Mary NguyenLondon,
Many are not familiar with the work of Alexander Calder (1898 -1976) but this new exhibition, surveying over 100 pieces of the American modernist's work, has been neatly curated to rectify this. The Tate Modern has introduced the ...
Mary NguyenLondon,
Dulwich Picture Gallery unveils Maurits Cornelis Escher's (1898-1972) curious and mind boggling illustrations, woodcuts and lithographs for this once in a lifetime exhibition. Escher mastered the technique to capture geometric shapes and extraordinary imagery onto stone and wood which sprouted ...
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
The fresh and exciting new exhibit at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum (the CJM), displays 14 large pieces that combine art and technology by nine talented artists. Commissioned specifically for this exhibit, the work consists of fascinating and ...
Frances WilsonLondon,
This timely major new exhibition of 150 photographs by acclaimed photographer Lee Miller portrays women’s experiences during the Second World War and reflects Miller’s unique insight as a woman and a photographer whose sharply observed and sensitively nuanced ...
Nicholas MarloweLondon,
It's an unsettling experience, standing in front of the little pen and ink study which the Spanish artist Goya made of himself in 1795. He may in fact be concentrating on his own image in a mirror, but it's easy ...
Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Treasure from Berthouville
Breguet: Art and Innovation in Watchmaking
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
Two new exhibits at the impressive Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco displaying luxury goods are worthy of note. One is a retrospective of the work of the innovative watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet and his successors displaying more ...
Nicholas MarloweLondon,
Ai Weiwei is a global phenomenon. As well as being one of the most recognizable artists working today, he's famous for his outspoken criticism of the Chinese government and in particular of its record on human rights. So great is ...
Frances WilsonLondon,
Generally considered to be an Anglo-American phenomenon, Pop Art is most closely associated with artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, whose work offered a colourful and unconflicted commentary on modern commercial culture in screen prints of Campbell’s soup ...
Emily S. MendelCA,
The day was warm and the campus was quiet when my aunt and I toured two neighboring, but vastly dissimilar, art museums at Stanford University. We were there primarily to see the two new exciting acquisitions at the ...
Nancy S. BishopChicago,
Nineteen sculptures by Chicago-born sculptor Charles Ray fill three large galleries on the second floor of the Art Institute’s Modern Wing through October 4. Most of the pieces are figurative and tell their own stories, like “Sleeping Woman,” a life-size ...
