This autumn we'll be able to visit interesting exhibitions in Spain but also in many other cities at the forefront of art worldwide. We've focused on three cities, London, Paris and New York, which are going to surprise us with their exhibitions this season.
We start with Paris, where this autumn we'll be able to visit exhibitions as interesting as the René Margritte show at the Centre Pompidou, the exhibition Le Divan de Liv on the work of Liv Strömquist, the Sabrine Weiss exhibition, the Hergé exhibition or, at the Louvre, the exhibition Bouchardon, Une Idée du Beau.
Until 21 January the Centre Pompidou is showing the exhibition of the Belgian surrealist artist René Margritte, one of the most important figures of modern art. The exhibition brings together a group of artworks ranging from the best known to others that are barely known, coming from public and private collections.
Until 29 October the Institut Suédois is showing the exhibition Le Divan de Liv, where we'll find the work of the Swedish artist Liv Strömquist. The artist uses her art to explore the social problems of the West. In her compositions she leans on humour to express her view of those problems.
Until 30 October you can visit the Sabrine Weiss exhibition at the Jeu de Paume. Sabina Weiss is a Swiss photographer, a naturalised French citizen, who began her career at the early age of twelve. Now over ninety, Sabina Weiss is still actively working, and in this exhibition we can appreciate the quality of a hundred and thirty of her artworks.
Also, until 6 November, the Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny is showing Sorolla, un Peintre Espagnol à Paris. A retrospective of the career of the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla that explores the way the artist created an innovative style in Paris during the 19th century.
Until 5 December the Louvre is showing Bouchardon, Une Idée du Beau. An exhibition about the 18th-century French sculptor and draughtsman Edmé Bouchardon, considered in his day an exceptional artist. With close to 270 artworks and organised with the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, this exhibition is the first major monographic show devoted to his work and the chance to stress that he was one of the leading figures of Neoclassicism. Trained at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris, he was admitted to the Royal Academy in 1735 and became a sculptor to the King. Bouchardon's aesthetic can be seen in his numerous drawings as well as in his clay models and sculptures.
Until 15 January the Grand Palais is showing the Hergé exhibition. The Belgian cartoonist and creator of The Adventures of Tintin, Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, was the one who designed the Clear Line drawing style. In this exhibition you can see painting, cinema, photography and the novel.
And last of all, until 15 January next year, the Musée d'Orsay is showing the exhibition The Spectacular Second Empire. A regime that fell from grace because it was associated with decadence and superficiality at a time of economic abundance and moral collapse. The show includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, architectural drawings, jewellery and other objects.
London
This autumn we'll also be able to enjoy exhibitions in London, the exhibition William Eggleston Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, at the Royal Academy you can visit the exhibition John Gibson, a British Sculptor in Rome, and at Pace Gallery the exhibition Roman Willow,
Until 21 October Pace Gallery is showing the exhibition Roman Willow. Nigel Cooke is a painter born in Manchester in 1973, known for a unique and complex style. This exhibition brings together his new paintings, which technically depart from his other artworks. An exhibition inspired by the Italian Alps, Formentera and Rome, among other places.
Until 23 October the National Portrait Gallery is showing the exhibition William Eggleston Portraits. A retrospective of the artworks of the American photographer William Eggleston, who has always sought recognition for the use of colour in photography as a form of expression in art galleries.
Until 30 October The National Gallery is showing My Back to Nature. An exhibition of the work of George Shaw, a contemporary English artist nominated for the Turner Prize in 2011, whose work focuses on suburban life. On this occasion, the artist shows through his artwork his experience walking in a wood near the place where he lived as a teenager.
Until 30 October Tate Modern is showing the exhibition of Georgia O'Keefe, a visual artist. Her work is much loved and highly rated. For this show a selection has been made that lets us revisit O'Keeffe's output.
Until 30 October the Royal Academy is showing the exhibition Ken Howard's Switzerland. The Royal Academy presents a series of small paintings by the British painter Ken Howard inspired by his trips to Switzerland. The result of those trips is a hundred oils of villages, historic cities and landscapes. And on 18 December the Royal Academy also brings us the exhibition John Gibson a British Sculptor in Rome. He was a Welsh neoclassical sculptor considered the most important of his generation. The exhibition presents a selection of more than thirty of his artworks to mark his contribution to sculpture.
Until 15 January 2017 the National Gallery is showing the exhibition Beyond Caravaggio. The exhibition explains how Caravaggio influenced other artists. The show includes both artworks by the Italian artist and by the French, Italian, Danish, Flemish and Spanish artists he influenced with his work.
New York
In New York too there are good exhibitions to enjoy this autumn, such as MET Diane Arbus. In The Beggining, at the Whitney Museum you can visit the exhibition Sophia Al-Maria, at the Studio Museum the exhibition of the African American expressionist artist Alma Thomas, at Nahmad Contemporary the exhibition of Daniel Buren and at the Guggenheim the exhibition Game of Throne.
Until 30 October the Studio Museum is showing the exhibition of the African American expressionist artist Alma Thomas. An artist who began her career at the age of 69, after working as a teacher in Washington. She stands out as one of the most important figures of the artistic movement known as the Washington Color School, something her striking, colour-filled work makes clear.
Until 31 October the Whitney Museum is showing the exhibition Sophia Al-Maria. Charlotte Moorman was a performance artist known as the Joan of Arc of Music. She was a champion of avant-garde music, to which she devoted part of her career.
Until 22 October Nahmad Contemporary is showing the exhibition of Daniel Buren, a French conceptual artist born in 1938. The exhibition presents ten artworks made early in his career, brought together for the first time in the United States.
Until 31 October the MET is showing the exhibition Cornelia Parker, Transitional Object. The sculptor and installation artist Cornelia Ann Parker presents a replica of the Bates residence from Alfred Hitchcock's famous film Psycho. The artwork is shown on the MET's roof alongside references to Hitchcock's film, in a space over nine metres high.
Also until 27 November the MET is showing the exhibition Diane Arbus. In The Beggining. For the exhibition they have managed to gather more than a hundred photographs that redefine the career of the American photographer Diane Arbus, whose work specialised in marginalised people. Arbus is one of the most influential and provocative figures of 20th-century art.
Until 31 December the Guggenheim is showing the exhibition Game of Throne. The Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan shows off his satirical art once again. It's striking how the artist devotes his exhibition space to the toilet, in particular his piece “America”, a gold toilet installed in the Guggenheim museum that the artist hopes the public will use like any other.
And last of all, until 21 December, Rosenberg & Co. is showing the exhibition Cubist Perspectives, which offers a select sample of Cubism in Paris from the 20th century as a way of reasserting the style and showing that it is still current. It includes artworks by contemporary artists who have carried on developing this style.
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