Wolfgang Tillmans at the Centre Pompidou
Wolfgang Tillmans’ exhibition “Rien ne nous y préparait – Tout nous y préparait” at the Centre Pompidou is definitely one of the best exhibitions I’ve seen this year.
Dans le Flou at the Musée de l’Orangerie
“Dans le Flou”, a fascinating exhibition at the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, reframes Claude Monet’s "Water Lilies" and modern and contemporary art at large through the lens of blurriness, or "le flou" in French.
David Hockney 25 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
David Hockney 25 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton is a mixed affair: I love the iconic works from the mid-60s and early-70s; but the works from the past 25 years leave me unmoved.
Matisse and Marguerite at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Henri Matisse’s portraits of his daughter, Marguerite, who was both a constant muse and a pivotal yet discreet figure in his life.
Further Reading
Writing is thinking. How the brain wakes up from sleep. The parrot in the machine. A foundation model for human cognition. Placebos. Literary translation. Smell. The struggle for Los Angeles. Yuja Wang. Sylvia Plath. And more.
Five Friends at the Museum Brandhorst
The Museum Brandhorst in Munich has organized an excellent exhibition exploring the artistic and personal relationships between visual artists Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly, composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham.
Anselm Kiefer: Sag mir wo die Blumen sind
Anselm Kiefer’s dual exhibition “Sag mir wo die Blumen sind” at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum is a vast, haunting meditation on memory, war and the dialogue between art and history.
Clive Oppenheimer: Mountains of Fire
"Mountains of Fire. The Secret Lives of Volcanoes" by Clive Oppenheimer is a captivating blend of memoir, scientific exploration, and historical narrative that delves into the power, mystery and human connection to volcanoes.
Further Reading
Rose petals. Hailstones. The unpleasantness of thinking. The moon. Shrunken heads. Hobbits. Surrealism. Drone warfare. Mendels' pea traits. William Kentridge. Patricia Lockwood. And more.
American Photography at the Rijksmuseum
American Photography at the Rijksmuseum is a fascinating exhibition, which examines how photography has captured the complex reality of American life, from its aspirations to its contradictions.
Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War. A Scenario
"Nuclear War: A Scenario" by Annie Jacobsen ranks among the most terrifying and unsettling books I've ever read.
Arcimboldo, Bassano, Bruegel: Nature’s Time at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna has organized a fascinating exhibition, which focuses on Renaissance representations of the seasons and their symbolic, scientific, and cultural significance.