Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind
Tate Modern
15 February – 1 September
Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind is a major new exhibition at Tate Modern that will explore the work of the groundbreaking artist and activist. The exhibition will feature over 200 works spanning seven decades, including instruction pieces, installations, films, music, and photography. Visitors will be able to participate in Ono‘s interactive works, such as White Chess Set and My Mommy Is Beautiful. It will also include a new iteration of Ono’s powerful intervention, PEACE is POWER, and the interactive artwork Wish Tree.
More details about the exhibition you will find on the Tate Modern website.
Photography by CLAY PERRY
Courtesy of YOKO ONO
Woman in Blue, c. 1943
Oil on burlap, 88.9 x 68.6 cm
The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
25 February 2024 — 28 July 2024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is set to display its groundbreaking exhibition, The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism, in February 2024. Through the evocative lens of artists such as Charles Alston, Aaron Douglas, Meta Warrick Fuller, William H. Johnson, Archibald Motley, Winold Reiss, Augusta Savage, James Van Der Zee, and Laura Wheeler Waring, this exhibition unveils a history of the Black experiences during the era of the Great Migration. The exhibition draws extensively from the invaluable collections of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, emphasizing the profound cultural impact of institutions such as Clark Atlanta University Art Museum and Howard University Gallery of Art.
Find out more on The Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Willem de Kooning and Italy
Gallerie dell’Accademia
17 April 2024 — 15 September 2024
Giulio Manieri Elia, Director of the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, has announced the opening of a major exhibition dedicated to Willem de Kooning, a Dutch-born American artist, among the most innovative and influential creatives of the 20th century. It is at the opening of the 60th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition.
The exhibition marks the initial exploration into the influence of de Kooning’s two Italian sojourns in 1959 and 1969 on his artistic journey to observe the impact Italy had on the artist’s subsequent paintings, drawings, and sculptures in the United States for the first time. Between September 1959 and January 1960, de Kooning resided in Italy, during which period he created an extensive collection of “experimental black-and-white works on paper recognized as the Rome drawings.” Later, during a short visit to Italy in 1969, de Kooning, following an encounter with his sculptor friend Herzl Emanuel, crafted thirteen small figures in clay, subsequently replicated in bronze editions.
More details on the Gallerie dell’Accademia website.
Photography by DAN BUDNIK
Portrait of Marianne Werefkin, 1909
Expressionists Kandinsky, Münter, and The Blue Rider
Tate Modern
25 April 2024 — 20 October 2024
The exhibition at Tate Modern unveils The Blue Rider’s unique impact on modern art and expressionism. From Wassily Kandinsky to Gabriele Münter, the exhibition offers to explore the dynamic collaborations that experimented with color, sound, and light, redefining artistic expression. With over 130 masterpieces, this landmark showcase, made possible in collaboration with Lenbachhaus, Munich, brings together the works of individual creatives like Franz Marc and Alexander Sacharoff. Experience the convergence of diverse artistic voices in the UK for the first time in 80 years.
Generously supported by the Huo Family Foundation, Expressionists unfolds in the Eyal Ofer Galleries.
Find out more on the Tate Modern website.
Jenny Holzer: Light Line
The Guggenheim Museum
17 May 2024 — 29 September 2024
In a captivating reimagining of her 1989 landmark installation, Jenny Holzer’s incisive words will once again transform the Guggenheim Museum‘s spiralling Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda. This time, Holzer’s iconic Truisms and Inflammatory Essays will cascade across six ramps, culminating at the building’s oculus. The expanded show will not only feature Holzer’s mastery of language but also her innovative use of technology to create immersive and thought-provoking art experiences.
Find out more details on the Guggenheim Museum website.
Untitled (Selections from Truisms, Inflammatory Essays, The Living Series, The Survival Series, Under a Rock, Laments, and Child Text), 1977–79
Photography by DAVID HEALD
Machine Memoirs – Space
Courtesy of REFIK ANADOL
Refik Anadol
Serpentine North Gallery, London
16 February 2024 — 7 April 2024
Serpentine presents a solo exhibition by Refik Anadol, an internationally renowned artist who uses data and machine intelligence to create immersive experiences. Featuring two site-specific artworks, it will include new creations depicting ethereal landscapes inspired by rainforests, the embrace of the ocean and the fragile narratives of coral reefs. The exhibition showcases Anadol’s ongoing research into data visualisation and machine learning, exploring the potential of AI to transform our understanding of the world.
Find out more details on the Serpentine website.
Klara Kristalova
Perrotin
13 April 2024 — 1 June 2024
An upcoming exhibition at Perrotin Gallery will present the art of Klara Kristalova. Kristalova creates a strange but familiar world populated by unusual, lonely, silent and perhaps lost characters – as if they have just escaped from a cruel fairy tale and are waiting for a passer-by to show them the way.
The title of the project has not yet been chosen and all information about the upcoming exhibition will be on the Perrotin Gallery website.
Courtesy of PERROTIN
Untitled, 2019
Courtesy of MAURIZIO CATTELAN’S ARCHIVE
Maurizio Cattelan
Gagosian
Spring 2024
Set to take place at Gagosian New York, Maurizio Cattelan’s upcoming exhibition marks a long-awaited return to the city after over two decades. Known for his provocative and often controversial art, Cattelan’s work taps into the realm of everyday reality, utilizing a playful and irreverent approach to challenge both artistic conventions and institutional boundaries. His art, characterized by a blend of humor and irony, cleverly navigates through objects, and gestures, deliberately placed in unconventional settings that demand commentary and engagement. Curated by Francesco Bonami, writer and curator of more than one hundred exhibitions, among them the Venice Biennale in 2003 and the Whitney Biennial in 2010. His involvement adds an extra layer of anticipation and expertise to the showcase, hinting at an event that promises to incite discussions and provoke widespread contemplation.
For more information, visit the Gagosian website.
Anselm Kiefer: Fallen Angels
Palazzo Strozzi
22 March 2024 — 21 July 2024
Palazzo Strozzi presents Anselm Kiefer: Fallen Angels, a profound exhibition dedicated to the renowned master Anselm Kiefer. Spanning from his early works reflecting on WWII’s legacy to recent productions, Kiefer’s artistry merges history, myth, and mysticism, strikingly showcased against the Renaissance backdrop of Palazzo Strozzi. Curated by Arturo Galansino, this exhibition celebrates Kiefer’s dynamic interplay of figure and abstraction, nature and artifice, creation and destruction.
Explore Kiefer’s diverse media works, from paintings and sculptures to installations. Fallen Angels invites visitors into Kiefer’s world where history and personal narrative intertwine, offering a unique, immersive experience.
Discover more about the exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi website.
Engelsturz, 2022-2023
Courtesy of ANSELM KIEFER
Photography by MARCO BAHLER
NAOMI
Victoria & Albert Museum
22 June 2024 — 6 April 2025
The V&A proudly presents Naomi, a first-of-its-kind exhibition dedicated to the life and career of Naomi Campbell. Witness the journey of the iconic supermodel who redefined fashion in the 1990s and continues to captivate on global runways. Featuring exclusive photographs, runway highlights, and designer outfits worn by Naomi, the exhibition offers a glimpse into her collaborations, pioneering achievements, and enduring influence in fashion.
Experience the glamour and legacy of Naomi Campbell. Visit the Victoria & Albert Museum website for more information.
Arte Povera: Intersecting Art and Life
Bourse de Commerce
9 October 2024 — 24 March 2025
Discover the journey of Arte Povera, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. Featuring key works from the Pinault Collection and major loans, this exhibition explores the movement from its Italian roots to global significance. Experience the innovation of artists like Giovanni Anselmo and Alighiero Boetti, who explored the intersections of art and life, nature and culture. Their work, engaging with basic perception and daily life, stood against the excessive intellectualization of art. Arte Povera‘s radical transformation of contemporary art’s language has profoundly influenced Western art history and continues to resonate with global artistic expressions today.
For more details, visit Bourse de Commerce website.
Essere Vento (To Be Wind), 2014
Courtesy of MARIAN GOODMAN GALLERY and GIUSEPPE PENONE
Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d’Abernon, 1904
Photography by SEAN PATHASEMA
Sargent and Fashion
Tate Britain
22 February 2024 — 7 July 2024
Explore the nuanced artistry of John Singer Sargent, renowned for his distinctive stylistic shaping of his subjects. Sargent’s ingenious manipulation of fashion emerges as a focal point at the painter and Fashion exhibition, serving as a potent instrument for expressing identity and character. His deliberate choices in clothing, whether personally selecting outfits for his subjects or subtly adjusting their attire, became integral to his artistic vision. Presenting nearly 60 of Sargent’s masterpieces, including seldom-travelled major portraits, the exhibition offers a rare glimpse into his artistic evolution. Accompanying these iconic paintings are period garments, displayed alongside the portraits in which they were originally worn. Organized jointly by Tate Britain and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this collaboration received additional support from the Terra Foundation for American Art, fostering international scholarly engagement and enriching the exhibition’s narrative.
Francis Bacon Portraits
National Portrait Gallery
10 October 2024 — 19 January 2025
Spanning from the 1950s onward, this exhibition offers a compelling exploration of Bacon’s engagement with portraiture, drawing from his reactions to earlier artistic portraits and the creation of expansive paintings. The showcase features artworks from both private and public repositories and features notable sitters such as Lucian Freud, Isabel Rawsthorne, Peter Lacy, and George Dyer. A promising event providing a visual biography of Bacon’s artistic evolution and personal connections through the lens of portraiture.
Discover more about the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery website.
Study for a Self-Portrait, 1979
Courtesy of THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS BACON
