Spain’s galleries, art centers and museums will be bustling with visitors as the country’s most popular cultural event,PHotoEspaña opens to the public. The international festival of photography and visual arts explores contemporary culture through the lens of the camera.
15th PHotoEspaña
June 6 - July 22
Various locations
Madrid, Spain
PHotoEspaña is Europe's answer to Canada's CONTACT photography festival. This major international annual photography and visual arts festival attracted close to 780,000 visitors in 2011 and has become the most popular cultural event in Spain.
http://www.phe.es/?lg=en
Facebook Twitter
Documenta 13
June 9 - September 16
Kassel, Germany
Documenta is among the world’s top contemporary art exhibitions. It is held once every five years in Germany. The event eclipses the Venice Biennale in terms of visitors (Documenta attracted close to 755,000 people in 2007) and aims to present “a moment of reflection on the relationship between art and society.” Over 160 artists will participate in the event in 2012, most of which will create site specific installations for the show.
http://d13.documenta.de/
Facebook Twitter
43rd Art Basel
June 14-17
Messe Basel, Messeplatz
Basel, Switzerland
Art Basel is heralded as the world's premier international art show for modern and contemporary art. Works from more than 2,500 artists -- from the great masters of modern art to fresh-faced contemporaries creating the trends of tomorrow -- will be shown at the 43rd edition of Art Basel in 2012. 65,000 people and close to 300 galleries attended Art Basel in 2011. The American leg of the art fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, is also one of the most keenly attended events on the international art calendar.
http://www.artbasel.com
Facebook Twitter Mobile App
Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters exhibition
June 16 - December 3, 2012
Art Gallery of WA
Perth, Australia
A touring exhibition of famous artworks from New York’s world-renowned Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) -- including pieces by Andy Warhol, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso -- will be shown at the Art Gallery of Western Australia as part of the gallery’s Great Collections of the World series. The Art Gallery of Western Australia will be the only Australian venue to host this exhibition. The partnership with New York’s MoMA will give visitors the chance to see exclusive highlights from this outstanding collection, many of which have never been seen outside the United States. The large-scale exhibition will feature more than 100 modern art masterpieces by 14 iconic artists of the 20th century. Five subsequent exhibitions at the gallery will feature works from MoMA’s extensive collection.
http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/Picasso_to_Warhol.asp
Facebook Twitter YouTube
12th Melbourne International Animation Festival
June 17-24
ACMI Cinemas, Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
The 12th edition of the Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) is an eight-day festival showcasing some of the greatest animations created by artists around the globe. MIAF is one of the largest animation festivals in the world. More than 400 films from over 30 countries will grace screens at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image during the festival. Entries in the MIAF are automatically considered for the UTS Sydney International Animation Festival, the London International Animation Festival, and Australia’s smaller, regional touring festival, the Australian International Animation Festival.
http://www.miaf.net/
Facebook Twitter
59th Cannes Lions
June 17-23
Cannes, France
Now in its 59th year, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity highlights innovative and inspirational works of art created by advertisers and advertising agencies. The event has become the world’s biggest celebration of creativity in communications and includes an awards ceremony and film festival. More than 9,000 creatives attend Cannes Lions each year to participate in seminars, workshops and master classes.
http://www.canneslions.com/
Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn YouTube
London 2012 Festival
June 21 - September 9
Various locations in the UK
UK
The London 2012 Festival is being hailed as the “biggest festival London has ever seen.” The major 12-week-long event will be held concurrently with the Olympics Games and will highlight the very best in music, theater, dance, visual arts, literature, fashion and film from the UK and abroad. The festival is also the finale of London’s Cultural Olympiad, a four-year arts event that is described as the “largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Movements.”
http://festival.london2012.com/
Facebook Twitter YouTube
18th Biennale of Sydney
June 27 - September 16
Various venues across Sydney
Sydney, Australia
The Biennale of Sydney is Australia's largest and most respected contemporary visual arts event. It’s the fourth oldest recurring contemporary art exhibition on the international calendar after Venice, São Paulo and Documenta. The event highlights recent and new works created by Australian artists alongside leading international artists in iconic locations across the city. The Biennale of Sydney is completely free and open to the public.
http://bos18.com/
Facebook Twitter Google+ YouTube Flickr
35th Galway Arts Festival
July 16-29
Various venues
Galway, Ireland
The Galway Arts Festival is a celebration of street art, music, theater, literature and visual arts. The event showcases an international lineup of artists alongside Ireland's best talents and is Ireland's largest annual international arts festival.
http://www.galwayartsfestival.com
Facebook Twitter YouTube iPhone app
39th SIGGRAPH
August 5-9
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Computer graphics, technology and art collide at the International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH). The event mixes computer graphics and interactive techniques with digital art, technology and multimedia. The latest gadgets, hardware, software and technology will also be presented at the event. SIGGRAPH Asia will take place in Singapore from November 28 - December 1.
http://s2012.siggraph.org/
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube
