Kandinsky - Sydney International Art Series

An exhibition showcasing the life and work of one of the most influential and best-loved European modernists.

One of the great innovators of European abstraction, Vasily Kandinsky (1866–1944) broke new ground in painting during the first decades of the 20th century. This comprehensive exhibition, curated with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, draws from the Guggenheim’s rich holdings to reveal Kandinsky’s work in depth – from his beginnings in Munich, to his return to his birthplace of Moscow with the outbreak of World War One, followed by the interwar years in Germany where he was an instructor at the Bauhaus, and his final chapter in Paris.

A new music program explores the relationship between Kandinsky and music, and a specially commissioned artist project by Desmond Lazaro within the exhibition space draws inspiration from the ideas that influenced Kandinsky, to form an immersive and wondrous experience for all ages.

In conjunction with Kandinsky, an exhibition of ‘spirit drawings’ created in the 1860s and 70s by British medium Georgiana Houghton helps to reveal the significant role spiritualism played in early modernism.

Exhibition is presented as part of the The Sydney International Art Series, an initiative of the NSW Government via its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW. Every summer, it brings the world’s most outstanding art exclusively to Sydney.