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James Ensor, Masks Confronting Death, MoMA, New York
ANTWERP.- On the occasion of the Ensor Year 2024, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) presents the exhibition In Your Wildest Dreams. Ensor Beyond Impressionism. From 28 September 2024 to 19 January 2025, visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the largest James Ensor retrospective of the century. KMSKA holds the largest Ensor collection in the world. Owing to the Ensor Research Project, the museum has taken a leading role in researching the artist's oeuvre for many years now. This provides the perfect context for showcasing Ensors work. In Your Wildest Dreams. Ensor Beyond Impressionism invites visitors into a colourful universe of visions, masquerades and satire. But there is more. It is the first time that an exhibition shows Ensor's work so grandly, and alongside that of artists who inspire him and with whom he is eager to compete. Even if those competitors are Claude Monet, Edvard Munch or Ãdouard Manet. Never before have top works by Ensor been juxtaposed with ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view of Osman Khan: Road to Hybridabad, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (August 25, 2024 - April 6, 2025) Courtesy of the artist, made with MASS MoCA. Photo: Jon Verney.
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| Almine Rech opens an exhibition of works by Farah Atassi | | Lark Mason Associates showcases a stunning collection of Chinese and Asian art treasures | | Gagosian presents exhibition of new paintings by Jonas Wood |
Farah Atassi The Green Door, 2024. Oil and glycerol on canvas, 130 x 97 cm. 51 x 38 in.
LONDON.- Farah Atassi is known for revisiting some of the major themes of modern and contemporary painting in her pulsating compositions. These range from still life to the mechanical ballet and, more recently, the relationship between the model and the artist. Yet no model has ever posed for Atassi. Instead, she plays with the archetype of a model. Created in Atassis mind out of an art historical vocabulary, the figures in her spellbinding works are all ... More | |
An 18th century Chinese Imperial Yellow Ground Nine Dragon Brocaded Silk Panel, Qing Dynasty (Estimate: $20,000-40,000).
NEW YORK, NY.- Lark Mason Associates announced that over 300 lots of Chinese and other works of Asian art treasures is now open for bidding through October 15th on iGavelAuctions.com. Among the highlights are a set of Eight Korean Painted Panels, late Joseon Dynasty (Estimate: $20,000-30,000), an 18th century Chinese Imperial Yellow Ground Nine Dragon Brocaded Silk Panel, Qing Dynasty (Estimate: $20,000- ... More | |
Jonas Wood, Miami Shade House, 2024. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 66 x 60 inches (167.6 x 152.4 cm) © Jonas Wood. Photo: Marten Elder. Courtesy Gagosian.
LONDON.- Gagosian is presenting an exhibition of new paintings by Jonas Wood, opening at the Grosvenor Hill gallery in London on October 7, 2024. These works see Wood extend the unmistakable visual language that he has developed over two decades, exploring the dynamics of color, pattern, and space through the treatment of recurring subjects, including plants, family, and interiors. At once exuberant and obsessive, ... More |
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| Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza opens 'Exceptional Picture Frames' | | Mio Okido's art explores Japan's complex historical narrative at Humboldt Forum | | National Portrait Gallery lands at IVAM with 140 'Portraits to Dream' by Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman |
Wolfgang Beurer, Portrait of Johann von Rückingen (?) (recto), 1487. Oil on panel, 37,3 x 27,5 cm. Frame: German, 15th century; carved wood. Original. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
MADRID.- The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is presenting a display of eleven paintings from its permanent collection dating from the 14th to 17th centuries with frames - three of them the original ones - that reveal the artistic importance of this element. Made in Spain, France, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, they exemplify a wide variety of styles which reflect both the ... More | |
View of the exhibition Mio Okido: Remembered Images, Imagined (Hi)stories Japan, East Asia and I at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Pierre Adenis.
BERLIN.- In a special exhibition at the Museum of Asian Art within the Humboldt Forum, Japanese artist Mio Okido (*1986) presents four new works created during her fellowship as part of The Collaborative Museum project of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art. The theme of the works explores the constructions ... More | |
The retrospective exhibition shows together for the first time the work of two of the most significant artists in the history of photography.
VALENCIA.- The Institut València dArt Modern (IVAM) has unveiled the exhibition Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream, produced by the National Portrait Gallery in London. This groundbreaking showcase features a retrospective of the work of two of the most significant photographers in art history: Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) and Francesca Woodman ... More |
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| Exhibition at the Louvre features masterpieces from the Torlonia Collection | | Maureen Paley and Herald St present an exhibition of new works by Alexandra Bircken | | Palau de la Música Catalana opens an exhibition of photographs by Bill Armstrong |
Hestia Giustiniani, first half of the 2nd century AD, after a Greek original from 470-460 BC, Torlonia Collection, Giustiniani Collection © Roma, Fondazione Torlonia.
PARIS.- The largest ever private collection of ancient Roman sculptures, assembled throughout the 19th century by the Torlonia princes in Rome, is being shown to the public for the first time since the mid-20th century in a series of special exhibitions. The Louvre has the privilege of hosting the Torlonia marbles for their first showing outside ... More | |
Alexandra Bircken, Glitch, 2024. Stainless steel mirror-polished, 28 x 13 x 7 cm - 11 x 5 1/8 x 2 3/4 in © Alexandra Bircken, courtesy Maureen Paley and Herald St, London. Photo: Jackson White.
LONDON.- Maureen Paley and Herald St are presenting Gebrochenes Pferd, (Broken Horse), an exhibition of new works by Alexandra Bircken taking place in both galleries East London premises. Comprising sculpture, wall installation, and photography, this body of work continues ... More | |
Bill Armstrong, Renaisssance #1066. © Bill Armstrong.
BARCELONA.- The Palau de la Música Catalana, a UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for its stunning architecture and rich musical heritage, is set to showcase the captivating works of American photographer Bill Armstrong. His exhibition, featuring 25 unique pieces, aims to explore the complexities of the human condition, emphasizing themes of fragility and strength that resonate deeply with the overarching motif of the ... More |
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| MoMA PS 1 presents first US museum exhibition of artist Jasmine Gregory | | Fotografiska Berlin to open 'Benita Suchodrev: Le bal infernal' | | Baronian to open exhibition of works by Helmut Stallaerts |
Installation view of Jasmine Gregory: Si je ne peux pas lavoir, toi non plus, on view at Capc Musée dart contemporain, Bordeaux from November 17, 2023 through May 5, 2024. Courtesy CAPC. Photo: Arthur Péquin.
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- Jasmine Gregorys first institutional exhibition in the US presents a focused selection of new works, including a large-scale, site-specific installation created for MoMA PS1. On view ... More | |
2010 © Benita Suchodrev. Fine Art Print. 22 x 33 cm. Edition 8+2 AP
BERLIN.- In the labyrinth of Berlin club culture, labels and limitations disappear. For over 30 years, Berlin has been a space of possibility in which quite a few people have invented a new life, a new identity. Berlin's nightlife, with its ever-evolving club culture, mirrors the citys constant transformation. In the extensive series Le bal infernal, ... More | |
Helmut Stallaerts, For Annie (detail).
BRUSSELS.- In his work, Helmut Stallaerts focuses on images that are imposed on him from his subconscious. His painting process is characterized by a slow progression. The images, which are usually stored in a kind of intermediate space, are released. They are interpreted, nuanced, and ultimately appropriated. In this process, the painter, like his protagonists, works like ... More |
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Ant agriculture began 66 million years ago in the aftermath of the asteroid that doomed the dinosaursWASHINGTON, DC.- When humans began farming crops thousands of years ago, agriculture had already been around for millions of years. In fact, several animal lineages have been growing their own food since long before humans evolved as a species. According to a new study, colonies of ants began farming fungi when an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago. This impact caused a global mass extinction but also created ideal conditions for fungi to thrive. Innovative ants began cultivating the fungi, creating an evolutionary partnership that became even more tightly intertwined 27 million years ago and continues to this day. In a paper published in the journal Science, scientists at the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History analyzed genetic data from hundreds of species of fungi and ants to craft detailed evolutionary trees. Comparing these trees ... More Neïl Beloufa's first institutional solo exhibition in Switzerland at Kunsthalle BaselBASEL.- What is your name?; What is your occupation?; What is your motivation on a scale from personal gain-driven to impact-driven? These seemingly simple questions are the entry point into Humanities, Neïl Beloufas first institutional solo exhibition in Switzerland at Kunsthalle Basel. However, it soon becomes clear that the aim is not to collect psychographic and narrative data. With each answer, visitors build their own digital avatar, guiding them through a nuanced process of self-definition and introspection. Beloufa crafts a complex network of digital and physical spaces where narratives unfold, turning the exhibition into an immersive experience shaped by the visitors themselves. Yet, a critical issue emerges: Who is truly in control? At the heart of the exhibition are the three major installationsGrowth, 2024, Tombstone, ... More TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes opens Contemporary Biennial 2024 The Heretical ProclamationSANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE.- TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes opens its first Contemporary Biennial 2024, titled La proclama herética (The Heretical Proclamation), an exhibition that brings together the work of artists who, through various disciplines and languages, present their works as forms of resistance. They propose new perspectives that expand our vision of the world and challenge the restrictions imposed on our identities and historical narratives. The heretic, seen from the prism of power, is a confrontation with the status quo. The act of proposing alternatives, be they political, historical, based on identity or culture, contrary to the monolithic and hegemonic reality of established powers is a gesture of opposition and of believing in the possibility of real change that appears to decrease by the day. The proclamation can ... More Solo museum exhibition of the New York-based artist Anna K.E. opens at the Kunstmuseen KrefeldKREFELD.- The Kunstmuseen Krefeld are presenting the first solo museum exhibition of the New York-based artist Anna K.E. (b. 1986 Tbilisi, Georgia). The artist works in a variety of media and genres, including painting, sculpture, installation, performance, drawing, language, and film. She combines architecture, design, and art effortlessly and with relish. Through precise staging, Anna K.E. shifts the viewers perception of Haus Esters, built between 1927 and 1930 by the internationally renowned architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. For the exhibition For Our Parents, she intersperses the rooms with a system of references, linguistic allusions, and fragile architectural components. Approximately twenty works from the past two years are on view, including a new series of enamel pieces and a wall drawing. Inspired by the special character ... More FLAG Art Foundation presents a solo exhibition comprising two new bodies of work by Lubaina HimidNEW YORK, NY.- The recipient of the 2024 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize, British artist Lubaina Himid presents Make Do and Mend, a solo exhibition comprising two new bodies of work: a suite of Strategy Paintings that depict Black men and women seated around tables featuring different configurations of objectsin each case, imagining a specific problem to be solved; and an arrangement of sixty four plank paintings entitled Aunties, building on her previous plank works that evoke the form of funerary objects from East Africa. This exhibition is co-organized by The Contemporary Austin. Throughout a career spanning four decades, Lubaina Himid, a self-described painter and cultural activist, has expanded the possibilities of storytelling through painting as a means of exploring the legacy of British colonialism ... More The Museum of Modern Art announces 'Out of the Shadows: Rediscovering Mohammad Reza Aslani'NEW YORK, NY.- Following on the success of the landmark MoMA exhibition Iranian Cinema before the Revolution, 19251979 and the astonishing recent rediscovery of Mohammad Reza Aslanis Chess of the Wind (1976), the Museum presents a retrospective of the filmmakers work14 newly preserved dramas and documentaries, some never before screenedthat deepens our appreciation of this unsung master. A darkly claustrophobic tale of familial greed, cruelty, and subterfuge, Chess of the Wind proudly displayed its 19th-century roots in Henrik Ibsen and Fyodor Dostoevsky even as it hinted unsettlingly at the corruption and moral turpitude of Irans Pahlavi regime. Ignored by audiences and critics following its only screening at the Tehran International Film Festival in 1976, the film disappeared for some 40 years until Aslanis ... More First solo museum exhibition by the Detroit-based artist Osman Khan on view at MASS MoCA NORTH ADAMS, MASS.- MASS MoCA presents Osman Khan: Road to Hybridabad, the first solo museum exhibition by the Detroit-based artist of a new body of multimedia works. The show is on view in Building 4, first floor, through March 2025. In Road to Hybridabad, Khan re-reads the magical and fantastical figures found in folktales and lore, with a particular focus on those from South Asia, the Middle East, and other Muslim and immigrant traditions. Khan interprets these figures through contemporary technologies through a new body of work that includes a ten foot tall animatronic djinn head, a forest of telephone poles with djinns atop them, drone powered flying carpets, a boundary wall-destroying sound system, a fountain of endlessly flowing honey, and a robot-like sculpture that is in fact a storytelling Scheherazade AI. This ... More Exhibition establishes connections to issues of memory, heritage and intimacyHAMBURG.- The exhibition untranquil now spotlights artworks, performances, figures and events in which bodies and modes of perception become the agents of contradictory states and eventful histories. The works shed light on configurations of power and stimulate our imagination through heterogeneous narratives, while the artistic and performative gestures creatively interrogate what is happening in the world. The exhibition, complete with a programme of performances and films, has been organised in cooperation with the International Summer Festival 2024 at Kampnagel in Hamburg. Transdisciplinary in approach, it presents works of art that shift their narratives off the stage in order to incorporate human or animal figures, modernist buildings, a social housing complex, a rooftop, a public square, a park, an abandoned site, an archaeological excavation ... More David Gill Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Sebastian ErrazurizLONDON.- David Gill Gallery announced âRebuilding Reasonâ. Continuing an exploration of antiquity, Errazuriz creates works that explore eternal notions of human experience, scale and proportion. Abstracting ancient sculptures, Errazuriz reevaluates our relationship to immediately recognisable cannons of art, blurring boundaries between technology, design and craft. Sculptures that once adorned archaeological sites now serve as structural elements for everyday objects. Figures from classical friezes morph into table bases and shelf supports, while curated artifacts are integrated into furniture. This act of appropriation and transformation brings a new narrative to traditional forms and creates a dialogue between the monumental and the intimate. Sebastian Errazuriz is a Chilean-born, New York-based Artist, Designer. He received international acclaim for his original an ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American photographer Irving Penn died October 07, 2009. Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 - October 7, 2009) was an American photographer most known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake, and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally, and continues to inform the art of photography even after his death. In this image: A collector, left, makes a comment as a Christie's auction house worker holds Irving Penn's classic image of Jean Patchet that appeared at the Vogue magazine' cover in 1950, during a presentation in London, Friday May 13, 2005.
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