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The Top Exhibitions To Catch This Winter
1In most of the world’s art capitals, it’s officially museum weather. If the rain, snow and cold aren’t driving you indoors, then the great art, exciting new museums and intriguing exhibitions in our quarterly round-up will.
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2As the controversy over the demolition of the mid-century ensemble currently housing the Los Angeles County Museum of Art wears on, an artistic dialog will unfold within, juxtaposing the work of Pablo and Diego in Picasso and Rivera: Conversations Across Time. lacma.org [Pablo Picasso, La Flute de Pan. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY, by JG Berizzi]
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3It’s hard to believe that Frank Stella: A Retrospective at the Whitney was the first comprehensive US exhibition on the abstract art pioneer since 1970. If you missed it in New York last year, now’s your chance to see the show as it travels cross-continent to the de Young Museum in San Francisco. deyoung.famsf.org
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4The recently reopened, redesigned park at the North Carolina Museum of Art may currently be its biggest attraction, but the museum is also bringing landscapes indoors with an exhibition of Ansel Adams: Masterworks. The photographs on display include images of iconic American landmarks and National Parks. ncartmuseum.org [Ansel Adams, Mount Williamson, the Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, © 2015 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust]
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5As the centennial of the Russian Revolution approaches, prepare for an onslaught of events examining the political, historical and social implications of the cataclysmic uprising. In New York, the Museum of Modern Art explores the artistic innovation of that era in A Revolutionary Impulse: The Rise of the Russian Avant-Garde. moma.org [Olga Rozanova. The Factory and the Bridge. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation]
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6Announced a week after the American presidential election, the theme of this year’s Armory Show unabashedly positions art as political. What Is To Be Done? “brings together twelve artists from ten countries around the idea of social and political awareness during a time of uncertainty.” thearmoryshow.com [Deana Lawson, Kingdom Come 2015. Courtesy of Rhona Hoffman Gallery]
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7David Reed: Vice and Reflection – An Old Painting, New Paintings and Animations reflects on its surroundings. Meta to the max, the exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum Miami promises to show work inspired by Miami Vice, in particular the bold colours of the TV show. pamm.org [Image: David Reed #212 (Vice), 1984-1985. Private Collection]
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8The title of the exhibition Mad About Surrealism, opening in February at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, is already hard to resist. Add to that the threat that “the majority of the works have rarely or never been exhibited publicly and will disappear behind closed doors again at the end of May 2017”, and it becomes a must-see. boijmans.nl [Salvador Dalí, Couple aux têtes pleines de nuages. Photo © Pictoright]
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9London’s Tate Modern is mounting the first Robert Rauschenberg retrospective since the artist’s death in 2008. With plenty of detractors sure to parrot the “I could have done that” line of art criticism, hopefully the exhibition will convey the boundary-breaking nature of Rauschenberg’s artistic experimentation. tate.org.uk [Photo: Nathan Keay © MCA Chicago]
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10Like Rauschenberg, his contemporary and friend/lover Cy Twombly also rejected abstract expressionism and sought new forms of giving shape to ideas and emotions. The Centre Pompidou in Paris is showing the first comprehensive retrospective of his work in Europe. centrepompidou.fr
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11Some topics hold endless fascination and will likely never be exhaustively explored. Battle of the Sexes: Franz von Stuck to Frida Kahlo draws from a multifaceted collection at Städel Museum, promising to shine a light on the many ways artists have explored gender relations over the course of a century. staedelmuseum.de
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12Berlin’s National Gallery landed one of the biggest scoops of the year with their exhibition of 20th-century Western art from the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA), which finally opens in December. This is the first time these highlights can be seen as a collection outside Iran. smb.museum[Jalil Ziapoor: Autumn leaf, 1960 © Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art]
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13For galleries, collectors and – let’s be honest – party hoppers, Art Basel Hong Kong is a marathon event. Art by more than 3,000 artists represented by 187 international galleries will be on show, accompanied by performances, screenings and events that allow for ample schmoozing. artbasel.com[Photo © Art Basel]
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14The first biennial of contemporary art to be held in India, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is launching its third edition under the title Forming in the Pupil of an Eye. The inaugural event created international buzz, and the organisers are doing their best to live up to those high expectations. kochimuzirisbiennale.org
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15Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum continues its series of exhibitions featuring contemporary artists from across Asia, with N. S. Harsha: Charming Journey. The solo show of the Southern Indian artist’s work will provide a glimpse of traditional Indian painting techniques coupled with ruminations on contemporary life on the subcontinent. mori.art.museum [N. S. Harsha, We Come, We Eat, and We Sleep. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane]
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