Fine Art

LONDON.- Maps can be works of art,
propaganda and
indoctrination. Opening on 30 April 2010, “Magnificent Maps: Power,
Propaganda
and Art” offers a rare chance to see an unrivalled collection of
cartographic
masterpieces on paper, wood, vellum, silver, silk and marble, including
atlases,
maps, globes and tapestries that were intended for display side-by-side
with the
world’s greatest paintings and sculptures. The exhibition
coincides
with two BBC Four series about maps broadcast this April. Peter Barber
was
series consultant for Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession and The Beauty
of Maps
which featured maps held in the British Library.

NEW YORK, NY.- Susan Inglett presents
“Bearded”,
new work from GREG SMITH in his third solo exhibition with the gallery
from 30
April to 29 May 2010. The Universe is built from a simple form. That
form is
commonly understood to be an atom and the shape of that form is commonly

understood to be a sphere. For my purposes, I would prefer to see that
shape as
a beard, or at least a caricature of a beard. For better or
worse,
there are associations that go along with the beard: disguise,
masculinity,
Santa Claus, homosexuality, survivalism, fundamentalism, and wisdom, for

example. My beard shape is used to build objects, mechanical devices,
and a set;
these in turn are used to construct a range of scenarios, including
those that
are well outside (and perhaps even antagonistic toward) these familiar
associations and stereotypes.

COLOGNE.- Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth
and Max
Slevogt: three names that are representative of German impressionism.
Three
artists whose creative works captivate a broad public. Three masters who
are
united by one great passion: landscape painting. It is to this passion
that
the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum is devoting its very own special exhibition
in
summer 2010. Under the title “Liebermann, Corinth, Slevogt – The
Landscapes” the
museum shall be exhibiting around 90 works of these three German
impressionists.
On view 30 April through 1 August, 2010.

BENTONVILLE, ARK.- The beauty of glorious
attire
and what it communicates to others is celebrated in two works of art
announced
by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Mrs. Theodore Atkinson, Jr.
(1765),
an oil portrait by John Singleton Copley, considered one of the most
influential
painters in colonial America, augments an exceptional collection of
portraits by
Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Eakins and John Singer Sargent. Dress Impression
with
Wrinkled Cowl (2007) by Karen LaMonte, a leading figure among American
artists
using glass in large-scale sculptures, builds on the collection’s
emerging
strength in contemporary art.