An exhibition of masterpieces from the field of Art Nouveau, in which flowers play the leading role.

This exhibition brings together notable examples of French ceramics that demonstrate tremendous innovation in the field of artistic pottery from the 1860s to 1910s. European artists during this period were deeply influenced by Japanese art, including woodblock prints, ceramics, textiles, and lacquerwares, which poured into Europe following the forced reopening of Japan's ports to foreign trade in the 1850s. Part of a broader cultural phenomenon that came to be known as "Japonisme," artists such as Félix Bracquemond, Ernest Chaplet, Théodore Deck, François Laurin, and Albert-Louis Dammouse incorporated subjects, decorations, and forms inspired by Japanese art into their ceramics while also experimenting with new techniques like barbotine (a method of decorating ceramics with colored clay slips) and glazes imitating highly prized examples of East Asian ceramics.

The works on view come from the collection of Larry A. Simms, a retired New Jersey public schoolteacher who amassed one of the most important private collections of "Japonisme" ceramics in the United States, many of which he has now donated to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The exhibition presents a journey that traces the painter's growing interest in floral elements. Through Anglada-Camarasa's oils, drawings, photographs, prints and clothing, we can see how flowers became an important element in his paintings and how they shaped his life.

The exhibition takes visitors on an artistic journey that links two emblematic cities, combining the bohemian light of Paris with the vibrant colours of Barcelona. The exhibition pays tribute to the talent of great artists such as Ramón Casas, Santiago Rusiñol, Juan Cardona, Javier Gosé, Alphonse Mucha, Georges de Feure, Joaquín Torres García, Isidro Nonell... and many others, who captured the spirit and beauty of these two modernist capitals with a unique sensitivity. Each work on display is a window to a world of details, textures and emotions that will not leave you indifferent.

The theme of the installation is the changing relationship between the poster as an artistic and creative medium and the role played in it by women. Male poster designers from the first heyday of German poster design, from 1905 to 1921 approximately, used woman as a theme and women as models in a variety of ways.
The show and the accompanying exhibition catalogue present a selection from the collections of F. W. Neess and Maximilian Karagöz, showing the diverse public portrayals of women on posters. Works skilfully communicated social ideas of the day on what women should be. They conveyed what behaviour was socially desirable, what freedoms were conceivable, but also which boundaries were non-negotiable.
However, in this time women also designed posters professionally, even when they had to do it in opposition to gender prejudices. Their designs showed the growing confidence of women to move away from one-off handicrafts and small formats to large-format, mass-produced advertisements. It could be said, therefore, that these women championed emancipation through poster design.

The Albertina Museum is honoring Egon Schiele, one of expressionism's most important visual artists, with a revolutionary exhibition. Based on a concept originated by Ciprian Adrian Barsan, it envisions a return of Schiele's lost works-known only from black-and-white photographs- courtesy of Adrian Ghenie's hauntingly emphatic artistic abilities.

Gabriele Münter (1877-1962) was one of the founders of The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter), the legendary group of Expressionist artists based in Munich.
The exhibition, which includes more than one hundred paintings, drawings, prints and photographs, aims to reveal an artist who rebelled against the limits imposed on women of her day and who succeeded in becoming one of the most notable figures of German Expressionism in the early 20th century.

The exhibition will bring together the most beloved of Van Gogh's paintings from across the globe, some of which are rarely seen in public, and they will be paired with his extraordinary drawings. Among them will be Starry Night Over the Rhône and The Yellow House, as well as the National Gallery's own Sunflowers and Van Gogh's Chair.

Although little known outside her country, Harriet Backer (1845?1932) was the most renowned female artist in late nineteenth-century Norway. A painter, teacher and mentor to painters, she was highly acclaimed for her rich, luminous use of colour, in an eminently personal style that blended interior scenes with open-air painting. She drew inspiration from the realist movement as well as from the innovations of Impressionism, with free brushstrokes and meticulous attention to variations in light. She is also famous for her tender portraits of rural life and her interest in church interiors.

The installation, based on the museum's extensive collection of around 1,800 drawings by the artist, reveals the dominant theme of the life and work of the Austrian printmaker, illustrator and writer Alfred Kubin (1877-1959).

Is Art Nouveau a style? Or could it be better described as a state of mind and an insatiable faith in modernity? Maison Hannon presents "Belgian Art Nouveau: Van de Velde, Serrurier-Bovy, Hankar & Co", an exhibition devoted to the Belgian Art Nouveau movement in all its diversity. With a wide range of pieces from public and private collections, many of which have never been seen before.

The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on the relationship between man and the earth, exploring the historical link between the countryside and the market from the 19th century to the present day.

With works by artists such as Ramon Casas, Joaquim Mir, Alphonse Mucha, Hermen Anglada Camarasa, Modest Urgell and Joaquim Vayreda, among others, the presentation allows us to discover how artists have represented the fields and markets over the years.

The exhibition "Elves by Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens" shows seven large-format paintings of elfish winged creatures painted over 100 years ago by Kleukens for the waiting room of Bathhouse Number Two in Bad Nauheim's Sprudelhof. These paintings can be seen close up in all their detail until October 2024, when they will be returned to their original place in the bathhouse, which will again serve as part of the spa facilities.

This exhibition is the last opportunity to see the seven large-format paintings of elf-like winged creatures that Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens painted more than 100 years ago for the waiting room of Bathhouse 2 in the Sprudelhof in Bad Nauheim.
At the end of the exhibition, the elves will return to their original location and will only be on display during a visit to the sauna, as the waiting room of Bathhouse 2 will then be converted into a relaxation room.

The show will include approximately 200 pieces of jewelry and objects collected by Chicagoans, many never displayed before in public. Exhibition highlights include a 19th century jeweled monstrance, three magnificent tiaras, jewelry renderings by René Lalique and by Anne Howe Geyer for Mauboisson, a large collection of medals of the French kings, the Cliff Dweller's Club famous punch bowl by Robert Jarvie, and much more.

This is the most comprehensive exhibition of Mucha's work ever seen in Australia, and the first touring exhibition to show some of the finest treasures of the Mucha Family Collection one last time in museums around the world. Following this tour, these artworks will find their long-term home alongside the Slavic Epic in the new space in the centre of Prague, which will open in 2028.

Realised in close cooperation with the Mucha Foundation, Prague, "Alphonse Mucha: Spirit of Art Nouveau" brings together Mucha's illustrations, jewellery, interior decoration, photographs and more, the exhibition reveals an artist and designer whose powerful influence remains with us today. Within this sweeping show, visitors will encounter an immersive digital experience of Mucha's late great painting cycle, the Slav Epic, in a journey that helps uncover the artist behind the famous images

The installation is accompanied by a full-colour catalogue, richly illustrated with over 200 images.

The Musée d'Orsay is showing "Around the 1900 Olympic Games: Sport and Ideal".  This is a good opportunity to experience the Olympic spirit from its artistic side.

Orsay train station was built to welcome the 50 million visitors who flocked to the 1900 World's Fair and the Olympic Games that were being held alongside it. This multidisciplinary exhibition pays heritage to that legacy.

It was in 1900 that women were invited for the first time to take part in the Olympic Games, a fact that pays tribute to Maurice Denis' monumental work Jeu de volant (1900), a forerunner of modern badminton, which can be seen in this exhibition.

The exhibition features not only her major works but also paintings from her closest mentors and colleagues, illustrating the mutual influences between them and her evolution from Impressionism to the New Objectivity of the 1920s. Koller-Pinell was one of the few women artists with a leading presence in Viennese Modernism.

The exhibition presented at Amatller Art Centre is an immersive and interactive experience that forms part of the activities organised for the Joaquín Sorolla Year (2023-2024) to pay tribute to this creative genius who captivated local and international society at the time.

The installation is divided into 7 halls. It allows visitors to approach the great Valencian artist through emotions and profound stories. Throughout the exhibition, visitors can get to know the Valencia of his time, understand the family context that formed his personality, identify the artistic environment that made him grow up and made him stand out as a creator. Visitors are also able to experience the excitement of looking at original paintings, immerse themselves in a magical atmosphere when his paintings come to life in the immersive room, or literally enter his works thanks to virtual reality.

Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) is a major figure in the history of German Expressionism, yet despite her importance to art history, Modersohn-Becker's work has never before been the subject of a museum retrospective in the United States. While her paintings and drawings have appeared in group shows at museums and galleries, and there is even a Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum in her hometown of Bremen.

The exhibition is devoted to the life and work of Susanne Homann (1866-1923), an exciting and versatile woman. She photographed the cosmopolitan spa Bad Nauheim from the Belle Époque. On display are numerous photographs that Homann took over the course of her career in very different areas.

The exhibition shows the multifaceted nature of the Art Nouveau period and the further development of international Arts and Crafts up to the 1930s with a focus on Art Deco and Bauhaus.

The the aim of this exhibition is to understand Horta's expression and vocabulary without any preconceived ideas...To understand Horta from the inside by going off the beaten track.

The competition was born as a permanent forum for the two main pillars of Ferdinand Wolfgang Neess' life: his Art Nouveau collection and his musical life as a flautist. The competition reflects this duality, bridging the gap between Art Nouveau and the music of the period.

It is organised by Prof. Cordula Hacke, managing director and board member of the organising institution, together with the Wiesbaden Academy of Music, the City of Wiesbaden, and the support of Danielle Neess, the patron's widow.

For more information on Ferdinant Neess' Art Nouveau collection and the Wiesbaden Museum, click on the digital version of the article published in the magazine coupDefouet: http://www.artnouveau.eu/upload/magazine_pdf/35_Destaquem.pdf

7 February-23 June 2024

Can Tinturé Museum

New exhibition at the Can Tinturé Museum exploring Lluís Domènech i Montaner's architecture approached as a scenario.

Based on four of his masterpieces, we will learn how he fashioned venues which became scenarios where the story takes precedence over the decoration.

Free admission

As part of its 50th anniversary activities, the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society (CRMS) is organising a meeting under the title "Mackintosh Symposium: Heritage Under Threat". To be held on 6 and 7 June 2024 in Glasgow, the event will be devoted to experiences and challenges in the protection and enhancement of Art Nouveau and modern heritage, in Glasgow and beyond.

The first day will be centred on Mackintosh's architecture, with talks on specific buildings. These will include the CRMS director Stuart Robertson on the Queen's Cross Church; Mandy Fallens on the Scotland Street School; Stuart Brown on the Willow; Liz Davidson on The Hill House and Eleanor Magennis on the Glasgow School of Art. More general appraisals will be contributed by Joseph Sharples from The Hunterian and the Glasgow Museums' Collections curator Alison Brown. Updates on the University of Glasgow's 2014 Mackintosh Architecture project by Joseph Sharples and the CRMS's 2016 Mackintosh Survey by Brian Park and John Sanders will complete the day.

Day two of the Symposium will broaden perspectives on the challenges of heritage preservation, with presentations by Catherine Croft of the 20th Century Society; Elizabeth Hopkirk on the preservation of the Greater Manchester heritage; Simon Thielen on Brussels' Art Nouveau architecture and Graeme DeBrincat with an engineer's perspective on the refurbishment of early 20th century buildings.

The Mackintosh Symposium may be attended in person or followed online by real time streaming. Find more information and book your tickets now using the QR code in the poster published here, or at the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society's website.

This exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of Ukrainian art from the first half of the twentieth century to be shown outside Ukraine. It relates this tempestuous chapter of Ukrainian cultural history and tells of how modern artists tried to reinforce Ukrainian sovereignty and independence and establish a recognizable national style. The Belvedere is placing a focus on art from around 1900 to highlight connections to the development of Jugendstil.

Modernista Fair will take place on 24, 25 and 26 May 2024. This year it will be dedicated to the playwright and poet Àngel Guimerà (1845-1924) to commemorate the centenary of his death. The fair, which will be held in carrer Bruc, between Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer València, is jointly organised by the Municipal Institute of Urban Landscape, the Eixample district and Coreixample (Association of Traders and Professionals of the Right of the Eixample).

The programme will begin on Tuesday 21 May with the presentation of the Fair at Casa Elizalde, followed by the inaugural lecture by Ramon Bacardit, curator of the Guimerà Year.

This special exhibition examines Klimt's landscapes in the context of his larger oeuvre, tracing the evolution of his style from one informed by historicism and the academic tradition to an embrace of Symbolist tendencies. After the founding of the Vienna Secession in 1897, Klimt became a leading exponent of the modern movement. He spent a decade exploring the ideal of the Gesamtkunstwerk, and his approach became more decorative and ornate during this period, culminating in his Golden Style. He then turned to a more painterly approach, working in pure colour and influenced by French artists in particular.

"Stars, Feathers, Tassels: The Wiener Werkstätte Artist Felice Rix-Ueno (1893-1967)" is a solo exhibition organized by the MAK Museum to commemorate the 130th birth of the artist. The insinstallation, with 200 arworks, presents a broad cross section of her oeuvre.

With her highly poetic, independent style, Felice Rix-Ueno established herself as one of the most remarkable artists of the Wiener Werkstätte (WW). She produced hundreds of design drawings for the WW, primarily for fabric patterns but also for wallpapers, embroideries, works in enamel, fashion and home accessories, toys, and commercial graphic design. In her second home of Japan, she found success as a university professor and founded her own design institute.

Naturally flowing lines, ingeniously curved shapes and an exuberant wealth of floral, figurative and abstract ornamentation - these are the distinguishing characteristics of Art Nouveau, the French and Belgian version of Jugendstil. France and Belgium played a major role in the upheaval of European art and design around 1900, which paved the way for modernism. Paris in particular exerted an enormous magnetic attraction: Architects such as Hector Guimard and Eugène Gaillard worked here; poster designers such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alfons Mucha revolutionized graphic design.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Bröhan-Museum, this extensive exhibition is dedicated to one of the museum's focal points - French and Belgian Art Nouveau. With great playfulness and especially floral ornamentation, the Art Nouveau artists in cities such as Brussels, Paris and Nancy created a new design for the Belle Époque, which soon captivated the whole of Europe. With outstanding pieces from national and international private collections, the Bröhan-Museum is bringing the glory of this era back to life. Some of the items on loan are being shown to the public for the first time.

The exhibition wishes to offer a broader perspective by presenting Hoffmann's artistry, for the first time in Belgium, as it developed through six decades of production. Viennese architect and designer Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) has a strong connection to Brussels though the Palais Stoclet, his architectural project of 1905-1911 that was to shape his life and career. The enduring myth surrounding this building, as well as the particular product culture that emerged from the craftsmanship of the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese workshops), form the backbone of the exhibition.

This retrospective aims to provide a deeper insight into Hoffmann's ideals and their evolution both due to and regardless of the diverse ideological and social circumstances in which they took form. It features a variety of well-known works together with rare pieces from private collections. The exhibition sections are oriented around one or more architectural models that serve as epitomes and key references to consider constellations of furniture, objects, designs, textiles, and documents. In this way, every aspect of Hoffmann's artistic production is covered: architecture, design, decorative arts, scenography, writing and teaching.

This exclusive exhibition of René Lalique drawings also includes a selection of René Lalique jewels.

A La Vieille Russie's collection of Fabergé drawings are also on view, alongside a selection of corresponding pieces. Both Lalique and Fabergé exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, each receiving top honours.

"The Fashion of the Gesamtkunstwerk: Decentering Art Nouveau Style at International Exhibitions" is a study day  organized by the DFG-funded research project "A Critical Art History of International and World Expositions - Decentering Fashion and Modernities," namely Alexandra Karentzos, Elena Nustrini, Miriam Oesterreich, and Lizzy Rys. It will take place 22-23 March 2023 in cooperation with and at the Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt and at Technical University of Darmstadt.

To see the full programme, please click on the link above.

To register: sekretariat@mode.tu-darmstadt.de

With this long-overdue, large-scale exhibition, the Leopold Museum intends to shed new light on the eminent and ground-breaking oeuvre of Max Oppenheimer, which has unjustly fallen into oblivion, and to explore the wealth of his works' motifs. Furthermore, the presentation looks at the role of the artist and his networks through his contemporaries Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele.

After extensive research, Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II, 1912-1913, is presented in a special exhibition.

Adele Bloch-Bauer II is back in Vienna to undergo scientific analysis and restoration in the Belvedere's workshops. Until February 2024, this occasion presents a unique opportunity to witness this outstanding privately owned late work by Gustav Klimt in its original form and gain insight into the artist's painting technique, thanks to current research findings.

The exhibition tells the story of Edvard Munch and Berlin illustrated by about 80 works: Paintings, prints and photographs.With the radical modernity of his paintings, Edvard Munch (1863-1944) challenged his contemporaries, especially in Berlin, where the Norwegian symbolist exerted big influence in the art scene at the turn of the century.

The show features highlights from the museum's extensive collection of Austrian art from the period 1890 to 1940. Neue Galerie New York is the result of the close thirty-year friendship shared between art dealer and museum exhibition organizer Serge Sabarsky and Ronald S. Lauder, the museum's co-founder and President. They spent countless hours together discussing Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka. In the decade before Sabarsky died, they dreamed of creating a museum of Austrian and German art, and the Neue Galerie New York is the outcome of this shared passion.

The Autrique House presents the work and life of Privat Livemont, an emblematic Art Nouveau artist from Brussels. Working as a versatile artist, a craftsman, and a teacher at the Industrial Academy in Schaerbeek, Livemont seems to have been a tireless worker. He is best known for his posters and the sgraffiti on many facades in Brussels.

The installation aims to free Victor Horta of his Art Nouveau label and offer other readings of his work, such as his links with eclecticism and Art Deco. It also focusses on the major role of his masters: architects Alphonse Balat, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Joseph Poelaert. The show hopes to liberate Horta's work from all preconceived ideas, painting a portrait of the architect that takes into account all of his contradictions.

The presentation explores the life and work of Hector Guimard (1867-1942), the French architect and designer whose name is synonymous with the French Art Nouveau movement. Bringing together furniture and design objects including jewelry, metalwork, ceramics, drawings, and textiles from collections worldwide, this is the first major American museum exhibition devoted to Guimard since 1970.

The exhibition is co-organized by the Richard H. Driehaus Museum and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

This exhibition showcases commissioned floral design installations from local floral designers in dialogue with work by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Tiffany Studios. The show is curated by Elizabeth Cronin, the owner of Chicago's Asrai Garden-and widely known as one of the judges on HBO Max's competition program, "Full Bloom"-who has selected both the participating floral designers and the Tiffany objects on view.

As part of "Art Nouveau Brussels 2023'", the King Baudouin Foundation will be exhibiting a series of art nouveau masterpieces from its collection - from priceless works of art to a variety of everyday objects. Visit this free exhibition to discover the special stories and interesting anecdotes behind each of the objects.