The art world is always in constant motion, with new exhibitions and shows opening every month. March is a month especially anticipated by art lovers, as many galleries and museums present new exhibitions. In this article, we are going to highlight five exhibitions that you cannot miss this month. Each of these exhibitions presents a unique and exciting approach to art, bringing different perspectives and ideas that promise to engage and inspire visitors. From sculptures to paintings, there is something for every taste and preference. Get ready to fall in love with art and discover what the March exhibitions have to offer!
Germaine Richier: A Homage to Sculpture at the Center Pompidou in Paris, March 1 to June 12, 2023
Germaine Richier is honored at the Center Pompidou, in a vast retrospective exhibition to be discovered from March 1 to June 12, 2023. She was the first woman artist to have her works on display at the Center Pompidou during her lifetime. Almost 70 years later, the Musée National d'Art Moderne dedicates a new retrospective exhibition to this renowned sculptor, who left her mark through her talent and innovation.
He survived two world wars, overcame gender stereotypes and prejudices, and became a surprising and intense figure in the world of sculpture. Among the approximately 200 works on display in this exhibition are his sculptures, drawings, engravings and paintings with experimentation with colors and materials dedicated to the world of the sacred and the mystical. The highlight of this section is the Christ of Assy, one of Germaine Richier's masterpieces, which caused a great deal of controversy in the early 1950s and is on display in Paris for the first time. Germaine Richier always knew how to renew herself and challenge herself to invent and express her questions and points of view. Even today, he remains one of the greatest figures in the world of 20th-century art and sculpture. From March 1 to June 12, 2023, admire the Germaine Richier exhibition, and (re)discover this French artist who left her mark on the art world.
Pollyanna Freire: Go to MAAT in Lisbon from January 18 to April 30, 2023
Pollyanna Freire's recent sculptures result from a meticulous evolutionary process of the initial forms of her work. The Brazilian artist residing in Portugal – selected in 2015 for the EDP Foundation New Artists Prize – explored linear geometry in a playful way, the intersection of small volumes and planes, which could be read both individually and together. By privileging iron over balsa and wood, the floor pieces that the artist will show for the first time exalt all their poetic fragility through the unexpectedness of the forms and voids they exhibit, the imagined and real lightness of their bodies, the elegant joy of its colors and the happy visual and physical route to which it attracts visitors. Pollyanna Freire (São Paulo, 1982) studied Fine Arts at UNESP and holds a Master's Degree in Visual Languages from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He attended the Advanced Course in Visual Arts at Ar.Co – Centro de Arte & Comunicação Visual, from 2010 to 2013. Sculpture, his first individual exhibition, took place in 2017, followed by Cavalo Verde in 2020, both at the Module – Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon. Of the group exhibitions he took part in, the following stand out: I don't know if I can wish you a happy year, at MNAC – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2022; Play is a serious matter, Communications Museum / Portuguese Communications Foundation, Lisbon, 2019; Little or much makes little difference, MODULE – Centro Difusor de Arte, 2014. In 2012, he participated in the exhibition Me, Myself and I, the IV Certamen de Dibujo Contemporáneo Pilar y Andrés Centenera Jaraba, Fundación Centenera, in Madrid, where he received an honorable mention. In 2017, she was invited to take part in the 8th edition of the Artemar exhibition, in Cascais, curated by Luísa Soares de Oliveira. In 2015, she was selected for the EDP Foundation New Artists Award.
Joseph Beuys: 40 Years of Drawing at Thaddaeus Ropac in London from 18 January to 22 March 2023
Showcasing nearly 100 works on paper from the Joseph Beuys family for the first time in the UK, "Joseph Beuys: 40 Years of Drawing" is the first major exhibition dedicated exclusively to the artist's drawings to take place in London in 20 years. The drawings on display span four decades of Beuys's creative output, from the first representational works of the 1940s and 1950s to the conceptual sketches created from the mid-1960s onwards, which reflect the radical change in his practice when drawings became became integral devices related to the performances and sculptures he produced in the 1970s and 1980s.
celebration of Pablo Picasso at the Musée de Picasso in Paris from March 7 to August 27, 2023
Fifty years after his death, Pablo Picasso continues to fascinate and inspire audiences and performers alike. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso, the Picasso Museum and the artist Paul Smith invite viewers to rediscover the Spanish painter's greatest masterpieces, in an exhibition from March 7 to August 27, 2023.
Entitled Celebration Picasso, the Collection Takes on Colours, this exhibition presents the Spanish artist's greatest masterpieces. To give these creations a fresh, modern twist, the museum turned to designer Sir Paul Smith, a fashion designer known for his ability to blend the modern with the traditional.
This exhibition highlights several works by Picasso in a colorful and contemporary set design that encourages us to see these mythical works in a new light. In this way, Paul Smith underlines the timeless and modern character of these paintings and sculptures, with more than half a century of existence! As Pablo Picasso continues to influence contemporary art and inspire new creators, the exhibition also features works by contemporary artists such as Guillermo Kuitca, Obi Okigbo, Mickalene Thomas and Chéri Samba.
David Smith: Four Sculptures at Hauser & Wirth, Bahnhofstrasse 1, Zurich from December 9 to April 6, 2023
David Smith (1906-1965) is considered one of the leading artists of the 20th century and the sculptor most associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement, recognized for his use of industrial materials and processes and his integration of open space in sculpture. The exhibition "David Smith. Four Sculptures" will be held in Hauser & Wirth's glass-enclosed exhibition space at Bahnhofstrasse 1 in Zurich and will feature four extraordinary, painted sculptures representing important groups of sculptures that Smith made in the early 1960s.
Throughout his career, Smith referred to himself as both a painter and a sculptor, working simultaneously on both. Citing the unification of painting and sculpture in ancient Egyptian and Greek art, Smith applied painting concepts to his sculptures and vice versa. "I've always done painted sculpture", Smith stated in 1962, "never stopped doing that in a year that I worked."
"David Smith. Four Sculptures" offers a rare opportunity to consider these sculptures as distinct in relation to one another and to explore the many ways in which Smith exploited history and his own prolific career to continue expanding the definition of sculpture.