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Lenore Tawney: Mirror of the Universe to open at John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
A series of four exhibitions explores Lenore Tawney’s life and impact, offering a personal and historical view into her entire body of work.

Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019 to open at the Whitney Museum of American Art

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019
This exhibition of over eighty works by more than sixty artists foregrounds how visual artists have experimented with the materials, methods, and strategies of craft over the past seven decades.

Weaving Beyond the Bauhaus on view at the Art Institute of Chicago

Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
Presented on the centenary of this foundational organization, Weaving beyond the Bauhaus traces the diffusion of Bauhaus artists such as Anni Albers and Marli Ehrman, and their reciprocal relationships with fellow artists and students across America.

Bauhaus Imaginista on view at the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland

Friday, September 20th, 2019
In celebration of the Bauhaus centennial, this exhibition at the Zentrum Paul Klee investigates the history of the Bauhaus beyond Europe. Lenore Tawney, Peruvian, ca. 1962. bauhaus imaginista (on view through January 12, 2020) traces the history of a twentieth-century transcultural exchange from the perspective of international correspondence, relationships, encounters, and resonances. Artists represented include […]

Exhibitions: Spring, 2017

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
Six 2017 spring exhibitions feature the work of Lenore Tawney.

Exhibitions: Spring, 2015

Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
Iconic works by Lenore Tawney are on view in Fiber: Sculpture 1960-Present at the Des Moines Art Center and Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft and Design, Midcentury and Today at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.

Grant Supports Conservation of Cloud Series VI

Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
A grant from the Foundation has allowed Lenore Tawney’s Cloud Series VI, 1981, in Cleveland’s Frank J. Lausche State Office Building, to be cleaned and preserved.