The Persistence of Vision: Early and Late Works by Artists with Macular Degeneration is an exhibition that explores the versatile, inventive, and personal ways artists respond to the challenge of working with the loss of sight. The exhibition brings together 50 works by eight artists… Read More
Monthly archives of “May 2018”
Chagall: The Breakthrough Years, 1911–1919 at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, June 1 – September 2, 2018
“Chagall: The Breakthrough Years, 1911–1919 features more than 80 paintings and drawings from the early career of a unique artist, whose seemingly simple universe conceals a complex reality where opposing worlds intertwine. Born in 1887 to a Hasidic Jewish family in the small town of Vitebsk, then… Read More
Elliott Erwitt: Pittsburgh 1950 at International Center of Photography (ICP), May 23 – September 2, 2018
“In 1950 Elliott Erwitt, then just twenty-two years old, set out to capture Pittsburgh’s transformation from an industrial city into a modern metropolis. Commissioned by Roy Stryker, the mastermind behind the large-scale documentary photography projects launched by the US government during the Great Depression, Erwitt… Read More
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment at International Center of Photography (ICP), May 23 – September 2, 2018
“Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment examines Cartier-Bresson’s influential publication, widely considered to be one of the most important photobooks of the twentieth century. Pioneering for its emphasis on the photograph itself as a unique narrative form, The Decisive Moment was described by Robert Capa as… Read More
Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms at New-York Historical Society, May 25 – September 2, 2018
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms explores the odyssey of humanity’s greatest ideals. The Four Freedoms have inspired dozens of national constitutions across the globe, yet Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 declaration that the United States was willing to fight for Freedom… Read More
Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams at The Museum of Modern Art, May 26, 2018 – January 1, 2019
“‘I am a designer, an architect, a sculptor, engineer, artist,’ said Bodys Isek Kingelez (1948–2015). In the late 1970s in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), which was rapidly redefining itself following independence from Belgium, Kingelez began making intricately constructed sculptures of miniature… Read More
History Refused to Die: Highlights from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift at The Met Fifth Avenue, May 22 – September 23, 2018
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “This installation of paintings, sculptures, and quilts celebrates the creative accomplishments of contemporary African American artists from the southeastern United States and a transformative gift of fifty-seven artworks from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation of Atlanta, Georgia. Remarkably diverse in media… Read More
Canova’s George Washington at The Frick Collection, May 23 – September 23, 2018
“In 1816, the General Assembly of North Carolina commissioned a full-length statue of George Washington to stand in the rotunda of the State Capitol, in Raleigh. Thomas Jefferson, believing that no American sculptor was up to the task, recommended Antonio Canova (1757– 1822), then one… Read More
Wayne Thiebaud, Draftsman at The Morgan Library & Museum, May 18 – September 23, 2018
“Best known for his rich, colorful paintings of cakes, ice cream cones, and candy counters, California artist Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920) has been an avid and prolific draftsman since he began his career as an illustrator and cartoonist. Featuring subjects that range from deli counters… Read More
Waste No More by Eileen Fisher DesignWork at WantedDesign during NYCxDESIGN, Terminal Stores, Manhattan, May 19-22, 2018
During WantedDesign’s showcase for NYCxDESIGN 2018 at the historic Terminal Stores space in Manhattan, Eileen Fisher DesignWork presents “Waste No More”, a new line of artistic wall work, fabrics and pillows for the architecture and design community. The New York exhibition follows a groundbreaking exhibition in April of… Read More
Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai‘i at New York Botanical Garden, May 19 – October 28, 2018
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “The New York Botanical Garden’s landmark 2018 exhibition, Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai‘i, will focus on the iconic artist’s immersion in the Hawaiian Islands in 1939. Visitors will experience a lush flower show in the Garden’s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory evoking the gardens and landscapes… Read More
Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now at National Portrait Gallery, May 11, 2018 – March 24, 2019
“’Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now’ is the first major museum exhibition to explore the art form of cut-paper profiles in terms of their rich historical roots and powerful contemporary presence. Well before the advent of photography in 1839, silhouettes democratized portraiture. Offering virtually instantaneous… Read More
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