The first comprehensive exhibition in Austria of highlights from the Würth Collection, which is among the largest private collections in Europe and one of the most eminent compilations of artworks worldwide. For the conception of the exhibition, which unites works from Classical Modernism to contemporary art and thus allows for a unique journey through 100 years of art history, the Leopold Museum's Director Hans-Peter Wipplinger was given carte blanche to select 200 masterpieces from the approximately 20,000 works comprised in the collection and to show these highlights from the Würth Collection on two exhibition levels at the Leopold Museum.
Exhibition: Amazing. The Würth Collection
From 05.04.2023 to 10.09.2023
Leopold Museum, Vienna
www.leopoldmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/136/amazing
Organised by Leopold Museum
Exhibition: The Museums Grow
From 22.10.2022 to 15.10.2023
Museu de Maricel. Carrer Fonollar, s/n. Sitges
www.museusdesitges.cat/ca/exposicions/els-museus-creixen
Organised by Sitges Museums
This temporary exhibition was created with the aim of presenting the works and objects that have entered the collections of the three Sitges museums since 2014. This date marked the reopening of the seafront, Cau Ferrat and Maricel museums. Since then the museums have incorporated 1,382 works, objects and documents, of which a selection of 300 are now on display.
Among the works on display are pieces by Picasso, Isidre Nonell, Ramon Casas, Santiago Rusiñol, Olga Sacharoff and Alonso Cano, as well as one of the largest glass collections in Catalonia, which includes pieces from ancient Egypt to the 18th century.
Exhibition: Secessions: Klimt, Stuck, Liebermann
From 26.06.2023 to 22.10.2023
Alte National Gallerie, Berlin
www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/secessions/
Organised by The Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in cooperation with the Wien Museum
The first exhibition to compare the three artistic metropolises of the turn of the century: Munich, Vienna and Berlin. As Modernism dawned, the artistic avant-gardes pushed for freedom in both the institutions of art and the subject matter expressed. Many artists within the new currents of Symbolism, Art Nouveau and Impressionism were first presented in the highly regarded Secession exhibitions. This installation comprises more than 200 paintings, sculptures and graphic works by 80 artists. It features not only many artists who can be discovered for the first time, but also foregrounds the oeuvre of Gustav Klimt with numerous examples of his work.
Exhibition: Owls Fly at Dusk, the Art Nouveau Center at Twenty
From 01.05.2023 to 31.10.2023
Jugendstilsenteret and KUBE, Alesund
www.vitimusea.no/en/utstillingar/owls-fly-at-dusk-the-art-nouveau-centre-at-twenty
Organised by Jugendstilsenteret and KUBE - Alesund
The Jugendstilsenteret celebrates its twentieth anniversary with the exhibition "Owls Fly at Dusk, the Art Nouveau Center at twenty". The installation delves into the Jugendstilsenteret's collection, with a selection of objects that have rarely or never been shown to the public. They are displayed alongside better-known objects from the collection and works on loan from the National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Trondheim. "Owls Fly at Dusk" also features film footage and music from around 1900. True to Art Nouveau ideals, the exhibition is conceived as a holistic installation emphasizing sensory and aesthetic experience.
Exhibition: Formes of Nature. Jugendstil ceramic works by Henry van de Velde
From 22.03.2023 to 02.11.2023
Haus Hohe Pappeln, Weimar
www.klassik-stiftung.de/en/your-visit/exhibition/forms-of-nature/
Organised by Klassic Stiftung Weimar
The exhibition "Forms of Nature" presents twenty privately owned ceramic works by Henry van de Velde.
The presentation highlights his interest in natural forms and underlines the influence that the naturalist Ernst Haeckel
had on the new designs of the Jugendstil period. Flowers, shells and insects were always a source of inspiration for the
Belgian art reformer Henry van de Velde. In Van de Velde's vases, for example, one can recognise jellyfish or octopuses,
which are jellyfish or octopuses, while his vegetal ornamentation is reminiscent of abstract flowers.
Exhibition: Eternal Mucha
From 22.03.2023 to 05.11.2023
Grand Palais Immersif, París
www.grandpalais-immersif.fr
Organised by Le Grand Palais Immersif et la Fondation Mucha
In three acts, the exhibition traces the history of Alphonse Mucha, the king of the printed poster, a symbolic figure of Art Nouveau inseparable from the Paris of the Belle Époque, and shows his major works, including the spectacularly presented Slavic Epic. It also highlights the lasting influence of the artist, a source of inspiration for today's creation, from street art to manga, from cinema to tattooing.
Exhibition: Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to Modernism
From 22.06.2023 to 05.11.2023
Chicago
www.driehausmuseum.org/press/view/hector-guimard-art-nouveau-to-modernism-explores-the-life-and-work-of-the-french-art-nouveau-architect-and-designer
Organised by Richard H. Driehaus Museum
The exhibition explores the life and work of the French Art Nouveau architect and designer Hector Guimard. With ca.100 works including furniture, jewelry, metalwork, ceramics, drawings, and textiles from collections worldwide; the installation provides a comprehensive look at Guimard's Career, his wife's creative collaboration and his commitment to accessible design.
Exhibition: Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to Modernism
From 22.06.2023 to 07.01.2024
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago
www.driehausmuseum.org/about/richard-h-driehaus
Organised by The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
The presentation explores the life and work of Hector Guimard (1867-1942), the French architect and designer whose name is synonymous with the French Art Nouveau movement. Bringing together furniture and design objects including jewelry, metalwork, ceramics, drawings, and textiles from collections worldwide, this is the first major American museum exhibition devoted to Guimard since 1970.
The exhibition is co-organized by the Richard H. Driehaus Museum and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Exhibition: Art Nouveau: Unique Objects With a Tale to Tell
From 07.06.2023 to 07.01.2024
BELvue Museum, Brussels
https://www.belvue.be/fr/expo/art-nouveau
Organised by BELvue Museum
As part of "Art Nouveau Brussels 2023'", the King Baudouin Foundation will be exhibiting a series of art nouveau masterpieces from its collection - from priceless works of art to a variety of everyday objects. Visit this free exhibition to discover the special stories and interesting anecdotes behind each of the objects.
Exhibition: Victor Horta Versus Art Nouveau: Horta's Vocabulary
From 24.03.2023 to 08.01.2024
Musée Horta, Saint-Gilles, Brussels
www.visit.brussels/en/visitors/agenda/event-detail.Victor-Horta-versus-Art-nouveau-Horta-s-vocabulary.543092
Organised by Musée Horta
The installation aims to free Victor Horta of his Art Nouveau label and offer other readings of his work, such as his links with eclecticism and Art Deco. It also focusses on the major role of his masters: architects Alphonse Balat, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Joseph Poelaert. The show hopes to liberate Horta's work from all preconceived ideas, painting a portrait of the architect that takes into account all of his contradictions.
Exhibition: Privat Livemont Flower Power!
From 09.03.2023 to 14.01.2024
The Autrique House, Brussels
www.autrique.be/fr/agenda/expositions/en-cours-expo
Organised by The Autrique House
The Autrique House presents the work and life of Privat Livemont, an emblematic Art Nouveau artist from Brussels. Working as a versatile artist, a craftsman, and a teacher at the Industrial Academy in Schaerbeek, Livemont seems to have been a tireless worker. He is best known for his posters and the sgraffiti on many facades in Brussels.
Exhibition: Edvard Munch. Magic of the North
From 15.09.2023 to 15.01.2024
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
www.visitberlin.de/en/event/edvard-munch-magic-north
Organised by Berlinische Galerie
The exhibition tells the story of Edvard Munch and Berlin illustrated by about 80 works: Paintings, prints and photographs.With the radical modernity of his paintings, Edvard Munch (1863-1944) challenged his contemporaries, especially in Berlin, where the Norwegian symbolist exerted big influence in the art scene at the turn of the century.
Exhibition: Austrian Masterworks from the Neue Galerie
From 01.09.2023 to 15.01.2024
Neue Galerie, New York
https://neuegalerie.org/austrianmasterworks
Organised by Neue Galerie, New York
The show features highlights from the museum's extensive collection of Austrian art from the period 1890 to 1940. Neue Galerie New York is the result of the close thirty-year friendship shared between art dealer and museum exhibition organizer Serge Sabarsky and Ronald S. Lauder, the museum's co-founder and President. They spent countless hours together discussing Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka. In the decade before Sabarsky died, they dreamed of creating a museum of Austrian and German art, and the Neue Galerie New York is the outcome of this shared passion.
Exhibition: Victor Horta Versus Art Nouveau. Horta's Vocabulary
From 24.03.2023 to 30.06.2024
Musée Horta, Saint-Gilles, Brussels
www.hortamuseum.be/fr/Accueil
Organised by Musée Horta
Exhibition: Turning Point in Style 2.0: Paths to Modernism
From 09.09.2023 to 28.07.2024
Sprudelhof-Bad Haus 3, Bad Nauheim
www.jugendstilforum.de/category/ausstellungen/stilwende-2-0/
Organised by Jugendstilforum Bad Nauheim
Exhibition: Susanne Homann - A Modern Life Around 1900
From 28.04.2023 to 30.07.2024
Badhause 3 Bad Nauheim
www.jugendstilforum.de/category/ausstellungen/susanne-homann
Organised by Jugendstilforum Bad Nauheim
Exhibition: Belgian Art Nouveau: Van de Velde, Serrurier-Bovy, Hankar & Co
From 01.06.2023 to 05.01.2025
Maison Hannon, Brussels
www.maisonhannon.be/fr/evenements/arts-nouveaux-belges
Organised by Maison Hannon
Is Art Nouveau a style? Or could it be better described as a state of mind and an insatiable faith in modernity? Maison Hannon presents "Belgian Art Nouveau: Van de Velde, Serrurier-Bovy, Hankar & Co", an exhibition devoted to the Belgian Art Nouveau movement in all its diversity. With a wide range of pieces from public and private collections, many of which have never been seen before.
Exhibition: Anglada Camarasa's Garden
From 04.11.2022 to 27.04.2025
CaixaForum, Palma
www.caixaforum.org/ca/palma/p/anglada-camarasa_a88128194
Organised by CaixaForum Palma