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The Week in Art visit the site
11-18 Feb 2025
Openings, events, auctions
Berlin, Gstaad, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palm Beach, Paris, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo
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Berlin
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| Berlin, Friday 14 |
Galerie Buchholz:
Isa Genzken: Basic Research
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opening reception |
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Gstaad
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| Gstaad, Tuesday 11 |
Patricia Low Contemporary:
Pious & Profane
the gallery presents an exhibition of the photographs, painting, and sculpture by Andres Serrano and Barry X Ball, two artists who explore the edges of the titular states |
private view |
Patricia Low Contemporary:
Bjarne Melgaard: Lion Sluts
cartoon figures in thick black lines on grounds of vibrant colour in a very personal exhibition of paintings by the Norwegian artist |
private view |
| Gstaad, Wednesday 12 |
Almine Rech:
Visages
“so many compelling, idiosyncratic, and revelatory new artists’ practices devoted to the depiction of people and their faces, each a fully realized vision insisting on being met on its own terms” – Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer |
opening reception |
Gagosian:
Urs Fischer: Easy Solutions & Problems
new paintings on aluminum from Fischer see him explore the imagery of online “fishing” and the definition of beauty |
opening reception |
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London
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| London, Tuesday 11 |
Flowers Gallery, Cork Street:
Bianca Raffaella: Faint Memories
textural flower paintings from the partially sighted artist as the gallery announces her representation with her first major solo exhibition – evocative paintings, working from memory and sensory cues rather than direct observation |
private view |
Hayward Gallery:
Linder: Danger Came Smiling
the pioneering feminist artist’s first London retrospective showcases fifty years of her montage, photography, performance and sculpture – from early, punk, 1970s photomontages to new digital works shown for the first time |
first day |
Hayward Gallery:
Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
paintings, photographs, collages, and installations in an exhibition presenting two decades of the internationally celebrated portraitist’s vibrant, large-scale portraits of Black women at rest |
first day |
Hayward Gallery:
Mickalene Thomas in Conversation with Renée Mussai |
talk |
| London, Wednesday 12 |
The Artist Room:
Nature Morte
curated by Pieter-Jan De Paepe, an exhibition which examines the history of still life and its place within contemporary society |
opening reception |
Larkin Durey:
Holding Space: Anina Major and Lavar Munroe
painting, sculpture and installation in an exhibition exploring points of connection in the work of the two Bahamian artists |
private view |
Soho Revue:
La Mariposa (Butterfly Woman)
“through re-imagining mythological tales and folkloric rituals, re-framing them within feminist, queer, anti-colonial and anti-capitalist perspectives, the artists reclaim agency for themselves” |
private view |
| London, Thursday 13 |
Arusha Gallery:
Morwenna Morrison: Play-Time
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opening reception |
Gagosian Davies St:
Derrick Adams: Situation Comedy
new paintings by Adams – “brightly hued, faceted planes of acrylic paint and fabric collage … present visions of Black Americana through figures engaged in everyday leisure and enlivened by individual daydreams and fantasies” |
opening reception |
Maximillian William:
OK-RM: A Meaningful Order
curated by James Langdon, the first exhibition in London dedicated to the design practice explores “the passage of cultural artefacts holistically, through conception, production, and distribution” – Langdon |
opening reception |
Omer Tiroche Gallery:
Egon Schiele: Portraits on Paper
important works from two of the most significant periods of Schiele’s life, loaned from a prestigious private collection |
private view |
Opera Gallery:
Manolo Valdés: The Library
paintings and new mixed media sculptures by the pioneering Spanish artist known for works that examine important art historical moments from a position which encompasses reverence, humour, and irony |
first day |
Sim Smith:
Cato: All Those Nickel Wishes Cast as Spells
new large-scale works pairing collage with airbrush and painting in a multimedia practice exploring the foundations of art, belonging, and Black culture in this exhibition by the London-based multidisciplinary artist and musician |
first day |
Twilight Contemporary:
Kimberley Ahmet, ACS managing director, on Artist’s Resale Right, intellectual copyright and licensing |
talk |
Upsilon Gallery:
Francine Tint: Radical Acts of Beholding
the debut UK exhibition of the established American painter who embodies the spirit of Abstract Expressionism, shown alongside pieces by Poons and Frankenthaler, two of her major influences |
opening reception |
Upsilon Gallery:
Osvaldo Mariscotti: Recent Paintings
“an art of fundamentals: color, line, and the possibilities inherent in their variation and repetition” |
first day |
| London, Friday 14 |
Hayward Gallery:
Linder in Conversation with Marina Warner |
talk |
National Portrait Gallery:
The legacy of Ada Lovelace |
talk |
Ruup & Form:
Marbling Workshop with Natascha Maksimovic |
special event |
| London, Saturday 15 |
Flowers Gallery, Cork Street:
In Conversation: Bianca Raffaella and Hettie Judah |
talk |
| London, Tuesday 18 |
Omer Tiroche Gallery:
Panel Discussion with William Stockler and Danielle Knafo, moderated by Astrid Bernadotte
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talk |
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Los Angeles
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| Los Angeles, Thursday 13 |
Rele:
Social Fabrics: Magic & Memories
the gallery celebrates its 10th anniversary with this dual exhibition of textile-based works by Shinique Smith and Marcellina Akpojotor that “serve as conduits of ancestral knowledge, cultural histories, and imaginative possibility” |
opening reception |
| Los Angeles, Saturday 15 |
HOSTLER | BURROWS:
Taher Asad-Bakhtiari: Tribal Weave Project
an exhibition of hand-woven textiles by the self-taught artist, offering a contemporary take on Iran’s traditional kilim and gabbeh rugs |
opening reception |
L.A. Louver:
L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Years
to celebrate its anniversary, an exhibition surveying the history from 1975 to now of one of the longest-established contemporary art galleries on the West Coast |
first day |
parrasch heijnen:
La Monte Westmoreland: A Survey, 1974 – 2024
part of the series dedicated to former Brockman Gallery artists, Westmoreland’s first solo exhibition at parrasch heijnen presents a five-decade selection of collage and assemblage examining the African American experience in the US |
opening reception |
Philip Martin Gallery:
Hubert Schmalix: Flower, Figure, Landscape
the gallery’s first solo exhibition of paintings by the Austrian-born, Los Angeles-based artist and former member of the “Junge Wilde” group |
opening reception |
| Los Angeles, Tuesday 18 |
Hauser & Wirth Downtown:
George Rouy. The Bleed, Part II
all new works in the British artist’s first US solo exhibition with the gallery – together with the US premiere of a collaborative creation with the acclaimed choreographer Sharon Eyal |
opening reception |
Hauser & Wirth Downtown:
David Hammons. Concerto in Black and Blue
presented for the first time since its celebrated 2002 debut, this is another chance to catch Hammons’ acclaimed installation work |
opening reception |
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Melbourne
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| Melbourne, Saturday 15 |
Tolarno Galleries:
Ben Quilty: Trinkets
“Quilty’s protean subjects enact complex emotional states. They’re bodies in extremis, dismembered and remixed in hellish proportions” |
opening reception |
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New York
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| New York, Wednesday 12 |
Fleiss-Vallois:
ELLES
works by Leonora Carrington, Pilar Albarracín, Niki de Saint Phalle, Eulàlia Grau, Zhenya Machneva, Lucie Picandet, Virginie Yassef, and Julia Wachtel – eight radical female artists who laid the groundwork for future women artists |
opening reception |
Sotheby’s New York:
Digital Art Day Auction
auction: Wed 12-Wed 19 |
auction starts |
Timothy Taylor:
Chris Martin & Peter Halley In Conversation |
talk |
| New York, Thursday 13 |
Friedrichs Pontone:
Choi Soowhan: Promenades in Light
new works present Soowhan’s unique technique and imagery in the first solo exhibition in New York City of his meticulously detailed woodland spaces |
opening reception |
Galerie Lelong & Co.:
Etel Adnan: On Paper, 1960-2021
commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of her birth, the first exhibition in the United States to show Adnan’s works on paper in depth – representing nearly sixty years of creative output |
opening reception |
Lisson Gallery:
Tatsuo Miyajima: Many Lives
three new series from one of Japan’s most celebrated sculptors and installation artists in his first US solo exhibition for over five years |
opening reception |
Lisson Gallery:
Julian Opie
new and recent sculptures, animations and paintings by Opie, united by the theme of the walking figure |
opening reception |
| New York, Saturday 15 |
Berry Campbell Gallery:
Frank Wimberley: Before More After Less
paintings, sculpture, and collages dating from 1969 to 2025 by the 99-year-old African American artist who works in a pure abstract style that comes out of the tradition of the Abstract Expressionist painters |
opening reception |
| New York, Tuesday 18 |
Sotheby’s New York:
Contemporary Discoveries
auction: Tue 18-Fri 28
(viewing: Wed 19-Wed 26) |
auction starts |
Upsilon Gallery:
Fernando Varela and Carmen Herrera: Form and Void
in Varela’s first exhibition with the gallery, and in New York, sees him paired with the American-Cuban minimalist in an exhibition which explores presence and absence, color and space, and structure and transcendence |
opening reception |
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Palm Beach
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| Palm Beach, Tuesday 11 |
Findlay Galleries Palm Beach:
Ronnie Landfield Recent Works
the acclaimed artist’s works “evoke the natural world across various scales, reflecting the duality of existence – simultaneously random and planned, organic and artificial, invoking both Color Field and Hard-edge aesthetics” |
first day |
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Paris
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| Paris, Wednesday 12 |
Sotheby’s Paris:
Contemporary Discoveries Including the Marcel Lehmann Lefranc Collection
auction: Wed 12-Thu 20
(viewing: Wed 12-Wed 19) |
auction starts |
| Paris, Thursday 13 |
Art: Concept:
Pierre-Olivier Arnaud: Nouveaux Éléments
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opening reception |
Loevenbruck:
Dossier 68 | S.M.S (Shit Must Stop)
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opening reception |
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Seoul
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| Seoul, Friday 14 |
Gallery Chosun:
Ahn Sang-hoon: Hands and Stains
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first day |
| Seoul, Saturday 15 |
LKIF Gallery:
Ruben Müller: The Place That Cannot Be
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opening reception |
Galerie Eva Presenhuber x P21:
John Dilg: Perpetual World
Dilg’s first solo exhibition in Korea – “there is a peculiar sense of timelessness, which allows a viewer to reflect on the age when the nature was wild and unknowable” – Yuki Higashino |
opening reception |
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Taipei
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| Taipei, Saturday 15 |
Bluerider ART Taipei · DunRen:
Pi Kai: Breaking The Fourth Wall
Pi Kai combines video games and oil painting to create immersive first-person perspectives |
opening reception |
Bluerider ART Taipei · DunRen:
Dai Junpeng: The Game of Creation
recent landscape paintings which connect the traditional and the contemporary, offering the opportunity to reexamine the relationship between humanity and nature |
opening reception |
Bluerider ART Taipei · RenAi:
Tiangong Kaiwu: Exploration of Prints and Drawings
nearly 100 works by over fifteen prominent artists from the East and the West, in an exhibition which explores the technical heritage and contemporary possibilities of printmaking and drawing |
opening reception |
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Tokyo
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| Tokyo, Saturday 15 |
Taka Ishii Gallery:
Rei Naito: breath
“Naito explores moments when mind, hands, fingers, paper, paint, water, and brush become one” |
opening reception |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
Berlin, Helsinki, London, Milan, New York, Palm Beach, Paris, Zürich
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Berlin
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| Berlin, Saturday 15 |
Capitain Petzel:
25 for 2025 |
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Helsinki
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| Helsinki, Sunday 16 |
Galerie Forsblom:
Group Exhibition |
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Galerie Forsblom:
Gerold Miller |
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London
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| London, Tuesday 11 |
Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix:
Delaine Le Bas: The Archipelago on Fire |
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| London, Wednesday 12 |
lbf contemporary:
Lawrence Perry: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? |
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| London, Saturday 15 |
Ab-Anbar:
Taha Heydari: 12 Volt Fire |
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Ab-Anbar:
Arash Fayez: Apolis |
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Amanda Wilkinson:
Jimmy DeSana & Sevina Tzanou |
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Bartha Contemporary:
Sequential Gestures II: Serial Approaches in Contemporary Art |
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JD Malat Gallery:
Group Show |
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Pippy Houldsworth Gallery:
Veronica Fernandez: I Should Have Prayed for Other People |
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Pippy Houldsworth Gallery:
Terence Wilde: Erogenous |
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Pontone Gallery:
The Quiet Within |
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The Sunday Painter:
Georges Binda Celeste Alexandrino Gabriel Ferreira Da Silva: Letter to my son |
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Sylvia Kouvali:
CONDO 2025: Sylvia Kouvali X Marfa’ Projects |
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Workplace:
Ordinary Things |
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rosenfeld:
José Castiella: Stairs |
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| London, Sunday 16 |
Autograph:
New Home: Our Resilience |
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National Portrait Gallery:
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024 |
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Milan
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| Milan, Wednesday 12 |
A arte Invernizzi:
Niele Toroni: Impronte di pennello n. 50 |
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New York
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| New York, Saturday 15 |
Hauser & Wirth 18th Street:
Henry Taylor. no title |
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Kathryn Markel Fine Arts:
Susan English: Still Light |
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Kathryn Markel Fine Arts:
Laura Bidwa: Each |
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Palm Beach
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| Palm Beach, Friday 14 |
Findlay Galleries Palm Beach:
Hugo Grenville: Recent Works |
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Paris
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| Paris, Sunday 16 |
RCM Galerie:
George Legrady: Scratching the Surface. Digital Pictures from the 1980s to Present |
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Zürich
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| Zürich, Saturday 15 |
Lullin + Ferrari:
Surprise, Surprise! |
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| Zürich, Monday 17 |
galerie gmurzynska, Paradeplatz:
James Franco: Hollywood is Hell |
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L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Years 
Fernando Varela and Carmen Herrera: Form and Void 
Urs Fischer: Easy Solutions & Problems 
Pierre-Olivier Arnaud: Nouveaux Éléments 
Ruben Müller: The Place That Cannot Be 
Linder: Danger Came Smiling 
25 for 2025 
Gerold Miller 
George Legrady: Scratching the Surface. Digital Pictures from the 1980s to Present 
Surprise, Surprise! 
Henry Taylor. no title 
Delaine Le Bas: The Archipelago on Fire