Brutal Bacon, wild Gehry and unmissable Abramovic: 2021 s best art, architecture and photography Jonathan Jones, Adrian Searle, Oliver Wainwright and Sean O’Hagan
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Screaming apes, isolated in cages – and that’s just the people. Bacon was the most atheist of artists and his vision of humans and other animals is relentlessly Darwinian, so don’t look for cuteness or sentiment in his ruthless dissections of our nature. This is a sideways look at a modern master.
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Provocateur, founder of Art Brut, or raw art, Jean Dubuffet (1901-85) embraced the arbitrary and irrational, using crude materials and working with an ironic rejection of skill and finesse. Immersed in French intellectual and artistic life, the show focuses on both Dubuffet’s own work and his extensive collection of outsider art, in the first major UK exhibition of this complex, fascinating artist in more than 50 years.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 21 The long-awaited opening of Los Angeles Oscars museum was postponed again Friday due to the pandemic, with officials saying its scheduled April debut would be “irresponsible” as the city grapples with record coronavirus cases.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, dedicated to the magic of movies and set to host iconic Hollywood treasures from Judy Garland s
Wizard of Oz ruby slippers to Dracula s cape, has been beset by delays.
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image captionRestoration of Tutankhamun s throne which will be on display along with the rest of the king s collection at the Grand Egyptian Museum
If this 2021 art preview stirs within you a strange feeling of déjà vu, do not be alarmed. You are not having an extra-sensory experience, merely proving yourself to be a loyal reader.
This time last year I was enthusiastically recommending you look forward to the opening of the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, the ninth edition of Artes Mundi in Cardiff, and the long-awaited launch of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza near Cairo.
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Like much of this year’s events around the world, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced they will be moving its opening date to Fall 2021.
The Academy Museum will be the world’s premier institution, offering immersive experiences in the art and science of moviemaking. Each part of the building gives a nod to important films and filmmakers around the world. Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, will be restoring and revitalizing the historic Saban Building, previously known as the May Company building. Located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, the Saban Building is expected to be an American landmark, easily recognized due to its futuristic spherical shape.