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5-12 Nov 2024

Openings, events, auctions
Baku, Berlin, Beverly Hills, Brussels, Bruton, Chicago, Cologne, Dallas, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Monterrey, New York, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Shanghai, West Palm Beach, Zürich

Geert Goiris @ Art: Concept Paris		Christy Matson @ Philip Martin Gallery Los Angeles		Jeff Wall @ Gagosian New York
Ali Banisadr @ Perrotin Shanghai		Give Me an Inch @ Pipeline London		Valerio Adami @ Templon Brussels

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Baku

Baku, Friday 8

Gazelli Art House:
Parallel Worlds
on the occasion of COP29 in Baku, the gallery presents a significant group exhibition which examines questions around what is natural and what is artificially constructed

first day

Berlin

Berlin, Wednesday 6

Galerie Barbara Thumm:
Theo Eshetu: Veiled Woman on a Beachfront
excerpts from Eshetu’s multimedia project created during a stay on the Islamic island of Lamu, and examining two cultures with often diverging views on the role of images in forming and representing a culture

opening reception

Berlin, Saturday 9

Galerie Max Hetzler, Bleibtreustraße 15/16:
Jeremy Demester: Shepherds’ Play

opening reception

Galerie Max Hetzler, Bleibtreustraße 45:
Rineke Dijkstra
an exhibition of photographs from a number of well-known series by one of the most highly regarded photographers of our time

opening reception

Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills, Friday 8

Gagosian:
Sabine Moritz: Frost
twenty new abstract paintings by Moritz in her first exhibition on the West Coast – “in the studio, there is no time. All history is the present, and the present is history” – Moritz

opening reception

Brussels

Brussels, Thursday 7

Templon:
Valerio Adami: Narrations 2020-2024
introspective and poignant paintings offer an immersion into the world of this iconic figure in the contemporary art scene

first day

Bruton

Bruton, Sunday 10

Hauser & Wirth Somerset:
Phyllida and Film: Short Film Screenings

special event

Chicago

Chicago, Friday 8

Gray Chicago:
Torkwase Dyson: Of Line and Memory
American interdisciplinary artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery debuts a pair of monumental sculptures, new paintings, and constructions in glass and wood

opening reception

Cologne

Cologne, Tuesday 5

Sotheby’s Cologne:
Modern & Contemporary Discoveries
auction: Tue 5 – Wed 13
(viewing: Wed 6 – Mon 11)

auction starts

Cologne, Tuesday 12

Sotheby’s Cologne:
Modern & Contemporary Art
auction: Tue 12
(viewing: Wed 6 – Mon 11)

auction

Dallas

Dallas, Saturday 9

Meliksetian | Briggs:
Meg Cranston: Organizing Principles
new paintings which continue Cranston’s witty and irreverent approach to art making as she explores contemporary culture and society, color theory, aesthetic and art historical positions

opening reception

Dublin

Dublin, Friday 8

Kerlin Gallery:
Justin Fitzpatrick in conversation with Thomas Conchou

talk

Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Tuesday 5

Galerie Bärbel Grässlin:
I love America and America loves me

first day

Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Monday 11

Sotheby’s Hong Kong:
Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction
auction: Mon 11
(viewing: Mon 4 – Sun 10)

auction

Hong Kong, Tuesday 12

Sotheby’s Hong Kong:
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction | Session 1 – Contemporary Art
auction: Tue 12
(viewing: Thu 31 Oct – Mon 11 Nov)

auction

Sotheby’s Hong Kong:
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction | Session 2 – Modern Art
auction: Tue 12
(viewing: Thu 31 Oct – Mon 11 Nov)

auction

London

London, Tuesday 5

David Gill:
Francis Sultana: St Moritz
Sultana references the icon of Alpine glamour in his latest collection of furniture and lighting

first day

London, Wednesday 6

The Artist Room:
Victor Boullet: Punt e Mes
smaller-scale works, including unseen drawings on paper, sculptures constructed from domestic materials, and recent paintings in the second of two consecutive exhibitions in Boullet’s first solo presentation in London

opening reception

Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert:
Victor Pasmore & Patrick Heron: VIII São Paolo Biennial Great Britain 1965 revisited
an exhibition of work by two of Britain’s pioneering abstract artists which revisits their seminal joint exhibition at the VIII São Paulo Biennial in 1965

private view

Pipeline:
Give Me an Inch: Rachel Clancy / Lexia Hachtmann / Grace Kalyta / Em Kettner / Gabriel Kidd / JD Rooney
an exhibition which “looks into the relationship between the artist and their audience, the privacy that can be maintained between the teller and the tale and how only a hint is needed to unveil the deeper context of a practice”

opening reception

Sotheby’s London:
Chinese Art
auction: Wed 6
(viewing: Tue 29 Oct – Tue 5 Nov)

auction

Unit:
Kevin Klamminger: Promethean Approach
Klamminger’s first solo exhibition with the gallery explores contradictory forces in paintings which combine an almost hyperrealist visual language with a surreal atmosphere

first day

London, Thursday 7

Annely Juda Fine Art:
David Nash: 45 Years of Drawing
spanning forty-five years of work, a major solo exhibition of works on paper by Nash, staged in collaboration with Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris

opening reception

Emanuel von Baeyer:
Bernard, Schön and Smith
an exhibition which brings together the experimental photography of Francis Bernard with works by the sculptor and draughtsman Jürgen Schön and the draughtsman and painter Howard Smith

first day

Hurst Contemporary:
The Longest Time
the gallery opens its new location with new and significant work by Jack Otway and Zach Zono, two artists whose “works evoke a tension between nostalgia and immediacy, provoking the viewer to consider time’s elusive nature”

opening reception

JD Malat Gallery:
Ur Kasin: All Is Blurred
in his debut solo exhibition in London, six monumental compositions exploring the psychological journey of a character created by the contemporary Romanian artist

first day

JD Malat Gallery:
Mark Metcalfe: Altars: Love Under Will
Metcalfe’s debut solo exhibition explores the “deep connections between historical figurative art and the enduring symbols that represent femininity, power, and mysticism”

first day

Pi Artworks:
Alya Hatta: A Soft Place to Land
new large-scale paintings, miniature paintings and artefacts – alongside a nine-part sculptural installation – reflecting Hatta’s nomadic childhood between Malaysia, the UK, the Indonesian archipelago, Saudi Arabia and Dubai

private view

Raven Row:
Chronoplasticity

tour

London, Friday 8

Larkin Durey:
Winter Salon Show
a survey of works by Aboudia, Massoud Hayoun, Andrew Maughan, Lavar Munroe and Marc Padeu demonstrates the breadth and history of the gallery programme

first day

Raven Row:
Chronoplasticity

tour

private view

London, Saturday 9

domobaal:
Neil Zakiewicz: Blinkys
“in Neil Zakiewicz’s world, visual appearances are as mercurial and wilful as the words that might be used to describe them”

opening reception

Maureen Paley Studio M:
Seb Patane in conversation with James Cahill

talk

Raven Row:
Venom Zine Library Opening Weekend

special event

London, Tuesday 12

General Assembly:
Ranny Macdonald: One Small Step

private view

Sprüth Magers:
Salvo, Andreas Schulze: About Painting
new works by Schulze alongside paintings by Salvo, which examine their unique conceptual approaches to painting, their parallel trajectories, and their contributions to the discourse of contemporary painting

opening reception

Los Angeles

Los Angeles, Saturday 9

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles:
Lia Halloran: Night Watch
a new series of paintings which capture the passing of time across multiple scales – encompassing stars, seasons, days – “the paintings create a visual dialogue between the mechanical and the natural”

opening reception

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles:
CUT— Six Artists on the Edge
works by David Adey, David Daigle, Sherin Guirguis, Fran Siegel, Edra Soto, and Samira Yamin explore methods of cutting “in which the physical object and the method of creation are integral to the works conceptual implications”

opening reception

Philip Martin Gallery:
Christy Matson: Index Color
new wall pieces made of painted and hand-dyed woven paper, cotton and linen from the Los Angeles-based artist whose work emphasizes line, color, shape and expression

opening reception

Roberts Projects:
Panel Discussion: “Dear Genius”: Women, Art and Technology

talk

Milan

Milan, Wednesday 6

Sotheby’s Milan:
DESIGN
auction: Wed 6 – Fri 15 Nov
(viewing: Tue 5 – Sat 9)

auction starts

Monterrey

Monterrey, Wednesday 6

Colector:
Federico Jordán: CAOSMOSIS

opening reception

Colector:
Romain Froquet: TERRA INCOGNITA

opening reception

New York

New York, Thursday 7

Almine Rech:
Visages
“the precise composition of this show’s long artist list matters somewhat less than the deeply resonant fact that there continues to be so many compelling and new artists’ practices devoted to the depiction of people and their faces” Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer

opening reception

Gagosian West 21st St:
Jadé Fadojutimi: DWELVE: A Goosebump in Memory
new paintings and works on paper in Fadojutimi’s first solo exhibition in New York – which includes the first time she has used the idea of a soundtrack in an exhibition

opening reception

Opera Gallery:
Twisted Bodies
twelve artists – from Dubuffet to Condo – and twenty-three works in an exhibition which examines the various ways artists explore the human figure

first day

Petzel:
James Little: Affirmed/Actions
the Memphis-born, New York-based artist shows new abstract paintings “imbued with his distinct treatment of line, light, and movement”

opening reception

Petzel:
Hiroki Tsukuda: The Days of Humans
influenced by science-fiction, video games, and manga, the Tokyo-based artist presents new portraits of a bionic, dystopian world

opening reception

Skarstedt:
Cristina BanBan: 14th Street Madonna
“if the women of BanBan’s previous paintings were more universal in their scope, those shown in 14th Street Madonna are imbued with a greater sense of personality and a more personal touch”

opening reception

Templon:
Hans Op De Beeck: Whispered Tales
the gallery’s first exhibition of the Belgian artist presents a monumental, immersive “cabinet of curiosities” occupying the 500 square metres of their New York space

first day

Tina Kim Gallery:
Ha Chong-Hyun: 50 Years of Conjunction
an exhibition of major works from Ha’s widely celebrated signature series as it developed from 1974 to the present

opening reception

New York, Friday 8

Almine Rech, Tribeca:
Javier Calleja: One true tree for…
“the grouping of works, over a year in development, signals a thematic return to nature … sprouting greenery, blossoms, and fruit suggest the arrival of a new season, and metaphorically, a new phase in the artist’s creative evolution” – José Carlos Diaz

opening reception

Almine Rech, Tribeca:
Matthew Schreiber: Undertow
in Schreiber’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, a specially created laser installation alongside a new set of holograms

opening reception

Gagosian 541 West 24th St:
Jeff Wall
an exhibition of new pictures, alongside ones not previously seen in the US, ranging from what Wall refers to as “near documentary” to “blatant artifice”

opening reception

New York, Saturday 9

Petzel:
Jorge Pardo in conversation with Lucy Hunter

talk

New York, Tuesday 12

Gagosian Park & 75:
Katharina Grosse: Pie Sell, Lee Slip, Eel Lips
new works on canvas by Grosse – “at some point I realized painting can bring everything together in a single moment”

opening reception

Paris

Paris, Wednesday 6

Sotheby’s Paris:
Tableaux et Dessins 1400-1900 incluant des œuvres d’une importante collection privée symboliste
auction: Wed 6 – Wed 13 Nov
(viewing: Thu 7 – Tue 12)

auction starts

Paris, Thursday 7

Art: Concept:
Geert Goiris: Writing to myself
“these images surfaced while browsing through my archive somewhat absent-mindedly. I picked them up intuitively and stuck them on my studio wall in ever-changing order” – Goiris

opening reception

RCM Galerie:
Heinrich Heidelberger: Swinging Light

first day

Paris, Friday 8

Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois:
Eulàlia Grau: Etnografias – Collages
“collage is good. Eulàlia does not want to dwell on the artistic gesture, she has no time for that, everything is urgent in the early ’70s” – Agate Bortolussi 

opening reception

Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois:
Francis Marshall: Objets des passions infernales et peintures d’horizons tristes
“one enters Francis Marshall’s world as if at the threshold of a total labyrinthine realm. And it’s not so much the bustling profusion … as it is the dead ends, false starts, back doors, and winding tunnels that unfold within it” – Marc Donnadieu

opening reception

Rome

Rome, Wednesday 6

Tornabuoni Arte:
Alighiero Boetti. Cabinet de curiosités
thirty years after Boetti’s death this unique exhibition pays tribute both to the man himself, and to “his life, his mental process, and his mathematical, combinatorial, and playful approaches”

opening reception

Seoul

Seoul, Wednesday 6

Gallery Chosun:
Silas Fong: SAD School of Artists Development, Department of Bread
in this exhibition Fong “encourages viewers to recognize the significance of enduring failures against the external standards of success and realize that sometimes simply showing up can be enough to ‘pass the exam’”

first day

Seoul, Saturday 9

LKIF Gallery:
Eunjung Park: Celestial Bodies

first day

Shanghai

Shanghai, Wednesday 6

Perrotin Shanghai:
Ali Banisadr: The Fortune Teller
“by inviting us to ponder his paintings and all the many associations they evoke, from catastrophic natural events to miraculous occurrences, Banisadr directs us back to the world we inhabit, full of inexplicable mysteries” – John Yau

opening reception

Perrotin Shanghai:
Amy Cutler: Truce
in Cutler’s debut solo exhibition in Asia, paintings and drawings of figures, animals, and trees that invite a deeper reading

opening reception

West Palm Beach

West Palm Beach, Tuesday 5

GAVLAK:
We the People
coinciding with the US presidential election, a multigenerational and multidisciplinary group exhibition which explores “the American political landscape in all its vibrancy, complexity, and urgency”

first day

Zürich

Zürich, Thursday 7

Mai 36 Galerie:
Koenraad Dedobbeleer: That Is All There Is, Perception and Memory
everyday objects modified and recontextualised to create sculptures, objects, installations and photographs full of associations, tongue-in-cheek commentaries and art historical references

opening reception

Mai 36 Galerie:
Gowoon Lee: Shave And a Haircut, Two Bits
in Lee’s first solo exhibition in Switzerland she examines the tension between ultra-recognizable images and abstraction by isolating objects from familiar cartoon narratives

opening reception

Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
Berlin, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Naples, New York, Palm Beach, Paris, Taipei, Tokyo, Zürich

Barbara Nessim @ RCM Galerie Paris		Poetics of Relation @ Under The Mango Tree Berlin		Mantra @ Rele Los Angeles
Martin Bell @ Tolarno Galleries Melbourne		Hugo Grenville @ Findlay Galleries New York		Justin Caguiat & Rafael Delacruz @ Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo