In 2022, there will be many important commemorative exhibitions and events around the world.
The Paper( www.thepaper.cn) learns that to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Dutch painter and founder of "Styleism", a series of exhibitions will be held in his hometown of the Netherlands and Germany, and at the National Gallery in London, an exhibition attempts to sort out the artistic connection between Picasso and Ingres spanning a century. In addition, in the face of the challenges posed by the global pandemic, the Venice Biennale and the five-yearly Documenta in Kassel will respond in their own ways.
World of Stonehenge (February 17 - July 17)
Sun Pendant, 1000-800 BC, exhibit of "The World of Stonehenge"
Built more than four million years ago, Stonehenge is one of the most prestigious and mysterious monuments in the world. Who lived in prehistoric Britain and built them? The British Museum's exhibition "World of Stonehenge" will show that humans were more advanced than we thought, and had established trade links to the European continent. A highlight of the exhibition will be the 3,600-year-old Nebra Sky Disc, the oldest surviving depiction of the universe, found in today's Germany and will be exhibited for the first time in the UK.
Donatello: Renaissance (March 19 to July 21)
The Virgin and the Child, Donatello 1420-25, Antje Voigt/SMB Skulpturensammlung
The 15th-century Florentine sculptor Donatello was recognized in his time as "the master of the masters", yet in the last nearly 40 years there has not been a major exhibition devoted to him. But in March, the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and the nearby Museo Nazionale del Bargello will present a Big Donatero exhibition featuring the sculptor's most important works, including the Statue of David. Next year, london's V&A museum will also present a smaller version of the show.
150th Anniversary of Mondrian The Hague Art Gallery (2 April - 25 September), Fondation Bejelle Switzerland (5 June - 9 October), K20 Museum Düsseldorf (29 October - 10 February 2023)
Pietro Mondrian (1872-1944)
Diamond Composition, Eight Lines and Red, 1938 Mondrian/Holtzman Trust c/o HCR International Warrenton, VA USA
With three primary colors and black and white, and lines in only two directions, Mondrian takes the painting to a new level of abstraction. His influence on modernism was enormous— not only in the visual arts, but also in design, architecture and fashion. This year, to mark its 150th birthday, several museums are curating large-scale exhibitions. The exhibition between the Bejel Foundation in Switzerland and the K20 Museum in Düsseldorf will begin with Mondrian's early paintings, influenced by Dutch landscapes and Post-Impressionism. The exhibition then traces how he completely abandoned figuration and eventually turned to the "miracle of right angles".
Born in 1872 in Amesfort in the central Netherlands to a Puritan and art-obsessed primary school principal, Mondrian sowed the seeds of art and religion at the beginning of his life. Mondrian was a pioneer of the geometric abstract school, using geometric figures as the basic element of painting, and founded the "Style School" with Dusburg and others, advocating his own artistic "Neo-Plasticism". He also believed that art should be fundamentally detached from the external forms of nature, with the purpose of expressing the spirit of abstraction, and pursue the absolute realm of the unity of man and God, which is now known as "pure abstraction".
Venice Biennale (23 April - 27 November)
The Armory Of the Venice Biennale
At this year's 59th Venice Art Biennale, the major threats facing humanity in the future, such as the global epidemic, the catastrophic impact of climate warming, and the development of artificial intelligence, will become issues that artists will urgently deal with. Curator Cecilia Alemani pointed out that despite the many challenges facing the present, it will be an "optimistic" exhibition. The title of the exhibition, "Milk of Dreams," is from a picture book of the same name by surrealist artist Leonora Carrington in the 1950s. In this picture book, any boundary can be easily crossed and broken, as curator Cecilia Alemani put it, "In a magical world, life is constantly reshaped through the prism of imagination, and everyone can change, deform, and become another person or thing." ”
Cézanne Museum of Art chicago (15 May - 5 September), Tate Modern, London (6 October - 12 March)
Still Life with An Apple, Cézanne 1893–94 The J Paul Getty Museum
The Art Institute of Chicago and the Tate Modern in London are co-curating a major Paul Cézanne exhibition. The title of the exhibition is "Cézanne" and will cover the entire artistic career of this artist. The tour, which began in Chicago, will feature 90 oil paintings, 40 works on paper, and 2 sketchbooks. In London, the scale of the exhibition will be slightly reduced. Cézanne (1839-1906) has always been called the "artist of the artist" and has had a great influence on later painters such as Monet, Picciero, Matisse, Picasso and others. Lenders to the exhibition include the American Abstract Expressionist artist Jasper Johns, who will offer three important watercolors from his private collection and a nude painting that will only be exhibited in Chicago. Technical analysis of Cézanne's palette, composition, mark making will give us a deeper understanding of Cézanne's creative approach. Chicago claimed that the exhibition would "reconstruct Cézanne, the giant of art history and the present."
Cornelia Parker (May 18 - October 16)
Cold Dark Matter Breakdown, Cornelia Parker
In Cornelia Parker's transformation of everyday things, Surrealism remains. From blowing down huts and crushing musical instruments to crushing silverware, Parker's comical, deliberate and unexpected "disasters" have made more people aware of contemporary art. She is known for her large-scale, site-specific art and installations. She has been focusing on and capturing those momentary and incomprehensible changes and states, presented in a surrealist form, and bursting and shattering are the most well-known forms and themes in her creations. What sets her art apart is how it reveals that the path of time is by no means a straight line. History, memory, emotion, and new events give people, places, and objects a whole new meaning. This retrospective at Tate Modern will present her entire masterpiece.
Dominique Gonzalez-Foster (13 April - 14 September)
Works by Gonzalez-Foerster
Gonzalez-Foerster is a surprise maker of space, context and captivity. The French artist is speculative and literary, special and unforgettable, and her work is often both autobiographical and a sci-fi narrative of herself and our place in the universe. The exhibition at London's Serpentine Gallery will invite us to expect an "immersive, supernatural sensory environment".
Documenta 15th Kassel (18 June - 25 September)
Organizing the world's largest and most influential contemporary art exhibition during the pandemic has been challenging, and after some skepticism has arisen about whether it will be held as scheduled, Documenta 15 will take place in Kassel, Germany, this summer. Curated by the Indonesian art group Ruangrupa, the exhibition promises to reflect our time as much as possible, as in the past, which is held every five years.
The artists invited to the exhibition are mainly from the southern hemisphere, and there are many radical art groups rather than individual artists. These groups include the Nest Collective in Kenya, La Intermundial Holobiente in Argentina, and Keleketla in South Africa! Library, Sa Sa Art Projects in Cambodia. The pavilion will include a former department store and wine cellar, as well as more traditional venues such as the Fridericianum museum in Friedrich.
River Pot Xiao zhai: Israel Goldman Collection (March 19 - June 19)
River pot XiaoZhai ukiyo-e
The 19th-century ukiyo-e painter Kawanabe Shosai brought Japanese art into the modern era. He was born in Japan during the era of expanding international exchanges, and was a contemporary of the French Impressionists. His ghosts, prostitutes, and animals form a masterpiece of pleasure. The exhibition, located at the Royal Institute of Art in London, will present masterpieces from the personal collection of renowned ukiyo-e collector Israel Goldman.
Picasso Ingres: Face to Face (3 June - 9 October)
Women and the Book, Picasso
Portrait of Madame Motesier, Ingle
Picasso absorbed artistic influences from around the world and also inherited the tradition of European classicism. After all, he had been trained in this area at a 19th-century academy. At the National Gallery in London, it will be exciting to see how he confronted Ingres's authority with great and unique results. In the exhibition "Picasso Ingres: Face to Face," Picasso's Woman with a Book will be presented for the first time with Ingle's Madame Moitessier, the latter who inspired the former.
Ingres was steeped in the academic tradition, and his Portrait of Madame Motesier represented the ideals of classicism. Born a century after Ingres was born, Picasso is known for his unique style of abstraction. But Ingle's influence on him was significant. In Women and the Book, his models imitate the pose of Madame Motesier, and the paintings present a balance between sensuality and restraint, expressing the lust hidden in Ingle's paintings beneath the self-esteem of the middle class. The exhibition will show clues between the development of art in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Lucian Freud: A New Perspective (October 1 to January 22, 2023)
Reflections and Children (Self-Portrait), Lucian Freud, 1965
In 2022, the National Gallery will also feature an exhibition by British artist Lucian Freud (1922-2011). The exhibition will look back on more than 70 years of his artistic career and show how his work has shifted from early privatized works to his famous large-scale oil paintings and large nude portraits. In more than 60 works, you will see the development of this artist. Lucian Freud's notoriety has always overshadowed his artistic creation and the historical context of his creation. The exhibition will revisit his work in a new light, focusing on his contribution to 20th-century painting.
The Thing of Desire: Surrealism and Design from 1924 to the Present (from October 14)
Coffee Table with Golden Bird's Feet, Meret Oppenheim, 1939
From giant red-lip-shaped sofas to coffee tables with golden bird's feet, this exhibition at the Design Museum in London will explore how Surrealism has influenced design over the past hundred years. The exhibition will feature weird furniture, interiors, as well as graphic design, fashion and photography.
(This article is compiled based on information such as The Guardian, The Art Newspaper, and the official website of the National Gallery in London.) ）