Exhibitions
Current Exhibit

Current ExhibitionAlberct Durer The Great Horse

The Horse in Decorative and Fine Art
August 15, 2010 to December 23, 2010

This exhibition celebrates the horse and its long history of representation from antiquity to the present day.  Works come from over 40 vendors including public and private Kentucky and New York collections and the Smithsonian Institution's The American Art Museum and the National Museum of American History.  Selections consists of paintings, sculpture, folk art, textiles, object d'art, wood carvings, jewelry, historical ephemera and modern depictions of the horse.

 

Brush Up Your Shakespeare
August 15, 2010 to October 15, 2010

This exhibition features Neale M. Albert's collection of specialty miniature books which he commissioned from international miniature artists.  Approximately 100 books are featured in the collection, many featuring designer bindings.  The theme chosen by collector Albert represent the many works of William Shakespeare.  A specially commissioned miniature of the globe theatre is a highlight of this instillation.

3 miniature books

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