In the world of art exhibitions, there is nothing quite like opening a show that is timed perfectly with the publication of a featured <a href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/t-magazine/art/photographs-old-master-still-lifes-book.html?action=click&contentCollection=T%20Magazine&pgtype=imageslideshow&module=RelatedArticleList&region=CaptionArea&version=SlideCard-1″ target=”_blank”>article</a> in the <em>New York Times Style </em>section. Typically these moments are reserved for the one percent of artists with very well-established reputations, and even then, luck like this falls on only the very few.
That makes it all the more amazing that Easton’s <a href=”https://www.academyartmuseum.org/” target=”_blank”>Academy Art Museum </a>and photographer <span class=”il”>Paulette</span> Tavormina find themselves in that envied position with the launch of the “Seizing Beauty” exhibit last Friday.
Curator Anke Van Wagenberg and Tavormina are understandably delighted by this kind of special attention to the photographer’s very first museum exhibit. But after two years of hard work, including the production of a book, they have good reason to feel satisfaction.
And so will the viewers of Seizing Beauty. It is a remarkable moment for photography.
Last Friday morning, the Spy caught up with Paulette about her work and her love of the Old Masters.
<em>The exhibition will be on display through July 10, 2016 at the Academy Art Museum. Curator-Led Tours will be held on Wednesday, May 4 at 12 noon and Wednesday, June 15 at 12 noon. For further information visit academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.</em>
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