Jonathan Jones's Blog, page 85
September 7, 2019
Cats! Jokers! Kanye! The 50 best things to see this autumn
Introducing this season’s best culture, from Steve McQueen going back to school to Cher being ... Cher
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September 6, 2019
Blake's mythic power and Cattelan's fully-functioning golden toilet – the week in art
A William Blake retrospective for our times, in the rubble with Mona Hatoum, and the chance to spend a pretty penny – all in your weekly dispatch
William Blake
The mythic power and moral insight of Blake will always make him one of Britain’s most urgent artists. A retrospective we need.
• Tate Britain, London, 11 September to 2 February.
What to see this week in the UK
From The Souvenir to Mona Hatoum, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
Continue reading...August 30, 2019
Bowling ball necklaces and legless ladies – the week in art
Peter Doig’s atmospheric Arcadian scenes, splashy abstracts by John Hoyland and the National Trust carries out one of it’s most unusual restoration projects – all in your weekly dispatch
Peter Doig
The consummately stylish and atmospheric painter shows his latest Arcadian scenes.
• Michael Werner Gallery, London, 6 September to 16 November.
What to see this week in the UK
From the Souvenir to Four Tet, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
Continue reading...August 26, 2019
Cézanne at the Whitworth review – sublime sketches of insight and passion
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
From the tenderness of parenthood to shattering images of death, Cézanne’s drawings are charged with an electrifying power
The Whitworth Art Gallery exists for “the perpetual gratification of the people of Manchester”, in the words of its Victorian founder, and in that spirit it has one of the most democratic approaches in the country to its collection of prints and drawings. Anyone can make an appointment to explore its boxes of works by the likes of Turner and Blake. Its new exhibition Cézanne at the Whitworth celebrates that collection, and a remarkable gift to it that proves the spirit of Victorian philanthropy is alive.
The story starts with a radical masterpiece the Whitworth bought in 1927 when many Britons would have regarded it as a worthless scrap of paper. Paul Cézanne’s Study of Trees still challenges today. Black strands like fluttering seaweed mark the tracks of thin, twisting branches in empty space while watery touches of olive and orange hint at foliage. The art of summer is usually imagined as a sensual picnic beside a sun-kissed sea – Luxe, Calme et Volupté, “luxury, peace and voluptuousness”, as Matisse, quoting Baudelaire, called an ecstatic nude beach scene. There’s a romp of a drawing by Picasso in the Whitworth’s show that delivers that Riviera vibe, and then some. Two women are bathing naked in an abundance of curvy lines that communicates the artist’s greedy delight in their bodies. But this gleefully erotic Mediterranean scene just underlines that where Picasso leaps in, Cézanne holds back, staring, thinking, and alone.
At the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, until 1 March.
Continue reading...August 23, 2019
Cézanne captivates Manchester and Tudor England shows its many faces – the week in art
The godfather of modern art is at the Whitworth, pioneering feminist film-maker Lis Rhodes is in Nottingham and Portsmouth explores little-known Tudor history – all in your weekly dispatch
Cézanne at the Whitworth
This exhibition celebrates a gift from the late gallerist Karsten Schubert of works by the unrivalled godfather of modern art.
• Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 24 August until 1 March.
What to see this week in the UK
From Pain and Glory to Damien Hirst, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
Continue reading...August 16, 2019
Takis: his eye-popping and eerily beautiful magnetic marvels defined an era
Effortlessly bridging the gap between the two cultures, the Greek sculptor – who has died aged 93 – played with invisible forces and put the truths of the cosmos on canvas
The Greek sculptor Takis, who has died at 93 during the run of an acclaimed Tate retrospective of his ingenious creations, was half artist and half mad scientist. His works of art look like experiments – because that’s what they are. He tapped into the fundamental forces of magnetism and electricity to make eerily beautiful contraptions that illuminate modern physics.
Related: Takis obituary
Continue reading...Blackpool goes pop and Frieze invades Regent's Park – the week in art
Tracey Emin’s alfresco sculpture heads to Frieze, Oxford explores early life on Earth and Kubrick’s spooky masterpieces are on show in London – all in your weekly dispatch
Roy Lichtenstein
The superb Artist Rooms collection brings this most stylish and erudite of pop artists to Blackpool.
• Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, until 7 September.
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