Art & Photographic Exhibitions
An exhibition of Russian and Soviet modernism makes its way across Europe
By Tim Tower, September 17, 2011
Photographs, paintings, models and drawings, reflecting the work of artists, architects, engineers and photographers who were inspired by the Russian revolution of 1917, are on view at La Caixa Forum in Madrid, Spain until September 18.
Britain: Bristol’s street art project sidelines social comment
By Mel Simpson, September 9, 2011
Over seventy leading graffiti and street artists have been brought together in a project to paint ten of Bristol’s central multi-storey buildings in Nelson Street.
Exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Robert Motherwell and the Abstract Expressionists
By Lee Parsons, August 8, 2011
Two exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto once again raise complex questions about the evolution of postwar art.
Lucian Freud: “A life of uncertainty and loneliness” … and enduring insights
By Paul Mitchell, August 2, 2011
British figurative painter Lucian Freud, a significant figure in modern art, died July 20 at his home in London at the age of 88.
“In Search of a Job—Any Job”
Powerful depiction of the fate of Burmese migrant workers
By Paul Mitchell, February 21, 2011
“In Search of a Job—Any Job: The Life of Burmese Migrant Workers” is an exhibition of photos by John Hulme at Oxford University’s International Migration Institute showing from February 17.
Munich exhibition documents German army atrocity in Afghanistan
By Wolfgang Weber, February 8, 2011
Germany’s greatest post-World War II war crime has been comprehensively documented and exhibited by the two journalists who won the trust of the victims’ bereaved relatives.
Detroit Disassembled by Andrew Moore: The devastation of a major American city
By Tim Tower, January 5, 2011
Detroit was once synonymous with automobile manufacturing and the dominance of American industry. Today’s cityscape is rife with images of decay. Andrew Moore’s photographs in his Detroit Disassembled give expression to the city’s historical tragedy.
Julian Schnabel retrospective in Toronto: Art, celebrity, and the market
By Lee Parsons, December 20, 2010
The current exhibition of the controversial artist Julian Schnabel at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto attempts to look at the relationship between his paintings and his films.
Germany: Missing “degenerate art” works rediscovered
By Bernd Reinhardt and Sybille Fuchs, November 25, 2010
Recent archaeological excavations in Berlin have unearthed masterpieces of early Modernist art, which were denounced and confiscated by the Nazi regime.
An interview with Richard Pare, photographer and expert on Soviet Modernist architecture
By Tim Tower, November 13, 2010
A version of the following interview with Richard Pare, conducted by Tim Tower of the WSWS, was originally posted in March 2008, Tower and Pare spoke again recently to update the piece to accompany a new exhibition, “Building the Revolution.”
The “Modern” experience of art:
Abramovic and Kentridge at MoMA
By Clare Hurley, September 15, 2010
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is one of the most powerful institutions in the international art establishment, mounting “blockbuster” exhibits each year that draw some of the largest crowds of museum-goers in the world, including recent retrospectives of multi-media artists Marina Abramovic
Frida Kahlo retrospective in Berlin
By Jesse Olsen and Bernd Reinhard, September 14, 2010
The largest Frida Kahlo retrospective ever presented in Germany was recently on display in Berlin.
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