The 58th Venice Biennale Arte 2019 titled “May You Live in Interesting Times”, will be held on May 11 – November 24, 2019 in Venice, Italy.
The Art Institute of Chicago showcases ukiyo-e print works by renounced Hokusai, Utamaro, Sharaku, and other printmakers through lenses of “connosseurship” to introduce ways to appreciate ukiyo-e prints.
Shown for the first time in the United States, the Art Institute of Chicago features Roger Weston’s comprehensive collection of ukiyo-e paintings which bring the “floating world” and its metropolitan amusements to life.
The annual celebration of local art will be held on September 29, 2018. The festival will take place in six DC Main Streets neighborhoods, bringing visual and performing arts, including painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, fashion, music, dance, theater, film, and poetry, to indoor and outdoor public and private spaces, including businesses. Hop around streets of DC all night to visit local galleries, see murals, and be part of participatory art activities. Our favorite is Beyond Studios in Shaw; stop by for a free photo session with professional photographers on a set, and your photo will be available for download after the event. Free of charge. For a list of art activities, visit https://www.artallnightdc.com.
Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum in Tokyo is showcasing their 9 artists from across the glove who were part of Artists’ Residencies program at various Hermès workshops between 2014 to 2017.
Mikimoto's Main Store in Ginza, Tokyo is holding "Feel the Pearl" Exhibition through September 5, 2018. Experience how pearls are made through VR, and view stunning, eye-catching masterpieces in a mirror room to appreciate the beauty of ocean-born jewel. Free admission.
Art Institute of Chicago is featuring a rare collection of Yoshida family's prints through September 30, 2018. The exhibit consists of woodblock prints by three generations of the talented Yoshida family - Hiroshi (1876-1950), his wife Fujio (1887-1987), their oldest son Toshi (1911-1995), their youngest son Hodaka (1926-1995), Hodaka's wife Chizuko (1924-2017), and their daughter Ayomi (1958-). Prints highlight the depth and breadth of the family's talent, and you will witness the evolution of artistic direction across variety of prints.
General Admission (Adults) $25. Fast Pass Admission Tickets available online for $35 (Adults).
Credit: André Caillet/Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2018
The first ever exhibition for Gala Dalí (1894-1982), wife of Salvador Dalí, is on view at the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain. Russian-born Gala was a wife and muse of renowned Salvador Dali, but was also a savvy businesswoman and a talented writer. She also had a strong influence on the Surrealist movements through her relationships with many artists and intellectuals of the era. The exhibition features Dalí's drawings of Gala along with hundreds of items including her clothing that made her fashion icon and photos of her own Surrealist objects.
At National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain through October 14, 2018. General admission 12EUR. Advance ticket available online.
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum in Tokyo is showcasing a breath-taking collection of the French luxury jeweler Chaumet's artistic jewelry pieces since 1870. The exhibit features more than 300 pieces of work gathered from 40 private collectors and 15 museums along with 200 prototypes of tiaras the jewelry house is known for.
Highlights include portraits of Chaumet’s clients and muses including Napoleon’s two wives, Josephine and Marie-Louise, and actual jewelry pieces they were wearing in portraits as well as Marie Antoinette's Japanese lacquerware and Pope Pius VII’s tiara from 1811.
General Admission (Adults) 1,700 JPY. Tickets available online and at ticket booth.
New York's Noguchi Museum is showing magnificent glass installations by Miya Ando (1978-) through August 19, 2018. The exhibit features two site-specific sculptures in the Museum’s indoor-outdoor gallery. The works, suspended plate-glass sculptures internally etched with images of clouds, share Isamu Noguchi’s interest in sculpting ephemeral materials, and in using them to shape space.
Washington, DC's Katzen Arts Center of American University recently featured the exhibition "Kumo (Clouds)" to showcase Ando's immersive work. Ando is based in New York City and Los Angeles, and is traveling across the US to attend gallery talks. Keep an eye on her upcoming exhibits and gallery talks in other locations.
General Admission (Adulsts): $10. Free admission on the first Friday of every month.
Image: Julienne Schaer
AIPAD's annual photography show will be held on April 5-8, 2018 in New York City. More than 100 exhibitors were named by AIPAD to participate; more than a quarter of them are brand new this year.
Tickets will be available online in early 2018.
Washington, DC's Renwick Gallery dedicates its entire building to feature immersive room-sized installations, costumes, jewelry, and ephemera from Burning Man, a week-long celebration of cultural movement held in temporary metropolis in Nevada's Black Rock Desert every year.
Image: Métier
Our favorite Michelin-star restaurant Métier is hosting a Roast Chicken dinner on December 12 at 6:30pm to support Napa and Sonoma Relief Fund to help people who had their home destroyed or were severely affected by wildfires in October.
Wines for the evening will be from Napa and Sonoma wineries featuring Soliste, Chappellet and Merry Edwards, as well as Judd's Hill that they will pour from a 6 Liter bottle from Chef Eric Ziebold's personal cellar. Tickets for the dinner will be $300, plus tax. In the essence of bringing people together, seating will be communal. For anyone that is unable to make the dinner, head to the bar at Kinship upstairs, as glasses of wine from the 6 Liter bottle will be poured, with sales going to the Napa and Sonoma Relief Fund as well.
Reservations required. To reserve, please call (202) 737-7500 or inquire via email at info@metierdc.com.
Visit ARTECHOUSE in Washington, DC to experience a beloved winter story come to life with new digital experiences powered by the latest projection technology. Download ARTECHOUSE app for interactive experience. Elevate your experience with a sip of cocktails and drinks afterwards at their augmented reality bar after 5:30pm. Good for all ages; 21+ only for evening admissions (5:30-10:30pm). Read More
Visit National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo (MOMAT) to view 200 pieces of a Japanese painter Morikazu Kumagai (1880-1977). Kumagai was trained by Seiki Kuroda, a Japanese master of western painting technique, and is widely recognized for bright colors and distinct forms. In his late years, he began depicting living things around him such as flowers, fish, and cats which became popular among young and old. His former residence is now open to public as Toshima City Kumagai Morikazu Museum in Tokyo.
MOMAT exhibit runs through March 21, 2018. Admission: 1,400 yen (adults), 900 yen (college students, ID required), 400 yen (high school students, ID required), kids free. Read More
The Metropolitan Museum of Art just opened this major retrospective—the exhibition's only North American venue—honoring David Hockney (British, born 1937) in his 80th year by presenting his most iconic works and key moments of his career from 1960 to the present. Free with Museum admission.
Visit The Design Museum in London and race through 70 years of passion, glamour and design innovation. Book tickets in advance online to cut the line. Read More
Visit ARTECHOUSE in Washington, DC for an immersive visual experience from French filmmaker Thomas Blanchard and artist Oilhack, soundtracked by Lyon-based composer Leonardo Villiger. Immerse yourself into the world of dreamlike colorful liquids in motion showcased via our state-of-the-art 270 degree wall projections. Ages 6+. Enjoy a sip of cocktails and drinks after 5:30pm (Evening admissions 21+ only). Read More
Contemporary works by Takashi Murakami, one of the most imaginative and important artists working today, are juxtaposed with treasures from the MFA’s renowned collection of Japanese art. The exhibition reveals how Murakami’s contemporary vision is richly inflected by a dynamic conversation with the historical past, framed by a creative dialogue with the great Japanese art historian, Professor Nobuo Tsuji. Read More
Thomas Wilfred, Study in Depth, Op. 152, 1959
Visit Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Washington, DC to experience Thomas Wilfred's pioneering light artwork. Thomas Wilfred ((1889–1968) invented a new art form that was among the first successful fusions of modern art and technology more than 60 years ago.
The exhibit features fifteen light compositions (lumia) shown together for the first time in nearly 50 years. Free admission.
Watch the segments of the Lumia sculptures at Yale University Art Gallery to preview the experience.
Visit Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for an immersive display of 11 masterpieces by Mark Rothko (1903–70), on loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The collection is invites visitors to contemplate the power of art to shape human experience. Free for MFA members. Visitor tickets are available online (Adults: $25). Read More
