Matta. Fictions
Bucerius Forum, Hamburg, Germany
22 September 2012 – 6 january 2013
For the first time in decades the work of Matta (1911 – 2002) will be shown in Germany. The Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg presents around 40 mostly large-scale works by this Chilean-born artist in a focused retrospective. The exhibition Matta. Fictions stretches from Matta’s beginnings as a Surrealist through to his panoramic paintings of the 1990s.
Luminous World – Contemporary Art from the Wesfarmers Collection
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
20 October 2012 – 11 February 2013
Wolfgang Tillmans
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
6 October 2012 – 20 January 2013
Wolfgang Tillmans is one of the leading artists of his generation and is constantly in the public eye, with exhibitions all over the world. The exhibition at Moderna Museet is Tillmans’ first major show in Sweden and brings nearly twenty years of picture-making to a new audience. Moderna Museet is delighted to welcome Wolfgang Tillmans – an artist who has extended the boundaries of photography and redefined the medium of photography as an artform.
Emilio Tadini 1985 – 1997. Refugees, Philosophers, the City and the Night
Fondazione Marconi, Milan, Italy
September 19 – October 31, 2012
Fondazione Marconi is pleased to announce the exhibition Emilio Tadini 1985 – 1997. Refugees, Philosophers, the City and the Night set up on the occasion of the ten years since the death of the milanese artist.
CAPOGROSSI. A Retrospective
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
september 29, 2012 –february 10, 2013
With CAPOGROSSI. A Retrospective, curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection pays tribute to a major figure in the first generation of post war artists who, with his painting Surface 210 (1957), has been represented in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation since 1958.
Son et Lumière, et sagesse profonde
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
September 15, 2012 – March 17, 2013
On the face of it, it seems that modern civil society has secured freedom and material abundance through economic development, science and technology. In our information-oriented society, speed, comfort, and convenience are regarded both as beneficial and wholesome values. At the same time, however, in order to facilitate the pursuit of these benefits, human life has become more and more regimented.
Bonjour Picasso!
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
September 22, 2012—January 27, 2013
Pablo Picasso, heralded as one of the most important artists of all time, was a deep and complex man who revolutionized twentieth-century art through his enthusiastic embrace of all mediums: paintings, collages, drawings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, stage sets and costumes. Now The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents an intimate portrait of this groundbreaking artist with the opening of Bonjour Picasso! Sept. 22.
Gerri Sayler: Evanescent
Missoula Art Museum
October 5, 2012 – January 31, 2013
The installation Evanescent in the Travel Montana Lobby in the Andrew Precht Addition of the MAM was created by Moscow, ID artist Gerri Sayler. Sayler created the site-specific work in response to her study, exploration, and understanding of Glacial Lake Missoula. Appropriately, the title Evanescent is defined as, “Ephemeral or transitory, likely to vanish quickly like vapor” and expresses exactly the essence of the installation.
Re-Azione (Re-Action) – Andrea Martinucci
Fabbrica Borroni, Milan, Italy
13 September – 4 October 2012
The idea of an exhibition in which the audience is not a mere spectator, but the main protagonist, the essential part of the exhibition path, is the core of Re-Azione (Re-Action), the art project which Andrea Martinucci shows at Fabbrica Borroni, from September 13th to October 4th. Afterwards the exhibition will be hosted in the institutional spaces of San Cesareo’s Library, next to Rome, from October 19th.
Terry Evans
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA
Oct. 20 – Jan. 20, 2013.
One of the nation’s finest landscape photographers, Terry Evans, is widely recognized for her views of the Midwest prairie, its people, and its artifacts. Her first retrospective, Heartland: The Photographs of Terry Evans, opens at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on Oct. 20 and runs through Jan. 20, 2013.
Gauguin and the Voyage to the Exotic
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
9 October 2012 to 13 January 2013
To coincide with the celebration of the Museum’s 20th Anniversary, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza will be presenting Gauguin and the Voyage to the Exotic, opening on 9 October.
Espoused
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, USA
September 22, 2012 through January 6, 2013
The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) presents Espoused, a vibrant group exhibition on view Sept. 22, 2012 through Jan. 6, 2013 featuring 36 contemporary Texas artists who are partners either in marriage, as significant others or as a collaborative team.