Peonies and Iris, c. 1915

PEONIES AND IRIS RETURNS TO TIFFANY PAINTING GALLERY

Peonies and Iris, Louis C. Tiffany’s 1915 oil-on-canvas, is now on view after an update to the Tiffany painting gallery. The painting, which was exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall — An Artist’s Country Estate, has not been on display in the Museum in two years. It depicts an up-close view of the delicate flowers that are a common motif in Tiffany’s art.

Child with Gourd window, c. 1898

HIGHLIGHTS FROM QUEST OF BEAUTY NOW ONLINE

Visitors to the Morse Museum Web site can now browse exhibition highlights from Quest of Beauty — Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Life and Art. This new web feature allows you to view nine objects from the show as full-screen images as well as details of three leaded-glass windows. The objects, arranged chronologically, begin with an image from Tiffany’s 1865 sketchbook and end with a pair of the artist’s cuff links.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

JANUARY LECTURE: TRANSFORMATION OF THE AMERICAN ART MUSEUM

On Wednesday, January 16, Dr. Kathleen Curran, Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, will discuss the ideas that between 1870 and 1930 transformed the American art museum into a distinctively modern, important, and relevant institution. She will speak at 2:30 p.m. in the McKean Pavilion, 161 West Canton Avenue (just behind the Museum). The lecture is followed by a reception. Admission is free.

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Fresco from the Villa Arianna, Stabia, Italy

ART TRIP TO JACKSONVILLE PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY 2

Groundbreaking post-war art and spectacular Roman villas will be the focus of the Museum’s upcoming Jacksonville Art Trip on Saturday, February 2. The day trip, open to Museum members,  includes visits to the home of Preston Haskell, the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, and Art from the Ashes — In Stabiano, Exploring the Ancient Seaside Villas of the Roman Elite at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens. For more information or to make a reservation, please call (407) 645-5311, ext. 117.

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Expo: Magic of the White City, screens February 29 at Aloma Cinema Grill

BROWN BAG MATINEES RETURN FEBRUARY 1

The Friday Brown Bag Matinees Winter series kicks off on February 1 with films focusing on the components of and influences on Tiffany’s world. Topics in the five-part series include the Meiji period in Japan, Thomas Edison, the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and more. Films start at noon in the McKean Pavilion, 161 West Canton Avenue (just behind the Museum). The final film in the series will be shown at Aloma Cinema Grill, Winter Park. Admission is free. You’re invited to bring a lunch. The Museum provides soft drinks.

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