Kandinsky: the Path to Abstraction
Art: best of 2006
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By Time Out editors
Posted: Mon Dec 18 2006 -
Time Out's visual arts team choose their top five exhibitions of the year
Do you agree? Tell us your top exhibitions of 2006?
1 Velázquez
National Gallery
Not only the painter’s painter, but the critic’s painter too. The 17th-century Spaniard’s work might not be seen in this depth again for a lifetime or more. Until Jan 21. Feature continuesAdvertisement
2 Kandinsky: the Path to Abstraction
Tate Modern
Another figure seldom seen in this country was given the major museum treatment he deserved. From folksy Russian roots and musical epiphanies to a climactic crescendo of giant, rollicking colour compositions, this show captured a truly pioneering abstract vision.
3 Modernism: Designing a New World
V&A
Despite a few omissions and an uninspiring display design, there was no doubting the ambition and breadth of the V&A’s third annual blockbuster. Roll on Surrealism.
4 Bas Jan Ader
Camden Arts Centre
Confirmation that the poignant and often funny films and photographs of this Dutch artist, who died in 1975 at the age of 33, still resonate today. A surprise hit.
5 Mike Nelson
Matt’s Gallery
Nelson’s more minimal installation at Matt’s evoked a powerful sense of loss, while his dimly-lit, secret darkroom hideaway at Frieze provided a welcome escape from the art fair frenzy.Do you agree? Tell us your top exhibtions of 2006?
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3 comments
i disagree. i thought Bas Jan Ader was boring and mundane. There was nothing particular that caught my imagination, made me want to think, to laugh...just nothing at all. Whereas the Fiscli and Weiss was absolutely amazing. Left you inspired and happy...happy, now thats something.
twilight at the v&a for content and presentation!
Kerry James Marshall 1st uk touring exhibition to Camden Arts Centre, Baltic, The New Art Gallery Walsall and Modern Art Oxford - from October 2005 - November 2006.