Paris

L'art au creux de la main: la médaille en France aux XIXème et XXème siècles
Dates:11.12.2012-30.06.2013
Collection du Musée - Salle 18 Cet accrochage nous invite à redécouvrir l’art de la médaille. De 1870 à 1914, la production de médaille connaît en France un essor sans précédent : les médailleurs de la Belle Époque ont pour nom Oscar Roty (l’auteur de la Semeuse qui figura plus de cent ans au revers des pièces de monnaie et sur certains timbres poste), Auguste Charpentier, Jules-Clément Chaplain. Des artistes aussi célèbres que Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux ou Auguste Renoir s’intéressent à cet art et réalisent des médaillons, le plus souvent des portraits. Loin de se cantonner aux formules codifiées de la médaille pieuse ou de la monnaie usuelle, les plaquettes et les médailles livrent une vision extraordinairement riche et multiple de la société du XIXe siècle. Elles consignent la mémoire de tous les aspects de la vie privée et publique, de la petite et de la grande Histoire : cérémonies privées (mariages, anniversaires), inventions scientifiques, politique internationale… L’art de la médaille inspire également des artistes venus d’autres disciplines, comme les sculpteurs Rupert Carabin, Alexandre Charpentier ou Pierre Roche. Sous leur influence, la médaille s’adapte au style « Art Nouveau ». L’exposition du Petit Palais s’inscrit dans un cycle de manifestations organisées en partenariat par sept institutions françaises : la Bibliothèque nationale de France, la Monnaie de Paris, le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, de Lille, de Marseille, et le Musée d’Orsay... Chaque lieu accueille une exposition et présente des collections inédites, rarement montrées au public en dépit de leur exceptionnelle richesse.

Boston

Art in the Street: European Posters
Dates:15.12.2012-21.07.2013
The international poster mania of the 1890s made fine art accessible to the masses, bringing it out of the salon into the streets and shop windows. Great posters proliferated, however, long after this “golden age,” as revealed by the standout images in “Art in the Street” from the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s. With about 40 posters in all—highlights from the Museum’s collection of some 2,500—the show takes in virtually every major style in poster design of this era, from Art Nouveau to Russian photomontage. Also on view are major works by Jules Chéret, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pierre Bonnard, as well as less familiar work from Northern Europe, including a Secession poster by Wassily Kandinsky and a selection of Dutch posters from around 1910. The show concludes with several Swiss “object posters,” bold illustrations of an isolated product that dispense with text.

Wien

A Shot of Rhythm and Color
Dates:06.02.2013-13.10.2013
English Textile design of the late 19th century This exhibition presents a representative selection of English fabrics from the MAK Collection of Textiles and Carpets. These textiles were purchased in England for the museum and presented to the Viennese public while they were still new. Hence, Vienna’s artists and tradespeople got to know and took inspiration from these innovative, English-designed products even prior to 1900, as is shown prominently in the new Vienna 1900 exhibit of the MAK Permanent Collection. The best-known English designers of their era, figures including William Morris, Walter Crane and Charles F. A. Voysey, are represented in this showing by fabric and wallpaper designs characterized above all by generously dimensioned repeat patterns as well as patterns derived from plants and flowers.

Washington

Pre-Raphaelites and the Book
Dates:17.02.2013-19.05.2013
Many artists of the Pre-Raphaelite circle not only involved themselves in book design and illustration but were also highly regarded poets in their own right. Organized to complement Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900, this installation includes books of poetry by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris, wood-engraved illustrations by several Pre-Raphaelite artists, and material related to the Kelmscott Press (established by Morris in 1891). Beautifully illustrated books from this press are displayed alongside Morris' elaborate ornament designs and his own manuscript illumination inspired by medieval tomes. Featured works are from the National Gallery of Art Library and the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, on loan to the University of Delaware Library. Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington

 

Photo Contest “Italian Liberty”
Dates:21.02.2013-31.10.2013
On February 21, he left the photo contest ''Italian Liberty’’, organized and promoted by the cultural ANDEL (National Association of Defense Buildings Liberty). The competition is part of the project ‘‘Italia Liberty’’ conceived and directed by Andrea Speziali, expert scholar of the artistic "Art Nouveau" and author of several books on architecture Liberty. The Photo Contest ‘‘Italian Liberty’’ is sponsored by the portal of the Cultura Italia (Ministry of Heritage and Culture), by the European project PartagePlus and ENIT National Tourism Agency. The artistic director of the competition, Andrea Speziali uses several collaborations: scholars, academics, art historians and critics, researchers, state archives, schools, universities, academies and public and private art collections. Paramount importance to achieve the purpose of the project is the website www.italialiberty.it through which the creator Andrea Speziali, it is proposed to reevaluate an artistic movement like that of floral style in Italy. The photo competition aims to excite and bring young and old in this cultural project in the future that sees the publication of a series of publications on the Liberty for each divided region of Italy.

Wien

Clouds: Fleeting Worlds
Dates:22.03.2013-01.07.2013
From 1800 landscape painting experienced an impressive heyday. Within this genre, artists paid increasing attention to the motif of clouds. These strange, elusive formations consisting of water, air and light appear as conveyors of different emotions and messages. Bushy clouds in a sunny sky contribute significantly to the positive atmosphere of a landscape and seem to be an almost indispensible feature in idyllic depictions of nature. A sky traversed by dark rain and thunder clouds, on the other hand, is perceived as threatening, while a band of clouds bathed in the glow of the red evening light sets a melancholy mood. Bizarre cloud formations, in turn, can be interpreted as enigmatic signs, as mysterious messages and warnings of imminent danger. A sense of foreboding is also conveyed by masses of clouds that appear out of control, occasioned either by natural disasters or by man as a result of technical intervention, such as exhaust fumes and atomic explosions. The exhibition seeks to shed light on these different aspects of cloud depictions with a great variety of select examples of European and American painting and photography from 1800 to today. The presentation features works by Caspar David Friedrich, Carl Gustav Carus, William Turner, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, John Constable, Ferdinand Hodler, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch, Emil Nolde, René Magritte, Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Gerhard Richter, Anselm Kiefer, Paul Wolff, Olivier Masmonteil, Dietrich Wegner, Studio ++ to name but the most internationally famous representatives.

Erfurt

Peter Behrens. From Jugendstil to Industrial Design
Dates:24.03.2013-16.06.2013
Peter Behrens’ (1868–1940) artistic work encompasses all areas of applied art: book design and typography, painting and graphic reproduction, ceramic works such as tiles, pitchers and vases, furniture of all kinds and for every purpose, porcelain services, jewellery, silver and pewter articles such as cutlery and sets, wallpaper, textiles such as clothing, fabrics, carpets, table cloths, napkins and wall hangings, drinking glasses, carafes and glass vases, advertising art, posters and much more. Although he was a self-educated industrial designer, Peter Behrens was first and foremost an architect. During the first three decades of the 20th century, numerous villas, residential buildings, industrial facilities and worker housing estates were built according to his designs. Peter Behrens has influenced or played a decisive role in designing practically every area of life, the working world, its products and amenities. Like Henry van de Velde, Peter Behrens was an »all-around« artist, too. After 1901, he established himself as one of the most important architects of modernism, leaving behind a rich legacy of industrial and administrative buildings, villas and entire housing estates. Behrens is also renowned for his role as mentor to Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and even Le Corbusier for a time. From Jugendstil to Industrial Design Thanks to the fervent interest in Behrens’ works by a private collector from Hamburg over many decades, the Kunsthalle Erfurt can now exhibit a vast collection of furnishings and household articles designed by this exceptional artist. The collection contains nearly the entire oeuvre of Behrens’ handicraft, excellent furniture, books and other artworks associated with the artist. Concurrent with the major exhibition of Henry van de Velde’s complete works in Weimar, this exhibition focuses on Peter Behrens artistic works, supplemented with selected pieces by other renowned designers. The Hamburg collection offers a myriad of comparative examples, including rare works by Christopher Dresser who remains relatively unknown in Germany. Older than Behrens by a generation, this English designer was one of the pioneers of modernism around 1900. Precious handcrafted works produced in the Viennese workshops of Josef Hoffman and Kolo Moser, and works by Richard Riemerschmid and Henry van de Velde round off this extraordinary panorama. For the first time since 1980, visitors have the opportunity to rediscover the extensive range of works by Peter Behrens during the Van de Velde Year 2013. It offers a unique opportunity to experience simultaneous exhibitions, featuring two of Germany’s most important designers of modern times. An exhibition of the Van de Velde Year 2013 in Thuringia, organised by the Klassik Stiftung Weimar www.kunsthalle-erfurt.de