• “Fruit, Flowers, and Shells” by Balthasar van der Ast (1620–29) will be one of several bird-themed artworks on display at TMA’s new exhibition, “Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820,” open April 24 to July 25.
    “Fruit, Flowers, and Shells” by Balthasar van der Ast (1620–29) will be one of several bird-themed artworks on display at TMA’s new exhibition, “Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820,” open April 24 to July 25.

    The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) will present “Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820” from April 24 to July 25.

    The exhibition, curated by TMA’s head of interpretive projects and managing editor Paula Reich, will showcase the museum’s recent acquisition of the important six-volume series “Ornithologie,” written by Mathurin-Jacques Brisson, illustrated by François-Nicolas Martinet and …