Monday, January 2, 2012

New Year’s Art Resolutions: Ten 2012 Shows You Can’t Let Yourself Miss


If you’re like most people, you’ve already broken your New Year’s resolutions. No worries. Here’s a different promise to yourself that should be easier, more enjoyable, and more educational to keep—ten 2012 art exhibitions you can’t let yourself miss. As always, this is a very subjective, personal list and is limited to shows in the US and UK, so there’s a whole world’s worth of new opportunities to see and learn I’m overlooking. (Feel free to add your own can’t miss shows in the comments.) So, with all that in mind, here are the shows (listed in chronological order of openings) I’ve circled on my calendar so far. Please come over to Picture This at Big Think to read more of "New Year’s Art Resolutions: Ten 2012 Shows You Can’t Let Yourself Miss."

[Image: Paul Gauguin. Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (detail). 1897-1898. Museum of the Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Image source: Wikipedia.]