Yo Picasso. Self-Portraits

Picasso Museum, Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
31st May 2013 - 1st September 2013

The first major monographic exhibition about the self-portraits of Picasso. The period in time of this artistic genre covers some seventy eight years, from his childhood (1894), to shortly before his death (1972). The self-portrait was used by Picasso with different aims in mind: in some he bears witness to biographical facts; in others he projects thoughts, whims, amusements, and in nearly all of them, he makes use of his own face as a laboratory for the most varied formal experimentations. The exhibition puts on show all these different phases and concepts, focusing especially on the traditional self-portrait, but without forgetting other more subtle derivations of this genre. Chronologically, the main part of Picasso’s self-portraits came to an end in 1907, the same year in which he painted Les demoiselles d’Avignon. Thereafter, there are periods where he picks up again, around the year 1917, towards the end of the nineteen sixties, or in 1972.

От Гверчино до Караваджо

21.05 - 14.07.2013

www.hermitagemuseum.org

Гербовый зал

Сэр Денис Мэон и итальянское искусство XVII века.

Сэр Денис Мэон — почтенный английский коллекционер, на 97-м году жизни обнаруживший, что авторство картины, купленной на аукционе Sotheby’s по бросовой цене, принадлежит вовсе не н/х, а Караваджо. И стоимость ее должна составлять не $100 000, а в $100 000 000. Но это не единственная история с детективной развязкой, принадлежащая сэру Мэону. Чем обернулись его приключения после нашумевших аукционных торгов, покажет выставка итальянского искусства XVII века. Экспозицию должны открыть полотна кисти Гверчино — художника-феррарца, наследника традиций Доссо Досси.

Hidden Beauty

21.05 – 10.11.2013
http://www.museodelprado.es

The exhibition Hidden Beauty will offer an historical-artistic survey of the Museo del Prado’s collections through more than 250 paintings in which the common denominator is their small size, reflecting their function as cabinet paintings or preparatory studies.

The exhibition opens with 14th-century examples of scenes from portable altarpieces and from altarpiece predellas. It also includes works of this type from the 15th century, as well as intense, intimate devotional paintings by Flemish, Italian and Spanish masters and mythological scenes painted from the front of Italian wedding chests. The 16th-century paintings in the exhibition reveal the rise of landscape as a genre, the use of new materials such as slate or copper panels and the taste for exquisitely painted, small copies of famous paintings produced for refined clients. The 17th-century section focuses on portraiture, still life and series of paintings, with examples by Teniers and Murillo, shown alongside preparatory sketches, a format which reached its peak of expression with Rubens. The 18th century was the age of the cabinet painting, with examples by Watteau, Goya and Paret, while the exhibition concludes in the 19th century with Vicente López and Mariano Fortuny.

Премудрость Астреи

18.05.-01.09.2013
 http://hermitagemuseum.org/

Памятники масонства XVIII - первой трети XIX века в собрании Эрмитажа
Пикетный зал

Propaganda: Power and Persuasion at The British Library

17.05-17.09.2013
www.bl.uk/ 

People! You are under the influence of powerful messages put out by the state. Misinformation, disinformation, public service announcements, call propaganda what you like - the battle for your hearts and minds is fought with posters, films, cartoons, textbooks, tweets and sounds. See them exposed in all their beautiful terrible glory at this world first – an exhibition lifting the lid on the ways governments across the planet have attempted to influence your thoughts for over 100 years. Open your eyes at the British Library. You must visit this glorious exhibition. You will be amazed.

From safe sex to dictatorships, from the iconic to the everyday, from the spectacular to the sinister, from the informing to the surprising, this exhibition covers the world and two centuries. It shows you the myriad ways that states attempt to influence you, the People.

Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes

15.06-23.09.13
http://www.moma.org

MoMA presents its first major exhibition on the work of Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965), encompassing his work as an architect, interior designer, artist, city planner, writer, and photographer. Conceived by guest curator Jean-Louis Cohen, the exhibition reveals the ways in which Le Corbusier observed and imagined landscapes throughout his career, using all the artistic techniques at his disposal, from his early watercolors of Italy, Greece, and Turkey, to his sketches of India, and from the photographs of his formative journeys to the models of his large-scale projects. His paintings and drawings also incorporate many views of sites and cities. All of these dimensions are present in the largest exhibition ever produced in New York of his prodigious oeuvre.

Organized by guest curator Jean-Louis Cohen, Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, with Barry Bergdoll, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA.

In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion

10.05. - 6.10.2013
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk
The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion,

This exhibition explores the sumptuous costume of British monarchs and their court during the 16th and 17th centuries through portraits in the Royal Collection. During this period fashion was central to court life and was an important way to display social status. Royalty and the elite were the tastemakers of the day, often directly influencing the styles of fashionable clothing.

In Fine Style follows the changing fashions of the period, demonstrates the spread of styles internationally and shows how clothing could convey important messages. Including works by Hans Holbein the Younger, Nicholas Hilliard, Van Dyck and Peter Lely, the exhibition brings together over 60 paintings, as well as drawings, garments, jewellery, accessories and armour.

N°5 Culture Chanel

5.05 - 5.06.13
http://www.palaisdetokyo.com

The iconic scent.

Built on a subtle play of correspondences, No. 5 Culture Chanel decrypts the famous perfume, Chanel No. 5, outlining the links that set this iconic fragrance in the context of an era, and showing the avant-garde trends associated with it.

Works of art, photographs, films, records and other exhibits reflect the many inspirations that fueled the imagination of Coco Chanel. Echoing her own reflections and inspirations, this this unique and timeless fragrance was born, created in 1921 by Ernest Beaux in tribute to the fashion designer. The exhibition evokes her favourite haunts, creations by her friends who were artists, poets and musicians; such as Cocteau, Picasso, Apollinaire, Stravinsky, and Picabia.  Today, many muses have represented the famous fragrance with its floral notes, including Catherine Deneuve, Carole Bouquet, Nicole Kidman, Audrey Tatou and, more recently, Brad Pitt. Legend has it, when asked what she wore to sleep in, Marilyn Monroe responded "five drops of Chanel No. 5".

Van Gogh at Work

1.05.2013 - 12.01.2014

www.vangoghmuseum.nl

Once refurbishment of the Van Gogh Museum has been completed, many of Van Gogh's outstanding works will be brought together in a special exhibition, to mark the conclusion of eight years’ research into the artist’s methods and the 160th anniversary of his birth. So this momentous anniversary show will provide an exceptionally fine overview of Van Gogh’s multi-faceted oeuvre.

For more than a century people all over the world have been fascinated by the life and work of Vincent van Gogh. The anniversary exhibition Van Gogh at work will show how, in just ten years, Van Gogh developed into a unique artist with an impressive body of work. The exhibition is the culmination of a long-term research project into the artist’s methods, Van Gogh’s studio practice.