EXPO CHICAGO 2017 TOO BIG TO BUY NORTHERN TRUST ANCHOR LOUNGE September 15, 2017, 1-2 pm
In concert with EXPO CHICAGO 2017, Thoma Foundation Curator Jason Foumberg will participate in a panel discussion on the art of collecting with Nora Lawrence, Associate Curator at Storm King Art Center, moderated by Author and Sociologist of Culture Sarah Thornton. Presented by Northern Trust in partnership with Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Too Big to Buy will examine the challenges of acquiring, exhibiting and maintaining large-scale work, from land art to net art. The talk is open to VIP and registered guests. Space is limited. Please register by visiting northerntrust.com/exchange.
Image: Jennifer Steinkamp, Bouquet I, 2013, computer generated animation, installation at the American Consulate, Guangzhou, China. Photograph courtesy of the artist.
UNSETTLED NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART Aug. 26 - Jan. 21, 2018
We are proud to support the Unsettledexhibition and publication at the Nevada Museum of Art. Over 200 works of art by 80 artists explore the diverse cultures and artistic practices of the Greater West. Organized by Curatorial Director JoAnne Northrup and iconic artist Ed Ruscha, Unsettled includes Thoma collection works by Georgia O'Keeffe and Gerard Curtis Delano, and will travel next to the Anchorage Museum and Palm Springs Art Museum.
Image: Georgia O'Keeffe, Road Past the View, 1964, oil on canvas
PAINTED IN MEXICO, 1700-1790 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART Nov. 19 - Mar. 18, 2018
Supported by a grant from the Thoma Foundation, Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790: Pinxit Mexici will open at LACMA in November. With over 100 works on view, the exhibition represents the first effort to reposition the history of 18th century painting in Mexico. It will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication. Co-organized with Fomento Cultural Banamex, Mexico City, the exhibition will subsequently travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Image: Unidentified artist, Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners, 18th century, oil and gold on canvas
VIRTUAL VIEWS TRAVELS TO ORLANDO ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART Sep. 15 - Dec. 31, 2017
The first major loan of digital works from the Thoma Foundation collection, Virtual Views explores the growing importance of electronic media in contemporary art through the pioneering work of artists using LEDs, LCD, and computer-generated imagery. The exhibition travels to the Orlando Museum of Art this month from the Knoxville Museum of Art. Curator Jason Foumberg will give a talk at the Museum in conjunction with the exhibition on October 1 at 1:30 pm.
Image: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Pulse Index, 2010, plasma screen, digital microscope, industrial camera, custom software and computer
NEW EXHIBITIONS IN CHICAGO: SECOND SKIN & COLOR GAMES Orange Door
This September, two new exhibitions open at Orange Door, both on view through Summer 2018. Second Skin proposes that artworks offer a fresh layer of symbolic representation, extending the virtual self in material, real time and place. Two new acquisitions, Leo Villareal's Particle Field and Jim Campbell's Data Transformation, will debut. An accompanying exhibition, Color Games features six artworks with color palettes generated by random processes. To schedule a school or group tour, please contact orangedoor@thomafoundation.org.
Image: Jim Campbell, Data Transformation, 2017, custom electronics, LEDs, treated Plexiglas
MEET THE NEW FELLOW BECKY BIVENS
The Thoma Foundation welcomes our new Research Fellow in Twentieth-Century Abstract Painting this month. Becky Bivens is a PhD candidate in art history at the University of Illinois at Chicago whose research focus is mid-century American abstract art, aesthetic theory and gender studies. She has previously worked in the curatorial departments at the Brooklyn Museum, SculptureCenter, and the Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College. Learn more about her here!
OUR MISSION The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation recognizes the power of the arts to challenge and shift perceptions, spark creativity and connect people across cultures. We lend and exhibit artworks from our collection and support innovative individuals and pivotal initiatives in the arts.
