Storied Past: Four Centuries of French Drawings from the Blanton Museum of Art
Opens July 3
Fifty-five enchanting drawings chronicle the development of the medium in France from the Renaissance to 1900. See 17th- and 18th-century drawings influenced by the prestigious Royal Academy in Paris, 19th- and 20th-century works that illuminate the social, economic, and political changes transforming France, and more. Related lecture by Cantor curator Elizabeth Mitchell, July 18. Learn more

Inspired by Temptation: Odilon Redon and Saint Anthony
Opens July 3
French symbolist Odilon Redon often paired his art with literature. The resulting images—fantastical and dreamlike—stand alone as avant-garde works of art. This exhibition presents three lithographic albums (42 works) inspired by Gustave Flaubert’s book The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1874). In this story a third-century monk retreated to the desert to contemplate God and is assaulted by erotic visions and demonic apparitions. Learn more

A Royal Renaissance: School of Fontainebleau Prints from the Kirk Edward Long Collection
Through July 14
King Francois I of France wanted the world to know him as highly cultured; so he directed prominent engravers to record the multimedia ensembles that embellished his over-the-top royal residence at Fontainebleau. More than 30 works selected from a private collection illustrate the sophistication, extravagance, and eroticism of this courtly style. Learn more

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