New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-25
THE COMING ACADEMY EXHIBITION.
OLD RULES AND NEW DEPARTURES.


OLD RULES AND NEW DEPARTURES
The Council of the National Academy of
DESIGN has sent out its annual circular OF instructions
10 artists intending TO contribute to the coming exhibit
ton, ihc huyhfth Works viii be received at the Acad
envy from Monday, March s. 10 Saturday, March 49, in
elusive after which latter date no work will be admir-
ted The public exhibition VIII open on Tues
dav. March 30. and viii close on Saturday
May 20. Nothing Is said implied IN
tne circular relative TO the opening Of The Exhibition On
Sunday. According Old custom. the works OF living
artists only admissible Nog copies allowed
Original paintings, sketches sculptures. architectural
designs models. and engraynls, are alone admitted
and nothing Will be received which has already been e1
hibted n the City OF Ncw-Yoik in brooklyn After
the pictures have been hr3 = and the exhibition
opened, no changes Will be allowed can any work
ono, hung be Withdrawn before the closing of the tx
hibtIou.
Thus far an is usual. bu there two changes in
the order Of things established by which need
10 be noticed: one Of them, fear VIII necessarily
load to confusion anil It shall have been
established by custom. This i the regulation mat nfstS
living ont OF town must IN al eases SEND their works TO
cons snee New York, %ho shall acc as the agent
OF The exhibitors TO receive and unpack their casts
send the works they contain 10 the Academy, ana CALI
for cm aud tLc hcr owners 80 the close %
the Exhibition IL rejected when not lied by tho Soc
rotary o. the Academy For mo information OF artists
living ont Of town. tho Academy refers to certain per-
whose business II 10 to attend To such matters,
namely ssr'. Thos \. Wilmar 81 East Thirj zenith
ST. Louis r. Mengsr. % Dey-st, and Reuner Co., 10
siNlh-aYe.
This regulation "a percmpiory. aud the circular
Of the Academy refers % Il times with all tho
emphasis that type Give thit an artists outside
the city limits ,, 10 well to take carncs. heed to the
departure We understand that The state Of the cad
Treasury, Whcn is. as voud appeal In more at
tcnuatc condition tln that OF any ihor %! Ouf artistic.
10
bc for a Of them rattle their empty boxc ~ thc public
with most plentiful lack OF success in getting
heard. 40 least hcededltne starved condition o the
Academy treasury II IS said IS toe cause 81 tm' forced
nhospaiity. But it !, none tie l-s 90 be grcitcd 10y
the public 1t will inevitably hinder The sending oI
works TO the Exhibition by artists IN other
| cites, aud II some vino i've near viii SIN
send their pictures, We cannot lolc tb't
many contributions will reach Us from BOSTON, PA'la-
dcphia. Chicago or Cincinnati \ custom 81 hty-ionr
years cannot given up the ms nah easily rs
one pnts oG his boots aud slips on h, Slippers. Aud we
think Academy ought to pat the artists 10
tins new and unusual trouble. II ought to assume the
trouble AMI expense Itself. and pay the dehci.
which cannot be large. out of its pr"flis' or
call upon the public which Is benefited
the increased interest tue works OF artists we SCI
dom have pleasure OF seeing will to the kKhoi-
ton TO pay for its pleasure. And. the New-York
public d, well used to paying the debt, o the Academy
he doubt it VIII do 50 whenever IS called
upon officers Of the Institution. VINO have always
been gentlemen trusted and respected by the commu
nity.
The Academy calls ITSELF National" Int everybody
knows standing compa amt against he Institution has
bccutlli II is not national" but provincial; not broad
but narrow generous. but exclusive; aud that u
does lttc to help the genera cause OF art In ibis
community and in the country ntargo ~ eau webb done
by al Institution uomuny devoted 10 the interests OF
art The yearly exhibition has been confined. as rule
mill lfvt ia OF
state OF things perfectly natural In the early
wears OF the Acndemys history because except I'm Bos
ton and Phlile pha the number OF artists living out
side OF York vas small But Of late ''sts thc mum
Der Of artists living and working IN o'hrg places NJ.
immensely increased, aud the considerable Interest thal
e. ic IN wHht thry are GONG among the T." VIM us
Az active interest Ia the arts. would b" greatly TO-
ind sg means of SEEING their work oftcner consider
tnat It was Just This office. Of making me pnbo
all over the country Ncw-York artists only. nui
American artists everywhere, that ihlS Nhilocg.
Academy founded and t Is hecaus" W. ictr ih D.
st 'urf nor limit the eicicncy ~ Academy. that
regret ri us publication 1t Is certain thl
few artists viii burden themselves win the additional
trouble. risk aud expense-be latter 10 most artists ana
especially the Younger ones, seH"u, eonsldrrnllon
which compliance Win I'M. or1er on WIZ umr max
resented at tue Exhibition. and Will send thcI
pictures to the cInibuirns Of academic nearer
home Thus tneJ viii bc deprived OF The benefits oI
competition and criticism IN the largest titY IN inc
great adv Anagc and We shall he pleasure
OF .reug with our what the young men Va the
country al large doing. and OF e>capng too from
unr own restricted uelh We "a'u ~ Iou'' -
that II. before actually publishing ths new
| regulation, Council ~ the Academy had
known that they must take some such measure
as this their fund were enlarged by contributions
the money would have been gwen freely, 1T once AZ
any rate the experiment. should have been irl'd ana II
1t bad failed the discredIt could have been placed where
II belonged. /, l. not too late to tiy II yet.
The Uther regulation To when We al
ludd Is the cutting off the members OF the press from
their privilege of admission 10 the gallery on Narni.h-
ing Day None but AcademicHus and Associates OF the
Academy aud such other artists who may nave wotk IN
the Exhibition Will be admitted on Vanishing Day.
4. Members
their first VISIT by card on Monday. March ~ rom
y to D.