Cultural Calendar: August 2021

The summer is very much in full swing and it’s time to take advantage of a slower, more indulgent rhythm. By all means, soak up the sun, enjoy a beverage, get active – but don’t bypass the cultural delights on offer this August. Tom Faulkner is lucky enough to have wonderful representatives all over the world – so, we’ve put together a list of the most scintillating cultural attractions across their hometowns. We hope it may spark some inspiration!

Left: The Cathedral (1908) by Auguste Rodin, (Rodin Museum, Paris); photographed by Daniel Stockman; Right: ‘Cheshire cat’, psychedelic poster by Joseph McHugh, published by East Totem West. USA, 1967. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

UNITED KINGDOM

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London

Running May 22^nd – December 31^st, 2021

The Making of Rodin (EY Exhibition) at the Tate Modern in London

Running May 18 – November 21^st, 2021

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London

Running August 18^th, 2021 – February 13^th, 2022

Lucian Freud: Real Lives at the Tate Liverpool

Running July 24^th, 2021 – January 16^th, 2022

Eduardo Chillida at Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Running June 26^th, 2021 – January 3^rd, 2022

Paul Cézanne’s Bathers Under a Bridge (1900 – 1906)

USA

Cézanne Drawing at the MoMA in New York

Running June 13^th – September 25^th, 2021

Niki de Saint Phalle at MoMA PS1 in New York

Running March 20^th – September 6^th, 2021

Legacies of Exchange: Chinese Contemporary Art from the Yuz Foundation at LACMA in Los Angeles

(featuring the works of Ai Weiwei, Huang Yong Ping, and beyond)

Running July 4^th, 2021 – March 13^th, 2022

Contemporary Optics at SF MOMA in San Francisco

(featuring the works of Olafur Eliasson, Teresita Fernández, and Anish Kapoor)

Running March 19, 2021–October 23, 2022

Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit at Pullman Yards in Atlanta

Running May 19^th, 2021 – 2022

The Obama Portraits at the Art Institute of Chicago

Running June 18^th – August 15^th, 2021

The Irish Museum of Modern Art; photographed by William Murphy

IRELAND

IMMA Outdoors at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin

(celebrating IMMA’s 30^th year with artist commissions, performances, talks, workshops, tours, pop-up exhibitions, and open-air cafes)

Running spring – autumn, 2021

Augustin Rouart’s Le Nageur (1943); credit: Philippe Fuzeau

FRANCE

Dalí – The Endless Enigma at Atelier des Lumières in Paris

(an immersive digital experience)

Running May 19^th, 2021 – January 2^nd, 2022

‘Boire avec les Dieux’ at Cité du Vin in Bordeaux

(featuring ancient works from the Louvre Museum and the National Archaeological Museum of Athens as well as street art in celebration of the tradition of wine)

Running until August 29^th, 2021

Augustin Rouart: Painting as Legacy at Le Petit Palais in Paris

(also featuring the works of Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, and Auguste Renoir)

Running June 1^st – October 10^th, 2021

Picasso-Rodin between le Musée Rodin and le Musée National de Picasso – Paris

Running May 19^th, 2021 – January 2^nd, 2022

Isamu Nochuchi’s Light Sculptures at the Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York; photographed by Torstenkunz-Germany

JAPAN

The Summer Olympics in Tokyo

Running July 23^rd – August 8^th, 2021

Five Purr-fect Points for a New Public Space: Kengo Kuma at The Museum of Modern Art Tokyo

Running June 18^th – September 26^th, 2021

Isamu Noguchi: Ways of Discovery at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Running April 24^th – August 29^th, 2021

Saint Petersburg Ballet Theatre; photographed by Ustin Tachkin

RUSSIA

Performances by the Leonid Veniaminovich Yakobson, the St Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg

August performances: Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Don Quixote

Space for Art: Conflict Check at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art Education Center

(a series of exhibitions and public events presented by artists addressing the theme of conflict)

Running August 4^th – September 26^th, 2021

The Art Gallery of Ontario, designed by Frank Gehry; photographed by Rick Harris

CANADA

The National Ballet of Canada’s Sharing the Stage Residency at the Harbourfront Center in Toronto

(featuring performances by the National Ballet, works-in-process from guest companies, and an outdoor studio offering open rehearsals, complementary dance classes, and panel discussions)

Running August 9^th – 29^th, 2021

Matthew Wong: Blue View at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto

Running August 13^th, 2021 – April 18^th, 2022

Text by Annabel Colterjohn