The ideal venue of the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in via Francesco Crispi in Rome displays a vast range of pictures and sculptures from the Capitoline collections retracing the interpretation and development of the female form and her artistic personality from the end of the nineteenth century until today.
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by Carla Scarano • art, exhibitions, year 2019 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, sculpture •
The mesmerising Casina delle Civette (House of the Owls) hosts an intriguing exhibition of masks by Nicola Toce inspired by the Carnival traditions of Basilicata, a region in Southern Italy.
by Carla Scarano • art, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, year 2019 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, exhibitions, painting, sculpture •
The vitality of breath and its life power expressed in Jeff Koons’ sculptures and paintings mesmerise the viewer at the Ashmolean exhibition.
by Stephanie Sears • art, authors, books, drawing, fiction, film, literature, music, painting, playwrights, sculpture, society, theatre, writing, year 2019 • Tags: art, authors, books, drawing, fiction, film, history, literature, music, painting, playwrights, sculpture, society, Stephanie V Sears, theatre, writing •
As a half French, half American individual, I give in to a pastime common to double nationals, which consists of regularly comparing both countries of origin.
by Carla Scarano • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, year 2019 • Tags: Carla Scarano, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture •
Sometimes free exhibitions are as interesting as ones you pay for. This is the case of three free exhibitions displayed in three different rooms at the Ashmolean museum in Oxford.
by Carla Scarano • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, year 2019 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, drawing, painting, sculpture •
An enthralling survey of ancient myths is the central idea of Ovid’s exhibition at Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome.
by Carla Scarano • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, year 2018 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture •
The beautiful park and the edifices of Villa Torlonia in via Nomentana in Rome is an unmissable place in the tour of the capital.
by Julia Pascal • art, drawing, exhibitions, sculpture, year 2018 • Tags: art, drawing, exhibitions, Julia Pascal, sculpture •
It is surprising that Rodin never visited Greece and that his addiction to Greek architecture was partly satisfied by what he saw in the British Museum. Here Rodin rediscovered classical art and was provoked to make new works seeded by these antiquity.
by Barbara Lewis • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, year 2018 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture •
One of the joys of the MASP in the Paulista Avenue, Sao Paulo’s equivalent of the Champs Elysees, is that when you pay for entry (every day except Tuesday) nearly everyone else is too busy making or spending money to block your view of old and new masters.
by Jane McChrystal • art, exhibitions, installations, sculpture, year 2018 • Tags: art, exhibitions, Jane McChrystal, sculpture •
Henry Moore enthusiasts could do worse on this rainy Easter Week than to head for Canary Wharf and see this exhibition, which tells the story of the creation of the Draped Seated Figure, now known as “Old Flo”, and her changing fortunes over the past fifty years.
by Barbara Lewis • art, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, year 2018 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, exhibitions, painting, sculpture •
The Danes have given us “hygge” as a not directly translate-able concept particular to their culture. The Cornish offer “hireth” to refer to an intangible feeling, a longing for the familiarity and comfort of a place.
by Carla Scarano • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, year 2019 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture •
Surrealism was the driving force that motivated Dorothea Tanning’s career from the 1930s until her death in New York in 2012. It offered her an alternative world that she explored going beyond everyday reality.