As I begin to think about where I will travel this year, “what’s on” in the world influences where I may go. My initial search has resulted in a list of 60 compelling art shows around the world. You’ll see that I’m a big fan of modern and contemporary art, but there are a few classics in the mix as well. There are a number of exhibitions with interesting themes as well as single artist retrospectives. You’ll notice that Pollock, Ai Weiwei, Warhol, and Giacometti are pretty popular this year. This is part 1 of “What’s On” in 2016, and I expect future posts to look at photography, festivals, and more. If you’re like me and love art, you may find this list useful as you plan your own travels.
UNITED STATES…
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Islamic Art Now, Part 2: Contemporary Art of the Middle East — Ongoing
This exhibit purports to link contemporary ideas Middle East artists with their cultural roots. The concept is compelling and just might turn some pre-conceived notions on their head.
Drawing inspiration from their own cultural traditions, these artists use techniques and incorporate imagery and ideas from earlier periods. LACMA has been acquiring Islamic art as part of its collection for years and seeks to view this more modern Islamic art in a bigger picture. The current exhibition features 31 works by artists from Iran, the Arab world, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Northwest Africa.
Where: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Sacramento
Ai Weiwei Circle of Animals: Zodiac Heads — Till May 01, 2016
In creating contemporary versions of these 12 Chinese zodiac animals on an oversized scale, Ai Weiwei focuses attention on issues of the repatriation while exploring what constitutes Chinese art and identity.
Where: Crocker Art Museum
Andy Warhol Portraits — March 13 – June 19, 2016
This Warhol exhibition features 168 drawings, fashion sketches and paintings, photo-booth film strips, Polaroids, photographs, personal memorabilia, and portrait paintings to underscore the iconic nature of his portraiture. The show presents Warhol’s self-portraits, as well as iconic celebrities of the 20th century including Truman Capote, Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Judy Garland, Jane Fonda, and Sylvester Stallone. To further the understanding of Warhol’s process, the exhibition will allow visitors to make their own silk screen prints.
Where: Crocker Art Museum
Glass for the New Millennium — July 10 – October 2, 2016
This show features the work of about 70 contemporary glass artists who push the boundaries of this sculptural medium to transcend European tradition and push the medium’s boundaries. Featured artists include Dale Chihuly, Nick Mount, Klaus Moje, Lino Tagliapietra, Marvin Lipofsky.
Where: Crocker Art Museum
San Francisco
Sublime Beauty: Raphael’s Portrait of a Lady with Unicorn — Till April 10, 2016
Is it worth heading to the Legion of Honor’s gorgeous seaside location for this one painting? Probably. It’s Raphael. Lent by the Galleria Borghese in Rome, where it has lived since at least 1682, the exhibition explores the painting’s symbolism and relationship to the Mona Lisa, which had significant impact on Raphael. Guest Lecture – Saturday, March 19, 2016 by Dr. Mary Shay-Millea 2-3pm.
Where: The Legion of Honor
Vida, Cultura Y Color: The Art of Peter Rodriguez — Till May 20, 2016
The important works of Mexican-American artist Peter Rodriguez’s are featured in this retrospective of the painter, who is also the founder of San Francisco’s Mexican Museum. Born in 1926 in Stockton, California, Rodriguez is a self-taught painter whose unique abstract expressionist style has had a huge influence in the promotion of Latino culture.
Where: The Mexican Museum
NEW YORK
NYC
Jackson Pollock: A Collection Survey, 1934–1954 — Till May 1, 2016
A great opportunity to view nearly all 50 works from MOMA’s collection focusing on Pollock’s early experiments in the late 1930s and 1940s, culminating in his seminal painting One: Number 31, 1950, which launched Pollock’s career and influenced abstract expressionism across the world. Makes me want to fly to NYC now.
Where: Museum of Modern Art
Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan — Till May 8 2016
Sculpture of Japan’s Kamakura period (1185–1333), explores this high point in Japan’s cultural history with a look at this Renaissance period. The show “examines the interplay of realism and the sacred” across 30 Buddhist masterpieces.
Where: Asia Society
Munch and Expressionism — Till June 16
Paintings by Edvard Munch, including his rarely traveled “The Scream,” (there are 4 versions) are shown alongside his German and Austrian contemporaries to illustrate Munch’s impact on Expressionism – and its impact on him.
Where: Neue Gallery
Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible — March 18 – September 4, 2016
This fascinatingly conceived show that appeals to both artistic and intellectual sensibilities poses the question, “When is a painting finished?” Nearly 200 pieces are featured ranging from the Renaissance to the present, including the likes of Titian, Rembrandt, Cezanne, Louise Bourgeois, and Jackson Pollock.
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gustav Klimt and the Women of Vienna’s Golden Age, 1900-1918 — September 22 – January 16, 2017
This exhibition presents some of Klimt’s most important society portraits, illustrating Vienna’s cultural life at the turn of the twentieth century. The works provide a crucial link between nineteenth-century Symbolism and Modernism. The exhibition features preliminary sketches and ranges from Klimt’s early works influenced by Symbolism and the Pre-Raphaelite movement to his “golden style.”
Where: Neue Galerie
Master Works of the Neue Galerie — July 14 – January 16, 2017
For its 15th anniversary, the Neue Galerie shows off the best of its collection featuring Austrian and German works from 1890 to 1940. The Austrian collection is renowned for its major works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, and Gerstl. Its German pieces highlight the Expressionist movement with paintings by members Brücke (Bridge), Heckel, Kirchner, Kandinsky, and Klee. The collection also has important pieces by Max Beckman and Otto Dix. This anniversary seems like a can’t-miss opportunity.
Where: Neue Galerie
Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven — September 20 – January 8, 2017
This show illustrates Jerusalem’s pivotal role and influence in art during the middle ages. “Jerusalem” will exhibit about 200 works which will demonstrate that this city was influenced by many faiths and cultures, far beyond Jewish, Christian, and Islam.
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gustav Klimt’s Adele Bloch-Bauer II — Ongoing
Adele Bloche-Bauer is one of two Klimt’s formal portraits of his patron. This key work of the artist is on a special long-term loan from a private collection. The iconic, elongated figure of the elite Adele is rendered in abstract style. Almost as impressive is the paintings dramatic history, having been returned in 2006 to its heirs after its “acquisition” by the Nazis in 1938.
Where: Museum of Modern Art
Massachusetts
Boston
Visiting Masterpieces: Pairing Picasso — Till June 26, 2016
The theme of this exhibition is to pair and juxtapose works by Pablo Picasso across various stages of his career. The show studies the artists techniques, transformation of the human figure, and homage to artistic influencers.
Where: Museum of Fine Arts
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
International Pop — Till May 15, 2016
International Pop explores the diverse influence of Pop Art across the world through 150 international works from 1956 – 1972. The styles are distinct, but the themes of mass media and consumerism are prevalent. Featured artists include Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, and Ed Ruscha (US); Richard Hamilton, Pauline Boty, Peter Blake, and Clive Barker (UK); Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, and Konrad Lueg (Germany); Ushio Shinohara, Keiichi Tanaami, and Osamu Tezuka (Japan); Hélio Oiticica, Wanda Pimentel, and Antonio Dias (Brazil); and Marta Minujín, Dalila Puzzovio, and Edgardo Giménez (Argentina).
Where: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pittsburgh
Michael Chow aka Ahou Yinghua: Voice for my Father — Till May 8, 2016
Conceived as an homage to his father, Chow’s first U.S. solo show features work created specifically for this show, as well as vintage photos of Chow’s father who was a “grand master” of the Beijing Opera. Accompanying Chow’s work are a number of portraits of Chow painted by fellow artists such as Warhold, Baquiat, and Ruscha. Chow’s new canvases are oversized, tactile works that are composed of a variety of materials.
Where: The Warhol Museum
Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei — June 24 – August 28, 2016
The exhibition is a comparison the artists works, comparing Warhol’s 20th century American style to that of 21st century Chinese Ai Weiwei. Seven floors of the exhibit illustrate a dialogue between the artists, using media as their window on politics and culture. The show uses the artists’ drawings, moving image, new media, photography, painting, and sculpture to express their view.
Where: The Warhol Museum
TEXAS
Dallas
Jackson Pollock Blind Spots — Till March 20, 2016
The only U.S. version of this Pollock show will exhibit 70 works, many of which have not been seen for over 50 years. The museum purports the show to be the largest survey of Jackson Pollock’s black paintings ever assembled. The exhibition will take visitors from Pollock’s drip paintings to his radical departure of his black paintings, a series of 31 black enamel paintings that Pollock created between 1951 and 1953.
Where: Dallas Museum of Art
EUROPE…
BELGIUM
Brussels
Theo Van Doesburg: A New Expression of Life, Art and Technology — Till May 29, 2016
Van Doesburg is credited with founding the De Stijl art movement in the Netherlands in 1917, along with Piet Mondrian, both influencers in abstract visual painting. Active in the Dada and Bauhaus movements across Europe, Van Doesburg’s art was realized through poetry, painting, buildings, interior design, and furniture.
Where: Palais de Beaux Arts
UK
London, England
Notable is that the new Tate Modern building opens in London this June and is bringing with it some crowd-pleasing exhibitions. This museum is always packed, so plan strategically.
Bing Bang Data — Till March 20, 2016
A unique and technological look at art through a “quintillion” bytes of data examines how such data impacts society across the works of artists, designers, innovators, and thinkers. Sounds fascinating.
Where: Somerset House
Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture — Till April 3, 2016
Part art – part engineering, Calder’s sculptures are nothing more than pure brilliance that leaves his audience in awe wondering, “how did he do that?” I’m a fan. Noted as the inventor of the mobile – this terminology belies Calder’s brilliance. The Tate describes this show as the largest show on Calder ever held in the UK.
Where: Tate Modern
Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art — Till May 22, 2016
This exhibition appears to reek of power and drama. A fascinating juxtaposition of major works by van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, Matisse and Kandinsky with Delacroix’s own romantic and vivid paintings. Looks compelling.
Where: The National Gallery
Botticelli Reimagined — Till July 3, 2016
Touted to be the largest Botticelli (1445-1510) exhibition in Britain since 1930, the show explores how other artists and designers have reinterpreted Botticelli. The exhibition will include over 50 original Botticelli works, juxtaposed with works by Magritte, Warhol, and Cindy Sherman. Botticelli Reimagined will explore its theme across many mediums including painting, sculpture, and fashion.
Where: Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
Conceptual Art in Britain: 1964 – 1979 — April 12 – August 29, 2016
“Conceptual Art in Britain” explores art that favors ideas over traditional artistic mediums. Conceptual artists pushed boundaries, questioning the purpose of art that often takes on political overtones. This groundbreaking change in approach to art has had a lasting impact on art today. The show examines the art in the context of its contemporaneous society.
Where: The Tate Britain
Georgia O’Keefe — July 6 – October 30, 2016
This major O’Keeffe retrospective, featuring a hundred of her most key works, occurs a century after her New York debut. The retrospective will cover O’Keeffe’s early abstract pieces to her iconic flowers to her latest paintings. Remarkably, the public UK museums don’t have O’Keeffe’s in their collections, and so this is a rare opportunity to see such a show in London.
Where: Tate Modern
Beyond Caravaggio — October 12, 2016 – January 15, 2017
Caravaggio’s dramatic paintings with their revolutionary approach to lighting are simply haunting and unforgettable. This exhibit explores Caravaggio’s influence on the art of his contemporaries, as well as his followers that resulted in a worldwide movement that became known as Caravaggism.
Where: The National Gallery
Portrait of the Artist: Self Portrait — November 4, 2016 – April 23, 2017
This exhibition focuses on self-portraits of renowned artists from the 15th to the 20th centuries, including, including Rembrandt, Rubens, Lucian Freud, and David Hockney. The show also features a take on artists by their friends, relatives, and pupils, including the most reliable surviving likeness of Leonardo da Vinci by his student, Francesco Melzi. The show also explores the ‘cult’ of the artist and how it’s changed over time.
Where: The Queens Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Robert Rauschenberg — December 1, 2016 – April 2, 2017
The first posthumous retrospective of Robert Rauschenberg’s work in the UK, offers a comprehensive exhibition. The Tate curates a selection of Rauschenberg’s works across various periods and mediums. The show is an opportunity to see Rauschenberg works that rarely travel. The retrospective will also explore the artist’s early work at the innovative Black Mountain College, as well as collaborations with contemporaries such as John Cage, Jasper Johns, and Cy Twombly.
Where: Tate Modern
Liverpool, England
Tate Liverpool — May 18 – September 18, 2016
The Tate Liverpool has three fascinating modern art exhibits that overlapping one another. These exhibits also take place at the same time as the Liverpool Biennial (July 9 – October 16, 2016), making it a compelling reason to consider a visit to Liverpool.
Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms
The Tate Liverpool will exhibit 30 of Bacon’s most important and powerful paintings, along with rarely seen drawings and documents. It is exciting that the exhibition will focus on Bacon’s technique. This is a show that makes me ponder popping into Liverpool for a little art drive-by.
This will be the first museum exhibition of Kruglyanskaya, a contemporary New York-based artist. The show will feature drawings and paintings that focus almost exclusively on the theme of women caught in moments of high dramatic tension.
This is the first UK retrospective of 20th century, Austrian painter Maria Lassnig (1919–2014, Austria). The show will feature 40 large-scale paintings spans her career. Influential due to her style of bold and expressive oil paintings that often feature the human figure, she often used herself as the subject of her paintings.
Yorkshire
KAWS — Till June 12, 2016
As if you needed more reason to traipse through the gorgeous Yorkshire countryside of Downton Abbey fame, this sculpture garden with current KAWS exhibit might just seal the deal. The first UK museum exhibition for American artist KAWS, who indulges in a wide range of mediums including painting, sculpture, graphic design, toys, and prints. The interior of the Longside Gallery features KAWS’ large graphic canvases. Large towering sculptures in fibreglass and wood loom both inside the gallery and YSP’s sculpture garden.
Where: Yorkshire Sculpture Garden
Edinburgh, Scotland
Modern Scottish Women: Painters and Sculptors 1885-1965 — Till June 26
This title of the exhibit kind of says it all. I like the idea of such a niche show that focuses talented women artists that rarely get high-profile shows around the world.
Where: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
FRANCE
Paris
Gerard Fromanger — Till May 16, 2016
I actually knew nothing about Gérard Fromanger’s until I read about this show. But I was fascinated by the sample images of his art, as well as his influences of friends, art, and political environment of the 60s and 70s. The exhibition of 50 works, some rarely seen, cover the years 1964 to 2015.
Where: Centre Pompidou
Budapest Masterpieces — Till July 10, 2016
Another good reason to head over to Paris’ lovely Luxembourg Garden with the arrival of masterpieces from the museums of Budapest. 80 works of art cover styles from the Medieval period to symbolism and expressionism. Artists include Dürer, El Greco, Goya, Manet, and Gauguin alongside several works of Hungarian art.
Where: Musee du Luxembourg
Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso — April 20 – July 18, 2016
So disappointed that I will not be in Paris for this rare retrospective by Portuguese artist Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, the first since 1958. One of the first Portuguese modern artists, de Souza-Cardoso’s style crossed Impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism as he aimed to avoid artistic labels. This major exhibition will feature 150 artworks art by de Souza-Cardoso and his close friends Modigliani, Brancusi, and Delaunay.
Where: Grand Palais
Paul Klee: Irony at Work — 6 April – 1 August, 2016
The Centre Pompidou has curated an unprecedented show featuring 250 Klee works from key collections around the world. Given Klee’s career produced nearly 10,000 pieces, focusing on just a couple hundred that reflect Klee’s unique role in modern art must have been a challenge. The Pompidou chose them based on the theme of “romantic irony,” referring to Klee’s creative style, which can be varied and contradictory. The show will cover various styles including cubism, surrealism. The show brings together paintings, sculptures, drawings and paintings on glass. Nearly half of the works have never been shown in France.
Where: Centre Pompidou
Magritte Retrospective — September 18, 2016 – January 9, 2017
This retrospective of Magritte’s work, in collaboration with Belgium, brings together 206 pieces, with emphasis on the key years of 1927-1928 in Magritte’s career, who is said to have been strongly influenced by De Chirico and the rule of the mystery.
Where: Centre Pompidou
Hell According to Rodin — October 17, 2016 – January 22, 2017
I’ve seen the first bronze cast of the Gates of Hell at the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, and it is stunning. The doors inspired by Dante’s Inferno are so intricate that you could stare at them for hours and find something new. This fall one of my favorite museums in Paris, the Musee Rodin, is organizing an entire exhibition focused on the compelling Gates of Hell. Rodin spent 37 years on this commissioned sculpture and never quite finished it, and never saw it cast in bronze in his lifetime. As he moved subject matter in and out of the doors, they propagated iconic Rodin pieces such as The Thinker and The Kiss. Around 200 works will be displayed at the Musee Rodin, mainly from the studio collection conserved by the museum. The exhibition will also explore the genesis and evolution of the sculpture in the context of the sculptor’s career.
Where: Musee Rodin
Picasso – Giacometti — October 2016 until January 2017
Watch List: While I found reference to this exhibition in a few places, I couldn’t find details. The concept sounds fascinating just as the Fondation Giacometti is nearly ready to embark on opening its own museum in Paris, anticipated in 2016. This “Picasso-Giacometti” show will highlight the relationship of the two artists. Both iconic figures of 20th century modern art – Picasso mostly known for painting, and Giacometti mostly known for his unique elongated, primitive sculpture. Yet both worked in other mediums.
Where: Fondation Giacometti with Musee Picasso Paris
Cy Twombly — November 30 – April 24, 2017
The work of American artist Cy Twombly, notably in the 2nd half of the 20th century, is showcased in this major retrospective that traces the entire career of the artist, through a range of his pieces and styles. The exhibition seeks to syncretize “the legacy of American abstract expressionism and the origins of Western classical painting.”
Where: Centre Pompidou
GERMANY
Berlin
Art from the Holocaust: 100 Works from the Yad Vashem Collection — Till April 3, 2016
This powerful and emotional show features 100 works of art from the memorial Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, created by Jewish inmates of concentration and labor camps and ghettos during the WW2 era. The exhibition marks the 50 year milestone since the establishment of German-Israeli diplomatic relations. It is the largest exhibit of the collection outside of Israel.
Where: Deutsches Historisches Museum
Jackson Pollack’s “Mural”: Energy Made Visible — Till April 10, 2016
Rarely seen outside the University of Iowa Museum of Art, Peggy Guggenheim commissioned “Mural” for the entrance hall of her residence on East 61st Street in New York in the summer of 1943. Pollock’s largest work will be on view and feature other works by Pollock and other artists who were influenced by Pollock. “Mural” is considered a “watershed” in 20th century American modern art that ushered in Abstract Expressionism.
Where: Kunsthalle
Neue Galerie: The Black Years Histories of a Collection: 1933 – 1945 — Till July 31, 2016
Until the re-opening of the Neue National Galerie, this space will feature changing modern art exhibits every 6 months. “The Black Years” presents such artists as Picasso, Otto Dix, Käthe Kollwitz, Rudolf Belling and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The works illustrate unique stories and insights about the political climate during the Nazi period, and how some artists were in favor and others were not. Some works have not been seen in public in over 75 years.
Where: National Gallery Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
HUNGARY
Budapest
A Revolution in Art – Russian Avant-Garde in the 1910s and 1920s — Till May 1, 2016
Never before seen together outside of Russia, this exhibit features 40 avant-garde works from the collection of the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts. The Ekaterinburg is renowned for having one of the world’s mos important collections of Russian avant-garde from the early 20th century. The show will present artists such as Kandinsky, Rodchenko, and Lissitzky.
Where: Magyar Nemzeti Hungarian National Gallery
ITALY
Florence
From Kandinsky to Pollock from the Guggenheim Collection — March 19 – July 24, 2016
This looks like the perfect break from all that Florentine Renaissance art. The show will exhibit some iconic modern art from the Guggenheim’s collection, in the venue where Peggy Guggenheim first showed her collection that later became her Venice museum. Featured works include Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Jean Dubuffet, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Alexander Calder, and Roy Lichtenstein.
Where: Palazzo Strozzi
Rome
CoBrA: A Great European Avant-Garde (1948-1951) — Till April 3, 2016
This is the first exhibition in Italy to explore the subversive artistic movement of CoBra. Taking place in the political climate after
WW2, the movement was largely a reaction to the abstract and surrealism styles across Europe. It was a short-live revolutionary movement with long-reaching influence of the an avant garde approach.
Where: Fondazione Roma Museo – Palazzo Cipolla
Toulouse-Lautrec: Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest –– Till May 8, 2016
I will go see anything by Toulouse-Lautrec and his extraordinary paintings that transport the viewer to the Paris Belle Époque. How interesting that the 170 Toulouse-Lautrec pieces from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest will be exhibited with Rome’s historic Ara Pacis. It may be a unique opportunity for most to catch these works which normally live in Budapest. Also interesting is the contrast of the Ara Pacis museum which houses the 2000-year old Augustus Altar of Peace inside the contrasting ultra modern Richard Meier architecture.
Where: Ara Pacis
Andy Warhol — 25 March – 25 June, 2016
If you ever needed more impetus to visit Bramante’s gorgeous cloisters, here it is. Many articles project a spring 2016 show at the Cloisters, but as of this writing nothing is posted on its website. Worth keeping an eye out for, if you’re a Warhol fan like me.
Where: Chiostro del Bramante
Gillo Dorfles: A Life of the Times — Till April 17, 2016
I like checking out artists that of never heard of, and especially if they are local to the place I am visiting. The abstract, avant-garde works of Dorfles look compelling. This exhibit featuring over 100 of his works – some never before exhibited – examines his role as both artist and critic. The show also has a historical aspect with photographs and correspondence that illustrate his relationship with key artists of his time.
Where: MACRO
THE NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam
Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age — Till End of 2016
The Hermitage Amsterdam brings together over 30 massive-scale masterpieces of group portraits dating from the 17th century, illustrating The Netherlands unique society and history.
Where: The Hermitage Amsterdam
SPAIN
Bilbao
Masterpieces from the Guggenheim Bilbao Collection — Till April 3, 2016
The Guggenheim presents its most significant modern and contemporary works from its collection, from mid 20th century to present. Artists include Rothko, Warhol, Rauschenberg, Twombly, Richter, Basquiat, and Still.
Where: The Guggenheim Bilbao
Warhol: Shadows — Till October 2, 2016
This is such a fabulous architectural space, inside and out, to see a large-scale canvas
show. Featuring 102 silk screen canvasses, which Warhol created in 1978 with the help of his Factory crew. In contrast with earlier works, Shadows explores an abstract style but in Warhol’s signature bright colors, alternating in positive and negative shadows.
Where: The Guggenheim Bilbao
Windows on the City: The School of Paris (1900-1945) — April 22 – October 23, 2016
This exhibition assembles modern art masterpieces that illustrate key early 20th century movements from Modernism to Cubism to Surrealism via artists who were known as the School of Paris (Ecole de Paris), and the changing perceptions of art and life as influenced by the city. Artists include Picasso, Braque, Toulouse-Lautrec, Dealunay, Kandinsky, and Brancusi.
Where: The Guggenheim Bilbao
SWITZERLAND
Basel
Jean Dubuffet: Metomorpheses of Landscape — Till May 8, 2016
This large-scale retrospective will feature 100 works from influential Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985)
Where: Fondation Beyeler
Zurich
Alberto Giacometti: Material and Vision — October 28, 2016 – January 15, 2017
This Giacometti exhibition provides insight into the artist’s technique and approach to sculpture. It focuses on 75 original plasters from the artist’s estate. A significant factor since many of the artist’s work exists only in the plaster version. This unique exhibit complements other Giacometti works at the Kunsthaus.
Where: Kunsthaus Zurich
TURKEY
Istanbul
Giacometti — Till April 26, 2015
This exhibition looks at Giacometti’s career both before and after WW2. The first part of the exhibition addresses the influence of Giacometti’s father, also a Swiss Post-Impressionist painter – but also explores influence of post-Cubist and Surrealist artists. The second part of the show presents works mostly created between 1950 and 1960, from the artist’s unique perception – mostly through the human figure. The exhibition will also demonstrate the enormous influence of Paris, the city where the artist lived and worked in his studio in Montparnasse.
Where: Pera Museum
Giorgio de Chirico: The Enigma of the World — Till May 8, 2016
I am a huge fan of Giorgio de Chirico, who pioneered the 20th century metaphysical art movement. This exhibition includes 70 paintings, lithographs, and 10 sculptures. De Chirico’s work is compelling and had significant influence on the Surrealists.
Where: Pera Museum
ASIA-PACIFIC…
JAPAN
Tokyo
Boticelli and His Time — Till April 3, 2016
Rarely seen in Japan due to the fragile nature of the paintings traveling so far, 20 of Sandro Botticelli’s (1444/45-1510) Renaissance works are on view in Tokyo. The exhibit celebrates the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Italy.
Where: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
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Fantastic! Just one more reason to keep traveling. Thanks Cheryl.