An entire month has passed since the start of confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain and in the city I live in – Barcelona. It has been a month plus one week in Italy and a little less than that in the UK and the rest of the European countries. While busy with many things one can do at home, I was rather sure that this situation will not last long and it will be possible to resume our activities soon… maybe even visit a small local exhibition… too optimistic, I get it now. The good news for everyone including the art lovers is that we still have the internet and it is more active than ever!
Below you will find a selection of art-related topics that got into my sight while diving in our largest “ocean” called Internet these past weeks. I have added links to all of them so you can comfortably view and read:
– First is the video from the Raffaello exhibition that I wanted to visit so much in Rome. As the Scuderie del Quirinale museum is closed – here´s the closest to the real visit⬇️:
– Second: the Art Space. One of the beautiful videos shown on NOWNESS website is about a church turned to home by an Italian photographer Massimo Vitali⬇️:
– Third: few of the museums I love visiting online even if they don´t advertise any specific online project are The National Gallery and Wallace Collection in London, however Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam wins all of the museum websites I visited recently. Apart from the high-resolution images of their enormous art collection, they are the most active ones during these weeks with additional online activities called #rijksmuseumfromhome and their virtual visit with the possibility to see the masterpieces up-close is amazing.⬇️
Fourth: because it is always a good idea to remember the Graet Ones: dance and experimental film making by Maya Deren. I love all of her remaining films. This one is a clip from Martina Kudlacek’s documentary “In the Mirror of Maya Deren” ⬇️
Fifth: this last link to arch daily is to an article written four years ago about an exhibition display created by Lina Bo Bardi decades ago and recently recreated at its original place MASP museum in São Paulo. This way of showing classical art is definitely unique!⬇️
This is my constantly morphing grimoire that can awaken or feed your curiosity through my personal selection of art, books, music, and wunderkammer.
Due to the current public health situation, some of the exhibitions are still closed. We will be updating the list as soon as the galleries and museums start reopening.
Edward Hopper at Fondation Beyeler in Basel until 26 July 2020 REOPENED!
Albertina Modern in Vienna NEWLY OPENED with The Beginning. until 8 November 2020
Urara Tsuchiya at ADA in Rome on view NOW
André Butzer at Galerie Max Hetzler in Berlin until 1 August 2020 ON VIEW NOW
British Surrealism at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, POSTPONED
Brueghel at Palacio de Gaviria in Madrid until 12 April 2020
Helena Rubinstein´s collection at Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum, Paris REOPENING 9 June 2020
Roger Ballen at Halle Saint Pierre, Paris until 31 July 2020 REOPENED
Cindy Sherman at Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, 1 April – 31 August 2020 POSTPONED
Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition at The Black Diamond in Copenhaguen, 8 June 2020 – 13 February 2021
The Fantastic Women of Surrealism at Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen, 18 June – 27 September 2020
Alex Katz at Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid 23 June – 4 October 2020 (to be confirmed)
PRADA. Front and Back at The Design Museum in London, September 2020
London Design Biennale at Somerset House in London, 8 -27 September 2020
David Hockney at NPG, London 27 February – 28 June 2020 Closed
Kimono: Kiyoto to Catwalk at V&A in London, 29 February 2020
Artemisia at NPG in London, 4 April 2020 – 26 July 2020
Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern in London, 29 April 2020 – 18 October 2020 Closed
Cao Fei: Blueprints at Serpentine Galleries in London, 4 March 2020 – 17 May 2020 Closed
Mondrian and De Stijl at Reina Sofia in Madrid, 13 May – 14 September 2020
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at Tate Britain, London 19 May – 31 August 2020 Closed
Reverb: Sound into Art at Hayward Gallery, London 24 June 2020 – 6 September 2020
Yayoi Kusama at Gropius Bau, Berlin 4 September 2020 – 17 January 2021
Marina Abramovic at RAA, London 26 September – 8 December 2020
Soutine/De Kooning at l´Orangerie Museum, Paris 6 October 2020 – 25 January 2021
The EY Exhibition: Rodin at Tate Modern in London, 21 October 2020 – 21 February 2021
La Máquina Magritte at Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid 27 October 2020 – 28 February 2021
Maria Bartuszová at Tate Modern in London, 11 November 2020 – 18 April 2021
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-G.Richter