Africa Past, Present, and Future: Celebrating 65 Years of the MSU African Studies Center @ MSU Broad Art Museum & MSU Main Library, Michigan State University

Africa Past, Present, and Future 

Celebrating 65 Years of the MSU African Studies Center

MSU Broad Art Museum, East Lansing

Through January 18, 2026

MSU Main Library

Through December 19, 2025

Tijani Sitou 

See My Henna (Regardez-mon henne), 1983, printed 2006 

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 

Michigan State University, purchase, 2009.41.2

In celebration of the 65th anniversary of Michigan State University’s African Studies Center (ASC), the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University (MSU Broad Art Museum), the MSU Museum, MSU Libraries, and the ASC have partnered on a series of exhibitions marking this milestone year. Africa Past, Present, and Future: Celebrating 65 Years of the MSU African Studies Center invites reflection on the power of collections and object-based learning to expand our understanding of global cultures and our place within them.

“The MSU Broad Art Museum and the ASC have enjoyed a longstanding partnership over the years, and it is our pleasure to shine a light on their important work during this momentous anniversary year,” commented Steven L. Bridges, senior curator and director of curatorial affairs at the MSU Broad Art Museum and co-curator of the project. “As part of the university’s commitment to working with different communities from the African continent, as exemplified by the work of the ASC, the Africana collections on campus and here at the MSU Broad Art Museum have grown to be some of the most important in the United States today. Through these objects we continue to advance teaching and learning at the university and within our wider communities, connecting different peoples and cultures across time and geographies.”

Drawn from the extensive Africana collections of the MSU Museum, MSU Broad Art Museum, and MSU Libraries, these exhibitions explore the University’s deep and evolving relationship with the African continent through art, artifacts, and archival materials. The exhibitions highlight how collections continue to support research, teaching, and public engagement around African cultures.

“These exhibitions are a tribute to the legacy and future of the African Studies Center, as well as to the powerful role that objects play in expanding our understanding of cultures across time and space," said Kurt Dewhurst, curator at the MSU Museum and co-curator of the project. “The MSU Museum is honored to contribute its collections and expertise to this meaningful celebration.”

The exhibitions include textiles, ceramics, carvings, and photographs, and are shaped by a broad team of curators and scholars, including representatives from the MSU Museum, MSU Broad Art Museum, MSU Libraries, and African Studies Center. Materials on view reflect MSU’s longstanding partnerships on the continent, including its foundational role in the establishment of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

“As we celebrate 65 years of the African Studies Center at MSU, we honor a legacy of transformative scholarship, partnership, and impact across Africa and right here in Michigan. It is a special honor to mark this milestone with exhibitions that build on our longstanding collaboration using art and cultural objects to teach about Africa’s diverse histories, peoples, and cultures,” remarked Leo Zulu, director of the African Studies Center. “This exhibition is not just a celebration of our past—it’s an invitation to imagine the future with us. I warmly invite everyone to visit, bring your families, and help spread the word, and I thank our partners at the MSU Museum, MSU Libraries, and the Broad for making this shared vision a reality.”

MSU BROAD ART MUSEUM

MSU MAIN LIBRARY

Michigan State University

broadmuseum.msu.edu

lib.msu.edu

Africa Past, Present, and Future: Celebrating 65 Years of the MSU African Studies Center

MSU Broad Art Museum, July 19, 2025 – January 18, 2026

MSU Main Library,  August 18, 2025 – December 29, 2025

The Monaco Masters Show: Chagall & Léger, la couleur et la forme @ Opera Gallery, Monaco

The Monaco Masters Show:

Chagall & Léger, la couleur et la forme

Opera Gallery, Monaco

Through 31 August 2025

Opera Gallery presents ‘The Monaco Masters Show: Chagall & Léger, la couleur et la forme’ a masters exhibition with a special focus on MARC CHAGALL (1887–1985) and FERNAND LEGER (1881–1955).

With 2025 marking the 40th anniversary of Chagall’s death and 70th anniversary of Léger’s death, this exhibition explores the parallel experiences and respective influences of both Chagall and Léger. From their crossover within the avant-garde scene in the Montparnasse neighbourhood of Paris in the early 20th century, to their overlapping exile to the United States during WWII, to eventually settling as residents in the South of France (Fernand Léger in Biot and Marc Chagall in Vence and then Saint-Paul-de-Vence), the exhibition further explores how their time in France–where both artist’s formal artistic journeys began and ended–made an indelible influence on art history.

Notably, both Marc Chagall and Fernand Léger used colour to underscore their distinctive approaches to modernism. Léger’s work frequently celebrated the technological developments of modern life through the use of bold, flat primary colours and a graphic, stylised approach–emphasising his fascination with industrialisation. With cubism as a point of departure, Léger’s early interpretations of the avant-garde movement became known as “Tubism”– characterised by mechanical, often cylindrical forms. In Nature morte aux trois papillons,1952, even Léger’s depiction of nature and organic forms takes on a technical quality–rendered in bold colours, framed by black contour lines.

Alternatively, Chagall’s colour palette was more fantastical–with lyrical compositions evocative of dreams, nostalgia and the intangibility of emotion. In Chagall’s Le Peintre, 1976, the composition is divided into four distinct quadrants of colour–red, yellow, green and blue. An artist is depicted in the foreground, surrounded by figures and imagery of a folkloric nature–two lovers, a cityscape of Paris, a rooster–that appear simultaneously weightless, symbolic and fleeting. Here, Chagall uses colour as an emotive tool in his depiction of an artist surrounded by visions and memories of people, places and things.

At the core, both Marc Chagall and Fernad Léger’s work can be seen as a celebration of humanity’s enduring spirit, with Léger taking an idealistic view to the collective–framing the human figure as an intrinsic component of the modern, technological world. Conversely, Chagall’s work embraced tradition and symbolism, taking a more mystical lens to personal narratives in his paintings. ‘The Monaco Masters Show: Chagall & Léger, la couleur et la forme’ explores the broad range of existential themes that Chagall and Léger were exploring that continue to resonate today.

Additionally, the exhibition features a wider presentation of nearly thirty 20th and 21st century masterworks from artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fernando Botero, Alexander Calder, George Condo, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Dubuffet, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Alex Katz, Yayoi Kusama, Roy Lichtenstein, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Soulages, Manolo Valdés, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann.

OPERA GALLERY MONACO

1 avenue Henri Dunant, Palais de la Scala, 98000 Monaco 

www.operagallery.com

The Monaco Masters Show: Chagall & Léger, la couleur et la forme

Opera Gallery, Monaco, 4 July - 31 August 2025

A Nation of Artists @ Philadelphia Museum of Art & Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - A Landmark Exhibition of American Art Celebrating the United States’ 250th Anniversary

A Nation of Artists

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

April 12, 2026 - September 2027

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and The Middleton Family Present a Landmark Exhibition of American Art Celebrating the United States’s 250th Anniversary.

Jasper Johns 

Flag, 1960-66 

Encaustic and printed collage on paper laid down on canvas, 

17 1/2 x 26 3/4 (framed 34 3/4 x 44 inches) 

The Middleton Family Collection

Gilbert Stuart  

George Washington (The Lansdowne Portrait), 1796 

Oil on canvas, 96 x 60 inches (243.84 x 152.4 cm)  

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 

Bequest of William Bingham 

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith   

What is an American?, 2001-2003   

Lithograph, chine collé, monotype, 

68 x 40 inches (172.72 x 101.6 cm)   

Gift of Ofelia Garcia

Barkley L. Hendricks 

J. S. B. III, 1968  

Oil on canvas, 48 x 34 3/8 inches (121.92 x 87.3125 cm)  

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson Dilworth

Two of America’s most esteemed cultural institutions—the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)—announced A Nation of Artists, a historic collaboration with the private Middleton Family Collection that unites three extraordinary collections of American art. This unprecedented, once-in-a-lifetime exhibition will be presented exclusively at both PMA and PAFA to honor America’s 250th anniversary. It will open for public enjoyment from April 2026 to September 2027.

Featuring more than 1,000 works across the two museums, A Nation of Artists will be the most expansive presentation of American art ever mounted in Philadelphia. Though shaped by distinct curatorial visions at the PMA and PAFA, the exhibition is unified by shared themes exploring the richness of American art. Selections from The Middleton Family Collection—one of the country’s most significant private holdings—will be interwoven at both venues to offer fresh insight into the story of American art and experience.

“Our aspiration is that this exhibition is for everyone—no prior knowledge of art or history required,” noted John S. Middleton. “We believe in the power of storytelling to connect people and are thrilled to partner with these two storied institutions to share the works that have brought our family so much joy and inspiration. Like baseball, art has the power to bring people together and surprise us when we least expect it. With every viewing, there’s something new to discover. It’s an honor to help bring American art to life in a new way during this very special 250th commemoration of our country’s founding.

John Wallace

Untitled, 1939 

Oil on panel  36 x 19 ¾ inches (91.4 x 50.2 cm)  

A.E. Gllatin Collection, 1952 

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Horace Pippin 

John Brown Going to His Hanging, 1942 

Oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 30 1/4 inches (61.2775 x 76.835 cm)   

John Lambert Fund 

Spanning three centuries of diverse mediums—from portraiture and sculpture to furniture, textiles, decorative arts, and photography—A Nation of Artists will trace the ever-evolving story of American creativity. Visitors will experience everything from the early realism of Charles Willson Peale to the shimmering brushwork of John Singer Sargent, the expressive intensity of Horace Pippin, and the impressionist elegance of Mary Cassatt—all shaped by the crosscurrents of cultural exchange, historic events, and imagination. The exhibition will further spotlight modern and contemporary artists whose work provides differing perspectives and interpretations of life in America today, including sculptural installations and multimedia works by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Rina Banerjee, and Mickalene Thomas.

Frederic Edwin Church 

Pichincha, 1867 

Oil on canvas  31 × 48 3/16 inches (78.7 × 122.4 cm); 

Framed: 63 × 46 × 6 inches (160 × 116.8 × 15.2 cm)   

125th Anniversary Acquisition 

Gift of the McNeil Americana Collection, 2004 

Philadelphia Museum of Art.

“What makes American art so powerful is not only where it was created but also who made it—and why,” said Sasha Suda, the George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “A Nation of Artists will present a broad and vibrant picture of artistic expression that was happening across the country through both familiar icons and voices that have historically been overlooked. We couldn’t be more excited and inspired to partner with PAFA and The Middleton Family on this extraordinary cultural milestone, and we look forward to welcoming everyone—from neighbors down the street to visitors from across the region, the country, and around the world—to be part of this celebration.”

As the birthplace of American democracy, Philadelphia will serve as a cultural and historic hub for the America 250 semiquincentennial celebrations, hosting global events including the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the PGA Championship, and the MLB All-Star Game, among many other exhibitions, sports events, and major conventions. A Nation of Artists will place the city at the heart of the nation’s creative legacy, reflecting both the historic depth and the city’s continued influence on American culture.

“This historic collaboration places Philadelphia’s artistic legacy on full display—offering the world a celebration of creativity, identity, and nationhood that can’t be experienced anywhere else,” said Angela Val, President and CEO of Visit Philadelphia. “Only in Philadelphia—where our independence was declared, our constitution debated and established, and our first states united—could an exhibition of this scale and significance come to life.”

Thomas Eakins 

Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic), 1875 

Oil on canvas, 8 feet × 6 feet 6 inches (243.8 × 198.1 cm) 

Gift of the Alumni Association 

to Jefferson Medical College in 1878 

and purchased by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 

and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2007 with the generous 

support of more than 3,600 donors, 2007

Charles Willson Peale  

Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale 

and Titian Ramsay Peale I), 1795  

Oil on canvas,  7 feet 5 1/2 inches × 39 3/8 inches   

The George W. Elkins Collection, 1945   

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Wharton E. Esherick  

Library Ladder Steps with Elephant 

and Donkey Shaped Finals, 1935  

Hickory, Oak  34 ¾ x 18 x 23 ¼ inches   

125th Anniversary Acquisition

Gift of Rachel Bok Goldman and Allen S. Goldman, M.D., 2001   

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Woman's Dress: Bodice, Skirt, and Belt, 1866-1868 

Artist/maker unknown 

Magenta silk satin with black silk satin and black cotton lace   

Center Front Length (Skirt): 41 inches (104.1 cm), Waist (Bodice): 

23 inches (58.4 cm), Waist (Skirt): 22 inches (55.9 cm)   

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Keen Butcher, 1997. 

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Bringing together two world-class institutions, A Nation of Artists will be a collaborative, two-venue exhibition with distinct perspectives, curated by the teams at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in partnership with The Middleton Family. Highlighting the richness and diversity of American art, the exhibition spans generations and artistic traditions, featuring contributions from Indigenous, African American, immigrant, and historically underrepresented artists who have helped to shape the nation’s cultural story.

Celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2026, PMA’s installation will offer a sweeping panorama of American art from about 1700 to 1960. Through iconic masterworks and bold juxtapositions, visitors will trace the evolution of American identity and visual culture—exploring tensions between high and low, elite and common, abstraction and realism. Set within PMA’s Beaux-Arts building, the installation will affirm the museum’s civic role in shaping the future of art and culture.

This exhibition will also mark the reopening of PAFA’s fabled Historic Landmark Building, designed by Frank Furness and opened in 1876, unveiling a bold new installation of the museum’s permanent collection, enhanced by numerous works from The Middleton Family Collection. The reimagined installation will offer a contemporary lens on American art, grounded in PAFA’s legacy of inclusion and innovation. As the nation’s first art museum and school, founded by Charles Willson Peale in 1805, PAFA continues to shape how American artists evolve—through formal study, experimentation, community, and creative risk—supported by its exhibitions, certificate programs, and public initiatives.

“This is a transformative moment for PAFA and for Philadelphia,” said Harry Philbrick, Interim Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. “As we reopen our Historic Landmark Building, we invite audiences into a renewed experience—one that reflects both our storied legacy and our forward-looking vision. This exhibition, enriched by rarely seen works from The Middleton Family Collection, will offer a compelling and inclusive narrative of American art. It’s a powerful expression of PAFA’s ongoing commitment to education, artistic excellence, and public engagement—especially meaningful in a landmark year for our nation.”

Edward Hopper 

The Lee Shore, c. 1941 

Oil on canvas; 28 1/4 x 43 in. (71.8 x 109.2 cm) 

The Middleton Family Collection

Childe Hassam 

Up the Avenue from Thirty-Fourth Street, 1917  

Oil on canvas, 36 in × 29.93 in (~91.4 × 76.0 cm)   

The Middleton Family Collection

John Singer Sargent 

Group with Parasols (A Siesta), c. 1904 

Oil on canvas; 26 1/8 × 34 1/4 in. (66.4 × 87 cm) 

The Middleton Family Collection

The Middleton Family Collection

Presented publicly for the first time, more than 120 works from The Middleton Family Collection, assembled over five decades, will bring added depth and dimension to A Nation of Artists. John S. Middleton, widely admired as the managing partner of the Philadelphia Phillies, and his wife Leigh Middleton, a champion in the fight to end homelessness, have been passionate art collectors throughout their nearly 50-year marriage. Masterworks not previously available for public exhibition will offer fresh perspectives on the story of American creativity and history.

A Nation of Artists is organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130

philamuseum.org

Yancey Richardson Gallery, NYC, Celebrating 30 Years Anniversary

Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York

Celebrating 30 Years

July 16 – August 15, 2025

Yancey Richardson celebrates its 30 year anniversary with a milestone exhibition bringing together works by all of the gallery’s artists and estates. Titled Celebrating 30 Years and co-curated by the artists themselves, the exhibition features works that speak across decades and through varying styles and technical approaches. The show highlights the breadth and diversity of the gallery’s roster and its steadfast commitment to supporting artists working in photography and lens-based media.

Celebrating three decades as a pioneering exhibition space, one where the public has witnessed and engaged with the continued evolution of photography and artistic expression more broadly, the gallery has invited its artists to select work by their peers with whom they share creative affinities. The work on display reveals the gallery’s deep engagement with photography as both a historical and contemporary medium, with work made using classic darkroom techniques alongside multidisciplinary and experimental processes.

Celebrating 30 Years includes work by Guanyu Xu selected by David Alekhuogie, David Alekhuogie selected by Mickalene Thomas, Mickalene Thomas selected by David Alekhuogie, Olivo Barbieri selected by Lynn Saville, Jared Bark selected by Rachel Perry, Omar Barquet selected by Mary Lum, Ori Gersht selected by Terry Evans, Terry Evans selected by Victoria Sambunaris, Mary Ellen Bartley selected by Ori Gersht, Lisa Kereszi selected by Sharon Core, Sharon Core selected by Hellen van Meene, Mitch Epstein selected by Lisa Kereszi, John Divola selected by Mitch Epstein, Tania Franco Klein selected by Laura Letinsky, Carolyn Drake selected by Tania Franco Klein, Sandi Haber Fifi eld selected by Bryan Graf, Bryan Graf selected by Yamamoto Masao, Jitka Hanzlová selected by Laura Letinsky, Anthony Hernandez selected by Olivo Barbieri, David Hilliard selected by Kahn & Selesnick, Laura Letinsky selected by Carolyn Drake, Matt Lipps selected by Guanyu Xu, Mary Lum selected by Omar Barquet, Esko Mannikko selected by Sharon Core, Andrew Moore selected by David Hilliard, Zanele Muholi selected by John Divola, Rachel Perry selected by Sandi Haber Fifi eld, Victoria Sambunaris selected by Anthony Hernandez, Lynn Saville selected by Andrew Moore, Mark Steinmetz selected by Victoria Sambunaris, Kahn & Selesnick selected by Jared Bark, Larry Sultan selected by Anthony Hernandez, Tseng Kwong Chi selected by Zanele Muholi, Hellen van Meene selected by Jitka Hanzlová, Yamamoto Masao selected by Mary Ellen Bartley, Pello Irazu selected by Jared Bark and Lynn Geesaman and Sebastião Salgado selected by Yancey Richardson.

Over the past thirty years and nearly 290 exhibitions, Yancey Richardson has helped foster the careers of some of the most critically-acclaimed artists working today. The gallery opened in 1995 at 560 Broadway in SoHo with an exhibition by Sebastião Salgado. In 2000 the gallery relocated to 535 West 22nd Street in Chelsea, then a burgeoning arts neighborhood. Over the next 13 years, the gallery presented historically significant exhibitions with artists such as Lewis Baltz, William Eggleston and August Sander, along with exhibitions by artists such as Mitch Epstein, Zanele Muholi and Mickalene Thomas, who have been with the gallery ever since. In 2013 the gallery moved to 525 West 22nd Street, where it remains to this day. Since moving, the gallery has continued to grow and welcome new artists and estates to its roster, such as David Alekhougie, Omar Barquet, John Divola, Anthony Hernandez, Tania Franco Klein, Larry Sultan and Tseng Kwong Chi.

In addition to maintaining long-term representation of a wide-ranging and international group of artists, such as Olivo Barbieri, Ori Gersht, Jitka Hanzlová, Sebastião Salgado, Hellen van Meene and Yamamoto Masao, the gallery has also mounted New York debut exhibitions for many artists who have gone on to achieve critical acclaim, such as David Alekhuogie, Carolyn Drake, Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Guanyu Xu. Understanding photography as always changing and in flux, the gallery has consistently welcomed artists to its roster who engage with the medium in an expanded way, as both a technical process and a historically-informed mode of perception.

Alongside its support of emerging, mid-career and historically significant artists through exhibitions, the gallery has consistently supported the publication of monographs and photobooks as an essential expression of photography. Now representing over 40 artists and estates, Yancey Richardson continues to work tirelessly alongside museums and cultural institutions around the world to ensure that their artists reach the widest possible audience and that their achievements are promoted and their legacies safeguarded.

Yancey Richardson stated, “Since the day we opened our doors in 1995, the gallery has remained committed to supporting and embracing photography across the widest possible spectrum, from modern masters to new and contemporary expressions. Though both the medium itself and society’s understanding of it has changed dramatically over the past 30 years, I have endeavored to keep the gallery as a space where those changes—where history itself—can be seen, felt and interacted with. To the extent that this has been achieved is due in no small part to the countless individuals who have worked with me over the years. Above all else, I wish to thank the artists who have entrusted us with their legacies and whose work continues to challenge us to see and think in different ways, all while offering a constant reminder of the power of art to help us understand the times in which we live.”

YANCEY RICHARDSON 

525 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011

yanceyrichardson.com

Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 @ PMA - Philadelphia Museum of Art - A major exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Surrealist movement

Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100

Philadelphia Museum of Art

November 8, 2025 – February 16, 2026

Giorgio de Chirico (Italian, born Greece, 1888–1978) 

The Soothsayer's Recompense, 1913 

Oil on canvas, 53 3/8 × 70 7/8 inches (135.6 × 180 cm) 

Philadelphia Museum of Art: 

The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950, 1950-134-38

André Masson (French, 1896–1987)

The Landscape of Wonders, 1935 

Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 × 25 3/4 inches (76.5 × 65.4 cm) 

Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 

Bequest, Richard S. Zeisler, 2007, 2007.44

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989) 

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans, 

(Premonition of Civil War), 1936 

Oil on canvas, 39 5/16 x 39 3/8 inches (99.9 x 100 cm) 

Philadelphia Museum of Art: 

The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950, 1950-134-41

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989) 

Aphrodisiac Telephone, 1938 

Plastic and metal, 

8 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 6 1/2 inches (21 × 31.1 × 16.5 cm) 

Lent by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, 

The William Hood Dunwoody Fund, 96.2 

The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) presents Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100, a major exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Surrealist movement. As the final stop in an ambitious  tour organized with the Centre Pompidou in Paris—and the sole venue in the United States—the PMA will tell the story of Surrealist art, spotlighting the makers who sought out new expressive forms to expand the reach of the creative imagination.

The five touring partners are: the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels), the Fundación MAPFRE (Madrid), the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg), and the PMA. Each  venue was tasked with presenting a distinct story of Surrealism relevant to their own histories and collections. At the PMA, Dreamworld will provide a chronological installation arranged through six thematic sections, including one, unique to Philadelphia, that focuses on artists who fled from Europe to Mexico and the U.S. during World War II.

In his 1924 Manifesto of Surrealism, poet and artist André Breton addressed what he saw as a crisis of consciousness: at around twenty years of age, he said, humans discard their childlike imaginations to adopt adult sense, decorum, and judgement. Breton believed that the only legitimate aspiration is to obtain a state of freedom, achievable solely by reharnessing the imagination. Surrealism, the movement in literature and art that Breton codified with his manifesto, would continually seek new techniques for exploring the human capacity for astonishment.

The first self-described Surrealists working in Paris rejected the representation of objective reality in art as antithetical to a truer, higher beauty, and instead, sought to produce images with a dreamlike character. The first section of this exhibition, “Waking Dream,” traces the development of Surrealist imagery and experimental techniques across mediums in the 1920s, from the found-object constructions of Man Ray and the collages of Max Ernst to hallucinatory canvases by Giorgio de Chirico, René Magritte, and Salvador Dalí.

Jean (Hans) Arp (French, born Germany [Alsace], 1886–1966) 

Growth, modeled 1938; cast by 1949 

Bronze, 31 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (79.4 × 31.8 × 18.7 cm) 

Philadelphia Museum of Art: 

Gift of Curt Valentin, 1950, 1950-78-1

Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911–2002) 

Morphology (Fantasy Landscape), c. 1939 

Oil on canvas, 12 × 16 1/8 inches (30.5 × 41 cm)

Collection of Andrew S. Teufel

Dorothea Tanning (American, 1910–2012) 

Birthday, 1942 

Oil on canvas, 40 1/4 × 25 1/2 inches (102.2 × 64.8 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art: 125th Anniversary Acquisition. 

Purchased with funds contributed 

by C. K. Williams, II, 1999, 1999-50-1

Dreamworld will then journey through sections exploring the themes of “Natural History” and “Desire.” Capturing a sense of wonder in nature was crucial for the development of Surrealist sensibility. Visitors will encounter enigmatic landscapes and fantastic creatures; torn-paper collages by Hans Arp will be displayed alongside Paul Klee’s vibrant painting Fish Magic (1925), the disorienting photographic landscapes by Lee Miller, and Joseph Cornell’s boxes containing found objects. Nearby, works by Hans Bellmer, Claude Cahun, André Kertész, and others will demonstrate the powerful ways in which photography served the Surrealist interest in eros, or desire, and the reinvention of the erotic body.

A through line of the exhibition is the use of mythology to convey the Surrealist world view. A section titled “Premonition of War” features images of monsters and creatures of strange and terrifying shape, which artists such as Dalí, Ernst, André Masson, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picasso used to respond to the devastating rise of totalitarianism and war in Europe in the 1930s.

With the outbreak of World War II, many Surrealists working in France left for North America, taking refuge in Caribbean ports, Mexico, and the United States. This is the focus of a section unique to the PMA, entitled “Exiles.” This section features treasured paintings in the PMA’s collection in addition to major loans such as Frida Kahlo's My Grandparents, My Parents, and I (Family Tree) (1936). In New York, Surrealism’s wartime capital, younger artists developed innovative forms of painting in tune with Surrealist methods. Highlights here will include Jackson Pollock’s Male and Female (1942–1943) and Mark Rothko’s Gyrations on Four Planes (1944).

The exhibition’s concluding section, “Magic Art,” focuses on a new type of esotericism that emerged within Surrealism in the aftermath of World War II. Filled with imagery of magical and alchemical beings, celestial figures, and symbols of the occult, this section will feature Leonora Carrington’s The Pleasures of Dagobert (1945), which materializes the magical, metamorphic imaginings of an early-medieval French monarch, and Remedios Varo’s Creation of the Birds (1957), in which an owl-headed painter uses starlight to bring a painted bird to life.

Remedios Varo (Spanish, 1908–1963) 

Icon, 1945

Oil with mother-of-pearl and gold leaf inlays on wood 

Closed: 23 5/8 × 15 7/16 × 2 1/8 inches 

(60 × 39.2 × 5 .4 cm) 

Open: 23 5/8 × 27 9/16 × 2 1/8 inches 

(60 × 70 × 5.4 cm) 

Colección Malba, 

Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, 1997.02

Illustrated by Arshile Gorky (American, born Van Province, 

Ottoman Empire [present-day Turkey], c. 1904–1948) 

Text by André Breton (French, 1896–1966), 

Dust jacket and cover designed by Marcel Duchamp 

(American, born France, 1887–1968), 

Cover of Young Cherry Trees Secured Against Hares, 1946 

Hardbound book with paper cover design by Marcel Duchamp

Book: 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (23.8 x 16.2 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art: 

Gift of an anonymous donor, 1988, 1988-8-2

Victor Brauner (Romanian, 1903–1966) 

The Lovers (Messengers of the Number), February, 1947 

Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 × 28 3/4 inches (92 × 73 cm) 

Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris: 

Bequest of Mme Jacqueline Victor Brauner, 1986, AM 1987-1204

Joseph Cornell (American, 1903–1972) 

Untitled (Constellation), c. 1958 

Box construction: wood, metal, cut paper, glass and found objects, 

13 × 19 3/8 × 4 1/4 inches (33 × 49.2 × 10.8 cm) 

Philadelphia Museum of Art: 

Gift of Josephine Albarelli, 2015, 2015-144-5

“Surrealist art has been a focus of our museum since receiving the generous gifts of the Louise and Walter Arensberg collection in 1950 and the bequest of the Albert E. Gallatin collection in 1952,” said Matthew Affron, the museum’s Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art. “Today, our permanent collection features outstanding works by a range of artists associated with Surrealism, including Giorgio de Chirico, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Jean Arp, Salvador Dalí, and Dorothea Tanning. As the main repository of works by Marcel Duchamp, one of Surrealism’s most influential guiding spirits, the PMA is very proud to build on this monumental exhibition and present it to audiences in the U.S.”

“The PMA has an extraordinary collection of modern art, and through this exhibition, we can offer our visitors a new perspective on Surrealism and showcase the strength of our own collection,” said Sasha Suda, the George D. Widener Director and CEO. “I can’t think of a more perfect way to celebrate 100 years of Surrealism.”

In Philadelphia, Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 is curated by Matthew Affron, the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art, with Danielle Cooke, Exhibition Assistant. It will be accompanied by an illustrated publication by Matthew Affron, detailing the the key motivations, principles, themes, and techniques of Surrealist art from the early 1920s to the late 1950s.

PMA - PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130

philamuseum.org

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Mona Kuhn: Between Modernism and Surrealism 

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, 4 April - 25 May 2024

Surrealism Beyond Borders

Tate Modern, London, 24 February 2022 – 29 August 2022

Surrealism and the dream

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 8 October 2013 - 12 January 2014

Dali. All of the poetic suggestions and all of the plastic possibilities

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, April 27 - September 2, 2013

Marcel Duchamp on Display: Optics, Exhibition Installations, Portable Museums

Zabriskie Gallery, New York, March 22 - May 5, 2001

Dreaming with Open Eyes

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, December 22, 2000 - June 2001

Arshile Gorky: The Breakthrough Years 

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth , January 14 - March 17, 1996 

James Cohan Gallery: 25th Anniversary Exhibition "All About 25"

All About 25

James Cohan, New York

May 16 - July 25, 2025

Yinka Shonibare

Red Shoes, 2025 

Mixed media 

70 7/8 x 70 7/8 x 11 3/4 in., 180 x 180 x 30 cm

© Yinka Shonibare, courtesy of James Cohan

James Cohan presents All About 25, an exhibition celebrating the gallery’s twenty-fifth anniversary, on view at James Cohan’s 52 Walker Street location. 

The James Cohan Gallery, established in 1999, is a vital player in the contemporary art world, known for its commitment to artistic innovation and cross-cultural dialogue. Founded by James and Jane Cohan,  the gallery has carved out a distinctive niche by fostering relationships with both emerging and established artists, as well as by championing underrepresented voices. David Norr, who served as James Cohan’s Senior Director from 2015 to 2018, was named partner in 2018 and co-owner in 2021. 

Located initially in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, James Cohan Gallery opened during a transformative period for contemporary art in the city. The late 1990s and early 2000s saw a migration of galleries to Chelsea, where spacious industrial buildings allowed for ambitious exhibitions. Cohan leveraged this momentum, bringing a thoughtful and international approach to gallery programming. His vision centered on building a program that was not only commercially viable but also intellectually and culturally resonant.

One of the key aspects that sets James Cohan Gallery apart is its emphasis on representing a diverse range of artists from around the globe. The gallery has been instrumental in presenting the work of artists such as Trenton Doyle Hancock, Elias Sime, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Firelei Báez, and Fred Tomaselli. These artists work in various media and often grapple with themes of identity, history, technology, and globalization.

By maintaining an international focus, the gallery has created a dynamic platform for intercultural exchange. Exhibitions often cross traditional boundaries of geography and genre, providing a broader lens through which to view contemporary artistic practices. Cohan’s support for African, Asian, Latin American, and diasporic artists demonstrates a forward-thinking commitment to global narratives.

In addition to its Chelsea origins, James Cohan Gallery expanded to locations in the Lower East Side and Tribeca, adapting to the evolving geography of the New York art scene. These moves were not merely logistical but reflected a strategic effort to remain close to emerging art communities and experimental practices.

The gallery is also recognized for its innovative curatorial approaches. It regularly features thematic exhibitions that explore pressing contemporary issues, bridging historical and contemporary art in novel ways. For example, shows that juxtapose canonical artists with contemporary voices help create dialogues that are both challenging and generative.

The originality of James Cohan Gallery lies in its ability to balance commercial success with critical engagement. It is not merely a venue for sales, but a space where contemporary issues are interrogated through the lens of art. Its programming often emphasizes storytelling, layered histories, and aesthetic experimentation.

Moreover, James Cohan Gallery is known for its long-term relationships with artists, which allows for deeper collaboration and the development of ambitious projects. This trust-based model contributes to the originality of the exhibitions, as artists are encouraged to take risks and push their creative boundaries.

James Cohan Gallery stands out as a thoughtful, globally-minded, and artist-centric institution in the contemporary art world. Its history reflects not only the trajectory of one gallery, but also broader shifts in the cultural landscape of the 21st century. Through its innovative programming, commitment to diverse voices, and intellectual rigor, the gallery continues to influence how contemporary art is produced, exhibited, and understood.

All About 25 features the work of artists who have shaped the gallery’s past, present, and future. Many of the paintings, sculptures and installations made specifically for the exhibition symbolically tie to the number 25. 

Participating artists include: Ranti Bam, Kathy Butterly, Alexandre da Cunha, Simon Evans and Sarah Lannan, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Spencer Finch, Gauri Gill, Michelle Grabner, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Federico Herrero, Yun-Fei Ji, Byron Kim, Mernet Larsen, Teresa Margolles, Kelly Sinnapah Mary, Josiah McElheny, Jesse Mockrin, Lee Mullican, Christopher Myers, Jordan Nassar, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Kaloki Nyamai, Scott Olson, Eamon Ore-Giron, Katie Paterson, Naudline Pierre, Matthew Ritchie, Hiraki Sawa, Shinichi Sawada, Yinka Shonibare, Elias Sime, Diane Simpson, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Tomaselli, Bill Viola, and XU ZHEN®. 

A silver anniversary commemorates the 25th year of a significant event and represents the enduring nature and brilliance of a long-lasting relationship or achievement. Spencer Finch’s, Ag, 2008, is a series of 10 gelatin silver photographs, featuring modern pieces of silver (trays, pitchers and bowls) from a private collection in Philadelphia. The title references the symbol for the element in the periodic table. Collapsing the medium and subject–using silver to create images of silver–these photographs confound the distinctions between representation and the real.

New works by Byron Kim, Josiah McElheny and Jordan Nassar explore the mathematical and spatial potentials of the number 25 to diverse effect. Byron Kim’s Synecdoche (1991–present) is an ongoing project of portraiture that now comprises more than 500 10 x 8 in. panels in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art. Each panel is painted a single color recording the skin tone of the sitter. Synecdoche was a watershed for the artist when it debuted at the 1993 Whitney Biennial, and subsequent iterations have been seen in installations and exhibitions around the world. For this exhibition, Kim documented the skin tones of 25 members of the James Cohan team, continuing his explorations of the history of abstract painting, the problems of color and vision, and issues of human identity and existence while creating a collective portrait of a community.

Jordan Nassar’s newest embroidery, Mountain of Years, 2025, depicts cascading hills expanding across the field of the canvas. The artist renders the striated mountainscape in 25 distinct shades of rich greens and cool blue threads, offset by a peachy-pink sky.

Josiah McElheny’s Interior Geometry I, 2025, references a universe of unlimited possibility in a hand-cut and polished glass tetrakis hexahedron with 24 facets, its entirety constituting the 25th. The transparent and reflective surfaces of the suspended solid glass form act as both mirrors and windows, where we can peer inside and see ourselves. With morphing perspectives and reflections, the work celebrates a multiplicity and diversity of perspective.

“Reaching this milestone is both humbling and energizing,” says James Cohan, founder and principal. “Our journey has been defined by incredible partnerships with artists whose vision and dedication continue to inspire us. This anniversary celebrates their work.”

JAMES COHAN

52 Walker Street, New York, NY 10013

www.jamescohan.com

Robert Mangold: Pentagons and Folded Space @ Pace, New York - Part of Pace 65th anniversary year Exhibitions

Robert Mangold

Pentagons and Folded Space

Pace Gallery, New York

May 9 – August 15, 2025 

Pace presents a new body of work by Robert Mangold at its 540 West 25th Street gallery in New York. This exhibition—Pace’s fifteenth presentation dedicated to a new body of work by Mangold since 1991—spans the gallery’s second and seventh floors. It features paintings, including three multi-panel works, and works on paper created by the artist between 2022 and 2024.

This show is organized on the occasion of Pace’s 65th anniversary year, during which the gallery is mounting exhibitions of work by major 20th century artists—with whom it has maintained decades-long relationships—at its spaces around the world. It is accompanied by a new catalogue, with an essay by Dieter Schwarz, from Pace Publishing, which has produced 16 books on each new body of Mangold’s work since his first exhibition with the gallery in 1992.

Mangold has been a key figure in painting since the 1960s. Exploring the fundamental elements of composition, he has created boundary-pushing geometric abstractions on shaped canvases that charted new frontiers within the medium. Robert Mangold is part of a legacy forged with other major figures of Conceptualism and Minimalism, including his close friends Sol LeWitt and Robert Ryman and his wife Sylvia Plimack Mangold.

The body of work that the artist will present in his upcoming exhibition features broad planes of color across canvases of diverse shapes and sizes, reflecting a continuing engagement with shape, line, and color—and the effect these elements can have on each other—that has defined his practice for over 60 years. As with his preceding series, Mangold’s new and recent works are part of a continuous evolution, elaborating upon the paintings and drawings he showed at Pace in New York in 2022 while also reaching back to his earliest experimentations with color and form, symmetry and asymmetry, and notions of wholeness and fragmentation. Several loans from private and public collections will figure in the exhibition, including Four Pentagons (2022). This four-panel painting, loaned by the Art Institute of Chicago, is one of the largest works that Robert Mangold has produced in decades.

The multi-panel and individual canvases in the show speak to the artist’s enduring interest in the ways that line, color, and shape can give a painting a sense of extending into multiple dimensional planes. Meanwhile, the works on paper in this exhibition, all made in 2024, shed light on a crucial aspect of Mangold’s practice, offering a more intimate experience of his abstractions.

Throughout 2025, Pace is celebrating its anniversary year with 16 exhibitions of work by artists who have been central to its program for decades. Presented around the world, these exhibitions are odes to some of the gallery's longest-lasting relationships. Over the course of their careers, these figures, with Pace's support, charted new courses in the history of art. These special exhibitions are listed chronologically below:

Joel Shapiro — Tokyo, January

Louise Nevelson — New York, January; Seoul, April

Kenneth Noland — Seoul, January; Tokyo, March

Sam Gilliam — Seoul, January; Tokyo, March

Jean Dubuffet — New York, March; Berlin, May

Robert Indiana — Hong Kong, March; 

Robert Indiana: The American Dream  —New York, May

Robert Irwin — Los Angeles, April

Robert Mangold — New York, May

James Turrell — Seoul, June

Claes Oldenburg — Tokyo, July

Agnes Martin — New York, November

PACE NEW YORK

540 West 25th Street, New York City

www.pacegallery.com

L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California: 50th Anniversary Exhibition

L.A. Louver celebrates 50th years

L.A. Louver, Venice, California

15 February - 14 June 2025

L.A. Louver’s historic façade

at 55 North Venice Boulevard, 1975-1976

Photo Courtesy L.A. Louver, Venice, California

Gallery directors Peter Goulds & Kimberly Davis,

pictured at at 55 North Venice Boulevard, 1991

Photo Courtesy L.A. Louver, Venice, California

L.A. Louver façade at 45 North Venice Boulevard

Photo Courtesy L.A. Louver, Venice, California

L.A. Louver celebrates its 50th anniversary with an exhibition surveying the gallery’s history, from its formation in 1975 to now. One of the longest-established contemporary art galleries on the West Coast, L.A. Louver has presented more than 660 exhibitions over the course of what has been the most significant period of creative growth in Southern Californian history. L.A. Louver commemorates this achievement with a presentation in all spaces of the gallery, which remains on the same block as its original 1970s location.

L.A. Louver was founded with a singular mission: to contextualize Los Angeles and global artists in a distinguished exhibition program. L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Years honors this initial ambition and the pivotal role the gallery has played in establishing L.A. as a global art center. Comprised of work by over 50 artists, the exhibition includes those from the early days of the gallery (Max Cole, George Herms, Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Don Suggs), international figures (David Hockney, Sui Jianguo, Per Kirkeby, Leon Kossoff), stalwarts of the city’s creative landscape (Tony Berlant, John McCracken, Ed Moses, Ken Price), and those living and working in Los Angeles today (Rebecca Campbell, Gajin Fujita, Heather Gwen Martin, Alison Saar).

The exhibition is a portrait of L.A. Louver, enriched and informed by history as much as the landscape of today. Though harkening back to key moments from the past, the presentation offers points of nonlinear connection that elucidate the complex truth of an identity shaped by time, place, and people. Furthermore, it is a tribute to the forces and memories that have shaped the gallery – the Bohemian art haven that was 1970s Venice Beach; the artists, staff, and community that have kept the program vibrant and dynamic; the bespoke building designed by Frederick Fisher & Partners that has held hundreds of exhibitions and events; and the artworks that have traveled the world.

54 ARTISTS: Terry Allen, Georg Baselitz, Tony Berlant, Wallace Berman, Tony Bevan, Domenico Bianchi, William Brice, Deborah Butterfield, John Cage, Rebecca Campbell, Nick Cave, Dale Chihuly, Max Cole, Richard Deacon, Edgard de Souza, Mark di Suvero, Richard Diebenkorn, Marcel Duchamp, Jimmie Durham, Toshikatsu Endo, Gajin Fujita, Charles Garabedian, Joe Goode, Frederick Hammersley, George Herms, David Hockney, Edward Kienholz, Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Per Kirkeby, Leon Kossoff, Ben Jackel, Lili Lakich, Richard Long, Nathan Mabry, Heather Gwen Martin, Jason Martin, Enrique Martínez Celaya, Thom Mayne, John McCracken, Michael C. McMillen, Ed Moses, Ken Price, Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin, Alison Saar, Eduardo Sarabia, Peter Shelton, Kate Steinitz, Don Suggs, teamLab, Sui Jianguo, Juan Uslé, Matt Wedel, William Wiley, Tom Wudl

L.A. LOUVER

45 North Venice Boulevard, Venice CA 90291

lalouver.com

Happy Birthday Amsterdam Exhibition @ H’ART Museum, Amsterdam - As part of the Amsterdam 750 anniversary celebrations

Happy Birthday Amsterdam

H’ART Museum, Amsterdam

Through 16 March 2025

Eva Besnyö

Sumatrakade, 1933-39. 

Collection City Archives Amsterdam 

© Eva Besnyö/MAI

Violette Cornelius

Youths on Amstelveld, 1962

Collection City Archives Amsterdam

© Violette Cornelius /

National Museum of Photography

Armando Cairo

School Playground, 1970-79

Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherland

Willem Witsen

The Stock Exchange Gate from Rokin, 1880-1923 

Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands 

Photo by Margareta Svensson

Erwin Olaf

Drag disco/costume party La Night aux Folles 

in discotheek Flora Palace, 1983 

Collection City Archives Amsterdam 

© Erwin Olaf

As part of the Amsterdam 750 anniversary celebrations, H’ART Museum presents a unique exhibition focusing on 75 highly diverse artists who have contributed to the colourful image of the city in the past and present. Subjects range from Johan Cruyff seen through the eyes of Marlene Dumas (b. 1953) to 1990s Amsterdam viewed through the lens of Erwin Olaf (1959-2023). Happy Birthday Amsterdam presents a colourful and richly varied parade of images celebrating Amsterdam as a city of art. The museum has chosen an unusually free arrangement, without any chronology and art historical categories, to reflect the unconventional nature of the city. Each of the 75 prominent artists featured in the exhibition has made a distinctive contribution to the artistic and public image of the city today. The selection of works on show constitutes the museum’s tribute to the city, its people, its various neighbourhoods, and the artists who have lived, worked or spent time there over the past few centuries.

Herman Gordijn

Lida with Spotted Tram, 1975

Collection Joseph Kessels

Aldo van Nieuwelaar

Amsterdammer KR 237, 1978-79

Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

Paul Huf

Cleaning the streets on Prinseneiland,1962 

Collection City Archives Amsterdam 

© Paul Huf/MAI

Jan Sierhuis 

Amstelkade, Amsterdam, 1951

Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

George Hendrik Breitner

Dam 2, 1896-97 

Collection City Archives Amsterdam

The exhibition is the result of a close partnership between H’ART Museum and the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (English: Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) or RCE, its main source of loan items for Happy Birthday Amsterdam. The more than 100,000 objects in the stewardship of the RCE form one of the largest art collections in the Netherlands. The vast majority of this ‘national collection’ are kept at the CollectieCentrum Nederland (CCNL), together with the collections of the Nederlands Openluchtmuseum, Paleis Het Loo, and the Rijksmuseum. CCNL houses over half a million objects and is sometimes called the ‘physical memory’ of the Netherlands.  

Willem Witsen

Peat Ships on the IJ, 1880-1923

Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

Willem Witsen

The Montelbaans Tower, unfinished, 1880-1920

Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

Marja Samsom

Sardine-Box 1, 1973-76

Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

Guillaume Lo A Njoe 

The liberation of the mushroom, 1975-81

Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands 

Photo by Magareta Svensson

C.A. Wertheim 

Self-Portrait (after a 1629 self-portrait by Rembrandt), 1989 

Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands 

Photo by Wendy Oakes

Jennifer Tee

Tampan Womb of Time, 2016 

Leiden University Medical Centre 

(LUMC) Art Collection

Photo by Gert Jan van Rooij

Happy Birthday Amsterdam is the first exhibition to include over 50 RCE loans relating to the city of Amsterdam. So many locally relevant items from the national collection have rarely been exhibited together in the Dutch capital. They are supplemented by outstanding works from other sources, such as the Amsterdam City Archives, the ABN AMRO Art Collection, De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam, and private collections.  

Natasja Kensmil

Anton de Kom memorial plaque, 2021

De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam.

© Natasja Kensmil

Marlene Dumas

Johan Cruijff (double portrait), 1997 

Lithograph (edition 7/50) 

ABN AMRO Collection. 

Photo by Tom Haartsen, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel

Barbara Broekman

The Golden Thread, 2023

Courtesy of the artist

Photo by Gert Jan van Rooy

Leo Gestel

Untitled, 1937

Collection Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

The works on show are typical of Amsterdam: colourful, diverse and forthright. They are both surprising and familiar to art lovers and fans of the city. The public is treated to works by a multitude of big names from the world of art: from Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680), Jacob Olie (1834-1905), Willem Witsen (1860-1923), Piet Mondriaan (1872-1944), Karel Appel (1921-2006) and Paul Huf (1924-2002) to Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990), Herman Gordijn (1932-2017), Jeroen Henneman (b. 1942), Marina Abramović (b. 1946) and Natasja Kensmil (b. 1973). The selection ranges from paintings and photographs to sound works, sculptures, and iconic examples of street scenes, textiles and Amsterdam design. 

H'ART MUSEUM, AMSTERDAM

Amstel 51, 1018EJ Amsterdam

www.hartmuseum.nl

Happy Birthday Amsterdam - H’ART Museum 

4 December 2024 - 16 March 2025