Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective
June 29–October 8, 2012

Join Ellen W. Lee, Wood-Pulliam Senior Curator at the IMA; Elizabeth Easton, Director of the Center for Curatorial Leadership; Eliza Rathbone, Chief Curator of The Phillips Collection; and Edwin Becker, Head of Exhibitions at the Van Gogh Museum, for an informal discussion exploring the artists' intriguing experiments with snapshot photography.

Described as "an archaeologist of visual apocrypha," US and Hong Kong-based artist Adrian Wong plays with signifiers of culture and identity, lending objects new life through adjusted interpretations. With his unique background—including an MA in developmental psychology and an MFA in sculpture—Wong makes esotericism accessible and tangible. From performance art to sculptures, video, and other installations, Wong experiments with perception while bringing a rigorously researched approach to art.

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Nigeria and Ontario, Howie Tsui’s influences include ghost stories, Buddhist hell scrolls, Japanese monster culture, and Hong Kong vampire films. As part of his Horror Fables series, Tsui contributes to "Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past" (on view at the Asian Art Museum from May 18-September 2, 2012) intricately drawn human-monster hybrids that combine imagery from traditional Asian folklore with contemporary pop culture.

Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960
June 8–September 12, 2012

Since its beginnings as a private collection, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum collection has evolved to reflect the dramatic shifts in art making over the past 150 years. Art of Another Kind curators Tracey Bashkoff and Megan Fontanella explain the collection’s history and the contrasting yet synchronous visions of former directors Hilla Rebay and James Johnson Sweeney in making the Guggenheim a repository for the art of our time.

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940
The Jewish Museum, New York
May 4 - September 23, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/vuillard

Artist Lisa Yuskavage and Chief Curator Norman Kleeblatt discuss the paintings of Edouard Vuillard and his impact on contemporary art. The conversation highlights Vuillard's influence on artists from after World War II to those working today, and examines Yuskavage's own complex art.

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940
The Jewish Museum, New York
May 4 - September 23, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/vuillard