The Norton Museum of Art to Present First Exhibition of Alexander Calder’s Jewelry February 23 - June 15, 2008

West Palm Beach – The first exhibition devoted exclusively to Alexander Calder’s unique body of jewelry work will be presented at the Norton Museum of Art from February 23, 2008, through June 15, 2008. Co-organized by the Norton Museum and the Calder Foundation, the exhibition consists of approximately 100 objects, including necklaces, bracelets, brooches, earrings and tiaras. Calder Jewelry demonstrates how the artist’s jewelry has the same dynamic and dimensional aspects as his celebrated mobiles, which revolutionized the art of sculpture.  Following its debut at the Norton, Calder Jewelry will travel to the Philadelphia Museum of Art (July 12 – October 19, 2008), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (December 8, 2008 – March 1, 2009), and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (March 31 – June 22, 2009). More



Norton Museum of Art to Present  A Show of Hands: Photographs and Sculpture from the Buhl Collection January 12 through March 25, 2008

West Palm Beach - The Norton Museum of Art will present A Show of Hands: Photographs and Sculpture from the Buhl Collection from January 12 through March 25, 2008.  The exhibition will feature 130 works by 120 artists and photographers from the private collection of businessman and part-time Palm Beach resident, Henry M. Buhl. The works, focusing on the human hand as inspiration, will be arranged chronologically, revealing the depth and breath of one man's passion. The exhibition presents works from 1840 to the present, spanning the history of photography and providing an overview of the dramatic changes that have taken place since the advent of the medium. More



The First of Three Exhibitions of a Recent Photographic Gift from Mrs. Irene Hunter to be Presented by the Norton Museum of Art The Hunter Gift: Elliott Erwitt and Garry Winogrand On View November 10, 2007 – February 24, 2008

West Palm Beach – The Norton Museum of Art is pleased to introduce The Hunter Gift: Elliott Erwitt and Garry Winogrand, the first in a series of three tightly focused exhibitions to be presented in 2007 and 2008 that will celebrate the significant gift of photographs by Mrs. Irene Hunter of Delray Beach, Florida and Manchester Center, Vermont.  Mrs. Hunter’s gift of 162 photographs was recently given to the Norton Museum and consists of some of the most important photographers of the 20th century.  More



Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Lancaster On View November 10, 2007 through January 20, 2008

West Palm Beach, Fl – Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Lancaster is a focused exhibition examining a key group of paintings created towards the end of the artist's career. The exhibition and catalogue explore how Demuth combined elements of place, region and the past to produce paintings of unusual visual and symbolic meanings. Like others in the American avant-garde, he employed the "aesthetic of place" to create works that were at once historical and contemporary. More

Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the V & A United States Premiere at the Norton Museum of Art October 24, 2007 through January 6, 2008

West Palm Beach, Fl – Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the V & A, organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, will make its U.S. premiere at the Norton Museum of Art from October 24, 2007 to January 6, 2008. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see this outstanding collection of works before they are reinstalled in the V & A’s new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries, opening in fall 2009. It will feature 44 works in various media—ivory, wood, bronze, metalwork, ceramic, stained glass, and a manuscript—ranging in date from the late Roman Empire to about 1600, including an illustrated notebook with fascinating drawings by Leonardo da Vinci called the Codex Forster I. More



Major Retrospective of California Decorative Style Pioneers California as Muse: The Art of Arthur & Lucia Mathews October 6–December 9, 2007

West Palm Beach, Fl – The Norton Museum of Art is pleased to present California as Muse: The Art of Arthur & Lucia Mathews. This exhibition presents a major retrospective of the signature artworks, furniture and decorative objects by two of California’s most important twentieth-century artists. They developed an artistic style that drew inspiration from the California landscape with a devotion to the high art of the classical past, thereby forming what has become known as the California Decorative Style. California as Muse: The Art of Arthur & Lucia Mathews will present 60 examples of the Matthews's’ light-infused landscapes, graceful figures and intricately carved furniture and decorative objects, while the accompanying catalogue chronicles over 250 such creations. More

Impressionist Masterpieces from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to be Exhibited at the Norton Museum of Art
 
West Palm Beach, Fl – The Norton Museum of Art announces Collecting the Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute which opens to the public on January 20, 2007. Organized by the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, this exhibition includes works of genius by the most recognizable and revered names of Impressionism: Pierre Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, and Edgar Degas. More



Norton Museum of Art Celebrates an American Original
Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel
On View February 25 - May 27, 2007

West Palm Beach, Fl – The Norton Museum of Art pays tribute to one of America’s—and Palm Beach’s quintessential style icons this spring with the exhibition Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel. Assembled from the personal wardrobe of Iris Apfel, the exhibition is a rare look at a fashion arbiter known for her idiosyncratic ensembles that mix high and low fashion, from haute couture to flea market finds. More



Groundbreaking O’Keeffe Exhibition Premieres at Norton Museum of Art
February 10 Through May 6, 2007

West Palm Beach, Fl - Organized by the Norton Museum of Art, Georgia O’Keeffe: Circling Around Abstraction will be the first exhibition to examine this groundbreaking American artist’s unique approach to abstraction. The exhibition will bring together more than forty of O’Keeffe’s works to explore the fascinating ways in which the artist used circular motifs as a means of simplifying, organizing, and energizing her compositions. More



Norton Museum of Art Welcomes Cell Phones
as First in Florida to Use New Cell Phone Audio Tour Technology

West Palm Beach, FL – The Norton Museum of Art announced it is the first Museum in Florida to utilize the new technology provided by the San Francisco based company, Guide by Cell. The Cell Phone Audio Tour is an innovative way to offer visitors interesting and pertinent information about art in an engaging, easy-to-use format. More



William Wegman: Funney/Strange, a Retrospective Exploring Forty Years of Art
On Display November 4, 2006 Through January 28, 2007

West Palm Beach, Fl – The Norton Museum of Art is pleased to announce William Wegman: Funney/Strange. The exhibition will open to the public November 4, 2006 and includes more than 200 works, among them the signature 20 x 24 Polaroids, as well as early black-and-white altered photographs, paintings, drawings, collages, artist books, videos, and film.More



Norton Museum of Art Showcases one of America’s Most Important Female Artists
Mary Cassatt: Pastels and Drawings
August 19 - October 29, 2006

West Palm Beach, FL – The Norton Museum of Art is pleased to announce Mary Cassatt: Pastels and Drawings, a carefully selected exhibition featuring nine works by one of America's most admired artists. Cassatt (1844-1926) was born near Pittsburgh and trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1866 she left home for Spain and France, where she settled, seldom returning to the United States during the course of her long life. She nonetheless cherished her American citizenship and is rightly considered one of this country's most important artistic personalities of the 19th century. More



Norton Museum of Art Presents the Art of Photography from a Different Perspective
Before the Camera: Remaking Reality and the Make-believe
October 14, 2006 - January 7, 2007

West Palm Beach, FL – The Norton Museum of Art is pleased to announce the upcoming photography exhibition Before the Camera: Remaking Reality and the Make-believe. This edgy exhibition examines the distinction between "taking" and "making", "reality" and "fiction” as it brings together the photo-based artworks of many of the most important and influential international artists and photographers of the past 30 years; James Casebere, Gregory Crewdson, Thomas Demand, David Levinthal, Vik Muniz, Cindy Sherman and Gillian Wearing. More



Special Exhibition to Showcase American Works of Art on Paper
from the Norton Museum Collection

West Palm Beach, FL– The Norton Museum of Art will present American Masterpieces: Watercolors and Pastels, a tightly focused exhibition of some of the best, but perhaps lesser-known treasures of the Museum’s American collection. This exhibition, open November 11, 2006 through February 4, 2007, will feature remarkable works on paper by American artists of the late 19th and 20th centuries, executed in a variety of luminous media including gouache, pastel, and watercolor. More



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