 Michael Stevenson presents Pieter Hugo and Dineo Seshee Bopape For the past year Hugo has been photographing the people and landscape of an expansive dump of obsolete technology in Ghana. The area, on the outskirts of a slum known as Agbogbloshie, is referred to by local inhabitants as Sodom and Gomorrah, a vivid acknowledgment of the profound inhumanity of the place. When Hugo asked the inhabitants what they called the pit where the burning takes place, they repeatedly responded: 'For this place, we have no name'.Discussion | Information Basquiat The art of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) is suffused with the same intensity and energy that marked his short life. The
artist star died on August 12th, 1988, at the age of 27, of an overdose. In only eight years time, he managed to create an extensive
oeuvre, and – in contrast to early 80’s Conceptual and Minimal Art – introduced a new approach to figuration and expressiveness into American painting.Discussion | Information Picasso: Themes and Variations In conjunction with this exhibition, MoMA will launch a major online project featuring its collection of over one thousand etchings, lithographs, and linoleum cuts by Picasso, allowing this extraordinary group of works to reach a global audience. Digital images of these prints will be available online and, in many cases, will be accompanied by interpretive texts.Discussion | Information Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall provides the first opportunity for North American audiences to view an important body of the Amsterdam-based video artist’s recent work. The exhibition includes six of Tan’s newest videos, as well as a selection of related drawings and photographs completed over the past four years.Discussion | Information Max Scheler The approximately 140 items showcased in the exhibition 'Max Scheler – From Konrad A. to Jackie O. – Pictures from Germany, China, and the USA' represent the first large cross-section of the works of this prominent photojournalist.Discussion | Information Transit - Jeff Wall On the occasion of the reopening of the Albertinum, the Kunsthalle in the Lipsius building is displaying works by Jeff Wall, one of the most important photographers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Close by the Albertinum, which shows art from Romanticism to the present, the exhibition will shine a bright light on contemporary art.Discussion | Information Anne Noble - At The End of the Earth At the End of the Earth continues Anne Noble's fascination with the continent of Antarctica. White Lanterns showed at Stills Gallery in May 2006.
his work depicted the surreal way the Antarctic was portrayed in museums and research centres around the world and tapped into our fascination with this vast place.Discussion | Information Valery Koroshilov: New Painting Commission, Paris A collection of finest quality oil paintings, which comprises several different yet similar themes and formats, has been commissioned to the London-based artist Valery Koroshilov in 2010 to decorate the spaces in a private residence in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris. The painter focused on exploring various aspects of pictorial space, colour, texture and scale and their interaction with the principal themes of the new interior design.Discussion | Information “The Back Room” Month after month, the JoAnne Artman Gallery exhibits new work in our front gallery spaces by our featured artists in a thoughtful and thematic way. However, each month many of our viewers are enthralled by the “Back Room” in our gallery which is why we have decided to unlock our hidden treasures and feature our “Back Room” artists America Martin, Jane Richlovsky and James Verbicky!Discussion | Information Love from London: A City of Stars Love from London: A City of Stars from Getty Images Gallery and Film London is a stunning exhibition of photographs featuring stars from the golden age of cinema in one of the world's most popular and recognisable cities.Discussion | Information Edward Hopper Exhibition This summer the Fondation de l’Hermitage is privileged to present a major retrospective devoted to Edward Hopper (1882-1967), one of the best-known 20th-century American artists.Discussion | Information Valentino, Retrospective: Past/Present/Future Exclusive to Brisbane, ‘Valentino, Retrospective: Past/Present/Future' is a major exhibition developed by the renowned institution, Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris. It explores the work of the celebrated Italian fashion house Valentino, known around the world for its sophisticated, timeless design and glamorous clientele.Discussion | Information Cacciatore di magia - Josef Sudek The ex-kindergarden in Bruzella has been converted into an exhibition space for photographic exhibitions promoted by the Rolla Foundation. The photographs are from the private collection of Rosella and Philip Rolla who have decided to share their interest and passion for the photographic medium.Discussion | Information |
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