Blockbuster exhibits coming to Ottawa this summer
Two world-renowned exhibits are making their way to Ottawa this summer. Ten years after hosting “Renoir’s Portraits,” the National Gallery of Canada now shows his landscapes: a windswept field in Chatou, an old private garden in Paris, the streets of Algiers, or a hillside in Guernsey.These are among the sites that the French impressionist master captured. They will be presented in the first major exhibition of his landscape paintings, from June 8 – September 9, 2007.
The exhibition will feature 60 of Renoir’s landscape paintings, on loan from leading art museums and private collections around the world. The National Gallery is the only Canadian venue. Not since the National Gallery’s 1997 exhibition “Renoir’s Portraits: Impressions of an Age” (which set an attendance record of 340,000 visitors) have Ottawa audiences had the opportunity to view Renoir’s works on such a scale.
Meanwhile, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC), “Treasures from China” will showcase an eclectic collection of Chinese artifacts, illuminating China’s rich history and achievements from May 11-October 28, 2007. This exhibition was brought to Ottawa as part of a joint partnership between the CMC and the National Museum of China.
The objects that will be displayed in Treasures from China are rare and of great beauty. They include jade carvings and lacquer ware, paintings and calligraphy, silk textiles, ceramics, and bronze, gold and silver objects. Among the artifacts are a beautiful bronze zun (wine vessel) with dragon and tiger decoration from the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 B.C.), and a spectacular pottery horse and groom from the Tang Dynasty (618–907). The exhibition will trace China’s remarkable development through the ancient, dynastic and imperial periods, placing the artifacts in their historical context.
As part of the exclusive exchange between the National Museum of China and the CMC, a special exhibition showcasing the treasures of Canada’s First Peoples will be shown in Beijing in 2008 when that city hosts the Olympic Games.
Ottawa Tourism has developed a package including admission to both. “Renoir Landscapes” and “Treasures from China.” The “Renoir Landscapes & Chinese Treasures” package offers a two-night getaway for two at one of 34 different hotels, admission for two people to the two exhibits and a Rideau Centre Visitor Values coupon booklet. Prices start at US $102 (CDN$113) per person for two nights and US$123 (CDN$137) for a downtown hotel. The package can be booked online at www.ottawatourism.ca or by calling 888-OTTAWA8 (888-688-2928). Visit Ottawa Tourism at www.ottawatourism.ca
Report by Chitra Mogul
Chitra Mogul
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