Arts agenda: American art in Seoul, Cristina Iglesias, Newton and Rheims

Among upcoming art exhibitions, the National Museum of Korea puts on a display of 19th and 20th century American art, a career-spanning selection of Cristina Iglesias's work is installed in the Museo Renia Sofia in Madrid, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales presents the fashion photography of Helmut Newton alongside portraiture from Bettina Rheims.

Art Across America
February 5 - March 19
National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
A survey of art spanning a century and a half of American history, from the Revolutionary period to World War II, with contributions from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Terra Foundation. Includes works by Charles Willson Peale, Mary Cassatt, Charles Demuth and Adolph Gottlieb.
museum.go.kr

Cristina Iglesias: Metonymy
February 6 - March 13
Museo Renia Sofia, Madrid, Spain
The work of prize-winning visual artist Iglesias is highlighted by a selection of over 50 pieces spanning her pensive, labyrinthine, thirty-year career; the Spaniard has become known for her fusion of architecture, sculpture, and installation.
museoreinasofia.es

The fashion of Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims
February 9 - May 19
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Twenty examples of the emotive confidentiality conveyed by German-Australian fashion photographer Helmut Newton, alongside 30 or more from Bettina Rheims's evocative "Modern Lovers" series, make for a challenging and thought-provoking concept.
artgallery.nsw.gov.au

Picasso and Chicago and The Picasso Effect
February 20 - May 12, 2013
Art Institute of Chicago, USA
A Pablo double-header, the first celebrating 100 years since the Artic's national debut of Picasso's work, charting the Spaniard's career and the status of Chicago as a city of art over the same period; the second examines the artist's influences and his influence upon contemporaries and subsequent generations.
artic.edu

China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy
February 22 - May 27
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
A representative selection of ten figures from China's legendary 7,000 figure terracotta army, discovered in 1974, and here presented as part of an insight into the life and legacy of Emperor Qin Shihuang. There's also a "Lost Warrior" to find lurking on the streets around the Asian Art Museum's building.
terracotta-warriors.asianart.org

Barocci: Brilliance and Grace
February 27 - May 19
National Gallery, London
On display among 14 altarpieces created by 16th century Italian artist Federico Barocci will be his acclaimed "Entombment" and "Last Supper," in addition to various other drawings and sketches, together illustrating the Renaissance master's meticulous dedication to his art.