During a short trip to Zurich recently, I was lucky to have time to visit the Kunsthaus. Besides an incredible amount of major modern classical paintings from Impressionists to Pop art and a large amount of Swiss painters whose work I did not know previously, the Kunsthalle also houses the largest collection of Alberto Giacometti’s … More Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
Loss and Lucidity in Fabrica Braço de Prata, Lisbon- curated by Diana Ali OCA tutor Diana Ali curates an exhibition that is on show in the old factory rooms of Fabrica Braço de Prata in Lisbon. This is now a really atmospheric, cool space with a bookshop, several restaurants, frequent live music events and … More Loss and lucidity
Some days ago, I visited the Lisbon ArCo art fair at the Cordoaria Nacional. This is a yearly sales event where a large number of galleries exhibit contemporary art, mainly from Portugal, Spain or the former Portuguese colonies. Some German galleries were also present. It is a wonderful way to see a lot of very … More ArCo Lisboa art fair
Lim Cheng Hoe, “Painting Singapore” at the National Gallery Singapore As I have been using mainly watercolour for Part 4 of UPM now, I was delighted to discover that the National Gallery Singapore shows an exhibition by Lim Cheng Hoe, one of Singapore’s leading watercolour artists. Lim Cheng Hoe painted mainly in plein air, documenting … More Lim Cheng Hoe, Painting Singapore
Wu Guan Zhong, “Expressions of Pen and Palette” The second exhibition showing at the National Gallery Singapore was Wu Guan Zhong’s ( 1919-2010) “Expressions of Pen and Palette”. He was claimed here as one of the most significant artists of 20 th Century China as he studied in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris … More Wu Guan Zhong, NG Singapore
The SIKA Gallery in Ubud usually shows rather eccentric, bold contemporary art, so this was my clear stop for a gallery visit and I was not disappointed! Immediately upon entering, the traditional Indonesian “candi” stone gates to a temple were reconstructed in real size with wooden panels, and overfilled with little fantasy creatures- a sculpture … More SIKA Gallery, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
I went to the opening of Hugo Cantegrel’s exhibition “Hell what a view” in Galeria Foco, Lisbon. The exhibition deals with Memory- how we compose and recompose memories and how that influences our past as well as our present. I am just now exploring painting on 3D and on aluminum, so I was quite delighted … More Hell What a View- Hugo Cantegrel
On the 7th of February, I went to the exhibition opening of “O Amor e eterno, enquanto dura” (Love is eternal as long as it lasts.) reuniting 30! Lisbon artists. It was in a small space, extremely well visited! The highlight of the evening was a small cheesecake exhibited on the floor, as I believe … More O Amor e eterno, enquanto dura
I recently visited the exhibition “Reasons and Emotions” showing 160 years of Portuguese art in MNAC, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Lisbon. The exhibition stretches from mid 19th Century to the decade of 2010, from classical portraits and romanticized landscapes to the modern avant-garde, tracing the history of art and culture in Portugal … More MNAC Reasons and Emotions
Paula Rego’s Museum “The house of stories” is located in Cascais, close to Lisbon and it is a museum I visit often and with a lot of pleasure. (A shortlink to my last blogpost about Paula Rego during the POP1 course: https://wp.me/p94hP8-cD) The current exhibition shows Paula Rego’s work of the 80’s. It is a … More Paula Rego- the 80’s
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