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The Terra Foundation for American Art provides opportunities for interaction with original works of American art for the enjoyment of diverse audiences. It has a selection of artworks from its collection on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. The foundation also lends objects from its collection to national and international exhibitions that advance scholarship in and the interpretation of American art. To make loan inquiries, please review the foundation’s loan request procedures. In addition, the Terra Foundation recently announced the expansion of its grant program, which includes support for exhibitions that increase the understanding and enjoyment of American art ( recent exhibition grants). The foundation has a particular interest in exhibitions with venues that are outside the United States or in its hometown of Chicago, but also makes grants to exhibitions that encompass multi-national collaboration or that interpret American art within a global context. Please see Exhibition Program Guidelines for more information. View related calendar items |
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The Art Institute of Chicago Since April 2005, approximately fifty paintings from the foundation’s collection have been on loan to the Department of American Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC). The collections of the Terra and the Art Institute are located in a new suite of galleries, and together provide one of the nation’s most comprehensive presentations of American art. The foundation’s collection of American works on paper are housed in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute. The Art Institute is located at 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60603. Appointments to view works on paper from the Terra collection may be made by calling 312 443 3660 or by emailing  . Paintings on view at the AIC Other Venues Works in the collection are also featured in these exhibitions:
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Expanding Horizons: American and Canadian Painting and Photography, 1860-1918Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 18–September 27, 2009 Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 17, 2009–January 17, 2010 Close to 200 works by American and Canadian artists will shed light on the national and regional identities of these two great countries, in which nature is ever-present. Organized around six themes, the exhibition draws upon stylistic similarities and differences, while revealing key cultural contrasts. Three paintings from the Terra collection are included in this traveling exhibition. In addition, the Terra Foundation is a major sponsor for the exhibition.
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Monet's Garden in Giverny: Inventing the Landscape
Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, Giverny, France, May 1–August 15, 2009 The inaugural exhibition of the Musée des impressionnismes Giverny (formerly the Musée d'Art Americain Giverny) pays tribute to Claude Monet, the father of Impressionism. It was in the twentieth century that Giverny became a hub of French art. The exhibitions studies the creation and depiction of Monet's gardens. John Leslie Breck's Garden at Giverny (In Monet's Garden) from the Terra Foundation collection is included in the exhibition.
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The Eight and American ModernismsNew Britian Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut, March 6–May 24, 2009 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 6–August 24, 2009 The exhibition of 70 works (17 from the Terra Collection) by artists known as "The Eight" is a collaboration between the Terra Foundation for American Art, the New Britain Museum of American Art and the Milwaukee Art Museum. All three institutions are especially well known for their extensive collections of work by The Eight. Curated by Elizabeth Kennedy, Curator, Terra Foundation, the exhibition brings together a group of painters who worked in the early 1900s including Robert Henri, Arthur B. Davies, Maurice Prendergast, Ernest Lawson, William Glackens, Everett Shinn, John B. Sloan, and George Luks. The Eight became their unofficial title because of a 1908 show they organized in New York -- their single united exhibition together. The show later traveled to the Midwest and Connecticut.
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Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of WomenFlorence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut, October 11, 2008–January 11, 2009 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, February 7–May 10, 2009 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 6–September 6, 2009 Bessie Potter Vonnoh was one of the most highly respected American sculptors at the turn of the 20th century. Recognized for her intimate statuettes of women and children, Vonnoh specialized in bronzes for domestic settings and broadened the audience for high quality sculpture. The exhibition of 35 pieces includes In Arcadia from the Terra Collection.
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George Tooker: A RetrospectiveNational Academy Museum, New York, New York, October 2, 2008–January 4, 2009 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 30–April 5, 2009 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, May 1–September 6, 2009 George Tooker: A Retrospective will bring together approximately sixty paintings and drawings, including two works from the Terra Collection, Window VII and Highway. This exhibition will introduce audiences to Tooker's hauntingly beautiful and unforgettable imagery. It also will be the first exhibition to integrate ephemera from the artist's papers with paintings and drawings, including sketchbooks, letters and photographs, in order to show his range of interests, provide social context, and bring his career to life.
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MAAG Image credit: ©Reichen et Robert, architectes
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