Americans in London.(Report from Europe)(three exhibitions in London)

There is a noticeably American accent to three exhibitions currently in London. At the National Gallery two exhibitions explore the role of Paris as the center of the art world in the second half of the nineteenth century and its role as a magnet for American art students, artists, and collectors from the 1860s. Americans in Paris 1860-1900, of which the curator is Kathleen Adler and the sponsor the banking group Rothschild, is on view until May 21. It includes work by such well-known artists as James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent, alongside less familiar ones like Henry Ossawa Tanner, Ellen Day Hale, and Cecilia Beaux.

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The accompanying catalogue, with essays by the curator and other scholars, is distributed in North America by Yale University Press. Following its London showing, the exhibition will be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from June 25 until September 24, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from October 17 until January 28, 2007.

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A complementary show entitled Mary Cassatt: Prints is on view at the National Gallery until May 7. It contains nineteen prints by the artist from the collection of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. The accompanying catalogue is written by Kathleen Adler, who is also the curator of this exhibition. It is distributed in North America by ...