Category: Exhibitions
Body and Soul at the Louvre
April 26 2021
Video: Louvre
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Louvre's ongoing exhibition Body and Soul: Italian Renaissance Sculpture from Donatello to Michelangelo is due to close on 3rd May 2021. Due to museum closures in France, it's likely that hardly anyone has had the opportunity to see it. Thankfully, the Louvre have posted this YouTube lecture on the exhibition with English subtitles, in case you'd like to learn more!
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Ps. Regarding the title of the exhibition, I hope I'm not the only one whose ears are instantly transported to this jazz standard?
The Duke of Bedford sends his Canalettos to Bath
April 21 2021
Picture: Woburn Abbey
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Duke of Bedford is loaning out Woburn Abbey's important set of Canalettos to the Holburne Musuem in Bath for a special exhibition which opens on 17th May. This loan has been made possible due to a large scale renovation project at the Duke's ancestral home. This is the first time in 70 years that the significant set of paintings, created during the 1730s, have left Woburn Abbey.
The works usually hang in the so-called Canaletto Dining Room. This magnificent display is impressive, but, does not allow for particularly close viewing. I'll be excited to see exactly how the loaned works will be displayed in the museum.
Visitors will have the opporunity to see this magnificent set of paintings until 5th September 2021.
Love's Labour's Found at Philip Mould
April 21 2021
Picture: Philip Mould & Co
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Philip Mould & Co's new selling exhibition Love's Labour's Found - Elizabethan and Jacobean Portraiture opens in London today.
To quote the exhibition's website:
Love’s Labour’s Found sheds new light on the practices and the production of portraits in 16th and early 17th century Britain. Formerly misidentified sitters and previously misattributed artists govern this exhibition’s key themes of re-examination and discovery.
As a continually evolving period of art history, art historians have recently benefited from improved access to unseen or overlooked documentary sources and transformative technological advances in the physical understanding of art, to produce fresh insights into the life and work of many of the artists of this era.
This exhibition brings together works by well-known artists such as Nicholas Hilliard, Jean Decourt, George Gower, Isaac Oliver and William Larkin whilst shining the spotlight on lesser-known names such as Benjamin Foulon, The Master of the Countess of Warwick and Rowland Lockey.
Fortunately, their website lists all the works included within the show complete with detailed catalogue notes. Amongst the most interesting portraits is a very splendid image of Elizabeth I, filled with carefully painted symbols on her clothing. Also included is a Sleeper featured on this blog last July, which has turned out to be a fully fledged work by William Larkin.
The show will run until 28th May 2021.
Recently Conserved Fra Angelico sent to Forlì
April 20 2021
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
News from Italy that a recently conserved painting by Fra Angelico has been loaned from the Museum of San Marco to the Musei di San Domenico in Forlì, Northern Italy. The Final Judgement, and another Nativity by the artist already in the city, will form part of an exhibition on Dante that will run till 11th July 2021. This significant loan was brokered by the Uffizi Gallery's director Eike Schmidt.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Family Collection to be Exhibited
April 20 2021
Picture: artdaily.com
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza are organising a special exhibition this year to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza. The museum has been loaned a selection of twenty works from his heir's private collection, many of which have not been exhibited since 1992. Alongside several paintings will be a large selection of sculpture and pieces of decorative art spanning from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries.
The exhibition opened on 12th April 2021 and will run till 23rd January 2022.
Fede Galizia to Receive First Monograph Exhibition
April 19 2021
Picture: finestresullarte.info
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
It really seems that 2021 is shaping up to be a bumper year for exhibitions on female artists. The Castello del Buonconsiglio in Trento, Italy, will be presenting the first ever monograph exhibition dedicated to the Milanese artist Fede Galizia (c. 1578– c. 1630). Gailzia, who is likely to have learnt painting from her father Nunzio, achieved a reasonable fame for her still-lifes, portraits and religious works. Her art was so highly prized that it was collected by the likes of Rudolf II in Prague.
The exhibition will contain 80 works including paintings, drawings, engravings and medals, many of which have been loaned from institutions around Italy.
The show will run from 3rd July - 25th October 2021.
National Gallery of Umbria sending 40 Works to Russia
April 19 2021
Picture: The Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria have announced that they will be sending 40 masterpieces from their collection to the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The works will feature in a special exhibition dedicated to the museum's collection. Preparations for the show have resulted in discoveries and new attributions, including to the Rimini masters Baronzio and Francesco da Rimini.
The exhibition will run from 18th May - 15th August 2021.
Virtual Tour and Fragrance Boxes from the Mauritshuis
April 16 2021
Picture: Mauritshuis.nl
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
For those who won't be able to make it to the Fleeting - Scents in Colour exhibition, the Mauritshuis have produced a rather fun virtual tour and accompanying 'fragrance box' which can be sent directly to your house. The fragrance box contains four different scents which accompany this sensory exhibition.
According to the museum's website:
After scanning a QR code Dutch culinary journalist Joël Broekaert and Mauritshuis Conservator Ariane van Suchtelen invite you for a tour behind the closed doors of the exhibition. Join them and discover the amazing paintings in the exhibition, using your eyes ánd your nose!
The special scent pumps in your fragrance box allows you to actually smell the scents of the exhibition during your virtual tour.
Curious to discover the smell of the Dutch bleaching fields of Jacob van Ruisdael'sView of Haarlem? Or the beautiful Grocer’s Shop by Willem van Mieris? Dare to sniff the stench of the foul-smelling canal of Jan van der Heyden's View of the Oudezijds Voorburgwal ?
Henry Scott Tuke at the Watts Gallery
April 16 2021
Picture: The Watts Gallery
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Watts Gallery in Surrey have announced more details about their upcoming exhibition on the late Victorian / Edwardian artist Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929). The show is due to run from 7th June - 12th September 2021.
According to the exhibition blurb:
Henry Scott Tuke explores the complexities that surround the life and art of this British painter, famed for his depictions of sun, sea, and bathing during a late Victorian and Edwardian golden age. Tackling questions of artistic influence, art practice and a varied reception history, the exhibition brings together some of Tuke's most significant works. Having spent his early years studying at the Slade School of Art, Tuke first discovered the appeal of painting en plein air on his travels in Italy and France. On his return to Britain in the 1880s, like many of his generation, Tuke was drawn to Cornwall. He initially headed to Newlyn, while the emerging artists' colony was still in its infancy, before settling in Falmouth. Using both beach and boat as his studio, Tuke built his early reputation with ambitious sombre-coloured scenes of Cornish seafaring. He even converted an old French brigantine, the Julie of Nantes, into a colossal 60-foot floating studio. It was aboard this vessel that Tuke painted his most ambitious seafaring subject, All Hands to the Pumps! (Tate).
Today – as in his lifetime – Tuke is best known for his distinctive depictions of nude male youths swimming, messing about in boats and sunbathing on Cornish beaches. Influenced by the colour and technique of the European avant-garde, Tuke strove to capture the chromatic effects of sunlight on skin, becoming a leading figure in the resurgence of the male nude in British art.
The exhibition will also be accompanied by the release of new major book on the artist by Yale University Press.
Online Lecture: Rembrandt's Orient
April 16 2021
Picture: garyschwartzarthistorian.nl
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A reader has kindly alerted me to a very interesting free online lecture on Rembrandt's Orient given by the exhibition's co-curator Gary Schwartz. Unfortunately I'm not able to post the video on here directly, so you'll have to scroll down the bottom of the page via. the link above to watch it.
Do Not Adjust Your Screens
April 16 2021
Picture: smithsonianmag.com
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
"Why has AHN decided to utterly debase itself by using poor quality images?" - I know what you're thinking, but it's not my fault.
The picture above is a new piece of contemporary art by the Miaz Brothers in their upcoming show at the Maddox Gallery in London entitled The Past, Present & Imperceptible. The exhibition features blurred images of old master paintings by the likes of Caravaggio and Rembrandt.
Explaining these works in an article for the Smithsonian Magazine:
“[I]t is not possible to gaze passively. Instinctively, you are immediately prompted to engage on a physical level with what you see, moving closer or further away to decode what is before you,” say the brothers in a statement. “As memory begins to manifest and thoughts start taking form, emotions arise along with the possibility for reflection.”
Well, there it is.
Online Exhibition: Women in Ancient Rome
April 16 2021
Picture: Uffizi Gallery
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has published a free online exhibition of their recently finished exhibition Empresses, Matrons and Freed Women. The show had opened last November but had to close a day later due to lockdown restrictions. It features around 30 works from the gallery's collection supplemented by loans from the National Archaeological Museum and the National Central Library of Florence.
Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi
April 10 2021
Picture: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Cleveland Museum of Art will be opening their new exhibition tomorrow entitled Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi.
As the show's blurb explains:
Recent conservation of the CMA’s Italian Baroque painting Danaë by Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639) has revealed a more vibrant and refined painting than has hitherto been possible to perceive. It is an extraordinary work now conveying the artist’s trademark virtuosity in painting drapery and flesh tones. Danaë is the second version of a picture painted in Genoa around 1621–22 by Orazio, who often copied his own works; these subsequent versions can rival the original in quality.
While issues of attribution are still very much alive in several works by Orazio and his daughter Artemisia, it is clear that both artists returned to and reworked certain themes and compositions throughout their careers. In content and form, Orazio’s Danaë is a key example of this phenomenon. In the exhibition, Danaë will be at the center of an intimate group of paintings by father and daughter that will beautifully distill the artists’ capacity to modify and manipulate forms across subjects.
The exhibition will run from 11th April - 22nd August 2021.
What the Nazis Stole from Richard Neumann (and the search to get it back)
April 8 2021
Picture: WAM
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts is about to open its latest exhibition entitled What the Nazis Stole from Richard Neumann (and the search to get it back).
As the title suggests, the show follows the fate of the art collection of Dr Richard Neumann (1879-1959), whose paintings were confiscated by the Nazis when he fled Austria in 1938. Reuniting Neumann's 200 works of art, including old master paintings and sculpture, became the focus of the last years of his life. 16 works of art have been returned thus far, and 14 of these will be in the exhibition. The show will include works by Maerten van Heemskerck, the sculptor Alessandro Algardi and Guiseppe Sanmartino. Also included are works by Italian artists Alessandro Magnasco, Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Younger, and Alessandro Longhi.
The show will run from 10th April 2021 till 16th January 2022.
Porcelain Collection of the Dukes of Palma Reunited
April 7 2021
Picture: artribune.com
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The porcelain collection of the Dukes of Palma will be reunited this May for a special exhibition in the Palazzo Ducale di Colorno. This once celebrated collection was dispersed in 1859 amongst several Italian museums and galleries. This will be the first time in 162 years these pieces by the likes of Meissen, Sèvres, Vincennes, Chantilly, Doccia and Capodimonte have been reunited. The exhibition, which features archival information regarding the patronage of the Dukes, will run until 19 September 2021.
'A Painting Tradition' Exhibition in Virginia
April 1 2021
Picture: William King Museum of Art
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
News from the US that the William King Museum of Art in Abingdon, Virginia, will be opening a new exhibition on 22nd April entitled A Painting Tradition.
According to the exhibition's blurb:
A survey of 18th – 20th century paintings, A Painting Tradition looks at the importance of the portrait and the figure in Europe and America. From military portraits and members of the aristocracy, to the working class and beloved horses, this exhibition explores the various styles of portrait and figure painting that were prevalent from the Georgian to Victorian periods in Europe and through the Early and Revolutionary periods in America.
In addition to a survey of the figure in painting, this exhibition will include study paintings and sketchbooks to examine the ways that artists studied painting and developed their techniques. Learn about the people behind the portraits through a look at the lives of the artists and the sitters along with the historical events that drove the production of portraits.
The exhibition will run until 19th September 2021.
Albrecht Dürer Prints in Moscow
April 1 2021
Video: ГИМ
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The State Historical Museum in Moscow has opened a new exhibition this week on Albrecht Dürer Engraving Masterpieces. The show has been organised with the Pinakothek Tosio Martinengo in Brescia, Italy, whose collections of printed works by the artist is one of the best in the world. Overall, the show features 120 engravings by the artist excluding works by other contemporaries.
The exhibition will run until 28th June 2021.
'In Front of Arcimboldo' Exhibition in Metz
March 30 2021
Picture: Centre-Pompidou-Metz
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Centre-Pompidou-Metz in France will be opening a new exhibition next month entitled Face à Arcimboldo. Alongside showing several original works by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, the exhibition will also chart how later artists have reacted to the surreal themes found in works of the sixteenth century painter. Other artists whose works feature within the exhibition include Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Lynda Benglis, les frères Campana, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Lavinia Fontana, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Pierre Huyghe, Zoe Leonard, Kerstin Braetsch, Mario Merz, and Francis Picabia.
The exhibition will run from 29th May 2021 to 22 November 2021.
Hyacinthe Rigaud at Versailles
March 29 2021
Video: Château de Versailles
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Good news that le Château de Versailles's exhibition Hyacinthe Rigaud or the Sun Portrait has been extended until 13th June 2021.
As the exhibition blurb explains:
Laid out chronologically and by theme, the exhibition illustrates Hyacinthe Rigaud’s career from his early years in Catalonia to his consecration in Paris. Special focus is given to the artist’s self-portraits painted throughout his life, while a particularly spectacular section is entirely dedicated to portraits of Louis XIV.
In another section, visitors will be able to discover the very process of making a portrait, from the choice of format through to popular distribution through engravings, including the production of sketches and their presentation to the models. The portraits on display reflect the remarkable diversity of Rigaud's clientele from both France and abroad. The exhibition also highlights his sensitivity for sculpture: in 1695, his final trip to Catalonia was motivated by his desire to capture the features of his mother, Mme Rigaud (born Marie Serre), and to have them set in marble by the sculptor Antoine Coysevox.
Raphael Tapestry Exhibition in Urbino
March 29 2021
Picture: finestresullarte.info
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
On 21st May 2021 the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino will be opening their new exhibition dedicated to Raphael and Tapestries. The show will be in collaboration with the Vatican Museums and Mobilier National Paris. It will features tapestries made after his designs and frescos, and include later reinterpretations such as those made at Gobelins during the age of Louis XIV (pictured).
