Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) is a major figure in the history of German Expressionism, yet despite her importance to art history, Modersohn-Becker's work has never before been the subject of a museum retrospective in the United States. While her paintings and drawings have appeared in group shows at museums and galleries, and there is even a Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum in her hometown of Bremen.
Exhibition: Paula Modersohn-Becker: I am Me
From 06.06.2024 to 09.09.2024
Neue Galerie New York
www.neuegalerie.org/modersohnbecker2024
Organised by Neue Galerie New York and the Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition: Sorolla: A New Dimension
From 08.02.2024 to 15.09.2024
Centre d'Art Amatller, Barcelona
www.centredartamatller.com
Organised by Amatller Art Centre
The exhibition presented at Amatller Art Centre is an immersive and interactive experience that forms part of the activities organised for the Joaquín Sorolla Year (2023-2024) to pay tribute to this creative genius who captivated local and international society at the time.
The installation is divided into 7 halls. It allows visitors to approach the great Valencian artist through emotions and profound stories. Throughout the exhibition, visitors can get to know the Valencia of his time, understand the family context that formed his personality, identify the artistic environment that made him grow up and made him stand out as a creator. Visitors are also able to experience the excitement of looking at original paintings, immerse themselves in a magical atmosphere when his paintings come to life in the immersive room, or literally enter his works thanks to virtual reality.
Exhibition: Broncia Koller-Pinell, an Artist and her Network
From 15.03.2024 to 18.09.2024
Belvedere Museum, Vienna
www.belvedere.at/en/broncia-koller-pinell-0
Organised by Belvedere Museum
The exhibition features not only her major works but also paintings from her closest mentors and colleagues, illustrating the mutual influences between them and her evolution from Impressionism to the New Objectivity of the 1920s. Koller-Pinell was one of the few women artists with a leading presence in Viennese Modernism.
Exhibition: Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective
From 24.05.2024 to 22.09.2024
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago, Illinois
www.driehausmuseum.org/exhibitions
Organised by The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
The show will include approximately 200 pieces of jewelry and objects collected by Chicagoans, many never displayed before in public. Exhibition highlights include a 19th century jeweled monstrance, three magnificent tiaras, jewelry renderings by René Lalique and by Anne Howe Geyer for Mauboisson, a large collection of medals of the French kings, the Cliff Dweller's Club famous punch bowl by Robert Jarvie, and much more.
Exhibition: Alphonse Mucha Spirit of Art Nouveau
From 15.06.2024 to 22.09.2024
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/mucha/
Organised by Mucha Foundation
This is the most comprehensive exhibition of Mucha's work ever seen in Australia, and the first touring exhibition to show some of the finest treasures of the Mucha Family Collection one last time in museums around the world. Following this tour, these artworks will find their long-term home alongside the Slavic Epic in the new space in the centre of Prague, which will open in 2028.
Realised in close cooperation with the Mucha Foundation, Prague, "Alphonse Mucha: Spirit of Art Nouveau" brings together Mucha's illustrations, jewellery, interior decoration, photographs and more, the exhibition reveals an artist and designer whose powerful influence remains with us today. Within this sweeping show, visitors will encounter an immersive digital experience of Mucha's late great painting cycle, the Slav Epic, in a journey that helps uncover the artist behind the famous images
The installation is accompanied by a full-colour catalogue, richly illustrated with over 200 images.
Exhibition: Around the 1900 Olympic Games: Sport and Ideal
From 13.07.2024 to 22.09.2024
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/expositions/autour-des-jeux-olympiques-de-1900-sport-et-ideal
Organised by Musée Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is showing "Around the 1900 Olympic Games: Sport and Ideal". This is a good opportunity to experience the Olympic spirit from its artistic side.
Orsay train station was built to welcome the 50 million visitors who flocked to the 1900 World's Fair and the Olympic Games that were being held alongside it. This multidisciplinary exhibition pays heritage to that legacy.
It was in 1900 that women were invited for the first time to take part in the Olympic Games, a fact that pays tribute to Maurice Denis' monumental work Jeu de volant (1900), a forerunner of modern badminton, which can be seen in this exhibition.
Exhibition: Elfenhaft - Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens ("Elven - Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens")
From 09.01.2024 to 30.09.2024
Badehaus 3, Sprudelhof, Bad Nauheim
www.jugendstilforum.de/category/ausstellungen/elfenhaft-friedrich-wilhelm-kleukens
Organised by Jugendstilforum Bad Nauheim
This exhibition is the last opportunity to see the seven large-format paintings of elf-like winged creatures that Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens painted more than 100 years ago for the waiting room of Bathhouse 2 in the Sprudelhof in Bad Nauheim.
At the end of the exhibition, the elves will return to their original location and will only be on display during a visit to the sauna, as the waiting room of Bathhouse 2 will then be converted into a relaxation room.
Exhibition: Elves by Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens
From 13.08.2024 to 30.10.2024
Jugendstilforum, Bad Nauheim
www.jugendstilforum.de
Organised by The Jugendstilforum in Bad Nauheim
The exhibition "Elves by Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens" shows seven large-format paintings of elfish winged creatures painted over 100 years ago by Kleukens for the waiting room of Bathhouse Number Two in Bad Nauheim's Sprudelhof. These paintings can be seen close up in all their detail until October 2024, when they will be returned to their original place in the bathhouse, which will again serve as part of the spa facilities.
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: Alfred Kubin: The Aesthetic of Evil
From 14.08.2024 to 06.01.2025
Albertina Modern, Vienna
www.albertina.at/en/albertina-modern/exhibitions/alfred-kubin
Organised by Albertina Modern
Exhibition: Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers
From 14.09.2024 to 19.01.2025
National Gallery, London
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/van-gogh-poets-and-lovers
Organised by National Gallery
The exhibition will bring together the most beloved of Van Gogh's paintings from across the globe, some of which are rarely seen in public, and they will be paired with his extraordinary drawings. Among them will be Starry Night Over the Rhône and The Yellow House, as well as the National Gallery's own Sunflowers and Van Gogh's Chair.
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