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2001 - 2005, art shows throughout the world seen by ArtoftheDay

Between 2001 and 2005, ArtoftheDay published every day a calendar of art shows opening in museums throughout the world and in French speaking countries art galleries. Each notice, often illustrated, offers a short commentary and a link to the museum or gallery where the exhibition was taking place.

These thousands of notices are a precious source of information and reflect the art trends of the times. By clicking on their title you will get access to their contents.

Marc Chagall: Early Works From Russian Collections.: From april 29 to october 14 2001; Early works by Chagall are displayed next to the ones by his first master: Yehuda Pen. The exhibition enables us to understand the ambience and influences that shaped Chagall’s life.; Read
L’ Esprit Nouveau : Purism in Paris, 1918-1925: From april 29 to august 5 2001; C.-E. Jeanneret (known as Le Corbusier), Amédée Ozenfant and Fernand Léger form the center of the Purist movement. They renew traditional classicism by introducing pure geometric forms. The reconstitution of the 1925 Pavillon de l’Esprit [...]; Read
Pop Impact! From Johns to Warhol: From april 29 to july 1 2001; The works of pop art icons of the 60's such as Warhol, Claes Oldelburg, Robert Indiana, were flashy, influenced by the culture of advertizing and politics, used new features (large scale and duplication) and were considered shocking [...]; Read
Rave Raviews! American Art and its Critics, 1826-1925: From april 29 to july 1 2001; The paintings and sculptures presented here were previously exhibited at the annual shows of the National Academy of Design and aroused criticism, both positive and negative. The exhibit thus demonstrates how conventional taste prevailed [...]; Read
The Final Sleep/Le Dernier Sommeil: An Installation by Spring Hurlbut , ,: From april 28 to july 12 2001; The Final Sleep is an artist's museum within a museum. Hurlbut has created a final resting place by arranging miscellaneous objects that have achieved an immortality of sorts in their conservation as part of a museum's collection.; Read
Do not feed the animals !: From april 28 to september 9 2001; Targeting all children aged 4 to 10, a colourful ceramic menagerie. Animal figures from all over the world, Europe, China, the Islamic world, from the Ancient Greek period to the present day.; Read
Mondrian : The Transatlantic Paintings: From april 28 to july 22 2001; 15 paintings started by the artist in Europe and finished after his arrival in the United States. The works, to which in his own words, he gave more boogie woogie.; Read
Landscapes by Klee and Kiefer: From april 28 to september 30 2001; However different their creative expression may appear, common threads exist between the early watercolors of the two artists. Both drew inspiration from similar sources, such as German literature, philosophy, voyages...; Read
Looking at You: From april 28 to september 30 2001; A small but special installation of 20th century self-portraits, most of which, in differing situations, mirror the direct gaze of their 20 artist-subjects.; Read
Sculpture and Decorative Arts of the Spanish Renaissance: From april 28 2001 to january 6 2002; Some beautiful sculptures dated 16th to 17th century are displayed together with decorative objects revealing their diferent Moorish, Flemish and Italian influences.; Read
The Forgotten Friezes from the Castle of Vélez Blanco: From april 28 2001 to january 6 2002; On the occasion of the reopening of the patio from the Fajardo castle in southern Spain, after its renovation, six spectacular 16th century reliefs carved with classical and mythological scenes will be lent to the museum.; Read
A Disarming Beauty: The Venus de Milo in 20th-Century Art: From april 28 to september 9 2001; The exhibit focuses on the ways in which the Surrealists used the image of the mythical Venus de Milo; Read
Can you judge a book by its cover?: From april 28 to june 17 2001; Exploration of the powerful relationship between literature and visual arts. Six artists, from John Bellany to Alison Watt, were each asked to produce a cover image for one of the Pocket Classic series of Scottish Writing.; Read
Aparcel of emotions. Julian Dyson: From april 28 to june 2 2001; This exhibition looks behind these emotionally charged drawings to discover the effects that depression, joy and cancer have had on the work of the artist Julian Dyson.; Read
Photogenic: From april 28 to july 21 2001; Key developments in photography portrayed through the 19th and 20 th century collections of the Royal Photographic Society.; Read
Recent Acquisitions : 1997-2000. Contemporary California Works on Paper: From april 28 to august 26 2001; Selection of dynamic art by California artists whose work provides a far ranging representation of the art of our time.; Read
Voltaire and Henry the IVth: From april 28 to july 30 2001; la Henriade by Voltaire (portraits of Henri the IVth and of the Béarnais) is a great source of inspiration for numerous artists of the 18th-19th centuries, this exhibits gives a general idea of their works through theatre, prints and drawings.; Read
Exchangevalue. On the value of works of art ,: From april 28 to july 1 2001; Through the works by Manet, Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter and Andreas Slominski, the question of the price given to works of art.; Read
Ludovica, history of Quebec.,: From april 27 to december 30 2001; Champlain wanted to give the name Ludovica to Quebec in the honnor of Louis the XIVth. About 60 art works are displayed in order to relate the history of Quebec.; Read
Piotr Nathan. He who counts the stars. Works 1981-2001. Sculpture, Painting, Drawing,: From april 27 to july 8 2001; This large installation of three rooms, made by Piotr Nathan, gives us a chance to see a series of photographs dedicated to the secret world of plants, hanging materials and an enormous charcoal mural.; Read
Christiane Chabot, Another botany: From april 27 to may 26 2001; A set of recent drawings; Read
Frida Kahlo Unmasked: From april 27 to october 7 2001; 63 photographs in black and white by the Mexican artist unveil Kahlo's complex personality with all its mystery, passion and determination.; Read
Hiroshige's Views of Mount Fuji: From april 27 to june 3 2001; Following the lead of Hokusai, Ando Hiroshige became famous with his landscape prints in the 1830s. The Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji (1858-59) was his last series.; Read
The King over the Water: the life of the prince James Francis Edward Stewart (1688-1766): From april 27 to september 30 2001; The turbulent life of the Prince and Royal Family through portraits and works relating to these events: many rarely-seen icons of the Jacobite cause and a reconstitution of Canova's magnificent tomb.; Read
Leopoldo Mendez: From april 27 to june 10 2001; Printmaker, painter and muralist, and co-founder the Taller de Grafica Popular the artist is known for his politically oriented prints.; Read
Kiakshuk: Images by a Hunter Artist: From april 26 to october 28 2001; Kiakshuk was an Inuit hunter of the beginning of the century, his prints both intructive and engaging tell us about his way of life.; Read
From the Cape to Couch Behar. The coins of the British Empire under Queen Victoria: From april 26 to september 30 2001; The coins exhibited demonstrate the expansion and the cultural and ethnic diversity of the British colonial empire.; Read
Remington, Russell and the Language of Western Art: From april 26 to june 24 2001; Charles Russell and Frederic Remington have had great success in their time, for their paintings depicting cowboys and Western America.; Read
Spain ; a Centenary Exhibition: From april 26 to june 3 2001; A century old tradition of pilgrimage to Spain for American artists, started by Childe Hassam and Max Kuehne.; Read
Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Meiji Prints from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection: From april 25 to july 15 2001; 600 woodblock prints from the Meiji era (1868-1912) as well as photographs and other documents are on display. Most of them depict the scenes of the two wars of the period: the Russo-Japanese war and the Sino-Japonese war.; Read
Tazro Niscino, New Gallery: From april 25 to july 22 2001; Tazro Niscino is born in 1960 in Nagoya and he now lives in Cologne. He creates a construction which functions as a second exhibition surface over the Museum Square, altering fundamentally how the viewer perceives and experiences space.; Read
Chiaroscuro: From april 25 to july 23 2001; About 70 Italian color xylographs are gathered, which are the most representative and beautiful of the Weimar Collection. Dated 1500 to 1750, these rares and precious works have been realised by Boldrini, Zanetti ou Ugo da Carpi.; Read
Dreamings: Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert from the Donald Kahn Collection: From april 25 to june 17 2001; 36 paintings by the Aboriginal Australian artist are based on ritual songs, oral traditions and complex concepts of time in which, past, present and future coexist simultaneously.; Read
Takashi Murakami: Made in Japan: From april 25 to september 3 2001; The exhibit features recent paintings and sculptures by the post-pop artist and his interpretation of the traditional form of the Japanese art - nihon-ga; Read
Roy Arden: From april 24 to may 27 2001; A set of unpublished photographies; Read
The Dialogue between Painting and Poetry. 1874-1999 Artist's books: From april 24 to june 17 2001; The collaboration between poets and artists is an essentially French phenomenon which reached its heyday at the end of the 19th century. Artbooks from the Jacques Doucet library thus include works by Picasso, Léger, Derain, Arp or Miro...; Read
Le paysage et le papier-peint, ,: From april 24 to october 14 2001; The exhibition features development of the wallpaper industry and explores the appearance of new techniques of printing and motifs, such as depiction of landscapes in the 19th century; Read
Picasso : The Circus: From april 22 to july 22 2001; For the first installation of works drawn from the Cone Collection, the museum focuses on the early drawings by Picasso and more specifically on the ones having for subject the circus.; Read
The American Experience:Twentieth-Century Prints from the Berkman Foundation: From april 22 to july 22 2001; Donation of 83 works on paper, from the early 20th century to nowadays, by the Sybiel B.berkman Foundation of Pittsburg: works by Isabel Bishop, Regina Marsh, Sonia Delaunay, Sam Francis, Bruce Nauman...; Read
To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black College and Universities: From april 22 to july 29 2001; Over 150 works from six universities displaying the history of African-American art as well as American art, among which the works by Aaron Douglas, Arthur Dove, Lois Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence,Georgia O'Keeffe, et Steiglitz.; Read
Ansel Adams : Classic Images: From april 22 to july 1 2001; Recognized as the most renowned photographer in American history,Ansel Adams(1902-1984) captured the beauty and spirit of the American West in his epic landscapes.; Read
Sarah Cawkwell: From april 22 to may 16 2001; Drawing parallels between paintings, drawings and bas-reliefs by the artist and the works of Titien, Dürer, Ribera etc..; belonging to the collections of the Christ Church Picture Gallery.; Read
Door to Door : Donna Denis, Burhan Dogancy, George Segal: From april 22 to june 3 2001; From the museum's permanent collection, three artists whose works include the use of doors or doorways: from doors with photos and grafffiti plastered on them and small structures to plaster casts of peoople standing in front of a doorway.; Read
H. A. Sigg : Recent Work: From april 22 to june 3 2001; The Swiss abstract artist shows the series In the Middle of the Realm: her paintings, sculptures and series of collages on paper are inspired by her travels around the world, painting (Rothko, Klee) and metaphisical literature - H.Hesse's [...]; Read
Modernism and Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian's American Art Museum: From april 22 to june 17 2001; Works by Milton Avery, Richard Diebenkorn, Ellsworth Kelly, Joan Mitchell, Isamu Noguchi, Rauschenberg and Wayne Thiebaud act as an indicator, a reaction to change in the modern world. Their revolutionary nature marks a gap with the past.; Read
Tony DeLap : A Retrospective: From april 22 to july 8 2001; These shaped paintings, hybrids of painting and sculpture are inspired by the artist's interest in illusionism and love for wood as a medium.; Read
34th Annual Vigo County School Show: From april 21 to may 20 2001; Vigo County students exhibit their work alongside masters of American art.; Read
Just Uncrated: Masterpieces from the Tanenbaum Gift ,: From april 21 to september 3 2001; A remarkable collection of Chinese, Near Eastern and European antiquities selected gathered by Joey and Toby Tanenbaum.; Read
Between the Lines : Wordworks by Roland Bernier: From april 21 to august 12 2001; Using photography and hand-cut wooden letters, the artist plays with words and makes us forget their meanings in order to admire their geometrical forms.; Read
Gay Men's Health Crisis: 20 Years Fighting for People with HIV/AIDC: From april 21 to september 10 2001; Photographs, T-shirts, posters, multimedia installations and personal accounts tell the story of the difficult fight against the disease.; Read
Here and there. Camille Hermant's photographs, , , ,: From april 21 to june 10 2001; Crossed glances of Camille Hermant on everyday life moments in France and Burkina Faso. Invitation to travel, calls for help, tender words, cultures in danger, traditions and progress, testimonies...; Read
St. Art: The Visual Poetry of bpNichol: From april 21 to june 17 2001; Interested the visual aspect of language, bpNichol (1944-88), a poet, explored that during his whole career by creating poetry, alphabets, letter drawings and comic strips.; Read
The Collector's Eye : Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from the Thalassic Collect: From april 21 2001 to january 6 2002; One of the finest private collections in the world, consisting in 175 objects : monumental statues of pharoahs, exquisitely crafted amulets and jewels, funerary and cult objects...; Read
Larry Towell, Projects 1985-2000: From april 21 to july 8 2001; Larry Towell became the first Canadian member of the famous Magnum Photos agency. Since the early 1980s his remarkable works have translated his intense commitment : El Salvador, Palestine and Mennonite seasonal workers.; Read
Traditions in Elegance: Two centuries of British Teapots from the Norwich Castle Museum: From april 21 to june 17 2001; 100 teapots feature the stylistic evolution of symbolic objects of English culture, from the 18th to 19th centuries : classical silhouettes, rococo motifs, imaginative models inspired by fruit and vegetables.; Read
Blessed be the Work: Australian Contemporary Design in Jewish Ceremony 11: From april 20 to june 10 2001; Organised by the Jewish Museum of Australia, this exhibition will display Jewish ritual pieces created by contemporary craftspeople and patterned after historical models.; Read
Faces and Figures : Contemporary Photography in Scandinavia: From april 20 to june 10 2001; Color or black-and-white, 50 works from each of the five Scandinavian countries feature current trends of Nordic contemporary photography.; Read
Young Applied Artists - the first batch: From april 20 to may 27 2001; Display of the works by the first grant holder of the Bengt Julin Fund, featuring the diverse applied art techniques: ceramic, glass, metal, textile, wood...; Read
Dragon Threads: Court Costumes of the Celestial Kingdom: From april 19 to june 3 2001; Magnificent silk ceremonial garments; Read
Franz West: In and Out: From april 19 to june 24 2001; A retrospective of Franz West, whose work proposes a promising vision of art of our century as an scheming dialogue of intimate reflexion with the visitors.; Read
Cultural crossings IV : marking life's passages: From april 18 to july 29 2001; A selection of objects, around the world, used during rites of passages ; a process within which the boundaries between mankind and the world meet and cross.; Read
Santos: Sculpture Between Heaven and Earth: From april 18 to july 29 2001; Around 45 examples of Puerto Rican small-scale altar sculptures called santos, drawn from the Museo del Barrio in New York are presented, together with works on paper depicting santos.; Read
Searching for a Miracle: Photography by Hector Mendez-Caratini: From april 18 to july 29 2001; The collection of the photographer Hector Mendez-Caratini mainly consists in devotion scenes, pilgrimages, saints' festivals and domestic altars reinforcing the role of these religious sculptures in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.; Read
Framing the Dream : George W. Stevens: From april 18 to june 3 2001; George W. Stevens was the second director of the Toledo Museum of Art, but he also was an actor, poet, amateur astronomer, painter... The exhibition relates his life, through photographs and archives of the museum.; Read
Lalah Ali : ICA Artist Prize Winner: From april 18 to august 1 2001; Gouach and ink drawings by Cambridge-based artist representing cartoon-like characters set in circumstances suggesting racial inequality, relegious oppression, violence...; Read
Marlene Dumas: One Hundred Models and Endless Rejects: From april 18 to july 1 2001; Famous South African artist draws on images taken from film, fashion or pornographic magazines, "borrowing" faces from such legendary figures as Claudia Schiffer or Rembrandt's Bethsheba. She explores the nature of desire, fear, solitude, [...]; Read
Rineke Dijkstra: Portraits: From april 18 to july 1 2001; T he well praised Dutch photographer, known for her intense psychological portaits, presents here two series Beaches (92-96) and New Mothers(94), photographs of Bosnian refugees as well as a couple of video projects; Read
FotoKunst: From april 17 to may 27 2001; An exhibition of photographs by German artists of the second half of the 20th century.; Read
Jules Flandrin (1871-1947).The Other Fin de Siècle: From april 17 to june 24 2001; This retrospective explores Flandrin's work but also his relationships with avant-garde tendencies (Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism) or with the other fin de siècle, more concerned with tradition as it with novelty.; Read
Room XIV. Vicente Huidobro and plastic arts,: From april 17 to june 4 2001; The thirteen poems that make that work are a inovative proposal, which among René de Costa's opinion "are neither poems about painting, nor paintings about poetry".; Read
Unseen Treasures: From april 15 to july 22 2001; A unique opportunity to discover old drawings by masters from Italy and Northern Europe among which puzzling studies, the authorship of which should challenge the viewers' skills.; Read
Inside Out : 50 Years of Collecting -- The Eastman House Collection: From april 15 to july 22 2001; Photographs from all kinds of fields, incuding exploration, tourism, news reporting, science snapshots and art photography.; Read
Kurt Joseph Haas: From april 15 to june 15 2001; Artist's retrospective-Art brut; Read
Tres Generaciones : Photography in Castro's Cuba: From april 15 to july 1 2001; Three generations of Cuban photographers: those who worked before and during the Revolution, those who worked in the post-revolutionary Cuba and the younger generation which started to express itself in the 80's.; Read
Drawing Near: From april 14 to june 24 2001; During his residency at the AGNS, the artist Ian McKinnon encouraged people from many communities to draw... we discover today the results of these workshops.; Read
Lawren Stewart Harris: A Painter’s Progress: From april 14 to june 17 2001; Presentation of the first full-scale retrospective of Harris’s œuvre since 1963. For this event forty-six paintings illustrate the evolution of his work, first figurative and impressionnist, it gradually became more abstract and meditative.; Read
Pictures Tell the Story: Ernest C. Withers: From april 14 to june 30 2001; An American photographic chronicle of 20th century America, "told" by Ernest C. Withers through the portraits of such famous people as Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers.; Read
AWorld of Story: From april 14 to july 31 2001; Sharing stories makes the world a richer place; Illustrations by Erica Weihs, Susanne Suba, Joseph Domjan, Mark Podwal, Catherine Stock and E.B. Lewis. Stories from a variety all over the globe.; Read
An American Anthem: 300 Years of Paintings from the Butler Institute of American Art: From april 14 to june 17 2001; Art history through works by Charles Willson Peale, Thomas Cole, Thomas Eakins, John Sloan, Edward Hopper, Charles Sheeler, Horace Pippin, Robert Rauschenberg and Chuck Close.; Read
The Art of the Drum: From april 14 to june 17 2001; An interactive exhibition using drums and percussive instruments from countries throughout Africa. Adzido and the Pan African Dance Ensemble are part of the exhibit.; Read
: From april 14 to june 4 2001; Exhibition on the restoration of the Déposition de croix by Van Der Goes: technique of its preservation and comparison with other regional works.; Read
Groupings: Prints portofolios from the Permanent Collection: From april 14 to july 1 2001; Works by Agnes Martin, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Motherwell, Dieter Roth, and Edward Rusch; Read
Lure of the West: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum: From april 14 to june 10 2001; 70 paintings and sculptures of the early 19th c. created by the artists-explorers, such as George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, who travelled West where they discovered wild and beautiful landscapes.; Read
Tracey Moffatt: From april 14 to june 10 2001; Tracey Moffatt present his work including bothphotographic series and innovative film and videopieces in the two first floors of the museum . An harsh reality and fantastical dream deep in the public in a captivating and complex vision.; Read
Paolozzi and Music: From april 14 to october 28 2001; In 1974, the artist Paolozzi began to explore the use of abstract geometrical shapes to express the form and tones of music. A tribute to Charles Ives, The american composer whose works inspired Paolozzi.; Read
The Power of the Appearances: Renaissaince and Reformation Portrait Prints: From april 14 to may 20 2001; Portraits of powerful personalities, including Emperor Maximilian, Martin Luther by Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Hans Holbein the Younger, van Leyden and Goltzius.; Read
André Raffray, Un musée imaginaire: From april 14 to june 23 2001; Raffray plays with citations, but by using different techniques, he avoids the pure imitation. It is an art of mimesis which he masters so freely. The Artist's key references are myths and modern art.; Read
Benet Spencer: From april 14 to may 27 2001; An installation of intricate oil paintings and aluminium silhouettes based on images of disasters collected magazines. A fractured and impersonal way of rendering human tragedies.; Read
Marco Maggi: From april 13 to july 8 2001; Marco Maggi was born in Uruguay and he currently lives in New York. His works, made with various materials such as aluminum foil and apples are very meticulous. The exhibition is entirely dedicated to him.; Read
Painted with Thread : the art of american embroidery: From april 13 to september 30 2001; 380 years of art embroidery are presented in this beautiful exhibition. All the pieces, from the 17th century to nowadays, from the museum's collection, engross the public in the technical and artistic aspects of embroidery.; Read
Don't Feed the Books: Birds, Bugs and Bestiaries in the Bareiss Collection: From april 13 to july 1 2001; Depictions of animals in the illustrated books of the Molly and Walter Bareiss collection.; Read
Hell and Heaven. The middle ages in the north: From april 13 to september 2 2001; This exhibition on the Middle Age is set up by the movie director Peter Greenaway, the major themes are life, death and futur: hell or heaven? Images of saints, golden jewellery or the reliquary of Warffum will be presented.; Read
Vincent Van Gogh in Paris : Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum: From april 12 to july 15 2001; Three works created during the artist's crucial Paris period (1886-88): Wheatfield with a Lark, Basket of Sprouting Flower Bulbs and Woman by a Cradle are on display.; Read
Abelardo Morell and the camera eye: From april 12 to july 22 2001; The most important traveling exhibition of the artist photograper Abelardo Morell combines works inspired by the world around him, including his family, ordinary household objects and old homes, books...; Read
Sophie Calle - The Detachment - Double Blind: From april 12 to july 15 2001; The French artist Sophie Calle who is one of the best-known names in contemporary conceptual art, presents an exhibition comprising 10 photographs taken in Berlin from the series The Detachment, and the video work Double Blind.; Read
Iranian Contemporary art: From april 12 to june 3 2001; A celebration of the Iranian art of the last 40 years and an opportunity to appreciate its development in recents years. With works exhibited for the first time outside Iran, it covers a wide range of styles including photography, [...]; Read
Simply Brilliant : American Cut Glass 1890-1915: From april 12 to december 31 2001; All sorts of glass objects are displayed such as jars or footed glasses, made from 1890 until World War I, reflecting the enormous production of cut glass at that time.; Read
Aztlán Today The Chicano Postnation: From april 12 to september 9 2001; Former Aztecs' homeland, Aztlán is now inhabited by Chicanos. We discover their culture through the works of P.Avila, L.Aguilar, R.Buitrón, C.Fernández, R.Gonzáles, D.Martínez and L.Portillo among others; Read
Carl Barks, Duck lithographs - Marko Leppälä’s collection: From april 12 to july 15 2001; An interesting exhibition on the works of cartoonist Carl Barks, known for being the soul of donald Duck, displaying some 70 lithograph prints of Barks’ duck painting , and two original paintings as well as drawings.; Read
Borrowed Ware : Forty Years of Contemporary Art from Iran: From april 12 to june 3 2001; The exhibit features Iranian artists (Hossein Zenderoudi, Shabika,etc.) from the last 40 years. Calligraphic, abstract and figurative works dating back to before and after the revolution.; Read
Game Show: Installations and Sculptures by Willie Cole: From april 12 to september 9 2001; Four game-like installations based on some American and African popular board games. Cole's installations often require the active participation of his public; Read
Modern Australian Women: Paintings and Prints 1925-1945: From april 12 to june 3 2001; This important exhibition of art will focus on outstanding works by Australia's great women artists of the modernist period. These images reflect the challenging thinking of the time, exploring colour, forms and innovative themes.; Read
75 Years of creativity: A Rambert Dance Company Retrospective: From april 12 to october 28 2001; The oldest British dance company celebrates 75 years of creation, a means of assessing its importance in the world of choreography : photographs, design, artefacts...; Read
Recent Acquisitions: From april 12 to september 9 2001; Works by artists of African, Asian and Latin American origins : Benny Andrews, Tania Bruguera, Whitfield Lovell, Gilbert Sánchez Luján and Ray Smith.; Read
Tibet: Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents: From april 12 to june 22 2001; An invitation to explore the ancient culture of Tibet through artifacts and ornaments of the aristocracy, herders and traders dating back to the 13th century, and a documentary film and photographs from the early 1900s.; Read
Building Detroit: From april 11 to july 22 2001; History of the city's architecture viewed through historic photographs, with special emphasis on its Gothic and Romanesque Revival aspects, and the development of Detroit's skyscrapers.; Read
The Engraved Passion of Dürer, ,: From april 11 to july 15 2001; 16 engravings by Dürer are displayed. These works represent the Christ's final days on Earth and showcase the artist's mastery and talent of printmaking.; Read
Prospect 2001. New art. New Zealand: From april 11 to july 1 2001; This first celebration of contemporary New Zealand art brings together recent works by young artists or by more senior practitioners.; Read
Gary Lee Boas: Starstruck: From april 11 to may 26 2001; Gary Lee Boas' photographs are the result of an autograph-hunt, which started when he was in his teens. They offer an unusual view of celebritites between 1960 and 1980.; Read
Dawn of the Human spirit: From april 11 to september 9 2001; By tracing the marks left by man on the walls of caves and rocks, this multimedia exhibition tries to answer the question : what makes us human beings?; Read
At Home with Plastics?: From april 10 to july 15 2001; Presentation of the many ways in which plastic has gradually improved the quality of everyday life in the home, responding to each technological development and adapting to new needs.; Read
Radical Plastics: From april 10 to july 15 2001; Selection of works by London designers : furniture and accessories.; Read
The First 10 Years : Selected Works from the Collection: From april 10 to september 23 2001; Some of the major acquisitions made during the last decade, such as works by Gilbert and Georges, by Irish artists Kathy Prendergast and Shane Cullen and a re-installation of The Children's Hospital by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.; Read
Fernando Lanhas: From april 10 to june 17 2001; Fernando Lanhas, one of the major artist in Portuguese art of the 20th century introduced geometrical abstractionism in his country. This retrospective will show his talent in numerous fields.; Read
Alfred Maurer: Early American Modernist: From april 10 to july 8 2001; After working in Paris at the beginning of the Fauvisme, Alfred Maurer shared his experience and knowledge with his American colleagues. An essential painter for the development of contemporary art in his country.; Read
Doug Safranek, city illuminations: From april 10 to may 30 2001; The artist uses the medium of tempera to impose a sense of order and calm on contemporary cities. With lyrical precision his works capture the hubbub of the metropolitan milieu.; Read
Surrealism in Photography from the permanent Collection: From april 10 to july 8 2001; Through works by Manuel Alvarez-Bravo, Eugene Atget, Ralph Meatyard and Josef Sudek, a survey of the impact of the Surrealist movement on photography artform.; Read
Konenkov : Sculpture: From april 9 to september 30 2001; A presentation of the work of Konenkov, which is inpired by his environment, in the context of 1905 Russia. His work is also visited by mysterious characters, which seem drawn from fairy tales and myths.; Read
Franz Marc and the Blue Rider: From april 8 to july 15 2001; Works by artists from the non formal group Blue Rider at the beginning of the 20thè century are presented, with a focus on Franz Marc, as well as prints by Paul Klee and paintings by Gabriele Münter or Jawlensky.; Read
American Folk: From april 8 to august 5 2001; For the first time a major exhibit of American Folk Art is on display. It features family portraits, watercolors, painted furniture, embroidery...; Read
Art at Mid-Century : Spotlight on the Collection of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts: From april 8 to september 3 2001; Through the art history of Europe and both Americas in the 1950's and around the works of Abstract Expressionists we can admire the museum's collection which includes Pollock, Franz Kline, Adolph Gottlieb, Lee Krasner, Giacometti, [...]; Read
Circa 1900: Design at the Turn of the Century: From april 8 to august 8 2001; This exhibition offers a glimpse of design movements in Europe and the USA between 1890 and 1920.Art Nouveau objects and furniture will be displayed as well as creations by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Majorelle.; Read
Family Fortunes: From april 7 to june 24 2001; From the Holy Family to modern families, 20works draw a history of family portraits. A way of discovering how Barocci, Le Nain, Hogarth or Degas have found visual means of representing a dynasty and its destiny.; Read
Mysteries of the Mummies: The Art and Archaeology of Death in Ancient Egypt: From april 7 to july 29 2001; Mummies, amulets, decorated coffins, jewelry, reliefs, Canopic jars and other objects are on display along with many other Egyptian artifacts related to death.; Read
Paul Klee: Wit and Word Play: From april 7 to september 4 2001; 15 works on paper, from the collection of Dr. Djerassi, exploring the artist's subtile sense of humor, his wit and the world of his imagination.; Read
Art at the convent. Selected work of the Museo francescano delle Grazie., ,: From april 7 to june 17 2001; The Museo della Città welcomes selected works from the collections of the Museo francescano delle Grazie, during its closure.; Read
Lothar Baumgarten: From april 7 to july 1 2001; Using photography, sculpture or installations, this german artist displays a work on the Yanomani Indians, revisiting the utopia El Dorado.; Read
Contemporary Folk Art, Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum: From april 7 to june 17 2001; Paintings and sculptures created during the past 40 years. Demonstration of the way contemporary folk artists can transform everyday objects into extraordinary works of art.; Read
Homeboys: Alex Janvier and Alan Syliboy: From april 7 to june 3 2001; Two First Nations artists present their work created in the relative isolation of the artistic world. After studying in normal art schools in larger urban centres, they decided to establish practices in their home Reserves.; Read
In The Meantime...: From april 7 to may 27 2001; Works by Mark Bain, Yael Bartana, Sebastián Diáz Morales, Ângela Ferreira, Ksenia Galiaeva, Tracey Rose, Bülent Sangar et Jun Yang. A constant oscillation between reality and fiction, fiction and documentary, the communal and the private.; Read
Light 1750-1900 : Art, Science, Life: From april 7 to july 29 2001; Industrial Revolution changed the way people regarded and used light; the Impressionists made of it the subject-matter of their works. Light also changed the lives of the scientists. Many art masterpieces testify to those changes; Read
Nils Nilsson: From april 7 to may 27 2001; This retrospective exhibition is devoted to the expressionnist Swedish painter Nils Nilsson (1901-1949). Member of the Göteborg Colourists group, he worked on the Swedish Westcoast in the 1930s and 40s.; Read
Paintings from the Age of Michelangelo in the Kress Collection: From april 7 to october 7 2001; Paintings produced during the lifetime of Michelangelo provide a context for the artist's drawings also exhibited at the museum (Casa Buonarroti collection, Florence); Read
Gerhard Richter: the melancholy of lost presence: From april 7 to may 27 2001; Personally selected by the artists, the paintings featured in this retrospective offer examples of two major stages of his work: figurative photography-based paintings and abstract works; Read
Carl Rungius: Artist, Sportsman: From april 7 to june 17 2001; A face-to-face with the splendors ofnature and abundant wildlife : paintings, works on paper and sculptures by Carl Rungius (1869-1959) and a re-creation of his studio.; Read
Stockholm in a Time Long since Past: From april 7 to september 30 2001; 70 watercolours and drawings by Artur Teodor Gellersted (1836-1914) feature the 19th c. rural Stockholm, a wood made city that disappeared when the modern capital of stone was constructed.; Read
Promise of photography: From april 7 to june 3 2001; The DG Bank has been systematically collecting art photography for some fifteen years. It has gathered a highly unique collection of contemporary art photography already exhibits in Tokyo, Paris, New York and Berlin.; Read
Basilisk: From april 6 to july 1 2001; One of its glaze provocates death. During centries, westerners believe in basilisk, an awfull hybrid of cock and snake. Even the great authorities, from von Bingen to Paracelsus, devoted studies and images to it.; Read
Hybrids. International contemporary painting: From april 6 to june 24 2001; As diverse as they are, the creations of these eight artists testify to the same research. Their hybrid paintings are a prolongation of figurative and abstract art, meanwhile they draw their inspiration from new visual experiences [...]; Read
Patrick Caulfield: in focus: From april 6 to june 3 2001; Paintings, prints and other works on paper illustrate the diversity of Patrick Caulfield's graphic art.; Read
Dominique Fabrègue: From april 6 to june 10 2001; When the costum designer Dominique Fabrègue meets choreographers, the alchemy works. Fascinated by the magic of the body, she becomes an outwear plastician and converts the materials.; Read
Galactic Journal: Recent Paintings and Collages by Robert Reed: From april 6 to july 5 2001; Robert Reed uses, in his paintings, a vocabulary of abstract imagery, mixing vibrant colors, and energetic plays on forms. His most recent works are displayed.; Read
Mary Heilmann: From april 6 to june 5 2001; Abstract paintings by New York based artist.; Read
Paul Huxley: From april 6 to june 3 2001; Following the tradition of decorated staircases in the 17th century, Paul Huxley adorns in his own way the great staircase at Pallant House.; Read
India Paintings from the Gallery's collection: From april 6 to june 11 2001; A survey of Indian art from early 16th century paintings to works by contemporary artists. A presentation of an expanding collection.; Read
Mary Ellen Mark : American Odissey: From april 6 to june 17 2001; This exhibition is the first one to focus exclusively on Mary Ellen Mark's American work. 140 images made over the past four decades are displayed.; Read
Daniella Norton : Recent Paintings: From april 6 to may 6 2001; Inaugurating a new series of art exhibits, Danielle Norton displays her works in which everyday items are viewed as conveying beauty.; Read
Ragna St Ingadottir: From april 6 to june 10 2001; Ragna Ingadottir plays with metal, glass, photo and video. The transparency and the verticallity, the solid and the fragile provoke the levitation of forms and images.; Read
Touring West : 19th-century Performing Artists on the Overland Trails: From april 6 to july 7 2001; A great variety of documents concerning the expansion of different artistic performances (Italian opera ballet, melodrama, lectures...), following the axis of development of railroads and trade in the 19th century; Read
Illustrating Nature : Three Centuries of Botanical Prints from the Permanent Collection: From april 5 to july 22 2001; Presentation of 50 prints by British, French and Italian illustrators. Contribution made by women artists to the development of botanical art from the 17th to the 19th centuries.; Read
Inventing New Britain: the Victorian vision: From april 5 to july 29 2001; The Victorian Vision -exhibition commemorating the centenary of Queen's Victoria's death- will change perceptions of the Victorians and show how Britain was transformed during the Queen's powerful reign (1837-1901); Read
Precious: From april 5 to june 24 2001; What do people regard as valuable ? 250 works from the magnificent collection of London's Victoria and Albert Museum relate the story of preciosity from the ancient Hang dynasty to contemporary design.; Read
Seth Eastman Watercolors: A Soldier Artist Among the Dakota.: From april 5 to october 7 2001; Combining his carrer as an officer and the one as an pictorial historian, Eastman has left, through his watercolors, a great testimony about life in Dakota in the 19th century. 56 works drawn from the W. Duncan MacMillan collection [...]; Read
Victor Burgin: From april 5 to june 17 2001; In order to construct "narrative of the present" the artist creates phototextes and video installations. His work is inspired by Surrealist collage and deeply linked to and fascinated by words and discourse; Read
From Millet to Lhermitte, masterpieces of the Henri Vasnier's graphic art collection., ,: From april 5 to july 1 2001; A rediscovery of 96 drawings, charcoal and pastel drawings from Henri Vasnier's legacy. Works by Daumier, Rousseau, Millet, Isabey or Lhermitte are finaly out of the reserve collection.; Read
Editions for Parkett: From april 5 to june 5 2001; The exhibit is devoted to the recent acquisition of the full set of the Parkett editions (Swiss art magazine). Most of these editions were issued along with prints or small objects.; Read
Important instructions for changing the world: From april 5 to september 9 2001; Works by Kelly Mark, an artist based in Toronto.; Read
Rural England through a Victorian lens : Benjamin Brecknell Turner: From april 5 to august 27 2001; This exhibition enables us to discover landscapes from the English countryside through the eyes of one of the most famous British photographers, Benjamin Brecknell Turner.; Read
Anthony Suau-Beyond the fall,: From april 5 to june 17 2001; 111 photographs taken by anthony Suau during the ten years after the Berlin wall fall. Image of an East Europe opened to Occident after the cold War; Read
Turning point : Contemporary Austrian Jewellery: From april 5 to june 2 2001; An outstanding exhibition of jewellery at the cutting edge of design.; Read
The Wall at WAM : Denise Marika: From april 5 to june 3 2001; Widely considered as an innovator in the field of video sculpture, Denise Marika will create the first projected (rather than painted) image for the Wall at WAM.; Read
Cherry Blossom Time: Prints by Ogata Gekko (1859-1920): From april 4 to july 1 2001; Woodblock prints depicting the flowering of cherry trees in spring.; Read
Queen Bees. Female Power Stations, ,: From april 4 to july 1 2001; The third series that the artist devotes to the Table seen as a center of power. After his Table of negociations between big banks or industrials, this time, Hassink's concept is that of business women's breakfast table; Read
Laugh out Loud! The World of Karl Farkas: From april 4 to july 1 2001; Writer, actor and director at major Viennes theatres, Karl Farkas multiplied experiences in the artistic world. Photos, caricatures and drawings for costumes are presented as an illustration of his career.; Read
Incarnation: photographic series by Patricia Boite., , , ,: From april 3 to may 12 2001; The profane and the sacred, the virgin and the whore, two opposite figures living the same drama : incarnation.; Read
Portraits of our Country : The American Spirit of the Wyeth family: From april 3 to june 3 2001; 35 works by seven members of the Wyeth family based on their devotion to the country.; Read
Between East and West Influence and change in coinage: From april 2 to june 17 2001; From Muslim Spain to Japan at the time of the Shoguns, coinage systems were shaped by population migrations and trade activities. One discovers the impact of Europeen concepts of coinage most particularly in Asia.; Read
Minimal Art: From april 1 to july 15 2001; Works by approximately 30 artists who belong to this movement and emerged in the late 50's in the United States.; Read
Public Offerings: From april 1 to july 29 2001; Recent works by contemporary artists, an opportunity to view works from regional centers : Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, New York, and Tokyo.; Read
Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land 1838: From april 1 to june 24 2001; The installation of settlers and Aboriginal people in 1831, in a virgin territory around the Ouse River. John Glover's paintings evoke this particular moment at a time when the reconciliation debate is still wide open .; Read
Backyard BiodiverCity: From april 1 to december 31 2001; Experience a ladybird's-eye-view of Vancouver. You'll explore the city's biodiversity and find out how the daily choices we make affect our environment.; Read
Beyond Adornment: Beads from Around the World: From april 1 to august 26 2001; Beads from different cultures in the world to understand their various use : trading beads, ritual use, necklaces and adornment. From the Czech republic, Venice or Mauritania, a history of beads through art, religion, fashion...; Read
City Lights: Neon in Vancouver: From april 1 to december 31 2001; Did you know that for decades Vancouver boasted the world's largest neon signs ? Through the forties and sixties, let's discover the heyday of neon signs in Vancouver !; Read
In Your Own Backyard: From april 1 to may 31 2001; This exhibition offers a chance to see evidence of archaeological sites and finds within the city. Marks from prehistoric to Medieval periods.; Read
Lewis Wickes Hine : The Final Years: From april 1 to june 10 2001; Famous for his pictures of children labor at the beginning of the 20th century, Lewis Wickes Hine dedicated his last years to portraits of adults at work, in factories in New England or constructions in New York.; Read
Portrait de V2K: The City of Vancouver Millennium Story & Photograph Collection ,: From april 1 to december 31 2001; The Portrait V2K collection features little-known anecdotes, amusing occurrences and poignant memories of Vancouver, an affectionate and evocative way of celebrating the city.; Read
Ricky Swallow/MATRIX 191: From april 1 to may 27 2001; The exhibit features meticulously executed installations, sculptures and drawings by this young Australian artist which combine his political awareness, sense of humour together with some of his obsessions.; Read
Sculptures, photos on the theme of body.,: From april 1 to may 15 2001; Works by Alain Le Borgne, B. Genee, Lesly Foxcrofft.; Read

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