Spain
Joan Miro Foundation
Parc de Montjuпc, s/n 08038 Barcelona
Olafur Eliasson20 June / 28 September
The show has been specially designed for the Miró Foundation by Eliasson who was awarded the Joan Miró Prize in 2007 for his status as one of the leading artists of our times and for his spirit of exploration, innovation, commitment and freedom.
Museo del Prado
Calle Ruiz de Alarcón 23. Madrid
www.museodelprado.es
The Renaissance Portrait
3 June / 7 September
A major exhibition of European Renaissance Portraits from the 15th and 16th centuries traces the development of portrait painting during the period when this genre first flourished, encompassing the achievements of both Northern and Southern Europe. Featuring all the great names of the Renaissance, it comprises approximately 70 paintings, together with medals, sculpture, drawings and engravings to explore fundamental issues of likeness, memory and identity.
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
Museo Plaza, Bilbao
www.museobilbao.com
Peter Blake: Retrospective
Through 22 June
First presented at the Tate Liverpool last summer, this exhibition is a retrospective of the work of one of the leading representatives of British Pop Art, Peter Blake.
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Hyde Park Rendezvous
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 Every summer for the past nine years London’s Serpentine Gallery has invited world-famous architects to design a temporary pavilion for the grounds surrounding the gallery in London’s Hyde Park.
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 News
30.06.2008 - Biennale Architecture 11th International Architecture Exhibition Frank Gehry Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
The Board of the Foundation La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, attributed the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement for the 11th International Architecture Exhibition to Frank Gehry.
27.06.2008 - Manhattan dealers open in China
Two leading New York galleries are opening spaces in China this summer. PaceWildenstein will unveil its 22,000 sq. ft gallery in Beijing in August, while James Cohan Gallery opens a 3,000 sq. ft space in Shanghai in July.
27.06.2008 - New branch of the Guggenheim Museum to be opened in Spain
Government officials in Bilbao, Spain, have proposed that a new branch of the Guggenheim Museum there be built in the countryside, beyond the city’s outskirts, Reuters reported.
Events
24.06.2008-22.09.2008
Edward Steichen : Lives in Photography Opens at The Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid
Edward Steichen is one of the key figures in the history of photography.
21.06.2008-17.08.2008
The Spring-Time of Russian Avant-garde Opens at the Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo
The Spring-Time of Russian Avant-garde - Works from the collection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art is an unprecedented show will be on view at four Japanese museums.
21.05.2008-14.09.2008
Mariko Mori at BALTIC Contemporary Art Center
BALTIC presents an exhibition by the Japanese, New York based artist Mariko Mori. Mori will show works from the Primal Particles and Parallel Brane series alongside the Miracle installation.
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