OSLO (NORWAY)
Munch Museum
National painter for Norwegians and a leading exponent of international expressionism, Edward Munch is the locomotive for Oslo’s cultural profile. The inauguration of the new museum, a state-of-the-art building that rises arrogantly on the waterfront of the capital, confirms the momentum with which the city is developing as a center of culture. Nevertheless, the aesthetics of the building, which was named “Lambda” due to its shape, provokes strong criticism.
VIENNA (AUSTRIA-EU)
Exhibition: The 80s. Art of the Eighties
The 80s are the most important decade for the art of our age. For the first time, art was no longer determined by an all-dominant style, such as abstraction or Pop. The 80s stand out for an unprecedented stylistic pluralism that resorted to the picture pool of past decades: the 80s were the cradle of Postmodernism. After the years of Minimalism and Conceptual Art, the New Wild Ones satisfied the hunger for pictures with their Neo-Expressionist painting. Jeff Koons discovered kitsch. Francesco Clemente resorted to ancient mythology, while Julian Schnabel shattered the picture proper with his material collages. Cindy Sherman and Robert Longo sought to disappoint expectations as to permanent artistic innovation by attacking the fetish of art’s originality. Albertina Modern museum.
October 10, 2021 – February 13, 2022
