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Through Oct. 16. Arthur M. Sackler Museum. Free...
Those willing to venture past the flashier Degas show currently at the Sackler museum will have the pleasure of discovering “Forging the New,” the less extensive but no-less-rewarding exhibit currently on display. Despite the subtitle “East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century,” the show itself is a broader survey of all kinds of art from China, Japan, and Korea. The display of pieces ranging from classic paintings to ceramics to textiles, comprising over 75 pieces of the Sackler’s permanent collection, creates a broad...
Sachs’ primary interest lay in Degas’ sketches, and indeed many of the works on display in the Sackler were rough drawings that later developed into paintings...
Curators and museum planners say they are expecting the exhibition to attract over 40,000 people to the Sackler...
...exhibition is timed to coincide with two of the busiest months for the museums, August and October. To contain the large crowds—3,000 visitors per week are expected—the Sackler plans to cap the number of people in the exhibit at any one time...