Exhibitions
Collector Paula Cussi funds Tate Freud exhibition despite export altercation
“Lucian Freud: Some New Paintings” is on show until 26 July
Shedding light on Rothko’s light: Abstract Expressionism at the National Gallery of Art
The biggest show of the artist’s work for over twenty years derails the view that his highly charged colour-field paintings were a reflection of his moods
Castello di Rivoli to host its second exhibition of American art this year
“Sunshine and noir” explores the dramatic contrasts of Los Angeles as seen through the art produced there over the past forty years
Calder hangs on at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
The master of mobiles and his relation to Parisian Modernism reassessed
Dürer’s “Virgin of the Sorrows”: almost too terrible to show in Munich
Three works by the German master went on show last month following an acid attack a decade ago. Two have been restored with a new ion-exchange technique used on paintings for the first time
Rauschenberg posts bail for his works
The artist has reached a settlement to allow his works to continue touring after being sued by an art consultant
What's on at the Italian contemporary galleries: March 1998
Anish Kapoor and Mayan motifs
Janet de Botton gives Tate free reign with her collection
Inspired by the Tate’s plans for Bankside, she gave the museum one third of her massive collection of modern art
Rauschenbergs confiscated from exhibition
Police take works of art off the walls to recover $5.5 million debt
Edo-period art at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
From the ukiyo-e prints popular culture to the armour of the Shogun, this exhibition delves into the many strands of Edo period art and culture
Interview with Chuck Close: “Nothing engages me as much as people”
The artist's technique has changed from photo-realist air-brushing to collage, dot-painting, and more recently, to thickly painted grids
Bonnard at the Tate Gallery: The wings of a butterfly
This exhibition shows Bonnard as a painter wholly in touch with the twentieth century and examines the relationship of his work to his wife and model, Marthe
Francis Bacon is the subject of two new exhibitions just a year and a half after major retrospective
Bringing home Bacon—again
Guggenheim's China exhibition: everything but the kitchen sink
This mega-show spanning five millennia focuses on “diversity rather than unity”, insists its organiser Sherman Lee, but does it risk homogenising Chinese art into a timeline?
Biggest Art Nouveau show ever at the V&A
Exhibition promises to be “the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of Art Nouveau ever staged”
Bonnard's modern mindset on show at the Tate
Exhibition opens 12th February with around 300 works on view
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: The frog and the swallow reunited
First ever show bringing together Mexico’s twin stars at the Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Switzerland
New Warhol exhibition opens at the Whitney Museum
The major show chronicles the many faces of Warhol's fascination with fame
Fondazione Prada mounts show of Michael Heizer
Prada Milano Arte has already exhibited the work of David Smith, Louise Bourgeois, and Anish Kapoor
Copenhagen gets treated to exhibition of substantial private Kahlo collection
The Dolores Olmedo Patiño collection—the world’s largest of the artist’s work—is on tour
The National Gallery provides a grand overview of Lorenzo Lotto, the 16th century painter with a still undefined image
The exhibition contains some stunning examples of Lorenzo Lotto’s approach to portraiture, which is to show the private rather than the public individual
A trio of nineteenth-century paintings shows in England
The Tate Gallery proposes the origins in British art of Symbolism, the Royal Academy investigates fairies, while Manchester presents women Pre-Raphaelites
Breughel-Breughel exhibition marred as family battles over gallery established with funds of Nazi Alfried Krupp
The Krupps go to war again
Sargent’s summer holidays warm up NYC in new show on his travels abroad
The Adelson Galleries explores Sargent's sketches and watercolours from his many journeys
Shadow-boxing with Joseph Cornell: the Surrealist's works in the Menil Collection go on display
Celebrating the collection's 10 year anniversary
Requiem for photojournalism: New publications and exhibitions
“Today the photo magazines have all folded or been turned into vehicles for lifestyles and personality portraits”
What's on in London: Mat’s move as he opens at Lisson
New homes, new exhibitions, for Allen Jones and Keith Coventry
War and peace photography of Robert Capa on show at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni
A celebration of a dramatic life
Masterpieces of the Zuloaga family courtesy of a Middle-Eastern millionaire
From gunmakers to silversmiths
Reading between the lines with Mondrian and Bridget Riley
Riley speaks of the fortuitous events that led to the upcoming exhibition at Tate and the significance of Mondrian's artistic evolution