“Bad painting” as a phenomenon Vienna, Austria – The Museum of Modern Art in Vienna shows “Bad painting” is the critique of painting expressed with its own most essential means: Many of the most important painters of the 20th century like Francis Picabia, René Magritte, Asger Jorn, Philip Guston, Neil Jenney, Georg Baselitz, Albert Oehlen […]
The Forest of Fontainebleau ~ Painters Photographers from Corot to Monet
Inspired by the possibilities of painting in nature, rather than in the studio, artists traveled to the rugged Forest of Fontainebleau near Paris from the early 1820s to the mid-1870s forging innovations in art that would resonate for generations to follow…
The British Museum Exhibition presents Hadrian ~ Empire Conflict
The Roman Emperor Hadrian (117 to 138 AD) is best known for his passion for Greek culture, interest in architecture, his love for Antinous, and of course the eponymous wall he built between England and Scotland, then Caledonia. This exhibition will look beyond this established image and offer new perspectives on his life and legacy, exploring the sharp contradictions of his personality and his role as a ruthless military commander…