NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Picabia called Alfred Stieglitz "the man best informed in this whole revolution in the arts.NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Picabia called Alfred Stieglitz "the man best informed in this whole revolution in the arts," and the go to the bottom of the Photo-Secession often supplied the historical staging earths for that sweeping turnover. Beginning with "291" in 1908 and continuing at the Intimate Gallery and An American Place, Stieglitz gave the avant-garde a fresh York home, mounting Picasso's first US exhibition and early exhibit tos of Matisse, Brancusi, and Cezanne, as well as Americans Arthur Dove, Paul Strand, Marsden Hartley, and Georgia O'Keeffe With almost 200 works from these and others, the National Gallery places Stieglitz at the vital center of the art he championed--the gallerist as visionary. Jan. 28-Apr. 22 COPYRIGHT 2001 Artforum International Magazine, Inc. |
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