A new exhibition at a museum explores the lives and contributions of women associated with Sigmund Freud, including his family members and psychoanalytic colleagues. The show features historical subjects such as Freud's daughter Anna and her partner Dorothy Burlingham, who influenced his work and contributed to analytical practice in the early 20th century. It also highlights women like Susie Orbach, a co-founder of the Women's Therapy Centre during the Second Wave of feminism in 1976. The exhibition aims to bring to life the diverse perspectives of women connected to Freud's history and legacy, showcasing their experiences and achievements through various artworks and artifacts.
https://hyperallergic.com/972421/was-sigmund-freud-a-feminist/A retrospective exhibition at the Broad in Los Angeles is challenging the notion that identity politics is a modern trend by showcasing the work of Joseph Beuys, who explored themes of masculinity and environmental activism in his work from the 1950s to the 1970s. The exhibition highlights Beuys's use of sculpture, performance, and ephemera to critique stereotypically masculine pursuits such as war, sport, and commerce. Curators Andrea Gyordy and Sarah Loyer position the show as a reflection on Beuys's environmental activism, including his membership in Germany's Green Party and his monumental work "7000 Oaks," which involved planting 100 trees in Kassel, Germany during documenta 7.
https://hyperallergic.com/982176/joseph-beuys-predicted-the-manosphere-broad-los-angeles/Carol Jerrems' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery is a revelation that showcases her portrait photography work. The exhibition includes some of her early work from Prahran College in Melbourne, where she was taught by film-maker Paul Cox, and demonstrates how her eye developed over time. Despite dying young at 30 due to a rare liver disease, Jerrems' art has been preserved through the National Gallery of Australia's collection of her full archive. Her use of a Pentax Spotmatic single reflex camera with black-and-white film is notable, and one of her self-portraits from 1979 is included in the exhibition.
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/carol-jerrems-died-at-30-this-exhibition-of-her-work-is-a-revelation-20250106-p5l2dq.htmlOtto M. Urban, curator of the exhibition, highlights David Lynch's diverse creative pursuits, which have spanned multiple media since the 1960s, including film, music and visual arts. As an art school graduate, Lynch has maintained a consistent practice in various mediums, aligning with DOX's approach to contemporary art.
https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/david-lynch-headlines-dox-prague-s-stellar-2025-lineup-of-exhibitsArtist Fiza Khatri's figurative paintings do not aim to represent reality objectively. Instead, they involve a degree of invention and imagination, which she calls "fiction and coding." This approach allows her to envision alternative worlds where plants and animals coexist as equals with humans, encouraging viewers to consider the interconnectedness of all living beings. Her exhibition, "The Beauty You Beheld," is currently on display at Semiose in Paris from January 11 to March 15, 2025.
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/fiza-khatri-the-beauty-you-beheld-semiose-paris/The Mayor of London's Culture and Community Spaces at Risk programme has partnered with artists to create public art installations in the city. One such installation, created by Rudy Loewe, will be unveiled at Brixton underground station in November. Another artist, Agnes Denes, will feature a work on the Spring 2025 Pocket Tube Map. Existing works include Monster Chetwynd's sixty-metre-long sculptural installation at Gloucester Road station and Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings' permanent mosaic, Angels of History, at St James's Park station.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/08/art-on-the-underground-2025-programme-revealedMarlon Mullen, a long-time artist at NIAD Art Center in Richmond, California, transforms magazine and book covers into paintings that reflect his unique perspective. By reinterpreting the signifiers on these covers, such as the Artforum logo or Warhol's Marilyn, Mullen adds texture with thick paint application, giving his works a more human quality. In his piece "Untitled" (2017), he takes a 2002 Art in America cover featuring Bernd and Hilla Becher's photographs of framework houses and reimagines it as a network of organic lines, altering the original artworks' logic through misspellings and rearranged letters and layouts. Mullen's process is characterized by his reaction to the forms he produces in real-time, revealing the details that interest him in the act of making.
https://hyperallergic.com/981968/the-art-world-pastiche-of-marlon-mullen/The 51st edition of Saarang 2025, the annual cultural festival of IIT-Madras, will begin on Friday with a focus on cinema as its theme. The festival will feature performances by folk artists, including a Japanese orchestra, an Italian progressive metal band, and a Polish accordionist in the international music festival. Indian musicians such as DJ Frozt, Antariksh, Mysore Express, and playback singer Amit Trivedi will also perform. The spotlight lecture series will be hosted by K.S. Chitra, Niharika N.M., Sandy Master, Lydian Nadaswaram, and Kishen Das. The festival will include a dance drama presentation on patriotism, Moovarnam, which will be staged in the presence of R. Varadarajan, father of deceased Army officer Mukund.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/iit-ms-saarang-to-feature-indian-folk-art-cinema-themed-events/article69076319.eceRas Al Khaimah Art is a publishing house that collaborates with artists from Switzerland and other countries on special projects, producing small print runs of books. Founded in 2013 under the patronage of Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, it has grown from a gathering of 30 local emerging artists to become the premier art and cultural showcase in Ras Al Khaimah. The organization, formerly known as the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, now serves as a creative hub that nurtures both local and international talents by transcending conventional boundaries.
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