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Winter 18 www.afamag.com | w ww.incollect.com HAPPENINGS Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage Through January 17, 2021 Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park North, Dayton, OH For information, visit daytonartinstitute.org or call 937.223.4278 Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage reveals what happened when prominent painters and sculptors turned their attention to the stage and collaborated with writers, musicians and dancers. The exhibit contains works by some of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, including Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger, Natalia Gontcharova, Joan Miró, Louise Nevelson, Robert Indiana, Jim Dine and many others. It pulls back the curtain on a lesser known but equally inspiring aspect of these artists’ creative expressions— their collaborations as designers of sets, costumes, lighting, scenery and, in some instances, complete performances. These artists contributed stunning designs to world-renowned plays, operas and ballets, such as Pulcinella , La Création du Monde ( The Creation of the World ), King Arthur , and The Mother of Us All . Organized by the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, Picasso to Hockney features 115 objects of set and costume design, and it offers fresh insights into artists and movements, from Cubism and Constructivism to Surrealism and Pop Art. The exhibition presents a rare opportunity to experience more than 100 years of original performance designs by renowned visual artists who took their creativity to the stage. Spectacular costumes from the theater, such as dresses by Lesley Dill, and several costumes by Robert Indiana, are also included in the exhibition. Picasso to Hockney invites visitors to explore how these visual artists challenged conventional theatre practices and often redefined their own work in the process. Pablo Picasso, Scene design for Pulcinella , about 1920, watercolor and gouache on paper. Collection of the McNay Art Museum; Gift of The Tobin Endowment.© 2020 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. David Hockney, Parade, Metropolitan Opera, New York, 1981, screen print, edition of 100. Collection of the McNay Art Museum; Gift of the Friends of the McNay.© David Hockney. Robert Indiana, Costume design for Lillian Russell in The Mother of Us All, 1976, cut paper. Collection of the McNay Art Museum; Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin. © 2020 Morgan Art Foundation Ltd / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.