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Such expositions may present Picture s, Drawing s or Sculpture s of
individual artists, groups of artists or collections of a specific form of art.
The art works may be presented in Museum s, Art Hall s, Art Club s or
private Art Galleries . Sometimes the event is organized on
a specific occasion, like a birthday, anniversary or commemoration.

There are different kinds of Art exhibitions, like Retrospective s,
individual expositions, group expositions, or expositions on a specific topic.

The practice of art exhibitions dates back to at least 1673 , when the royally sanctioned French institution of art patronage, the Académie Royale De Peinture Et De Sculpture (a division of the Académie Des Beaux-arts ), held its first semi-public art exhibit at the Salon Carré. Beginning in 1725 the salon was held in the Palace Of The Louvre , when it became known as '' Salon De Paris ''.

Modern history of art exhibitions starts with the 1913 Armory Show in New York . It was the first time that Europe an Avant-garde art was presented in the New World . Most prominent art exhibition of Contemporary Art is the 1955 founded Documenta in Kassel , Germany . It takes place every five years, presenting international artists and art trends. Of similar prominence is the Biennale in Venice , Italy , which is held biannually. Art works are presented in pavilions per country at this exhibition.

Other trendsetting art exhibitions of contemporary art were ''"A New Spirit in Painting"'' ( London , Royal Academy Of Arts , 1981 ), ''"Zeitgeist"'' ( Berlin , Martin Gropius Bau , 1982 ), and ''"Metropolis"'' ( Berlin , Martin Gropius Bau , 1991 ).

Art exhibitions usually start with a Vernissage . At the exhibitions usually elaborate catalogues are available, which list the presented works together with pictures and expert commentaries.


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REFERENCES

  • O'Doherty, Brian and McEvilley, Thomas (1999). ''Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space''. University of California Press; Expanded edition. ISBN 0-520-22040-4.