Genève 4

Le tourisme à Genève et dans sa région aux XIX e et XX e siècles
Dates:30/05/2013-30/05/2013
Les jeudis midi de la Bibliothèque de Genève Cycle de conférences 2012-2013

Genève 4

Steinlen affichiste
Dates:12/09/2013-12/09/2013
Les jeudis midi de la Bibliothèque de Genève Cycle de conférences 2012-2013

Genève 4

Créer une affiche aujourd'hui
Dates:03/10/2013-03/10/2013
Les jeudis midi de la Bibliothèque de Genève Cycle de conférences 2012-2013

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.

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

Barcelona

Pensar i interpretar l'oci. Passatemps, entreteniments, aficions i addiccions a la Barcelona del 1900
Dates:01/01/2050-01/01/2999
L’efervescència de la Barcelona del 1900, en procés de modernització, va afavorir l’aparició d’una cultura de l’oci que va viure un moment sense precedents. Els barcelonins utilitzaven el seu temps lliure i es relacionaven entre ells amb iniciatives i activitats de caràcter molt divers, algunes de les quals ja existien i d’altres eren de nova creació. Més enllà de les celebracions tradicionals (festes majors, fontades, processons), es van emprendre innovadores formes de consum cultural, per a tots els gustos i per a totes les butxaques. Es van obrir nombroses sales de cinema, els primers parcs d’atraccions i nous teatres, gràcies als quals el Paral·lel va esdevenir l’epicentre de la nit barcelonina. Aquest llibre ofereix un repertori d’imatges de les diversions, dels entreteniments, de les aficions d’aquella fascinant època de contrastos, la del modernisme.

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.

Riga

Rīgas jūgendstila ēkas. Ceļvedis pa jūgendstila metropoles arhitektūru / Art Nouveau Buildings in Riga. A Guide to Architecture of Art Nouveau Metropolis
Dates:01/01/2050-01/01/2999
A bilingual edition published in Latvian and Englis. 408 pages, illustrations. 49 Euros.