Opening Celebration of the Surrealist Revolution in America and Juanita Guccione
The Surrealist Revolution in America in the Main Gallery
& Juanita Guccione: Otherwhere in the Spotlight and History Galleries
Opening Celebration Saturday, July 27 from 5 to 7:30 pm
On exhibition from July 27 through October 27, 2019
Napa Valley Museum Yountville celebrates the opening of
The Surrealist Revolution in America in the Main Gallery
& Juanita Guccione: Otherwhere in the Spotlight and History Galleries
Opening Night Celebration Tickets: Free for Napa Valley Museum Yountville Members (subject to verification); Non-Members: $20.00. Includes Museum & Exhibition Admission. Proceeds benefit the Napa Valley Museum Yountville’s 501c3 nonprofit arts and education programs.
“The Surrealist Revolution in America,” on exhibition in the Main Gallery, presents original paintings, drawings and objects by giants of the Surrealist Movement, including Enrico Donati, Jimmy Ernst, David Hare, Gerome Kamrowski, Gordon Onslow Ford and Kurt Seligmann, representing some of their strongest and most groundbreaking work. In the Spotlight and History Galleries, the first comprehensive exhibition of Juanita Guccione,one of the most intriguing “lost” figures in modern art, includes painting and sculpture. A related “Rediscovering Women Artists” conference will take place in October. The Opening Celebration for both exhibits will take place on Saturday July 27 from 5 to 7:30, and tickets are FREE for Museum members and $20 for non-members. Please reserve or purchase your tickets in advance.
For more information about the exhibitions, or to join the Museum, please visit www.napavalleymuseum.org.
Regular Daily Museum Admission for this exhibition is: $15: Adult (age 18-64); $7.50: Seniors (65+) and Kids under 18. Admission is Free for Museum Members, residents of the California Veterans Home and Active Duty Military.
The Napa Valley Museum Yountville is located at 55 Presidents Circle in Yountville and is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 11 to 4 pm. Visit www.napavalleymuseum.org for more information about the exhibitions, memberships and tickets.
IMAGE: ENRICO DONATI IN HIS STUDIO, 1950’S, PHOTO BY TONY VACCARO