Exhibitions category: 673 books
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Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
This edited collection traces the impact of monographic exhibitions on the discipline of art history from the first examples in the late eighteenth century through the present. Roughly falling into three genres (retrospectives of living artists, retrospectives of recently deceased artists, and monographic...
Displaying the Ideals of Antiquity
The Petrified Gaze
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Displaying the Ideals of Antiquity investigates the study and display of ancient sculpture from archaeological, art historical, and museum studies perspectives. Ancient sculptures not only give us knowledge about ancient Greek and Roman pasts, but they also mediate ideals that inform modern perceptions...
Private Collecting, Exhibitions, and the Shaping of Art History in London
The Burlington Fine Arts Club
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
The Burlington Fine Arts Club was founded in London in 1866 as a gentlemen’s club with a singular remit – to exhibit members’ art collections. Exhibitions were proposed, organized, and furnished by a group of prominent members of British society who included aristocrats, artists, bankers, politicians,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
In 1970 photography curator Peter C. Bunnell organized an exhibition called Photography into Sculpture for the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The project, which brought together twenty-three photographers and artists from the United States and Canada, was among the first exhibitions to recognize...
Curating at the Edge
Artists Respond to the U.S./Mexico Border
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Located less than a mile from Juárez, the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso is a non-collecting institution that serves the Paso del Norte region. In Curating at the Edge, Kate Bonansinga brings to life her experiences as the Rubin’s founding...
Exhibiting Madness in Museums
Remembering Psychiatry Through Collection and Display
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
While much has been written on the history of psychiatry, remarkably little has been written about psychiatric collections or curating. Exhibiting Madness in Museums offers a comparative history of independent and institutional collections of psychiatric objects in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and...
by Aldama Fine Art
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Catálogo de obra de Arturo Zapata, pintor mexicano cuya pintura con bases abstractas toma como punto de partida motivos mexicanos: desde elementos prehispánicos hasta la virgen de Guadalupe.
by Jorge González Velázquez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Catálogo de obra escultórica y pictórica de González Velázquez, artista plástico que echa mano del metal y de las figuras geométricas para sus creaciones.
André Kertész (Paris - 2010)
Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2016
La rétrospective André Kertész, organisée du 28 septembre 2010 au 6 février 2011, au Jeu de Paume à Paris, rassemble près de trois cents «épreuves originales ou réalisées du vivant de l'artiste»...
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Henri Cartier-Bresson / Walker Evans. Photographier l'Amérique, 1929-1947 (Paris - 2008)
Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: October 5, 2016
La fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson célébrait, du 10 septembre au 21 décembre 2008, le centenaire de la naissance du photographe en confrontant sa vision de l'Amérique à celle qu'en avait son contemporain Walker Evans...
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Man Ray, la photographie à l'envers (Paris - 1998)
Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2016
La troisième exposition consacrée par le Musée national d'art moderne à l'œuvre de Man Ray (présentée aux Galeries nationales du Grand Palais du 29 avril au 29 juin 1998) montrait pour la première fois une partie du fonds considérable reçu en dation par le Musée en 1994, complété par...
Gustave Le Gray, photographe (Paris - 2002)
Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Figure emblématique du succès remporté par la photographie ancienne à la fin du xx e siècle, Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) est un phénomène culturel. Réalisée dans le contexte de l'érudition américaine des années 1980, la première rétrospective de l'œuvre de ce «primitif» de la photographie...
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John Heartfield. Photomontages politiques, 1930-1938 (Strasbourg - 2006)
Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Afin de marquer son dégoût face au nationalisme haineux qui sévissait dans son pays, Helmut Herzfelde, artiste juif allemand né à Schmargendorf en 1891 et mort à Berlin en 1968, adopta dès 1916 le pseudonyme de John Heartfield, consacrant ainsi la naissance de l'un des plus géniaux artisans...
Things to do in Amsterdam
Museums
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018
Your all-in-one Guide to Amsterdam Museums: Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Anne Frank House & Hermitage Amsterdam**
If you go to Amsterdam (Holland) and want to pay a visit to its world-famous museums, then this digital set is for you. For people who like engaging, accessible guides without...