“This major retrospective—the exhibition’s only North American venue—will honor the artist in his 80th year by presenting his most iconic works and key moments of his career from 1960 to the present.”
“The exhibition will offer a grand overview of the artist’s achievements across all media, including painting, drawing, photography, and video.”
November 27, 2017–February 25, 2018
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
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The Dallas Museum of Art offers the exhibit, Multiple Selves: Portraits in Print from Rembrandt to Rivera, which “examines how the artist views him or herself as the subject of a work of art…it features artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Diego Rivera, and Piet Mondrian…The works on view span from the 17th century through the 20th century…”
Multiple Selves: Portraits in Print from Rembrandt to Rivera
Dallas Museum of Art until November 5, 2017
1717 North Harwood Dallas, Texas
(Image: Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz, Self-portrait 1927)
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“Present Tense: Arts of Contemporary Africa”
“This presentation focuses on the art of the present day, including works by nine artists with wide-ranging approaches to “art-making” as well as equally varied subject matter and sources of inspiration. Artists include: Olu Amoda, Owusu Ankomah, Viyé Diba, Etiyé Dimma Poulsen, Lalla Essaydi, Atta Kwami, Nnenna Okore, Yinka Shonibare and Sue Williamson. Together, they provide a window into the ongoing artistic creativity of this dynamic continent…”
“Present Tense: Arts of Contemporary Africa”
The Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ
(Image: Atta Kwame, “Dzedodo” (Conversation), 1956)
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Edvard Munch, (1863–1944), painted more than just “The Scream”. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will have 45 of his other pieces on display, including Between the Clock and the Bed, a self portrait. He “was among the most celebrated and controversial artists of his generation. But, as he confessed in 1939, his true breakthrough came very late in life… these profoundly human and technically daring artworks reveal Munch as a tireless innovator and an artist as revolutionary in his maturity as he was in his breakthrough years.”
“Between the Clock and the Bed”
Until October 9, 2017
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
(Image: Self Portrait, 1940, “Between the Clock and the Bed”)
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The Rubin, (Museum, not the sandwich) presents post independence ‘40s India as seen through the lens of photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004).
Henri Cartier-Bresson: India in Full-Frame:
Over 60 photographs are included and … “reflect his abiding interest in the people and sites of India, including some examples of his “street photography” style that has influenced generations of photographers.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson: India in Full-Frame
Until September 4, 2017
The Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street, New York, NY
Per WikiPedia: “The Rubin Museum of Art, in New York, is dedicated to the collection, display, and preservation of the art and cultures of the Himalayas, India and neighboring regions…” It opened in 2004 in the same building that had been occupied by Barneys New York”…
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