Out of Place at Tate Modern
Hrair Sarkissian, Untitled (In Between series), 2007
Level 2 Gallery is a small exhibition space that keeps me coming back to Tate Modern in London. Its entrance is hidden by one of the exits of the Tate and if you don’t know of its existence you’ve probably passed by it on your way from the shop to the Millennium Bridge without noticing.
The gallery is now showing Out of Place, an exhibition in which four artists explore the relationship between political forces and personal/collective histories by looking at urban space, architectural structures and the condition of displacement.
Curator Nicholas Cullinan of Tate Modern, London will be on hand for State of the Art/Art of the State an exhibition organized by the Cameron Art Museum. This exhibition focuses on contemporary art by artists currently living in, or native to, the state of North Carolina.
Musée d’Orsay in Paris Presents Edouard Manet: The Man Who Invented Modernity
PARIS.- Musée d’Orsay presents Manet, the Man who invented Modernity, on view from April 5 through July 3, 2011. There has been no exhibition exclusively devoted to Manet in France since 1983, where Françoise Cachin and Charles S. Moffett produced a memorable retrospective. In the ensuing twenty-five years, however, there has been much valuable research and fruitful reflection. A rejection of formalism and a return to history, personal as well as collective, characterise the best of this work, whether documenting Manet’s life story or analysing his work, its exhibitions and perceptions. In the mean time, our understanding of French painting from the period 1840 to 1880 became more refined and freed from over-Manicheistic interpretations. From these two developments, in which the musée d’Orsay continues to be involved, a new image of Manet and his generation has appeared.
35,000 Pound Yellow Teddy Bear by Artist Urs Fischer to Brighten New York City
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- London has Paddington Bear but New York now has a giant yellow teddy bear, a great sculptural masterpiece that could sell for more than $9 million at auction in May, Christie’s said on Saturday.
A 23-foot (7-meter) high, bronze teddy bear slumped under a black bedside lamp will be on display for five months in midtown Manhattan from next week and be a highlight of the Post-War & Contemporary sale on May 11.