OPEN CALL: THOMA VISITING SCHOLARS IN SPANISH COLONIAL ART BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART, AUSTIN
LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections and the Blanton Museum of Art have an open call for proposals for the next cohort of Thoma Visiting Scholars in Spanish Colonial Art. Each scholar will receive funding and access to thirty works from the Thoma Collection currently on long-term loan to the Blanton as well as the extensive resources of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, one of the premier libraries in the world focused on colonial Latin American materials.
The 2017-2018 scholars represent diverse academic traditions, hailing from the US and Puerto Rico, Peru, Mexico, and Chile and researching subjects as varied as anticolonial consciousness in 18th century Andean South America, female devotional landscapes, and the depiction of identity through objects in the colonial period. All six inaugural scholars have published and presented original research from the program. Applications for the next cohort are due by May 31. Learn more here.
Image: Unidentified workshop, Perú, Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, 18th century, oil on canvas
EXPANDING NARRATIVES: THE FIGURE AND THE GROUND SMART MUSEUM OF ART, CHICAGO
Apr. 24 - Dec. 30, 2018
Jim Campbell's Data Transformation will be on loan to the University of Chicago's Smart Museum from April 24 in Expanding Narratives: The Figure and the Ground. Expanding Narratives explores the traditional dichotomy in Western art history between figure and ground. Campbell's digital light sculpture transforms footage from the 2017 Women's March in Washington, D.C. into a field of LED pixels, upending foreground and background as a metaphor of equality. Image: Jim Campbell, Data Transformation, 2017, custom electronics, LEDs, treated Plexiglas
PAINTED IN MEXICO, 1700-1790: PINXIT MEXICI THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Apr. 24 - Jul. 22, 2018
Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790: Pinxit Mexici travels this month from LACMA to The Met, where it will be on view through July 22. Selected as a Top 10 Exhibition of 2017 by the Los Angeles Times, Painted in Mexico breaks new ground as the first major exhibition devoted to painting in New Spain (Mexico) during the 18th century. We are proud supporters of the exhibition catalogue, named one of the Best Art Books of 2017 by The New York Times.
BLACK OUT: SILHOUETTES THEN AND NOW THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
May 11, 2018 - Mar. 10, 2019
Carl & Marilynn Thoma are pleased to support Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. On view from May 11, Black Out explores the history of this relatively unstudied form of 19th century portraiture, tracing its contemporary presence in the work of artists Kara Walker, Kristi Malakoff, Camille Utterback, and Kumi Yamashita.
Image: Kara Walker, Burning African Village Play Set detail, 2014, oil on canvas, courtesy of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
UNSETTLED ANCHORAGE MUSEUM
Apr. 20 - Sep. 9, 2018
This month, Unsettled travels to the Anchorage Museum from the Nevada Museum of Art, opening April 20 with an artist panel at 6:30pm. This unique exhibition amasses 200 artworks by 80 artists from the Greater West super-region, including Thoma collection works Road Past the View by Georgia O'Keeffe and Navajo Camp by Gerard Curtis Delano. The Foundation is also a proud sponsor of the exhibition catalogue.
Image: Georgia O'Keeffe, Road Past the View, 1964, oil on canvas
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.
