Author: Darko Topalski

LONDON – In April 2009, Tate Britain will unveil the first display devoted to William Blake’s only one-man exhibition, reuniting nine of the surviving works two hundred years after they went on display in May 1809. The original exhibition was Blake’s most significant attempt to create a public reputation for himself as a painter and provided a vital insight into the artist’s self-image and ambitions. A new edition of Blake’s Descriptive Catalogue (1809) will be published by Tate Publishing to coincide with the display.

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Following the exhibition “Bellini, Giorgione, Titian and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting” – organized by the Kunsthistorisches Museum last year in collaboration with the National Gallery in Washington – we now present an exhibition dedicated to Titan’s late works. “Late Titian and the Sensuality of Painting” is on view, and will be on show in Venice (Gallerie dell’Accademia) from February 1 till April 21, 2008.

Venice, Italy – This exhibition celebrating the 500th anniversary of Palladio’s birth tells the story of a remarkable life and attempts to solve a mystery: how did a humble miller’s son become the most renowned world architect in the last five centuries? The story is told in unique ‘film stills’, i.e. the works brought together from over eighty European museums and libraries by an international team of scholars from Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and the United States.

CHICAGO.- The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA),
Chicago, presents Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario, the final installment
of a multi-part exhibition project by four international art museums on the work
of acclaimed British artist Liam Gillick, running from October 10, 2009, to
January 10, 2010. Gillick emerged in the early 1990s as part of a
re-energized British art scene, producing a sophisticated body of work ranging
from his signature “platform” sculptures — architectural structures made of
aluminum and colored Plexiglas that play with social interaction — to wall
paintings, text sculptures, and published texts that reflect on social,
cultural, and political systems of authority and how they manifest themselves in
art, architecture, and graphic design. As a complement to his art
exhibit, Gillick also takes on the role of a curator in Liam Gillick Curates the
MCA Collection, on view from October 17, 2009 to January 10, 2010.

SHANGHAI.- China’s dynamic future is embodied in
the third edition of Asia’s most forward-looking international contemporary art
fair. The immense artistic and commercial potential of the Asian market is
harnessed through a series of bold new initiatives at ShC09. The
Collector’s Development Program (CDP) which engages an entire new generation of
collectors; and the Discoveries section which explores the question “what is
contemporary art?” In addition at ShC09: The Best of Galleries selection of
invited top Asian and International galleries. Platform, the new section focused
on emerging artists and work produced in the last two years.

MOSCOW – Christian Dior presents the exhibition Christian Dior: 60 years of Photography that will be held during the 6th International Festival “Fashion and Style in Photography 2009”. This exhibition tells the history of Christian Dior through a selection of 120 pictures from the world’s greatest photographers. In 2009, Christian Dior reveals its photographical gems at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, one of Moscow’s most prestigious museums.