The RA’s summer show is the world’s biggest open exhibition. But what if anything does it tell us about art in modern Britain? Our guest critic goes hunting for gems in the over-stuffed halls.
Cy Twombly, Sensations of the Moment. For the first time in Austria, MUMOK presents a retrospective of Cy Twombly’s work. Twombly, one of the most important artists of his generation (b.1928), has been based in Italy since the late 1950s. His work diverged from the abstract expressionist tradition dominated by such figures as Jackson Pollock, [...]
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (Nantes 1836-1902 Doubs), The Japanese Scroll, signed ‘J. J. Tissot.’ (lower right), oil on panel, 15¼ x 22½ in. (38.7 x 57.2 cm.). Image C. Christie’s Images Ltd. 2009. The Old Masters and 19th Century Art sale realized $6,486,150/ £4,053,843/ €4,632,964 at Christie’s and was 86% sold by value and 72% [...]
The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Tangled Alphabets: León Ferrari and Mira Schendel is the first major museum retrospective in the United States to survey the work of León Ferrari (Argentine, b. 1920) and Mira Schendel (Brazilian, b. Switzerland, 1919–1988), and to explore their significant contributions to contemporary art. Working separately over several decades in [...]
The astonishing mystery surrounding Paolo Veronese’s historic work The Petrobelli Altarpiece will be solved when this enigmatically beautiful painting by celebrated Venetian Renaissance artist, Paolo Veronese, was unveiled to the public at the National Gallery of Canada on May 29, 2009. Fragments of the original work will be reunited some 400 years after their original [...]
The Museum of Modern Art presents the exhibition Aernout Mik, the first North American survey of the artist’s work. Mik (Dutch, b. 1962) is distinguished for his ability to combine, shift, and transform artistic practices by creating installations that integrate moving images, sculpture, and architecture into single constructions. Eight of the artist’s works are installed [...]
Free entrance to museums may become a thing of the past as the recession and funding cuts bite, according to the head of The Art Fund. London’s Natural History Museum David Barrie, who campaigned to have charges scrapped in 2001, said it would be “a disastrous backward step” if charges were reintroduced. Admissions are continuing [...]