TCD Thanksgiving Art Date, Nov. 21-25
Take an art field trip Thanksgiving weekend -- good shows in Madison and Chicago. Or curl up with some good new art books.
Maybe you are heading out to visit family for Thanksgiving, or you simply want to hit the road for a little time out of town. If you’re passing through Madison or Chicago there are a couple of exhibitions worth stopping to see, in additions to their host museums’ excellent permanent collections. Note, however, that both museums are closed on Thanksgiving Day.
750 University Avenue, Madison
University of Wisconsin Campus
Offering of the Angels: Paintings and Tapestries from the Uffizi Gallery
Through Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012.
The Golden Age of British Watercolors, 1790-1910.
Through Sunday, December 2, 2012.
CHICAGO
111 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Late Roman and Early Byzantine Treasures from the British Museum
Through Sunday, August 25, 2013.
This temporary exhibition is presented in conjunction with the newly expanded and reinstalled galleries of Greek and Roman art, featuring some innovative interactive technology.
ON THE COUCH AT HOME
If you are staying put and looking for a new art-related book to curl up with, here are two recent releases of interest:
A new biography delves into the life and work of the artist and his enduring influence.
Camille Paglia, Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars
Paglia tours millennia of art production from antiquity to the modern cinema, including a very laudatory assessment of filmmaker George Lucas as a contemporary artist.
For even more to do over this holiday weekend, check out this week’s TCD On Stage.
Art
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Winning Artists Works on Display
May 30th, 2024 by Annie Raab -
5 Huge Rainbow Arcs Coming To Downtown
Apr 29th, 2024 by Jeramey Jannene -
Exhibit Tells Story of Vietnam War Resistors in the Military
Mar 29th, 2024 by Bill Christofferson
Art Date
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Apocalypse Now
May 30th, 2014 by Kat Murrell -
Slower Than a New York Minute
May 16th, 2014 by Kat Murrell -
Easy Rider
May 9th, 2014 by Kat Murrell