SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS October, November, December 2010

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In this Issue Page

• EXHIBITIONS ......................................................................................................................... 2

• EVENTS CALENDAR .............................................................................................................. 3

Lectures ................................................................................................ 3

Films ....................................................................................................... 4

Adult Drawing Course ...................................................................... 5

Afternoon Salons ........................................................................... 5-6

Guided Tours & Spotlight Talks .................................................. 6-7

Family Events ................................................................................... 7-8

Teen Arts Academy ........................................................................... 9

• GENERAL MUSEUM INFORMATION ...................................................................................... 9

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EXHIBITIONS

OPENING Raphael’s The Small Cowper Madonna on Loan from the National Gallery of Art, Washington November 5, 2010–January 24, 2011

The Norton Simon Museum is pleased to announce the rare loan of Raphael’s The Small Cowper Madonna, c. 1505, from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. One of about 12 works by Raphael in U.S. collections, this painting of the Madonna and Child was executed early in the artist’s career, during the four years he spent in Florence (1504–08). This extraordinary loan is part of an exchange program between the National Gallery of Art and the Norton Simon foundations, which also brought Vermeer’s A Lady Writing to the Simon in the fall of 2008. The Small Cowper Madonna is one of five works by Raphael in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, and its presentation at the Simon marks the first time it has been lent to another U.S. museum. ONGOING Hiroshige: Visions of Japan June 4, 2010–January 17, 2011

The Norton Simon Museum presents Hiroshige: Visions of Japan, an exhibition of nearly 200 prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858), one of the most celebrated and prolific artists of his time. Drawn from the Museum’s extensive collection of Japanese woodblock-prints, the exhibition features works from Hiroshige’s seminal series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo and Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, among others. All together, the images offer visitors a glimpse into everyday life in 19th-century Japan, with its festivals, rituals, and sublime natural beauty. Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel: An Artwork by John Cage September 24, 2010–March 28, 2011

The Norton Simon Museum presents an installation of Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel, an artwork by American composer and artist John Cage (1912–1992). Created in 1969 as a tribute to artist Marcel Duchamp, Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel is a multiple comprised of five components: four Plexigrams and one lithograph, all with randomly placed text and images. This innovative work, with its captivating construction and endless interpretation by the viewer, has not been on view at the Museum since 1970. Credits from top to bottom: Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520), The Small Cowper Madonna, c. 1505, Oil on panel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858), The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province, 1858, from The Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, Color woodblock, ōban, Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Crossett John Cage (American, 1912-1992), Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel, 1969, Silkscreens on Plexiglas in wooden bases and a lithograph, Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mrs. Judith Thomas, 1970, © John Cage Trust

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October 2 Shiva as King of Dance, c. 1000 October 9 Matthias Stom’s Christ Crowned with Thorns, c. 1633–39 October 16 John Cage’s Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel, 1969 October 23 Ingres’s Baron Joseph-Pierre Vialetès de Mortarieu, 1805–6 October 30 Edward Ruscha’s Annie, Poured from Maple Syrup, 1966 November 6 Degas’s Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen, 1878 November 13 Raphael’s The Small Cowper Madonna, c. 1505 November 20 Henri Rousseau’s Exotic Landscape, 1910 November 27 Buddha Shakyamuni, c. 200 December 4 Marcel Duchamp’s Nine Malic Moulds (Second Version), 1963 December 11 Raphael’s The Small Cowper Madonna, c. 1505 December 18 John McLaughlin’s Untitled, 1969

FAMILY EVENTS

FAMILY FESTIVAL Fantastic Tales from Floating Worlds with 826LA Sunday, October 17, 12:30–1:45 p.m. and 2:00–3:15 p.m. Hiroshige's ukiyo-e prints capture travelers from Edo (Tokyo), lively birds and elegant flowers that appear to come alive from paper to create realistic scenes. When we see his prints, we are drawn into a mystifying world that occurred over a hundred years ago. Now, imagine if we inhabited the settings found in the prints of Hiroshige. What if we were flying kites in Edo? Or feeling the splash from a fifty-foot wave? What if we spent the afternoon staring at a falcon that blocks out the sun? What stories could we tell that match Hiroshige’s spectacular views? Join the creative writing center 826LA and author Salvador Plascencia to imagine and write about your visit to a land long ago and an ocean away.

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