“Weegee’s Bowery will look back to the Bowery in the 1940s and 1950s through a selection of images by Arthur Fellig, the legendary New York press photographer — better known as Weegee. The 39 prints on view have been chosen by ICP Weegee specialist Christopher… Read More
Monthly archives of “April 2016”
But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, April 29 – October 5, 2016
“The exhibition enables viewers to experience a range of concerns among artists from a variety of access points to showcase the cross-circulation of knowledge. One of them is the migration of ideas and peoples in an age of anxiety, when civil liberties and freedom of movement have… Read More
The Roof Garden Commission: Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) by Cornelia Parker at The Met Fifth Avenue, April 19 – October 31, 2016
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “A large-scale sculpture by acclaimed British artist Cornelia Parker, inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper and by two emblems of American architecture—the classic red barn and the Bates family’s sinister mansion from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film Psycho—will comprise the fourth… Read More
Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World at The Met Fifth Avenue, April 18 – July 17, 2016
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “The conquests of Alexander the Great transformed the ancient world, making trade and cultural exchange possible across great distances. Alexander’s retinue of court artists and extensive artistic patronage provided a model for his successors, the Hellenistic kings, who came to rule over much of his… Read More
Giorgio Morandi at Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA), through June 25, 2016
“Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) is one of the best known Italian artists of the 20th century. The exhibition focuses on the artist’s rarely seen works from the 1930s—the decade when Morandi reached full artistic maturity and developed his distinctive pictorial language. These works until now have remained relatively little… Read More
Drawing Dialogues: Selections from the Sol LeWitt Collection at The Drawing Center, April 15 – June 12, 2016
Drawing Dialogues: Selections from the Sol LeWitt Collection features over one hundred works in drawing, sculpture, photography, print, and installation by more than sixty artists from the artist’s extraordinary collection, as well as select works by LeWitt. The show concentrates on minimal and conceptual drawing, which forms the… Read More
Anti-Semitism 1919-1939 at New-York Historical Society Museum & Library, April 12 – July 31, 2016
“Anti-Semitism is among the most harrowing topics of 20th-century history,” said Dr. Louise Mirrer, President and CEO, New-York Historical Society. “While it is painful to see artifacts from a culture of hatred, understanding how such a horrifying moment in history developed is fundamental to helping us better grasp… Read More
Converging Lines: Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt at The Cleveland Museum of Art, April 3 – July 31, 2016
“Converging Lines: Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt explores the close friendship between two significant American artists of the postwar era: Eva Hesse (1936–1970) and Sol LeWitt (1928–2007). While their practices diverged in numerous ways, this exhibition illuminates the crucial impact of their friendship on both… Read More
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