Major exhibition by German artist Andreas Gursky at Gagosian Gallery in New York

NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian Gallery presents a major exhibition by Andreas Gursky. At the 21st Street gallery, Gursky premieres Bangkok, a new series of large-scale works, in tandem with the majestic Oceans of 2010, which are being shown in New York for the first time. Just as history painters of previous centuries found their subjects in the realities of everyday life, Gursky finds inspiration in his own spontaneous visual experience and through reports of global phenomena in the daily media. The resulting [...]

Poland and Germany to look back on over 1000 years of shared history in new exhibition

BERLIN.- The Royal Castle in Warsaw and Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin are jointly developing the exhibition entitled “Side by Side. Poland – Germany. A 1000 Years of Art and History”which will be on view in Berlin from September 23, 2011 to January 9, 2012. The project celebrates the first Polish presidency of the EU Council, which will begin in July 2011. The project outline has been supervised by an scientific board headed by Professor Władysław Bartoszewski. The exhibition curator is the Polish art [...]

The Städel Museum to Present the Exhibition “Beckmann & America” in October

FRANKFURT.- The last loans have been secured, technical and logistic preparations are in full swing: Frankfurt’s Städel Museum will present Max Beckmann’s (1884–1950) condensed late work against the background of the last years of his life and his artistic production in the USA in a major special exhibition starting on October 7, 2011. With more than 110 exhibits, including fifty paintings as well as numerous drawings, watercolors, printed graphic works, and sculptures, the show “Beckmann & America” offers a comprehensive survey of this [...]

Exhibition at Jacquemart-André Museum Evokes the Private World of the Caillebotte Brothers

PARIS.- Through 11 July 2011, the Jacquemart-André Museum is presenting The Caillebotte Brothers’ Private World. Painter and photographer. An encounter between Impressionism and photography, this exhibition evokes the artistic and private world of the Caillebotte brothers. This original perspective of Gustave’s paintings and Martial’s photography invites the visitor to enter the private world of a large Parisian family and explore the new urban lifestyle which was taking hold at the dawn of the XXth century. The Caillebotte brothers became witnesses [...]

The Paula Cooper Gallery Presents an Exhibition of Works by John Chamberlain

NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of works by John Chamberlain, spanning four decades of this acclaimed artist’s career. The exhibition opened on March 1 and remain on view through April 2, 2011. With works ranging from 1962 through 1990, the exhibition presents a selection of free-standing pieces and wall sculptures made in Chamberlain’s iconic idiom of crushed metal from car bodies and other detritus of modern industrial society. Since the late 1950s, Chamberlain’s practice has [...]

Exhibition by William Eggleston Transforms Ordinary Moments into Indelible Images

NASHVILLE, TN.- William Eggleston: Anointing the Overlooked, an exhibition bringing together recent works and iconic photographs by one of today’s most renowned photographers, William Eggleston, opens in the Upper Level Gallery of theFrist Center for the Visual Arts remains on view through May 1, 2011. The exhibition, originated by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, includes 50 photographs by the Memphis, Tenn., resident who is one of the most influential artists of his generation. Included in the exhibition are [...]

Supakitch and Koralie in action at the Museum of World Culture

Below we share a video of French urban artists Supakitch and Koralie in action at the Museum of World Culture (Världskultur Museet) in Göteborg, Sweden. The wall piece is part of the exhibition and part of their project Metroplastique. Video by Elroy. Music by DLid. Enjoy:

Rubens, Poussin and 17th Century Artists to Be Featured in Exhibition

PARIS.- This exhibition assembles around sixty paintings from some of the best private and public collections in Europe (Art museums in Lille, Nantes, Rennes, Oxford, Liège, and more). It offers a unique view of two great artistic movements of the 17th century: Flemish Baroque painting, of which Rubens is the chief protagonist, and the French Classical school led by Poussin and the influence they had on each other. The Jacquemart-André Museum has set out to write a new page in [...]