A shared world
The exhibition is more than a traditional photography show: A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography highlights the cultural diversity of the African continent, its stories and varied landscapes. Starting July 6, photographs and film works will be on view at Tate Modern in London.
Ellsworth Kelly from a different perspective
Ellsworth Kelly is considered one of the most important American artists of the postwar period. The sculptor and abstract painter also produced numerous portrait drawings known only to a few. The Art Institute of Chicago wants to change that starting July 1: It is showing nearly 100 exhibits in Ellsworth Kelly: Portrait Drawings.
On the occasion of her 100th birthday: first museum overview in Germany
The Hungarian-French artist Judit Reigl (1923 - 2020) is 97 years old. Three years and three donations later, the New National Gallery in Berlin is dedicating its first museum retrospective in Germany to her on the occasion of her 100th birthday, starting on June 30. From Surrealism to Informalism to Figuration, it will introduce the German public to Reigl's moving oeuvre.
Why do we exist?
Man seems strange in the world. On the one hand he is a mammal, on the other hand he is radically different from all animals himself and changes nature like no other species. With depictions of disfigured, ghostly-looking bodies, Ofer Lellouche explores the question of the meaning of human life. Starting June 29, his works are on view at the Albertina in Vienna.
Inheritance: New Beginning or Return?
In order to inherit, someone has to die: but for the Whitney Museum in New York, this also means that ideas and experiences are always being passed on, without ever really leaving. It is with this interesting new approach to inheritance that the museum will present its new acquisitions beginning June 28.
A Messenger of Abstract Expressionism
He was one of the first Abstract Expressionists with an international reputation and co-founder of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art: Sam Francis was an important painter of the 20th century. Today, the US American would have turned 100.
Such a Diva!?
Today, the term »diva«is generally understood to mean a rather snooty, spoiled person who is not stingy with airs and graces. The media unfairly uses the term to describe stars. From June 24, the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London is preparing to give the diva a new face - with a host of stage outfits and costumes to dispel the negative image.
Retrospective of a pioneer
VALIE EXPORT is an important performance and media artist with a feminist guideline. She is considered a pioneer, some art actions still cause incomprehension in the public. The Albertina in Vienna is showing a major retrospective starting June 23 with a special focus on her photographic work.
A legend comes to London
It's the artist's first major exhibition in the UK: The Barbican Centre honors one of America's greatest female photographers with Carrie Mae Weems: Reflections for Now. Her work on cultural identities, racism and sexism will be on view in London from June 22.
Fooled
Art forgeries have caused major scandals in the past. The intention to deceive is certainly not considered a virtue, but there is proverbial art behind both the creation and the marketing. Beginning June 17, London's Courtauld Institute of Art will present the plagiarisms hidden within its own ranks.
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