2012 holds the 100th anniversary of the birth of composer, musician and artist John Cage. In Vienna, Austria, the art-and-culture venue quartier21 (Museumsplatz 1; phone 01 5235 8811 717) is hosting “Membra Disjecta for John Cage: Wanting to Say Something About John,” Feb. 17-May 6, 2012.
The free exhibition will feature more than 50 of Cage’s works and present concerts, performances, lectures and a workshop for children and teens. Open 10-7 daily.
In the course of your travels outside of the US, what work of art took you by surprise in that it affected you deeply in some way? Which one lingered in your memory for some reason or made you long to see it again? Subscribers’ responses to those questions were printed in the July and August 2011 issues, and we’re printing the last batch of them below.
Granted, the fabulous, Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum is a centerpiece of Bilbao, Spain, but the city has much more to offer.
The 25th European Fine Art Fair will take place March 16-25, 2012, at the Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Center (Forum 100, 6299 GV, Maastricht, Netherlands; phone 043 3838383).
Paintings, antiques, manuscripts and examples of applied arts will be on sale by 260 art and antique dealers from around the world. Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. March 16-24 and 11-6 Sunday, March 25. Admission, €55 ($80), includes a catalog. Child 12-18, €20.
In the course of your travels, what work of art took you by surprise in that it affected you deeply in some way? Which one lingered in your memory for some reason or made you long to see it again? We printed responses to those questions last month and show a few more below.
In the course of your travels, what work of art took you by surprise in that it affected you deeply in some way? Which one lingered in your memory for some reason or made you long to see it again? That’s what we asked recently, and many of you responded, as shown below.
My companion, Judith Martin, and I traveled in September ’10 to Croatia, where she took a painting class. It was held on the lovely island of Korcula, an hour and a half by boat or van from Cavtat, a beautiful little port where we spent our first night. On the second day, we took a van to our destination and moved into a small but lovely pensione overlooking the sea.
In Copenhagen, the art installation “Your Rainbow Panorama,” by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, is like a giant halo on a building. A circular “hallway” sided with colored glass, 150 meters long, three meters tall and three meters wide, it’s permanently installed on the rooftop of the ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aros Allé 2, DK-8000 Århus C., Copenhagen, Denmark; phone +45 8730 6600). Visitors can see Århus Bay while walking through the elevated pathway.
“La Venice Biennale 2011,” the 54th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy, June 4-Nov. 27, 2011, has 89 countries participating at 12 venues. In addition to contemporary visual arts, it includes a film festival (Aug. 31-Sept. 10), a theater festival (Oct. 10-16) and a music festival (Sept. 24-Oct. 1). Tickets and events calendar at www.labiennale.org.
Heart of glass… and head, arms, legs, etc. The subject of February’s photo is “Dromeas,” aka “The Runner,” a 30-foot-tall sculpture of glass stacked on iron by Kostas Varotsos.