Sunday, January 31, 2016

Meadows Museum - Fifty Years

Treasures from the House of Alba: 500 Years of Art and Collecting was a landmark exhibition.  More than 140 artworks were shown - paintings, tapestries, and sculptures. These normally reside in palaces in Madrid, Seville, and Salamanca.  Titian, Goya, Rubens, Rembrandt. It's a who's who of art including from 1426, Fra Angelico's The Virgin of the Pomegranate - this piece glowed.

The current Duke of Alba (the 19th) actually came to SMU to open the show. The collection never traveled before. This is quite the coup for the Meadows Museum. As of 5 pm Sunday, January 3rd, the exhibit closedand headed back to Spain.

Kudos to director Mark Roglan for his hard work in coordinating such a splendid show. The Meadows Museum is a classy gem, and should be valued in the Dallas art world. 



8 comments:

  1. But...was there any velvet pictures of sad clowns? Always a favorite with me.

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  2. But...was there any velvet pictures of sad clowns? Always a favorite with me.

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  3. Wow, that's impressive. I wish I can visit.

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    1. the Meadows is lovely - put it on your list if you come to TX

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  4. That's exciting. I'm glad you got to take it all in, especially since it never traveled before.

    Have a great week, my friend.

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  5. Hi Joanne - you're lucky having that dynamic gallery in your home town - and great they're putting on these sorts of exhibitions - enjoy them all!! Cheers Hilary

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  6. Sounds like a wonderful opportunity to view artwork you might otherwise not ever get to see. How lovely!

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