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The First Art Newspaper on the Net Established in 1996 Monday, December 23, 2024 Kunsthalle Wien presents a major new exhibition of work by Aleksandra Domanović Installation view: Aleksandra Domanović, Things to Come, 2014, Courtesy the artist and Tanya Leighton, Berlin and Los Angeles, Bubanj Fist Relief, 2012, Courtesy Corporate Collection Switzerland, Kunsthalle Wien 2024, photo: Iris Ranzinger. VIENNA.- Kunsthalle Wien announces a major new exhibition surveying the work of Aleksandra Domanović (b. 1981, Novi Sad). Installed over one thousand metres of exhibition space on the first floor of the Kunsthalle’s Museumsquartier building it includes sculpture, video, print, photography and digital media. A graduate of Graphic Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Domanović began her career exhibiting online and made her first exhibitions while living in Vienna. The exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien brings together works produced over the last eighteen years, including newly commissioned sculpture and video. It is the first exhibition of Domanović’s work in Austria and the largest presentation of her work to date. The exhibition shows the development of a practice shaped by information culture and mass media in a post-internet era. It begins with the website http:/ hottesttocoldest.com, produced in 2008. ... More The Best Photos of the Day OCEAN is a major exhibition at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. It follows in the footsteps of previous exhibitions such as Arctic and The Moon, bringing art, cultural history and science together into one grand narrative. This is a diverse story about man and nature, the beauty and horror of the ocean, myths and politics, capitalism and climate realities. OCEAN: Exhibition brings art, cultural history and science together into one grand narrative Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acquires photographs by Robert Frank on view in new exhibition Contemporary artists of the Asian diaspora challenge the boundary between life and death through art Werner van den Valckert, Neptun, 1619. Oil on wood, 108 x 80 cm. National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen. HUMLEBÆK.- OCEAN is a major exhibition at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. It follows in the footsteps of previous exhibitions such as Arctic and The Moon, bringing art, cultural history and science together into one grand narrative. This is a diverse story about man and nature, the beauty and horror of the ocean, myths and politics, capitalism and climate realities. For humanity, the ocean has always been at once tangible and abstract. It covers 71 percent of the globe, in Denmark it is never more than around fifty kilometres away and it is essentially a condition of our very existence – yet it is under threat. But it is also a metaphorical place, an abstract entity as a font of myths, dreams and desires. The ocean is everything at once: a highway for the trade in goods – and people; an escape route, a fate, a source of food and raw materials, a dumping ground. And a lung. For millennia, the ocean was chiefly an expanse to be boldly navigated, while its depths were a watery ... More Robert Frank (American (born in Switzerland) 1924–2019), Paris, 1949. Photograph, gelatin silver print. Gift of The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. BOSTON, MASS.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) has acquired 38 photographs by Robert Frank (1924-2019), one of the most important and influential photographers of the 20th century. These works represent the moment in 1949 when Swiss-born Frank returned to Europe following two years in New York City, with new perspectives and inspiration. In Paris, he observed and immortalized often unexpected scenes, while projecting abstract emotions and deep reflection onto Parisian objects and cityscapes, earning him the reputation of “a poet with a camera.” The acquisition includes 34 photographs gifted by The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation and an additional four purchased with funds donated by John and Cynthia Reed. The newly acquired photographs are on view in the exhibition Robert Frank: Mary’s Book, celebrating the centennial of the artist’s ... More Installation view of Spirit House at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. Photo by Glen Cheriton. Courtesy of the Cantor Arts Center. STANFORD, CALIF.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University is presenting Spirit House, a major group exhibition foregrounding how contemporary artists of the Asian diaspora challenge the boundary between life and death through art. On view from September 4, 2024–January 26, 2025, the exhibition comprises nearly 50 works of art by 33 artists, including large-scale paintings, digital media, ceramic sculpture, photography, and significant new acquisitions within the museum’s permanent collection. Spirit House is the largest of three major exhibitions in 2024 of the Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI)—a cross-disciplinary, institutional commitment at Stanford University dedicated to the study of artists and makers of Asian descent—curated by AAAI co founder, Associate Curator Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander, and will be accompanied by the AAAI’s first publication, an extensive exhibition catalog. Featured artists include: Kelly Akashi, Korakrit ... More First solo exhibition dedicated to the paintings inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat's visits to Switzerland Travel back more than a century through the eyes of legendary Ohio artist George Bellows Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art exhibits John Akomfrah's Mimesis: African Soldier Jean-Michel Basquiat, Skifahrer (Skier), 1983 © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Collection Carmignac, Photo: Thomas Hennocque ST. MORITZ.- Exploring various artistic motifs that combine the natural and cultural landscape of the Engadin with the metropolis of New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s first solo exhibition dedicated to the paintings he created in and inspired by his visits to Switzerland opened on 14 December at Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz. ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat. Engadin’ traces the renowned artist’s connections to the country, which began in 1982 with his first show at Galerie Bruno Bischofberger in Zurich, returning over a dozen times to St. Moritz, Zurich and Appenzell, as well as other places in Switzerland. The Engadin region in particular continued to fascinate Basquiat long after his return to New York, resulting in a body of work that captures his impressions of the Swiss Alpine landscape and culture through the lens of his highly distinctive and personal artistic language. ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat. Engadin’ is accompanied by a catalog ... More George Bellows (American, 1882-1925). The Street, 1917, lithograph, Lent by Dr. James, and Mrs. Lois Sanitato. CINCINNATI, OH.- A glimpse into the everyday life and spirit of early twentieth-century America—from the perspective of a noted Ohio painter, illustrator and printmaker—has been revealed at the Cincinnati Art Museum in George Bellows: American Life in Print. This free exhibition is on view through February 9, 2025. The exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of George Bellows’ (1882–1925) passing and feature 55 lithographs and drawings gifted and lent by Dr. James and Mrs. Lois Sanitato. Most of the works in George Bellows: American Life in Print are lithographs. Lithography is based on the fact that grease and water do not mix. An artist draws on a stone with a greasy material. The surface is then chemically treated to make the drawn image receptive to greasy printing ink, while the blank areas, when kept wet, repel the ink. The artist then presses paper onto the inked drawing to transfer the image. Bellows was well ... More Still from John Akomfrah; Mimesis : African Soldier, 2018 (Three channel HD colour video installation, 7.1 sound. Dimensions variable, 73 minutes) Courtesy Smoking Dogs Films and Lisson Gallery. GLASGOW.- GoMA's new main gallery exhibition is John Akomfrah’s Mimesis: African Soldier, a film installation which is being shown across three screens. It reflects on the experience of soldiers from across the Commonwealth in World War 1, and aims to highlight the significant contribution of over six million African, Caribbean and South Asian people from across former colonies who fought, served, and died in the war. Fittingly, the exhibition opens in the closing days of Black History Month, and just two weeks before Remembrance Sunday, which this year commemorates 110 years since the start of World War 1. Mimesis: African Soldier is shown across three screens, which allow us to see different perspectives and narratives at the same time. The screens display archival footage and reimagined contemporary views of historical military experiences alongside still life [nature morte] scenes, with flowing wa ... More Exhibition pays tribute to the ground-breaking work of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, known as WOLS Major retrospective of late Canadian artist John Scott opens at the McMichael 'Untamed 90s: Finnish Photographic Art in the 1990s' on view at The Finnish Museum of Photography WOLS, La Turquoise, c. 1946, oil on canvas, 80 x 64 cm ǀ 31 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. ST. MORITZ.- On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Karsten Greve Gallery in St. Moritz, the gallery opened the exhibition "WOLS." This high-profile presentation pays tribute to the ground-breaking work of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze, known as WOLS (1913 Berlin - 1951 Paris), and showcases works such as paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, and archival materials from the extensive collection of Karsten Greve. This exhibition marks not only a significant milestone for the Karsten Greve Gallery but also pays homage to WOLS, whose work embodies the universal struggles of his time. The gallery first introduced WOLS to the public in 1998 with a retrospective in Cologne, and this new exhibition is the result of more than 25 years of dedicated engagement with his artistic legacy. "Wols, little man from the moon, stranded among us, conducts his obstinate monologue with conscientious-loyal persistence. His mysterious hieroglyphs, which can rival the delicacy of a spider's web, ... More John Scott (1950–2022), Untitled, 1995, latex, acrylic, charcoal, oil stick and footprint on paper, 91 x 65 cm, collection of Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, gift of Dale and Doris McKeown, 1997, 1997.63.21. Photo: Justin Wonnacott. © Estate of John Scott. KLEINBURG.- The McMichael opened John Scott: Firestorm, a powerful and timely retrospective of the work of the late Canadian artist John Scott (1950–2022) that foregrounds his lifelong examination of cycles of conflict, retaliation and resilience, and the complexities of human experience. Spanning four decades of work, Firestorm features paintings, drawings, and sculptures that reveal Scott’s preoccupation with violence, surveillance, and the omnipresent threat of nuclear conflict. Known for his bold and provocative imagery, Scott’s work critiques tyrannical power while expressing deep empathy for human vulnerability. “John Scott was one of the most visionary and prescient artists of his day,” says Sarah Milroy, Executive Director and Chief Curator. “He was able to identify aspects of society — militarism, a collective obsession with violence — with searing clarity, ... More Andrei Lajunen: Daisy ja sydän, 1997 / Suomen valokuvataiteen museon kokoelma. HELSINKI.- In the 1990s, Finnish photographic art was more diverse than ever before in terms of expression, themes and authors. Young photographers challenged the modernist notion of photography as separate from other arts. The term postmodernism, often associated with the experimental art of the decade, was more of a rebellious attitude than a coherent stylistic direction. Refined black-and-white prints were thus accompanied by colourful, bold and inventive expression that exploited the potential of photography in new ways. The Untamed 90s exhibition focuses on this photographic art, which was characteristic of the 1990s and opened up in countless directions. In addition to various material experiments, photographic art reflected phenomena that defined the decade, such as globalisation, popular culture, critique of the consumer society, postmodern irony, climate change and the rise of digital technology. Feminist critique intensified and the long struggle of women for a more ... More Passerelle Centre d'art contemporain presents 'Une affaire de famille' Atlanta Contemporary exhibits recently completed sculptures by Masud Olufani Exhibition at La Virreina Centre de la Imatge explores the work of photojournalist Clemente Bernad Ibrahim Meïté Sikely, Protégez vos ailes, 2019 Huile sur bois. Courtesy de l’artiste et de la galerie Anne Barrault, Paris. BREST.- All affairs have their share of ambivalence. Their mysteries and their sudden twists and turns. Their secrets and their revelations, both intimate and public, at one and the same time sensational and discreet. They never reveal themselves totally, they may never perhaps be completely resolved. They are little stories that mingle with bigger ones. They are knots to be undone to decipher lines and endings, links and ruptures, responses and yet more questions. The affair we are dealing with here is no exception to the rule. It is all about lines crossing and joining up, weaving over the crevices to stop them up, traced by timid but confident fingertips over beloved faces or alongside bodies that vanished too soon. Some lines can trace their distant roots on the inherited genealogical tree, passed down across generations, go back up centuries-old branches, and count all the buds. For others, one must invest resources and use one’s imagination. ... More Masud Olufani is an Atlanta based multidisciplinary artist born in Los Angeles, California and raised in multiple cities including New York, Miami, New Orleans, Dallas, and Atlanta. ATLANTA, GA.- A Sorcery of Sustenance is a collection of recently completed sculptures that trace the cultural retentions of the African Diaspora through food. Inspired in part by the popular Netflix series High on the Hog, this diverse gathering of mixed media works examines food production within the Black community as an alchemy that satiates the body as well as the spirit. In this context, nourishment or sustenance, has a double meaning that refers both to the corporeal and the incorporeal–to this world and to “other” worlds. In this exhibition, traditional African American food sources such as grain, yams, black-eyed peas, okra, rice, and others, are reinterpreted in sculptural forms inspired by Olufani’s travels through west Africa. The connection between the physical and the metaphysical is a belief deeply imbedded within many indigenous cultures around the world. Food carries the promise ... More Hernani, 2015. BARCELONA.- Clemente Bernad, a photojournalist from Pamplona/Iruñea, has dedicated over three decades to documenting social and political turmoil in Southern Europe. His work delves deeply into long-standing crises, requiring sustained observation and a unique blend of photojournalistic precision and contemporary art sensibility. Among his most remarkable achievements is Hemendik Hurbil / Close Enough, a comprehensive portrayal of the Basque conflict through 470 meticulously captured black-and-white images spanning from 1987 to 2018. While rooted in documentary photography, Bernad’s approach defies traditional media expectations. His images, often absent from mainstream outlets, emerge instead in self-published works and exhibitions. These photographs transcend informational purposes, becoming “artifacts” that bear the weight of the violence they capture, challenging viewers to grapple with traumatic past events. The Basque conflict, a decades-long struggle marked by violence and po ... More Iwan Wirth on Jason Rhoades’ ‘Illastrations’ More News Stars of Polar Night: Exhibition by Esther Horvath on view at Capa Center BUDAPEST.- Esther Horvath, a photographer, has been focusing on documenting the Arctic climate research since 2015. Since 2019, she has been working in Ny-à lesund, at the world’s northernmost international scientific research station, which involves ten countries and is located in the Norwegian Svalbard Islands. Svalbard is the epicentre of global warming, where the average winter temperature has risen by 6-8°C since 1991, at a rate much faster than anywhere else on the planet. There, more than four months of the year are dominated by the darkness of the Arctic winter. The exhibition Stars of Polar Night presents narratives and visual series of everyday life and scientific research in the polar night. The documentary collection tells the story of how scientists – in spite of the harshest environmental conditions, including blizzards and temperatures ... More Exhibition celebrates 100 years of Lisetta Carmi: A tribute to a visionary photographer GENOA.- Palazzo Ducale in Genoa commemorates the centennial of Lisetta Carmi’s birth with an extraordinary exhibition that honors her bold and transformative work in photography. Born in Genoa on February 15, 1924, Lisetta Carmi emerged as a pivotal figure in postwar photography. Her journey was marked by a fearless exploration of diverse social realities, often giving voice to marginalized communities. From her early career as a stage photographer in Genoa's Teatro Stabile to her later ventures into global reportage, Carmi’s work captured the complexities of human existence with striking clarity and compassion. Carmi’s relationship with her hometown is at the heart of the exhibition. Her photographs document Genoa’s multifaceted identity, from the bustling port and industrial Italsider to the city's cultural and social life. Highlights ... More Milwaukee Art Museum brings Robert Longo's monumental, hyperrealistic drawings to the Midwest MILWAUKEE, WI.- The Milwaukee Art Museum is presenting Robert Longo: The Acceleration of History, an exhibition that features nearly 40 monumental drawings, sculptures, and videos created by the artist over the past decade. The presentation emphasizes Longo’s hyperrealistic charcoal drawings and is on view October 25, 2024–February 23, 2025, in the Museum’s Baker/Rowland Galleries. “Robert Longo’s work is visually compelling in its exceptional detail and powerful in its reflection of his view of contemporary culture. In this age of constant immersion of images from advertisements to news footage, Longo’s drawings break through the visual deluge in captivating ways,” said Marcelle Polednik, PhD, Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director. “We look forward to engaging our audiences with his most recent body of work, ... More Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian presents its 2025 exhibitions LISBON.- A unique exhibition bringing together Paula Rego and Adriana Varejão and a site-specific installation by Carlos Bunga—who will also select works from the CAM Collection—are the two highlights of CAM’s 2025 programme. An important selection of British Art drawn from the CAM and Berardo collections will also be featured at CAM next year. In addition, CAM will present projects by Julianknxx, Zineb Sedira, Diana Policarpo, Mikhail Karikis, Tristany Mundu and Francisca Rocha Gonçalves throughout the year. This exhibition brings together Paula Rego (Lisbon, 1935–London, 2020) and Adriana Varejão (b. Rio de Janeiro, 1964), two remarkable artists in an unprecedented dialogue, revisiting their work, interweaving their themes and presenting fresh readings. With almost one hundred works, the exhibition aims to highlight the common ... More Jeu de Paume announces Moving Landscapes Festival PARIS.- After Fata Morgana in 2022, Jeu de Paume is proud to unveil the second edition of its festival dedicated to the evolution in the contemporary image, with a programme featuring an exhibition, performances, screenings, evenings, workshops with artists, and a book. Moving Landscapes, presented from 7 February to 23 March 2025, is imagined as a collective narrative, combining representations of natural environments and the imaginative repertoires used to convey them. Curator Jeanne Mercier has invited screenwriter Loo Hui Phang to collaborate in the form of a voice that narrates the works—many of which were specially produced for this event — by fifteen artists, active on the current art scene. Each piece makes use of a natural space — the jungle, oasis, sky, desert, forest, etc. — associated with certain stereotypes, but offers a new ... More Exhibition explores how women artists used Surrealism and sculpture to address post-war fascist trauma LEEDS.- Marking the centenary of Surrealism, The Traumatic Surreal will be the first exhibition to explore the radical appropriation and development of surrealist sculptural traditions by post-war women artists from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. It features works by: • Renate Bertlmann (b.1943, Vienna, Austria) • Birgit Jürgenssen (b.1944, Vienna, Austria d.2003, Vienna, Austria) • Bady Minck (b.1962, Ettelbruck, Luxembourg) • Meret Oppenheim (b.1913 Berlin, Germany; d.1985, Basel, Switzerland) • Pipilotti Rist (b.1962, Grabs, Switzerland) • Ursula (Schultze-Bluhm) (b.1921, Brandenburg, Germany; d.1999, Cologne, Germany) • Eva Wipf (b.1929, Santo Angelo do Paraiso, Brazil; d.1978, Brugg, Switzerland) “A century after the Surrealist Manifesto was published in 1924, the movement’s impact in German-speaking countries ... More Galerie Hubert Winter presents an exhibition of works by Guillaume Bijl VIENNA.- Guillaume Bijl (*1946, Antwerp) is known for his large-scale installations and visual realism. Since the late 1970s, Bijl has created realistic decors using found objects. In doing so, he played a pioneering role in the resurgence of the ready-made. Bijl shows the audience various aspects of our Western ‘civilisation’ and consumer society. Using extreme stereotypes, he creates a sort of ‘archaeology of our time’ in a tragi-comedic, alienating way. After searching for a mode of expression which could enable the audience’s involvement, the young Guillaume Bijl, a self-taught artist, started creating projects on paper in the seventies (Project Pleasures). The most important series comprised nine Treatments. This series exposes various societal determinations and phenomena such as the church, the army, the education system, the holiday ... More Exhibition features the work of 14 contemporary artists who use the rug as a medium to address cultural issues SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Museum of Craft and Design announces RugLife, an original exhibition on view from December 14, 2024 to April 20, 2025. Guest curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of c2-curatorsquared, RugLife features the work of 14 contemporary artists from around the world who use the rug as a medium to address cultural issues such as religion, technology, social justice, housing, and the environment. RugLife examines this functional-object-turned-artpiece in its contemporary form, as it is manipulated, reinterpreted, and made new. c2-curatorsquared has selected a diverse roster of artists and designers from the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, working ... More PhotoGalleries Gabriele Münter TARWUK Awol Erizku Leo Villareal Flashback On a day like today, Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh was born December 23, 1908. Yousuf Karsh, CC (December 23, 1908 - July 13, 2002) was an Armenian-Canadian photographer best known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century. In this image: Yousuf Karsh, Ford of Canada (surgeons), 1951. © 1996 - 2024 Founder: Ignacio Villarreal (1941 - 2019) Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal (52 8110667640) Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

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