City views of Berlin, Venice and Israel, still lifes, portraits and photographic collages - in a 50-year creative period, Efraim Habermann has produced an extensive body of work that is now being honored in Berlin with a broad exhibition.
History of Kinetic Art: Focus on Movement and Perception
The 20th century brought rapid social changes and new kinds of technology. Kinetic art is an expression of this change − and it is far from being at the end. On the history of a fairly young art form with a great future.
From 12,000 to 1.5 million US dollars in two years: The painting Summertime (2020) catapulted Anna Weyant into the top league of the art world: She is the Rising Star of the year.
With city views of Berlin, Efraim Habermann became known to a broad public as a photographer in the 1960s. His works are characterized early on by a distinctive, concise style and unusual perspectives. Today, after a 50-year creative phase, he has an extensive body of photographic work, consistently in black and white, with numerous series from Israel, Venice and Berlin, still lifes, portraits and photographic collages. Habermann's »pearls«, his mostly constructivist watercolors, geometric forms in strong colors, finely balanced into a postcard-sized composition, seem almost like a commentary on his own conception of the image. An extensive exhibition of works from the artist's private archive can now be seen in Berlin from mid-February.
In the exhibition Efraim Habermann - Photography and Watercolor, artnow Gallery, which is associated with art.salon, presents a comprehensive exhibition of the photographs and watercolors of Berlin-based artist Efraim Habermann.
by Felix Brosius,
February 04, 2023
National Gallery London: »After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art«
Between 1880 and the beginning of World War I, there are literally poles apart. The conception of art changed, Impressionism paved the way for Expressionism, Cubism and Abstraction. From March 25, the National Gallery in London will take its audience back to this turning point.
March 25, 2023
Kunsthaus Zürich: »Re-Orientations. Europe and Islamic Arts, 1851 to the Present«
Art knows no borders − this has not only been true since globalization. In Re-Orientations. Europe and the Islamic Arts, 1851 to the Present, how Islamic arts have influenced and been received in Europe. The exhibition, also a plea for transcultural exchange, opens March 24.
In 1954, Jean Dubuffet recognized the value that the artist Ursula could have for his Musée de l'Art Brut. André Breton was also enthusiastic about the artist, who can be attributed to Surrealism only on the spiritual level. Her mythical hybrid creatures and »idiosyncratic pictorial inventions« should attract a young generation to the solo show at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne starting March 18.
March 18, 2023
Vienna, ALBERTINA: »Picasso. On the 50th Anniversary of his Death«
2023 will be a Picasso year: 50 years ago, the world's most famous artist died. The ALBERTINA in Vienna also honors him with works from its own collection. From March 17, Picasso. On the 50th Anniversary of his Death.
March 17, 2023
London, National Gallery shows »The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance«
Renaissance artists aspired to the beauty of antiquity, but the ancient Romans were no strangers to the grotesque and demonic either. Portraits of old and deformed people were especially famous in the Netherlands. Beginning March 16, the National Gallery in London will illuminate the background with The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance.
March 16, 2023
Los Angeles, Getty Center: »Pastel Portraits: Drawn from Life?«
The 18th century is considered the heyday of pastel painting in Europe: the medium had freed itself from its mere use for sketches and was extremely popular for portraits. Beginning March 14, the Getty Center in Los Angeles will introduce visitors to the world of pastels with Pastel Portraits: Drawn from Life? featuring top-notch artists such as Rosalba Carriera and Maurice Quentin de La Tour.
Diane Arbus complemented her supposedly smooth history by unceremoniously charging it with a self-written antagonist role: as a fashion photographer and photojournalist, she contrasted the glamorously staged at some point with her pronounced interest in the different. The artist's tense life ended too soon - today she would have turned 100.
TEFAF, The European Fine Art Foundation, has been in existence since 1988 and is one of the most important art fairs in the world. Paintings from the early modern period are traded there as well as modern and contemporary art and design. This year, the fair opens in Maastricht on March 11.
The art world has many stories to tell. Not every one gets the attention it deserves. The Art.Salon presents institutions and personalities that stand out through creativity and commitment and even give a voice to those who are otherwise not heard.
The indomitable artist Louise Bourgeois stirred up the U.S. art world until she was nearly 100 years old. Born near Paris in 1911, she reckoned with her oppressive family history until her death in 2010: Ambiguous genitalia, morbid massacre installations, oversized spiders, and numerous other creative works bear witness to this cathartic process.
The documenta is considered one of the most important exhibitions of contemporary art worldwide. Every five years, Kassel's "Museum of 100 Days", as the documenta in Kassel is also called, welcomes artists, cultural workers and visitors.
A total of 79 national contributions (»partecipazioni nazionali«) have come together at the 59th Venice Art Biennale 2022 – from Egypt to Venezuela. That's an almost unmanageable amount if you can't take three or four days for it.
90 Millionen Dollar für eine Arbeit von David Hockney, ein Warhol für 195 Millionen US-Dollar, Basquiats Untitled: 57 Millionen US-Dollar – Der Art.Salon hält die aberwitzigsten Auktionsergebnisse fest und berichtet über denkwürdige Versteigerungen.
For those on the outside, the art market is opaque and often poses a mystery. Trends are difficult to see from the outside, and being included in the circle of collectors leaves you perplexed at the beginning. The Art.Salon brings light into the darkness, where the art market is otherwise rather hidden.
Art makes politics – but that does not only refer to the work. Art politicizes itself not only through its creator. Also the scene reproduces injustices. The Art.Salon explored political controversies such as the gender pay gap and looted art.
What affects your choice of colors? What made you start making artwork out of old books? You are in fact a mortician and now also gallery owner, how did that happen? Art.Salon allowed itself to ask artists questions that literally impose themselves when looking at the Art. The interviews with contemporary artists allow us to look deeply and understand better.
The art world has many stories to tell. Not every one gets the attention it deserves. The Art.Salon presents institutions and personalities that stand out through creativity and commitment and even give a voice to those who are otherwise not heard.