June 20, 2010
Although there were some few major paintings missing that I really would have liked to have seen (or seen again), this is an excellent exhibit. It is worth it alone for the chance to see a full set of the 50 etchings of his “Der Krieg” portfolio of 1924.
Otto Dix
Neue Galerie
March 11-August 30, 2010
“This spring, Neue Galerie New York presents “Otto Dix,” the first solo museum exhibition of works by this major German artist ever held in North America… More than almost any other German painter, Otto Dix (1891-1969) and his works have profoundly influenced the popular notion of the Weimar Republic. His paintings were among the most graphic visual representatives of?that period, exposing with unsparing and wicked wit the instability and contradictions of the time.”
May 17, 2010
While on vacation in Berlin, I was delighted to have a chance to see the Frida Kahlo retrospective.
April 27, 2010
Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection
Japan Society
Friday, March 12 — Sunday, June 13
>> japansociety.org/event_detail?eid=31ec3399
This show is an absolute must see. Simply stunning.
April 2, 2010
“Remember That You Will Die: Death Across Cultures explores the concepts of death and the afterlife in the European and Himalayan traditions from about the fourteenth century to the present…”
“The transitional states between death and either the attainment of spiritual enlightenment or the return to the cycle of rebirth are explored in Bardo: The Tibetan Art of the Afterlife…”
“Visions of the Cosmos juxtaposes Eastern and Western conceptions of the universe through approximately 70 works, including sculptures, paintings, illuminated manuscripts, rare books and prints from American and European collections, and photographs of the galaxies taken largely by the Hubble Space Telescope…”
The Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
March 16, 2010
The Drawings of Bronzino
January 20, 2010–April 18, 2010
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 9, 2010
Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity
The Museum of Modern Art
November 8, 2009–January 25, 2010
>> moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/303
January 2, 2010
Below are a few of the works I found most intriguing at the Hanging Fire exhibition at the Asia Society.
Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan
Asia Society, New York
December 30, 2009
“Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes… Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite. It is the emancipation of the mind. It is an explosion into unknown areas.” – Arshile Gorky
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective
October 21, 2009 – January 10, 2010
2010 Philadelphia Museum of Art
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective celebrates the extraordinary life and work of Arshile Gorky (about 1902–1948), a seminal figure in the movement toward abstraction that transformed American art. This exhibition, which includes about 178 works of art, surveys Gorky’s entire career from the early 1920s until his death by suicide in 1948. The retrospective includes paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings—some of which are being shown for the first time—and reveals Gorky’s development as an artist and the evolution of his singular visual vocabulary and mature painting style.
