EXH: Paris 1874 – Inventing impressionism (Musée d’Orsay, Paris, until 14 July 2024 / National Gallery Washington, 8 Sep 2024 – 20 Jan 2025)
150 years ago the first impressionist exhibition opened in Paris. “Hungry for independence”, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Sisley and Cézanne finally decided to free themselves from the rules by holding their own…
ANN: “Oeuvromania in the Age of Reason” – Antoinette Friedenthal will deliver the Safra Colloquy Keynote Lecture (Online / CASVA, National Gallery Washington, 4 May 2023, 2-3pm EDT)
The catalogue raisonné of the 18th century grew on the medium of prints. As multiples, these enabled collectors to assemble an artist’s oeuvre, an activity which fired their demand for information. The catalogue…