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Sunday, March 19, through Sunday, May 28 The exhibition The Body in Photographs: A Recent Gift from Eileen and Peter Norton, is comprised of eighteen photographic works recently donated to the museum from the Norton Collection. The Center for Curatorial Studies Museum at Bard College has been named as one of 29 museums in the United States and abroad to receive gifts of contemporary artwork from the well-known collection of Peter and Eileen Norton. The Nortons have announced the donation of nearly 1,000 artworks, with a total estimated value of more than $2 million, to institutions including The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Tate Gallery in London, and the CCS Museum. The Nortons have donated the works, organized in thematic packages, in the hope of strengthening the presence of contemporary art and disseminating its adventuresome spirit throughout the United States. Most of the gifts are going to college and university art galleries and to institutions outside the biggest cities, bringing the works of challenging younger artists to the attention of a broader public and building the collections of the most active and vibrant of America's smaller museums. The great majority of the pieces in the Norton donation were made in the 1990s and are the work of younger artists. Among the eighteen artworks donated to the Center for Curatorial Studies are: Nobuyoshi Araki Tokyo Nude; Adam Brooks Illusion and Content; Jerry Burchfield Signs Favorable; Morrie Camhi It's No Good Waiting for Chances; Nan Goldin JoJo At Home; Eric Magnuson Pthalo Green Thumb; Cris Moor TEST–Kim LaManion; Yriea Nagashima Untitled (Feet); Alix Pearlstein Egg Yang; Zizi Raymond Untitled; Aura Rosenberg Untitled, 1990 and 1992; Julia Schlosser Untitled (Fishhooks); and Cindy Sherman Untitled #313. "The Norton gift of eighteen photographic works is a significant addition and perfect complement to our collection," says museum director Amada Cruz. "The works are an invaluable resource for our curatorial studies students as they prepare their exhibitions, as well as visiting curators and in-house staff for upcoming shows."
Limited free seating is available on a Premier Coach bus that will leave from SoHo, New York City, for each exhibition opening. The buses return to New york City in the late afternoon. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the center at 914-758-7598. Transportation is provided through the generosity of Howard and Donna Stone. Museum
Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Exhibitions are
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