“The New-York Historical Society presents the work of Augusta Savage (1892-1962) in Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman. Savage overcame poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination to become an instrumental artist, educator, and community organizer during the Harlem Renaissance; yet her work is largely unknown today. The exhibition features more than 50… Read More
“The Nature of Arp, curated by Catherine Craft and organized by the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, first venue of the show, provides a long-overdue look at the achievements of Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966), one of the most important and multifaceted artists of the modern era.… Read More
“The Noguchi Museum presents Changing and Unchanging Things: Noguchi and Hasegawa in Postwar Japan, a major traveling exhibition that focuses on the brief yet consequential friendship between artists Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) and Saburo Hasegawa (1906– 1957), the first in a long line of brilliant friends,… Read More
“An exhibition of new work by artist Simone Leigh, winner of the Hugo Boss Prize 2018, will be on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Leigh’s presentation will encompass a suite of sculptures and a sound installation, as well as a text… Read More
“Using a wide range of media, Kwade creates elegant, experiential sculptures and installations that reflect on time, perception, and scientific inquiry. With equal parts poetry and critical insight, she calls into question the systems designed to make sense of an otherwise unfathomable universe. For the… Read More
“Akari: Sculpture by Other Means occupies the Museum’s second-floor galleries, with three distinct areas that together explore the versatility, impact, and flexibility of Noguchi’s exquisite paper-bamboo-and-wire lanterns. Including more than 100 Akari, representing about forty individual models, the exhibition allows visitors to experience the ways… Read More
“Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold is the first retrospective of Lucio Fontana (1899–1968) in the United States in more than four decades—will reassess the artist’s legacy through a selection of exquisite sculptures, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and environments made between 1931 and 1968. The founder of Spatialism… Read More
“Pirelli HangarBicocca presents ‘Igloos’, a show by Mario Merz (Milan, 1925–2003), bringing together his most iconic group of works: the ‘Igloos’, dating from 1968 until the end of his life. The exhibition spans the whole 5,500 square metres of the Navate and the Cubo of… Read More
“The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents Mildred Thompson: Against the Grain marking the first solo museum presentation of the experimental wood works of the American artist Mildred Thompson (1936-2003) in more than thirty years. The exhibition features three rare early Wood Pictures recently acquired… Read More
Pablo Reinoso presents two spectacular works in a public space with Waddington Custot: ‘‘L’Arche’’ in front of the Petit Palais and ‘‘Le Cercle’’ in the middle of the octagonal basin in the Jardin des Tuileries. “L’Arche”, made from matt black painted steel and 6-metre high,… Read More
“Consagra is one of Europe’s most renowned post-war sculptors. Born in Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, in 1944 he moved to Rome, the “open city” that was beginning its civic and material reconstruction after the dramatic years of World War II. The artist developed his highly… Read More
Photographs by Corrado Serra. “Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017 presents the extraordinary and previously unknown sculptures of acclaimed American artist Jack Whitten (1939–2018), who has long been celebrated for his work as an innovative abstract painter. Featuring 40 sculptures and 18 of his most notable… Read More
