Diary.AR'S CHOICE OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS AUSTRIA EGON SCHIELE Albertina, Vienna Until 15 January 2006 Over 170 works by Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele from his beginnings at the Wiener Akademie to his early death at the age of 28 in the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918. www.albertina.at FRANCE CHARLOTTE PERRIAND Centre Pompidou, Paris Until 27 March 2006 Major Pompidou show of La Perriand's life and work, featuring material from her archives together with documentations of her collaborations with Corb and Prouve. www.centrepompidou.fr GERMANY PETER KULKA: MINIMALISM minimalism, schools of contemporary art and music, with their origins in the 1960s, that have emphasized simplicity and objectivity. Minimalism in the Visual ArtsReacting against the formal excesses and raw emotionalism of abstract expressionism, the practitioners of minimal art (also sometimes called ABC art) strove to focus attention on the object as an object, reducing its historical and expressive content to the bare minimum. AND SENSUALITY Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt Until 5 February 2006 First comprehensive monographic exhibition of Peter Kulka's oeuvre, charting various strands of development, including the regional parliament in Dresden and the Haus der Stille in the Benedictine benedictine (bĕnədĭk`tēn), sweet liqueur originated in 1510 by Benedictine monks at Fécamp, France, and now manufactured by a secular concern on the grounds of the old abbey. Every bottle bears the initials of the Latin dedication Deo Optimo Maximo [to God most good, most great]. monastery of Konigsmunster in Meschede. www.dam-online.de SPAIN BRITISH POP Fine Arts Museum, Bilbao Until 12 February 2006 One of the most comprehensive surveys of the British Pop Art pop art, a movement that first emerged in Great Britain at the end of the 1950s as a reaction against the seriousness of abstract expressionism. British and American pop artists employed a common imagery found in comic strips, soup cans, and Coke bottles to express formal abstract relationships. By this means they provided a meeting ground where artist and layman could come to terms with art. movement, featuring paintings, drawings and sculptures by over 20 artists. www.museobilbao.com UNITED KINGDOM THE AR AWARDS FOR EMERGING ARCHITECTURE Royal Institute of British Architects, London Until 28 February 2006 Work by young architects from the annual AR Awards. Now in its seventh year, this leading awards programme, for architects and designers under 45, regularly attracts hundreds of entries from around the world. www.arplus.com TURNER PRIZE Tate Britain, London Until 22 January 2006 The work of the four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2005: Darren Almond, Gillian Carnegie, Jim Lambie and Simon Starling Star·ling (stär  l ng), Sir Ernest 1866-1927. British physiologist. With Sir William Bayliss he discovered (1902) the hormone secretin. www.tate.org.uk Subscribe using the enclosed form or click on our website www.arplus.com |
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