Editing M. C. Escher (section)

=== Exhibitions ===

[[File:Escher Poster Dulwich Picture Gallery 2015.jpg|thumb|upright|Poster advertising the first major exhibition of Escher's work in Britain ([[Dulwich Picture Gallery]], 14 October 2015&nbsp;– 17 January 2016). The image, which shows Escher and his interest in geometric distortion and multiple levels of distance from reality, is based on his ''[[Hand with Reflecting Sphere]]'', 1935.<ref name=Dulwich/><ref name=NGA/>]]

Despite wide popular interest, Escher was for a long time somewhat neglected in the art world; even in his native Netherlands, he was 70 before a retrospective exhibition was held.<ref name=Poole />{{efn|Steven Poole comments "The artist [Escher] who created some of the most memorable images of the 20th century was never fully embraced by the art world."<ref name=Poole />}} In the twenty-first century, major exhibitions have been held in cities around the world.<ref name=ArtDaily /><ref name=NGAWhatson /><ref name=Treviso /> An exhibition of his work in Rio de Janeiro attracted more than 573,000 visitors in 2011;<ref name=ArtDaily>{{cite web |title=Exhibition of works by Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher opens at Soestdijk Palace in Baarn |url=http://artdaily.com/index_iphone.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=57170#.VkstP-IvuHg |website=Artdaily |access-date=17 November 2015 |archive-date=19 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119165631/http://artdaily.com/index_iphone.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=57170#.VkstP-IvuHg |url-status=dead }}</ref> its daily visitor count of 9,677 made it the most visited museum exhibition of the year, anywhere in the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top-attended museum show of 2011 is a surprise; also L.A. numbers |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/museum-attendance-2011.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=18 November 2015 |date=26 March 2013 |quote=The exhibition was ranked No. 1 based on daily visitors. It saw 9,677 visitors a day, according to the Art Newspaper.}}</ref> No major exhibition of Escher's work was held in Britain until 2015, when the [[Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art]] ran one in [[Edinburgh]] from June to September 2015,<ref name=NGAWhatson>{{cite web |title=The Amazing World of M.C. Escher |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/on-now-coming-soon/the-amazing-world-of-m-c-escher/ |publisher=[[National Galleries Scotland]] |access-date=1 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118111315/https://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/on-now-coming-soon/the-amazing-world-of-m-c-escher/ |archive-date=18 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> moving in October 2015 to the [[Dulwich Picture Gallery]], London. The exhibition poster is based on ''[[Hand with Reflecting Sphere]]'', 1935, which shows Escher in his house reflected in a handheld sphere, thus illustrating the artist, his interest in [[semiotics|levels of reality]] in art (e.g., is the hand in the foreground more real than the reflected one?), [[perspective (graphical)|perspective]], and [[spherical geometry]].<ref name=NGA>{{cite web |title=M.C. Escher — Life and Work |url=http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/features/slideshows/mc-escher-life-and-work.html#slide_11 |website=The Collection, National Gallery of Art |publisher=National Gallery of Art, Washington |access-date=1 November 2015 |quote=Escher and the interior of his studio in Rome are reflected in the mirrored sphere that he holds in his hand. Escher's preoccupation with mirrored reflections and visual illusion belongs to a tradition of northern European art established in the fifteenth century.}}</ref><ref name=Dulwich>{{cite web |title=The Amazing World of M.C. Escher |url=http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2015/october/the-amazing-world-of-m-c-escher/ |publisher=Dulwich Picture Gallery |access-date=1 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101033350/http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2015/october/the-amazing-world-of-m-c-escher |archive-date=1 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hand with Reflecting Sphere, 1935 |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggescher/ggescher-47949.html |website=The Collection, National Gallery of Art |publisher=National Gallery of Art, Washington |access-date=1 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225164242/http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggescher/ggescher-47949.html |archive-date=25 December 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The exhibition moved to Italy in 2015–2016, attracting over 500,000 visitors in Rome and Bologna,<ref name=Treviso>{{cite web |title=Escher. Santa Caterina Complex |url=http://www.italytravellerguide.com/evento/paese/treviso-467/escher-2144.aspx |website=Italy Traveller Guide|access-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117134703/http://www.italytravellerguide.com/evento/paese/treviso-467/escher-2144.aspx |archive-date=17 November 2015}}</ref> and then [[Milan]].<ref name=Milan>{{cite web|url=http://www.mostraescher.it|title=Mostra Escher Milano}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://chiostrodelbramante.it/en/info/escher/ |title=Chiostro del Bramante, Rome |access-date=7 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008212757/http://chiostrodelbramante.it/en/info/escher/ |archive-date=8 October 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/exhibitions/current/details/m-c-escher-the-mathemagician-8228 |title=Exhibitions: M.C. Escher: The Mathemagician |publisher=[[National Gallery of Canada]] |access-date=7 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052313/http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/exhibitions/current/details/m-c-escher-the-mathemagician-8228 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2023, the [[Kunstmuseum Den Haag|Kunstmuseum]] in the Hague created a large retrospective of Escher, entitled 'Escher - Other World'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Escher - Other World {{!}} Kunstmuseum Den Haag |url=https://www.kunstmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/escher-other-world |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.kunstmuseum.nl |language=en}}</ref>