The Fundación Joan Miró (Barcelona, Spain) will host Explosion! The Legacy of Jackson Pollock, an exhibition that explores the web of influences and connections that emerged from “action painting” and the work of its main exponent, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956).
With Edgar Degas’ late work, the Fondation Beyeler will be holding Switzerland’s first exhibition in twenty years of one of France’s most famous late 19th century painters. It will also be the first exhibition exclusively devoted to Edgar Degas’ rich and complex late work (from around 1886 to 1912), the culmination of a highly productive career spanning more than six decades.
While living in a tiny fishing village in England in 1881-82, the American artist Winslow Homer was profoundly moved by the sight of a shipwreck that would focus his imagination on the power and peril of the sea.
The Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, Spain) presents an exhibition that explores the influence that the French poet, playwright and actor, Antonin Artaud (Marseilles, 1896 – Paris, 1948) has had on the visual arts, focusing especially on how important his legacy is in understanding the post-war avant garde movements that developed in the United States, France and Brazil.
Continuing with its 20th Anniversary celebrations, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Spain) has inaugurated the third edition of its exhibition series <exchanging gazes>. This series focuses on works in the Museum’s Permanent Collection with the aim of encouraging a reflective and considered viewpoint that gives rise to new interpretationsof the works on display.