Until recently, women artists of modernism in Germany, unseen until recently, are entering the showcase of the public. They receive social fame and universal recognition even decades after the creation of their work. And at one time they were known and recognized in the artistic circles of Germany, but did not enter into public history, did not become part of a large narrative of the currents of ideas and art. A new exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London is titled “The Making of Modernism” and highlights the names of women who were pioneers of art in Germany and more generally in the cultural space of early 20th century Central Europe. Names like those of Paula Mondersohn-Becker, Kathy Kollwitz, Gabriele Minter and Marianne Werefkin come 100 years later to tell us about breaks and intersections. The subject matter is very broad: self-portrait, still lifes, the female body, aspects of childhood, landscapes and cityscapes. All of them make up a corpus rewritten with new codes at the beginning of the 20th century. All these artists, to which we can add the names of Herma Bossy, Ottier Reyländer and Jacoba von Heemskerk, blazed paths that were not obvious and expected in Germany (and the world), which was changing a lot from 1900 to 1920. the exhibition in London brings together 65 works, as a gesture of wide acquaintance and familiarity with a heritage that has more or less been erased from memory, at least outside of Germany. The Royal Academy of Arts in London calls these women artists of the early 20th century creators whom History itself has hidden from the horizon. Through this new advertisement, the exhibition aims to make this legacy of women pioneers of modernism relevant to the broader cultural and ideological agenda of the 21st century. Issues of gender and identity, as well as issues of representation, inclusion and association, become relevant and relevant through the process of re-reading the recent historical legacy of ideas and artistic movements. The exhibition will run until February 12, 2023.

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PARIS
Edvard Munch
At the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the exhibition runs until 22 January in collaboration with the Munch Museum in Oslo, presenting representative works by the Norwegian artist (1863–1944). More than 100 works are on display, mostly paintings, but also drawings and other techniques that reveal the range of Munch’s artistic output. The exhibition is considered biographical, as it traces the path and complexity of his thought.

Reign
Stacy Gillian Abe
Stacey Gillian Abe was born in Uganda in 1990. She is an international visual artist widely recognized for her symbolic representational paintings on the themes of identity, black women, and the connection between the body and art. There is currently a large exhibition of works in Switzerland, in particular at the Vollsburg Art Museum in Basel, in which Abe’s work has great narrative power.

WASHINGTON
Mercury and Psyche
The National Gallery in Washington DC announced the acquisition of three important prints from 1597 – a triptych on the theme of the abduction of Psyche by Mercury. These are the work of the Dutchman Jan Miller (1571-1628), who became famous as an engraver on the art scene in Haarlem and at the imperial court in Prague. The engravings are based on a life-size marble sculpture by Adrian de Vries created in 1593.

New York
Edward Hopper
A highlight for New York visitors is the Edward Hopper exhibition at the Whitney Museum. The exhibition explores the artist’s deeply personal relationship with the city over nearly six decades (1908-1967). The works, on display in March, reveal Hopper’s vision of New York’s urban environment as an autobiography but also a snapshot of a changing city.

HELSINKI
big donation
The Helsinki Ateneum Museum, which is the National Gallery of Finland, received a large donation of one million euros. The donation came from a citizen of Finland. The money will be used in programs to expand and improve the museum’s services to make it world famous. “It’s more common to donate art,” says Ateneum director Maria Sakari.