“In New Mexico several decades ago, some descendants of the earliest Spanish settlers shared their observations with researchers about distinct rituals practiced by parents and grandparents that differed from those of their fellow Catholics. Why, they had long wondered, did they light candles on Friday… Read More
Monthly archives of “October 2016”
Native American Masterpieces from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection at The Met Fifth Avenue, October 28, 2016 – March 19, 2017
“An Alaskan shaman in dialogue with the spirit world; an Arctic hunter of sea mammals, bears, and caribou; the Lakota warrior No Two Horns; the Battle of Little Bighorn veteran Standing Bear; a Wasco woman of the Columbia River Plateau; and the celebrity basket weavers… Read More
William N. Copley at Fondazione Prada Milano, through January 8, 2017
“This retrospective retraces the entire career of the American artist William N. Copley – started in Los Angeles in the 1940s, developed in Paris and subsequently spanned across Europe and the United States. Expanded considerably compared to the partner show in Houston, at Fondazione Prada “William N. Copley” stands out… Read More
Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest at New Museum, October 26, 2016 – January 15, 2017
“The New Museum presents the first New York survey of the work of Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist (b.1962). Over the past thirty years, Rist has achieved international renown as a pioneer of video art and multimedia installations. Her mesmerizing works envelop viewers in sensual, vibrantly… Read More
The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel at The Museum of Modern Art, October 29, 2016 – May 7, 2017
“The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel presents a compact history of photography, from its inception to the early 21st century, in 100 images. The exhibition is drawn entirely from the 504 photographs that have entered The Museum of Modern Art’s collection over… Read More
Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism at Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1910-1950, October 25, 2016 – January 8, 2017
Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910-1950 explores the rich and fascinating story of a period of remarkable change. It is the most comprehensive exhibition of Mexican modernism to be seen in the United States in more than seven decades and features an extraordinary range of images, from portable murals… Read More
Max Beckmann in New York at The Met Fifth Avenue, October 19, 2016 – February 20, 2017
“In late December 1950, Max Beckmann set out from his apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to see his latest self-portrait on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. On the corner of Sixty-Ninth Street and Central Park West, he suffered a fatal heart attack.… Read More
Beverly Buchanan—Ruins and Rituals at Brooklyn Museum, October 21, 2016 – March 5, 2017
“Through incisive considerations of site, history, biography, and portraiture, Beverly Buchanan (1940–2015) produced landmark bodies of work, including cast concrete and mixed-media sculptures, drawings and books, and evocative paintings and photographs. The Brooklyn Museum presents the most comprehensive exhibition of Buchanan’s work to date through… Read More
Philippe Parreno: My Room Is Another Fish Bowl at Brooklyn Museum, through November 20, 2016
“The Brooklyn Museum presents a participatory, immersive installation by French artist Philippe Parreno. Approximately 150 colorful fish-shaped Mylar balloons will float at various heights and move gently through the glass-enclosed Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion in response to human interaction and climatic changes. This elegant and… Read More
Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros gift to the Museum of Modern Art, 2016
“The Museum of Modern Art received a major gift from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, which will add more than 100 works of modern art by major artists from Latin America to the Museum’s collection, and establish the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute… Read More
Nick Cave: Until at MASS MoCA, October 15, 2016 – August 15, 2017
“Cave uses MASS MoCA’s signature football field-sized space to create his largest installation to date, made up of thousands of found objects and millions of beads, which will make viewers feel as if they have entered a rich sensory tapestry, like stepping directly inside the… Read More
Klimt and the Women of Vienna’s Golden Age, 1900-1918 at Neue Galerie New York, through January 16, 2017
“Klimt and the Women of Vienna’s Golden Age, 1900-1918 examines the artist’s sensual portraits of women as the embodiment of fin-de-siècle Vienna. The exhibition includes approximately 12 paintings, 40 drawings, 40 works of decorative art, and vintage photographs of Klimt, drawn from public and private collections worldwide. Central to the exhibition… Read More
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