PARIS – Institut Giacometti will mount an exhibition dedicated to the artist’s iconic work, The Nose. Continuing its exploration of the work of Alberto Giacometti, Institut Giacometti will bring together all versions of The Nose, a sculpture that was revisited by the artist during several years. One version of The Nose that is too fragile to be moved will be presented via a virtual production. The show opens on October 7 and will remain on view through January 7, 2024.
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Palm Springs Art Museum announces a new exhibition of graphic design from Mexico’s past and present to examine the field’s development during the past century and its role in the country’s popular culture. The exhibition, Eso es la vida/This is life, includes examples of posters, typography and sign-painting, as well as video and digital media that reveal visual communication as a vital facet of everyday life. It runs from August 12 through November 27 at the museum’s Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion.
NEW YORK – The Morgan Library & Museum is now presenting Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio, on view to October 8. British artist Bridget Riley (b. 1931-) is one of the most celebrated abstract painters of her generation. This exhibition — the first dedicated exclusively to her drawings
in more than 50 years — provides an intimate view of Riley’s studio practice, in which the making of works on paper plays a central role.
NORFOLK, Va. – The Chrysler Museum of Art will present Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm from December 5 through April 7, 2024. Traveling from the National Portrait Gallery in London to Norfolk, the Chrysler Museum of Art will be the first venue in the United States to host this major exhibition, burnishing the Chrysler’s reputation as an institution committed to the presentation of the diverse histories of photography through exhibitions and the permanent collection.
LOS ANGELES – For more than 50 years, the London-born-and-raised Rod Stewart’s distinctive raspy voice and charismatic stage presence have made him a beloved and very successful artist. His songs Mandolin Wind, Tonight’s the Night, Forever Young, and Maggie May have provided a soundtrack to generations from baby boomers to Generation Z. As popular in the United States as he is in his native England, Stewart is still delighting audiences everywhere, especially in his ongoing Las Vegas show that began in 2011 and resumes in November. One of music’s biggest stars, Stewart’s Los Angeles home is also huge, with 13 bedrooms and 28,500 square feet on more than three acres of prime North Beverly Park turf. The home is currently for sale at $70 million.
SAN FRANCISCO — A New Woman: Clara Barck Welles, Inspiration & Influence in Arts & Crafts Silver is on view at the SFO Museum until February 4, 2024.
ATLANTA — This fall, the High Museum of Art will present Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature, a playful, interactive exhibition that invites visitors of all ages to rediscover one of the most renowned authors of children’s fiction in the 20th century, exploring the places and animals that inspired Potter’s beloved stories including The Tale of Peter Rabbit™, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. Through more than 125 personal objects — including sketches, watercolors, rarely seen letters, coded diaries, commercial merchandise, paintings and experimental books — the exhibition will also examine Potter’s life as a strong-minded and imaginative businessperson, natural scientist, farmer and conservationist, a legacy that extends to the present. The exhibition, which is organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, is the latest in the High’s popular series celebrating children’s book art and authors. It will open on Oct. 13 and continue through Jan. 7, 2024.
PETALUMA, Calif. – The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity has launched its eighth exhibit, titled Steinberg Meets the Eameses. The online exhibit is an exploration of the relationship between design icons Ray and Charles Eames and Romanian-American artist Saul Steinberg and showcases the collaborative works that resulted from an extraordinary encounter between the parties in the summer of 1950. The exhibit opened on June 14 to coincide with the launch of the newly recreated Eames fiberglass armchair with Steinberg cat by Vitra and Herman Miller. The Eames Institute retains two original Steinberg painted chairs — including the chair with the cat — in the Eames collection. The show has no end date.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – An exhibition by a provocative Chinese artist that criticizes the country’s human rights record opened at a Polish state-run museum on June 23 despite pressure from the Chinese Embassy to cancel it. The director of the Center for Contemporary Art in the capital, Warsaw, said the No. 2 diplomat at the Chinese Embassy in Warsaw visited his museum demanding the cancellation of the exhibition by the artist, who goes by the name Badiucao.
NEW YORK — Opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on July 21, the exhibition Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE will illuminate how the religious landscape of ancient India was transformed by the Buddhist presence. Featuring more than 125 objects, including major loans from India, the exhibition will consist of stone sculptures associated with the adornment of the stupa — the monumental dome structures that housed the Buddha relics — as well as metalwork, ivory, ceramics, paintings and jewelry. It will present a series of evocative and interlocking themes to reveal both the pre-Buddhist origins of figurative sculpture in India and the early narrative tradition that was central to this formative moment in early Indian art. The exhibition will continue until November 13.