Summer is coming. Kaohsiung city welcomes his friend TATE museum from London for the exhibition, Nude: Masterpieces from TATE. The show already starts on July 14th and it is regarded as the most expectant show this summer.
It is the very first time that Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts collaborates directly with TATE. With over 120 pieces of collection works, the exhibition also brings various types of works, like oil, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper. From the 18th century to present days, the exhibiting works explore the changing of the body in the different period. It shows how the body means and represents from historical myths to modernism. The show has exhibited at New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, and Japan. Now it arrives its last stop in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
The highlight in this exhibition is Auguste Rodin's "Kiss". The sculpture is one of the most famous and classic works of Auguste Rodin. Taiwan viewer will see the original version made of marble and it is the first time showing in Taiwan.
Pierre Bonnard's "Nude in the bath" was scheduled to return to London after the end of the exhibition in Japan. With the effort of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts and Tate Museum, not only Pierre Bonnard's works will be exhibited as scheduled, but also adds another piece of work. In addition, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts plans a special exhibition area for Pierre Bonnard. Unfortunately, his works will exhibit until September, then they will be sent back to London.
Of course, besides we just mentioned above, this exhibition includes many world-renowned artists, such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Henry Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Henry Spencer Moore, Francis Bacon and Willem de Kooning.
Masters show in Taiwan public museum for the first time includes Lucian Michael Freud, David. Hockney, Louise Bourgeois, and Tracey Emin.
Last but not least, to promote "Nude: Masterpieces from TATE", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts arrange various activities such as lectures, music concerts, body sketch classes, printing workshop, and dancing classes. The exhibition will end on October 28th, and if you don't have any plan yet this summer, just take a trip to Kaohsiung and appreciate these masterpieces!
Nude: Masterpieces from TATE
Exhibition Date: From now on to 28 October 2018
Venue: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
Opening hours: 9:30 to 17:30 from Monday to Sunday
Admission fee: Adult NT$280; Student&Child NT$250.
Figure 1: Pablo Picasso(1881–1973), Nude Woman with Necklace, 1968 Tate: Purchased 1983 © Tate, London 2018 © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2018
Figure 2 top left: space of Nude: Masterpieces from TATE. Photo: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
Figure 2 top right: Auguste Rodin(1840–1917), The Kiss, 1901-4
Tate: Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund and public contributions 1953 © Tate, London 2018
Figure 2 bottom left: Lucian Freud(1922–2011), Standing by the Rags, 1988-9 Tate: Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund, the Friends of the Tate Gallery and anonymous donors 1990 © Tate, London 2018 © The Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Images
Figure 2 bottom right: Ms. Lee Yu-Ling, the director of Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, and guests. Photo: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
