“Innovation in art is often characterized as a singular event—a bolt of lightning that strikes once and forever changes the course of what follows. This installation provides an alternative view: by chronicling the continual experimentation of artists long after their breakthrough moments, it suggests that… Read More
Jorge Pinheiro: D’après Fibonacci and the world out there, through January 7, 2018 “D’après Fibonacci and the world out there brings together paintings, drawings and sculptures by the influential Portuguese artist Jorge Pinheiro (Coimbra, 1931). The exhibition is based on an idea by Pedro Cabrita Reis, on… Read More
“Designer Bror Anders Wikstrom (1854–1909), a Swedish émigré, made a name for himself in New Orleans by engaging with the heart of the Crescent City’s culture: Mardi Gras. In celebration of Wikstrom’s artistry, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents Bror Anders Wikstrom: Bringing… Read More
“This year, artist Alan Kane has been invited to devise an exciting new work for Tate Britain’s Christmas art commission. Home for Christmas will transform Tate Britain’s iconic neo-classical façade into a glowing display of festive off-the shelf decorations, the likes of which can be seen on… Read More
“The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Fondation Louis Vuitton present the first comprehensive exhibition in France to present MoMA’s unparalleled collection: Etre moderne: Le MoMA à Paris. An integrated, cross-disciplinary selection of 200 works, drawn from all six of the Museum’s curatorial departments and… Read More
“The Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson are two new interconnected museums that take visitors through the sweep of Mississippi history and the state’s role as ground zero in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. The museums combine interactive visitor experiences… Read More
Helle Damkjaer. Danish Elegance: shapes, materials and design is an exhibition that brings together the works of Danish ceramist and contemporary designer Helle Damkjær. The exhibition reveals her elegant organic patterned sculptures, fine furniture as well as her timeless jewellery. Without ever getting stuck in one unique vision, Helle… Read More
“In ‘Zeng Fanzhi | Van Gogh’, the Van Gogh Museum presents five works by Zeng Fanzhi (born 1964), one of the best-known contemporary Chinese artist and a fervent admirer of Vincent van Gogh. Zeng has already exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée… Read More
“In Questioning Pictures Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in museums like the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the… Read More
“Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection celebrates the recent gift from the renowned collector to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. The exhibition, co-curated by Ursula Ilse-Neuman and Cooper Hewitt, features 150 brooches, necklaces, bracelets and rings, and traces radical developments in jewelry from the mid-20th century… Read More
“The McLoughlin brothers, John Jr. (1827–1905) and Edmund (1833/4–1889), were New York publishers who operated from 1858 to 1920. The firm that they founded produced books and games for children for over fifty years, a notable achievement for any business, but an especially important one in the history… Read More
“For nearly sixty years, David Hockney (British, born 1937) has explored how to translate movement, space, and time into two dimensions, working across a wide range of media with equal measures of wit and intelligence. From his earliest engagements with modernist abstraction to his most recent, jewel-toned landscapes,… Read More
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