A fascinating journey into Pierre Bonnard’s world and the inspiration behind his spatially arresting and intimate paintings   Pierre Bonnard’s paintings are renowned for their unusual intimacy. Delving into the sensory realms of experience that fueled Bonnard’s practice—from the most public to the most private—this volume looks at the inspiration behind the artist’s work. Through the lens of more than 70 works, including many largely unknown examples from private collections in addition to celebrated paintings from museums around the world, scholarly essays transport the reader into Bonnard’s world and shed new light on the artist’s unique life circumstances. Governed neither by chronology nor geography, but by measures of intimacy, this study travels with Bonnard through the landscapes of Paris and Normandy, to the interior spaces of the artist’s dwellings, and deep into the artist’s thoughts.     Distributed for the Kimbell Art Museum   Exhibition Schedule:   Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (November 5, 2023–January 28, 2024)   The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (March 2–June 2, 2024)  

A landmark retrospective that examines William Merritt Chase and his lasting contribution to the history of modern art The history of modern art owes a great debt to William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), one of America's influential artists and educators. Chase was a leading member of the international artistic avant-garde and was best known for his mastery of a wide range of subjects in oil and pastel, including figures, landscapes, urban park scenes, interiors, and portraits. As a teacher and founder of the Shinnecock Summer School of Art and the New York School of Art, Chase mentored a new generation of modernists, including Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Joseph Stella. A century after his death, the breadth and richness of Chase's career are celebrated in this beautifully illustrated publication. Five essays by prominent scholars of American art offer new insights into Chase's multi-faceted artistic practice and his position in the international cultural climate at the turn of the 20th century. Published in association with The Phillips Collection Exhibition Schedule: The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (06/04/16-09/11/16) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (10/09/16-01/16/17) Ca'Pesaro-Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, Venice (02/11/17-05/28/17)

Top 10 Title, Art/Architecture/Photography, Publishers Weekly Spring 2021 Announcement Issue The Phillips Collection--America's first museum of modern art--was founded in Washington, DC, in 1921 by Duncan Phillips as a memorial to his father, Duncan Clinch Phillips, and his brother, James, who died in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. Recognizing the healing power of art, Phillips sought to inspire others to "see beautifully as true artists see." This ground-breaking volume, planned in conjunction with the museum's centennial, offers an unprecedented breadth of insights and inclusive narratives on the Phillips's growing art collection from a range of voices, including artists, curators, and critics, who shed light on the museum's acquisitions since 2000. Seeing Differently features diverse artistic expressions across wide-ranging media by renowned artists from the 19th to the 21st centuries, including John Akomfrah, Benny Andrews, Esther Bubley, Edgar Degas, Anselm Kiefer, Simone Leigh, and Aime Mpane. This richly illustrated book includes an opening essay by Phillips director Dorothy Kosinski, artist conversations with John Edmonds, Whitfield Lovell, Alyson Shotz, and the late David C. Driskell, and 11 thematic essays by scholars and practitioners across disciplines. Its over 200 plates feature paintings, sculptures, videos, quilts, prints, and photographs, many with object responses by notable contributors, including artists Anthony Gormley, Sean Scully, Renee Stout, and Jennifer Wen Ma, among others.

Whitfield Lovell: Kin centers on a sumptuously reproduced portfolio of the artist s Kin series, in which images of anonymous African-Americans are paired with found objects evoking their personalities and experiences. Tangible presences that powerfully connect with the viewer, Lovell s works invoke issues of cultural heritage and personal identity as they imaginatively reflect the lives of forgotten Americans. Also included are the artist s large-scale installations and works from the 1980s and early 1990s. Art critic, writer, and professor, Irving Sandler is the author of the memoir Swept Up by Art. Sarah Lewis is assistant professor of History of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies, Harvard University. Kevin Quashie is professor of Africana Studies, Smith College. Klaus Ottmann is deputy director for Curatorial and Academic Affairs and Elsa Smithgall is curator, the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Erin Dziedzic is curator and head of Adult Programs, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Julie L. McGee is curator of African American Art, University Museums, University of Delaware