Today, figurative painting is experiencing an unprecedented revival, with a handful of artists who are regularly
exhibiting at major institutions and galleries and whose works are counting serious dollars at auctions worldwide.
There are courses on women artists, feminism and art, contemporary women artists, etc.,
at major institutions of learning.
They've previously produced work that's been shown in institutions, but have never previously made a specific work for extended display as part of a
show at a major institution.
Slavs and Tatars have presented solo exhibitions
at major institutions including MoMA, NY; Secession, Vienna; REDCAT, Los Angeles; Kunsthalle Zurich, and the Dallas Museum of Art.
Most recently, New Commissions artists have gone on to be included in the Whitney Biennial, documenta, Istanbul Biennial, and the Venice Biennale, among others, as well as in exhibitions
at major institutions in New York abroad, such as MoMA, the New Museum, and the Tate Modern.
Recent exhibitions have been
presented at major institutions including MoMA, New York (2015); Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX (2013); Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung, Vienna (2009); Dia, Beacon (2008); and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2008).
Since then, their work has been included in exhibitions
at major institutions around the world, including: La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2016); KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2014 — 15); the Venice Biennale (2013); Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris (2011 — 12); MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York (2011); and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2006).
He is currently preparing several retrospective exhibitions
at major institutions such as Power Station of Art in Shanghai (Spring 2018); the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (1 June — 31 October, 2018); the National Art Center in Tokyo (2019) and Centre Pompidou in Paris (September 2019).
She has presented her
work at major institutions in the US and Europe, including the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1985; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1990; Neue National Galerie, Berlin, 1993, and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1995.
Since his first solo show with Mr. Zwirner, in 1994, his paintings have been granted shows
at major institutions like the Tate Modern in London and the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City.
Ackermann has exhibited
internationally at major institutions including the New Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthalle Zurich; Zurich; Whitney Museum of Art, New York; and Museum Ludwig, Cologne; among others.
Even the Guerrilla Girls, lauded in the New York Times for the collective's 30th anniversary, celebrated a retrospective exhibition this spring —
not at any major institution, but with a small exhibition, mostly of posters, at the Abrons Art Center in the Lower East Side.
In 2017, protests against gentrification generated as much discussion as artworks did, perhaps more, taking
aim at major institutions like the Whitney Museum (where in November protesters disrupted the opening of an exhibition by Laura Owens, who runs a gallery in the rapidly developing Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights) as well as commercial entities like James Cohan.
In 1991, the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum) organized «The Art of Archibald Motley Jr.,» with
stops at major institutions — the High Museum of Art, Studio Museum in Harlem, and Corcoran Gallery of Art.
He has
performed at major institutions including the Guggenheim Museum, New York (2000); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2001); Sydney Opera House, Australia (2001); Tate Modern, London (2006); Reina Sofia, Madrid (2007); and the Kitchen, New York (2006 and 2010).
In 2017, she assisted with Unexpected Light: Works of Young - Il Ahn at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to its critical acclaim as the first exhibition of a Korean - American
artist at a major institution.
Steinkamp has exhibited
widely at major institutions and biennials worldwide, and her work can be found in numerous public and private collections.
As far as what this year will hold for her, Auerbach has already been hand selected to design the Vienna State Opera's curtain for the 2016/2017 season, and you can bet on seeing her work pop up
at major institutions globally.
Solo exhibitions of his work have been
held at major institutions worldwide including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
She also cited the number of Korean curators currently in
place at major institutions (including Clara Kim at the Tate Modern and Doryun Chong at Hong Kong's M + museum) as a boost to their program.
In the following years, Draper exhibited with the Kamoinge
Workshop at major institutions including the Studio Museum of Harlem; the Mead Art Museum and the Snite Art Museum.
Gabriel Lester has exhibited
extensively at major institutions and biennials, most recently with two projects included in dOCUMENTA (13), 2012 and in the Lithuanian Pavilions exhibition oO at the 55th Venice Biennale, 2013, winning special mentions for National Participations.
His works have been
presented at major institutions including The Serpentine (London), Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (Karlsruhe), Artists Space (New York) and the Institute of Contemporary Art (London).
Douglas's work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions
at major institutions around the world, and in 2012 he received the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography, New York.
He is currently preparing several retrospective exhibitions
at major institutions such as Power Station in Shanghai (Spring 2018); Israel Museum in Jerusalem (June 1st — October 31, 2018); National Art Center in Tokyo (2019); and Centre Pompidou (September 2019).
Hunter's work has been exhibited nationally and
internationally at major institutions including National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; National Gallery, London; Serpentine Gallery, London; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and Tate Britain, London.
for the collective's 30th anniversary, celebrated a retrospective exhibition this spring —
not at any major institution, but with a small exhibition, mostly of posters, at the Abrons Art Center in the Lower East Side.
Austrian artist Erwin Wurm's One Minute Sculptures have influenced a generation of U.S. sculptors, though this body of work has never been
shown at a major institution in Los Angeles.
Each, however, is reaching a crucial new stage in her or his career: whether that's gaining representation by an influential gallery, landing their first group show at a museum, or finally seeing their career fêted with a
retrospective at a major institution.
He has had solo exhibitions
at major institutions worldwide, including the Royal Academy of London, MoMA and Peggy Guggenheim's Art of this Century Gallery.
Austrian artist Erwin Wurm's One Minute Sculptures have influenced a generation of sculptors, though this body of work had not previously been shown
at a major institution in Los Angeles.
Abdessemed has been the subject of solo exhibitions
at major institutions including the Centre Georges Pompidou, the San Francisco Art Institute, MoMA PS1, and the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain in Geneva, as well as in major international exhibitions such as the Paris Triennale, the Istanbul Biennial, the Gwangju Biennial, and the Venice Biennale.
Her work has been
exhibited at major institutions around the world, including the Tate Modern, MoMA, the Walker Art Center, and the Centre Pompidou, as well as the 2007 and 2011 Venice Biennales.