This exhibition is deliberately not about such monumental works of modernism as Pablo Picasso's 27m² painting Guernica (1937) or Claes Oldenburg's metre-high sculptures. With Modernism in Miniature, the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, dedicates itself to important small-format works from Expressionism to Pop Art. The show opens on 12 August.
Marcel Duchamp, one of the most famous artists of the first half of the 20th century, once said: »Everything important that I have done can be put into a little suitcase.« So he designed a portable museum in a suitcase that contains 68 small reproductions of his early paintings and readymades. Other renowned artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Lyonel Feininger, Kurt Schwitters and Paul Klee also manifested groundbreaking artistic ideas in small-format works. The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California is showing 25 exhibits from its own collection in Modernism in Miniature. The exhibition runs from 12 August 2022 to 9 January 2023.
The museum's focus is on German Expressionism and American Pop Art. This presentation is especially recommended for visitors who want an intimate art experience with paintings, sculptures and prints, some of which are humorous. Many of the works are among the less frequently exhibited works by the above-mentioned artists and are worth the visit for that reason alone.
Continuation of the anniversary exhibitions: In 2026, Georg Brandner will celebrate his 70th birthday and his 50th anniversary as a freelance artist. He is presenting his works in various Austrian cities, with the next stop being Wolfsberg: On June 30 at 6:30 p.m., the exhibition Georg Brandner – 70 Years of Art will open at Galerie Atelier Berndt.
An exhibition on the conservation and restoration of unusual materials in works of art: On June 27, the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Ghent will open the exhibition Joseph Beuys | Wirtschaftswerte: a conservation history, centered on Beuys’s renowned work.
