The late Richard E. Nelson and Dorothy Rawlings Nelson shared a life together that included their passion for discovering, researching and living with art. The material culture and stories of American Indian people fascinated them. [Read More]
Fine Art
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The Orangerie Museum in Paris presents “Gino Severini (1883 – 1966): Futurist and Neoclassicist” on view through July 25th. Gino Severini Red Cross Train Passing a Village (Train de la croix rouge traversant un village) [Read More]
The Serpentine Gallery presents Mark Leckey SEE, WE ASSEMBLE, on view 19 May – 26 June 2011. The Serpentine Gallery presents a new exhibition conceived by Mark Leckey. In a multi-disciplinary practice that encompasses sculpture, [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde presents ACTS – Festival for Performative Art. 28 May 2011, 11am–10pm, 29 May 2011, 12am–5pm. As a new initiative The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark, presents a new annual [Read More]
WIELS Contemporary Art Centre presents Theo Cowley: Held an exhibition on view WIELS Contemporary Art Centre Announces WIELS Contemporary Art Centre Announces Theo Cowley: Held. The work of Theo Cowley reflects on the underlying mechanisms [Read More]
WIELS Contemporary Art Centre presents Nasreen Mohamedi Notes-Reflections on Indian Modernism. Open 28 May–14 August 2011. Nasreen Mohamedi (1937–1990) is regarded as one of the most important Indian artists of her generation, and her paintings, [Read More]
Moderna Museet Malmö presents Plegaria Muda an exhibition of sculpture by Doris Salcedo, on view 21 May–4 September 2011. Doris Salcedo is one of the foremost sculptors of our time and Moderna Museet Malmö is [Read More]
David Bowie, Artist, a public program, will celebrate this singular talent who has continued to be a constant innovator in performance-based practices. Expanding past his notoriety as a musician, David Bowie, Artist showcases the too-often-overlooked [Read More]
The Queens Museum of Art presents Site-specific project by Niyeti Chadha, open May 22 – August 14, 2011. Niyeti Chadha’s work borrows visual cues from her immediate surroundings that are architectural or spatial. It begins [Read More]
The Hayward Gallery Presents The First Major London Exhibition of Tracey Emin The Hayward Gallery unveils TRACEY EMIN: LOVE IS WHAT YOU WANT, the first major survey in London of the work of one of [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents rarely seen 18th-Century Pastel Portraits on view May 17–August 14, 2011. Pastel quite suddenly became popular throughout Europe in the 18th century, so much so that, by 1750, some [Read More]
Exhibition Marks First Showing of Getty’s Walker Evan’s Cuban Photographs; Also on view are Cuban Revolutionary Photographs and Contemporary Work by Virginia Beahan, Alex Harris, and Alexey Titarenko The Getty Museum Presents Photographs of Cuba [Read More]
The Centre Pompidou-Metz has developed a privileged relationship with Daniel Buren notably through the Constellation pre-inauguration event in 2009 which produced two projects: 5,610 flammes colorées pour un arc-en-ciel (5,610 coloured flames make a rainbow), [Read More]
The international exhibition project On the Metaphor of Growth takes place in three parallel exhibitions in the Kunstverein Hannover (April 16–June 26, 2011), the Kunsthaus Baselland (May 21– July 10, 2011) and the Frankfurter Kunstverein [Read More]
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) presents The Industrial Modern, on view MAY 28–SEPTEMBER 4, 2011. The Industrial Modern explores artists’ conflicted responses to industry, labor, and the urban environment from the middle of [Read More]
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) presents Picturing Technology: Land and Machine, on view MAY 21-AUGUST 21, 2011. In Picturing Technology: Land and Machine, MMoCA’s curator of exhibitions, Jane Simon, explores artists’ reactions to [Read More]
The Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo presents Vedere un oggetto, vedere la luce / To see an object to see the light, on view 29 May–26 June 2011. Vedere un oggetto, vedere la luce is an [Read More]
Museo Reina Sofia presents James Castle. Show and Store, on view May 18 – September 5, 2011. orn in the State of Idaho in 1899, James Castle lived in isolation from the art world until [Read More]