March / Apri 2016 - art ltd 35The son of a French bureaucrat, Pierre Bonnard turned his back on a
conventional career and was instead seduced by a life of painting. His
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humor, and tenderness. See more than 70 paintings and photographs that
UHYHDOWKHDUWLVWDVDNH\ÀJXUHEULGJLQJ,PSUHVVLRQLVPDQGPRGHUQLVPThis exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and the
Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid.Presenting Sponsors: Cynthia Fry Gunn and John A. Gunn, and the San Francisco Auxiliary of the Fine Arts
Museums. Director’s Circle: William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation and Diane B. Wilsey. Curator’s Circle: the Ray
and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund. Benefactor’s Circle: Lucinda B. Watson. Patron’s Circle: George and Marie
Hecksher, and David A. Wollenberg.FEB 6–MAY 15, 2016
Pierre Bonnard, Nude in an Interior(detail), ca. 1935. Oil on canvas. National Galler y of Ar t, Washington, DC; collection of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Mellon, 2006.128.8. © 2015 Ar tists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, ParisLos Angeles-based artist Mark Bradford
(pictured above) was recently named the
recipient of the 2016 David C. Driskell Prize.
Established in 2005 by the High Museum of
Art, the Driskell Prize is the first national
award to honor and celebrate contributions to
the field of art of the African Diaspora. A cash
award of $25,000 accompanies the prize, which
will be awarded to the artist at the Annual
Driskell Prize Dinner on April 29.
People Moves:
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
announced Jeffrey Uslip, who currently serves
as chief curator, has been appointed deputy
director for exhibitions and programs.
Naima Keith, formerly Associate Curator
at the Studio Museumin Harlem, has been
appointed Deputy Director of exhibition s and
programs at the California African American
Museum.
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
(HCCC) has announced Perry Priceas the
center’s new executive director. Price previ-
ously served as director of education at the
American Craft Councilin Minneapolis, MN.
The Seattle Art Fairhas announced the
appointment of Laura Fried, who previously
served as curator at the Contemporary Art
Museum St. Louis, to serve as the artistic
director for the second annual event.
The Corning Museum of Glass announced
the appointment of independent curator,
writer and historian Susie J. Silbertas
curator of modern and contemporary glass.
Photo: Mark Bradford, courtesy of the artist
and the High Museum of Art