Within an extremely short period of time, the collector Dr. Heinz Ploner managed to compile an outstanding collection showcasing contemporary Austrian art. Heinz Ploner began to intensively immerse himself in art and systematically collect it in 1997, having achieved success in his profession as an economist. His focus on so-called “New painting in Austria” encompassed […]
A focused examination of thirteen large-scale masterworks presented in a series of telling juxtapositions, Sculpture After Sculpture traces the parallel developments of Katharina Fritsch (b. 1956), Jeff Koons (b. 1955), and Charles Ray (b. 1953). Beginning with iconic works from the late ’80s and early ’90s, which highlight the artists’ shared relationship to the commodity […]
A journey into the heart of Man and the destiny of plastic forms. This is the profound sense of the great exhibition of Giuliano Vangi, curated by Gabriele Simongini, that will take place in Rome in the two pavillons of the Contemporary Art Museum of Rome MACRO in Testaccio with settings designed by Mario Botta […]
Between 22 October 2014 and 18 January 2015 the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza will be presenting the first major retrospective on the work of the French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, a key creative figure of the 20th century and a living legend in the history of haute couture. The exhibition, which marks the Museum’s first incursion […]
The French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici will present the exhibition The Baroque Underworld. Vice and Destitution in Rome, in the Grandes Galeries from 7 October 2014 to 18 January 2015. Curators are Francesca Cappelletti, professor of history of modern art at the University of Ferrara and Annick Lemoine, officer in charge of the […]
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents the first museum exhibition dedicated to the work of celebrated Indian modern painter Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde (1924–2001) with V. S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Painting as Life from October 24, 2014, to February 11, 2015. The retrospective will comprise forty-five major paintings and works on paper drawn from thirty […]
The exhibition Picasso and Spanish Modernity, made up of a selection of almost 90 works – 42 of them of Picasso– from the Museo Reina Sofía Collection, represents multiple approaches to the plastic and poetic foundations in Pablo Picasso’s most decisive contributions, as well as those by the Spanish artists involved in the creation of […]
The Cartoon Art Museum proudly presents artwork from the feature film The Boxtrolls, produced by LAIKA, the Portland-based animation studio owned by Nike co-founder and Chairman Philip H. Knight, and released nationwide by Focus Features on September 26, 2014. The exhibition features concept art and puppets from the upcoming film, LAIKA’s third stop-motion animated film […]
September 20, 2014–January 19, 2015 @PeggyGuggenheim Venice One can’t rise off the ground by running or jumping: one needs wings Piero Manzoni The exhibition AZIMUT/H. Continuity and Newness is a tribute to the post World War II neo-avantgarde in Italy, currently of widespread interest to critics, curators and the general public, and in particular to […]
Mid-Sentence at Moderna Museet is Nina Canell’s first solo exhibition in Sweden. She has previously exhibited at a number of prominent international museums and institutions. Canell’s works generally consist of materials that are normally used for specific purposes – such as nails, electricity, air, water, chewing gum and sound. In this exhibition, they trigger associations […]
The exhibition A Way of Life – Swedish Photography from Christer Strömholm until Today features more than 350 works by 29 photographers from Moderna Museet’s rich collection of photography. From the seminal Christer Strömholm, via influences such as Anders Petersen, Tuija Lindström and Kenneth Gustavsson, to three younger, current photographers, the exhibition highlights the intimate […]
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Aug. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Internationally acclaimed performance artist Marina Abramovic and Mana Contemporary announce Marina Abramovic Institute at Mana: A 72-Hour Continuous Workshop from October 16-19th, 2014. This groundbreaking event is the U.S. debut of a Marina Abramovic Institute (MAI) workshop and will take place at Mana Glass Gallery, a 50,000-square-foot column-free exhibition […]