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Tour North America's greatest museums and galleries in the company of two incomparable guides.
This lively companion highlights the essential paintings, by some of the world's greatest painters, from Giotto to Picasso, on display in North American museums and galleries.
Julian Porter has had a life-long passion for art. He worked for seven years as a student tour guide in Europe and since has conducted countless gallery tours in Europe and North America. His co-author, Stephen Grant, brings a wealth of expertise in twentieth-century artists, and presents them within the framework of a North American-led, sustained burst of originality and shock.
Presented with wit and irreverence, here is the best that North American galleries have to offer. Focused and curated to give you everything you need to enjoy the greatest works of art in the best company and save you the sore feet and superfluous information.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Boston, Massachusetts
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
Chapter 2: Buffalo, New York
Albright Knox Museum
Chapter 3: Chicago, Illinois
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chapter 4: Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Museum of Art
Chapter 5: Dallas, Texas
Dallas Museum of Art
Chapter 6: Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Institute of Arts
Chapter 7: Hartford, Connecticut
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Chapter 8: Los Angeles, California
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chapter 9: New York City, New York
Frick Collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
Neue Galerie New York
Parrish Art Museum, Long Island, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art
Chapter 10: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Barnes Foundation
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Chapter 11: San Francisco, California
de Young Fine Arts Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Chapter 12: Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art
Phillips Collection
CANADA
Chapter 13: Kleinburg, Ontario
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Chapter 14: Montreal, Quebec
Musée D'art Contemporain de Montréal
Chapter 15: Ottawa, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada
Chapter 16: Toronto, Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario
Chapter 17: Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver Art Gallery
Epilogue
Notes
Index of Artists and Their Works
Index of Paintings by Title
Checklist of the 149 Paintings
