Striking still lifes, regal Rembrandts and gleaming silver are just a few of the treasures on view in a new exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd. “Dutch Art in a Global Age,” combines an impressive collection from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston with complementary pieces from the Kimbell. “In the galleries you’ll witness the world’s first multinational corporations, the Dutch West India and Dutch East India companies, as reflected through the cultural output of the Netherlands,” Eric Lee, director of the Kimbell Art Museum, said.
If you go What: Dutch Art in a Global Age When: Nov. 10, 2024 – Feb. 9, 2025 Where: Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd.
, Fort Worth Admission: $14-$18 for nonmembers; free for members. Maps with vast webs of crisscrossing trade routes help contextualize the global influence of the Netherlands in the 1600s. “With trade networks that stretch from Asia to the Americas and Africa, the Dutch oversaw an unprecedented movement of goods, ideas and people, giving rise to what many consider the first age of globalization and sparking an artistic boom,” Lee continued.
Still lifes from artists like Willem Claesz Heda, Jan Davidsz de Heem and Adriaen Coorte show off the exotic shells, precious metals and luxury goods such as tobacco that were status symbols at the time. The ability to travel back in time is further aided by likenesses carefully studied and painted by the likes of masters like Rembrandt and Jan de Bray.