Arts: Yay for Spring Exhibitions!

One good thing about the early days of spring when it's still too cold and mucky to really go out, but every fiber of your being is screaming 'GO OUT!': There are almost always good art exhibitions to see. I'm such a fan of free museums, but, sadly, those are few and far between (St. Louis and DC? Anywhere else?) Here are the upcoming exhibitions (and current in some cases) for several cities. Now you have no excuse - Go Out!

St. Louis Art Museum
www.slam.org
February 22nd - May 17 2009

Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty






Atlanta: The High Museum of Art
Through April 5: The Treasure of Ulysses Davis







Through Sept. 6th : Louvre Atlanta: The Louvre and The Masterpiece

April 21 - August 2: Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David Driskell


New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Too many to list in this granddaddy of American art museums, but here are some highlights:

Through April 19: Pierre Bonnard: The Late Interiors
Through March 1: Calder Jewelry
Feb. 24 - May 24: Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture From Renaissance to Revolution
March 17 - June 21: Art of Korean Renaissance 1400 - 1600


Dallas Museum of Art
Through October 4 2009: Postwar American Art







Through May 17: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
Through March 22: Take Your Time: Olafur Elisson


Chicago Art Institute Museum
Through March 16: Beauty of the Beast: Artists and Their Pets in 20th Century Art
Through March 8th: East Asian Ceramics: Then and Now
Through April 26th: Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety and Myth
Opening March 24th: Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper








San Antonio Museum of Art

Through April 12: Marcia Gygli King: Botanical Paintings
March 14 - August 2: John Hernandez: Zoe's Room









March 14 - August 2: Ry Cooder/Vincent Valdez: El Chavez Ravine


I didn't mean to be so East Coast-centric here, but I'm not sure if anybody out West is reading this...let me know if you are, and I'll be happy to do research for you, too!