Bill Viola, Nantes Triptych, 1992. Video/sound installation. Courtesy Bill Viola Studio. Photo: Kira Perov.
LONDON.- In January 2019, the Royal Academy of Arts brings together the work of the pioneering video artist, Honorary Royal Academician Bill Viola (b. 1951), with drawings by Michelangelo (1475 -1564). Though working five centuries apart and in radically different media, these artists share a deep preoccupation with the nature of human experience and existence. Bill Viola / Michelangelo creates an artistic exchange between these two artists and is a unique opportunity to see major works from Viola’s long career and some of the greatest drawings by Michelangelo, together for the first time. It is the first exhibition at the Royal Academy largely devoted to video art and has been organised in partnership with Royal Collection Trust. The exhibition comprises 12 major video installations by Viola, from 1977 to 2013, being shown alongside 15 works by Michelangelo. They include 14 highly finished drawings, considered to be the high po ... More
Museums aren’t a modern phenomenon. It might come as a surprise to learn that the first museum is believed to have been established by a Babylonian princess, Ennigaldi around 530BC. The remains of the museum – with artefacts neatly laid out and labelled – was discovered by the archaeologist, Leonard Woolley in 1925. No one is sure who was entitled to visit the museum. It’s certainly possible that its visitors were invited members of the aristocracy and ruling classes. This is very reminiscent of the first European museums which opened from the 17th century (the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford) up to the early 19th century (the Museo del Prado). Although all of these major museums boost that they allowed free access to the general public, it’s questionable about how many members of the working classes visited them considering their working hours. It was only in the late 19th century that efforts were made to actively encourage more working-class people to visit ... More
Quote Modern art can only be born where signs become symbols. Wassily Kandinsky
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On a day like today, Dutch painter Hendrick Avercamp was baptized
July 27, 1585. Hendrick Avercamp (January 27, 1585 (bapt.) - May 15, 1634 (buried)) was a Dutch painter. Avercamp was born in Amsterdam, where he studied with the Danish-born portrait painter Pieter Isaacks (1569–1625), and perhaps also with David Vinckboons. In 1608 he moved from Amsterdam to Kampen in the province of Overijssel. Avercamp was mute and was known as "de Stomme van Kampen" (the mute of Kampen). In this image: Hendrick Avercamp, IJsgezicht met jager die een otter toont. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
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