The sculptor, who was committed to civil rights, recently completed a monument to Emmett Till
Michael Healy’s reclusiveness belied his trailblazing role in Ireland’s most prestigious studio of its kind
The Austrian sculptor’s art will go to his private foundation, represented by Gagosian, overturning previous decision granting ownership to West’s widow and children
The funds to reimagine the museum are part of a wider £17.2m Levelling Up allocation that will help to bolster the London borough’s arts credentials
The Manhattan branch of photography museum Fotografiska will put around 200 works by the reclusive savant on view in May 2024
Caspar David Friedrich: a sublime retrospective
From 15 December 2023 to 01 April 2024, the Hamburger Kunsthalle presents the exhibition “Caspar David Friedrich: Art for a New Age”
Source: Hamburger Kunsthalle · Image: Caspar David Friedrich, ”Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer” (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog), 1817. Oil on canvas, 94,8 x 74,8 cm. Dauerleihgabe der Stiftung Hamburger. Kunstsammlungen
To mark what would have been the 250th birthday of Caspar David Friedrich (b. 1774 Greifswald – d. 1840 Dresden), the Hamburger Kunsthalle is presenting the anniversary exhibition Caspar David Friedrich: Art for a New Age. At the centre of the most comprehensive show in many years devoted to the foremost artist of German Romanticism is a thematic retrospective comprising over 50 paintings, among them a number of iconic key works, as well as around 90 drawings and selected works by Friedrich’s artist friends.
The main theme is the new relationship between human and nature evoked in Friedrich’s landscapes. In the first third of the nineteenth century, the artist broke new ground as he transformed the landscape genre into “art for a new age”. The enduring fascination of Friedrich’s oeuvre will be illustrated in a separate section of the exhibition that looks at his influence on contemporary art. Works by some 20 artists from Germany and abroad spanning various genres and media reveal diverse approaches to Friedrich’s central theme – how people deal with their environment. Notable here is just how topical the Romantic artist’s point of view is today in the age of climate change.
The exhibition at the Hamburger Kunsthalle will mark the start of the Caspar David Friedrich Festival. To celebrate this anniversary year, the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden will each dedicate a show to the artist, focusing on different themes. The three museums hold the world’s most important collections of Friedrich’s works. Through extensive reciprocal loans, this rich trove allows for unique presentations of different aspects of his work. The anniversary exhibitions marking the 250th birthday of Caspar David Friedrich are taking place under the patronage of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
A new documentary delves into the machinations that led to the upstart American artist’s stunning triumph at the art world’s Olympics
The museum had been pressured and petitioned for years to return objects tied to smuggler Douglas Latchford
It’s the first physical iteration of the El Paso and Juárez exhibition in five years, after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the 2020 edition
The boost in prize funds comes as the first edition of the Chicago fair since its acquisition by Frieze approaches