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Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) |
November
2009–February 2010 |
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Degas |
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December 2008–22 March 2009 |
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The World of Degas (prints)
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January 2009–3 May 2009 |
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Van Gogh: Heartfelt Lines |
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September 2008–7 December 2008 |
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Although Van Gogh, who described the hardship of
peasants and workers out of a feeling of sympathy, had originally wanted to
become a draughtsman and illustrator, he finally was to revolutionise the art
of his century as an artist obsessed with colour, freeing it from the
principle of the imitation of reality, as well as from the academies’
dictates of idealness. After he moved from the Netherlands to Paris in 1886,
and even more so during his two last years in southern France, Van Gogh’s
palette brightened notably. The brownish hues of Salon painting suddenly gave
way to the purity of glistening colours. This new colouristic intensity
resulted from the artist’s immediate perception of things – he was now
working outdoors, in the scorching sunlight of Provence, where he directly
confronted himself with his motifs. |
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Nevertheless, Van Gogh’s original desire to be a
draughtsman had an impact on the way he dealt with colour and applied it to
the canvas. By the time of his suicide in Auvers in 1890, a comprehensive and
intensive drawn oeuvre had accumulated; the drawings and watercolours influenced
Van Gogh’s painting style profoundly, and it became a personal idiosyncrasy
of his that he drew with the brush he had previously dipped into the paint,
or that he applied the expressive coloured lines and dots to the canvas
directly from the tube. The large, highly finished pen drawings and
watercolours are equal in artistic accomplishment to Van Gogh’s paintings in
all respects. The Albertina’s Van Gogh exhibition does not distinguish
between the painter and the draughtsman. In fact, the comprehensive show,
assembling 50 paintings and 100 of the most impressive watercolours and
drawings from more than 60 lenders around the globe, intends to demonstrate
the interdependence between painting and drawing, as well as the correlation between
Van Gogh’s new approach to colour and the expressive linear style he
developed, both of which form an irresolvable creative unity. |
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This exhibition was compiled in collaboration
with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and is the largest presentation of the
artist’s oeuvre since the jubilee exhibition in Amsterdam in 1990. Moreover,
it is the first Van Gogh show in Austria for more than half a century.
Lenders include the Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam), Kröller-Müller Museum
(Otterlo), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Musée d’Orsay (Paris),
National Gallery of Art (Washington), Guggenheim Museum (New York), Pushkin
Museum (Moscow), Armand Hammer Museum (Los Angeles) and private collections. (Text:
Museum) |
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La
glace infinie. Traverser l'Articque et les Alpes de 1860 à nos jours (photos) |
22
August 2008–23 November 2008 |
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Les routes vers l'art moderne de
l'Impressionnisme jusqu'à l'Expressionnisme abstrait |
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November 2008–18 January 2009 |
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Art nouveau (Jugendstil), ateliers
viennois |
11
July 2008–31 December 2008 |
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Gustav Klimt and the Art Show of 1908 |
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October 2008–18 January 2009 |
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‘The Kiss’ by Gustav Klimt is one of the most
prominent works in the Belvedere collection. It was first presented to the
public in 1908 at the Kunstschau (Art Show). The Kunstschau was organised by
the Klimt Group, including Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and several other
artists. One of the highlights of the exhibition was "Raum 22" an
entire room dedicated exclusively to the works of Gustav Klimt where besides
portraits, landscapes and allegories, ‘The Kiss’ was presented. Now, one
hundred years later, it is our goal to convey the fascination felt by the
public in 1908 at the Kunstschau 1908 to our twenty-first century public. The
show will include works from the Belvedere Collection as well as from major
international collections. (Text:
Museum) |
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Alphonse Mucha |
29
January 2009–1st June 2009 |
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Egon Schiele, rétrospective |
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January 2010–6 June 2010 |
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Anton Romako (1832-1889) |
25 May
2010–26 September 2010 |
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Hans Makart (1840-1884) |
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October 2010–16 January 2011 |
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Constantin
Meunier à Séville |
19th
September 2008–4th January 2009 |
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Goya, Redon, Ensor. Peintures et dessins
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March–14 June 2009 |
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Constantin Meunier à Séville |
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September 2008–4 January 2009 |
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Alfred Stevens |
8 May
2009–23 August 2009 |
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Autour de Serrurier-Bovy. Dessins
d'architecture Art Nouveau à Liège |
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September 2008–18 January 2009 |
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Waterhouse.
Le préraphaélite moderne |
1 October 2009–7 February 2010 |
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Tiffany |
10 February–2 May 2010 |
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Au-delà des horizons : peinture et
photographie. Les paysages américains et canadiens 1860-1918 |
18 June 2009–27 September 2009 |
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Waterhouse.
Le préraphaélite moderne |
1st October 2009–7 February 2010 |
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Tiffany |
10 February 2010–2 May 2010 |
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Québec
et ses photographes, 1850-1908. La collection Yves Beauregard |
25 September 2008–4 January 2009 |
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Dubliners: Photos from the National Library of
Ireland |
16 September 2008–5 January 2009 |
Ottawa, Library and Archives Canada |
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The exhibition features images of fin-de-siècle Dublin by photographer
John J. Clarke (1879-1961). In collaboration with the National Library of
Ireland. |
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The
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The
Whitworth Art Gallery at the University of Manchester opened a new display on
16th August
2008 entitled “‘Art and Labour’s Cause is One:” Walter Crane and
Manchester, 1880-1915.’ Crane was one
of the most important, versatile, and radical artists of the nineteenth
century, and this exhibition explores the central role played by Manchester
in Crane’s fusion of art, labour, and politics. |
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G. F.
Watts: Victorian Visionary. This exhibition brings together more than 65
paintings, drawings and sculpture by the important Victorian artist |
11
November 2008 – 26 April 2009 |
Guildhall Gallry, London |
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Sisley in England and Wales |
12th
November 2008–15th February 2009 |
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Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes |
3rd
October 2009–17th January 2010 |
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Des
palais dans la nuit. Le paysage urbain dans les estampes de Whistler |
23
September 2008–18 January 2009 |
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‘Je
l'ai transformé en un palais.’ Sir Sydney Cockerell and the
Fitzwilliam Museum |
4 November
2008–17 March 2009 |
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Formes
sans fin : Charles Darwin, les sciences naturelles et les arts visuels |
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June 2009–4 October 2009 |
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French
Impressionists |
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February 2009–31 May 2009 |
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Sickert in Venice |
4 March - 31 May 2009 |
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From
Corot to Monet |
8 July
2009–20 September 2009 |
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J. W.
Waterhouse (1849-1917). Le préraphaélite moderne |
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June 2009–13 September 2009 |
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Æestheticism : Beauty in Art and Design |
April
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Portrait
of a Lady : |
25 September
2008–5 January 2009 |
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Henri
Martin (1860-1943). Du rêve au quotidien |
23 October 2008–1
February 2009 |
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Saint-Pol-Roux
et son temps |
16 December
2008–15 March 2009 |
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Félix
Ziem, impressionniste ou orientaliste ? |
19 June 2008–30
November 2008 |
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Henri
Martin (1860-1943). Du rêve au quotidien |
13 March 2009–10
June 2009 |
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Echappées Nordiques. Les maîtres
scandinaves & finlandais en France 1870/1914 |
10 October 2008–5
January 2009 |
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12 September
2008–11 January 2009 |
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Emil Nolde (1867-1956) |
27 February
2009–31 May 2009 |
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Images de la musique française de piano (1871-1940) |
16 October 2008–18
January 2009 |
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Emil Nolde |
23 September
2008–19 January 2009 |
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Renoir au XXe siècle |
23 September
2009–4 January 2010 |
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Claude Monet |
Mid-October
2010–mid-January 2011 |
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Jules Chéret (1836-1932) |
28 May 2009–6
September 2009 |
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Albert Marquet (1875-1947). Itinéraires
maritimes |
15 October 2008–2
February 2009 |
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Monet,
l'œil Impressionniste |
15 October
2008–15 February 2009 |
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Le
mystère et l'éclat, la collection de pastels du musée d'Orsay |
8 October 2008–1
February 2009 |
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8 October 2008–1
February 2009 |
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Rêves
irréalisés. Paris en projet (1850-1914) |
8 October 2008–1
February 2009 |
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La
France regarde le Japon. Le japonisme et les arts de la table |
21 October 2008–7
December 2008 |
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Masques.
De Carpeaux à Picasso |
21 October 2008–1
February 2009 |
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Oublier
Rodin : la sculpture à Paris entre 1905 et 1914 |
10 March 2009–31
May 2009 |
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Ernest Hébert. Italiennes modèles |
7 April 2009–19 July
2009 |
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Dessins d'Eugène Grasset (1845-1917) |
Autumn 2009 |
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James Ensor |
20 October 2009–4
February 2010 |
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Jean-Léon Gérôme |
18 October
2010–23 January 2011 |
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Henri Labrouste (1801-1875) |
Winter 2010 |
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Au temps de la Damoiselle élue. Claude Debussy,
musique, peinture, poésie |
Spring 2011 |
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Vers
le cinéma 1850-1925 |
2012 |
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Akseli
Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) |
2012 |
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Louis
II de Bavière |
2012 |
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La
passion à l'œuvre. Rodin et Freud collectionneurs |
15 October
2008–17 January 2009 |
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30 October 2008–1
February 2009 |
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Paul
Gauguin. La Vision du
sermon |
6 March 2009–1
June 2009 |
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Luc-Olivier Merson |
9 December 2008–8
March 2009 |
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Dessins
espagnols du Siècle d'Or |
Spring 2010 |
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Atget et Sceaux, entre rêve et réalité |
6 October 2008–6
avril 2009 |
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Carpeaux/Daumier
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19 September
2008–11 January 2009 |
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Henri
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20th
September 2008–17th January 2009 |
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culte de l'artiste : Hans von Marées. Un désir pour la communauté |
1st
October 2008–11 January 2009 |
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Le
culte de l'artiste : Dans le temple de l'art. Les mythes artistiques. Le XIXe
siècle |
1st
October 2008–18 January 2009 |
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Le
culte de l'artiste : Déconstruire le mythe de l'artiste |
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Franz von Stuck Meisterwerke zum 80. Todestag |
25 October 2008–18 January 2009 |
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The Moon |
27
March 2009–16 August 2009 |
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Vincent
van Gogh : Les chaussures.
Une |
18
September 2009–10 January 2010 |
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Russia
1900: Art and culture in the Empire of the Last Tsar |
12
October 2008–1st February 2009 |
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Symbolism, national Romanticism and
Neo-Primitivism – Russian art at the threshold of the 20th century presents
itself in various facets. The art scene of that period was characterised by
the tension between a leaning towards West European Modernism and the search
for a specifically “Russian” style derived from its own cultural roots: thus
ideas based on folklore, fairy tales and enjoyment of colour became
characteristic hallmarks of Russian art around 1900. |
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A special emphasis in the exhibition lies on the
Jugendstil in Russia. It is thus treading new ground, for until now painting,
graphic art, architecture, arts and crafts, and design influenced by this
style have never been shown in these quantities. The exhibition not only
brings together exquisite works of art from the most important museums in
Russia, but also provides insights into the programmes and reality of the
artists’ associations, studios and factories that were setting the agenda. |
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Interior/Exterior: Living Spaces in the Arts: From Romantic Interior
Painting to the Home Design of the Future |
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November 2008–13 April 2009 |
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This large-scale, thematic exhibition explores
the dynamic interplay between interior painting and design, spanning from
Romanticism to the modernist living concepts of the Bauhaus to home design of
the future. The exhibition will present paintings, sculptures and
installations as well as reconstructed interiors, historical and contemporary
furniture, photographs, video works and digital animations by roughly 70
distinguished artists and designers, including Caspar David Friedrich, Henry
van de Velde, Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse, Marcel Breuer, Ludwig Mies van der
Rohe, Richard Hamilton, Zaha Hadid, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Thomas Demand
and Andrea Zittel. Interior/Exterior charts the history of a gradual
convergence of art and design that has ultimately led to a relationship of
reciprocal influence between the disciplines: designers are increasingly
employing artistic methods and principles (Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Zaha
Hadid), while artists have begun to produce usable objects and environments
(Donald Judd, Tobias Rehberger). Interior/Exterior represents a further
milestone in the project series “The pursuit of modernism in the 21st
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The exhibition opens with a landscape painting
by Caspar David Friedrich from around 1800 that represents modern man’s
desire to make himself at home in the “infinite interior of the cosmos”.
Transporting the core element of this vision into the 21st century, the
display culminates with the fully glazed oval house “R129” designed by the
German engineer and architect Werner Sobek. Between these two works marking
the beginning and the end of the exhibition, visitors are taken chapter by
chapter on a journey through the 20th century: A dark suite of rooms
featuring outstanding painted interiors from around 1900 (Edvard Munch, Felix
Vallotton, Vilhelm Hammershøi) framed by genuine interior design ensembles of
Art Nouveau and Viennese modernism (Henry van de Velde, Josef Hoffmann) takes
us into the hidden recesses of the modern soul. Piet Mondrian’s 1:1
reconstruction of his Parisian studio opens the door to the revolution of
modern living and its light-filled spaces: the clear lines and classic
elegance of the modern style developed by Eileen Gray and the Bauhaus
masters. The pop and kidney-table-aesthetic of the 1950s/60s seems to lead
back to the cosy domestic interior of brightly coloured decor: a particular
highlight of the exhibition is the walk-through, cave-like environment
“Visiona 2” (1970) by the Danish designer Verner Panton. Besides the desire
for transparency, light and spaciousness, the ensemble documents another
major trend in home decor: cocooning. At the same time, Minimal Art (Donald
Judd) of the 1960s also exerted a strong influence: it coined the
post-industrial housing form of the loft as a style of living that has
carried the clear formal vocabulary of the Bauhaus into the 21st century. In
the 1990s, a young generation of artists ‘colonised’ the neutral, white
museum space with furniture-objects and environments and began to critically
examine the promise of modernity. Installations that have been especially
developed for this exhibition by contemporary artists (Alexandra Ranner,
Tobias Rehberger and Florian Slotawa) are juxtaposed with projects by
international designers and architects (Jasper Morrison, Ronan and Erwan
Bouroullec). (Text: Museum) |
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Masques.
De Carpeaux à Picasso |
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March 2009–7 June 2009 |
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Darwin.
L'art et la recherche des origines |
5
February 2009–3 May 2009 |
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Edouard Vuillard: 120 paintings, drawings,
prints |
11
October 2008–18 January 2009 |
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Matisse. Personnages Masques Modèles |
27
September 2008–11 January 2009 |
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James
Ensor, le cri sans fin |
12
October 2008–8 February 2009 |
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Ensor’s influence on Fernand Khnopff, Félicien
Rops, Jan Toroop, Leon Spilliaert, Edvard Munch, Emil Nolde, Erich Heckel,
Paul Klee, Pierre Alechinsky, Asger Jorn, on Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter,
and Surrealism f. eg. Max Ernst, Dali, Magritte, Dubuffet and Wols. In cooperation with the museums in Ghent,
Ostende, Brussels and Antwerp. |
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Claude Monet |
11
October 2009–28 February 2010 |
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Traces du Sacré, traces of
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The 20th century emerged during a time of a great
crisis of faith. Nietzsche's philosophy with its declaration that 'god is
dead', Max Weber's assertion of the 'world's disenchantment' were expression
of this spiritual crux, which led to a changed relationship between people
and religion. This, however, did not mean the end of metaphysics in art;
rather it seems as if modern art, from Kandinsky to Francis Bacon and from
Barnett Newman to Bill Viola, has a close relationship particularly to
metaphysical questions. Artists showed and still show their will to find new
forms for their aspirations in understanding endlessness. this extensive
exhibition 'traces du sacré' explores the most extraordinary artistic modes
of representation of this path in the 20th century and shows how it still to
this day has led to the invention of new forms of expression. Amongst many
others, the works shown are by Constantin Brancusi, Maurizio Cattelan, Paul
Chan, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Giorgio De Chirico, Marcel Duchamp, Lucio
Fontana, Caspar David Friedrich, Paul Gauguin, Damien Hirst, Ferdinand
Hodler, Alexej Von Jawlensky, Martin Kippenberger, Kasimir Malewitsch, Piet
Mondriaan, Edvard Munch, Bruce Nauman, Gerhard Richter. also included are
several non-western works in order to point out the universality of this
spiritual question. In
collaboration with the Centre Georges Pompidou – Musée National d’art
moderne, Paris. |
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Ferdinand
Hodler |
9th September–14th December
2008 |
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Northern
Stars and Southern Lights: The Golden Age of Finnish Art 1870-1920 |
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National
Gallery, Dublin |
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This autumn, the National Gallery of Ireland
presents an exhibition on one of the lesser-known treasures of European art –
Finnish painting and printmaking of the turn of the nineteenth century.
Celebrating the highpoint of Finnish art, when the country was still a Grand
Duchy of Russia, the exhibition will feature some 75 works which show a mix
of native influences with international styles. Paris, the artistic centre of
late nineteenth-century Europe, had a profound impact on Finnish artists,
most notably Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) and Akseli Gallen-Kallela
(1865-1931). Finnish landscape painting will be represented by Eero Järnefelt
(1863-1937), and Väinö Blomstedt (1871-1947) who captured the country’s
distinctive forests, lakes and rivers in a uniquely heroic and symbolic
manner. The exhibition will also demonstrate how artists depicted national
legends and myths, with a particular emphasis on the Kalevala, the Finnish
national epic. Finland’s celebrated pavilion at the World Fair in Paris in
1900 will be documented with works by Pekka Halonen (1865-1933) and Juho
Rissanen (1873-1950), which were purposely painted for this landmark
occasion. The final part of the exhibition will present an overview of the
various trends of early twentieth-century Modernism in Finland, including
works from the Septem Group (Magnus Enckell, Yrjö Ollila, Ellen Thesleff and
Verner Thomé) and the November Group (Tyko Sallinen, Marcus Collin and Alwar
Cawén). In collaboration with the
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki. |
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Catalogue |
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Edited by Dr. Adriaan Waiboer, the illustrated
catalogue to the show will include an introductory essay by Ville Lukkarinen
and illustrated commentaries on all the works presented in the exhibition. |
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Timo Huusko, Curator, National Gallery of
Finland, will give an introductory talk on the Golden Age of Finnish Art on
Sunday, 9th November at 3pm (admission free). |
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ITALY
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Van Gogh,
les dessins de la collection du Kröller-Müller Museum |
18th
October 2008–29th January 2009 |
Brescia, Museo di Santa Giulia |
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Peindre la lumière. L'Impressionnisme et
ses techniques picturales |
11th
July–28th September 2008 |
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Seurat et Signac. Le néo-impressionnisme |
9th
October 2008–21st January 2009 |
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De Corot à Picasso et de Fattori à De
Pisis. La Phillips Collection de Washington et la Collection Ricci Oddi de
Plaisance |
15th
September 2008–15th January 2009 |
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Agostino Tassi |
18th
June–31st August 2008 |
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October 2008–29 January 2009 |
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Seurat et Signac. Le néo-impressionnisme |
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October 2008–25 January 2009 |
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Clément XIII Rezzonico. Un pape dans la
Rome du milieu du Settecento |
12
December 2008–15 March 2009 |
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De Corot à Picasso et de Fattori à De
Pisis. La Phillips Collection de Washington et la Collection Ricci Oddi de
Plaisance |
15
September 2008–15 January 2009 |
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Le monde des Madrazo. Collection de la
comunidad de Madrid |
18
October 2008–17 December 2008 |
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THE NETHERLANDS
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Vincent
van Gogh et la nature morte française |
16th
May 2008–4th January 2009 |
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Van
Gogh et les couleurs de la nuit |
13th
February 2009–7th June 2009 |
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Un authentique Toorop ! |
20th
December 2008–22nd March 2009 |
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Vincent
van Gogh et la nature morte française |
16 May
2008–4 January 2008 |
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125
œuvres choisies acquises avec l'aide de la Rembrandt Association |
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October 2008–18 January 2009 |
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D'Abildgaard
à Hammershøi. Les dessins danois de la Fondation Custodia |
9
January 2009–5 April 2009 |
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Van
Gogh et les couleurs de la nuit |
13
February 2009–7 June 2009 |
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La
passion d'un businessman. La collection d'Andries Bonger |
10
April 2009–20 September 2009 |
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Alfred Stevens |
18
September 2009–24 January 2010 |
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Les
lettres de Van Gogh |
9
October 2009–3 January 2010 |
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Esquisses d'Ary Scheffer |
15
June 2008–7 December 2008 |
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J. W.
Waterhouse (1849-1917). Le préraphaélite moderne |
14
December 2008–3 May 2009 |
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Jozef
et Isaac Israëls, père et fils |
20
September 2008–8 February 2009 |
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William H. Singer Jr (1868-1943) |
16
September 2008–7 December 2008 |
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Un authentique Toorop ! |
20
December 2008–22 March 2009 |
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L'Utrecht
de Grolmans : la ville autour de 1900 |
22 November
2008–28 February 2009 |
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The Cry and the Madonna
revisited |
23rd
May–26th September 2008 |
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Munch before ‘Munch’. Artistic strategies
1880-1892 |
10th
October 2008–12th January 2009 |
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SPAIN
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Alphonse Mucha |
19
September 2008–4 January 2009 |
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Le jeune Murillo |
19
October 2009–17 January 2010 |
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Oublier Rodin : la sculpture à Paris entre 1905
et 1914 |
23
June 2009–4 October 2009 |
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La belle endormie. Peinture victorienne du Museo
de arte de Ponce |
24
February 2009–31 May 2009 |
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Joaquin Sorolla
(1863-1923) |
26 May
2009–6 September 2009 |
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Rivoluzione!
Italian Modernism from Segantini to Balla |
26 September
2008–11 January 2009 |
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The paintings of Giovanni Segantini are well
known in Switzerland, but how many people know the other exponents of Italian
Divisionism? It should not be forgotten that Italian Divisionism was not only
Italy’s most important contribution to Modernism in the late 19th century, it
also paved the way for Futurism. |
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A whole generation of artists expressed their
revolutionary ideals within the framework of the Divisionist movement. As the
19th century drew to a close, Italian artists broke radically with the past
in terms of both content and form. Critical of the injustices of the early
industrial society, they regarded their paintings as a vehicle that could
inform and help to promote social change. Divisionist painters were not only
active on a socio-political front, they also took a scientific interest in
the theories of optical perception. Determined to intensify the radiance and
brilliance of their paintings, they engaged with these theories and – largely
independently of French Neo-Impression (Seurat, Signac) – developed their own
techniques for the application of primary colours next to and over each other
using a variety of dots, streaks, dabs and lines, so that the colours only
mingle in the eye of the beholder. |
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This exhibition brings together paintings by
twelve artists, including the leading lights of the first generation of
Divisionists: Vittore Grubicy de Dragon, Giovanni Segantini, Gaetano
Previati, Angelo Morbelli, Emilio Longoni, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo,
Plinio Nomellini and Ettore Sottocornola. These works are seen in the company
of paintings by artists who later caused a considerable stir as Futurists –
Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà and Luigi Russolo – but who were
decisively influenced by Divisionism as young artists. In collaboration with
the National Gallery, London. (Text: Museum) |
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Le second âge d'or de l'art hollandais :
peintures du XIXe siècle de la collection Beekhuis |
11th
October–13th December 2008 |
Moraga, Hearst Art Gallery |
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Jean-Léon Gérôme |
14
February 2010–9 May 2010 |
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Edvard Munch et le modernisme européen |
14
February 2009–10 May 2009 |
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Photocollages
Victoriens |
10
October 2009–3 January 2010 |
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De Manet à Miró : dessins modernes de la
collection Arbelló |
14
September 2008–2 December 2008 |
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At home avec Gustav
Stickley. Arts and Crafts
de la collection Stephen Gray |
11
October 2008–4 January 2009 |
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L'Art à l'époque de la vapeur : l'Europe,
l'Amérique et le chemin de fer, 1830-1960 |
13
September 2008–18 January 2009 |
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Renoir au XXe siècle
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14
February 2010–9 May 2010 |
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Jean-Léon Gérôme |
15
June 2010–12 September 2010 |
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La route vers l'Impressionnisme : paysages de
Barbizon du Walters Art Museum |
19
October 2008–11 January 2009 |
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Le mobilier artistique de Charles Rohlfs
(1853-1936) |
6 June
2009–23 August 2009 |
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Art décoratif du
Wisconsin 1820-1900 |
11
September 2008–4 January 2009 |
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Formes sans fin : Charles Darwin, les sciences
naturelles et les arts visuels |
12
February 2009–3 May 2009 |
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14
novembre 2008–28 February 2009 |
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Pierre Bonnard : les intérieurs tardifs |
27
January 2009–19 April 2009 |
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Liszt à Paris : rencontres durables |
29
August 2008–16 novembre 2008 |
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Van Gogh et les couleurs de la nuit |
21
September 2008–5 January 2009 |
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James Ensor |
28
June 2009–21 September 2009 |
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Blakelock
(1847-1919) inconnu |
25
September 2008–4 January 2008 |
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Les Impressionnistes américains. Peinture de la
collection Phillips |
6
novembre 2008–18 January 2009 |
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Passeport pour Paris : estampes françaises du
XIXe siècle du Georgia Museum of Art |
30
April 2009–7 June 2009 |
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De Turner à Cézanne : chefs-d'œuvre de la
Collecion Davies, National Museum of Wales |
25
June 2009–20 September 2009 |
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Les Impressionnistes américains. Peinture de la
collection Phillips |
13
March 2009–15 April 2009 |
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Cézanne et au-delà |
26
February 2009–17 May 2009 |
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Renoir au XXe siècle
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12
June 2010–5 September 2010 |
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La route vers l'Impressionnisme : paysages de
Barbizon du Walters Art Museum |
7
February 2009–3 May 2009 |
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Le Paysage à l'âge de l'Impressionnisme |
25
September 2008–4 January 2009 |
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Tiffany et l'âge
d'or |
21
September 2008–4 January 2009 |
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Luxe artistique : Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique |
7
February 2009–31 May 2009 |
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Les Impressionnistes
américains. Peinture de la collection Phillips |
5 June
2009–13 September 2009 |
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Art and Craft de Greene
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March 2009–7 June 2009 |
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Paysages à l'époque de l'Impressionnisme |
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February 2009–10 May 2009 |
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Impressions américaines : sélections du National
Academy Museum |
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February 2009–28 June 2009 |
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