 VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Benin: Courtly Art from West Africa
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, until 3 September, 2007
www.khm.at
Ancient Beninese art, particularly the royal bronzes, is some of the most accomplished and overlooked in the world. This exhibition overturns the long-held assumption that African art was for centuries only “tribal”. ______________________________ LONDON, ENGLAND
Jake and Dinos Chapman: When Humans Walked the Earth
Tate Britain, until 10 June, 2007
www.tate.org.uk The Brit Art bad boys take on the concepts of man and machine. Cast in the traditional medium of bronze, these objects evoke the heroic tradition of monumental sculpture only to have it undermined by scatological imagery, subversive intent and complex associations. ______________________________ PARIS, FRANCE
Praxiteles Louvre, until 18 June, 2007
www.louvre.fr An extraordinary exhibition devoted to Praxiteles, the first Greek sculptor who dared to create representations of the female nude. Works include the famous Aphrodite of Knidos and Eros at Thespiae. ______________________________ COLOGNE, GERMANY
Barbara Klemm and Fritz Klemm: Photographs, Paintings, Drawings
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, until 21 May, 2007
www.skd-dresden.de Deutsche Börse Group supports this exhibition of renowned news photographer Barbara Klemm alongside drawings and paintings by her father Fritz Klemm, who died in 1990. ______________________________ AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Mapping the City
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, until 20 May, 2007
www.stedelijk.nl An urban-chic group exhibition focusing on the relationship between artists and the city from the 1960s to the present day. The show revolves around the way in which artists perceive urban space, and highlights include Stanley Brouwn’s famous 1960s series This Way Brouwn. |