BRUCE CONNER — I AM AN ARTIST, AN ANTI-ARTIST, A ROMANTIC, A REALIST, A POSTMODERNIST, A BEATNIK, SUBTLE, CONFRONTATIONAL, ACCESSIBLE, OBSCURE, SPIRITUAL, PROFANE. — IT’S ALL TRUE. “Bruce Conner (1933–2008) was one of the foremost American artists of the 20th century, whose transformative work defies straightforward categorization. An… Read More
Monthly archives of “June 2016”
City of the Soul: Rome and the Romantics at The Morgan Library & Museum, through September 11, 2016
“City of the Soul: Rome and the Romantics explores the broad sweep of artistic responses to this extraordinary period in Rome’s history. Featuring a variety of media—including drawings, prints, books, manuscripts, letters and photographs—the show demonstrates the continuing hold magnificent ruins and scenic vistas had on artists, even as… Read More
Echoes: City, Society, Conflict & Self in Hungarian Photography at Alma Gallery, June 24 – July 30, 2016
Echoes: City, Society, Conflict & Self in Hungarian Photography, is the second of two linked exhibitions that celebrate Hungarian photography from László Moholy-Nagy to today. The exhibition is part of Modernity X Hungary—A Festival of Hungarian Modernism in New York, a series of exhibitions, concerts, and performances taking place through… Read More
Embracing the Contemporary: The Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Collection at Philadelphia Museum of Art, June 28 – September 5, 2016
Embracing the Contemporary: The Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Collection presents one of this country’s finest collections of contemporary art, which includes outstanding works by some of the most influential European and American artists of the past half century, including Jasper Johns, Howard Hodgkin, Ellsworth… Read More
Public, Private, Secret at the New International Center of Photography (ICP), June 23, 2016 – January 2017
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “ICP’s mission has always been to examine how images impact and influence social change, which is particularly critical now that mobile devices and social networks have made us all image-makers,” says Mark Lubell, ICP’s Executive Director. “Images are now produced and exchanged by… Read More
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Floating Piers, Lake Iseo, Italy, June 18 – July 3, 2016 (weather permitting)
For sixteen days, Italy’s Lake Iseo is being reimagined. 100,000 square meters of shimmering yellow fabric, carried by a modular floating dock system of 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes, undulate with the movement of the waves as The Floating Piers rise just above the surface of the water. Visitors can experience… Read More
The Art of Romaine Brooks at Smithsonian American Art Museum, June 17 – October 2, 2016
“Romaine Brooks (1874-1970) was an expatriate American who forged a life of exemplary modernity as she circulated among the most refined circles in Paris, London, and Capri during times of dynamic change. Her most active professional period, from 1910 to 1925, was one of political… Read More
Antonio Lopez: Future Funk Fashion at El Museo del Barrio, June 14 – November 26, 2016
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “The work of Antonio Lopez in collaboration with Juan Ramos under the signature Antonio is considered the most important and influential body of work in the fashion illustration field. Antonio continues to be a critical reference today. The duo’s works were… Read More
Divine Pleasures: Painting from India’s Rajput Courts – The Kronos Collections at The Met Fifth Avenue, June 14 – September 12, 2016
“The Kronos Collections include a selection of paintings from northern India, mainly the royal courts of Rajasthan and the Punjab Hills. From the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, kingdoms and principalities within these regions developed rich traditions of art and architecture under the patronage of the ruling Rajput elites.… Read More
Stuart Davis: In Full Swing at Whitney Museum of American Art, June 10 – September 25, 2016
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “Stuart Davis has been called one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century and the best American artist of his generation, his art hailed as a precursor of the rival styles of pop and geometric color abstraction,” remarks Barbara Haskell.… Read More
Martin Creed: The Back Door at Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory, June 8 – August 7, 2016
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed takes over Park Avenue Armory’s entire first floor—from its expansive Wade Thompson Drill Hall and adjacent bunkers, to its historic period rooms and corridors—with the largest U.S. survey of his work and the most extensive single-artist… Read More
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