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View of the exhibition "Jugendstil. Made in Munich".
MUNICH.- A captivating new exhibition, "Jugendstil. Made in Munich," has opened its doors at the Kunsthalle München, inviting visitors on a journey through the vibrant world of Art Nouveau in the Bavarian capital. This collaborative effort with the Munich City Museum delves deep into the artistic and cultural movement that swept across Europe at the dawn of the 20th century, showcasing Munich's pivotal role in its evolution. The exhibition unfolds as a visual feast, showcasing a diverse array of paintings, sculptures, furniture, decorative arts, and even fashion. It masterfully weaves together the threads of artistic expression, revealing how Munich's thriving artistic community embraced the innovative spirit of Art Nouveau. From the iconic magazine Jugend, which lent its name to the movement, to the groundbreaking designs of luminaries like Richard Riemerschmid and Bruno Paul, the exhibition demonstrates the multifaceted nature of this influential style. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Exhibition overview Truly Wicked: The Seven Deadly Sins visualized, Bonnefanten, 2024, Photo: Peter Cox.
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| New acquisition brings Romantic landscape of Kleve to life at B.C. Koekkoek-House | | British Library acquires Elizabeth Barrett Browning letters and John Galsworthy archive | | Research reveals likely artist of rare 17th-century painting |
Cornelis Lieste (18171861), The View of Kleve from Klever Berg.
KLEVE.- The B.C. Koekkoek-House in Kleve has added a remarkable piece to its collection: The View of Kleve from Klever Berg by Haarlem painter Cornelis Lieste (18171861). Purchased at auction by the Friends of the Museum Kurhaus and Koekkoek House Kleve, the painting captures the picturesque charm of Kleves landscape, a favorite among Dutch Romantic painters. Liestes work showcases the allure of Kleves topography during the 19th century, celebrated by Dutch artists for its idyllic vistas. The painting centers on Nimweger StraÃe, framed by Kleves iconic Schwanenburg castle on the left and the Stiftskirche on the right. The Tiergarten forest is depicted alongside a simplified representation of the Schwanenburg, while the Heideberger Mill remains hidden from view, a subtle nod to the citys evolution. Liestes use of composition, light, and aerial perspective reflects the influence of celebrated landscape artist B.C. Koekkoek. While ... More | |
The acquisitions have been made possible with funding from National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), British Library Collections Trust (BLCT) and Friends of the National Libraries (FNL).
LONDON.- The British Library has acquired a series of letters from poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) and the archive of author and playwright John Galsworthy (1867-1933). The acquisitions have been made possible with funding from National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), British Library Collections Trust (BLCT) and Friends of the National Libraries (FNL). Best known for the Forsyte Saga (1906-21), a series of novels depicting the lives and values of the English upper middle classes, John Galsworthy was the first President of PEN International (1921-32) and awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932. Comprising over 60 boxes and folders of original correspondence and papers, the archive acquired by the British Library contains handwritten literary drafts, correspondence and annotated copies of his printed works, providing a rich resource for ... More | |
During the 17th century, the morality of cosmetics such as make-up and beauty patches was increasingly debated. Image: Compton Verney.
LONDON.- Two Women Wearing Cosmetic Patches (c.1655) has now undergone an 18-month conservation and research project at the Yale Center for British Art which has shed new light on the works significance and origin. Extensive research, including x-ray analysis,has concluded that the artist behind the painting is likely to be Father Jerome Hesketh (active 16471666). More than a dozen works by Hesketh feature in UK public collections today, such as Lyme Park, Sizergh Castle and Moseley Old Hall. Comparisons between these and Two Women Wearing Cosmetic Patches offer compelling evidence they are by the same hand. The painting itself reveals fascinating insights into attitudes to morality and race. Unusually for the period, the artist presents a black and a white woman side by side, wearing similar dress, hair and jewellery. Both also wear silk cosmetic patches which the painting critiques ... More |
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| Book review: Contemporary Brick Buildings by Philip Jodidio | | Museum Ritter exhibits paintings from the Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection | | Rediscovered sculpture from Elia Volpi's collection unveiled |
This comprehensive volume tours the world to cover the most exciting and innovative brick buildings of the past 35 years, from Paraguay to New Zealand.
NEW YORK, NY.- Contemporary Brick Buildings, authored by Philip Jodidio and published by TASCHEN, is a visual and intellectual celebration of one of the worlds most enduring architectural materials: brick. Available in a multilingual edition (English, French, and German), this hefty 592-page hardcover tome showcases the versatility and timelessness of brick architecture through a global lens, spanning innovative projects from renowned architects and emerging talents. Jodidio expertly curates a fascinating array of brick structures from the last 35 years, proving the materials resilience and adaptability. From the monumental Tate Modern Switch House in London by Herzog & de Meuron to Daniel Libeskinds poignant Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names in Amsterdam, the book offers a rich diversity of applications. Featured projects range from cultural hubs and residential spaces to infrastructure and leisure buildings, highlighting the universality ... More | |
Bettina Blohm, Painted Lady, 2017 © Künstlerin. Photo: Cathy Carver.
WALDENBUCH.- More than any other genre, painting is generally regarded as the epitome of fine art. In a world dominated by an ever-growing flood of digital images, it still remains the most popular means of artistic expression. To this day, most painting is done in the classic tradition of the panel painting, in which the colour is applied to a flat, rectangular and transportable image carrier. With the exhibition Paint, Museum Ritter casts a look at more recent developments in non- representational painting and presents over 50 works from the collection, most of them created after 2000. The selection brings together a spectrum of highly individual approaches that simultaneously underlines how kindred strategies and procedures are employed when working in the medium of paint. In addition to paintings that follow an exactly determined, mathematical and logical blueprint, the exhibition features a number of works executed with loose brush- strokes on the canvas in order to conjure up vibrating colour ... More | |
The Madonna and Child sculpture entered Florences public collections in 1914 and has since been housed in multiple locations.
FLORENCE.- A recent rediscovery has shed light on a Madonna and Child terracotta sculpture from the collection of Elia Volpi, a Florentine collector, dealer, and key figure in the early 20th-century restoration of Palazzo Davanzati. The sculptures history, movements through Florences museums, and surprising origins have brought fresh attention to its significance. The Madonna and Child sculpture entered Florences public collections in 1914 and has since been housed in multiple locations. It was initially displayed at the National Museum of the Bargello before moving to the Museum of San Marco and the Horne Museum. It later returned to the Bargello, where it remained in storage from 1982 until 2022. Its recent placement at Palazzo Davanzati brings it back to a space closely tied to Volpis vision of Renaissance Florence. Long considered a 16th-century work, the sculpture was thought to align with the Renaissance ambiance of Palazzo Davanzati. However, ... More |
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| Researchers uncover more burials in crypt under Hueypoxtla Church, State of Mexico | | First exhibition to explore the dialogue between Léon Spilliaert and Dirk Braeckman on view in The Hague | | Bonnefanten Museum presents a comprehensive and unique exhibition on the imagination of evil |
In loculus M1, the remains of an infant were found, which preserves remnants of a garment, as yet undetermined. Burial 1, M1. Photo: INAH.
MEXICO CITY.- In November 2024, archaeologists supported by Mexicoâs National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) continued their exploration of a crypt beneath the Church of San Bartolomé Apóstol in Hueypoxtla, State of Mexico. The crypt, dating to the 18th or early 19th century, contains at least 72 burial niches, and this recent effort uncovered the remains of two adults and a five-year-old child. The excavation, led by Perla RuÃz Albarrán of the Center for Anthropological Studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), was conducted from November 18 to 22, with financial support from the Stresser-Péan Foundation. Three niches were opened during this field season: ⢠C1 and H1: Contained the remains of male individuals positioned on their backs with hands resting on the abdominal region, feet facing the church atrium. ⢠M1: The left section of this divided niche housed the remains of a five-year-old child, alongside metallic funeral ornaments and remnants of an unidentif ... More | |
Léon Spilliaert Hofstraat Oostende, 1908, washed Indian ink, brush and colored pencil on paper, 637 x 489 mm, private collection, Photo: Cedric Verhelst.
THE HAGUE.- There is an unmistakable artistic affinity between the work of the Belgian artists Léon Spilliaert (Ostend 1881-1946 Brussels) and Dirk Braeckman (Eeklo, 1958). Although Spilliaert worked mainly with ink, pencil and chalk and Braeckman employs photography, their work reveals a shared fascination with the night. Dominated by black and grey, a spectrum of darkness punctuated and emphasised by points of light, their nocturnal gaze transforms their immediate surroundings and impressions into ambiguous dream images that pose more questions than they can answer. Their works seem to emerge from the same emotional world: the mysterious, the elusive and the indeterminate. With Dirk Braeckman Léon Spilliaert: Night Wanderers, the Kunstmuseum Den Haag presents the first exhibition to explore the dialogue between these two artists works. After studying for only a few months at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bruges, Léon Spilliaert worked alone to develop a unique and strongly ... More | |
Abraham Janssens van Nuyssen, The Unsteadiness / Incostanza, 1615-1618, oil on canvas, 106.5 x 82 cm. Collection Statens Museum for Kunst: the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen. Photo SMK Photo, Jakob Skou-Hansen.
MAASTRICHT.- A dismal eternity of torture in hell; a mad little demon twisting his body so he can smell his own anus; or a life-sized half-naked woman reclining tantalisinglyis the image of sin in the sixteenth century evil, silly or actually enticing? With the comprehensive exhibition Truly Wicked: The Seven Deadly Sins visualised, Bonnefanten presents a unique view of good and evil in the art of the long sixteenth century (1450 - 1650). Since forbidden fruit always seems more desirable, this exhibition focuses on the catalogue of all that is evil: the Seven Deadly Sins. Sins are depicted more than ever before in the sixteenth century, from stately personifications to behaviours (still) recognisable to this day. How do you portray such abstract concepts? What was evil and what was good by omission? At the heart of the exhibition is the renowned print series after a design of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Seven Deadly Sins ... More |
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| GAM Torino opens three exhibitions under the theme First Resonance | | The Bihar Museum of Patna opens a major exhibition of works by the artist Subodh Gupta | | Leafing through Notre-Dame: Masterpieces of the Medieval Library on view at the Musée de Cluny |
Sergio Lombardo, Scatola con 30 aste (Box with 30 Poles). Installation view, GAMTorino, Turin, Italy, 2024. Courtesy of Fondazione per lArte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT, on loan to GAMTorino. Photo: Giorgio Perottino.
TURIN.- From the three new exhibitions dedicated to Berthe Morisot, Mary Heilmann and Maria Morganti emerge the themes that inspire the new layout of the permanent collections: light, colour, instant and rhythm. After many years, the second floor of the Museum reopens, thanks to an architectural project that has enhanced the original structure and the rooms that are flooded with light. A section of the second floor houses the Living Storage, in which the visitor lives the immersive experience of a museum storage area. Finally, Stefano Arienti is the intruder invited to disrupt the established order of the museum. The project of the new GAMTurins Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, conceived by the new director Chiara Bertola, kicks off on Tuesday October 15, 2024, the day of its inauguration. The renovation of the museum spaces, which has enhanced the original architectural layout ... More | |
Subodh Gupta, Thik Paas Me (Right nearby), 2012. Fiber, 20.8 x 20.8 x 7 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Nature Morte.
PATNA.- The Bihar Museum of Patna opened a major exhibition of works by the artist Subodh Gupta. Born in 1964 in Khagaul, Bihar, Gupta has been based in New Delhi and the suburb of Gurgaon since 1992. Though he has travelled the world exhibiting his work in prestigious museums and art galleries, he has always retained a close connection with his upbringing in Bihar, inspiring many of the works he has created in the past 30 years. Curated by the Director General of the museum Mr. Anjani Kumar Singh, the exhibition features twenty major sculptures from the years 2003 to 2024, as well as a small group of paintings. Gupta is well-known for starting with the common bartan and using it to create a wide variety of works that go from the minimal to the maximal. He taps into the lives of the common Indian by using the most basic household items found throughout the country, as well as specific icons that symbolize the rapid changes and economic developments that have taken place in India in the past 30 ... More | |
Since 1756 most of Notre-Dames medieval manuscripts some 300 documents have been stored at the BnF. © Agence Le Menu, musée de Cluny - musée national du Moyen Ãge.
PARIS.- The history of Notre-Dame cannot be solely defined by its famous building: it has also been shaped by books, manuscripts and prints which were used for worship or study. From 19 November 2024 to 16 March 2025, the Musée de Cluny Musée National du Moyen Ãge in Paris is deep diving into the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) collections for the Feuilleter Notre- Dame. Chefs-duvre de la bibliothèque médiévale (Leafing through Notre-Dame. Masterpieces of the Medieval Library) exhibition, organised in collaboration with the BnF. Since 1756 most of Notre-Dames medieval manuscripts some 300 documents have been stored at the BnF. And now the Musée de Cluny exhibition is revealing the richness of this collection through a curated selection of around 40 documents. In addition to precious medieval manuscripts from the Department of Manuscripts and the Bibliothèque de lArsenal in Paris (part of the BnF), it features two illuminated pages ... More |
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Shahzia Sikander on Indian and Persian Illuminated Manuscripts
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Local Welsh treasures saved and restored with UK Government funding LONDON.- Over £2 million will be awarded to 7 much-loved local places in Wales, so they can stay open to keep their communities thriving. This includes £1 million to save 4 spaces in Wales, including the Tafarn y Plu pub in Gwynedd, The Bunkhouse music venue in Swansea, a museum in Powys and a community shop in Gwynedd. This funding will be used to refurbish, renovate and secure the future of each of these buildings, allowing them to offer a diverse programme of events and activities including live music, well-being sessions and educational opportunities. As set out in its Plan for Change, the UK government is committed to kickstarting economic growth and raising living standards. Thriving communities lie at the heart of a thriving economy, and the support provided by the Community Ownership Fund will inject funding where ... More Exhibition presents the most exciting photobooks of the Central and Eastern Europe regionBUDAPEST.- Recent years have seen a dynamic development in the field of artists book publishing. The exhibition PHOTO / ARTIST / BOOK presents the most varied recent trends in the production of photobooks from four Central and Eastern European countries, through nearly fifty publications. The list of publications has been compiled with the help of the most important artists book institutions and experts from the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania, and a subjective selection by the Hungarian curators. Some art publications, albums or catalogs may look like artists books, but they are not. There are also many cases of books that appear to be books, or traditional books written by artists rather than writers, historians or philosophers, but not all of these are artists books. Many artists books are easily confused with exhibition catalogs, ... More Exhibition tells the story of psychiatry in Basel over the past 150 yearsBASEL.- Basel Historical Museums exhibition insanely normal tells the story of psychiatry in Basel over the past 150 years. What do we mean by normal, not normal or crazy? Where is the boundary between mentally healthy and mentally ill, and how has it shifted over time? The exhibition also addresses some of the fundamental issues of psychiatry that still concern us today. It runs until 29 June 2025 in the Barfüsserkirche. Based on the historical collection of the University Psychiatric Clinics [UPK] Basel and its forerunners, insanely normal tells the story of the development of psychiatry in Basel from the 19th century to the present day. Modern psychiatry has had a double remit since the outset: to treat mental disorders and, at best, cure them. At the same time, it is supposed to control those who cross the tolerance threshold of normality. In ... More BnF showcases the dark and powerful art of Damien DeroubaixPARIS.- The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) is celebrating the bold and provocative work of contemporary artist Damien Deroubaix (b. 1972) with the exhibition Damien Deroubaix: En un jour si obscur. This marks the first time a national institution has highlighted Deroubaixs multifaceted art, which draws from societal critiques and an extensive range of influences, from death metal to Renaissance masters. The exhibition juxtaposes over 70 of his works with masterpieces from the BnFs engraving collection, including those by Albrecht Dürer and Paul Gauguin. Deroubaix is one of the few artists of his generation to equally embrace engraving, painting, and sculpture, merging these mediums through dynamic interactions. His work is both allegorical and iconoclastic, haunted by the music of his adolescence and enriched with ... More Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig presents the work of Maria Pinińska-BereśLEIPZIG.- The GfZK presents Germanys first comprehensive solo exhibition of Maria Pinińska-Bereś (193199), one of the most extraordinary personalities of 20th century Polish art. Pinińska-Bereś created a unique body of work including sculptures, objects, installations and performances. A central element of her poetic and political art is the exploration of femininity and the societal constraints associated with it. Along with colleagues such as Natalia LL or Ewa Partum, Pinińska-Bereś is seen as a pioneer of feminist art in Poland. She positioned herself against the structural violence of both the State and the Church, and critically questioned the art industry from this perspective. While her sculptural works from the 1950s were still in keeping with modernist traditions, her art later incorporated influences from the neo-avant-garde ... More 'Tao Hui: In the Land Beyond Living' on view at Tai Kwun ContemporaryHONG KONG.- Tao Hui (b. 1987, Chongqing) constructs an absurdist, surreal landscape that focuses on struggles from the margins. Through include painting, sculpture, video, sound, installation, and set design, the artist invites viewers to reconsider the lives and spiritual states of ordinary people as they navigate the ebb and flow of social development in Chinafrom north to south, inland to coast, urban to rural, industrial to natural. In the Land Beyond Living features five newly commissioned works. Visitors are greeted by hyper-realistic, yet vibrantly coloured glass chicken feet: this eerily enchanting work, Money Grab Hand, guides viewers into an alternate realm beyond living. In the middle of the space, the key work, a multisensorial video installation entitled Chilling Terror Sweeps the North, revolves around a love story imbued with innuendoes. ... More Liverpool Biennial presents theme and participating artists for 13th editionLIVERPOOL.- Liverpool Biennial revealed the theme and participating artists for its 13th edition. The Biennial festival, titled BEDROCK, will take place June 7September 14 2025, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay. BEDROCK draws on Liverpools distinctive geography and the beliefs that underpin the citys social foundations. It is inspired by the sandstone which spans the city region and is found in its distinctive architecture. BEDROCK also acts as a metaphor for the social foundations of Liverpool and the people, places and values that ground all of us. The participating artists for Liverpool Biennial 2025 are: Alice Rekab; Amber Akaunu; Amy Claire Mills; Ana Navas; Anna Gonzalez Noguchi; Antonio Jose Guzman & Iva Jankovic; Cevdet Erek; ChihChung Chang; Christine Sun Kim; DARCH; Dawit L. Petros; Elizabeth Price; Fred Wilson; Hadassa ... More Museum MACAN presents Korakrit Arunanondchai: Sing Dance Cry Breathe │ as their world collides on to the screenJAKARTA .- Exploring identity, memory, life, death, spirituality, and the human condition, Arunanondchai presents a wide range of his artistic practices through video works, paintings, and newly created site-specific installations in the exhibition Sing Dance Cry Breathe | as their world collides on to the screen. Museum MACAN opened the major solo presentation of the works by the Thai-born, US and Bangkok-based artist Korakrit Arunanondchai for the first time in Indonesia. Titled Sing Dance Cry Breathe | as their world collides on to the screen, the exhibition brings together a wide range of Arunanondchais artistic practices, from his most renowned video installations, paintings, as well as newly created site- ... More KADIST Paris and Palais de Tokyo present Borders are Nocturnal AnimalsPARIS.- Les Frontières sont des animaux nocturnes / Sienos yra naktiniai gyvūnai (Borders are Nocturnal Animals) is a project co-organized by KADIST Paris, the Palais de Tokyo and the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius. The exhibition presents intergenerational Lithuanian artists together with a collective of cultural workers from âpost-socialistâ countries, some now based in Western Europe and the US. It stems from the present geopolitical turmoil caused by the Russian war in Ukraine. Two years after the full scale invasion started, what normality is possible in the vicinity of the conflict, while we witness history tending to repeat itself? The exhibition points at stories of that region that until recently were overshadowed by power discourses both from the East and the West. Once told, can they reshape established narratives of the past and the present? ... More X Museum presents X Virtual Gathering: HoneyBEIJING.- Although the Chinese pictograph and title of the project refers to honey, it also morphologically entails its originator, the bee and its natural habitat, the hive. X Virtual Gathering: Honey focuses on the expanded network of bees and its implicationsecological biogeography, human civilisation, and capitalisation. In recent years, resource depletion and ecological crises have resulted in a net loss of biodiversity, which has dramatically affected the living conditions of many species. Here, humans are no exception, and are never excused from these systems. The space occupied by Honey is not merely one of nature and ecology, but also a space shaped by totems and human activity that impacts wildlife. X Virtual Gathering: Honey is an interdisciplinary research project that commissions visual artists and music ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Swiss/French painter Félix Vallotton was born December 28, 1865. Félix Edouard Vallotton (December 28, 1865 - December 29, 1925) was a Swiss/French painter and printmaker associated with Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. In this image: Félix Vallotton, La Néva, brume légère, 1913. Photo: Sotheby's.
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