Contemplation of the Divine, Sotheby’s, New Bond Street Galleries, 5-16 July 2014 ARTES Members’ visit: Monday, 7 July, 2:30PM. Comprises a selection of predominantly Spanish, Italian and Early Netherlandish paintings and sculpture ranging in period from the Early Renaissance through until the late Baroque. Link to the web catalogue Link to the catalogue (page-turner version)
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Sebastiâo Salgado, Brasilia
Sebastiâo Salgado: Genesis, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasilia, Brazil, 5 August – 29 September 2014. Another in the Brazilian-born photographer’s series of exhibitions of his black and white images of remote landscapes and their animal and human inhabitants. This exhibition of 216 works was previously shown at the Natural History Museum, London.
Dalí, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Dalí, 27 May – 22 September 2014, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro and on to the Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo in October 2014 and into 2015. Exhibition of some 150 paintings, photographs, films and objects lent by Madrid’s Reina Sofía, the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí in Figures and the Dalí Musuem inContinue reading “Dalí, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo”
Jaume Plensa, Chicago
Jaume Plensa: Private Dreams, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, 12 June – 27 September. An exhibition of recent sculpture by the Catalan artist Plensa, featuring eight new works in a range of media, including bronze, glass and volcanic basalt. Coinciding with a new public art installation of four of his works in Chicago’s Millennium Park, whichContinue reading “Jaume Plensa, Chicago”
Murillo to Goya, Dallas and Madrid
The Spanish Gesture: Drawings from Murillo to Goya from the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas, May 25-August 31, 2014. The Kunsthalle of Hamburg holds one of the most significant collections of Spanish drawings found outside of Spain, containing works by Alonso Cano, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Juan de Valdés Leal and Francisco de Goya yContinue reading “Murillo to Goya, Dallas and Madrid”
Lygia Clark, New York
Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988, MOMA, New York, 10 May – 24 August 2014. The first major retrospective of the Brazilian artist (1920-1988) in North America, comprising almost 300 paintings, drawings, sculptures and participatory works. Organized around three themes, abstraction, concretism and the “abandonment” of art.
Hélio Oiticica, Dublin
Hélio Oiticica: Propositions, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 19 July – 5 October 2014. A major retrospective exhibition of the work of the internationally renowned Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980), whose innovative interactive and experiential artworks have influenced many contemporary artists. Visitors will be encouraged try on his wearable ‘Parangolés’ and enjoy dressing upContinue reading “Hélio Oiticica, Dublin”
Picasso, Quimper
Picasso: The Eternal Feminine, Musée des Beaux Arts, Quimper, Brittany, 23 May – 18 August 2014; and touring to the Musée des Beaux Arts, Pau. Display of some 67 prints and drawings on loan from the Museo Picasso, Malaga focussing on Picasso’s female imagery created between 1927 and 1964. Accompanied by an exhibition catalogue withContinue reading “Picasso, Quimper”
Oscar Muñoz, Paris
Oscar Muñoz: Protographies, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 4 June – 21 September 2014. Presents works by one of Colombia’s leading contemporary artists (born 1951) including hyper-realist large-scale charcoal drawings created between 1979-81, prints from the 1980s, film and recent ‘images in flux’. The exhibition has been co-curated by the Jeu de Paume with the MuseoContinue reading “Oscar Muñoz, Paris”
Coll & Cortés, London
Coll & Cortés Fine Arts, London, will be taking part in Master Paintings Week in London 4- 11 July 2014. The gallery will by exhibiting, amongst other works, a portrait by Alonso Cano (1601-1667) of Don Antonio Pedro Sancho Dávila Toledo y Álvarez Osorio (1615-1689), IV Marquis of Velada and X Marquis of Astorga, who wasContinue reading “Coll & Cortés, London”
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