The Kimbell Art Museum is preparing for its huge fall 2013 season. This is when the new Renzo Piano-designed building is scheduled to open.
The exhibition the museum has booked to coincide with that trumpet-fanfare moment is a rarity -- it has secured almost 100 modern masterworks of painting and sculpture from the Art Institute of Chicago."The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from the Art Institute of Chicago" opens Oct. 6, 2013, and will be on view through Feb. 16, 2014. The works span the first five decades of the 20th century and include 10 pieces by Picasso and 10 by Matisse.The major movements of European modernism will be represented by Max Beckmann, Vasily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Kasimir Malevich, Juan Gris, Georges Braque and Maurice de Vlaminck. This exhibit will also include pieces from Chicago's exemplary collection of Surrealists."Some of the great icons of modern art will visit Texas for the first time -- paintings like Pablo Picasso's Old Guitarist and Henri Matisse's Bathers by a River," Kimbell director Eric M. Lee said in a statement. "With nearly 100 paintings and sculptures on view, this will be the most important exhibition ever drawn entirely from the renowned modern holding of the Art Institute."Gaile Robinson is the Star-Telegram art and design critic. 817-390-7113Twitter: @gailerobinsonHave more to add? News tip? Tell us
