“What is the potential of images to shape memory and legacy, and how do they function as instruments of religious, cultural, and political conflicts? These questions are at the heart of Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt, an exhibition examining specific moments from the rich… Read More
Monthly archives of “July 2019”
The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy at The Met Cloisters, July 22, 2019 – January 12, 2020
“For more than 500 years, a small cache of jewelry and coins lay hidden within the walls of a house in Colmar, France. Secreted there in the 14th century and discovered in 1863, the Colmar Treasure—now in the collection of the Musée de Cluny, Paris—comprises… Read More
The Life of Animals in Japanese Art at National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, through August 18, 2019
“Artworks representing animals—real or imaginary, religious or secular—span the full breadth and splendor of Japanese artistic production. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, presents The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, the first exhibition devoted to the subject, covering 17 centuries (from the fifth century… Read More
Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion at Brooklyn Museum, July 20, 2019 – January 5, 2020
“Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion traces the legendary career of one of the fashion world’s most innovative designers, one whose futuristic designs and trailblazing efforts to democratize high fashion for the masses pushed the boundaries of the industry for more than seven decades. The retrospective exhibition… Read More
Beyond The Streets New York, at Twenty Five Kent, North Williamsburg, Brooklyn, through August 2019
Beyond The Streets is the premier exhibition of graffiti, street art and beyond. The show celebrates society’s most pervasive mark makers and rule breakers with a sprawling showcase of work by more than 150 artists from around the world. The exhibition is comprised of more than… Read More
The travelling exhibition “Prête-moi ton rêve” (Lend me Your Dream) opened in Casablanca on June 18, 2019 and closes in Marrakesh in 2020
“The Fondation pour le Développement de la Culture Contemporaine Africaine (FDCCA) organised a major travelling exhibition entitled “Prête-moi ton rêve” (Lend me Your Dream) which opens in Casablanca on 18 June 2019. The exhibition brings together some thirty world famous African artists of 15 different nationalities and will visit 6… Read More
Nespolo fuori dal coro at Palazzo Reale, Milan, July 6 – September 15, 2019
“Articulated like a journey, the extraordinary exhibition dedicated to Ugo Nespolo tells the story of an artist who in his multiform evolutions has marked important stages in the history of the Italian art. Rich with a constant sense of intolerance towards the obligations of creative and… Read More
By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs at National Gallery of Art, Washington, July 14, 2019 – January 5, 2020
“The year 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969. From the moment photography was introduced in 1839, photographers dreamt about harnessing the potential of photography together with the telescope. While astronomers had earlier mapped many of the… Read More
Lubaina Himid, Mika Rottenberg and Diedrick Brackens at New Museum, Summer 2019
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “Lubaina Himid: Work from Underneath”, June 26 to October 6, 2019 The New Museum debuts an entirely new body of work by Turner Prize–winning British artist Lubaina Himid (b. 1954, Zanzibar), marking the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States. A… Read More
Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker at Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), July 13 – November 11, 2019
“For more than 40 years, Olivia Parker (b. 1941) has used photography to explore the relationships between vision, knowledge, and the natural world. From deceptively simple still lifes that transform the commonplace to her most recent work exploring memory loss, Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker… Read More
Mark Morris Dance Group, Mostly Mozart Festival at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, July 10 – 13, 2019
Mark Morris returns to Mostly Mozart Festival with Sport a new dance work commissioned by Lincoln Center that illuminates the playful tapestry of sound of Satie’s Sports et divertissements. Then comes Empire Garden, an exploration of Ives’s lyrical and at times, whimsical Piano Trio. The performance culminates in… Read More
Summer at LongHouse Reserve, through October 5, 2019
New artwork by Wendell Castle, Jun Kaneko, Will Ryman, Joseph Walsh and Young Jae Lee has been installed at LongHouse Reserve for their 2019 season. On June 22, LongHouse revealed two new site specific installations by Stephen Talasnik and Lawrence Weiner. This unique outdoor museum and arboreta… Read More
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