Question the Wall Itself at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Nov. 20, 2016 – May 21, 2017
Enter a living room and you might notice the couch, mirror, paintings, but how often do you step back and think of the space as a whole? This is the interior architectural equivalent of missing the forest for the trees, and it's the guiding premise of the Walker's wide-ranging exhibition in which 23 artists—some famous, others comparatively emerging—interrogate the socio-cultural ramifications of decor and interior design.
A Revolutionary Impulse: The Rise of the Russian Avant-Garde at the MoMA, New York
Dec. 4, 2016 – Mar. 12, 2017
It's been almost 100 years since the Russian Revolution wiped aside three centuries of Romanov rule and instituted, for a brief but exhilarating 20 years, a period of modernist social and artistic advancement. Under the banner of the Revolution, the Russian avant-garde blazed through a dizzying number of now-seminal movements, from Constructivism and Suprematism to film and photomontage, all of which will be represented in the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition.
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