149 paintings you really need to see in North America (so you can ignore the others)
By: Julian Porter, Stephen Grant
Contributors: Grant, Stephen M., author
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781459739352
Subjects: European Painting; Guidebooks; Art museums; Painting; Appreciation
Other titles: One hundred forty-nine paintings you really need to see in North America (so you can ignore the others)
Description: "This essential companion to all the major North American museums and galleries highlights some of the world's greatest paintings, from Giotto to Robert Motherwell, on display across the U.S. and Canada. Julian Porter brings a passion for art that began with a seven-year stint as a student tour guide in Europe, followed by countless tours he has conducted at galleries in Europe and North America. His co-author, Stephen Grant, brings a wealth of expertise in the twentieth-century artists, and presents them within the framework of a North American-led, sustained burst of originality and shock. Presented with originality, wit, and irreverence to complement Julian and Stephen's comprehensive knowledge of the art world, here is the best that North American galleries have to offer. Focused and curated to give you everything you need to enjoy the greatest works of art in the best company, and save you the sore feet and superfluous information."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-457) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: UNITED STATES; title: Boston, Massachusetts. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ; Museum of Fine Arts; title: Buffalo, New York. Albright-Knox Art Gallery; title: Chicago, Illinois. Art Institute of Chicago ; Museum of Contemporary Art; title: Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Museum of Art; title: Dallas, Texas. Dallas Museum of Art; title: Detroit, Michigan. Detroit Institute of Arts; title: Hartford, Connecticut. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; title: Los Angeles, California. J. Paul Getty Museum ; Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Museum of Contemporary Art; title: New York, New York. Frick Collection ; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ; Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Museum of Modern Art ; Neue Galerie New York ; Parrish Art Museum, Long Island, New York ; Whitney Museum o American Art; title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Barnes Foundation ; Philadelphia Museum of Art; title: San Francisco, California. de Young Fine Arts Museum ; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; title: Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art ; Phillips Collection; title: CANADA; title: Kleinburg, Ontario. McMichael Canadian Art Collection; title: Montreal, Quebec. Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal; title: Ottawa, Ontario. National Gallery of Canada; title: Toronto, Ontario. Art Gallery of Ontario; title: Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver Art Gallery.