Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960
June 8–September 12, 2012

An award-winning documentary on Japanese lacquer.

Mathieu Grodet is a French-born artist living and working in Canada. He creates thin and elegant glass objects in classic Venetian style, engraved with imagery that addresses modern-day ideas and issues. In his March 2012 Residency at The Studio, Grodet used the Museum's Rakow Library to research forms and styles for vessels, as well as sketches for his final drawings on the vessels.

Madame Claude Dalsace, née Bloch, recalls what it was like to sit for the artist Edouard Vuillard as a child (interview, 2012).

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940
The Jewish Museum, New York
May 4 - September 23, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/vuillard

What can we tell about a photograph by knowing about the camera used to make it? The painters featured in the IMA exhibition Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard were experimenting with the newest technology of their era; the photos they made were created in a highly charged creative atmosphere, buoyed by the democratization of the camera and the birth of amateur photography.

Richard McCoy, Conservator of Objects and Variable Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, discusses the restoration of Robert Indiana's /Numbers/, including completely refinishing the sculptures with the original coating system. You can see all 10 /Numbers/ at the IMA's Alliance Sculpture Court.

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940
The Jewish Museum, New York
May 4 - September 23, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/vuillard

Artist Lisa Yuskavage and Chief Curator Norman Kleeblatt discuss the paintings of Edouard Vuillard and his impact on contemporary art. The conversation highlights Vuillard's influence on artists from after World War II to those working today, and examines Yuskavage's own complex art.

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940
The Jewish Museum, New York
May 4 - September 23, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/vuillard