| Cy Twombly at the Tate Modern |
| Written by Ken Hamel | |
| Tuesday, 17 June 2008 | |
 Cy Twombly "Ferragosto V" (1961) - Oil, wax crayon and lead pencil on canvas I'm sure some lucky Denverite arts traveler will be out in London this summer, and if that happens to be you, please do stop in to the Tate Gallery and check out the fantastic upcoming Cy Twombly retrospective "Cycles and Seasons" billed as "a unique opportunity to examine paintings, drawings and sculpture across [Twombly's] long and influential career." Twombly's frenetic scribbles are among my favorite works of art and while I doubt I'll be London bound this summer, I will have opportunity to take solace in the excellent Twombly room at the Philadelphia Museum of Art which I'm planning on revisiting next week. The press release also states that "a fully-illustrated colour catalogue will accompany the exhibition and will present contributions by established scholars of Twombly’s work alongside fresh research from younger writers," so that might be the cheap thrill version of the exhibit. Or if you can't wait for the catalog, check out the Tate's excellent website with information on the artist's works in the permanent collection. After the show's June 19 to September 14 London run, it travels to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao from October 2008 through February 2009 and onto the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome from February 25 to May 17 2009, where you'll not only get to see Twombly, but an excellent collection of works by Italian artists Alburto Burri and Mimo Rotella as well. |
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