Art Exhibits I Wished I Could Have Attended

Today begins a series of articles on art exhibitions I wished I could have attended. There are many reasons why I was unable to attend the exhibition. Some of the exhibitions took place in far away destinations; some were local and not so far away. Another thing all the exhibitions have in common is that they are not currently showing. They were held in the past. I love attending art shows at museums and galleries and I believe there is no better way to learn about an artist. Today’s featured exhibition is Paul Gauguin – The Breakthrough into Modernity The exhibition was held at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. A point of interest about this exhibition is that it was an exhibition about an exhibition. In 1889 Paul Gauguin had some of his work displayed at a café in Paris near the exposition grounds. The work is referred to is the Volpini Suite. This was the first close examination of the Volpini Suite prints. The Volpini Suite consists of ten zincographs in a folder plus a frontispiece attached to the cardboard cover. Sixty works by Paul Gauguin including the Volpini Suite and related works were shown at this exhibition. You can find a great collection of art books and exhibition catalogs at Nella’s Books and Collectibles.