Indian Highway
MAXXI
22 September 2011 – 29 January 2012
The exhibition is an itinerant collective show that, through a vast selection of works, presents the multiform panorama of the Contemporary Indian artistic scene. Indian Highway offers an exciting opportunity to learn about Indian artistic research and constitutes the first investigation by an Italian museum of the art of this fascinating country.
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.
Silent Echoes: Collection Exhibition II
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
September 17, 2011 – April 8, 2012
How did it come? For a minute the opening balanced from one side to the other. Like a walk or march. Like God strutting in the night. The outside of her was suddenly froze and only that first part of the music was hot inside her heart.
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.
Digital Agency Publicis Modem Hosts “Kings of Hip-Hop” Exhibition for Artist Borbay WHAT: Digital agency Publicis Modem hosts “Kings of Hip-Hop” exhibition for artist Borbay debuting paintings of rap’s most influential artists with likenesses of with likenesses of Jay-Z, Kanye West, Diddy, Lil Wayne, Dr. Dre, Eminem and Snoop Dogg. Artist and special guests in […]
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 […]