Sophie Taeuber-Arp. The Museum Of Modern Art

 On now until March is a ravishing large retrospective of the little known but immensely important and talented artist, Sophie Taeuber-Arp. I have of course known her brilliant work for a long time, and this exhibition will re-introduce her to those of us who know her art, and those who are unfamiliar with her work. Taeuber-Arp was married to that other great artist of the Dada period and beyond Jean Arp and together and separately they created a rich array of paintings, sculptures and interiors. Sophie was a teacher, and a designer of textiles, furniture, sculptural reliefs, interiors, graphic design, paintings and of course her marvelous puppets, all of which are richly displayed in the large  3rd floor galleries. The show sprawls in a good way and is beautifully installed and arranged to give her life and career the richly deserved look that she warrants. Her life was not exactly a bowl of cherries especially when the 2nd World War came, and artists had to flee or hide. Sadly her life was cut short by a deadly accident of carbon monoxide poisoning as she slept at the summer house of the artist Max Bill because of a missed tram. 

She was only 54. I loved her show, and artists in the city and beyond should make a point to view this great exhibition which is on until March. I might make a second trip to see it. I did have the luxurious gift of seeing it on a member's only day, so I pretty much had the galleries to myself.