Scholten Japanese Art announced their most recent gallery presentation, BRUSH – BLOCK – BAREN: Japanese Woodblock Printmaking, an exhibition exploring the process of Japanese-style woodblock production. Traditional Japanese woodblock prints are collectively referred to as ukiyo-e, which literally means pictures (‘e’) of the floating world (‘ukiyo’) and is derived from a Buddhist concept pertaining to the fleeting nature of life. However, during the Edo Period (1615—1868), the concept of ukiyo acquired a more nuanced meaning: the impermanence of our existence became a justification to indulge in the pleasures and entertainments that are available at this fleeting moment (for a price). As such, the realm of the floating world was that of the pleasure quarters, houses of assignation, teahouses, restaurants, leisure boats, and the theater districts. Images of these pleasures were affordable a

The Bauhaus Museum Dessau opened today. After a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Dr Claudia Perren, Director and CEO of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel, Dr Reiner Haseloff, Prime Minister of Sachsen-Anhalt, and Peter Kuras, Lord Mayor of the City of Dessau-Roßlau, the doors to the exhibition Versuchsstätte Bauhaus. The Collection officially opened on 8 September 2019 at 12.30 pm. “We are happy to be able to present the Bauhaus Museum Dessau to the public after just under two and a half years of construction,” says Dr Claudia Perren, Director and CEO of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. “Due to the uniqueness of our collection, we want to tell the story of the Bauhaus School in Dessau. There is no single image that can convey the heterogeneous and multi-faceted history of the Bauhaus. In our museum, our goal is to visualize the search movements that show how art and design could attain social releva

Edinburgh’s City Art Centre hosts a fascinating new exhibition exploring the creative links between Scotland and Italy, which have remained strong for hundreds of years. The Italian Connection celebrates the enduring bond between these two countries, looking at the continuing ability of art to transcend geographical borders – a topic which remains hugely relevant in the politics of the 21st century. The new exhibition explores the many different ways Scottish artists have been influenced by Italy, and the significant contribution that Italians have made to visual arts in Scotland. The display includes work by prominent artists such as: Allan Ramsay, E.A Walton, F.C.B. Cadell, Joan Eardley, Eduardo Paolozzi and Elizabeth Blackadder. Presenting a wide range of media and techniques from oil painting and drawing to printmaking and sculpture, the exhibition examines the journey of Scottish artists who travelled to

Lévy Gorvy is presenting Pierre Soulages: A Century, an exhibition celebrating the 100th birthday of France’s foremost living artist through a presentation of works spanning his career from the 1950s to today. On view from September 5 through October 26, 2019, this focused survey explores the artist’s enduring role in the dialogue between European and American painting and invites viewers to consider the impact of a practice that has injected profound poetry into radical abstraction through its adherence to a single material: black paint. Filling all three floors of Lévy Gorvy’s landmark building at 909 Madison Avenue, Pierre Soulages: A Century is a prelude to Homage to Soulages, the artist’s solo exhibition at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, opening in December 2019. Curated by the late Pierre Encrevé, art historian and author of the Soulages catalogue raisonné, and Alfred Pacquement, the Honorary General Curator