European Masterpieces from the Grasset Collection The Grasset Collection features masterpieces of exquisite beauty from the leading Dutch, Flemish and Spanish still-life painters of the 17th century, a time known as the “Golden Age” for its prosperity and patronage of the arts. The selection of 40 paintings in this exhibition, never displayed publicly, includes landscapes ranging from masters like Jan Brueghel…

Please note Quilts and Color from the Musuem of Fine Arts, Boston has been extended through Labor Day. “I wonder if what we know now as ‘color interaction’ was not something mysterious and spiritual to these quiltmakers.” – Gerald Roy Brilliant Color. Inventive Design. Exquisite American Craftsmanship. The San Diego Museum of Art presents Quilts and Color from The Museum of…

Photographs of the Salk Institute by Woodbury University School of Architecture Students In conjunction with the exhibition Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture, the Museum has partnered with Woodbury University School of Architecture in San Diego to present twenty architectural photographs depicting one of Kahn’s most renowned works, the Salk Institute in La Jolla. The images were created by Anne…

The city has been a subject of art for several decades: artists observing, criticizing, and celebrating our relationship to the built environment. This selection of American works provides a glimpse into how our urban world has evolved. Charles Sheeler’s Delmonico Building (1926) anticipates Charles Demuth’s famed My Egypt (1927), which glorifies a grain elevator. Both depict towering structures from a…

The Animal Sculptures of Arthur Putnam During his lifetime, Arthur Putnam (1873–1930) was hailed as the greatest sculptor of California, the “American Rodin.”  Putnam’s restless nature and aversion to academics led him to spend a great deal of time outdoors where he developed a passionate interest in wildlife that prepared him to become one of the greatest animaliers in America.  Largely…

Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture is the first retrospective of Louis Kahn’s work in two decades, presenting over 200 objects related to Kahn’s selected buildings and projects in the form of architectural models, plans, original drawings, photographs, films and more. With complex spatial compositions and a mastery of light, Louis Kahn’s architecture is regarded as a touchstone of 20th…

A resplendent and serene Virgin appears in a late sixteenth-century painting. She is dressed in a flowing green down, the infant Jesus clutched to her breast. But she reclines on a luxurious golden carpet in front of a red sandstone pavilion, having been transported to India in the 1590’s. How did she arrive there? This painting was made at the court of…

Compelled by Color presents a selection of photographs highlighting the vibrancy and variety of works from the collection of Victor and Martha Diaz. The Institute of Photographic Arts, founded in Mexico by Mr. and Mrs. Diaz in 1976, ceased operations in 2016 and donated over 750 color photographs to the Museum. Many works were created using the dye-transfer printing process – a technology that has…