Posted by vrcvanderbilt on Friday, August 18, 2017 in Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC.

*Kevin Murphy’s students in the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, immersed in the initial stages of curating the current exhibition, American Modernism at Mid-Century: The Work of Morris Davidson, which closes September 17

“Part of the prestige of any museum or gallery is the ability to bring to the public the artistic contributions of cultures or the long-forgotten works of pioneers in an artistic genre.  It is likewise prestigious and rare for art students to curate such exhibits. For the fourth year, art history students of Kevin D. Murphy, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities and Chair of Vanderbilt’s History of Art Department, have been given curatorial responsibility for an exhibition.”  Read more in DeeGee Lester’s article, Nashville Arts Magazine’s Art Smart:  Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery – The Rediscovery of Morris Davidson.

“For generations, the allure of Europe has stood as a cathedral to culture, and the Grand Tour, its pilgrimage.   As an educational travel tour of Europe, undertaken by young nobles often accompanied by an artist, the Grand Tour served to develop tastes and refine young minds through the temper of history.  American Artists and the Legacy of the Grand Tour,  1880–1960 pays respect to these traditions, following the footsteps of American artists as they pursued the precedents of artists past, creating bodies of work that praised this legacy.”  Read more in Megan Kelley’s article, Nashville Arts Magazine’s Rendered in Praise:  American Artists and the Legacy of the Grand Tour, 1880-1960.

*John Taylor Arms (American, 1887-1953), La Mangia, Siena, etching on woven paper, 1927. Gift of Thomas B. Brumbaugh, professor of fine arts, emeritus, Vanderbilt University.  On view in the exhibition, Rendered in Praise:  American Artists and the Legacy of the Grand Tour, closing August 26