Frank Stella,

Frank Stella: A Retrospective

San Francisco,
I’ve appreciated and admired Frank Stella’s abstract art for many years, but the de Young Museum’s exciting retrospective enriched my understanding of Stella as an artist and a man. A smaller continuation of an exhibition  ...
Paul Nash,

Paul Nash (Tate Britain)

London,
How serious were the British about Modern art? When the first Post-Impressionist exhibition arrived in London in 1910, students at the Slade School of Art were banned from attending, for fear it would corrupt them, although  ...
from REPORT (film,1963-1967).

Bruce Conner: It’s All True

San Francisco,
This fascinating first retrospective of the diverse oeuvre of Bruce Conner (1933-2008) contains more than 250 objects in many media — painting, film, video, assemblage, drawing, collage, print, photography, photogram and performance, which were mostly created in San Francisco over  ...
The Taking of Christ Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 1602 © The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Beyond Caravaggio

London,
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, bad boy of Baroque art, defier of precedence and authority, produced strikingly original and emotionally-charged paintings in his short life. Dramatically lit and rich in colour and gesture, his work had an immediate impact on  ...
Woman in a Hat (Olga) left; Portrait of Olga Picasso. right.

Picasso Portraits

London,
Revolutionary though the art of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) may have been, at its core was the human figure, and portraiture was always an important part of his output. In association with the Museu Picasso Barcelona, the  ...
revolution

You Say You Want A Revolution?

London,
What is the continuing fascination with the 1960s and what was the impact of that swinging decade on subsequent decades and generations? This major new exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum explores the significance and impact of the late  ...