The invitation »Trust me!« is one that one knows very well cannot simply be obeyed. Starting August 19, eleven artists from the collection of the Museum of American Art are taking a step forward and a step toward the visitor. In Trust Me, they reveal emotional, personal, and intimate interpersonal moments.
»Trust me!« is an imperative that some people find easier to follow than others. Can shared emotions help? That's the question the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York is exploring starting August 19. The exhibition Trust Me brings together works by eleven artists from the museum's collection. Family and kinship relationships, friendships, romantic partnerships, and networks dominate the paintings. Beyond the frame, they create a sense of connectedness and vulnerability-an aspect that the Whitney would like to emphasize here.
The works of Laura Aguilar, Genesis Báez, Alvin Baltrop, Jenny Calivas, Moyra Davey, Lola Flash, Barbara Hammer, Muriel Hasbun, Dakota Mace, Mary Manning, and D'Angelo Lovell Williams do not so much document as follow an undefined intuition as a mode of creative practice. They venture into realms of intimate personal reflection and poetic attentiveness. As the title suggests, they move forward by placing their trust in the unknown audience beforehand. Trust Me will be on view until February 2024.
The Neue Nationalgalerie is honoring Nan Goldin's work from the last 45 years with a comprehensive exhibition. The photographer conquered the art world with her snapshot aesthetic and is considered one of the most influential artists of our time. Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well can be seen in Berlin from November 23.
It was one of the most moving decades in the history of the United Kingdom: the 1980s, characterized by strikes, protests and AIDS. Photographers documented this period and in some cases became political activists themselves through their images. The exhibition The 80s: Photographing Britain opens on November 21 at the Tate Britain in London.
