When it comes to Old Masters paintings, OMNP sometimes finds that living stateside is akin to going to movie theater in the ‘burbs- your’e going to get some of the big releases, but youre certainly not going to get all of them. Here is the embarrassment of riches that is the list of OM exhibitions Europe’s major museums through the end of the year:
“Picasso and the Masters”
On the heels of the announcement of JMW Turner’s scheduled debut with the titans of European painting (covered by OMNP here,) the most prolific painter of them all is the first to be honored with a show of such ilk in Paris.
Picasso and the Masters Opens at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais in Paris [Art Daily]
Vampire Picasso Faces His Masters in Marathon Exhibit [Jorg von Uthmann, Bloomberg]
Picasso exhibition creates ‘a cancer’ in the Louvre, claim Paris elite [Sarah Napton, Telegraph UK]
Other exhibitions that leave OMNP astounded:
“Giovanni Bellini” exhibition page [Scuderie del Quirinale website]
Andrea Mantegna, “Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Louis of Toulouse,” from the current exhibition at the Louvre
“Mantegna (1431-1506),” on view until 5 January 2009 [Louvre website]
The ever enigmatic work of Giuseppe Archimboldo, on view at the Guggenheim Bilbao
Francesco Guardi, The Torre dell’ Orologio in Piazza San Marco,” one of the many scenes of Venice on view at the Fondation Beyeler
Upcoming shows and current shows from the UK Royal collection in London:
Leonardo’s distinctive marks in a study of a sea storm submerges the viewer into a swirling hypnosis
More minor exhibitions:
[...] up on the previews of Old Master exhibitions in Europe earlier last month, OMNP follows up with comprehensive coverage of some of the major shows, along with a rundown of [...]