February 2018 Art News

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Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square, 161 Essex Street,Salem, MA

February 10 through May 6, 2018 

The Artist as the Matador

Unveiled in Public for the First Time since Legendary 1973 Exhibition – the Year of the Artist’s Death – Picasso’s Le Matador to Make Auction Debut

Helena Newman, Global Co-Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Department & Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe, said: ‘This powerful portrait exemplifies Picasso’s creative force in his final years and represents the culmination of a life-long obsession.

Guggenheim to Present First Comprehensive Overview of Work by Artist Danh Vo, from February through May 2018

Midcareer Survey Assembles Major Projects Since 2003

Vo’s Installations, Sculptures, and Photographs Address Themes Including Immigration, Colonialism, Capitalism, and Authorship

I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous

Art Institute of Chicago

February 8  April 29, 2018

The textiles are adorned with many symbols and were selected to highlight the diversity of imagery found in Chinese works of art.
Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974–1995 shines a spotlight on a body of work in the history of video art that has been largely overlooked since its inception.
One of the largest collections the Getty Research Institute has ever acquired has led to a major exhibition surveying the extraordinary practices of Harald Szeemann (1933-2005)– the world-renowned curator of modern and contemporary art who championed radical art and was a fascinating art-world figure.

Iconic artist Robert Indiana is known for bold sculptures exploring language and numbers. Born Robert Clark, in New Castle, Indiana on September 13, 1928, Indiana showed early artistic talent, and developed his talent throughout his schooling, earning a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago after serving in the Air Force. Indiana moved to New York in 1954 to pursue an art career, and joined the Coenties Slip art community. Indiana changed his name in 1958 to honor his home state. Indiana currently lives and works in Vinalhaven, Maine.

Encounters: 12 ambitious projects at this year’s Art Basel show in Hong Kong

Magdalena Abakanowicz: Embodied Forms

Marlborough Gallery
40 West 57th Street, New York

February 7 – March 10, 2018

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