Art agenda: 'Dawn of the Classical Age,' Marcel Duchamp
Artifacts exalting the beauty and heritage of Near and Middle Eastern art go on display at the Met in New York, while a Marcel Duchamp retrospective is unveiled at the Pompidou in Paris.
Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age
September 22, 2014 - January 4, 2015
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Bringing together pieces from major collections across Western Europe, the Caucasus, the Middle East, North Africa and the United States, this three-and-a-half month exhibit explores art and artistic works from the Near and Middle East's 7th and 8th century Assyrian Empire, as its influence stretched from the Gulf around the Mediterranean.
metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/assyria-to-iberia
Marcel Duchamp: La Peinture, Même
September 24, 2014 - January 5, 2015
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Titan of 20th-century art Marcel Duchamp is exalted in one of the Pompidou's grand winter season displays, a collection of works little known in Europe and shown thanks to an arrangement with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, contextualized by examples of the artist's various inspirations.
centrepompidou.fr
Hokusai
October 1 - January 18
Grand Palais, Paris, France
The work of Katsushika Hokusai is world famous, if only because of his iconic print, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" (~1830). Such is the fragility of conserved pieces that the exhibition will be closed for a ten-day stretch between November 21 and 30, during which time 100 objects will be replaced in order to protect the most delicate artifacts.
grandpalais.fr/en/event/hokusai-1760-1849
Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2014
October 15 - November 16
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
A display of up-and-coming artists' work, including the annual prize winner, a graduate of the Vienna University of Applied Arts, as judged by University rector Gerald Bast, Lucas Gehrmann and Nicolaus Schafhausen of the Kunsthalle, and a third-party art critic.
kunsthallewien.at/?event=63252-preis-der-kunsthalle-wien-2014
Shine a Light: Canadian Biennial 2014
October 17, 2014 - March 8, 2015
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
The Canada Biennial returns to the NGC with a display of contemporary Canadian art, reflecting the institution's recent slate of acquisitions. Stock includes traditional and mixed media, sculpture, painting and installation.
gallery.ca/en
National Treasures of Japan
October 15 - December 7
Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
A wide selection of artifacts from across the ages, with a particular focus on the influence of Buddhism, Shinto and sacred texts, with material forms ranging from earthenware statues to clothing, portraiture to elegant boxes, and a miniature, 5.5m high model of the Pagoda of Gokurakubo.
http://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=1648
