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October 21, 2014-January 4, 2015 This fall, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present the first major retrospective in nearly fifty years to be devoted to Paul Strand (American, 1890–1976), one of the greatest photographers in the history of the medium. It will explore the remarkable evolution of Strand’s work, from the breakthrough moment in the second decade of the twentieth century when he brought his art to the brink of abstraction to his broader vision of the place of photography in the modern world, which he would develop over the course of a career that spanned six decades. This exhibition will examine every aspect of Strand’s work, from his early efforts to establish photography as a major independent art form and his embrace of filmmaking as a powerful medium capable of broad public impact to his masterful extended portraits of people and places that would often take compelling shape in the form of printed books and must be considered among his greatest achievements. Paul St...

From 5 March to 15 June 2014, the Städel Museum devoted a major exhibition to the lifework of one of the most prominent German Expressionists, Emil Nolde (1867–1956).  The exhibition “Emil Nolde. Retrospective“  traveled to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark (4 July to 19 October 2014). Although Nolde’s oeuvre has been represented in numerous special thematic exhibitions, the last retrospective to pay tribute to his work in Germany took place twenty-five years ago. Some 140 works were on view, among them such masterworks as Springtime in the Room (1904), The Life of Christ (1911/12) and Candle Dancers (1912), but also a number of paintings and prints by the artist hitherto never shown outside of Seebüll. The selection ranged from Expressionist landscapes to glittering nocturnal scenes of Berlin, exotic South Seas motifs, and religious depictions. Arranged in rough chronological order, the retrospective comprised paintings, watercolours and prints from all...

This autumn,  15 October 2014 – 18 January 2015,   the National Gallery presents a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, ' Rembrandt: The Late Works ' - the first ever in-depth exploration of Rembrandt’s final years of painting. Far from diminishing as he aged, Rembrandt's creativity gathered new energy in the closing years of his life. It is the art of these late years - soulful, honest and deeply moving - that indelibly defines our image of Rembrandt the man and the artist. This landmark exhibition, featuring unprecedented loans from around the world, is a unique opportunity to experience the passion, emotion and innovation of Rembrandt, the greatest master of the Dutch Golden Age.     Betsy Wieseman, Curator of 'Rembrandt: The Late Works', says: “Even three-and-a-half centuries after his death, Rembrandt continues to astonish and amaze. His technical inventions, and his profound insight into human emotions, are as fresh and relevant today as they were in the 17...