»The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England«
From 10 October, it will be majestic at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: the exhibition The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England takes us back to the 16th century, the time of the Tudor dynasty. More than 100 exhibits by outstanding European artists who were lured to the island by the Tudors' patronage are on display.
A Museum in Times of War
Yuliya Vaganova is the director of the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts in Kiev. On Monday, 17 October, she will give a lecture at the Lenbachhaus in Munich on her work and the importance of museums in times of war. The event will be held in English.
The »image creator«
»I am a image creator,« the minimalist Robert Peter Mangold is said to have once said about himself. His unanimous role in the abstract art of the 1970s and 1980s leaves no doubt about that. Today, Mangold celebrates his 85th birthday.
The Changing Space
David Hammons, Butch Morris, Senga Nengudi, Lorraine O'Grady, and Howardena Pindell-their common thread? They all tried their hand at the Just Above Midtown gallery in the 1970s and 1980s. A place that brought African American art to the forefront and was open to the experimental. The Museum of Modern Art recalls their spirit beginning October 9.
Pioneer of American colour photography - Stephen Shore turns 75
At 16, he met Andy Warhol and documented the goings-on in the famous artist's studio: The Factory. At 23, he had his first solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Today he is regarded as a pioneer of American colour photography who was a role model for Nan Goldin and Andreas Gursky, among others: Stephen Shore turns 75 today.
Against Pain: Current Drawings by Ibrahim El-Salahi
In recent years, the now 92-year-old artist Ibrahim El-Salahi has been working on a new series of works: his Pain Relief Drawings, with which he distracts himself from his chronic pain. 100 of them can be seen from 7 October in the exhibition of the same name at the Drawing Center in New York.
Master of geometric body analysis
His sculptures of female nudes populate cities all over Europe: Aristide Maillol is one of the most important sculptors of the modern age. From 7 October, the Kunsthaus Zürich will be showing the survey exhibition Aristide Maillol. The Search for Harmony, which is also devoted to his painterly work.
An Engaged Eye
Alice Neel loved to paint people who had been rendered socially invisible. With her »engaged eye« , she roamed New York and captured their stories in portraits. The Centre Pompidou is now showing her life's work in France for the first time, starting October 5.
John Singer Sargent's travels through Spain
Rarely shown artworks by a famous painter: in Sargent and Spain, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. exhibits about 120 works by John Singer Sargent. They are related to Sargent's travels in Spain, which spanned three decades. The exhibition opens on 2 October.
Wax painting: the beauty of the light flowing color
How can a picture shine from itself without a light source? Sybille Pattscheck's works provide an answer to this question. Using the ancient technique of encaustic, in which liquid beeswax is applied in combination with pigments, she creates works that seem to radiate. In the interview, she explains to us how she came to this exciting painting technique and what she likes so much about it.
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