Here’s where you should be this week!
MOnday
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art’s Modern Monday lecture serves as a preview to their upcoming exhibition, The Art Books of Henri Matisse. Bechtler President and CEO John Boyer will discuss artworks from the upcoming show and Josh Villapando, owner and wine schnerbly of the Assorted Table Wine Shoppe, will offer wines inspired by Matisse’s life. Reception begins at 6pm; program starts 6:30pm. Cash bar. Tickets required ($4 members/$8 non-members).
Henri Matisse, Icarus, plate VIII of XX, from Jazz, 1947
WEDNESDAY
Matthew Steele will provide a lecture in conjunction with his exhibition, ONE, at Central Piedmont Community College. The talk will take place in Pease Auditorium and will begin at 6:30pm.
Matthew Steele, Monument to Regret, 2014
FRIDAY
The Bechtler‘s new exhibition, The Art Books of Matisse, opens Friday morning. It’s a traveling exhibition from Bank of America‘s art collection. Not much information is available so we’re interested in checking this one out soon.
Henri Matisse, it seems as if she has never seen me, 1944
WEEKEND
Saturday, February 28 is the last day to check out Maja Godlewska and Andreas Bechtler’s exhibitions at the New Gallery of Modern Art. It’s also the last day to see Raul Diaz: Journey at Jerald Melburg Gallery. Sunday, March 1 is the last day to see Beyond Craft at the Mint Museum Uptown. Why not make it a fun-filled art weekend and the aforementioned galleries and the three uptown museums that encompass the Levine Center of the Arts? Did you know you can buy a 2-day pass to visit the Mint, Bechtler, and the Gantt Center for just $20 total? Sounds like a great deal to us, especially if you haven’t seen the Gantt’s new show yet, Venturing Out of the Heart of Darkness.
Bethany Collins, As Black As This Board (White Noise Series), 2014
