At the Georgia Museum of Art, only a fraction of the museum’s collections are exhibited in the galleries. As a result, numerous works are loaned out to other art and history museums all across the country.
In the past, the museum has loaned out exhibitions to museums and institutions both within Georgia as well as farther-reaching areas ranging from New York to New Mexico. In 2018 alone, the museum loaned exhibitions to museums in Idaho, Texas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Massachusetts.
Currently, the museum has three works and exhibitions on loan, with dates ranging from the fourteenth century to modern day.
Mildred Thompson’s painting String Theory VI was on loan to the exhibition Mildred Thompson: Resonance, Selected Works from the 1990s at the SCAD Museum of Art from June 23 – October 2, 2016. Now Thompson’s String Theory VI is on loan to the exhibition Mildred Thompson: Making Her Mark, Atlanta 1986 – 2003 at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art from September 12 – December 7, 2019. Thompson’s work is known for its incorporation and visualization of scientific phenomena like such as space and time, which is evident in her works like String Theory IV and others from the 1990s. String Theory IV also stands out for its vivid colors and multitude of patterns.
The exhibition Gifts and Prayers: The Romanovs and Their Subjects, organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, will be on loan to the El Paso Museum of History from September 28, 2019 – March 8, 2020. This is the first time the exhibition will be showcased in the Southwest. Gifts and Prayers features rarely displayed objects and statues depicting the style of this distinct era.
In the coming months, five exhibitions from the museum will be on loan to other locations ranging from Colorado to Tennessee.
O. Louis Guglielmi’s Tenements will be on loan to the exhibition Edith Halpert and the Rise of American Art at the Jewish Museum from October 18, 2019 – February 9, 2020. Residing in New England prior to and during the Great Depression, Guglielmi was heavily influenced by bleak era. His works showcase a stark depiction of life in America in the 1930s.
Ben Shahn’s painting The Clinic will be on loan to the exhibition Dreaming of Utopia: Roosevelt, New Jersey at the Morven Museum & Garden from November 15, 2019 – May 10, 2020. Shahn’s work incorporates social issues of the times through realism and abstraction. Media and techniques he used include lithography, photography and painting.
The museum-organized exhibition Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art will be on view at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University from January 21 – April 11, 2020. A lithograph by Willi Baumeister is included in it. This exhibition showcases the works of the Cerle et Carré (Circle and Square), a group of 80 international artists who exhibited their works just once in 1930. Additionally, one of the group’s founding members is Pierre Daura, for whom the curator of European art is named at the museum.
The museum-organized exhibition Prints by Women: Selected European and American Works from the Georgia Museum of Art will be on view at the Rockwell Museum from January 31 – April 26, 2020. A lithograph by Lucienne Bloch is included in it. Bloch’s body of work is made up of lithographs as well as photographs and fresco paintings. Bloch’s body of work is made up of lithographs as well as photographs and fresco paintings. Born in Switzerland, Bloch moved to the United States as a teenager and was later associated with other well-known artists such as Anotine Boudelle, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
Simone dei Crocifissi’s Madonna and Child with Saints will be on loan to the exhibition Medieval Bologna: Art for a University City. This exhibition will be on view at the Frist Art Museum from November 20, 2020 – February 14, 2021. Living in Bologna in the 1300s, Crocifissi was known for his paintings depicting Biblical characters and events.
Is your museum interested in borrowing from the Georgia Museum of Art? Available traveling exhibitions are listed on our website, or you can search our collections database.
By Anika Chaturvedi
