Art
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Exhibition: Moscow Throughout the Centuries
Date: Sep 8 2017 – Jan 21 2018 Venue: Tretyakov Gallery, Lavrushinsky per. 10 A large-scale exhibition that represents the city’s image as it evolved from the 17th to the 21st century will run from September 8, 2017 until January 21, 2018. The project aims not only to reproduce Moscow’s painted image, but also to reflect characteristic features of the tenor of life, typical traits of the city – commitment to ancient history and morals, to religion, its status of the first capital city, optimism of the Soviet era linked to the active construction of a new life. About 100 works from the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery and private…
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Marcel Lecomte: The secret chambers of surrealism
Date: October 13, 2017 to February 18, 2018 Venue: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium From 1960 to 1966, Lecomte’s contribution in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts was much appreciated. Shortly after his death, his personal archives and library were handed to the Archives of Contemporary Art. The exhibition uncovers several of these documents, as well as works by artists and writers that were dear to him, photographs, items of his correspondence, some outstanding publications of the surrealist movement, film clips and radio recordings. Both this exhibition and the Magritte Museum will be exceptionally open (7/7) – from 13.10.2017 to 18.02.2018 Source: https://www.fine-arts-museum.be
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The Art of Pastel from Degas to Redon
Venue: Le Petit Palais Date: 15 September 2017 – 8 April 2018 A selection of close to 150 pastels for the first time offers an exhaustive overview of the main artistic currents of the second half of the 19th-century, from Impressionism to Symbolism. The exhibition showcases the collection’s best paintings, including the works of Berthe Morisot, Auguste Renoir, Paul Gauguin, Mary Cassatt, and Edgar Degas; along with symbolist artists such as Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, Charles Leandre, Alphonse Osbert, Emile-Rene Menard, and a particularly remarkable collection of works by Odilon Redon; as well as society painters such as James Tissot, Jacques-Emile Blanche, Victor Prouve, and Pierre Carrier-Belleuse. The majority of the pieces…
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Cathy Busby:我们的声音
#全球艺术展览资讯#展览推荐：《Cathy Busby:我们的声音》。WE CALL是加拿大真相与和解委员会中“行动的声音”的一部分。这是Cathy Busby创造的一系列作品，旨在揭示政府混淆公民权利和其公众演讲、政策及服务的责任。同时，Cathy Busby还发布了长达五百页的报告，总结了加拿大真相与和解委员会对印度居民教育系统的代际遗产的调查。Busby的精选作品突出了在加拿大真相与和委员会的诉求下，政府、教育和文化机构开始培养社会结构中居民的领导、管理和参与力。展览名为WE CALL，由每项行动的首字母缩写而成，强调了号召者和参与者在实现结构转变中的共同责任。时间:2017年5月20日-2018年4月28日。地址:Teck Gallery,加拿大。了解更多:https://parkstone.international/2017/09/25/exhibition-cathy-busby-we-call/
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Exhibition: “NSK from Kapital to Capital. Neue Slowenische Kunst”
Date: From Jun 28, 2017 to Jan 8, 2018 Venue: The Reina Sofía National Art Museum The exhibition “NSK from Kapital to Capital. Neue Slowenische Kunst” is the first retrospective in Spain on the artist group NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst) [New Slovenian Art]. The show entitled “NSK from Kapital to Capital” displays abundante material on the group’s work in its many different forms: public events, concerts, exhibitions, theatrical productions, performance art, manifestos, interviews, and other documents and evidence. The NSK collective was a prominent part of the cultural emergence of Yugoslavia in the 1980s, during the Cold War. The Cold War itself influenced the group’s retro-futurist aesthetic, inspired by the…
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[Part 2/3] Cubism: The Bermuda Triangle
From ancient history until the end of the 18th century, artwork was evaluated according to its content. The material from which the artwork was made played a subordinate role. The premise was that an idea in its most complete and ideal state is Pablo Picasso immaterial; thus, to a great extent, the material is secondary to the idea that it is helping the artist to express. Materials were placed in the hierarchical order that was determined by how little they would impinge upon the purity of the artistic premise. Only in the 20th century did the aesthetics relating to materials take hold. Material justice now became one of the criteria…
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In Dialogue with Käthe Kollwitz: Wieland Förster
Date: 12 November 2017 to 18 February 2018 Venue: Käthe-Kollwitz Museum Berlin Wieland Förster (born 1930) is one of the important German sculptors of the postwar period. He lived through the bombing of his home city of Dresden and was imprisoned at the infamous Lager Bautzen II as young man. These experiences imbued Förster’s work with suffering. The power of his work is shown in his ability to transcend these experiences and break free from clichés, a power that he and Kollwitz shared. Presented in cooperation with the Wieland Förster Foundation at Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the Kleist-Museum Frankfurt/Oder. Source: http://www.kaethe-kollwitz.de
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Exhibition: Katanas
Date: October 9 – January 7 2018 Address: Address Slottsbacken 3, 111 30 Stockholm For nearly 1000 years, Katana swords have been used by Japanese samurais as a popular weapon of choice. They convey a set of deep cultural traditions and esthetics values as well as symbolizing prestige and power. In the exhibition Katanas you’ll both learn about the history of the famous weapon and meet some of its most iconic fictional wielders. Source: http://www.visitstockholm.com
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Exhibition: Bruce Lee: Kung Fu, Art, Life
Date: 20 July 2013 – 20 July 2018 Location: Hong Kong Heritage Museum If you have ever been a fan of Bruce Lee, you should not miss out on the exhibition “Bruce Lee, Kung Fu, Art, Life” when visiting Hong Kong. The exhibition features 600 items of Bruce Lee memorabilia from local and overseas collectors. During the exhibition, you will get the impression that Bruce Lee is not only as a film star and martial artist, but also a cultural phenomenon. As the exhibition takes a new angle in presenting the legend of Bruce Lee, you will be able to gain a greater insight into his achievements and contributions as…
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Exhibition: Bravo at the NPM
Date: August 1, 2017 – October 31, 2017 Venue: National Palace Museum of Taiwan The National Palace Museum of Taiwan will display artworks in its collection featuring bears. Examples include a bear-shaped celadon lamp from the Wu to Western Jin period. In the Qing dynasty, there are also bear-shaped vessels in bronze and jade that demonstrate the Qianlong emperor’s innovative reworking of tradition based on an ancient Han dynasty bronze bear in his collection. Also, a jade carving of a boy and a bear in embrace show the skillful use of black and white parts in the original mineral to suggest the two are dancing. These works in three different…
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