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    Art Shines in Naples, Italy, This Summer. Here’s an Insider’s Guide to the Fabled City’s Attractions and Diversions

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    Naples has undergone an artistic renaissance of late. Already home to ancient sites around Pompeii, not to mention the enchanting island of Capri, the southern Italian city has recently seen a remarkable transformation from sleepy port town into a premiere cultural destination—not unlike glorious Rome or fashionable Milan higher up the boot.
    Ambling through the vibrant city streets, one can feel Naples’s artistic regeneration at every turn. Galleries, museums, and art foundations have popped up everywhere, showcasing a wide range of artistic output, from Greek antiquities to contemporary abstraction.
    We’ve curated a list of places to see, stay, sip, and shop.

    SEE
    Amy Sillman, “Temporary Objects”Thomas Dane Gallery
    Installation view of Amy Sillman’s “Temporary Object.” Courtesy of Thomas Dane Gallery.
    Among the most recent newcomers to Naples is Thomas Dane Gallery. The British dealer’s eponymous outpost in Naples just opened with sweeping views of the bay. On view now is “Temporary Object,” a solo show of new works by Amy Sillman (through July 29). The process-based American painter’s canvases are on display alongside a series of intimate drawings, offering feasts of color and shape that are buoyantly Matisse-like in their rendering and emotion. Each painting in “Temporary Object” reflects a stage in the development of a work that is never revealed yet offers insight into how to read the painting, as if it were part of a film or storyboard. In this way, these palimpsestic works are akin to Naples and its own layered history.

    Mario Schifano, “Il Nuovo Imaginario (The New Imaginary)”Galleria d’Italia
    Installatino view of Mario Schifano’s “Il Nuovo Imaginario (The New Imaginary).” Courtesy of Galleria d’Italia
    More gestural paintings can be found at the Galleria d’Italia on Via Toledo, where artist Mario Schifano’s “Il Nuovo Imaginario (The New Imaginary) 1960–1990” runs through October 29. The survey presents over 50 works by one of Italy’s greatest postmodern artists. Some of them are reflective of his time as a restorer in Rome’s Museum of Etruscan Art and Archaeological Artifacts of Villa Giulia. Others hark back to his interest in Pop Art, which exploded after he visited the United States in 1963. The interest was short-lived and his desire to examine history through abstraction was rekindled, prompting him to look to Futurism—with its fervent movement, bold forms, and vibrant colors—for inspiration. The exhibition also presents, for the first time, a series of works from the 1970s called “Paesaggi TV (TV Landscapes)” that show Schifano’s attempts to present news and events on canvas.

    “Alexander the Great and the East”National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN)
    Installation view of “Alexander the Great and the East.” Courtesy of MANN.
    The exuberant modern paintings of Schifano and Sillman make for a compelling contrast with the ancient works in “Alexander the Great and the East” (through August 28) at the National Archaeological Museum (MANN). The exhibition—which follows the announcement of MANN2, a new branch of the museum—offers a rich exploration of the Macedonian warrior’s cultural legacy. It was inspired by the restoration of the mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, one of the most famous from antiquity, depicting the Battle of Issus in 333 BC, between Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia.
    The show coincides with “Picasso and Antiquity” (through August 27), in the museum’s Farnese galleries, showcasing ancient sculptures excavated in Rome during the Renaissance alongside intimate works on paper by Pablo Picasso, who was profoundly influenced by the classical art museum.
    For a dose of contemporary art, head to the Morra Greco and the Fondazione Donnaregina (also known as Museo Madre), both of which are just down the street from MANN. Often collaborating, though separate institutions, each boasts works by blue-chip names including Richard Long, Andy Warhol, Sol LeWitt, Olafur Eliasson, and Francesco Clemente.

    STAY
    Courtesy of Atelier Inès Arts & Suites, Naples.
    Among the plethora of new hotels that have recently opened in Naples, Atelier Inès Arts & Suites in the Vergini neighborhood offers the most intimate stay. Opened in 2021, the design-oriented hotel features just six distinctly themed rooms in a building that dates back to 1900, when it was the site of an open-air cinema and theater. The hotel also displays the work of artist Annibale Oste, from the 1960s on, in the rooms’ interiors.
    Another charming hotel is the Artemisia Duomo in the Centro Storico (historical center), just steps from the magical gardens of the Santa Chiara cloisters. Its eight rooms—in addition to four spa suites—are wonderfully named after the female protagonists of Neapolitan baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi’s oeuvre.
    Courtesy of Grand Hotel Vesuvio in Santa Lucia, Naples.
    For still more storied opulence, head to the Grand Hotel Vesuvio in Santa Lucia, where creatives such as Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky and Émile Zola are said to have stayed on their visits to Naples.

    SIP
    Courtesy of George restaurant, Naples.
    As the art scene of Naples has boomed, so too has its culinary hotspots. Michelin-starred George restaurant, on the roof garden of the Grand Hotel Parker, offers a classic Neapolitan dining experience. Chef Domenico Candela combines recipes from the Campania region of Italy with techniques he acquired in France—amid breathtaking views of the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius.
    At local favorite Osteria della Mattonella, diners dine amid hand-painted, 18th-century walls with intricately painted tiles. Perfect for art lovers, just-launched Sustanza restaurant sits inside an Art Nouveau setting, across from the National Archaeological Museum, where chef Marco Ambrosino prepares southern Italian specialties accompanied with natural wines. 
     
    SHOP
    Naples, in fact all of Italy, is famed for its vintage shopping. Those wishing to partake in the national pastime should make haste to Oblomova, selling a browser’s paradise of vintage treasures, from handbags and jewelry to collectible crafts.
    Galleria Umberto, Naples. (Photo by: Michele Stanzione/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
    The more luxury-minded will want to head to the Chiaia District, especially Via Toledo, where all the top brands like Gucci and Louis Vuitton have set up shop. Or head to Galleria Umberto, where you can peruse high-end Italian retail stores within a magnificent 19th-century neoclassical glass dome and surrounding arcade.

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      Art Shines in Washington, D.C., This Summer. Here Are Four Ways to Make the Most of the Cultural Highlights

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      Washington, D.C., may be the seat of the United States federal government, but it also harbors a robust cultural scene. From national landmarks like the Jefferson Memorial and Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial to contemporary art venues like the Hirshhorn Museum and the new Rubell Museum, plus the largest concentration of Smithsonian institutions, there is no shortage of art and culture in the nation’s capital.
      We’ve curated a list of must-see special exhibitions and permanent installations perfect for a summer jaunt to the district, complete with restaurant recommendations to round out your experience.

      National Gallery of ArtSculpture Garden
      There is perhaps no better a spot for art viewing in D.C. than the National Gallery of Art, particularly its sculpture garden located on the National Mall. Sprawling and magical, the garden is oriented around a fountain that in the winter transforms into an ice skating rink, and in the summer provides a welcome respite from the heat.
      Marc Chagall, Orphée (1969). The John U. and Evelyn S. Nef Collection. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.
      Monumental modern and contemporary sculptures are installed across all six acres of the garden, serving as an art-filled oasis amid the concrete jungle. Highlights include Marc Chagall’s Orphée (1969), a tile mosaic loosely inspired by Greek mythology and originally commissioned by art patrons John and Evelyn Nef for their own garden. Crafted in Murano glass and stones from Carra, Italy, the work was gifted to the museum in 2009 and remains a jewel of its collection.
      Alexander Calder, Cheval Rouge (Red Horse) (1974). Courtesy of Calder Foundation, New York, and the National Gallery of Art.
      Elegant geometric sculptures by Tony Smith, Barry Flanagan, Mark di Suvero, Scott Burton, David Smith, and Joel Shapiro also dot the landscape, punctuated by colorful offerings like Alexander Calder’s jaunty Cheval Rouge (Red Horse) (1974), Roy Lichtenstein’s House I (1996), and Robert Indiana’s AMOR (1998). One of Louise Bourgeois’s spiders perches like an open umbrella over a bed of greenery, while Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s large-scale steel sculpture Typewriter Eraser, Scale X (1998) is a surreal sight.
      Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Typewriter Eraser, Scale X (1998–1999). Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.
      Now that you’ve gotten your fill of this garden of earthly delights, it’s time to refuel. We suggest a dip into Dirty Habit, a deceptively named upscale restaurant about one block north of the National Gallery, serving delectable drinks that will revive even the weariest traveler. From there, you’re just steps from Riggs, a 19th-century bank building recast as an ultra-luxe hotel where the rooms have been fashioned after a safety deposit box. Café Riggs is beloved by locals, as is the subterranean Silver Lyan bar, housed in the bank’s original vault. Alternatively, the Conrad—designed by Pritzker Prize-winning firm of Herzog & de Meuron—offers a more modern take on five-star hospitality with its clean lines and Calacatta marble walls. Estuary, the hotel’s restaurant, emphasizes fare sourced from nearby Chesapeake Bay, such as mouthwatering Maryland crab rolls.

      Dumbarton Oaks Museum“Hugh Hayden: Brier Patch”
      Installation view of “Hugh Hayden: Brier Patch” at Dumbarton Oaks. Photo: Kevin McDonald. Courtesy of Dumbarton Oaks.
      Start your day in the historic enclave of Georgetown, in the northwest corner of the city, with a cup of joe and a bagel from local favorite Call Your Mother Deli (eat here and, yes, call her!). You can’t miss the bubblegum-pink building with a line snaking out the front door and down the cobblestones.
      Then head north toward Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd Street), the Harvard University research center, museum, and garden. Against the backdrop of a Philip Johnson-designed pavilion and classic Federal-style house museum, the landscape—designed by Beatrix Farrand—is a prime example of the Country Place Era style, boasting an orangery, rose garden, and ellipse. It’s here that the museum inaugurated a series of contemporary art interventions in 2009, and where Texas-born, New York-based artist Hugh Hayden’s dreamlike installation has taken root.
      Installation view of “Hugh Hayden: Brier Patch” at Dumbarton Oaks. Photo: Kevin McDonald. Courtesy of Dumbarton Oaks.
      New Yorkers may recall Hayden’s brilliant Brier Patch from its original setting at Madison Square Park, and now it has a new life in Washington, D.C. A total of 100 wooden elementary school-style desks are situated in clusters, from which white cedar tree branches sprout. Why does one seed prosper and grow when others lay dormant? What is the right environment to help a student thrive? These are some of the big questions that Hayden’s installation asks.
      When in a college town, do as the students do and stop into Martin’s Tavern, a no-nonsense Georgetown haunt famous for its presidential sightings. Before his turn at the White House, John F. Kennedy is said to have proposed to Jackie here, and Harry and Bess Truman were regulars with their daughter Margaret while she was a student at nearby George Washington University.

      U.S. National Arboretum
      Washington D.C., U.S. National Arboretum, Bonsai and Penjing Museum tree display. Photo: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
      The District of Columbia is, of course, known for its many historic monuments and memorials, not to mention the Capitol building, Washington Monument, and Tidal Basin, but one of the lesser-known gems is this outdoor museum. The Arboretum (3501 New York Avenue) is a stunning expanse of 446 acres that houses a wealth of displays including the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, the Gotelli Conifer Collection, and the Flowering Tree Walk, where you can take in the glorious colors of the azalea blooms.

      The National Capitol Columns at the United States National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

      The crown jewel of the museum, however, is the permanent installation of the National Capitol Columns. The twenty-two ornately constructed Corinthian columns are arranged in a formation that brings Stonehenge to mind. The stately sandstone columns, quarried from Virginia, were originally designed to support the East Portico of the Capitol and served as the impressive backdrop for the inaugurations of presidents Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, but were removed in 1958 and later relocated to these 20 acres of meadow.

      Inside the Paris-inspired restaurant Le Diplomate in Washington, D.C. Photo: Tom McCorkle for the Washington Post via Getty Images.
      Now on to Le Diplomate. You might do a double take when you enter the lively French-style brasserie, with its evocations of Parisian cafe culture and a clientele that reads like a who’s who of Beltway pundits. The tricolore of the French flag features prominently, as does vintage Tour de France memorabilia lining the walls. There’s not a bad seat in the house—if we’re being diplomatic.

      Glenstone MuseumOutdoor sculptures & Ellsworth Kelly
      Approach to the Pavilions at Glenstone. Photo: Iwan Baan. Courtesy of Glenstone Museum.
      One of the newer additions to the Washington D.C. art landscape is the truly spectacular Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland (12100 Glen Road), where the minimalist estate founded by collectors Mitch and Emily Rales to house their contemporary art collection meshes beautifully with the surroundings. It might be just 15 miles outside the nation’s capital, but Glenstone feels as if it’s from another planet—a lush, art-filled planet boasting more exhibition space than either the Whitney in New York or the Broad in Los Angeles.
      Installation view of Ellsworth Kelly’s Yellow Curve (1990) at Glenstone. © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. Photo: Ron Amstutz. Courtesy of Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland.
      Though it opened in 2006, it was an expansion in 2018 that catapulted the museum to the level of world-class art institution. Currently on view is the extensive survey “Ellsworth Kelly at 100,” the centennial of the late American artist featuring works from his 70-year career. Kelly’s oeuvre runs the gamut from cerebral meditations on form to colorful geometric paintings—like those from the canonical “Spectrum” series. But it’s his landmark large-scale floor painting Yellow Curve that takes pride of place inside the museum, taking up more than 600 square feet of floor space in its first exhibition since it was conceived in 1990.
      Jeff Koons, Split-Rocker (2000). © Jeff Koons. Courtesy of Glenstone Museum.
      Don’t leave Glenstone’s grounds without witnessing first-hand the visual delights of Jeff Koons’s crowd-pleasing Split-Rocker topiary sculpture. Half dinosaur and half rocking horse, the florally festooned work boasts its own computer-controlled irrigation system, designed to monitor which zones require more or less water at any given time and for each individual species. Marigolds, zinnias, and petunias, oh my!
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      Art Enlivens Chicago in the Summer Season. Here’s an Insider’s Guide to the City’s Major Exhibitions, Landmarks, and Thriving Galleries

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      Following New York and Los Angeles editions, here we bring you our Chicago summer art guide. Bypass the selfie-taking hordes at the Bean and get to know some of the city’s more understated art landmarks, from the Driehaus Museum to the Pendry Hotel, as well as the thriving gallery scene of the West Loop art district.

      Art Institute of Chicago“Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: the Modern Landscape”
      Georges Seurat, The Seine at La Grande-Jatte (1888). Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
      Discover the Parisian countryside through the eyes of Vincent van Gogh, as well as Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Émile Bernard, and Charles Angrand, in a sprawling exhibition (through September 4) that brings together more than 75 paintings and drawings by the Post-Impressionists. “Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape” at the Art Institute of Chicago (111 S. Michigan Avenue) goes beyond bucolic scenes to examine the rapid industrial development of the French capital in the last decades of the 19th century—as witnessed by artists. Seurat’s verdant landscapes give way to Bernard’s steam-powered locomotives in the compelling exhibition.
      Émile Bernard, Iron Bridges at Asnières (1887). Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
      Take a minute to unwind at the institute’s South Garden, the gates of which are now open. Designed by renowned landscape architect Dan Kiley and completed in 1967, the intimately scaled “secret garden,” as locals refer to it, is an unexpected urban oasis among canopied hawthorn trees and a reflecting pool.
      Only a block away from the Art Institute sits the historic Chicago Athletic Association (12 S. Michigan Avenue), a 19th-century elite men’s club turned luxe hotel. The Founders Suite features original ornate woodwork, stained-glass windows, and two working fireplaces. Be sure to visit Cindy’s rooftop restaurant, where, under a towering glass atrium, some of the most sweeping views and creative cocktails in the city can be had.

      Richard H. Driehaus MuseumHector Guimard
      The Maher Gallery inside the Driehaus Museum. Courtesy of Driehaus Museum.
      “Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to Modernism” at the Driehaus Museum (40 E. Erie Street), a restored 1883 mansion, provides an inside look into the life and work of the French architect and designer who, breaking from the organic forms of his classical Beaux-Arts training, became a pioneer of modern design. His avant-garde Paris Métro entrances, designed at the turn of the 20th century, still serve as symbols of the city’s Golden Age. The exhibition dives into his influential legacy that spans furniture, jewelry, metalwork, ceramics, drawings, and textiles. 
      Don’t miss the museum’s spectacular Maher Gallery, named after the Prairie School architect, George Washington Maher, who envisioned the stained-glass dome and lacquered cherry bookcases for the owner’s rare book collection. The dome features four trees arching toward the oculus with leaves rendered in autumnal-colored drapery glass—a masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts movement.
      Hector Guimard, Paris Métro Entrance (1900). Photo: James Caulfield. Courtesy of Driehaus Museum.
      You’ll notice your close proximity to Magnificent Mile, as well as the elegant Gold Coast neighborhood, meaning your possibilities for high-end shopping (Oak Street) and dining are all but endless. For a taste of old-school Chicago, head to Gibsons (1028 N. Rush Street), an iconic steakhouse where you may find yourself noshing among celebrities, whose signed photos adorn the walls. Browse upscale boutiques such as Ikram or historic landmarks like the Water Tower, one of the few structures to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and which now serves as an art gallery, showcasing the work of local artists.

      West Loop Art District
      Marie Watt, Sky Dances Light: Solo XII (2022). Courtesy of Kavi Gupta.
      Transformed from its industrial roots, the vibrant West Loop neighborhood has emerged as a thriving epicenter for dining and nightlife—but it’s an art district at heart. Start your journey at the first of two Kavi Gupta gallery locations (835 W. Washington Boulevard), where the artist and former Joan Mitchell Foundation fellow Marie Watt has installed a mesmerizing exhibition of ‘jingle clouds,’ large-scale metal sculptures that hang from the ceiling like chimes. Steps away, Soho House offers a quick pick-me-up and a refresh by the pool. From there, a short walk west will put you at Kavi Gupta’s other West Loop location (219 N. Elizabeth Street), where the African-Canadian sculptor Esmaa Mohamoud is currently exhibiting a field of steel dandelions in a meditation on contemporary life.
      Installation view, Esmaa Mohamoud, “Let Them Consume Me In The Light” (2023). Courtesy of Kavi Gupta.
      Near buzzy Fulton Market (Chicago’s former warehouse district), Randolph Street offers a plethora of culinary delights. For elevated Italian, head to Monteverde Pastificio, where chef Sarah Grueneberg’s hand-made pastas have made the eatery the hardest table to get in town. For a more novel experience, visit Stephanie Izard’s Girl & The Goat, one of the first restaurants on Restaurant Row, blending the bolder flavors of the world—including goat—with local ingredients. It’s the Chicago art world’s best-kept secret.

      Château Carbide at Pendry ChicagoRooftop Views and Riviera Vibes
      Exterior view of the Carbide and Carbon building. Courtesy of Pendry Chicago.
      Located atop the art-deco landmark building Carbide and Carbon—designed by the Burnham Brothers to resemble a green champagne bottle topped with gold foil—Château Carbide is an homage to the French Riviera, complete with a picnic-style menu. Appropriately, the rooftop restaurant (part of the Pendry hotel) boasts spectacular views of the city’s ever-evolving skyline. Hit the Moët Champagne spritz bar or cozy up to a botanical-driven beverage from the absinthe-inspired cocktail bar. 
      Derrick Adams, Funtime Unicorn (2023). Courtesy of Art on the Mart.
      Back on street level, have a stroll around Riverwalk, a bustling mile-long walk and bike path along the Chicago River. Expanded in 2015, the Riverwalk now hosts Art on the Mart, the largest permanent digital art display in the world, projected onto the vast exterior of the Merchandise Mart building. Currently on view is Funtime Unicorn, artist Derrick Adams’s ode to Black joy. Presented in partnership with Rhona Hoffman Gallery, the exuberant crowd-pleaser lights up every night at 9 p.m. through July 5.
      Check back for our Artnet Summer Itinerary in Washington, D.C., and visit the New York and Los Angeles itineraries. 
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      Art Merges With Nature in Los Angeles This Summer. Here’s a Guide to Four Cultural Excursions, From the Canyons to the Beach

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      Angelenos, ready to get your steps in? After sharing our New York summer art guide last week, we’ve prepared another practical guide for viewing summer art exhibitions, this time in Los Angeles. We’ve compiled daily itineraries to help you navigate four art destinations around town—including the Broad, Getty Villa, and LACMA—complete with stops for refreshment before and after, because you will need your strength.

      The Broad MuseumYayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room
      The Broad museum in Los Angeles. Courtesy of the Broad.
      Yayoi Kusama first produced her Infinity Mirror Rooms in the 1960s, inviting viewers to step into kaleidoscopic illusions of infinite space. In recent years, variations of the mirrored rooms have been exhibited internationally, gaining new meaning—and Instagram cachet—for contemporary audiences keen on immersive spaces. The room currently installed at the Broad museum in downtown Los Angeles (221 South Grand Avenue), Infinity Mirror Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, features dazzling lights that place the visitor in a twinkling cosmos. But beware, this is a highly popular exhibition; the maximum time to enjoy it is 45 seconds. More

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      Looking for an Art Excursion in New York This Summer? Here Are Four Perfect Itineraries That Combine Nature and Culture

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      This summer, nature is in full flower at four major art institutions around New York City: Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Met Cloisters, the New York Botanical Garden, and Storm King Art Center north of the city. Just as important as the shows themselves are your activities before and after. Here’s our cheat sheet to navigating your way around them as you savor the dual experiences. Don’t forget your walking shoes!

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      Must-See Art Guide: Turin

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      This week, a new three-day arts celebration is launching in Turin, Italy, with hopes to mark the city’s emergence from a tumultuous lockdown period and to lure art lovers back to exhibition spaces.
      Dubbed OVERTURE 2020 and organized by the Torino Art Galleries Association, the event centers on a citywide series of coordinated gallery openings. Thirteen of its most prestigious spaces will launch new (and in one case, postponed) exhibitions from September 22 through 24. The long-awaited shows will include expanded daylong openings, scheduled and staggered entries, and extensive online materials for those not quite ready to visit in person.
      If you happen to be in town this week, you won’t want to miss the celebratory event. We’ve pulled together a list of openings worth an in-person peek. Bring your eyes, and wear a mask!
      Luisa Raffaelli, My Life in My Bag. Courtesy of Febo and Daphne.

      Exhibition: “Luisa Raffaelli: Bag in Box” 
      When: Through October 30, 2020
      Where: Febo and Daphne, Via Vanchiglia 16, Turin
      Detail of “Unmade” by Ilaria Gasparroni. Courtesy of Gagliardi and Domke.

      Exhibition: “Ilaria Gasparroni: Unmade”
      When: Through October 24, 2020
      Where: Gagliardi and Domke, Via Cervino 16, 10155 Turin
      Installation view “Sam Falls: Tongues in Trees, Books in Brooks, Sermons in Stones.” Courtesy of Galleria Franco Noero.

      Exhibition: “Sam Falls: Tongues in Trees, Books in Brooks, Sermons in Stones”
      When: Through January 09, 2021
      Where: Galleria Franco Noero, Via Mottalciata 10 / B, 10154 Turin
      Costas Varotsos , Europa 2. Courtesy of Galleria Giorgio Persano.

      Exhibition: “Costas Varotsos: Europa 2“
      When: Through January 19, 2021
      Where: Galleria Giorgio Persano, Via Stampatori 4, 10122 Turin 
      Leandro Agostini, Phantom (2020). Courtesy of In Arco.

      Exhibition: “Leandro Agostini, Marcel Dzama, Chris Hammerlein: At What Point Is The Night?”
      When: Through January 16, 2021
      Where: In Arco, Piazza Vittorio Veneto n. 3, 10124 Turin
      Detail of Untitled by Martha-Tuttle (2020). Courtesy of the artist and Luce Gallery.

      Exhibition: “Martha Tuttle: Constellations I Drew in Nevada”
      When: Through October 24, 2020
      Where: Luce Gallery, Largo Montebello, 40, 10124 Turin  
      Rodrigo Blanco, Foresta Erotica. Courtesy of Weber & Weber.

      Exhibition: “Rodrigo Blanco: Subtle Appearances“
      When: Through October 31, 2020
      Where: Weber & Weber, Via San Tommaso n. 7, 10122 Turin
      Jonathan Monk, Shcermata. Courtesy of Norma Mangione.

      Exhibition: “Jonathan Monk: Behind Closed Doors”
      When: October 25, 2020
      Where: Norma Mangione, Via Matteo Pescatore 17, 10124 Turin
      Gregorio Botta, Muta (2019). Courtesy of Peola Simondi.

      Exhibition: “Gregorio Botta: It Is a Delicate Matter”
      When: Through November 14, 2020
      Where: Peola Simondi, Via della Rocca 29, 10123 Turin
      Thomas Wrede, Housing Estate I. Courtesy of Photo & Contemporary.

      Exhibition: “Thomas Wrede: Real Landscape”
      When: Through October 24, 2020
      Where: PHOTO & CONTEMPORARY, Via dei Mille 36, 10123 Turin
      Tiziana and Gianni Baldizzone, La route dangereuse. Courtesy of Raffaella De Chirico.

      Exhibition: “Tiziana and Gianni Baldizzone: Traveling Without Moving”
      When: Through October 17, 2020
      Where: Raffaella De Chirico, Via Giolitti, 52 & Via della Rocca, 19 10123 Turin
      Magda T, Home. Courtesy of Riccardo Costantini.

      Exhibition: “Magda_t_Home“
      When: Through October 24, 2020
      Where: Riccardo Costantini, Via Giolitti 51, 10123 Turin
      Mario Airò, In Letizia. Courtesy of Tucci Russo.

      Exhibition: “Mario Airò In Letizia”
      When: Through October 03, 2020.
      Where: Tucci Russo, Via Davide Bertolotti, 2, 10121, Turin
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      25 Shows to See Across the US as Museum’s Reopen, From Jacob Lawrence at the Met to ‘Flores Mexicanas’ in Dallas

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      As museums across the US dust off the cobwebs and reopen to the public, an exciting slate of exhibitions is on offer at venues from New York to California, Texas to Ohio. Some institutions have been able to extend their spring shows, while others are opening eagerly anticipated summer blockbusters a little late.
      Here’s what is on our must-see list from coast to coast.

      “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration” at MoMA PS1September 17, 2020–April 4, 2021

      Mark Loughney, “Pyrrhic Defeat” (ongoing). Courtesy of the artist and MoMA PS1.

      MoMA PS1 spotlights artwork made in US prisons and the harsh realities of mass incarceration. The exhibition features over 35 artists, some who have been in prison, some just making work on the subject, including Jesse Krimes and Sable Elyse Smith. The curators have updated the show during lockdown to include work made by artists in the show in response to the current crisis and its effects on prisoners.
      MoMA PS1 is located at 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Queens, New York; suggested admission is $10.

       “Harold Mendez: Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way” at the ICA LASeptember 26, 2020–January 10, 2021
      Harold Mendez, At Night We Walk in Circles (2017). Courtesy of the artist.

      In Harold Mendez’s first Los Angeles solo museum show, some 20 works by the first-generation American are on view, showcasing his large-format photo-based works. The artist takes found imagery and uses a labor-intensive transfer process that includes adding elements relevant to contemporary sociocultural events. Mendez also creates three-dimensional works based on found objects.
      The ICA LA is located at 1717 East 7th Street, Los Angeles, California; admission is free.

      “The Salem Witch Trials 1692” at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MassachusettsSeptember 26, 2020–April 4, 2021
      Tompkins Harrison Matteson, Trial of George Jacobs, Sr. for Witchcraft (1855). Photo by Mark Sexton and Jeffrey R. Dykes, courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum.

      The Peabody Essex offers a deep dive into the infamous Salem witch trials, which led to the deaths of 25 innocent men, women, and children, in 1692 and ‘93. Rarely exhibited original documents from the trial will be on view for the first time in 30 years.
      The Peabody Essex is located at 161 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts; general admission is $20.

      “Swoon: Seven Contemplations” at the Albright-Knox Northland, BuffaloSeptember 26, 2020–January 10, 2021
      Installation view of “Swoon: The Canyon: 1999–2017” at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (September 22, 2017–February 25, 2018). Photo by Tod Seelie.

      Street artist Caledonia “Swoon” Curry is debuting her first stop-motion film at the Albright-Knox, where she’ll transform the galleries into one of her colorful, immersive environments filled with large-scale sculptural installations.
      The Albright Knox is located at 1285 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, New York; admission is pay-what-you-wish.

      “A Perfect Power: Motherhood and African Art” at the Baltimore Museum of ArtSeptember 30, 2020–January 17, 2021
      Artist unidentified, Caryatid Headrest (early 20th century). Luba region, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo courtesy of the Baltimore Museum of Art.

      In central Africa, societies were traditionally matrilineal, families organized around the female line with women in a place of authority. This exhibition features some 40 objects featuring depictions of mothers and the female body in 19th and early 20th century art from these communities.
      The Baltimore Museum of Arts located at 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Maryland; general admission is free.

      “Jean Shin: Pause” at the Asian Art Museum San FranciscoOctober 3–November 10, 2020
      Installation view of “Jean Shin | Pause” (2020) at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Photo ©Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

      The tiny mirrored pieces that cover Jean Shin’s works are actually slivers of discarded cell phones, and the spidery black tendrils the works sit atop are computer cables. “I began thinking about the Bay Area as the historical epicenter of both tech and the environmental movement,” the artist says of the site-specific commission, which uses e-waste to recreate the form of a traditional Chinese scholar’s rock.
      The Asian Art Museum is located at 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco; general admission is $15.

      “Howardena Pindell: Rope/Fire/Water” at the Shed, New YorkOctober 16, 2020–Spring 2021
      Howardena Pindell, Slavery Memorial: Lash (1998–99), detail. Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

      In this solo exhibition, Howardena Pindell debuts Rope/Fire/Water, her first video work in more than 20 years. The work grapples with the artist’s personal experiences with racism as well as historical data about lynchings and racist attacks, with Pindell speaking over archival photos of lynchings and the 1963 Children’s Crusade Civil Rights protest.
      The Shed is located at the Bloomberg Building, 545 West 30 Street, New York; admission is free through October 31, $10 thereafter.

      “Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang” at the Cleveland Museum of ArtOctober 25, 2020–February 28, 2021
      Bruce Davidson, Untitled from Brooklyn Gang (1959), detail. Photo ©Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos, courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

      Photographer Bruce Davidson’s first major project, “Brooklyn Gang,” is a documentation of the Jokers, a teenage street gang that ran rampant in 1950s New York. The Jokers ruled from their perch in Park Slope, now one of the most coveted enclaves of Brooklyn, but at the time a hotbed of restless young men born into poverty.
      The Cleveland Museum of Art is located at 11150 East Boulevard in Cleveland, Ohio; general admission is free.

      “Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThrough November 1, 2020
      Jacob Lawrence, We crossed the River at McKonkey’s Ferry 9 miles above Trenton … the night was excessively severe … which the men bore without the least murmur…-Tench Tilghman, 27 December 1776/Struggle Series – No. 10: Washington Crossing the Delaware (1954). Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

      For the first time in over 60 years, Jacob Lawrence’s little-known series “Struggle: From the History of the American People” (1954–56) has been reunited in this show traveling to the Met from the PEM. Painted at the height of the Cold War, the 30 works feature events from European colonization to World War I, depicting, as Lawrence described it, “the struggles of a people to create a nation and their attempt to build a democracy.”
      The Met is located at 1000 5th Avenue at East 83rd Street, New York; general admission is $25.

      “Ansel Adams in Our Time” at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, ArkansasSeptember 19, 2020–January 3, 2021

      Ansel Adams, Inspiration Point, Morning, Yosemite 1976. Photo by Alan Ross, taken May 9, 1976 while Ansel was making Polaroid prints for his Portfolio VII.

      In this show organized by the MFA Boston, both the mastery of Ansel Ansel’s photography and the outsized influence he had on generations to come is on display. More than 100 Adams images capturing the natural beauty of the US are exhibited along with works by 24 other artists—both his 19th-century contemporaries and photographers working today who have been inspired by his work.
      Crystal Bridges is located at 600 Museum Way, Bentonville, Arkansas; general admission is free.

      “Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Children’s Books” at the High Museum of Art, AtlantaThrough November 8, 2020
      Bryan Collier, Untitled, All Because You Matter (2020), written by Tami Charles, collage. Collection of the artist.

      Honoring such watershed civil rights events as Rosa Park’s refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus 65 years ago and Ruby Bridges integrating her New Orleans school 60 years ago, the High Museum has organized the first exhibition looking at the movement through children’s books. The show features over 80 prints, paintings, drawings, and other artworks.
      The High Museum of Art is located at 1280 Peachtree St Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia; general admission is $14.50.

      “Kiki Smith: River Light” at the Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New YorkThrough November 9, 2020
      “Kiki Smith: River Light” at Storm King Art Center. Photo by Jeffrey Jenkins.

      This is the first US presentation of Kiki Smith’s new flag works. The circle of nine flags in hudson river (2020) are printed with cyanotypes based on film stills the artist took of the light glinting off the East River, which she has walked along daily for the last 30 years. The standalone flag of river light (2019) features a sunset photograph of the Hudson River shot from a passing Amtrak train. In both works, the way the wind catches the flag, letting it float in the breeze, is meant to echo the ripples and waves of the river.
      Storm King is located at 1 Museum Road, New Windsor, New York; general admission is $20.

      “Granville Redmond: The Eloquent Palette” at the Laguna Art Museum, Laguna BeachThrough November 15, 2020
      Granville Redmond, Sand Dunes. Courtesy of the Laguna Museum of Art.

      The Laguna Art Museum has had to close its “once-in-a-lifetime” show of California landscape painter Granville Redmond not once but twice as the state of California began reopening only to reimpose lockdown restrictions. The artist, who went deaf as a toddler after a bout of scarlet fever, painted both tranquil “Tonalist” compositions as well as bolder Impressionist scenes. His close friend, actor Charlie Chaplin, once said of Redmond’s painting, “Sometimes I think that the silence in which he lives has developed in him some sense, some great capacity for happiness in which we others are lacking.”
      The Laguna Art Museum is located at 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, California; general admission is $7.

      “Monet and Boston: Lasting Impression” the Museum of Fine Arts, BostonNovember 15, 2020–February 28, 2021
      Claude Monet, Grainstack (Sunset), 1891. Courtesy of the Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection.

      Claude Monet may not make one think of Boston, but the city’s art collectors were early adopters of the pioneering Impressionist, many traveling to France to meet him and purchase his work. The MFA has no less than 35 oil paintings by the renowned artist, many collected during Monet’s lifetime—but they haven’t been on view all at once in a quarter century, making this a once-in-a-generation display.
      The MFA Boston is located at Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston; general admission is $25.

      “i’m yours: Encounters with Art in Our Times” at the ICA Watershed, BostonNovember 18, 2020–May 23, 2021
      Henry Taylor, i’m yours (2015). ©Henry Taylor.

      In the aftermath of an unprecedented six months of protest, economic chaos, and the ongoing pandemic, ICA wants visitors to find works from within the collection that speak to them personally. The works are arranged in small galleries based on varying perspectives and themes.
      The ICA Watershed is located at 256 Marginal Street, Boston, Massachusetts; admission is free.

      “Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale” at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsNovember 19, 2020–April 11, 2021
      Faith Ringgold, Tar Beach 1990). ©Faith Ringgold/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

      This show takes into consideration the way in which female artists take up space, whether that be the physical presence of their bodies, space within a gallery, or simply as a woman moving throughout the world. Questions arise about the use of scale as an aspect of womanhood, and how space is gendered.
      PAFA is located at 118-128 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia; general admission is free.

      “Shaun Leonardo: The Breath of Empty Space” at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Artthrough December 22, 2020
      Shaun Leonardo, Freddie Gray (drawings 1–6), 2015. Courtesy the artist.

      Controversy erupted at Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland this summer when the museum cancelled a planned exhibition of Shaun Leonardo’s drawings of well-known incidents of deadly violence against Black and Latino men due to community concerns. But the show, which debuted at the Maryland Institute College of Art, has landed at MASS MoCA instead, and will head to the Bronx Museum of the Arts come the new year.
      MASS MoCA is located at 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, Massachusetts; general admission is $20.

      “Flores Mexicanas: Women in Modern Mexican Art” at the Dallas Museum of ArtThrough January 10, 2021

      Rosa Rolanda, Self-portrait (1939). Colección Andrés Blaisten, México, courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art.

      When the Missouri History Museum agreed to lend Alfredo Ramos Martínez’s monumental painting Flores Mexicanas (1914–29) to the Dallas Museum of Art, allowing it to be displayed for only the second time in 50 years, the institution took the opportunity to stage this exhibition exploring different representations of women in early in 20th-century Mexican art. The painting, recently conserved, was originally a wedding gift to aviators Anne and Charles Lindbergh from Mexican president Emilio Portes Gil. Catch it alongside works by renowned Mexican artists such as Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros.
      The Dallas Museum of Art is located at 1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas; general admission is free.

      “Monet and Chicago” at the Art Institute of ChicagoThrough January 18, 2021
      Claude Monet, Water Lily Pond (1900). Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.

      Boston wasn’t the only city bit by the Monet craze in the late 19th century: Chicago’s art collectors also got in on the act beginning in 1888, when a French Impressionist group show served as his introduction to the city. The Art Institute in Chicago became the first US museum to purchase his work, in 1903. Today it boasts the largest collection of his work outside of Paris. The museum’s current show offers a fascinating history of Monet’s history with Chicago and its art lovers, including his unexpected presence at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, famously held in the Windy City. 
      The Art Institute of Chicago is located at 111 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois; general admission is $25.

      “Sanford Biggers: Codeswitch” at the Bronx MuseumThrough January 24, 2021
      Sanford Biggers, Khemetstry (2017). Photo courtesy the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery.

      This is first exhibition dedicated to the quilt-based works Sanford Biggers has been making for the past 20 years. Drawing on African American history, the artist created these mixed media paintings and sculptures using pre-1900 antique quilts.
      The Bronx Museum is located at 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York; admission is free.

      “Betye Saar: Call and Response” at the Morgan Library & Museum, New YorkThrough January 31, 2021
      Betye Saar, Sketchbook page for Eyes of the Beholder (1994). Photo courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California; ©Betye Saar.

      LACMA’s stunning Betye Saar exhibition, featuring collages and assemblage sculptures that reclaim racist imagery, has finally landed in New York. The show includes works made in the late 1960s as well as a new piece made specifically for the occasion, as well as about a dozen of Saar’s colorful travel sketchbooks.
      The Morgan Library & Museum is located at 225 Madison Avenue at East 36th Street, New York; general admission is $20.

      “Shantell Martin: Words and Lines” at the Denver Art MuseumThrough January 31, 2021

      Shantell Martin © 2017. All Rights Reserved. Photo by Anton & Irene.

      The artist Shantell Martin (who earlier this summer called out companies for performative acts of solidarity during the Black Lives Matter protests) is taking over the Denver Art Museum with her signature black and white drawings. The show features an interactive installation that explores intersectionality and play.
      The Denver Art Museum is located at 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver, Colorado; general admission is $13.

      “Alien vs. Citizen” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, ChicagoThrough February 21, 2021

      Andres Serrano, Nomads (Payne) (1990). © 1990 Andres Serrano. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago.

      As the US moves increasingly to restrict immigration under merit-based policies that favor “aliens of extraordinary ability,” the MCA Chicago has organized a group show examining cultural biases and the role that they play in judging an individual’s worth. Featured artists include Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Robert Rauschenberg, Christina Quarles, and Carrie Mae Weems.
      The MCA Chicago is located at 220 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago; general admission is $15, pay-what-you-can.

      “Trevor Paglen: Opposing Geometries” at the Carnegie Museum of Art, PittsburghThrough March 14, 2021

      Trevor Paglen, The Black Canyon Deep Semantic Image Segments (2020). ©️ Trevor Paglen. Courtesy of the artist and Altman Siegel, San Francisco.

      The Carnegie Museum showcases Trevor Paglen’s work on surveillance and artificial intelligence, including a new site-specific commission, photographs of people and objects bearing AI-generated labels, and a sculpture that functions as a wifi hot spot.
      The Carnegie is located at 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; general admission is is $19.95.

      “Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas” at the Brooklyn MuseumThrough June 20, 2021
      Eskimo artist, Sperm Whale Tooth Engraved With Black Ash or Graphite (late 19th century). Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum.

      In this show featuring sixty works spanning 2,800 years from cultures in North, Central, and South America, the Brooklyn Museum draws parallels between the decimating effects of European colonization on Indigenous communities and the modern-day impact of climate change on native communities.
      The Brooklyn Museum is located at 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York; general admission is $16.
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      ‘The Death of Marat’ Defined the French Revolution. Here Are 3 Things You Might Not Know About Jacques Louis David’s Masterpiece

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      In 1793, Jacques Louis David, the official artist of the French Revolution, painted the Death of Marat as a tribute to his slain friend, the revolutionary propagandist Jean-Paul Marat, in the wake of his assassination. The painting, which is today in the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels, remains one of the defining images of that era. Most museum goers are at least cursorily familiar with the image and the story behind it.
      So you probably know that the assassination in question took place during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, and that David’s depiction was used as Jacobin propaganda. You may know that Marat was killed by one Charlotte Corday, who gained entrance to his house by promising to give Marat dirt on enemies of the Revolution, then stabbed him. You may know that Marat is pictured in a bath tub because he had a skin condition that he was treating, and that the note shown gripped in his hand is meant as evidence of Corday’s trickery, showing a message from her asking for his help.
      Here are three facts about the painting that go a little deeper.  
      1) It May Be His Tribute to Another Revolutionary as Well: Caravaggio
      Caravaggio, Entombment of Christ (1603). Collection of the Vatican Museum.

      You may not think of austere Neoclassicism as connected to the bombastic Baroque. But scholars have called the Death of Marat David’s “most intense masterpiece of Caravaggism.”
      As a student, David was likely very inspired by Caravaggio, who was not the most fashionable reference in France at the time. With its draped arm and stigmata-like, bloodless wound, the figure in Death of Marat echoes Caravaggio’s Entombment of Christ (1603). Marat’s dramatically lit, slack-jawed face also echoes Caravaggio’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy (1610).
      Caravaggio, Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy (1610). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

      The French Revolution rebelled against the church, and thus made religious iconography forbidden during this period. But the reference to Caravaggio’s works helped David render Marat a Revolutionary martyr. Since Marat’s newspaper was called “The Voice of the People,” and Caravaggio was famous (or infamous) for inserting images of the common people into Biblical scenes, the influence really makes sense.

      2) Corday, Not Marat, Would be Celebrated in Art for Decades After ‘The Death of Marat’ 
      Jean-Jacques Hauer, Charlotte Corday (1793). Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

      Charlotte Corday, the assassin, is not depicted in David’s picture, which is part of what gives Marat’s figure its beautified, otherwordly status. During her trial, an unrepentant Corday stated she had acted to stop Marat from further fueling the Reign of Terror, saying, “I have killed one man to save a hundred thousand,” before being sent to the guillotine.
      Corday’s dying wish was that her portrait be taken. National Guard officer Jean-Jacques Hauer, who had already taken some sketches of the prisoner, created her likeness in the hours just before her execution.
      In the decades that followed, opinion on the Revolution turned, and so did opinions on the Death of Marat. David had to have the painting hidden away when he was exiled to Brussels. Meanwhile, Corday continued to be the subject of paintings and poetry that pictured her as a heroine, earring the nickname the “Angel of Assassination” by the mid-19th century.
      Paul Jacques Aimé Baudry, Charlotte Corday, posthumous (1860). Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

      Paul Baudry’s 1860 image of the same scene, made during the Second Empire, paints Corday into the image, as if flipping David’s image by 90 degrees to open up the view on the event.
      But Jean-Joseph Weerts’s The Assassination of Marat (1880), featuring a steely Corday faced by a musical theater style explosion of angry French revolutionaries, has to take the cake for alternative renditions of of the scene.
      Jean-Joseph Weerts, The Assassination of Marat (1880). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

      3) Charles Baudelaire Brought ‘Marat’ Back to Life
      The painting lingered in relative obscurity well after David’s death in 1825. The family even tried to sell it, unsuccessfully.
      Charles Baudelaire, considered one of the first art critics as well as a modernist poet, gets credit for reinvigorating public enthusiasm for the painting. In 1846, upon seeing it in a small exhibition of works of David and Ingres in Paris, he penned an ode to the work that specifically placed its emotional truth above the politics of the day, and so set the stage for it to be revered beyond its immediate Revolutionary context:

      There is something at once both tender and poignant about this work; in the icy air of that room, on those chilly walls, about that cold and funereal bath, hovers a soul. May we have your leave, you politicians of all parties, and you too, wild liberals of 1845, to give way to emotion before David’s masterpiece? This painting was a gift to a weeping country, and there is nothing dangerous about our tears.

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