Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past
Asian Art Museum
May 18–September 2, 2012
This May, the Asian Art Museum debuts Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past, an ambitious exhibition exploring the complex, diverse, cross-cultural perspectives of Asian cosmology and spirituality through a compelling interplay of 140 artworks from the past and present.

An International Art Project on The Move

BEIJING, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire / — Famous Chinese artists Feng JianHua, Nie Ming and Zhang Jin join in an international creative art project named BOLERO that will be exhibited in 798 on 1 May 2012.
Bolero is a nomad exhibition that grows like a caravan enlarging during a trip in the desert. Starting point is a local newspaper where in each country several artists are invited to make a work of art and join Bolero. The works of art are presented in print form.
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Art Crafting towards the Future
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Saturday, April 28 – Friday, August 31, 2012
“Art Crafting towards the Future” inquires into the contemporary validity of kôgei (Japanese artisan craft) and universalness of its appeal.”

Parcours
Art Institute of Chicago
April 21 – September 9, 2012
Parcours –a French word for “route” or “path”–in the United States designates an educational or exercise trail, a loop marked by sights or gymnastics, always with explanatory texts and often with diagrammatic drawings as well. It is, one could say, an outdoor exhibition circuit for the improvement of one’s mind and body. The Art Institute of Chicago’s own Parcours–a sort of model exhibition and conceptual art project–presents a similarly conceived itinerary indoors and online.

Lucian Freud Portraits
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
July 1-October 28, 2012
One of the most ambitious exhibitions of the paintings and drawings by Lucian Freud ever organized will open at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, July 1, 2012. With over 100 paintings and works on paper loaned from museums and private collections throughout the world, Lucian Freud Portraits is organized by the National Portrait Gallery, London and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in close partnership with the late Lucian Freud.