The Museum has several works of art from its collection going out on loan in the coming months that will be part of two exhibitions.
Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within
– Isamu Noguchi Foundation & Garden Museum, Long Island City, NY (March 20–July 28, 2024)
– The Cranbrook Art Museum (October 2024–February 2025)
– The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (March–May 18, 2025)
– Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI (September 8–December 23, 2025)
– The Honolulu Museum of Art (February–July 2026)
The following 2 works will be on loan for the full exhibition tour (March 20, 2024–July 2026):
Two-Spouted Vessel, 1950s, stoneware, 10 x 8 1/4 in. Allentown Art Museum: Gift of Toshiko Takaezu, 2007. (2007.29.6)
Moon, 1990s, stoneware, hand-built, 25 x 22 in. Allentown Art Museum: Gift of Toshiko Takaezu, 2006. (2006.33.9)
The following 3 works will be displayed only at the Noguchi Museum only (Mar. 20–July 28, 2024):
Egg, n.d., stoneware, 28 x 24 in. Allentown Art Museum: Gift of Toshiko Takaezu, 2006 (2006.33.7)
Closed Form, Ocean Edge series, 1993, stoneware, 8 3/8 in. Allentown Art Museum: purchase, Edwin Schadt Trust, 1996. (1996.14.2)
Mutation, 1970s, wool, silk, linen, and rayon, 92 x 150 in. Allentown Art Museum: Gift of Toshiko Takaezu, 2007 (2007.29.1)
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Paris 1924: The Art of the Olympics
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England (July 5–November 3, 2024)
Helen Willis, designer (American, 1905-1998), StehliSilkS Corp., manuf. (American subsidiary of Swiss textile manufacturer, founded 1840) A Game of Tennis Dress Fabric, from the Americana Prints Series, 1926, printed silk crepe. Overall: 20 1/4 x 38 7/8 in. Allentown Art Museum: Gift of Kate Fowler Merle-Smith, 1978. (1978.026.165)