Meadows Museum: Fortuny, Goya – exhibits & talks

Fortuny: Friends and Followers
THROUGH JUNE 2, 2019 Mariano Fortuny y Marsal’s (1838–1874) painterly, proto-Impressionist style dazzled critics, spawned imitators, and enamored collectors. This exhibition showcases his far-reaching influence among artists such as William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904), Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (1815–1891), John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), James Tissot (1836–1902), and many more.
This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum and funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.
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Goya’s Visions in Ink: The Centerpiece of the Meadows Drawings Collection
THROUGH NOVEMBER 3, 2019 This exhibition highlights the Meadows’s recent acquisition of Francisco de Goya’s exceptional ink drawing Visions (c. 1819–23) from his “Witches and Old Women” album. This important acquisition is the first drawing by Goya to enter the museum’s collection, which already includes key paintings and prints by the Spanish master: The Meadows Museum now joins only a handful of institutions worldwide that can boast such significant holdings of the artist’s work across media.
This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum and funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.
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LECTURES
Goya: A Vision in Wash
Thursday, May 2, 6:00 p.m. Stephanie Stepanek, curator emerita of prints and drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston This lecture will consider the Meadows’ new Goya drawing from multiple points of view: its placement within an extended sequence devoted to the perception of the surreal and the real; its connection to other works of social satire in Goya’s oeuvre; and as an example of the artist’s superb command of the brush. Free; reservations required at 214.768.8587 | Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium
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GALLERY TALKS
Students Speak
Thursday, May 9, 58:30 p.m. From 5–6:30 p.m. enjoy talks throughout the museum by students in Dr. Elizabeth Bacon Eager’s Research and Methods in Art History course and Meadows Museum curatorial intern Charlotte Galef. Then, experience a multimedia recital from 7:30–8:30 p.m. in Smith Auditorium from cellist and music education student Daniela Castro. Free with regular museum admission
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Fame and Fortuny: Th­e Artist and His Market
Friday, May 17, 12:15 p.m. Daniel Ralston, Meadows Curatorial Fellow, Meadows Museum Free with regular museum admission | Virginia Meadows Galleries
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