The Hon. Premier Daniel Andrews, Glenn D. Lowry, Director, MoMA, and Tony Ellwood, Director, NGV in front of Robert Delaunay’s Simultaneous Contrasts: Sun and Moon, 1913 (dated on painting 1912). Photo: Scott Rudd.
Henri Matisse, (French, 1869–1954), La Japonaise: Woman beside the Water Collioure, summer, 1905, Oil and pencil on canvas, 13 7/8 x 11 1/8″ (35.2 x 28.2 cm), The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase and anonymous gift © 2016 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Vincent van Gogh, (Dutch, 1853–1890), Portrait of Joseph Roulin, early 1889, oil on canvas, 25 3/8 x 21 3/4″ (64.4 x 55.2 cm), The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rosenberg, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Mr. and Mrs. Armand P. Bartos, The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, Mr. and Mrs. Werner E. Josten, and Loula D. Lasker Bequest (all by request).
It may only be the first day of winter for 2016 but the National Gallery of Victoria already has its eyes set on an exhibition slated for two years’ down the track.
Today it was announced that the Winter Masterpieces series opening in June 2018 would feature some 150 iconic works from New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
The showcase will include heavy hitters and luminaries from the past 130 years of art and design including Paul Cézanne, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Edward Hopper, Jeff Koons, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Lyubov Popova, Mark Rothko and Vincent van Gogh.
The exhibition will take over the entire ground floor of NGV International, with many of the works having never been exhibited before in Australia. The approach to this capsule of MoMA’s vast collection is multi-disciplinary, with paintings, drawings and sculptures to be exhibited alongside furniture, design objects and architecture. The intention, says NGV Director, Tony Ellwood, is for visitors to “experience first-hand the momentous change and creativity in the development of modern art, and consequently appreciate contemporary art and design with greater understanding.”
MoMa sees in excess of 3 million visitors a year and is a cultural pit stop on many tourists’ New York itinerary. Glenn D. Lowry, Director, MoMA said: ‘MoMA’s mission is to share our story of modern and contemporary art with the widest possible audience, to encourage the understanding and enjoyment of the art of our time. We are thrilled to have this opportunity to share these important works from nearly every area of our collection with the NGV and the many visitors who will take advantage of this rare opportunity.
Masterworks from MoMA will be on display at NGV International from 8 June 2018—7 October 2018.
The images of Haitian-French photographer Henry Roy—on display for the first time at the Art Gallery of Western Australia—are a tribute to the landscapes that loom large in our imagination and a beguiling antidote to the brutality of the world.
Material concerns such as housing can determine an artist’s wellbeing and sense of possibility—an idea that is often overlooked by romantic ideas of art making that are out of sync with our current reality. How can artists navigate a society in which reliable shelter is elusive? And can art itself help us reimagine what it means to achieve secure footing in an increasingly volatile world? Jo Higgins investigates.
In an interview with Louise Martin-Chew, Darrell Sibosado discusses his striking installation Ilgarr (Blood), currently on show as part of the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial, his major commission at the 24th Biennale of Sydney, and Illume, an upcoming collaboration with the renowned Bangarra Theatre.
The paintings of Ethel Carrick—whose legacy is being celebrated via a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia—offer distinctive and poignant lessons in seeing the world.
For Patrick Pound, whose new installation The Museum of Falling is on show now at the City Gallery, the arrangement of objects and images has long blurred the line between fact and fiction, jolting our perception in surprising and unusual ways.
To coincide with the presentation of the 3rd Bankstown Biennale: Same Same/Different, Gillian Kayrooz spoke to Karina Dias Pires about how food can express the complexities of culture and difference—and spark unlikely connections across time and place.
