There is a tiny gem of an exhibition of view at the Mint Museum UPTOWN through Saturday (tomorrow), and if you’re at all able to see it, you must. The Mint has a fabulous permanent collection that is often overshadowed by traveling exhibitions, but you have a brief opportunity to enjoy a selection of highlights. Modern Musings is mounted in a small room across from Viva Moschino! and showcases nineteenth and twentieth century works on paper from the collection. Artists include Henri de Tolouse-Lautrec, Amedeo Modigliani, Camillle Jacob Pissarro, Giorgio de Chirco, and Edvard Munch. The show is not flashy and does not come with a hashtag, but is full of the spirit of modernism in the form of prints, drawings, pastels and watercolors by a number of true masters.
Our recommendation: Prime yourself for the new exhibition The House that Modernism Built at the Bechtler Museum by first visiting the small but mighty Modern Musings.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864 – 1901). Divan Japonaise, 1893, lithograph . Given in memory of Blayney Nicholson Tillett by her children. 2003.4. Collection of The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Camille Jacob Pissarro (French, 1830-1903). Coucher de Soleil (Sunset), 1875-1900, watercolor on paper. The Harry and Mary Dalton Collection. 1986.86.2. Collection of The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884-1920). Tête de Femme (Head of a Woman), 1910-1920, pastel and graphite on paper. The Harry and Mary Dalton Collection. 1986.5.1. Collection of The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
