THE JOHN AND MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART

5401 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34243 www.ringling.org

Accredited by the American Association of Museums

Governor

The Honorable Rick Scott

The Florida State University

Dr. Eric J. Barron, President

Office of the Provost

Sally E. McRorie, Vice President for Faculty Development

Executive Director

Steven High

Board of Directors

Clifford L. Walters, III*, Chair

Michael E. Urette, Vice Chair

Michael R. Pender Jr.*, Treasurer

Michéle D. Redwine*, Secretary

Martin A. Arch

Sara A. Bagley*

Madeleine H. Berman*

Daniel J. Denton

Rebecca Donelson*

George R. Ellis

Kenneth J. Feld

Casey Gonzmart

Priscilla M. Greenfield

J. Roderick (Rod) Heller, III

Patrick J. Hennigan

Paul G. Hudson*

Dorothy C. Jenkins

Thomas W. Jennings

Patricia R. Lombard*

Thomas B. Luzier*

John M. McKay*

Nancy J. Parrish*

Roger C. Pettingell*

Ina L. Schnell*

Jane Skogstad*

Linda Streit

Howard C. Tibbals*

James B. Tollerton*

Helga M. Wall-Apelt*

Ex-Officio Board Members

Wilmer I. Pearson*, Chair, Volunteer Services Advisory Council

James M. LeTellier*, President, Members Council

Joan Uranga*, President Docent Advisory Council

Collections are the very core of a museum’s mission. We rely on our collections to provide the foundation and content that supports the Ringling’s educational programs, outreach, scholarship and interpretation. Our collection began with John Ringling’s vision to leave a lasting legacy to the citizens of Florida. He set out to build a collection, and an art museum, that would carry his and Mable’s names forever. But the growth of the collection didn’t end with Mr. Ringling’s passing. Since 1936 the collection has expanded in remarkable ways and diverse directions, but always with his initial vision at its center. With this issue of RINGLING we celebrate our many different and evolving collections.

One of the first works that John Ringling acquired for the collection was Paolo Veronese’s Rest on the Flight into Egypt. This beautiful painting is the centerpiece of our much anticipated exhibition, Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice, organized by our Curator of European Art, Dr. Virginia Brilliant. This exhibition is the most significant look at Veronese in more than twenty years and highlights Veronese’s status as Renaissance Venice’s most elegant master. Featuring new scholarship on Veronese, this exhibition will only be on view in Sarasota.

Two other exhibitions, Mythic Creatures of China and the Warren J. and Margot Coville Photography Collection, are drawn from sizable individual collections that came into the Ringling’s holdings in 2001 and 2012, respectively, and demonstrate the importance of continuing to attract new works and collectors to our museum. Mythic Creatures features more than 100 ceramic sculptures from the Ira and Nancy Koger Collection of Asian Ceramics, an extensive collection with a focus on Blanc de Chine of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Coville Photography Collection is our newest collection given earlier this year by Warren and Margot Coville and contains more than 1,000 photographs spanning the 20th century. The exhibition will include around 100 photographs that highlight the different areas of strength of the collection, from the photo-secession to photojournalism.

The Ringling Museum’s collections are constantly evolving and changing. Since 2010, the Museum has accepted 1,542 items into the collection. Some of these works were acquired by purchase by the museum but the vast majority came to us through the generosity of collectors/donors. To celebrate and highlight the importance of their gifts and to showcase the many areas in which we collect, the Ringling is proud to present in the West Galleries an exhibition called New Acquisitions, featuring more than fifty acquisition highlights from the past 2 ½ years. The exhibition will showcase new acquisitions in paintings, sculpture and prints, Asian art, decorative arts, contemporary glass, antiquities, photography and circus objects and posters.

I hope you will take the opportunity to visit New Acquisitions to experience firsthand the dynamic and changing landscape of the Ringling’s collections and how, perhaps, you too can leave a legacy for the future through a gift or donation.

Steven High Executive Director

4–5 Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice

A look behind the scenes with Dr. Virginia Brilliant, Curator of European Art

6–7 The Warren J. and Margot Coville Photography Collection

Inside the collection with Dr. Matthew McLendon, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art

8 New Acquisitions for the Ringling Collection

Highlights of new acquisitions from all corners of the complex on view in the Museum of Art West Galleries

R1-R16 Calendar-at-a-Glance

Save the dates. Highlights of new programs including Collecting Recollections: Oral History at the Ringling Museum, Photography on Film and Yoga on the Terrace

Plus, a new season of Member favorites including Gallery Walk & Talks, ViewPoints, and performances from the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota and the Artists of Our Time from the Hermitage Artists Retreat

9 Ringling Around the World

Follow works from the permanent collection as they travel around the world

10-11 A Grand Gift for the Circus Museum

A mural documenting The Greatest Show on Earth

12–13 New Stages: Contemporary Performance at the Historic Asolo Theater

A new season and new artists explore the narrative of human relations

14–15 Membership and The Power of Philanthropy

Inspiring gifts and kind words from our treasured Museum family

Related programs

Members Only Preview

Thursday December 6, 5:00-7:00 pm

Join fellow Members and be the first to see the special exhibition. Light Bites and cash bar. Open to all Ringling Museum members and their guests based on their guest benefits. Call 941.360.7332 for information.

ViewPoint: Grand Collectors and their Grand Canvases: Veronese in England

Saturday, December 8, 10:30 am

Historic Asolo Theater

Peter Humfrey

Professor of Art History, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Save the Dates: Symposium: Paolo Veronese

Friday, March 8 - Saturday, March 9

Look for Gallery Walk & Talks

January - April, 2013

Purchase the catalogue accompanying the exhibition Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice.

$55.00 / On sale in the Museum Store in December 2012