“A major exhibition of Lee Friedlander (American, born 1934), one of the most famous living American photographers. Lee Friedlander in Louisiana explores the ways in which Louisiana, and New Orleans in particular, have had a profound impact on the career of this important artist, while… Read More
Monthly archives of “April 2018”
Shape of Light: 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art at Tate Modern, May 2 – October 14, 2018
“A major new exhibition at Tate Modern will reveal the intertwined stories of photography and abstract art. Shape of Light: 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art will be the first show of this scale to explore photography in relation to the development of abstraction, from the… Read More
The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930 at Americas Society, through June 30, 2018
The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930 is an exhibition that explores the impact that a century of accelerated urbanization as well as political and social transformations had on the architectural landscapes of six Latin American capitals: Buenos Aires, Havana, Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and… Read More
Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985 at Brooklyn Museum, through July 22, 2018
Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985 is the first comprehensive exhibition to explore the pioneering artistic practices of Latin American and Latina women artists during a tumultuous and transformational period in the history of the Americas and the development of contemporary art. The exhibition includes more than 260… Read More
The Roof Garden Commission: Huma Bhabha, We Come in Peace at The Met Fifth Avenue, April 17 – October 28, 2018
“Huma Bhabha’s We Come in Peace borrows its title from the classic American science-fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), a tale of first contact between humans and aliens. Its two huge sculptures—the five-headed We Come in Peace and the prostrate Benaam (an… Read More
Walk This Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes at New-York Historical Society, April 20 – October 8, 2018
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “The New-York Historical Society explores how shoes have transcended their utilitarian purpose to become representations of culture—coveted as objects of desire, designed with artistic consideration, and expressing complicated meanings of femininity, power, and aspiration for women and men alike. Walk This Way: Footwear from… Read More
Sandra Muss: Permutations at OpenArtCode Florence in the Salone di Donatello of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, April 19 – May 8, 2018
Sandra Muss is one of fifty international artists who will be exhibiting in OpenArtCode Florence in the Salone di Donatello of the Basilica of San Lorenzo. This site has a rich history, forming part of the Opera Medicea Laurenziana complex, which features extraordinary work by… Read More
Visitors to Versailles (1682–1789) at The Met Fifth Avenue, April 16 – July 29, 2018
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “Versailles, the royal residence of the Bourbon kings from 1682 until the French Revolution, was surely the most magnificent court in Europe. The palace and its gardens were also unusually public, allowing entry to anyone who was decently dressed. This strategy… Read More
Terry Winters: Facts and Fictions at The Drawing Center, April 6 – August 12, 2018
“The Drawing Center presents an overview of Terry Winters’s drawings from 1980 to the present, the first such exhibition in the United States. It will include a selection of large-scale works on paper and a wide span of smaller drawings as well as a suite of rarely… Read More
Joan Jonas at Tate Modern, through August 5, 2018
“Tate Modern presents the largest survey of Joan Jonas’s work ever held in the UK. Jonas (b.1936, New York) is regarded as a pre-eminent figure in contemporary performance who continues to influence a younger generation of artists. Reflecting the way Jonas works across many different disciplines, this… Read More
Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s at Neue Galerie New York, through May 28, 2018
“Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s is an exhibition devoted to the development of the arts in Germany and Austria during a decade marked by economic crisis, political disintegration, and social chaos. The exhibition is organized by Dr. Olaf Peters, University Professor at Martin- Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, and serves as the third… Read More
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