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SUMMARY:Exhibition on Screen: James McNeill Whistler at Speed Cinema
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition on Screen: James McNeill Whistler\\nDirected by Da
 vid Bickerstaff\\nSunday\\, October 4\\, 12:30 pm CINEMA + | BUY TICKETS
 \\n$14 | $10 Speed members\\nIn an era of great change and great beauty e
 merged the character of James McNeill Whistler. Considered by some to be 
 one of the great innovators of 19th century art\\, he was a contemporary 
 of the Impressionists\\, much admired by Vincent Van Gogh and Édouard Ma
 net. Boldly experimental and famously witty\\, Whistler disrupted the str
 ict conventions of Victorian society in pursuit of a new cult of beauty\\
 , creating “art for art’s sake” and earning himself a place in the 
 history of great art. He found a parallel between painting and music\\, a
 nd entitled many of his paintings “arrangements\\,” “harmonies\\,�
 � and “nocturnes\\,” emphasizing the importance of tonal unity in his
  work.\\nHis most famous painting\\, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
  (1871)\\, commonly known as Whistler’s Mother\\, is a revered and of
 ten parodied portrait of motherhood. It is arguably one of the most famou
 s paintings in history\\, and this film will unveil the artist behind the
  art.\\nTate Britain is now holding the first major retrospective of Whis
 tler in three decades. This blockbuster exhibition promises to reawaken t
 he world to just how important Whistler is to art history\\, uniting worl
 d-famous masterpieces with rarely seen works. This will be an unmissable 
 chance to get to know this visually spectacular artist and the influence 
 he has had on those who followed. 2027\\, U.K. DCP\\, 90 minutes. Recomme
 nded for 12+\\nCINEMA + with a post-screening opportunity to view a sele
 ction of the Speed’s 90+ works by Whistler on paper selected and presen
 ted by Kim Spence\\, Senior Director of Collections and Curator of Works 
 on Paper\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/louisville/eve
 nts/exhibition-on-screen-james-mcneill-whistler-at-speed-cinema-2026-10-0
 4
LOCATION:speedmuseum.org
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/louisville/events/exhibition-on-screen-james-mcneill-whistler-at-speed-cinema-2026-10-04
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