Gruene Hall, Dec. 14-15, 9 p.m., jerryjeff.com HOUSTON Sketches of Spain The highlight of "Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces From the Prado," the two-city exhibition that made its debut in Brisbane, Australia, before heading to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts, is three sets of works by Francisco de Goya that foreshadowed his psychedelic-realism style.
Biographer Rober Shelton includes "Wigwam" among the "quality" songs on Self Portrait, describing it as "hard to forget"; it is also one of the "AllMusic Picks" of the highlights of Self Portrait, and Michael Gray similarly rates it as one of the "best tracks" on the album.
These are some of the highlights of a portrait of the rental market, drawn from an analysis of the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey carried out in the spring of 2002 and recently released for independent analysis.
One of the highlights of this portrait of Mexico City's rebellious character are the rural elements that remind us of the city's origins and that constitute a form of resistance by themselves, managing to defeat the very urban definition of a city.
The group's overview of Ms. Saariaho's chamber music at Roulette on Wednesday evening ended with "Terrestre" (2002), a high-energy essay that was also a highlight of the Composer Portrait devoted to Ms. Saariaho that the ensemble presented at the Miller Theater in 2009.
The first performance of his latest, Horns Strings And Harmony, is the highlight of BCMG's Mason portrait concert.
The history of "naive art" highlights a portrait of American identity between the World Wars: one that eschewed the tastes of the upper class for a populist (and popular) narrative that was thought to resound with the public, especially in times of economic distress due to the Depression and to social unrest because of World War I and world tensions leading to World War II.
A highlight is the first American viewing of "Portrait of a Dancer" (1928), composed of a feather and a piece of cork attached with a hatpin to unprimed canvas.
For the first time in its history, the Frick family's private living quarters on the second floor will be open to the public, helping to create 30percentt more exhibition space — including a permanent gallery for the new Scher Collection of portrait medals — and highlighting the experience of seeing art in an elegant home.
1. 3 30 p.m. | National Portraits One highlight of the Auckland Art Gallery (Corner Kitchener and Wellesley Streets; aucklandartgallery.com; free), which reopened in September 2011 after a three-year expansion, is the gallery of turn-of-the-century portraits depicting Maori leaders, many with exquisite tattoos.
"Solon Borglum: Silvermine Visionary," on display through Sept. 6 at the Viewing Room of Silvermine Galleries in New Canaan, will highlight the bronze portrait sculptures of Borglum, a rancher in Nebraska and sculptor of Western themes: horses, cowboys and Indians.
