“What did it mean to be a Black artist in the USA during the Civil Rights movement and at the birth of Black Power? What was art’s purpose and who was its audience? Tate Modern presents Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,… Read More
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Modigliani at Tate Modern, through April 2, 2018
“Tate Modern stages the most comprehensive Modigliani exhibition ever held in the UK, bringing together a dazzling range of his iconic portraits, sculptures and the largest ever group of nudes to be shown in this country. Although he died tragically young, Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) was a… Read More
Portraying a Nation: Germany 1919–1933 at Tate Liverpool, June 23 – October 15, 2017
“Tate Liverpool presents the faces of Germany between the two World Wars seen through the eyes of painter Otto Dix (1891–1969) and photographer August Sander (1876–1964). Portraying a Nation: Germany 1919–1933 brings together two artists whose works document the glamour and misery of the Weimar Republic, a time of… Read More
Alberto Giacometti at Tate Modern, May 10 – September 10, 2017
“Tate Modern presents the UK’s first major retrospective of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) for 20 years. Celebrated as a sculptor, painter and draughtsman, Giacometti’s distinctive elongated figures are some of the most instantly recognisable works of modern art. This exhibition reasserts Giacometti’s place alongside the likes… Read More
Fear and Love – Reactions to a Complex World at London’s Design Museum New Home, through April 23, 2017
“Fear and Love, the opening exhibition at the Design Museum in Kensington, presents eleven installations by some of the most innovative and thought-provoking designers and architects working today. These newly commissioned works explore a spectrum of issues that define our time, including networked sexuality, sentient… Read More
Designer Maker User at London’s Design Museum New Home
“The Design Museum has the UK’s only collection devoted exclusively to contemporary design and architecture. For the first time in the museum’s history, a wide range of its collection will be accessible as a free, permanent exhibition. Designer Maker User is a landmark exhibition telling… Read More
Robert Rauschenberg at Tate Modern, December 1, 2016 – April 2, 2017
“Tate Modern’s major exhibition of the work of Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008), organised in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art in New York, is the first posthumous retrospective and the most comprehensive survey of the artist’s work for 20 years. The first US artist to win the Golden… Read More
Fernando Guibert Generations at The Crypt Gallery, Saint Pancras Parish Church, London, November 17 – November 20, 2016
Fernando Guibert Generations is an exhibition of two Argentine artists, Fernando Guibert and Fernando D Guibert, father and son respectively. The show spans two generations of expressive oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints, some of which have never been exhibited in Great Britain before. Fernando Guibert was born in 1912… Read More
Edward Krasiński at Tate Liverpool, through March 5, 2017
“Tate Liverpool presents the first UK retrospective by Edward Krasiński (1925–2004), one of the most significant Eastern European artists of the 20th century. The exhibition spans the artist’s career bringing together a range of his dynamic sculptures, Interventions and installations including a group of rarely… Read More
The EY Exhibition: Wifredo Lam at Tate Modern, September 14, 2016 – January 8, 2017
“Tate Modern presents a retrospective of the Cuban modernist painter, Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), the first museum exhibition in London since 1952. Including over 200 paintings, drawings, photographs and prints, the exhibition traces his six decade career from the 1920s to the 1970s, confirming his place… Read More
Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms at Tate Liverpool, May 18 – September 18, 2016
“Francis Bacon (1909 – 1992), the Irish-born British figurative artist, is considered a major figure of 20th-century art. Many of his iconic works feature an architectural, ghost-like framing device around his subjects. Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms will feature approximately 30 paintings alongside a group of rarely seen drawings and documents including… Read More
Impressionism: A Legacy of Light by Carol Strickland, published by Erudition, May 2015
Masterpieces of Art is a series of eBook “tours” featuring multimedia content and interactive functionality to reveal the story behind major art movements. Impressionism: A Legacy of Light by Carol Strickland is the first publication in the series. It gives an overview of the accomplishments, contributions and innovations of a… Read More
