On this page of our website, we will present the most interesting exhibitions in our opinion that take place in the specific week in the museums of the world. Exhibitions that all interested art lovers are required to know. Art is a huge mosaic spanning from prehistory to the present day. 1
• MADRID (SPAIN – EU)
Exhibition: Leonardo and the copy of the Mona Lisa. New approaches to the artist`s studio practices.
This exhibition of Museum of Prado in Madrid is the result of an ambitious research project with the Prado undertook in parallel and in collaboration with other International institutions, such as the Musee du Louvre, the Molecular Archaelogy Laboratory at the Sorbonne and the National Gallery, London. The presence in the exhibition of a carefully selected group of works painted by pupils and followers of Leonardo offers a unique opportunity to publicly present the results of the most recent research on the artist`s closest circle and to analyze teaching methods and the production of paintings in the context of Italian studios in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
September 28, 2021 – January 23, 2022
• CLEVELAND (USA)
Exhibition: Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings
Twenty-one works from the Indian subcontinent, made between the mid-1600s to mid-1900s, place the pivotal moment when Krishna raised Mount Govardhan in the context of the conquests, miracles, and pastimes of his early life story. An incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, Krishna was born into a royal household under extraordinary circumstances. To hide him from the murderous wrath of his uncle, Krishna’s parents placed him amongst humble cowherders, where he grew up in the forest, enjoying dairy treats as a baby and frolicking with the cowherd boys and milkmaids in the forest and the river. Intermittently, Krishna slayed demon assassins sent by his uncle and defeated redoubtable enemies, including the king of the gods, Indra, himself. Each episode contains theological underpinnings that artists communicated in a wide range of styles suited to the wishes of their patrons. Visually, this group of paintings from the Cleveland Museum Art’s collection reflect the dramatic shift in social order and artistic practice that occurred between the 1700s and 1900s with the introduction of British colonial rule and the transition to the modern era.
September 1, 2021 – February 13, 2022
• Virginia (USA)
Photography Exhibition: Ansel Adams: Compositions in Nature
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts invites you to behold the drama and splendor of the American landscape as seen through the lens of photographer Ansel Adams. In Ansel Adams: Compositions in Nature, more than 70 photographs spanning over five decades showcase the breathtaking vistas, beguiling details, and inimitable style that define this most beloved and influential photographer. Considering Adams as artist, environmentalist, and musician, the exhibition includes iconic images, rarely seen early photographs, and musical recordings that also take you behind the camera.
September 25, 2021 – January 2, 2021
• DRESDEN (GERMANY- EU)
Exhibition: Dreams of Freedom. Romanticism in Russia and Germany
“Dreams of Freedom” focuses on the Crisis of the Subject in the early nineteenth century and the struggle for freedom that accompanied it. The artists of the Romantic period responded to this time of upheaval with an artistic universe that was dominated by emotions and rife with revolutionary potential. Their dreams of freedom combined artistic individualism with utopian social ideologies. Thanks to close cooperation between the Albertinum of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, paintings from the Romantic period from both collections are being exhibited together for the first time, thus highlighting a connection within Europe that has so far been largely overlooked.At the heart of the exhibition are paintings by Caspar David Friedrich, Alexei Venetsianov, Carl Gustav Carus and Alexander Ivanov, who are among the outstanding artists of the Romantic period in Russia and Germany. Themes such as nocturnal landscapes, the yearning for Italy, religion, and the freedom of art, are grouped around them. The exhibition “Dreams of Freedom” presents more than 140 paintings from the Romantic period, mainly from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the Albertinum Museum in Dresden, as well as other Russian and German museums.
Today, until October 18, 2021
