Miro’s, Monets, Modiglianis from The Nahmad Collection go public at Kunsthaus Zurich

ZURICH (REUTERS).- Over the past half-century the Nahmad family’s primary relationship with art was how much money they could make by dealing in the works of Picasso, Monet and Dali. Now a new exhibition, “Miro, Monet, Matisse – The Nahmad Collection” reveals for the first time the world-class works they stashed away, almost forgotten in a warehouse. Their story began in the early 1960s, when brothers Ezra and David began buying art in Paris and transporting it back to Milan to [...]

First Major Retrospective in 50 Years of Spanish Artist Joan Miró Opens at Tate Modern

LONDON.- Tate Modern presents the first major retrospective of Joan Miró (1893–1983) to be held in London for almost 50 years. The exhibition is on view from April 14 through September 11, 2011. Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape brings together over 150 paintings, works on paper and sculptures by one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists. The exhibition draws on collections from around the world to represent the astonishing breadth of Miró’s output. It also explores the wider context [...]

After Forty Years, An Exhibition in Paris Features the Sculptural Work of Joan Miró

PARIS.- The Maillol Museum is paying homage to Joan Miró’s sculpted work. Although the artist is internationally acknowledged, his sculptures have not been exhibited in Paris in nearly 40 years. To mark the occasion the museum has gathered up 101 sculptures, 22 ceramics, 19 works on paper and one painting. The works on display mostly come from the outstanding collection of the Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght. Isabelle Maeght, commissioner of the exhibit ‘Miro Sculptor’ and granddaughter of the art [...]

Exhibition at Fundació Suñol of 27 Works, Dating from 1924-1998, Reflect the Visions of 18 Artists

BARCELONA.- The Fundació Suñol has put together an exhibition of 27 pieces from the Josep Suñol Collection to help expand visitors’ knowledge of 20th-century art. It comprises work by 18 artists who played a key role in the field of visual arts in recent years, marked by a shift away from previous conventions of representation. The 27 pieces – which date from 1924 to 1998 – reflect the visions of 18 artists who use different interpretations, intensities and media to [...]

“Landscapes without Memory” by Joan Fontcuberta at Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM.- For the project Landscapes without Memory Catalan artist Joan Fontcuberta (b. 1955, Barcelona) used software developed by the US Air Force. It translates two-dimensional cartographic data into a simulated three-dimensional image. Instead of feeding maps into the software, in Landscapes without Memory Fontcuberta inserts painted landscapes: from Gauguin to Van Gogh, from Cezanne to Turner and Constable. The software translates them into new, virtual landscapes that Fontcuberta calls ‘post-landscapes’. They form a no-man’s land between the virtual and the [...]

United Kingdom’s Tate Modern to Show Joan Miro: The Ladder of Escape

LONDON (REUTERS).- Civil war was raging in Spain, bombs were exploding in Guernica, and Spanish artist Joan Miro, stranded in Paris, was painting “Still Life with Old Shoe,” where psychedelic colors spilled into everyday objects to create a scene of nightmare. Miro’s engagement with, and sometimes savage reaction to, the world around him underpins Tate Modern’s “Joan Miro: The Ladder of Escape,” the first major exhibition of his work in London in almost 50 years. The title of the exhibition, [...]

Pablo Picasso Graphics Museum in Münster Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Miró Exhibition

MUNSTER.- It will be a time to celebrate at the Pablo Picasso Graphics Museum in Münster in 2010. Germany’s only Picasso Museum will be ten years old. To mark the event, the Museum will be presenting three huge special exhibitions, on Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee. With about 800 of Pablo Picasso’s lithographs, the Münster museum has one of the largest collections of Picasso’s graphic art in the world. Since it opened in the year 2000, the museum [...]