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10-17 Dec 2024

Openings, events, auctions
Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Monaco, New York, Paris, St. Moritz, Zürich

Kate Shepherd: ABC and sometimes Y @ Galerie Lelong & Co. New York		Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami @ Gagosian Grosvenor Hill London		Tia-Thuy Nguyen: Burdening Dream @ Almine Rech Monaco
Charlotte Keates: Sound Bridges @ Arusha Gallery London		James Franco: Hollywood is Hell @ galerie gmurzynska, Paradeplatz Zürich		Paintovers: Firouz FarmanFarmaian & Rosti Romanov @ juncture at Lincoln Center New York

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Berlin

Berlin, Tuesday 10

Capitain Petzel:
Thomas Eggerer in conversation with Andrew Durbin

talk

Berlin, Thursday 12

Galerie Barbara Thumm:
Theo Eshetu

talk

London

London, Tuesday 10

Gagosian Grosvenor Hill:
Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami
new paintings by Murakami where he pursues his fascination with the narrative of Japanese art, offering interpretations of and interventions in iconic historical paintings

opening reception

Gagosian Shop, London:
Takashi Murakami
accompanying the exhibition at the gallery’s Grosvenor Square space, Murakami takes over the Shop in Burlington Arcade with new flower paintings in the upstairs space, and publications, prints, and merchandise downstairs

opening reception

Gagosian Shop, London:
Takashi Murakami T-Shirt Drop

special event

London, Wednesday 11

Arusha Gallery:
Charlotte Keates: Sound Bridges

opening reception

Doyle Wham:
Justin Dingwall: I See the Same Sky

opening reception

Gagosian Grosvenor Hill:
In Conversation: Takashi Murakami and Hans Ulrich Obrist at Royal Academy of Arts

talk

Lisson Gallery:
Anish Kapoor
a special exhibition of six concave mirror sculptures in shades of deep purple which form a dynamic and transcendent encompassing environment

first day

Ruup & Form:
Le Vase Fleuri
a diverse array of emerging artists, all presenting with the gallery for the first time – “each artist brings a distinct style and voice” – Varuna Kollanethu

first day

Unit:
Amy Hui Li: paradise lost
in Li’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, new mixed media works “that hover on the boundary between painting and sculpture” exploring materiality, fragility and emotion

opening reception

London, Thursday 12

JD Malat Gallery:
Conrad Jon Godly: RENAISSANCE
over thirty new pieces in Godly’s largest body of work to date – “an ode to his recovery and a gift to Godly’s followers. He painted what he knows best, what makes him feel most at peace: the beautiful and everlasting mountains”

first day

Lychee One:
Startled

private view

National Portrait Gallery:
Lecture: Francis Bacon’s portraits and photography

talk

London, Tuesday 17

Ab-Anbar:
Screening of Memories of Underdevelopment by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

special event

Los Angeles

Los Angeles, Wednesday 11

Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood:
Sing Doo Wah Diddy! – An ‘L.A. Story’ Live Music Happening

special event

Los Angeles, Saturday 14

Hauser & Wirth Downtown:
In Conversation: Firelei Báez and Essence Harden

talk

Luis De Jesus Los Angeles:
Lia Halloran in conversation with Jori Finkel and Janna Levin

talk

Monaco

Monaco, Tuesday 10

Almine Rech:
Tia-Thuy Nguyen: Burdening Dream
new watercolor paintings and quartz glass bead works see Nguyen working with Vietnamese traditions while focussing on the subject of light

opening reception

New York

New York, Tuesday 10

juncture at Lincoln Center:
Paintovers: Firouz FarmanFarmaian & Rosti Romanov

opening reception

juncture at Lincoln Center:
Myth, Memory & Trace

talk

Sotheby’s New York:
Arcade Sale | New York
auction: Tue 10-Thu 19

auction starts

Sotheby’s New York:
Digital Art Day Auction
auction: Tue 10-Tue 17

auction starts

New York, Wednesday 11

juncture at Lincoln Center:
Book signing and FORRM showcase

special event

New York, Thursday 12

Galerie Lelong & Co.:
Kate Shepherd: ABC and sometimes Y
new paintings, large sculptures, and watercolors, overseen by a large-scale, site-specific wall painting installation, demonstrate Shepherd’s signature use of architecture, geometry, and space

opening reception

Sotheby’s New York:
Important Design
auction: Thu 12
(viewing: Sat 7-Wed 11)

auction

New York, Friday 13

GRIMM:
Alex van Warmerdam: Apparitions
in the artist, filmmaker, actor, and writer’s first solo exhibition in the US, new paintings draw on the Dutch Golden Age to explore the absurdity, humor, and horror of social conventions and personality types

opening reception

HB381:
Pekka Paikkari: Winter Tales
sculptural reliefs by the Helsinki-based ceramic artist – “Paikkari simply lets the material find its own form, cracking along undetectable internal fault lines” – Glenn Adamson

opening reception

Sotheby’s New York:
The Doros Collection: The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany Volume IV: Tiffany’s Travel and Exploration
auction: Fri 13
(viewing: Sat 7-Thu 12)

auction

Sotheby’s New York:
Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios, Featuring Property From The Metropolitan Museum of Art
auction: Fri 13
(viewing: Sat 7-Thu 12)

auction

Sotheby’s New York:
Louis Comfort Tiffany, Artistry in Glass: The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection
auction: Fri 13
(viewing: Sat 7-Thu 12)

auction

New York, Saturday 14

Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street:
Bassoonist Joy Guidry in response to ‘Lorna Simpson. Earth & Sky’

performance

Paris

Paris, Wednesday 11

Galerie Chantal Crousel:
Thomas Hirschhorn in conversation with Alexandre Costanzo and Daniel Costanzo

talk

Paris, Thursday 12

Sotheby’s Paris:
Arts d’Afrique, d’Océanie et des Amériques
auction: Thu 12
(viewing: Sat 7-Wed 11)

auction

St. Moritz

St. Moritz, Saturday 14

Hauser & Wirth:
Jean-Michel Basquiat. Engadin
a unique exhibition which focusses on the paintings created in and inspired by Basquiat’s visits to Switzerland

opening reception

Zürich

Zürich, Tuesday 17

galerie gmurzynska, Paradeplatz:
James Franco: Hollywood is Hell
exhibited for the first time, a powerful series of rough and complex collages by Franco, based on LA and made from layers of images and signs, symbols and text

opening reception

Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
Dallas, London, Melbourne, Miami, Naples, New York, Palm Beach, Paris, Seoul, Tokyo, Venice

Meg Cranston: Organizing Principles @ Meliksetian \| Briggs Dallas		Alice Baber @ Luxembourg + Co. London		Brent Harris: Drawings and New Paintings @ Tolarno Galleries Melbourne
Slawn @ Saatchi Yates Miami		Eunjung Park: Celestial Bodies @ LKIF Gallery Seoul		Eulàlia Grau: Etnografias – Collages @ Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois Paris