Best of late-March art: Hockney in the house!

opens March 19; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Gl Strandvej 13, Humlebæk; lousiana.dk

While David Hockney’s earlier works – like ‘A Bigger Splash’ or ‘John St Clair Swimming’ – are quite likeable despite their dreadfully shrill colours, lack of depth and boring subject matter, his later work has become rather wearisome.

Nevertheless, considered an important contributor to the Pop Art movemnet of the 1960s, Bradford’s favourite son, 77, is one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century (he was even mentioned in The Sopranos once!) and his work represents a significant testimony in the landscape of modern art.

 

Carla Zaccagini & Runo Lagomarsino

opens March 21; Malmö Konsthall, St Johannesgatan 7, Malmö; konsthall.malmo.se

The Malmö and São Paulo atists present elaborate displays and narrative systems that together explore themes such as national identity.

 

What’s happening?

opens March 26; Statens Museum for Kunst, Sølvgade 48-50, Cph K; smk.dk

The SMK’s spring exhibition focuses on the reassessment within experimental art in the 1960s and 70s, as it is intersected with popular culture, sexual liberation and the women’s movement.

 

Frederik Roos Art Grand 2015

opens March 28; Moderna Museet Malmö, Ola Billgrens plats 2-4, Malmö

Fredrik Roos Art Grant, one of Sweden’s biggest art grants, will for the fourth time be awarded to a young artist whose works are exhibited.




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