2007

Exhibitions are listed in reverse chronological order by opening date.

Feasting with Family and Friends: Christmas in the Ballantine House

November 23, 2007 – January 6, 2008
The trappings and the trimmings of a traditional Victorian holiday are re-created in the 1885 Ballantine House, a restored National Historic Landmark.  The historically accurate installation, complete with period menus, annually offers visitors the opportunity to step back in time to learn about nineteenth-century life and traditions.

Public Places, Private Spaces: Contemporary Photography and Video Art in India

September 19, 2007 – January 6, 2008
This exhibition is comprised of 150 works that vividly reflect the interior and exterior realities of contemporary India, as captured by more than 40 street photographers, video artists and image manipulators.  Each has used his or her medium to provide rich insight into factors shaping the contemporary Indian psyche and landscape, including imbedded cultural traditions, violent economic and political shifts, the pervasive influence of the media, and the indomitable forces of class and caste.

The Quiet Gesture: Recent Chinese Art  

June 13, 2007 - September 7, 2007

An exhibition of contemporary Chinese art showcases ten works by four of the most prominent artists working in China today.  The exhibition includes works by artists Zhang Huan, Wang Jin, Lu Shengzhong and Zhan Wang, each of whom rose to prominence in China and internationally in the last decade of the 20th century.

At the Movies: Edward Hopper’s The Sheridan Theatre 

May 23, 2007 – August 19, 2007

Hopper’s much-loved view inside a grand New York City movie theater is the inspiration for this exhibition that examines the subjects of the painting—both architectural and human—to investigate not only Hopper’s artistic and personal world, but also the flourishing movie culture of the 1930s in America.

The Art of Glass from Gallé to Chihuly

May 6, 2007 – August 5, 2007

The Museum’s first major exhibition of contemporary studio glass, offering eighty pieces by sixty artists, looks at the ways in which glass has been used as an artistic medium all over the world.  Blown, cut, cast and enameled glass are all ways that glass artists interpret their aesthetic vision using this demanding and unforgiving medium.  The majority of the pieces in the exhibition are from the collection of Dena and Ralph Lowenbach.

The Mexican Museum of Modern Art: A Project by Franco Mondini-Ruiz

April 28, 2007 – June 30, 2007

Coinciding with our spring exhibition Mexican Vogue: Discovering Mexican Popular Arts, 1919-1950, the Newark Museum invited acclaimed contemporary artist Franco Mondini-Ruiz to create a site-installation that critically engages a period in time when Americans both admired and distorted Mexican culture.  The exhibition is on view just blocks away from Newark Museum at Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art.

Mexicana: Discovering Mexican Popular Arts, 1919-1950  

April 28, 2007 – November 4, 2007

From the 1920s to the 1940s, American artists, tourists and cultural brokers flocked to Mexico to experience the people and culture of the United States’ closest southern neighbor.  This exhibition unites objects that entered the Museum's permanent collection during this fascinating period.

10th Congressional District Art Competition

April 7, 2007 – April 22, 2007

Organized by Congressman Donald M. Payne, this competition features artwork by high school students in Newark’s 10th Congressional District.  The annual exhibition shows two-dimensional art in a variety of media including drawings, prints, paintings and computer/photographic arts.

Newark Teen Arts Festival

March 10, 2007 – March 18, 2007

The Museum’s annual celebration of Youth Art Month centers around this two-part event that highlights the visual and performing arts talents of students from the city’s public secondary schools.  The exhibition features original works by artists ages 13-18 in a variety of media, including watercolor, tempera, oil and more. An opening day concert showcases the gifts of teen vocalists, instrumentalists and dancers.

Mi Puerto Rico: Master Painters of the Island, 1780-1952  

February 16, 2007 – April 15, 2007

This is the first exhibition in the continental United States devoted to Puerto Rico’s three greatest masters: José Campeche, Francisco Oller and Miguel Pou.  Providing an extraordinary glimpse into the rich artistic heritage of Puerto Rico, this exhibition of 40 paintings explores how these three principal painters perceived and rendered their surroundings over the course of nearly two centuries.  The exhibition was organized by the Museo de Arte de Ponce and the Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.