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Matisse as Printmaker Opens at Baltimore Museum of Art
 Opening on October 25 at the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), Matisse as Printmaker: Works from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation will bring an unfamiliar and understudied part of celebrated artist Henri Matisse’s oeuvre to a wider audience. Curated by Jay McKean Fisher, BMA Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, the exhibition--the first to be drawn entirely from the holdings of the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation--contains examples of every type of printmaking utilized by Matisse: etchings, monotypes, aquatints, lithographs, linocuts in black and white, and two-color prints. At this opening venue, the exhibition will be united with works from the collection of the BMA. After it leaves Baltimore on January 3, 2010, Matisse as Printmaker will travel to the Tampa Museum of Art, the Blanton Museum of Art, and the Art Gallery of Alberta.
Chinese Art and Frankenthaler Added to AFA Exhibition Program
 Chinese Art: From Mao to Now and Frankenthaler and the Masters: The Source Paintings have been added to the AFA’s exhibitions offerings, and the AFA has begun to organize the respective itineraries. Chinese Art, curated by Melissa Chiu, Museum Director and Vice President, Global Art Programs, Asia Society, New York, will present the multi-disciplinary work of leading Chinese artists from the past three decades. Frankenthaler and the Masters, curated by independent curator and critic Karen Wilkin, will explore Helen Frankenthaler’s ongoing, avowed connection to specific old and modern masters.
Both exhibitions will be available beginning in May 2011. For further information on Chinese Art, please contact AFA Curator Lisa Small at 212.988.7700 ext. 225 or lsmall@afaweb.org. For information on Frankenthaler and the Masters, contact AFA Senior Curator Maura Reilly at 212.988.7700 ext. 244 or mreilly@afaweb.org
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Maura Reilly Joins AFA Staff
 The AFA is pleased to announce that Maura Reilly has assumed the position of Senior Curator. Ms. Reilly most recently served as Senior Curator at Location One, before which she was the founding Curator and Director of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. She has taught courses in art history and women's studies at Tufts University, Pratt Institute, Vassar College, and at her alma mater, the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
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ArtTalks
 The next AFA ArtTalk, to be held on Wednesday, October 7, at 6:30 p.m. at Christie’s, will feature Philip-Lorca diCorcia. Often using a combination of natural and artificial light, DiCorcia is known for his seemingly improvisational yet meticulously choreographed photography. Shot over a twenty-five-year period, the 1,000 Polaroids in his 2009 exhibition at the David Zwirner gallery demonstrated his unique cinematic approach and were praised by Roberta Smith of The New York Times as “technically perfect, highly personal, full of life.” To purchase ArtTalk tickets online, click here or please call 212.988.7700 ext. 210.
The following ArtTalk is scheduled for Thursday, December 3, 2009, and will feature landscape painter April Gornik.
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 Members Events
ArtScapes
VIP Art Basel Miami Beach 2009
Tuesday, December 1-Sunday, December 6, 2009
VIP Art Basel Miami Beach-Weekend Getaway
Thursday, December 3-Sunday, December 6, 2009
Travel with members of the Corcoran Gallery of Art to one of the most exciting and important annual events in the international art world. Trip highlights include VIP entrance to Art Basel Miami Beach, the Miami Art Museum, the Rubell Family Collection, and many more exclusive art destinations. Participants can choose between the week-long trip or the shorter weekend getaway. To register, call Erin Higgins at the Corcoran Gallery of Art at 202.639.1747.
 Day of Art
Brant Foundation Art Study Center
Greenwich, Connecticut
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Created by publishing magnate and art collector Peter M. Brant, the Brant Foundation Art Study Center was established to promote contemporary art and design and to highlight the world-class artwork Brant has amassed over a 40-year period. Open since May 2009, the center is housed in a 100-year-old stone barn converted by architect Richard Gluckman. The inaugural exhibition, Remembering Henry’s Show: Selected Works, 1978-2008, references an influential exhibition the late Henry Geldzahler curated for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969 and consists of almost 100 works from the Brant family’s private collection. Among the many represented artists are John Currin, Keith Haring, Jeff Koons, Elizabeth Peyton, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol. The Day of Art will include lunch and a visit to a private collection.
For AFA members only. Register online!
Save the Date
 Director’s Choice Tour of the Morgan Library & Museum
Monday, November 30, 2009
AFA Trustee Bill Griswold, Director of the Morgan Library & Museum, will lead an after-hours tour of this distinguished New York institution. Originally the private library of financier Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), it is now a museum, independent research library, musical venue, architectural landmark, and historic site. Tour participants will have the opportunity to view rare materials, tour the historic buildings, and enjoy a wine reception. Event and registration details are forthcoming.
Special Member Viewings
AFA members are eligible to receive invitations to AFA exhibition openings across the country. In the coming months, watch for invitations to the following openings:
Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse (October 9, 2009-January 3, 2010)
Matisse as Printmaker
The Baltimore Museum of Art (October 25, 2009-January 3, 2010)
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AFA Milestones
100 YEARS AGO: AFA receives a request from Fort Worth for an exhibition of oil paintings and in response sends out its first traveling exhibition: 38 Oil Paintings by Prominent American Artists. The exhibition is viewed by more than 5,000 visitors in the art gallery of the Carnegie Public Library in Fort Worth and then travels to New Orleans, and St. Paul, and New Ulm, Minnesota.
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Donate
Your support helps the AFA continue to be a vital cultural resource, presenting the highest quality art exhibitions, publications, and public programs to a broad and diverse audience. Please help us to continue our work by making a fully tax-deductible contribution online or call Heather Ruth, Senior Manager of Individual Giving and Special Events at 212.988.7700 ext. 247.
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