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    “Plantasia” by Adele Renault in Liège, Belgium

    Street artist Adele Renault just recently worked on a fresh, new mural located in Liège, Belgium. She is beginning a series entitled “Plantasia” and will be developing into a new solo gallery show focusing on the plant world.Adele Renault is an artist with a deft touch for that which most might find commonplace. From pigeons to people, she focuses her artistry on realistic depictions of ordinary city residents, on canvas as well as massive murals.During her travels she studied visual arts from classical oil painting to modern spray can graffiti, while experimenting with new media and graphic design. Renault graduated in 2010 from the Academie Royale des Beaux Arts in Brussels. She lived an worked in Amsterdam until she relocated to Los Angeles in 2017.Take a look below for more photos of Adele Renault’s latest project. More

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    The World’s Hottest Instagram Backdrop Is the Optical Illusion Artist JR Created Underneath the Eiffel Tower—See Images Here

    French street artist JR has become something of a master of illusion, and his latest work just might be his most striking yet, with a photographic collage installation showing Paris’s beloved Eiffel Tower precariously perched atop a gaping canyon with a city below.
    Visitors to the Eiffel Tower can pose with the artwork, appearing to leap across the gap, to straddle the cliffs, to fall into the chasm, or to peer down at the city far below. (And, as you’ll see below, they have done all of these things!)
    The project is something of a followup to JR’s 2019 installation at the Louvre Museum, also in Paris, celebrating the 30th anniversary of I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid. The artist used 2,000 sheets of paper to create the illusion that the pyramid was rising not from the Louvre’s Cour Napoléon courtyard, but from a deep rock quarry. This fall, he’ll take the same technique to the  Pyramids of Giza in Egypt for a project with Art d’Egypte.
    JR’s installation at the Louvre in 2019 on the occasion of the pyramid’s 30th anniversary. Photo courtesy of JR-art/Perrotin Gallery.
    All of the projects feature the artist’s signature black and white imagery with anamorphic photography—a distorted version of the image that appears normal when viewed from a single point. Stand in the right spot, and the 132-year-old Eiffel Tower perfectly aligns with JR’s photo backdrop, creating both a stunning optical illusion and an incredible photo op.
    The 2019 Louvre installation lasted for just a single day before it was destroyed by visitors, but the Eiffel Tower piece, on the Place du Trocadéro near the Palais de Chaillot, is slated to remain on view for a month.
    The public artwork was unveiled just days before the opening of “JR Chronicles,” the artist’s blockbuster Brooklyn Museum retrospective, touches down in Europe at the Saatchi Gallery in London. (Pace is also staging concurrent JR exhibitions in New York and London.)
    JR, The Wound (La Ferita (2021) at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. Photo courtesy of JR.
    JR has not given any interviews about the new piece at the Eiffel Tower, but a similar trompe-l’oeil pasting currently on the façade of the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence is a commentary about the closure of cultural institutions under lockdown restrictions, and how people have been cut off from art. (Similarly, the Eiffel Tower remains closed to visitors until July 16.)
    “Without being able to enter a museum, to attend a concert or spend time at an exhibition, we realize that it is culture that gives life its color and that the beauty of our city is activated by the people that pass through it,” JR told CNN Style.
    See more photos of the installation, alongside Instagram shots of people making the most of it, below.
    JR’s Eiffel Tower public art installation. Photo courtesy of JR.
    JR’s Eiffel Tower public art installation. Photo courtesy of JR.
    JR’s Eiffel Tower public art installation. Photo courtesy of JR.
    JR’s Eiffel Tower public art installation. Photo courtesy of JR.

    “JR: The Wound” is on view at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, March 19–August 29, 2021.
    “JR: Chronicles” is on view at Saatchi Gallery in London, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Rd, London SW3 4RY, with major support from Art Explora, June 4–October 3, 2021.
    “JR: Eye to the World” is on view at Pace, 6 Burlington Gardens, London, June 4–July 3, 2021; and “JR: Tehachapi” is on view at Pace, 540 West 25th Street, New York, June 4–August 21, 2021. 
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    From Julie Curtiss at White Cube to a Birthday Party Gone Wrong, Here Are 10 Shows to See During London’s First-Ever Gallery Weekend

    Hoping to signal culture’s emergence from lockdown and inject sales momentum as we head into the usually sleepy summer season, London is premiering its first ever gallery weekend this week, aiming to offer a comprehensive overview of the scene across the capital.
    To tackle London’s vast geography, the weekend has been split into three broad areas. A glut of more than 100 central London galleries will take center stage on Friday, and gallery devotees will be spoiled for choice—a well-planned itinerary might include a pitstop to the street outside Pace Gallery to catch a capsule performance from Jean Dubuffet’s Coucou Bazaar. Saturday is South London’s time to shine, with some 20 galleries taking part over a more spread out area so visitors are advised to plan their map accordingly, and nearly 30 galleries in edgy East London will be the focus on Sunday. 
    Here are our picks of what to see on each of the days. 

    Friday: Central London

    “Lost in Italy” Luxembourg + CoThrough July 3, 2021
    Installation view of “Lost in Italy,” 2021. Courtesy of Damian Griffiths Photography.
    Curated by former Venice Biennale curator Francesco Bonami, “Lost in Italy” examines Italy’s unique role in the international artistic exchange of the 1950s and ’60s. The exhibition presents historical works by Alberto Burri, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Klein, Jannis Kounellis, Cy Twombly, and others, alongside a new and startling work by Maurizio Cattelan, which is visible from the street outside.
    “Lost in Italy,” Luxembourg + Co., 2 Savile Row, London

    “Tala Madani: Skid Mark”Pilar CorriasThrough July 10
    Tala Madani, Five our of Six (2021). Courtesy of the artist and Pilar Corrias, London
    The Iranian artist’s new show is not made for the squeamish. For “Skid Mark,” Madani has created new paintings from her ongoing “Shit Moms” series, depicting female figures that appear to be made out of excrement. An animation of one of the shit moms shows her passing through upscale interiors leaving brown stains on surfaces and furniture, and growing frustrated with the limitations of her amorphous and semi-solid form. Other new paintings include the character of a fully grown Pinocchio with a wooden penis, and series of ominous-looking ceiling fans.
    “Tala Madani: Skid Mark,” Pilar Corrias, 54 Eastcastle Street, London

    “Julie Curtiss: Monads and Dyads”White Cube Mason’s YardThrough June 26
    Julie Curtiss, Interstice (2020). © Julie Curtiss. Photo: © Theo Christelis, White Cube.
    For her first exhibition in London, Julie Curtiss’s new show of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper continues in the veins of cartoonish, humorous, and cheeky tableaux that riff on tropes of pop culture. The show’s title is a reference to organizing principles of the monad, denoting the individual, and the dyad, referencing a pair, in association or opposition. The works on view reference the dualism of these principles with allusions to symmetry and opposition, contemporary and historic, obvious and subtle.
    “Monads and Dyads,” White Cube, 25–26 Mason’s Yard, London

    “Kapwani Kiwanga: Cache”Goodman GalleryThrough June 12
    Installation view at Goodman Gallery. Courtesy Goodman Gallery.
    For her exhibition “Cache,” Kiwanga presents a new body of work that continues her research into power, society, and resistance, where she unearths the overlooked histories of materials. Take her ceramic work Semence, which looks at how red rice was brought from West Africa to Suriname and Virginia, US, via the slave trade—the small grains were individually sewn into clothing or braided into hair in order to provide food if and when that person found the means to escape. Some 15,000 of these delicate pieces are arranged into a large sculpture.
    “Cache,” Goodman Gallery, 26 Cork Street, London 
    Saturday: South London

    “Jade Montserrat: In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens”Bosse & BaumThrough July 24
    Jade Montserrat, She made her fall glorious (2016). Courtesy of the artist and Bosse & Baum.
    For her first solo with Bosse & Baum, Jade Montserrat’s show title is drawn from text by Alice Walker, drawing a through line between nature and Black women’s bodies in her exquisitely detailed work. Montserrat undertakes extensive research that balances her personal historical experience with that of a larger group to address questions of systemic racism and other forms of discrimination.
    “In Search Of Our Mothers’ Gardens” Bosse & Baum, Unit BGC, Ground Floor, Bussey Building, 133 Rye Lane London,
    “Tom Lovelace: Bathers”Sid Motion GalleryThrough June 12
    Bathers (2021).Image courtesy of Sid Motion Gallery and the artist.
    Lovelace will present an installation that brings together photography and performances as the latest iteration of his ongoing “Living Pictures” series. Performers will activate photographs presented as reflective pools on the floor, transforming the gallery into a contemplative environment. Performances will take place daily over London Gallery Weekend, and RSVP is essential.
    “Bathers,” Sid Motion Gallery, 24a Penarth Centre, Hatcham Road, London
    “Christopher Hartmann: In and Out of Touch“Hannah Barry GalleryThrough July 31, 2021
    Christopher Hartmann, What could we do about it anyway (2020). Courtesy of Hannah Barry Gallery.
    Christopher Hartmann paints figures caught in tenuous moments of vulnerability and internal reflection against vague backdrops. These images, primarily of men, pay special attention to the facial expressions from body shapes and capture the contemporary longing for touch and connection amid the emotional intensities of our time.
    “In and Out of Touch” Hannah Barry Gallery, 4 Holly Grove, London
    Sunday: East London

    “Tobias Spichtig: Nothing”FreehouseThrough July 17
    Exhibition view of Tobias Spichtig’s “Das Böse im Dunkeln” in 2018 at FREEHOUSE, London. Courtesy the artist and the gallery.
    The Berlin- and Zurich-based artist will present a series of new paintings that continue to explore his recurring interest in themes of emptiness as well as vacuous icons or symbols. It is his second show at the London gallery.
    “Nothing,” Freehouse, 54 Three Colts Lane, London

    “Tosh Basco: Portraits, Still Lifes and Flowers”Carlos/IshikawaThrough July 3
    Tosh Basco, Safi still life (2021). ©Tosh Basco 2021, courtesy the artist and Carlos/ Ishikawa, London. Photo by Damian Griffiths.
    The artist Tosh Basco (formerly known as Boychild) will present a new body of works for her second solo show with the gallery. Though best known for her performance work, the exhibition will forefront another dimension to the artist’s practice that has informed her performances: photography. The exhibition presents never-before-seen images chronicling Basco’s daily life over the past two years. The 12 photographs on view each capture a pile of hundreds of still shots that have been printed and stacked together, which Basco describes as akin to memory banks.
    “Portraits, Still Lifes and Flowers,” Carlos/Ishikawa, Unit 4, 88 Mile End Road, London

    “Shannon Cartier Lucy: Cake on the Floor”Soft OpeningThrough July 31
    Shannon Cartier Lucy, A Soft Rein (2021). Courtesy the artist and Soft Opening, London. Photo by Theo Christelis.
    The Nashville-based artist Shannon Cartier Lucy presents 11 new paintings in the first London solo presentation of her work. Lucy’s disturbing paintings of women among the trappings of a party carry violent undertones, and add an uncomfortable dimension of objectification to her chosen medium of traditional figurative oil painting.
    “Cake on the Floor,” Soft Opening, 6 Minerva Street, London
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    “Embrace for Landing” by D*FACE in Gothenburg, Sweden

    British artist D*Face’s latest work is unveiled in Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the city’s 400th anniversary last May 31st. Urban art organization Artscape, curator behind the mural, sees this as yet another addition to the region’s ever expanding collection of international street art.In the midst of covid lockdowns and restrictions, urban art organisation Artscape has managed to get several of the world’s top street artists to Sweden to make their mark. In May this year nine artists have been invited to Gothenburg as part of the city celebrating 400 years. Among these names is street art veteran D*Face, who is invited to create a mural on the international airport of Landvetter.– 2021 has been another tough year for cultural events. Being able to present a brand new public mural by international heavyweight D*Face feels amazing, says Artscape’s cofounder Daniel Wakeham.London based artist D*Face has been creating pop and punk art inspired works of art since the late 90’s and have paved the way for the urban art movement both in his hometown and globally. His works have been exhibited from Reykjavik to Taipei.His latest mural “Embrace for Landing” faces the main entrance at Landvetter airport, greeting all travelers on arrival. A couple is depicted, held in an embrace and mysteriously looking out into the distance, painted in D*Face’s iconic style.Beside constituting a new cultural landmark, it encompasses an ambitious project initiated by Artscape to unite the region’s vast amount of street art, and promote it as a world leading destination for urban art. Several large-scale projects hosted by both Artscape and local curators in the region have brought a significant number of murals, enough to compete with other international street art cities. The initiative – West Sweden Street Art Trail (WSSAT) – aims to gather the works of artists such as Smug, Dulk and Rone in an easily accessible digital platform and map.What’s happening here in this region is a joint effort by artists, cities and the communities where public art is brought forward to the benefit of everyone. D*Face is one of many artists, both local and international, joining us in this venture to bring art closer to the people, explains Tor Hedendahl, one of Artscapes’ founders.The West Sweden Street Art Trail is just a natural extension of our core idea: to make art accessible to the public, adds Daniel Wakeham.The mural of D*Face was inaugurated on 31 May by Artscape together with the mayors of Gothenburg and Borås, the director of Landvetter airport and the artist himself.Take a look below to see more photos of the project. More

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    “INTEMPERIE” by David de la Mano in Paris, France

    On the occasion of his second solo exhibition in Paris, David de la Mano has recently painted a mural on the facade of Galerie Itinerrance. The exhibition “Intemperie” is currently on view at Galerie Itinerrance until the 30th of June.Spanish painter and sculptor David de la Mano has adorned the world’s streets with monochromatic, outsized murals exploring the relationships that humans have with each other, as well as their wider environment. The artist experiments with different techniques among which acrylics, watercolours, ink and collage.His large-scale, black and white pieces provoke reactions among the viewers and encourage their emotions and ideas through a minimalist aesthetic.David observes others and their social or anti-social behaviour, exploring every corner of social behaviour in his practice, using silhouettes of men, women, or the masses as narrative metaphors. Through these figures, he gives poetic visions of the human condition in society and the ways human perceive the world.Check out below for more photos of “INTEMPERIE” More

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    Coverage: “Earth Vessel” Solo Exhibition by Andrew Schoultz at Volery Gallery, Dubai

    Last May 27th, Volery Gallery opened Earth Vessel, Andrew Schoultz’s first solo exhibition and representation in the Gulf region. The exhibition explores the symbolic and literal meaning of an earth vessel as a metaphor for the human’s existence and body. Reflecting on the fact that maintaining physical and mental health leads to balance, while balance allows us to be present resulting in a positive effect on our surroundings.Schoultz has a visual approach to social and political commentary. His enormous murals, paintings, installations and sculptures are heavily patterned, creating an intense and mesmerising vision of current events. Earth Vessel exhibition will run until 22 June 2021.With nine new artworks on view, Schoultz raises questions about what vessels as mortal human bodies contain physically, mentally, subconsciously and spiritually and how they are affected by external factors. The duality of the motifs he uses in his work reflects on the way opposites exist simultaneously in the universe around us. He captures the results of balancing these opposites as well as the consequences of losing that stability. Through reoccurring symbols in his works, Schoultz leaves the meaning open for interpretation by the viewer. His optical and abstract shapes where lines of overheated reds and yellows intersect with the vivid blues and greens call the viewer to contemplate what is meant to be felt rather than seen.Take a look below for more images of the exhibition and its opening night. Photo Credits: Alina Khamatova More

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    Here’s a Guide to Every Single One of the Nearly 50 Immersive Van Gogh Experiences Blanketing the U.S., and What Each Promises

    As far as we can remember, there has never been a phenomenon like the immersive Van Gogh craze currently sweeping America
    Maybe it’s the enduring popularity of the Dutch artist. Maybe it’s the hunger for in-the-world experiences after a year of quarantine. Maybe it’s that one scene in Emily in Paris… but whatever it is, the hunger to venture into a giant animated projection of a Van Gogh painting is real, and it’s everywhere.
    Ads with “Gogh”-themed puns (“Gogh with Mom,” “It’s Safe to Gogh,” “Don’t Wait to Gogh,” etc.) are blanketing nearly 40 different cities across the U.S. and saturating social media feeds. In some cities, such as selfie-crazed L.A., upcoming immersive Van Gogh exhibitions are all but sold out well before they open.
    Installation view of Beyond Van Gogh Image courtesy Beyond Van Gogh.
    Some are already open. Others are about to open. Some don’t even have announced venues yet, but are selling out fast.
    No fewer than five different corporate entities are currently dueling it out across the map for supremacy in the Van Gogh space, causing the Better Business Bureau to issue an alert to consumers to make sure they get the Van Gogh light show that they want. In cities like Detroit, one company has snapped up the website VanGoghDetroit.com while its nemesis owns DetroitVanGogh.com.
    So what’s the difference between all these experiences? Here’s a breakdown.
    Installation view of Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience. Image courtesy Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.
    —Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience is the vision of Mathieu St-Arnaud, creative director of Montreal-based Normal Studio, a projection-mapping outfit that has previously worked with the Montreal symphony and brought the Diary of Anne Frank to life. Beyond Van Gogh promises “300 of Vincent Van Gogh’s iconic artworks,” brought to life with music and “the artist’s own dreams, thoughts, and words.”
    —Imagine Van Gogh: The Immersive Exhibition claims to employ a signature technique of immersive projection so visceral that they do not show videos on their website, because this would fail to capture the experience. Conceived by Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron, associated with the immersive attraction known as the Cathédrale d’Images in France, Imagine Van Gogh is an animated projected collage of some 200 paintings from the final two years of Van Gogh’s life, all accompanied by classical hits by Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Bach, Delibes and Satie. There is also a “pedagogical room,” conceived with art historian Androulla Michael.
    —Immersive Van Gogh is the brainchild of Italian film producer Massimiliano Siccardi. It promises, via 100 projectors, an hour-long experience completely bathing visitors in Vincent Van Gogh’s greatest hits, accompanied by “experimental electronic music with pure, ethereal and simple-seeming piano” by composer Luca Longobardi (for the New York incarnation, Hamilton production designer David Korins has been brought on for extra oomph). Siccardi and Longobardi are the team behind the Van Gogh, Starry Night experience at Paris’s L’Atelier des Lumières seen in the Netflix show Emily in Paris, if that’s important to you.
    —Van Gogh Alive comes courtesy Grande Experiences, also the braintrust behind such exhibitions as Monet & Friends and Planet Shark. Focusing on the period between 1880 and 1890, it promises “more than 3,000 Van Gogh images at enormous scale” via 40 projectors, augmented to show the Dutch artist’s sources of inspiration and set to “a powerful classical score.”
    —Finally, Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, a partnership between producer Exhibition Hub and “entertainment discovery platform” Fever promises to wrap you in more than 400 Van Gogh works using a trademarked video mapping technology. On top of the light show, there is a drawing studio, galleries that offer info about Van Gogh’s life and work, and an (optional) 10-minute VR experience called A Day in the Life of the Artist in Arles.
    Phew!
    Now, if you’re wondering whether a Van Gogh show is coming to your region (it probably is), here’s a round-up of nearly 50 U.S. shows based on the best available information.

    Alabama

    Birmingham
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBDDates: TBD

    Arizona

    Phoenix
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: July 29–November 28, 2021

    California

    Los Angeles
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: September 30, 2021–January 2, 2022
    San Diego
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: Wyland Center at Del Mar FairgroundsDates: From January 2022
    San Francisco
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: SVN West San Francisco (Formerly the Fillmore West)Dates: March 18–September 6, 2021
    San Jose
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBDDates: TBD

    Colorado

    Denver
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: September 30, 2021–February 6, 2022
    Van Gogh AliveLocation: The Hangar at Stanley MarketplaceDates: July 9–September 26, 2021

    Connecticut

    Danbury
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceDates: TBDLocation: TBD

    Florida

    Miami
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: Ice Palace StudiosDates: May 27–July 11, 2021
    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: Olympia TheaterDates:  May 8–August 30, 2021
    Orlando
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: October 6, 2021–February 6, 2022
    St. Petersburg
    Van Gogh AliveLocation: The Dali MuseumDates: November 21, 2020–June 13, 2021

    Georgia

    Atlanta
    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: Pullman YardsDates: May 19–September 26, 2021

    Hawaii

    Honolulu
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: Hawai’i Convention CenterDates: July 2–August 15, 2021

    Illinois

    Chicago
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: Lighthouse ArtSpace at Germania ClubDates: February 15–November 28, 2021

    Indiana

    Indianapolis
    Van Gogh AliveLocation: Indianapolis Museum of Art at NewfieldsDates: Summer 2021–Fall 2021

    Massachusetts

    Boston
    Imagine Van Gogh: The Immersive ExhibitionLocation: SoWa Power StationDates: December 21, 2021–February 20, 2022
    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBADates: September 24, 2021–January 30, 2022

    Michigan

    Detroit
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TCF CenterDates: June 25–August 15, 2021
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: October 21, 2021–February 6, 2022

    Minnesota

    Minneapolis
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: August 2–October 31, 2021

    Missouri

    Kansas City
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: December 1, 2021–February 6, 2022
    Van Gogh AliveLocation: Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtDates: October 23–December 31, 2021
    St. Louis
    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBDDate: TBD

    Nevada

    Las Vegas
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: July 1–September 6, 2021
    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: Area 15Dates: May 27–July 5, 2021

    New York

    Buffalo
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: Eastern Hills MallDates: August 10–October 3, 2021
    New York City
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: Pier 36Dates: June 4–September 6, 2021
    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceSkylight on VeseyFrom: June 4–September 6

    North Carolina

    Asheville
    Van Gogh AliveLocation: BiltmoreDates: November 5, 2021–March 5, 2022
    Charlotte
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: Camp North EndDates: June 17–September 12, 2021

    Ohio

    Cleveland
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: October 1, 2021–February 6, 2022
    Columbus
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: October 28, 2021–January 2, 2022

    Oregon

    Portland
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBDDate: TBD

    Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia
    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBDFrom: August 2021
    Pittsburgh
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: September 23–November 28, 2021

    Tennessee

    Nashville
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDFrom: November 4, 2021–February 6, 2022

    Texas

    Austin
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: The Starry Night Pavilion at Circuit of The AmericasDates: June 18–August 8, 2021
    Dallas
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: June 17–September 6, 2021
    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBDDates: July 5–November 28, 2021
    Houston
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: August 12–October 10, 2021
    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBDDates: August 30, 2021–January 2, 2022
    San Antonio
    Immersive Van GoghLocation: TBDDates: November 18, 2021–February 6, 2022

    Utah

    Salt Lake City
    Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBDDates: TBD

    Washington

    Seattle
    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBDDates: September 10, 2021–January 30, 2022
    Tacoma
    Imagine Van Gogh: The Immersive ExhibitionLocation: Tacoma ArmoryDates: December 18, 2021–January 30, 2022

    Washington, D.C.

    Van Gogh: The Immersive ExperienceLocation: TBDDates: July 23, 2021–January 26, 2022

    Wisconsin

    Milwaukee
    Beyond Van Gogh: An Immersive ExperienceLocation: Wisconsin CenterDates: July 21–September 19, 2021
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    “…Back to school, Mickey Mouse!” by OZMO in Savona, Italy

    Urban artist OZMO just created a mural on the facade of the Istituto Comprensivo delle Albisole. The project was conceived by the Councilor for Culture and Education Simona Poggi and was created with the fundamental contribution of the A. De Mari.With this mural, Albisola confirms itself once again as a city that welcomes and develops languages from contemporary art. Over the years, in fact, the Ligurian town has been a privileged meeting place between tradition and avant-garde, a fundamental destination for great artists of the twentieth century.In “..Back to school, Mickey Mouse!”, The classical sculpture of a woman, absorbed in reading, is painted between two putti. On the one hand, that of the Verrocchio appears intent on reaching something and with his posture encourages us to look different perspectives; on the other, that of Canova, takes on the appearance of a Mickey Mouse with an unusual smile, causing wonder and estrangement.Born in Pontedera, Pisa, Ozmo made his first steps in the comics world, but since early 90s he soon moved his focus on writing and painting. In short time his tag would have become one of the most famous and respected ones in the Italian graffiti scene. A special reportage dedicated to Ozmo on ‘Aelle’ – the most famous urban culture underground mag in Italy – will consacrate him as one of the leading figure in the national underground writing scene.The way Ozmo is combining painterly elements like figures, shapes, colors and the way the composition is being constructed suggest how thorough is the artist’s approach. References from popular culture, art history, and politics that are wisely appropriated contribute largely to both seriousness and humor of his works, as well as to their contemporaneity.Check out below to see more photos of “…Back to school, Mickey Mouse!” More