is to place “emphasis on the thoughts and observations of the artists themselves.” And, to this effect, texts proliferate but do not dominate. But French Impressionism does not need to take recourse to artists’ intentions. The works, dare I say it, […]
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