Witches and Wicked Bodies

www.nationalgalleries.org
27th July 2013 - 3rd November 2013

An exploration of how witches and witchcraft have been depicted by artists over the past 500 years, including works by Albrecht Dürer, Francisco de Goya and William Blake, alongside pieces by 20th century artists such as Paula Rego and Kiki Smith.

The exhibition comprises 16th and 17th century prints and drawings that through the advent of the printing press spread artists' ideas, myths and fears about witches from country to country, successfully embedding these images in our visual culture to the present day. Modern works included in the show challenge how these myths have formed the basis for negative cultural representations of women.

Including major works on loan from the British Museum, the National Gallery (London), Tate, the Victoria & Albert Museum, as well as works from the Galleries’ own collections, Witches & Wicked Bodies will be an investigation of extremes, exploring the highly exaggerated ways in which witches have been represented, from hideous hags to beautiful seductresses.

Laura Knight Portraits

National Portrait Gallery (London, United Kingdom)
11th July 2013 - 13th October 2013

Dame Laura Knight (1877 –1970) was one of the most popular and pioneering British artists of the twentieth century. Her artistic career took her from Cornwall to Baltimore, and from the circus to the Nuremburg Trials. She painted dancers at the Ballet Russes and Gypsies at Epsom races, and was acclaimed for her work as an official war artist.

Knight used portraiture to capture contemporary life and culture, and her paintings are remarkable for their diverse range of subjects and settings. This exhibition of over 30 portraits will reveal Knight’s highly distinctive and vivid work, and also illustrate her success in gaining greater professional recognition for women in the arts.

Tsutsugaki - Textiles indigo du Japon

Musee Guimet
10th July 2013 - 7th October 2013

Le public est invité à découvrir une collection de tsutsugaki exceptionnelle, présentée pour la première fois hors du Japon !

A l’occasion de la saison japonaise, le musée Guimet a souhaité faire découvrir au public l’art méconnu mais sensationnel du tsutsugaki en exposant une trentaine de textiles de type tsutsugaki 筒描 issus d’une collection privée japonaise, l’une des plus riches au monde, accompagnés d’une dizaine de pièces issues du prestigieux fonds Riboud appartenant au musée Guimet.

Le tsutsugaki (de tsutsu, « tube » et de gaki, « dessin ») désigne une technique japonaise de teinture à l’indigo accompagnée de décors réalisés par réserve à la pâte de riz, mais aussi et surtout les oeuvres textiles qui en procèdent, dont les plus anciens témoignages remontent au XVIe siècle. La renommée des tsutsugaki provient de leur assemblage quasi invisible de tissus, de la force de leurs couleurs et de la qualité de leurs dessins, comparables à de véritables tableaux auxquels il ne manquerait qu’une signature. On pense que des artistes majeurs ont créé en leur temps des motifs detsutsugaki.

À l’image de l’art de l’estampe, le tsutsugaki est un art populaire qui relève à la fois du dessin et de la teinture, résultat d’un processus de création complexe qui fait appel à plusieurs savoir-faire conjoints (le dessinateur, l’artisan et le teinturier). Né à l’époque de Muromachi (1337-1573), le tsutsugaki a connu son apogée au cours de l’époque d’Edo (1603-1868).

Mexico. A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940

6 July—29 September 2013
Burlington House

 Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910 – 1940, will examine the intense thirty year period of artistic creativity that took place in Mexico at the beginning of the twentieth century. The turmoil of the revolution between 1910 and 1920 ushered in a period of profound political change in which the arts were placed centre stage. Often referred to as a cultural renaissance, artists were employed by the Ministry of Public Education on ambitious public arts projects designed to promote the principles of the revolution.

The exhibition will explore this period both in terms of national and international artists. Work by significant Mexican artists, such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, will be placed alongside that of individuals who were affected by their experiences in Mexico. These include Josef Albers, Edward Burra, Philip Guston, Marsden Hartley, Paul Strand, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Henrietta Shore, Leon Underwood, Tina Modotti and Edward Weston. 'Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910 – 1940' will reveal a dynamic and often turbulent cultural environment that included some seminal figures of the twentieth century reflecting on their interaction with each other and their differing responses to the same subject: Mexico.

Roy Lichtenstein

3rd July 2013 - 4th November 2013
www.centrepompidou.fr/

This is the first major retrospective of Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997) for over 20 years.

Organised in partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Tate Modern in London, from July onwards the Pompidou Centre in Paris presents a number of paintings and sculptures by the American artist.

A major artist within the Pop Art movement, Roy Lichtenstein is known for his work made on the basis of comics and advertising images.