Events: March 15, 2012
Selected by Cathleen Schine
January 21, 2012 – May 27, 2012
Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945–1982
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs
Hockney photos, beefcake, Marylin, Liberace arm wrestling Rock Hudson, glorious mid-century architecture: this is a mesmerizing exhibit.
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Reviewed in the NYR
February 28, 2012 – June 3, 2012
The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
In the April 26 issue, Michael Kimmelman writes: "This exhibition lavishes attention on Gertrude’s remarkable brothers, Leo and Michael, and her equally remarkable sister-in-law, Sarah."
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Reviewed in the NYR
February 26, 2012 – June 11, 2012
Cindy Sherman
Museum of Modern Art, New York
In the June 7 issue, Sanford Schwartz writes, "Sherman—who is now, at fifty-eight, the subject of a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art—has shown herself to be a witty and shrewd social observer."
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Reviewed in the NYR
February 18, 2012 – June 16, 2012
The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860–1900
The Legion of Honor, San Francisco
In the February 23 issue, Richard Dorment writes: "The Cult of Beauty is a groundbreaking exhibition about Aestheticism in all its forms."
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Reviewed in the NYR
March 14, 2012 – July 8, 2012
Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th-9th Century)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
In the May 10 issue, Peter Brown writes: "The foundation of the Arab empire has been called ‘one of the most remarkable achievements in human history.’ Byzantium and Islam takes us to the heart of this great detonation."
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