For the contemporary world I did find that Amsterdam’s Stedelijk and Van Gogh Museums were planning an Anselm Kiefer (1945-) exhibition. The Stedelijk has been collecting his work since 1960 and Kiefer has said that van Gogh has been one of his great inspirations. The show is to be called “Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind” (“Tell me where the flowers are”), which will be exhibited in two parts in those museums. Here is Kiefer’s interpretation of “The Starry Night” (2019). (March 7–June 9)
“Turner and Constable” and their great artistic rivalry will be at the Tate Britain in London. J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) and John Constable (1776-1837) competed in the same genre of landscape painting and were an inspiration to many others. From the Tate’s Press Release, “vying for success through very different but equally bold approaches the scene was soon set for a heady rivalry. Turner painted blazing sunsets and sublime scenes from his travels, while Constable often returned to depictions of a handful of beloved places, striving for freshness and authenticity in his portrayal of nature. The art critics compared their paintings to a clash of ‘fire and water’”. (November 27, 2025 to April 12, 2026).
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John Constable, “The White Horse, Frick Collection |
“Myth and Marble” is a rare chance to see a selection from today’s greatest private collection of ancient Roman sculptures. The collection was formed in the 19th century by the Torlonia family from excavations on their lands in Italy and also by purchase of other collections. The show has been seen in Rome, Milan and Paris and is crossing the pond this year to be seen in March at the Art Institute of Chicago then at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
I have already written about Caspar David Friedrich: “The Soul of Nature” https://www.geraldstiebel.com/2023/12/caspar-david-friedrich.html
when it was in Germany. It has now arrived at New York’s Metropolitan Museum and is on until May 11.
For the first time in the U.S. there will be a solo exhibition of the work of the Dutch still-life artist Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750). Typically, she has been far less studied than her male counterparts of the period. The show “Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art” will be at the Toledo Museum of Art which was the first American Institution to acquire a work by her, back in 1956! (April 12 -July 27)
That obviously would not be possible with the originals. (March 29-August 31, 2025)
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Reproduction Figure of Day, Giuliano Medici tomb |
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