»Photography is my work - watercolors are my pearls.«
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.
Efraim Habermann - Photography and Watercolor
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.
When Modern Art Was Born
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.
Influences of Islamic Art in Europe
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.
»Ursula - That's Me. So what?«
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.
More than just cubism
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.
Satires and demons? The faces of old women
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.
Masters of Pastel Painting
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.
Beyond the Horizon
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.
Art fair continues its success story
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.
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