Peggy and Solomon R. Guggenheim: The Avant-Gardes of Abstraction
Church of San Marco
February 20 – May 30, 2010
The exhibition Peggy and Solomon R. Guggenheim: The Avant-Gardes of Abstraction opens to the public on 20 February 2010, in the Arca exhibition space in the former Church of San Marco, Vercelli.
The subversion of images
Surrealism, Photography, and Film
Fotomuseum Winterthur
27 February – 23 May 2010
The Surrealist avant garde considered itself to be a revolutionary countermovement to the bourgeois system of values. Through new imagery, they investigated existence during the interwar period, a time of great social and political instability, and they deconstructed received ways of seeing and thinking through various artistic strategies. Photography seemed to best fulfill the Surrealists’ needs as their medium of choice.
Small Press Spotlight on Jamaica Dyer
Cartoon Art Museum
March 20 – June 13, 2010
Beginning on March 20, 2010, the Cartoon Art Museum’s ongoing Small Press Spotlight will feature the art of Jamaica Dyer.
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”.
Design Real Serpentine Gallery 26 November 2009 – 7 February 2010
Desirée Holman Hammer Museum November 8, 2009 – January 31, 2010
Chen Qiulin Hammer Museum September 29, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Rob Fischer Hammer Museum November 28, 2009 – April 1, 2010
Sharon Lockhart: Pine Flat Portrait Studio Hammer Museum September 27, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Zoran Music. Estreme figure Palazzo Franchetti – Venice from 3 December 2009 to 7 March 2010. Venice pays homage to Zoran Music (Gorizia 1909 – Venice 2005) with a major, highly refined exhibition commemorating the centenary of the artist’s birth. An artist of international standing, viewed as one of the key figures of the twentieth […]
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb Hammer Museum October 24, 2009 – February 7, 2010
The seventh edition of the International Biennale of Contemporary Art Florence from 5th – 13th December 2009. The seventh edition of the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place at the historic Fortezza da Basso from 5th – 13th December 2009. 650 artists coming from 78 countries will be exhibiting more than 2.000 artworks […]
