“The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents an exhibition celebrating one of the most influential and inventive Native American artists of the 20th-century, T.C. Cannon (1946-1978, Caddo/Kiowa). T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America explores the dynamic creative range and legacy of an artist whose life was cut… Read More
Monthly archives of “February 2018”
2018 Triennial: Songs for Sabotage at New Museum, February 13, 2018 – May 27, 2018
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “More than ever, images dominate our reality. The artists in “Songs for Sabotage” treat art as a form of propaganda that turns images on their head in order to reveal the ideologies and built worlds behind them. This tendency echoes the historical notion… Read More
Lesley Dill. Wilderness: Words are where what I catch is me at Nohra Haime Gallery, through March 17, 2018
“Lesley Dill’s first major exhibition in New York since 2014 and first solo exhibition with Nohra Haime Gallery features a new body of work drawing on language, the written word, and the investigation of divinity and deviltry during the wildness of Early America. Reminiscent of Alberto… Read More
A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes at New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), February 21 – May 28, 2018
“Showcasing rare pieces from one of the world’s largest private collections of Alexander McQueen fashion, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes. NOMA’s first major fashion exhibition will feature contemporary designers showcased in an immersive gallery presentation. This exhibition’s… Read More
Rebel Spirits: Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. at New-York Historical Society, February 16 – May 20, 2018
“To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, the New-York Historical Society presents an exhibition of photographs and artifacts honoring these visionary leaders who irrevocably changed the United States. Rebel Spirits: Robert F. Kennedy and Martin LuthermKing… Read More
Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil at Museum of Modern Art, February 11 – June 3, 2018
Photographs by Corrado Serra. ” With Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil, The Museum of Modern Art presents the first monographic exhibition in the United States exclusively devoted to the pioneering work of Tarsila do Amaral (Brazilian, 1886–1973), a founding figure of Brazilian… Read More
Quicksilver Brilliance: Adolf de Meyer Photographs at The Met Fifth Avenue, through April 7, 2018
“A member of the “international set” in fin-de-siècle Europe, Baron Adolf de Meyer (1868–1946) was also a pioneering art, portrait, and fashion photographer, known for creating images that transformed reality into a beautiful fantasy. The “quicksilver brilliance” that characterized de Meyer’s art led fellow photographer… Read More
National Portrait Gallery Unveils Portraits of Former President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama, On View in the Galleries Beginning Tuesday, February 13, 2018
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery unveiled its commissioned portraits of former President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, respectively. Before President Obama’s departure from office, he and Mrs. Obama selected Wiley and Sherald to paint their likenesses for the… Read More
Art of the Mountain: Through the Chinese Photographer’s Lens at China Institute Gallery, February 8 – December 2, 2018
“Art of the Mountain: Through the Chinese Photographer’s Lens surveys work from more than 20 photographers. With over 60 photographs – many on view for the first time in the U.S – Art of the Mountain presents photographs that pay homage to the major mountain ranges of… Read More
Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, February 9 – May 9, 2018
“Danish artist Danh Vo (b. 1975, Bà Ria, Vietnam) dissects the public forces and private desires that define individual experience. His work addresses sweeping cultural and political themes, but refracts them through intimate personal narratives—what the artist calls ‘the tiny diasporas of a person’s life.’… Read More
Dangerous Women at The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU, February 17 – May 20, 2018
“Courageous heroines and deceptive femmes fatales abound in the Old and New Testaments. From Judith to Esther, Salome to Mary Magdalene, Delilah to Lot’s Daughters and Potiphar’s wife, these women—perceived as dangerous to society—shaped biblical history. The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU presents… Read More
The Second Buddha: Master of Time at The Rubin Museum of Art, February 2, 2018 – January 7, 2019
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “In 2018, the future will be both present and projected from the past at the Rubin Museum of Art, with a new exhibition where visitors will discover the legends of the tantric master Padmasambhava. An iconic figure in Tibetan culture celebrated… Read More
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