• Impressionism from Monet to Matisse will be on view January 25–April 21. The CMA showcases 55 masterworks from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens. Paintings by the well-known leaders of French Impressionism including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Alfred Sisley, and paintings by America’s most noted Impressionist painters; Mary Cassatt and John Singer Sargent, are featured in this exhibition. Major modern paintings by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin and Georges Braque are on display next to the Impressionists. • Anxious Visions: The Art of Michael Northius will be on view January 8–April 7. Featuring paintings and drawings by Michael Northius, a prominent Southeastern artist, this Gallery 15 exhibition takes a wry look at the psychological conditions of contemporary life. Northius finds inspiration from old master painters and uses a nearly surrealistic and highly accomplished style to present
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