Caravaggio
Scuderie del Quirinale
February 20th – June 13 2010
Caravaggio was not a prolific painter because his life often interfered with his art. Yet over the centuries many works have been attributed to him – for some these are simply too many, for others they are just dubious”.
Art Fair Tokyo 2010
Tokyo International Forum – Exhibition Hall & Lobby Gallery
April 2 – April 4, 2010
ART FAIR TOKYO, the largest fair of its kind in Japan, began in 2005. This year it celebrates its fifth anniversary. Featuring contemporary art, modern art, nihonga and ukiyoe, in addition to other Asian works of art and antiques, ART FAIR TOKYO is known throughout the world for both the wide genres and periods it covers and for the quality of its exhibits.
Icons of Costume: Hollywood’s Golden Era and Beyond
Michener Art Museum
April 17 – September 5, 2010
The James A. Michener Art Museum has organized an exhibition of Hollywood fashions worn by such classic stars as Loretta Young, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn and James Dean, as well as costumes and accessories used in more recent films featuring Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner and Sean Connery.
The Essence of Things. Design and the Art of Reduction
Vitra Design Museum
20.03.2010 – 19.09.2010
Introduction
Do financially difficult conditions automatically lead to more economical and longer-lasting products? In this current discussion, both Darwinist model of the “survival of the fittest” as well as design icons from past crisis-ridden eras are presented as arguments.
Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Part I: March 26–September 6, 2010
Part II: June 4–September 1, 2010
Much of contemporary photography and video seems haunted by the past, by the history of art, by apparitions that are reanimated in reproductive mediums, live performance, and the virtual world. By using dated, passé, or quasi-extinct stylistic devices, subject matter, and technologies, such art embodies a longing for an otherwise unrecuperable past.




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