Nel, a Cape Town-based art hub that celebrates local talent and features many exhibitions of talented African creatives, is opening an exhibition of Willie Bester who has acquired wide international fame as a protest artist dealing with the injustices of apartheid. Throughout his long artistic career, Bester has created many paintings and mixed-media art objects to attract public attention to the inequality and poverty of people of color in South Africa.
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Art Basel Paris opened its doors for the general public on October 18, with VIP previews available for selected guests on October 16-17. This year, many things are different for this internationally significant art event: its name has changed from Paris+, and the old location at Grand Palais Éphémère has changed to the Grand Palais. The upcoming art fair features a densely packed program of free-access exhibitions, thought-provoking contemporary installations, and conferences that will be attended by the brightest representatives of the global art industry.
Oleg Kushnirskiy, an established collector of Russian iconographic art, has announced his collaboration with the Museum of Russian Art (TMORA), which will hold an exhibition of 60 rare pieces from his Russian icon collection. The exhibition, titled “Masterpieces of Sacred Art from the Oleg Kushnirskiy Collection,” is organized with sponsorship and support of the art logistics company Fine Art Shippers.
Vol. 4: “Geometry of Creation: Analysis of Anti-Rhythmic Structures,” the largest-scale digital art exhibition ever held in Iran, opened its doors to all creatives and digital art appreciators on September 27 at E1 Art Gallery in Tehran, Iran. The project was organized and carefully curated by Ramin Saeidian and Mohammad Ali Famori, both talented artists and researchers in the contemporary art field.
On September 27, an ambiguous campaign took place in the National Gallery in London, which is home to thousands of valuable oil paintings from all over the world. Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” came under attack. Activists spilled bright yellow soup on the masterpiece by the Dutch painter, which was, luckily, held behind the glass.
On September 27, Platform 101, a unique Iranian project dedicated to digital art, will open “Geometry of Creation: Analysis of Anti-Rhythmic Structures,” a new exhibition of video glitch art, which taps into the themes of order and chaos, structure and disintegration, and complexity of visual patterns.
Iryna Fedorenko, aka Semira, a well-known contemporary artist of Ukrainian origin, has just finalized her September exhibition “Deepvision,” which was on display at SchauRaum im Ackermannbogen in Munich, Germany, on September 11-22. After a very brief pause, Fedorenko is again opening a new art event at the same venue on September 25. Titled “Creating the Future,” it represents an exhibition of works by Ukrainian artists, organized under the umbrella of the international contemporary art festival TRACE.
Fall is the season of harvest, and it’s also a fruitful period for all art enthusiasts. Museums open new, exciting exhibitions to push the boundaries of creative representation and please their frequent visitors with new collections and artists. Here is the list of the most interesting exhibitions at MoMA you should attend. Each of them promises a unique glimpse at a specific art trend or artist, enriching your art expertise and advancing your aesthetic taste.