WITH A NEW YEAR UNDERWAY and a promising selection of new books, exhibitions and events on the horizon, here is what is on my radar, what I am most looking forward to in 2015:
GORDON PARKS, “Husband and Wife, Sunday Morning, Detroit, Michigan,” 1950 (gelatin silver print). | Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation via MFA Boston
“Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott,” featuring previously unpublished photographs Parks took when he traced the whereabouts of his childhood classmates, at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Jan. 17 – Sept. 13, 2015).
David Adjaye designed the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, originally scheduled to open this year, now planned for 2016. | Photo via Haus der Kunst
“David Adjaye: Form, Heft, Material,” the first exhibition devoted to the British-based architect’s global practice, at the Haus der Kunst Museum in Munich, Germany (Jan. 30 – May 31, 2015, traveling to Art Institute Chicago Sept. 19).
KEHINDE WILEY, “Shantavia Beale II,” 2012 (oil on canvas). | via Brooklyn Museum
“Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic,” a 60-painting survey of the artist’s career since 2001 at the Brooklyn Museum (Feb. 20 – May 24, 2015).
“One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Works,” the artist’s entire 60-panel series presented in context with interpretations of migration by other creatives, spanning disciplines and generations, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (April 3- Sept. 7, 2015).
“Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design,” a forthcoming volume (and coinciding exhibition at Germany’s Vitra Design Museum) examining a new generation of African designers, architects, photographers and artists that is redefining the identity of the diverse continent (April).
Okwui Enwezor | Photo via Phaidon
Okwui Enwezor’s vision for the 2015 Venice Biennale, the 56th international art exhibition for which he is serving as curator (May 9 – Nov. 22, 2015).
NOAH PURIFOY, “From the Point of View of the Little People,” 1994 | via Noah Purifoy Foundation
“Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada,” which seeks to give the pivotal figure his just due, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (June 7 – Sept. 27, 2015).
“Terry Adkins: Recital,” a new volume published by Prestel, spanning his entire career, that was delayed due to his untimely death last year (June).
STAN DOUGLAS, “Hors-champs,” 1992 (two-channel video installation with stereo sound). Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner, New York | via MCA Chicago
Brenna Youngblood’s Gwendolyn Knight | Jacob Lawrence Prize exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum (Nov. 13, 2015 – June 12, 2016). CT
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Wonderful groupings.
Just found your site.
Will keep it on the radar..
What about the lewis exhibition in the Jewish musem and the retrospective opening in November?
Thanks for the reminder re: the Norman Lewis exhibition at PAFA in the fall. I recall Ruth Fine referencing it at a National Gallery of Art event last year. The Norman Lewis/Lee Krasner exhibition at the Jewish Museum was mentioned in an earlier post about Fall 2014 exhibitions.
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2 comments
Bill hodges says:
Jan 3, 2015
Wonderful groupings.
Just found your site.
Will keep it on the radar..
What about the lewis exhibition in the Jewish musem and the retrospective opening in November?
Victoria L. Valentine says:
Jan 3, 2015
Thanks for the reminder re: the Norman Lewis exhibition at PAFA in the fall. I recall Ruth Fine referencing it at a National Gallery of Art event last year. The Norman Lewis/Lee Krasner exhibition at the Jewish Museum was mentioned in an earlier post about Fall 2014 exhibitions.