Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (Sydney)

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman collection Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 25 June – 9 October 2016 Exhibition presents 33 artworks from the collection of Jacques and Natasha Gelman, including self-portrait paintings and drawings by Frida Kahlo, and major examples of Diego Rivera’s canvas paintings. Alongside theseContinue reading “Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (Sydney)”

Picasso Linocuts at the Lever Art Gallery (Port Sunlight)

Picasso Linocuts from the British Museum Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight, Wirral Merseyside 24 June 2016 – 8 January 2017 17 linocuts from three experimental series created by Picasso in 1962: Jacqueline Reading, portraying Picasso’s recent bride Jacquline Rocque; the rare entire set of progressive proofs of Still Life under the Lamp; and keyContinue reading “Picasso Linocuts at the Lever Art Gallery (Port Sunlight)”

Joana Vasconcelos at Waddesdon Manor

Joana Vasconcelos: Lafite Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 15 June – 23 October 2016 Major new addition to Waddesdon’s contemporary art collection, and part of its programme to work with contemporary artists. A pair of sculptures by Joana Vasconcelos has been installed on the North Front. In the form of a giant pair of candlesticks madeContinue reading “Joana Vasconcelos at Waddesdon Manor”

European Capital of Culture 2016: San Sebastián

1516-2016. Peace Treaties San Sebastián San Telmo Museum of Basque History & Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea 17 June – 2 October 2016 The main art exhibition of this year’s European Capital of Culture: San Sebastián (jointly with Wroclaw, Poland) throughout 2016. Shows 300 art works on the theme of war and peace. Includes works by Goya,Continue reading “European Capital of Culture 2016: San Sebastián”

El Siglo de Oro (Berlin)

El Siglo de Oro. The Age of Velázquez Gemäldegalerie, Berlin 01 July 2016 to 30 October 2016 This summer in Berlin, a major exhibition showcasing 17th century Spanish painting and sculpture in all its fascinating variety goes on show outside of Spain for the first time. El Siglo de Oro: The Age of Velázquez comprisesContinue reading “El Siglo de Oro (Berlin)”

Ramon Casas in Barcelona

Ramon Casas and the shadow puppets at Els Quatre Gats. Bohemia and the popular imaginary Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) 30 June – 20 October 2016 (http://www.museunacional.cat/en/ramon-casas-and-shadow-puppets-els-quatre-gats-bohemia-and-popular-imaginary) The collection of Ramon Casas’s works held by MNAC has recently been enriched with the acquisition of an unusual group of 12 ‘Chinese shadow’ drawings orContinue reading “Ramon Casas in Barcelona”

Sorolla at CaixaForum

Sorolla. Apuntes en la arena CaixaForum, Girona 28 June – 6 November 2016 (Then touring to CaixaForum, Tarragona, 23 November  – 5 March 2017) 123 works by Sorolla, primarily drawings selected by Consuelo Luca de Tena from the Museo Sorolla’s large holdings, and displayed alongside a small number of related large paintings and oil sketchesContinue reading “Sorolla at CaixaForum”

Picasso und Deutschland

Picasso and Germany Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany 6 April – 18 September 2016 Slightly reduced version of the exhibition previously shown at the Picasso Museum, Málaga, which revealed an important new area of research. Presents 22 records based on the connections, affiliations and divergences between Pablo Picasso and various groups of German artists whoContinue reading “Picasso und Deutschland”

Joaquím Gomis, Barcelona

Joaquím Gomis: Fundición Gimeno/Gimeno Foundry Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona 10 May – 18 September 2016 Photographic exhibition focussing on the development of Catalan sculpture from the 1900s to the 1940s, including a series of images taken by Gomis (1902-1991) of his friend Miró’s visits to the Barcelona-based Gimeno foundry between 1944 and 1949, where theContinue reading “Joaquím Gomis, Barcelona”

Teatro-Museo Dalí Exhibition

De sueños, paseos nocturnos y vivencias. Dalí in Madrid Teatro-Museo Dalí, Figueras, Gerona 10 May – 16 October 2016 23 works mainly watercolours and drawings created when Dalí lived as a student in Madrid,1922-926. Amongst the items shown is the watercolour of Salvador Dalí and Maruja Mallo in the Café de Oriente of 1923.