Collections Spring 2011 Volume 87 | Page 2
FROM THE EXECUTIVE
Director
Major Exhibitions
Who Shot Rock & Roll:
A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present
February 25 - May 22, 2011
EL60.50 Henry Diltz Tina Turner, taken
1985, printed June 2009
digital print from 35 mm transparency
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm) Henry Diltz/
Morrison Hotel Gallery © Henry Diltz
Gallery 15
The Presence of Absence
January 18 - May 1, 2011
Lee Friedlander
American, born 1934
Canyon de Chelly, 1983
Upcoming Major Exhibitions
An Artist’s Eye : A Journey through Modern
and Contemporary Art with Sigmund Abeles
June 17 – October 23, 2011
Edward Hopper, American,
1882-1967,
Night Shadows, n.d, etching,
Museum purchase
CMA 1980.6
Michael Kenna: Venezia
July 16 - October 23, 2011
Six Gondolas, Giardini ex Reali,
Venice, Italy, 1980,
gelatin silver print
Children with an education rich in the arts are proven to score
higher on standardized tests and learn valuable life and business
skills such as strong critical thinking and creativity. Even in this
rough economy, especially in the state, it is important that we
work together to keep art and art education alive. The Museum
offers more opportunities for art and art education than any other
institution in the area. Charitable gifts are vital to the Museum’s
vibrancy in that they enable us to pursue initiatives core to our
mission of inspiring, educating and enriching lives through art. The
Annual Fund is the best and easiest way to help us sustain our extraordinary collection
through proper study, exhibition and preservation of the world-class art we are so honored
to share with South Carolina and beyond. A contribution to the Annual Fund supports
a wide variety of educational programs for children and people of all ages, designed to
increase learning, participation and enjoyment of the arts.
To give you a personal look at how the gifts to the Annual Fund make an impact, I’d like
to tell you the story of Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Moore. They graciously supported a major
conservation treatment of a very large oil painting by 17th-century artists Jan Brueghel
and Hendrick van Balen. This painting is important to the collection, as it is the only
painting of a mythological narrative from the Renaissance and Baroque periods that we
own. The painting was in desperate need of conservation; it had suffered through a series
of earlier restoration attempts of varying quality and skill. A considerable amount of
overpaint hid portions of the artists’ original work. Thanks to this gift, conservation of
the painting was completed by the esteemed Williamstown Art Conservation Center in
Massachusetts, where it was retouched in a more sensitive way to better reveal the beauty
of the original painting. The curatorial staff is working on a small focus show to highlight
the conservation of this painting—stay tuned.
I encourage you to take a stand for the arts, leave your footprint in this community
and donate to the Annual Fund. Your gift will provide the Museum with the important
resources to sustain our wonderful institution and enduring commitment to excellence.
For more information on charitable giving and the Annual Fund, visit our website, columbiamuseum.org or
contact Scott Nolan, director of development at 803.343.2172 or [email protected].
Board Member Highlight: Melissa Blanchard
Nature and the Grand American Vision:
Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters
November 17, 2011 - April 1, 2012
Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848, Catskill Creek, N.Y., 1845,
Oil on canvas, 26 1/2 x 36 in. (67.3 x 91.4 cm) Frame 37 5/8 x
47 5/8 x 4 ½ in., The Robert L. Stuart Collection, S-157
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I have been on the board for six years and currently serve
on the nominations committee. The Turner to Cézanne
exhibition is my proudest accomplishment so far. It
was very gratifying for the Blanchard Family to partner
with the museum to bring an exhibition of this caliber
to Columbia and the region. Finally, people in Atlanta,
Charlotte and Charleston had to come to Columbia to
see great art and not the other way around. The diverse
and quality programming makes the Columbia Museum
of Art a leader in art education and culture in South
Carolina.