Tag: Decades
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Decades in the Making, Institut Restellini’s Amedeo Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné to Release Next Month
After over 40 years in the making, Institut Restellini’s Amedeo Modigliani catalogue raisonné will finally release next month. Pace will host a book launch at its London gallery on April 21, with a day-long symposium to follow on April 30 at Pace’s 540 West 25th Street space in New York. To say the publication is read more
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Rediscover a Rembrandt After More than Six Decades in Hiding
In 1898, Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum staged an exhibition of paintings by renowned Dutch Golden Age artist Rembrandt (1606-1669). Included in this show was a 23-by-19-inch oil painting titled “Vision of Zacharias in the Temple,” which was completed in 1633, relatively early in the artist’s career. Fast-forward to 1960, and the work was deemed to have read more
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Unseen painting confirmed as true Rembrandt by Rijksmuseum
A painting that disappeared from view during the 1960s and hasn’t been seen by the public since then is a bona fide Rembrandt, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum said on Monday. Titled Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, the painting was produced in 1633 and was initially discredited by scholars well-versed in Rembrandt’s oeuvre. But following a two-year read more
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A Newly Updated Monograph Surveys Four Decades of Ai Weiwei's Career
From his monumental, meditative installation of 100 million hand-painted porcelain sunflower seeds on the floor of Turbine Hall at Tate Modern to architectural columns wrapped in 14,000 salvaged life vests worn by refugees, artist-activist Ai Weiwei has long tapped into the power of scale, repetition, and symbols to plumb cultural heritage and expose societal issues. read more
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For 83-Year-Old Artist Mia Westerlund Roosen, Endurance Rather Than Attention Has Fueled Her Creativity for Decades
When artist Mia Westerlund Roosen debuted her conical sculptures, which unmistakably recall phalluses, at the “25th Anniversary Exhibition of Leo Castelli” in 1982, she did so as a form of feminist protest. The exhibition, celebrating one of the postwar era’s most important galleries, had assembled together a pantheon of postwar American artists, the majority of read more
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Adrian Searle to Step Down as the Guardian’s Chief Art Critic After Three Decades
After 30 years at the Guardian, chief art critic Adrian Searle is stepping down from the role he has held since 1996. The Guardian announced today that Searle will leave his full-time role at the end of March. His final article, a look back at the past three decades and what he has learned, will read more
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