“Pirelli HangarBicocca presents Short-circuits a retrospective exhibition curated by Vicente Todolí, devoted to Chen Zhen, one of the leading figures of contemporary art. Celebrated by the world’s most important museums, the artist managed to bridge the gap between the art of the East and that… Read More
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Mending the Sky at New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), October 9, 2020 – January 31, 2021
“The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents Mending the Sky, the museum’s first major exhibition following New Orleans’ months-long shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition brings together eleven artists’ projects that respond to a world turned upside down. Working across the fields… Read More
Uninvited Guests: Episodes on Women, ideology and the visual arts in Spain (1833-1931) at Museo Nacional del Prado, October 6, 2020 – March 14, 2021
“Uninvited Guests: Episodes on Women, ideology and the visual arts in Spain (1833-1931) is the first exhibition to be organised by the Museo Nacional del Prado following its reopening. It aims to offer a reflection on the way in which the structures of power defended… Read More
Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde—From Signac to Matisse and Beyond at The Museum of Modern Art, through January 2, 2021
“The Museum of Modern Art presents Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde—From Signac to Matisse and Beyond, the first exhibition devoted to the influential French art critic, editor, publisher, dealer, and collector Félix Fénéon (1861–1944). Though largely unknown today and always discreetly behind the scenes in his… Read More
Bochner Boetti Fontana at Magazzino Italian Art, October 2, 2020 – January 11, 2021
“Magazzino Italian Art opens a special exhibition examining the formal, conceptual, and procedural affinities in the work of Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, and Lucio Fontana. Curated by Bochner in collaboration with Magazzino, the exhibition marks the first presentation to consider the American artist’s extensive, yet… Read More
David Hockney: Drawing from Life at The Morgan Library & Museum, October 2, 2020 – May 30, 2021
“David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most internationally renowned living artists. The exhibition is the first to focus on his portraits on paper, and one of very few to investigate his drawing practice. Featuring over 100 drawings and prints, it will trace a… Read More
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum reopens Saturday, October 3 with two new exhibitions: Away from the Easel: Jackson Pollock’s Mural and Knotted, Torn, Scattered: Sculpture after Abstract Expressionism
Away from the Easel: Jackson Pollock’s Mural, through September 19, 2021 “Away from the Easel: Jackson Pollock’s Mural is a focused exhibition dedicated to the first monumental painting by American artist Jackson Pollock (1912–1956). Commissioned by visionary collector and dealer Peggy Guggenheim for her Manhattan… Read More
Barbara Chase-Riboud: Avatars at Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, La Verrière, September 25 – December 5, 2020
For the fifth exhibition in the cycle “Matters of Concern | Matières à panser” at La Verrière, the Brussels art space of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, curator Guillaume Désanges presents “Avatars”, a solo exhibition by American artist Barbara Chase-Riboud. “Based in Paris since 1960, American… Read More
Lee Krasner: Living Colour at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, September 18, 2020 – January 10, 2021
“Lee Krasner’s works are characterized by incessant reinvention and exploration throughout her entire career: from her early self-portraits and life drawings to her exuberant, monumental works from the early 1960s, along with her Little Images from the late 1940s and her groundbreaking collages from the 1950s.… Read More
France-Lise McGurn at Kunthaus Centre d’art Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, September 19 – November 22, 2020
“France-Lise McGurn (b. 1983) is a Scottish artist, living and working in Glasgow, who paints on canvases as well as directly on walls, floors and the ceilings of exhibition spaces, creating an immersive and mobile experience. In her work she draws on a collected archive… Read More
Back to Nature. Contemporary Arts at Villa Borghese, Rome, September 15 – December 13, 2020
The park of Villa Borghese, one of the most famous and loved historical parks in Rome, will host Back to Nature. Contemporary Art in Villa Borghese, curated by Costantino D’Orazio. An unprecedented exhibition project that reflects on the future and on the need to build… Read More
Betye Saar: Call and Response at The Morgan Library & Museum, September 12, 2020 – January 31, 2021
“The Morgan Library & Museum proudly announces a solo exhibition of work by the Los Angeles–based artist Betye Saar (b. 1926). Best known for incisive collages and assemblages that confront and reclaim racist images, Saar emerged in the 1960s as part of a wave of artists, many of them African American, who… Read More