The Grand Rapids Art Museum opens a survey exhibition showcasing Mathias J. Alten
Mathias J. Alten (American, 18711938). Reeds Lake with Bathers, c. 1918. Oil on canvas, 16 ¼ x 20 ½ inches. Grand Rapids Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard R. Smith in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Shaw, 2003.6.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI
.-The Grand Rapids Art Museum announced its exhibition showcasing Mathias J. Alten, Grand Rapids most esteemed painter. Mathias J. Alten: An Enduring Legacy is a survey exhibition that coincides with the 150th anniversary of Altens birth in 1871 and will be on view at GRAM through April 24, 2021.
In the early to mid-twentieth century, Alten was nationally recognized for his landscapes, still lifes, and portraits that drew on traditional European painting as well as more modern styles, like impressionism. The exhibition shows how over his lifetime, Altens painting evolved from a controlled, academic technique into a more fluid and expressive approach.
Museo di San Marco opens Fra Angelico Room with new layout and enhancements
Fra Angelico Room in the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy. Tabernacle of Linaioli side.
FLORENCE
.- The Italian Ministry for Cultural Assets and Activities and Direzione Regionale Musei della Toscana announced the opening of the new Fra Angelico Room in the Museo di San Marco, which has been completely renovated thanks to support from Friends of Florence. This momentous event caps the celebrations marking the Museums 150th anniversary which began with the restoration of Fra Angelicos Last Judgment and San Marco Altarpiece in October 2019.
Seeing the Met s greatest hits as artists painted them
Left to right, all by Jean Honoré Fragonard: Roman Interior, 1760; A Woman with a Dog, 1769; The Stolen Kiss, 1760, at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts A New Look at Old Masters, in New York on Dec. 21, 2020. Goya, Caravaggio, Rubens, Velázquez and more are in skylit splendor in the European galleries. And the museum is acknowledging the shaping force on art of colonialism, slavery, the disenfranchisement of women. Jeenah Moon/The New York Times.
by Holland Cotter
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.- In a dark time, the eye begins to see, the poet wrote. And after the dark, dark time weve been through, this years winter solstice, marking the start of slow climb back into light, may carry more metaphorical weight than usual.
Dunlap Livestock, Dunlap, Iowa, reported receipts of 2,679 head of feeder cattle selling on Dec. 18, compared to 1,257 head on Dec. 11 and 3,126 head a year ago, according to the USDA-Iowa Department of Agriculture Market News, Des Moines, Iowa.
This was a western Iowa precondition sale. There was no comparison as the previous week was not a precondition sale. There were many load lots at the sale. The demand was good for the moderate offerings. The trading was active. The supply included 100% feeder cattle with 58% steers and 42% was heifers. Feeder cattle supply over 600 pounds was 79%.
Feeder steers: Medium and large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 13 head, 390 to 392 lbs., 194.50 to 195.00 (194.62); 21 head, 461 to 484 lbs., 171.00 to 181.00 (177.42); 73 head, 517 to 540 lbs., 175.50 to 181.00 (178.34); 102 head, 551 to 596 lbs., 160.00 to 177.00 (168.18); 102 head, 610 to 644 lbs., 154.00 to 163.50 (159.57); 250 head, 651 to 698 lbs., 149.50 to 156.75 (152.61); 171 h