Mathieu, and the artistic journeys of more contemporary Boetti, Mondino and Ontani. In this exciting exhibition from 22 February to 21 June 2009, the paintings of Mark Tobey, made available by CMT member Heiner Hachmeister, will get an extra-room to show his importance for introducing calligraphy in western art.

January 2009

The Guggenheim Museum, NYC, will show January 30th, 2009 - April 19th, 2009 " The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860 to 1989". This exhibition will include works by Morris Graves, Mark Tobey and Kenneth Callahan. The Roundhouse of International Spirits: Arp, Benazzi, Bissier, Nicholson, Richter, Tobey, Valenti in the Ticino.  This is the long working-title for an exhibition curated by our CMTmember Matthias Bärmann which takes place at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge from 17 January to 15 March 2009 and at the Museo comunale di arte moderna, Ascona from 28 March to 28 June 2009.
The exhibition’s focus will be art in 1960ies in the area on Lake Maggiore between Ascona and Locarno, which, thanks to its temperate climate, natural beauty and tolerant locals, from the beginning of the 20^th century attracted many artists and scholars, some of whom settled there for prolonged periods. While developments in the early part of the century, in particular the community at  Monte Verità, are well documented, the period in consideration here has not yet received much attention, and the exhibition will therefore cover new territory.
Artists working in the Ticino in the 1960ies included Ben Nicholson and his wife Felicitas Vogler, Hans Richter, Julius Bissier and Italo Valenti. Jean Arp had a life-long relationship with the area, and Mark Tobey, who lived in Basel, visited his artist friends in Ascona frequently. Classical scholar Karl Kerenyi and composer Wladimir Vogel also lived there. The atelier of paper- and print-maker François Lafranca in Verscio and the studio complex set up by sculptor Remo Rossi in Locarno provided attractive places to work and for the discussion of art, philosophy, literature and music. Through some seventy works and a selection of archival material the exhibition will explore the art and relationships of these artists.