Tyler Green Modern Art Notes

The winner of MAN’s America’s Favorite Art Museum Tourney is the Toledo Museum of Art. Toledo defeated the Clark Art Institute. 75.7%-24.3%. Over 5,000 votes were cast in the final and I’d estimate that over 75,000 votes were cast over the course of the tournament. [Image: Toledo's SANAA-designed Glass Pavilion with its 1912 Green & Wachter building in the background. Info on TMA's seven-building campus is here. Image via Flickr user taihw.]

So, how did Toledo win? I think the breakdown in this post holds true.

Congrats to the TMA and its fans. If you’re a coastal parochial and haven’t visited the TMA (or the other superb art museums and collections in America’s industrial heartland), consider this a nudge.

There are two museums left in MAN’s America’s Favorite Art Museum tournament: The Clark Art Institute and the Toledo Museum of Art. I’ll be sharing images of works in their collections via Twitter for the rest of the week. Voting closes Sunday at 5pm. Results will post Monday afternoon. Vote ‘em up:

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The finals are set in America’s Favorite Art Museum tournament. To the surprise of no one, the two museums who have had the most dedicated, intense support this month advance in blowouts. (And, in Toledo’s case, likely aided — though not decisively — by the Toledo Blade’s coverage of the tourney.) Voting in the finals begins Wednesday and will run through Sunday.

• Toledo Museum of Art d. Cleveland Museum of Art 76%-24%.
• Clark Art Institute d. Philadelphia Museum of Art 77%-23%.

Here’s the second final four match-up in MAN’s America’s Favorite Art Museum tourney. The first match-up is here. Voting closes at 5pm Sunday.

Philadelphia Museum of Art on MAN: Bruce Nauman’s Days, Cezanne and Beyond (part two, three), Then were the Philly Museum visitors glad when they saw the gore. The museum’s collection website.

Clark Art Institute on MAN: Five things from my visit to the Clark last summer.  The museum’s collection website.

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We’re down to four in MAN’s America’s Favorite Art Museum tournament. The first final four match-up pits one museum that has been working social media and probably every other form of digital communication imaginable to run up huge vote totals. The passion Toledoans have for the Toledo Museum of Art is clear. The TMA’s opponent has been the tortoise of the tournament: Slow, steady, knocking off all comers. The first semi-final:

Cleveland Museum of Art on MAN: Cleveland acquires a Mark Grotjahn. Cleveland acquires an Omer Fast. [Both are on view now.] Updating 1916 in Cleveland. The museum’s collection website.

Toledo Museum of Art on MAN: Toledo acquires a 1963 Wayne Thiebaud. Toledo acquires a sexy Paul Cadmus. Childe Hassam and two-point perspective. The museum’s collection website.

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The round of eight in MAN’s America’s Favorite Art Museum tourney is the round in which the social media accounts and email lists asserted themselves most forcefully. Our final four is made up of four strong museums with four highly respected collections, but look at those margins…

Round of eight results:

• Toledo Museum of Art d. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 65%-35%.
• Cleveland Museum of Art d. Worcester Art Museum, 64%-36%.
• Philadelphia Museum of Art d. Seattle Art Museum 69%-31%.
• Clark Art Institute d. National Gallery of Art 79%-21%.

The final two match-ups in the round of eight  are below. (The first two match-ups are available here.) You can find information on the tourney and the seedings here. Part two of the second round will come tomorrow. Voting closes on Sunday at 5pm ET. Follow me on Twitter for updates on the voting.

Philadelphia Museum of Art on MAN: Bruce Nauman’s Days, Cezanne and Beyond (part two, three), Then were the Philly Museum visitors glad when they saw the gore. The museum’s collection website.

Seattle Art Museum on MAN: SAM’s novel admissions fee campaign. The museum’s collection website.

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National Gallery of Art on MAN: Mark Rothko’s black canvases in the light; Byron Kim’s Synecdoche; The mystery of the Venetian gentleman (part one, two, three, four). The museum’s collection website.

Clark Art Institute on MAN: Five things from my visit to the Clark last summer.  The museum’s collection website.

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It’s on to the elite eight in MAN’s America’s Favorite Art Museum tournament. Museums that typically receive little national attention are wielding their email lists and social media platforms with hitherto unimagined ferocity… but will MAN readers respond to their campaigns by voting for wonderful museums that may be more familiar?

The first two match-ups in the round of eight  feature four museums of a certain age, all with notable collections. (The last two match-ups will post tomorrow.) You can find information on the tourney and the seedings here. Part two of the second round will come tomorrow. Voting closes on Sunday at 5pm ET. Follow me on Twitter for updates on the voting.

Toledo Museum of Art on MAN: Toledo acquires a 1963 Wayne Thiebaud. Toledo acquires a sexy Paul Cadmus. Childe Hassam and two-point perspective. The museum’s collection website.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: The museum’s collection website.

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Worcester Art Museum on MAN: Five things. The museum’s collection website.

Cleveland Museum of Art on MAN: Cleveland acquires a Mark Grotjahn. Cleveland acquires an Omer Fast. [Both are on view now.] Updating 1916 in Cleveland. The museum’s collection website.

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The results from the round of 16 of America’s Favorite Art Museum tourney are below. Obviously a few museums are using meaty email lists to encourage supporters to vote, but one other thing stands out: Old museums with super collections are doing well.

Interesting: LACMA was ahead of the Seattle Art Museum entering the weekend. Saturday was the highest-voting day of the round of 16 — and it was also the day of LACMA’s infamous and embarrassing Twitter stunt. In the end, LACMA lost.

• Toledo Museum of Art d. MOCA, 75%-25%.
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum d. MFA Boston, 56%-44%.
• Worcester Art Museum d. Frick Collection, 51%-49%.
• Cleveland Museum of Art d. Walker Art Center, 61%-39%.
• Philadelphia Museum of Art d. SFMOMA, 58%-42%.
• Seattle Art Museum d. LACMA, 52%-48%.
• National Gallery of Art d. J. Paul Getty Museum, 67%-33%.
• Clark Art Institute d. Art Institute of Chicago,  68%-32%.

Here are the rest of the Round of 16 match-ups in MAN’s America’s Favorite Art Museum tourney! You can find information on the tourney and the seedings here. Part one of the second round is here. Voting closes on Sunday at 5pm ET. Follow me on Twitter for updates on the voting.

Philadelphia Museum of Art on MAN: Bruce Nauman’s Days, Cezanne and Beyond (part two, three), Then were the Philly Museum visitors glad when they saw the gore. The museum’s collection website.

SFMOMA on MAN: The museum turns 75 with a special collection exhibition. Brought to Light, a landmark exhibition on early photography + science (part two, three, four). SFMOMA acquires a major Emily Jacir. The museum’s collection website.

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LACMA on MAN: LACMA publishes exhibition catalogues online. The new New Topographics at LACMA, with a better catalogue. LACMA acquires an Andrea Zittel. The museum’s collection website.

Seattle Art Museum on MAN: SAM’s novel admissions fee campaign. The museum’s collection website.

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National Gallery of Art on MAN: Mark Rothko’s black canvases in the light; Byron Kim’s Synecdoche; The mystery of the Venetian gentleman (part one, two, three, four). The museum’s collection website.

J. Paul Getty Museum on MAN: A letter regarding that naughty, filthy Paul Outerbridge; Art, war and memory: a Getty Manet;  the art historical roots of the Getty Center’s Martin Puryear. The museum’s collection website.

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Art Institute of Chicago on MAN: Finding the source of Hopper’s Nighthawks; AIC to launch Lewis Baltz show, acquire major work; AIC acquires a Paul Chan; Bruce Nauman’s hanging chairs; AIC curator James Rondeau and I discuss art and 9/11. The museum’s collection website.

Clark Art Institute on MAN: Five things from my visit to the Clark last summer.  The museum’s collection website.

Polls are closed.