“Klimt and the Women of Vienna’s Golden Age, 1900–1918”, Neue Galerie New York, until January 16, 2017, admission: U$20 Several women from Vienna have been portrayed by Gustav Klimt, but only one — Adele Bloch-Bauer — was painted twice in full length by him. For the very first time since 2006, this exhibit displays side-by-side Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912) among 12 paintings, 40 drawings, 40 works of decorative art and vintage photographs. Inúmeras mulheres da sociedade vienense do início do…
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ON MY RADAR: TOP EXHIBITS NOT TO BE MISSED IN 2016-17 #6 | EXPOSIÇÕES IMPERDÍVEIS EM 2016-17 #6
“Abstract Expressionism” @ Royal Academy of Arts (Main Galleries), until January 2, 2017, admission: £17 (£19 with donation) 1950’s New York, the years of free jazz and Beat poetry. This exhibition, curated by the independent art historian Dr. David Anfam, alongside Edith…
ON MY RADAR: TOP EXHIBITS NOT TO BE MISSED IN 2016-17 #4 | EXPOSIÇÕES IMPERDÍVEIS EM 2016-17 #4
“Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency”, MOMA, until February 12, 2017, admission: US25 Titled after a song in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, Goldin’s Ballad comes with its own evocative music soundtrack (from Maria Callas to The Velvet Underground). On display almost 700 snapshot-like portraits…
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“Sammlung Boros”, Bunker Berlin-Mitte, from October to December 2016, admission: €12 In 2003 German philanthropic couple Karen and Christian Boros purchased a former World War II bomb shelter in Berlin-Mitte and converted it into an amazing showcase (3000 sqm of exhibition space spread over 80 rooms) for…
on my radar: top exhibits not to be missed in 2016-17 #1 | exposições imperdíveis em 2016-17 #1
“Icons of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection”, Fondation Louis Vuitton, from October 22, 2016 to February 20, 2017, admission: €16 The great French masters on display under the same roof? We have seen it before, but this time is quite different,…
“Tintin: Hergé’s Masterpiece”, Somerset House (London/UK), until January 31 2016, free admission During my early years I kept my distance from Hergé’s masterpiece, Tintin. In my 20’s, when I was able to read the original versions in French and…
picasso mania @ grand palais: master and his creatures | o criador e as criaturas
“Picasso Mania”, Grand Palais (Paris, France), from October 7 2015 to February 29 2016 Picasso was a genius, but art curators have been really ingenious about his legacy — more than 20 solo or group exhibitions since 1973 have focused…