Me to Anderson: "Do you know what this kind of singing is called?"
Anderson: "Screaming woman..."
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Woman Rock XXIII Watercolor on Paper, c.1979 |
Woman Rock IV Watercolor on Paper, c. 1979 |
“Stéphane has the vision and experience to lead the Hirshhorn’s curatorial department at a time when we are expanding our profile nationally and internationally,” said Melissa Chiu, director of the Hirshhorn. “He has worked closely with a diverse roster of artists and conceived and executed important monographic and thematic exhibitions. And he has been instrumental in building a significant contemporary collection. We are fortunate to be able to welcome him to the Hirshhorn.”
During his tenure at the MMFA, Aquin has curated major exhibitions, including “Peter Doig: No Foreign Lands” (2014), “Beyond Pop Art: Tom Wesselmann” (2012), “Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol’s Work” (2008), “Riopelle: Canadian Artist” (2006), “Global Village: The Sixties” (2003) and “Pipilotti Rist” (2000). He also organized “Yo y mi circunstancia: Mobility in Contemporary Mexican Art” (1999) and contributed to “Hitchcock and Art: Fatal Coincidences” (2000). A prominent scholar of contemporary art, he has written catalog essays about Peter Doig, Jean Paul Riopelle, Dorothea Rockburne, Carolee Schneemann and others.
Aquin established and headed the MMFA’s project series, organizing more than 40 exhibitions by artists from Canada and abroad. As the curator responsible for art from 1945 to the present, he expanded the museum’s collection by more than 1,000 works, with additions by artists such as David Altmejd, Richard Artschwager, Eduardo Basualdo, Jim Dine, Jesper Just, Mark Lewis, Los Carpinteros, Pipilotti Rist, Kiki Smith, Michael Snow and Tom Wesselmann. He has also overseen the development of the MMFA’s sculpture garden, which has key works by Aaron Curry, Antony Gormley, Mimmo Paladino and Jaume Plensa, among others.
Before his tenure at the MMFA, Aquin worked as an independent art critic from 1992 to 1998, serving notably as chief art critic for the Montreal weekly Voir. Before that he held various curatorial positions in museums across Canada. He has been a part-time faculty member in the Masters of Fine Arts Studio Arts program at Concordia University in Montreal since 1996 and for the past 10 years has acted as advisor to the acquisition committee of the art collection of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers. He has served on numerous juries and panels across Canada and abroad, acting as president of the Sobey Art Award Jury in 2008.
Born in Montreal and raised in the United States and Switzerland, Aquin earned a master’s degree in art history from the Université de Montréal in 1987 and has pursued doctoral studies in sociology at the same university.Aquin succeeds Kerry Brougher, who served as the Hirshhorn’s chief curator from 2000 until May 31.
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Topping the list is Vincent van Gogh's masterpiece, "Cafe Terrace." Other artists named on the 2014 list include Claude Monet, Gustav Klimt, Pierre August Renoir, Edward Manet, Edgar Degas, Lord Frederic Leighton, and the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.
The top 10 oil paintings sold online in 2014 according to overstockArt.com's statistics are:
- Cafe Terrace at Night by Vincent Van Gogh
- Garden Path at Giverny by Claude Monet
- Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
- The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
- Discarded Roses by Pierre August Renoir
- Branches of an Almond Tree by Vincent Van Gogh
- Flaming June by Frederic Leighton
- Cafe Concert by Edouard Manet
- Dancers in Pink by Edgar Degas
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai
Simon Monk wall at Context Art Miami - Alida Anderson Art Projects |