 Paris and the Avant-Garde
by silvia in category exhibitions | 02/08/2010
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From: January 23 2010 To: May 12 2010 New York |
 During the first decades of the twentieth century, numerous painters and sculptors migrated to Paris, which had become the international nexus for vanguard art. Bringing with them their diverse customs, these artists absorbed and contributed to the latest creative developments, often fusing novel formal elements with aspects from their respective local traditions. Although these artists did not adhere to a fixed style typical of a school, they were united ... Continue Reading
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Henri Rousseau
by silvia in category exhibitions | 02/08/2010
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From: February 7 2010 To: May 9 2010 Riehen / Basel |
 The art of Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) transcended traditional borderlines and entered untrodden territory. A customs official, Rousseau had no formal art training and initially painted in his free time. Many years passed before his art, non-academic and long considered merely naive, found recognition in the Paris salons. It was poets like Apollinaire and artists like Picasso, Léger, Delaunay, and later Kandinsky, who were the first to appreciate Rousseau´s outstanding ... Continue Reading
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Irving Penn Portraits
by silvia in category exhibitions | 02/05/2010
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From: February 18 2010 To: June 6 2010 London |
 A major photographic exhibition Irving Penn Portraits will open at the National Portrait Gallery in February 2010. Devoted to one of the greatest photographers of his generation who died earlier this month, the exhibition will include over 120 prints from Penn's seven-decade career ranging from his early portraits for Vogue in 1944 to some of his last work.
The exhibition is a survey of Penn's portraits of major cultural ... Continue Reading
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