The exhibit, Capturing Nureyev: James Wyeth Paints the Dancer, includes more than 35 paintings and drawings of Rudolf Nureyev. ARTSEDGE is pleased to present a selection of the works in the exhibit here on the Web.

Use the Navigation above to learn more about the artistic collaboration between Wyeth and Nureyev, to view the Virtual Exhibit, or to focus on select works in detail.

This exhibition Capturing Nureyev: James Wyeth Paints the Dancer is organized by the William A. Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center, Rockland, Maine, in collaboration with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, New York, N.Y. Sponsored by the MBNA Foundation.

This Web site was created by ARTSEDGE to support the educational activities of the exhibit and its organizers.

Don't miss Capturing Nureyev: James Wyeth Paints the Dancer in the Education Resource Center of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, from February 7 to March 10, 2002.

Not in the Washington, DC area? You can also catch the exhibit at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Vincent Astor Gallery in New York City, New York, from March 22-May 25, 2002; and at The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, from June 8-October 20, 2002.