Architectural Paintings. From Renaissance to 18th Century.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
18 October 2011 – 22 January 2012
On 18 October the Museo Thyssen‐Bornemisza and Fundación Caja Madrid will be inaugurating the exhibition Architectural Paintings. From Renaissance to 18th Century.
Jiga Daizessan – My Artwork Amazes Me
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
November 23, 2011 – March 20, 2012
In today’s society, with its passion for efficiency and ease of understanding, are we not inclined to seek guidelines—even in our creative activities, which by nature should be spontaneous and free? Are we not inclined to seek reasons and standards of evaluation for what to make and how to make it?
The Photographs of Brett Weston
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
23 Nov., 2011 – 1 April, 2012
Over his long and prolific career, photographer Brett Weston (1911-1993) exemplified the modernist aesthetic. The son of famed photographer Edward Weston (1886-1958), Brett Weston was a “natural” with the camera. The Photographs of Brett Weston, Nov. 23, 2011, through April 1, 2012, presents a condensed survey of his career of about 40 prints at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
The FLAG Art Foundation Announces Two New Exhibitions NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The FLAG Art Foundation, an exhibition space for contemporary art, today announced two upcoming exhibitions: Art2, a group exhibition on the 9th floor, and Jane Hammond: Fallen, a monumental ongoing installation consisting of over 4,000 unique handmade leaves each inscribed […]
Necrorealism
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
September 13 – October 30, 2011
Necrorealism emerged in the early 1980s in Leningrad, founded by Evgeny Yufit, artist and independent film director. Necrorealism overturned the established Soviet concept of death as the only possible heroic ‘death in the name of Motherland’. Necrorealism was born as a social protest, full of absurdity and black humor, and based on forensic medicine textbooks.
Monique Frydman
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
November 23, 2011 – March 20, 2012
The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa will present a major individual exhibition of the work of Monique FRYDMAN, an important French woman artist.
Tony Bennett: Portrait of An Artist The Photography of Kelsey Bennett and Josh Cheuse Celebrating New Music Collaborations From Tony Bennett’s New Album DUETS II NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The Morrison Hotel Gallery SoHo is thrilled to present a special press preview and reception for Tony Bennett: Portrait of An Artist, the […]
To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
15 Oct. – 8 Jan., 2012
During the turbulent 1940s, artist George Ault (1891-1948) created eerie and evocative paintings that are some of the most original made during those years. To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America, organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., will be on view at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Oct. 15 through Jan. 8, 2012.
Calgary artist represents Canada at prestigious Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris CALGARY, Sept. 14, 2011 /CNW/ – Work by Calgary visual artist, Jim Pescott, has been selected for the prestigious Saloon 2011 SNBA in Paris to be held at the Carrousel du Louvre, in Paris, December 8-11, 2011. The exhibition […]
Small Press Spotlight on Karen Luk
Cartoon Art Museum
September 26 – December 4, 2011
Beginning on September 26, 2011, the Cartoon Art Museum’s ongoing Small Press Spotlight will feature the art of Karen Luk.
Seven Screens
Herlinde Koelbl : Captivated by the look in your eye
OSRAM Building
9 November 2011 until 15 May 2012
The tenth video installation for the SEVEN SCREENS, which is to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the scheme’s inception, is devoted to people: the acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Herlinde Koelbl focuses on the meaning of our sense of sight.
Art Institute of Chicago
May 23-September 3, 2012
This exhibition, the first assessment of the full scope and breadth of Roy Lichtenstein’s career since his death in 1997, aims to offer a new, scholarly assessment of the work of this foremost Pop artist. Lichtenstein is an artist whose work is widely known, reproduced, copied, and parodied–he is an artist that we seem to know well but in fact the true diversity and complexity of his oeuvre is little understood.