The best art exhibitions around the world to see in 2022
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- 06 Jun 2022
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The year 2020, when we all suddenly got stuck in our homes, gave us a wonderful opportunity to look at the art we love with a fresh perspective.
In 2021, we finally got the opportunity to visit our local and national museums and see the put-on-hold exhibitions in a somewhat privileged setting without usual tourist crowds.
Let’s hope, that this new year of 2022 finally opens up the borders and we get lucky to visit a couple of the long-awaited and important art history exhibitions in iconic museums across the world.
Isolated from museums and curated shows, many of us discovered the digital universe of art on the websites of museums and art and history dedicated apps, like Smart Art — Art History Escape resources I shared in my story on The Best Apps and Websites for Art Lovers.
This is a list of the ongoing and future shows that you might include into your travel schedule of an art lover.
There is absolutely no chance to name every remarkable art exhibition planned for this year, so I will focus mostly on the major shows expected in the field of Old Masters and Modern Art painting.
Let’s begin with large monographic projects.
Francis Bacon: Man and the Beast
Dates: 29 January — 17 April
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
“One of the most eagerly awaited shows”, as it was called by the Financial Times, this solo exhibition of this iconic 20th-century artist has all the chances to top the box-office charts by the end of the year.
This powerful exhibition will focus on Bacon’s unerring fascination with animals: how it both shaped his approach to the human body and distorted it; how, caught at the most extreme moments of existence, his figures are barely recognisable as either human or beast.
Spanning Bacon’s 50-year career, highlights include some of Bacon’s earliest works and his last-ever painting, alongside a trio of bullfight paintings which will be exhibited together for the first time.
“These raw expressions of anxiety and instinct — both animal and human — feel poignantly relevant today,”
— states the Royal Academy.
It’s a pleasure to admit the overall robust schedule of events planned by RA for 2022, so whenever you are in London this year, check what’s on right now — chances are you’ll:
- catch up John Constable’s late career highlights (until 13 February),
- admire James McNeill Whistler’s charming portraits of his favourite muse (28 February — 22 May),
- get mazed by the stunning ukiyo-e drawings of one of Japan’s most important master painters Kawanabe KyÅsai (19 March — 19 June),
- contemplate the colourful work of the North American Milton Avery [whose art constantly breaks records at auctions] this side of the Atlantic (15 July — 16 October),
- or celebrate female German Modernists and their innovative expressionist paintings and works on paper (starting 12 November).
Cezanne
Dates: 15 May — 5 September (Chicago); 6 October — 12 March 2023 (London)
Location: Art Institute of Chicago, USA; Tate Modern, London, UK
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