Saturday, September 30, 2006
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Travel opportunity... International Polar Year 2007-2009
adventures to :
The North Pole, standing at the top of the world
Northwest Passage, in the steps of Amundsen
Tanquary Fjord, one of the most extraordinary sites on Earth
Arctic Adventure, the rarely seen eastern coastline of Ellesmere Island
Greenland, an attempt to reach the northernmost point of land in the world, north of Oodaaq
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Friday, September 22, 2006
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Travel opportunity... art exhibits
Picasso and American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Sept. 28-Jan. 28, 2007
Although he never came to the USA, the great one was the modernist model for scores of American artists. This exhibit focuses on nine, including de Kooning, Gorky, Johns, Lichtenstein, Pollock and Smith, who were inspired by Picasso. Ten years in the making, it features 165 artworks. Information: 800-944-8639 or whitney.org.
Barcelona & Modernity: Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dalí
Cleveland Museum of Art; Oct. 15-Jan. 7
Between 1868 and 1939, Barcelona transformed itself from a provincial capital of Catalonia to a European center of modernist art and architecture, led by these four masters. Featured are more than 300 artworks. Information: 888-262-0033 or www.clevelandart.org.
The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Oct. 14-Jan. 21
Founded in 1920 by Dada artists hoping to reverse America's cluelessness about modernist art, the Société amassed more than 1,000 works before its dissolution in 1950, including works by such giants as Duchamp, Ray, Miró, Mondrian, Brancusi, Calder and Leger. More than 130 are on display. Information: 202-387-2151 or phillipscollection.org.
Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; through Jan. 7
Behind every great artist, there's a great patron/dealer. For many leading French masters, that was Vollard (1866-1939), who promoted the careers of such artists as Bonnard, Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Renoir and Rousseau. Included are 100 paintings by these and others, plus ceramics, sculpture, prints and artists' books. Information: 212-535-7710 or metmuseum.org.
Courbet and the Modern Landscape
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Oct. 15-Jan. 7
Besides their drama, Courbet's landscapes are radically innovative but have been largely unexamined by historians. This show, featuring 37 paintings made between 1855 and 1877, takes a closer look at this important part of the 19th-century artist's career. Information: 410-547-9000 or thewalters.org.
Kings as Collectors
High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Oct. 14-Sept. 7
The High's much-ballyhooed three-year deal with the Louvre kicks off with this royalty-gaga show featuring 32 major works assembled during the reigns of Kings Louis XIV and Louis XVI. Also on view is The King's Drawings, bringing together 60 Old Master drawings from the Louvre. Information: 404-733-4444 or high.org.
lee@leemyers.com
Travel opportunity... art exhibits
Picasso and American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Sept. 28-Jan. 28, 2007
Although he never came to the USA, the great one was the modernist model for scores of American artists. This exhibit focuses on nine, including de Kooning, Gorky, Johns, Lichtenstein, Pollock and Smith, who were inspired by Picasso. Ten years in the making, it features 165 artworks. Information: 800-944-8639 or whitney.org.
Barcelona & Modernity: Picasso, Gaudí, Miró, Dalí
Cleveland Museum of Art; Oct. 15-Jan. 7
Between 1868 and 1939, Barcelona transformed itself from a provincial capital of Catalonia to a European center of modernist art and architecture, led by these four masters. Featured are more than 300 artworks. Information: 888-262-0033 or www.clevelandart.org.
The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Oct. 14-Jan. 21
Founded in 1920 by Dada artists hoping to reverse America's cluelessness about modernist art, the Société amassed more than 1,000 works before its dissolution in 1950, including works by such giants as Duchamp, Ray, Miró, Mondrian, Brancusi, Calder and Leger. More than 130 are on display. Information: 202-387-2151 or phillipscollection.org.
Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; through Jan. 7
Behind every great artist, there's a great patron/dealer. For many leading French masters, that was Vollard (1866-1939), who promoted the careers of such artists as Bonnard, Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Renoir and Rousseau. Included are 100 paintings by these and others, plus ceramics, sculpture, prints and artists' books. Information: 212-535-7710 or metmuseum.org.
Courbet and the Modern Landscape
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Oct. 15-Jan. 7
Besides their drama, Courbet's landscapes are radically innovative but have been largely unexamined by historians. This show, featuring 37 paintings made between 1855 and 1877, takes a closer look at this important part of the 19th-century artist's career. Information: 410-547-9000 or thewalters.org.
Kings as Collectors
High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Oct. 14-Sept. 7
The High's much-ballyhooed three-year deal with the Louvre kicks off with this royalty-gaga show featuring 32 major works assembled during the reigns of Kings Louis XIV and Louis XVI. Also on view is The King's Drawings, bringing together 60 Old Master drawings from the Louvre. Information: 404-733-4444 or high.org.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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Travel With Lee
If anyone understands the mind of the inquisitive traveler, it's us. Why? Because that's exactly who we are, too. Almost entirely unlike most travel agencies. We don't push homogenous tours. We are truly passionate about travel, and it reflects in every journey we create.
It's time to see how the other half (of the globe) lives. Along the way, stay in the best hotels, eat in the most exacting dining rooms, travel in the utmost luxury, and spend time with locals and experts who offer plenty of entrée behind the scenes and into places not open to the general public.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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Travel opportunity...
Evason Ana Mandara Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam
Opus Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jnane Tamsna, Marrakech, Morocco
Podere San Filippo, Tuscany, Italy
