Salvador Dalí, a surrealist who has no equal – given the abundance of exhibitions, it is nothing short of a miracle that the Art Institute in Chicago is only now dedicating him a solo show. However, the perspective ist, what makes the exhibition exciting: starting on February 18, visitors will look at a contradictory desire of the artist.
As a figurehead of Surrealism, the Spanish artist Salvador Dalí is on everyone's lips. He further deformed the already whimsical genre with his own unique charm, allowing contradictory impulses to guide him: being seen was as important to him as disappearing. The Chicago Art Institute turns its attention to this phenomenon beginning Feb. 18. It is the museum's first solo show devoted to the most famous of all Surrealists.
In Salvador Dalí: The Image Disappears, the Art Institute brings together more than 30 paintings, drawings, photographs, surrealist objects, and a rich selection of prints, books, and artist ephemera from the 1930s. They bear witness to his pioneering experiments with materials and color, which found expression in edible objects as well as surrealist sculptures with hiding places or even optical illusions and »double images.« The public can look forward to masterpieces such as Inventions of the Monsters (1937) or Venus de Milo with Drawers (1936). Until June 12, visitors can engage in the interplay of visibility and disappearance.
She is a national heroine in Finland, but has only become known internationally in recent years: Helene Schjerfbeck fascinates with her original, simple style. For the first time, a major museum in the USA is presenting her work: Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck opens on December 5 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
From November 13 to 30, the Fremantle Biennale took place in Australia near Perth, focusing on site-specific contemporary art. Among the exhibiting artists was Raki Nikahetiya with a sensory installation about the intertwining of identity, displacement, and home.
