Three prestigious New York institutions are pleased to be introducing a limited-time ticket that provides admission to each. Details here!

The Frick Collection, the Morgan Library & Museum, and Neue Galerie in New York have come together to offer art lovers the Connoisseur Pass. The ticket costs $40 and will provide admission into all three institutions. However, this offer is only valid July 1 through August 31. The tickets can be purchased on-site only and are not available online.

During July and August, the three museums are presenting a range of exhibitions that offer something for everyone. On view at the Frick Collection are “Fired by Passion: Masterpieces of Du Paquier Porcelain from the Sullivan Collection,” “Divine Encounter: Rembrandt’s Abraham and the Angels,” and “The Pursuit of Immortality: Masterpieces from the Scher Collection of Portrait Medals.” At the Morgan Library & Museum, visitors can view “Henry James and American Painting,” “This Ever New Self: Thoreau and His Journal,” “Noah’s Beasts: Sculpted Animals from Ancient Mesopotamia,” and “Poussin, Claude, and French Drawing in the Classical Age.” Neue Galerie New York presents “Austrian Masterworks from the Neue Galerie New York” and “Richard Gerstl.”

Don’t let this great opportunity pass you by!

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Edgewood Orchard in Door County, Wisconsin, will soon feature new bodies of work by several accomplished painters Summer, including a renowned native son.

Door County native Craig Blietz has established national renown for his paintings of farm animals and rural Midwest landscapes that celebrate the dignity and quiet beauty of agrarian life. Blietz’s work — along with selections by Judi Ekholm, Susan Hale, and Marcia McDonough — will soon be on display at Edgewood Orchard in Door County. Opening July 15 and showing through August 15, the exhibition reflects the inspiration Blietz gleans from the serene landscapes and noble depictions of animals created by 19th-century French Barbizon School artists.

“Approaching a forest triggers moments of intense anxiety, much like the unease created by a storm on the horizon or the stressful suspense of a pending athletic contest,” suggests Blietz. “Anxiety and anticipation are at their peak just prior to experiencing the actual event. That is not to say that stepping foot into a forest does or should relieve the apprehension. Poet Todd Davis, Professor of Environmental Studies at Penn State University’s Altoona College, remarked to me during a recent hike that, ‘Nature doesn’t care if you live or die.’ I believe we recognize this, albeit subconsciously. Nature is a place for thoughtful, cautious, and careful reverie.”

To learn more, visit Edgewood Orchard.

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The early 20th century in America was a period of brilliant change and growth in urban centers, which was beautifully captured by important printmakers such as Louis Lozowick, Reginald Marsh, Mabel Dwight, Gerald Geerlings, Victoria Hutson Huntley, and Martin Lewis.

Selected works by these artists and more feature during an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., titled “The Urban Scene: 1920-1950.” These masterful works capture the unprecedented scale of urban architecture and the impact of industrialization and technology on city life. “From one perspective, skyscrapers, bridges, and other technological marvels projected wealth, opportunity, and invoked the sublime, but from another these structures could be interpreted as blocking light, deepening shadows, heightening a sense of enclosure and confinement, and amplifying feelings of diminution and anonymity,” the museum suggests.

To learn more, visit the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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A brilliant selection of realist paintings from the 1920s and 1930s are currently on display at this National Gallery that always seems to be showcasing something fantastic. Featuring more than 80 paintings, this show will leave you asking for more.

The Scottish National Gallery is calling them an “almost forgotten generation of artists,” referring to the principle artists featured during its current exhibition “True to Life: British Realist Painting in the 1920s and 1930s.” On view from July 1 through October 29, the exhibition — as its title suggests — focuses on the sidelined and largely forgotten cohort of realist artists after abstraction and distortion became fashionable in the United Kingdom after the Second World War.

“Many artists of the period opted for a new kind of hard-edged, sharp-focused realist painting, and found new subjects in modern life,” the museum writes. “This exhibition, showing only in Edinburgh, includes paintings of astonishing technical accomplishment and stunning beauty by more than 50 artists — including Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, Meredith Frampton, Laura Knight, James Cowle, and Winifred Knights. This is a unique chance to rediscover a remarkable, but little known period in British Art.”

To learn more, visit the Scottish National Gallery.

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EVOKE Contemporary is proud to feature works by painter Michael Workman during a solo exhibition. Visitors to the gallery will encounter truth, beauty, and goodness.

According to Santa Fe gallery EVOKE Contemporary, “Truth, Beauty, and Goodness” are the “broad, subjective, and sometimes discounted concepts that form the foundation of Michael Workman’s paintings.” Patrons who are lucky enough to visit the gallery this holiday season will encounter just those things during Workman’s solo exhibition, which runs from June 30 through July 22.

Included in the show are some 18 new landscape paintings — all executed masterfully with adroit combinations of expressive, feathery brushwork and tightly rendered forms. Also worthy of attention is Workman’s ability to capture the subtle effects of light as it cascades across mountainous landscapes, blankets a herd of cattle, or reflects off towering thunderhead clouds.

Continuing, the gallery writes, “Workman’s landscapes are idyllic; they depict the visual splendor of the American Southwest in colorful vistas, sunlit mountains, and far-reaching fields peppered with cattle. At the same time, his scenes convey a deeper meaning, one that simmers just under the surface, slowly escaping from among the layers of oil paint and intricate brushwork. Workman does not endeavor merely to paint an appealing picture, but also to share the spiritual connection he feels to the land and throughout his own life.”

To learn more, visit EVOKE Contemporary.

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How do you define an “Urban Realist”? Self-described as such, this accomplished watercolorist is making colorful waves on our nation’s West Coast. Who and where?

The Channel Islands Maritime Museum in Oxnard, California, is the current host of a great series of large-format watercolors by Daven Anderson. Titled “The Rivers,” the exhibition features about 48 paintings and continues to grow as Anderson works. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, nuclear submariner, sailor, and artist, Anderson seeks to use his skillful watercolors to celebrate the life and work on our inland waterways from coast to coast.

Predominantly a self-taught artist, Anderson has spent years using watercolor to explore his fascination with urban life. Via his website, Anderson suggests, “One of his artistic intentions is to complete a series of approximately 65 works of the people and work on the inland waterway system.” Anderson is also the executive director of the Missouri Watercolor Society and managing director of the America Society of Marine Artists.

“The Rivers” opens on July 17 and will continue through September 24. To learn more, visit here.

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Three talented painters under the age of 30 are the focus of Arcadia Contemporary’s July exhibition schedule. If they haven’t already, collectors will take note.

On view from July 15 through the 31st, “Three Under Thirty” at Arcadia Contemporary in Culver City, California will feature paintings by Daniel Bilmes, Katie Whipple, and Rae Perry. Bilmes’ art explores many subjects, including figurative, still life, wildlife, and more. However, a common thread of deep personal exploration runs through his oeuvre. Katie Whipple has been climbing the ranks of representational painters for several years. More recently, the New York-based artist has focused her creative vision and superb technique on floral compositions. Finally, the sensuous and evocative figurative paintings of Rae Perry round out the show. Perry’s melancholic female subjects, in various states of dress and nudity, are often displayed in domestic, intimate settings, begging the viewer to extrapolate powerful narratives.

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Works on paper, painting, and sculpture by the renowned artist Frederic Remington feature at the Metropolitan, New York, during this significant exhibition. Details here!

With paint, pencil, chisel, or any medium he could get his hands on, artist Frederic Remington (1861-1909) was one of the most important American artists to chronicle the American West and expansion toward the Pacific. He is often celebrated at museums around the country, and the Metropolitan in New York City has joined in commemorating this important creator with a significant exhibition of Remington’s paintings, sculptures, illustrations, and works on paper.

Opened on July 3, “Frederic Remington at the MET” draws heavily from the museum’s own holdings, but some selections featured were lent from public and private collections. “Although he lived and worked on the East Coast, Remington traveled extensively,” writes the museum. “His insightful depictions of trappers, Native Americans, cavalry, scouts, and, above all, his archetypal cowboys are some of the most iconic images of the Old West.” In addition to some 20 fantastic paintings, the exhibition includes “several sculptures purchased directly from the artist,” the MET continues. “Drawings related to Remington’s illustration work, on loan from The Rockwell Museum and the Frederic Remington Art Museum, will also be shown. Through juxtaposing works representative of each area of endeavor, the exhibition will highlight the unifying threads in the artist’s creative process.”

The exhibition will continue through January 2, 2018. To learn more, visit the Metropolitan.

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