Free Ai Weiwei on the roof of Kunsthaus Bregenz
To put forward another sign of solidarity the phrase “Free Ai Weiwei” from today on will be placed on the roof of the Kunsthaus Bregenz in red letters (height 1.90 m).
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Out of the Dark Room at IMMA (Dublin)
Out of the Dark Room: works from The David Kronn Collection
Irish Museum of Modern Art
20 July – 9 October 2011
A new exhibition drawn from a collection of more than 450 photographs brought together by the Irish-born American collector David Kronn opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 20 July 2011. Out of the Dark Room: works from The David Kronn Collection comprises 165 photographs from the collection, which ranges in content from 19th-century Daguerreotypes to the 20th-century photography of Edward Weston and August Sander and works from award- winning contemporary photographers, such as the husband and wife team of Nicolai Howalt and Trine Søndergaard, and the Japanese photographer Asako Narahashi.
Ai Weiwei at Kunsthaus Bregenz (Austria)
Ai Weiwei – Art / Architecture
Kunsthaus Bregenz
July 16 to October 16, 2011
When Ai Weiwei was invited to mount a big solo exhibition at the Kunsthaus Bregenz one and a half years ago, no one could have foreseen the present situation. At the beginning of April 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at the Beijing Capital International Airport. Since then, up to the time of the writing of this text (May 2011), nothing has been heard of him. Neither his family nor his team knows where he is or how he is faring. No official charges have been brought to date.
Len Lye Centre (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
Crucial central government support announced today by the Minister for the Arts, Culture and Heritage the Hon. Christopher Finlayson is a critical step towards making the Len Lye Centre a reality.
Lance Girling-Butcher, New Plymouth District Councillor and Len Lye Committee Chairman, says the committee is delighted with the Minister’s announcement that the Len Lye Centre will receive support of $4 million over two years from the Government’s Regional Museums Policy for Capital Construction Costs.
Julian Schnabel at Museo Correr (Venice)
Julian Schnabel: Permanently becoming and the architecture of seeing
Museo Correr
4 June – 27 November 2011
The show “Julian Schnabel. Permanently Becoming and the Architecture of seeing” is produced and organised by Arthemisia Group in collaboration with Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, and staged thanks to the key contribution of Maybach.
Shirana Shahbazi at Fotomuseum Winterthur (Swiss)
Shirana Shahbazi – Much like Zero
Fotomuseum Winterthur
September 3 – November 13, 2011
Robert Rauschenberg’s Combine of 1955, Short Circuit, was acquired by Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago announces a major acquisition by the museum’s Department of Contemporary Art: Robert Rauschenberg‘s Combine of 1955, Short Circuit.
Barrie Cooke at IMMA (Dublin)
Barrie Cooke
Irish Museum of Modern Art
15 June -18 September 2011
A wide-ranging survey of the work of the distinguished artist Barrie Cooke, organised to mark his 80th birthday, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) on Wednesday 15 June 2011. Entitled simply Barrie Cooke, the exhibition comprises some 70 paintings and sculptures, from the Sheila-Na-Gig images and the Perspex bone boxes of the 1960s and 1970s to the nudes which have formed a constant mode of expression in his practice. Works are drawn from the Museum’s own significant holding of Cooke’s oeuvre, as well as from public and private collections.
Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos (Kansas City)
Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
June 15 – November 13
Humankind has long been fascinated with the realms above us. For more than 150 years, photographers have looked to the heavens for inspiration and personal expression.
Michelangelo Pistoletto at Serpentine Gallery (London)
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Serpentine Gallery
12 July – 17 September 2011
Michelangelo Pistoletto is one of the pre-eminent contemporary artists working today. Born in Biella, Italy, in 1933, Pistoletto was a leading figure in the development of both Arte Povera and conceptual art. He began as a painter in the mid-1950s, and in the 1960s received critical acclaim for his series of Mirror Paintings. These works broke down the traditional notions of figurative art, reflecting their surroundings and the viewer as a part of the image, linking art and life in an ever-changing spectacle.
Doris Salcedo at Moderna Museet Malmö
Doris Salcedo: Plegaria Muda
Moderna Museet Malmö
21.5-4.9 2011
Doris Salcedo is one of the foremost sculptors of our time and Moderna Museet Malmö is proud to present her first solo exhibition in Scandinavia. She exhibits a completely new work, comprising 69 sculptural units. Under the title, Plegaria Muda, these individual units fill up the entire Turbine hall with an, at times elusive, at times penetrating presence.
Siri Derkert at Moderna Museet (Stockholm)
Siri Derkert
Moderna Museet
28 May, 2011 – 4 September, 2011
Siri Derkert is one of Sweden’s most prominent artists. Her oeuvre spans from early cubism to monumental works for public spaces. In this generous retrospective, Moderna Museet presents the entire compass of Siri Derkert’s art and gives insights into her personal life and political commitment to feminism, environmentalism and peace, issues that are as relevant today as they were then, for her generation.