Tour North America’s greatest museums and galleries in the company of two incomparable guides.
This lively companion highlights the essential paintings, by some of the world’s greatest painters, from Giotto to Picasso, on display in North American museums and galleries.
Julian Porter has had a life-long passion for art. He worked for seven years as a student tour guide in Europe and since has conducted countless gallery tours in Europe and North America. His co-author, Stephen Grant, brings a wealth of expertise in twentieth-century artists, and presents them within the framework of a North American–led, sustained burst of originality and shock.
Presented with wit and irreverence, 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.
Daftar Isi
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Boston, Massachusetts
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Museum of Fine Arts
- Chapter 2: Buffalo, New York
- Albright Knox Museum
- Chapter 3: Chicago, Illinois
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Chapter 4: Cleveland, Ohio
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Chapter 5: Dallas, Texas
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Chapter 6: Detroit, Michigan
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Chapter 7: Hartford, Connecticut
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
- Chapter 8: Los Angeles, California
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Chapter 9: New York City, 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 of American Art
- Chapter 10: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Barnes Foundation
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Chapter 11: San Francisco, California
- de Young Fine Arts Museum
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Chapter 12: Washington, D.C.
- National Gallery of Art
- Phillips Collection
- CANADA
- Chapter 13: Kleinburg, Ontario
- Mc Michael Canadian Art Collection
- Chapter 14: Montreal, Quebec
- Musée D’art Contemporain de Montréal
- Chapter 15: Ottawa, Ontario
- National Gallery of Canada
- Chapter 16: Toronto, Ontario
- Art Gallery of Ontario
- Chapter 17: Vancouver, British Columbia
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index of Artists and Their Works
- Index of Paintings by Title
- Checklist of the 149 Paintings
Tentang Penulis
Stephen Grant is a Toronto lawyer and life-long art lover, especially of the twentieth-century modernists. He lives in Toronto.
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