arts and design

Hirst's bronze giants run riot while Saatchi goes raving – the week in art

[ad_1]

Exhibition of the week

Dóra Maurer
This Hungarian artist mixes formal beauty with dissident chaos in an impressive range of works from rigorous film and photography to joyfully liberated paintings.
Tate Modern, London, until 5 July

Also showing

Damien Hirst
You can’t ignore Hirst’s colossal bronze sculptures with their visceral images of exposed bodies – might put you off your picnic though.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, until 29 September

Sweet Harmony
Artists including Jeremy Deller and Conrad Shawcross remember acid house.
Saatchi Gallery, London, until 14 December

The Moon
Humanity’s obsession with Earth’s satellite is explored in this blockbuster marking the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.
National Maritime Museum, London, until 5 January

Wild and Majestic
This show recreates the cult of Scotland in the Romantic age when Highland landscapes and the novels of Walter Scott shaped an image that’s still influential.
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, until 10 November

Masterpiece of the week

The Horse Fair (1855) by Rosa Bonheur

horse fair



Photograph: The National Gallery, London

This is one of the most famous scenes by Rosa Bonheur, whose depictions of horses were celebrated in 19th-century France. She had a big success at the 1853 Paris Salon with the original of this thunderous picture, which is now in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The fact that the National Gallery has owned this smaller version since 1859 shows how she broke into the forefront of contemporary art in the Victorian age. These horses are infused with fury and electric passion. They are being sold but they have wildness and freedom rippling through every rearing and hoof-stamping fibre of their being.
National Gallery, London

Image of the week

The new footbridge at Tintagel Castle, Cornwall.



The new footbridge at Tintagel Castle, Cornwall. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Tintagel Castle Footbridge, Cornwall, by Ney+Partners and William Matthews Associates
King Arthur’s supposed birthplace will be easier for visitors to reach now a striking bridge spans the Cornish cliffs from which it stretches. The steel bridge, with a path made of slate tiles, has a gap in the centre that will expand and contract depending on the weather – neatly solving a tricky balance of forces, but also symbolising a step from present to past.

What we learned

Sheffield’s steeliest young artists are storming the city

An “astounding” portfolio of Munch, Bonnard and Vuillard prints is going on sale

Sohrab Hura’s India is a violent place

Black is black – or is Anish Kapoor’s less so?

Artists Film International reveals startlingly unfamiliar places

The end of communism has meant colourful times for Dora Maurer

Brian Blomerth is taking us on a wild acid trip

Photographer Terry O’Neill thinks David Bowie was his best sitter

The Neave Brown award throws fresh focus on affordable housing

The Edinburgh fringe staged an art heist

St Ives hosted the largest collection of artists outside of London

Richard Parkes Bonington is the latest artist to give Britain a tax break

This long-unknown portrait is of an MP’s Nazi-fleeing granddad

A controversial Australian mural has been vandalised …

… while graffiti will not be free on Prague’s Lennon Wall

Aram Balakjian used family photos to bring life back to his old house

A 13th-century Belgian bridge is to be modernised

Insect art is a 16th-century wonder

Rock’n’rollers take summer holidays too

All life passes through Brooklyn’s Barclays Center

And we remembered Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez …

… graphic designer June Fraser …

… and library founder Carry Franklin

Don’t forget

To follow us on Twitter: @GdnArtandDesign.

Sign up to the Art Weekly newsletter

If you’d like to receive our regular roundup of art and design news via email, please sign up here.



[ad_2]

READ SOURCE

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies.  Learn more