DISCOUNTED ADMISSION TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PRESALE FOR CLARK ART INSTITUTE’S ‘SPLENDOR, MYTH, AND VISION’ EXHIBITION

Special Offer Available May 19–23 Only 

For Immediate Release
May 10, 2016

Williamstown, Massachusetts—The Clark Art Institute announces a special ticket offer for the summer exhibition Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes from the Prado, opening Saturday, June 11. Order admission tickets online (clarkart.edu/visit) from May 19 through May 23 and save twenty percent by using coupon code PRADO2016.

Splendor, Myth, and Vision brings twenty-eight exceptional works from Spain’s Museo Nacional del Prado to the Clark in an exclusive exhibition of Old Master paintings of the nude. Twenty-four of these works have never before been shown in the United States. Included in this sensuous exhibition are major paintings by Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, Jacopo Tintoretto, Diego Velázquez, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Guercino, Nicolas Poussin, Luca Giordano, Guido Reni, Jusepe de Ribera, and others.

Tickets are available online only May 19–23; no phone orders. Discounts are not valid on combination tickets.

ABOUT THE CLARK

The Clark Art Institute, located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. Opened in 1955, the Clark houses exceptional European and American paintings and sculpture, extensive collections of master prints and drawings, English silver, and early photography. Acting as convener through its Research and Academic Program, the Clark gathers an international community of scholars to participate in a lively program of conferences, colloquia, and workshops on topics of vital importance to the visual arts. The Clark library, consisting of more than 240,000 volumes, is one of the nation’s premier art history libraries. The Clark also houses and co-sponsors the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art.

The Clark is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm. Admission is $20; free year-round for Clark members, children 18 and younger, and students with valid ID. For more information, visit clarkart.edu or call 413 458 2303.

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