Salvador Dalí: The Late Work
High Museum of Art
August 7, 2010–January 9, 2011
The first major exhibition to
reevaluate the last half of Salvador Dalí’s career will be presented exclusively at the High Museum of Art this August. Beginning in the late 1930s, Dalí went through a radical change in which he embraced Catholicism, developed the concept of nuclear mysticism and, in effect, reinvented himself as an artist.
Ghost – Maurizio Anzeri, Ali Banisadr, Nick Goss
Luce Gallery
24 September – 28 October 2010
Luce Gallery opens the new season with a group show, and is pleased to present the works of three young artists on the international contemporary art scene: the Italian artist Maurizio Anzeri, the New Yorker of Iranian origin Ali Banisadr, and the English artist Nick Goss.
Yes and More and Yes and Yes and Why
Frye Art Museum
October 9, 2010 through January 2, 2011
The first art museum exhibition of the acclaimed Seattle performance group Implied Violence features sculptures, costumes, props, masks, video- and photo-documentation of selected past performances as well as a new performance created especially for the Frye Art Museum’s reflecting pools. Titled Implied Violence: Yes and More and Yes and Yes and Why, the exhibition will be on view October 9, 2010 through January 2, 2011.
Séance: Albert von Keller and the Occult
Frye Art Museum
Oct. 9, 2010, through Jan. 2, 2011
Major paintings by the Munich Secessionist Albert von Keller which explore the occult, mystical healing, and the life of the soul at the dawn of the twentieth century are presented in Séance: Albert von Keller and the Occult, on view Oct. 9, 2010, through Jan. 2, 2011, at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle.
Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918–1936
Guggenheim Museum
October 1, 2010–January 9, 2011
Rising from the ruins and horror of World War I, European art and culture returned to the classical past, seeking tranquility, order, and enduring values. Artists turned away from prewar experimentalism and embraced the heroic human figure and rational organization. Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918–1936 is the first exhibition in the United States to focus on the vast transformation in European culture between the world wars.
Lavery and the Glasgow Boys
Fine Art Society
27 october – 18 november 2010
The Fine Art Society has long been associated with the Glasgow Boys and it is fitting that it should mount an exhibition to celebrate the staging of the largest ever survey of this groundbreaking group of artists. This touring exhibition which begins at Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh (8 April – 1 May 2010) is timed to coincide with Pioneering Painters: The Glasgow Boys 1880-1900 held at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum that runs from April to September before transferring to the Royal Academy of Arts, London in October.
Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women
Cartoon Art Museum
October 1, 2010 – January 30, 2011
While the history of women in comics is well-documented, and the Jewish contribution to the art form widely acknowledged, Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women will be the first museum exhibit to showcase the singular voices of female Jewish artists whose revealing diaristic and confessional work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades.
American Post-War Art: The Novak/O’Doherty Collection
Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
8 September 2010 – 27 February 2011
An exhibition of 76 artworks by many of America’s leading post-war artists gifted to the IMMA Collection by art historian Barbara Novak and artist Brian O’Doherty / Patrick Ireland opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 8 September 2010.
raumlaborberlin BYE BYE UTOPIA
KUB Arena
July 18 to October 3, 2010
Starting in July 2010, the program of the KUB Arena, which was conceived as a platform for art and communication, will be activated more intensively than previously. Not so much to create an additional space for the classic presentation of contemporary art, but rather to open a venue for the negotiation of experimental forms of presentation and artistic production. The new program will be launched with a contribution from the architects collective raumlaborberlin (lit.: space laboratory Berlin).
A Cross Section
OSRAM ART GALLERY
26 July until 19 November 2010
The new exhibition, which is comprised of works from the company’s collection, focuses on the work “Echo,” a new acquisition by the Berlin-based artist Katja Eckert. The pair of images reflects the collection’s interest in the dialogue between painting and photography. Various methods of approaching and appropriating reality are concealed behind the seemingly media-specific subject matter.
Snippets from the Bright and from the Shade: The Camera Work of David J. Spear
Missoula Art Museum
September 3 – December 23, 2010
Missoula Art Museum (MAM) is pleased to present Snippets from the Bright and from the Shade: The Camera Work of David J. Spear. David Spear has long journeyed with camera in hand. From his high school days in Connecticut when he walked into his school’s newspaper pronouncing himself a photographer, through his early years in Montana, and onto the present, he has carried a camera, refining the craft of shutter speed and decisive moment.
George Wentz: Joie de Vivre
Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET)
July 24 – Sept. 26 2010
The Southeast Texas community lost a beloved friend with the death of artist George Wentz in March 2010. Fortunately, his joy lives on through his vibrant artwork collected by many and will be featured in an exhibition at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) from July 24 through Sept. 26. An opening reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, July 23 to remember Wentz. It will include a gallery talk by Andy Coughlan of the artist’s life and work.