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The Week in Art visit site
14-21 Jan 2025
Openings, events, auctions
Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Helsinki, London, Los Angeles, Naples, New York, Palm Beach, Paris, Reykjavík, Singapore, Tokyo, Vienna
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Berlin
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| Berlin, Friday 17 |
Galerie Barbara Thumm:
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven: dudoute_toaster_absolu (AMVK 1981-2025)
a comprehensive retrospective of Van Kerckhoven’s extensive career, with works from 1981 to the past year |
opening reception |
Galerie Max Hetzler, Bleibtreustraße 15/16:
Rinus Van de Velde
“in a practice spanning drawing, installation, sculpture and video work, Rinus Van de Velde creates a fictional autobiography, drawing on imagined memories of a life never lived” |
opening reception |
Galerie Max Hetzler, Bleibtreustraße 45:
Toby Ziegler: ESCAPISM
new works by the artist who “combines figurative and abstract elements, computer modelling and painting, careful planning and chance” to examine memory and the passing of time |
opening reception |
Galerie Max Hetzler, Goethestraße 2/3:
Rinus Van de Velde
new drawing, installation, sculpture and video work form a fictional autobiography in Van de Velde’s first exhibition in the gallery’s Berlin spaces |
opening reception |
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Brussels
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| Brussels, Thursday 16 |
Almine Rech:
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet: Successo Evidente (Hidden Tracks)
“in his most well-known series … the artist uses as little paint as possible and works hard to conceal the labor that goes into achieving the sense of efficacy that often defines his all-over compositions” – Émile Rubino |
opening reception |
Almine Rech:
Aly Helyer: Weight of Love
Helyer’s first solo exhibition with the gallery – “her paintings examine relationships and physical acts of touching as the manifestation of love … they manifest one fundamental question – what is to be human?” – Saša Bogojev
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opening reception |
Templon:
René Wirths: I Can’t Get No
the virtuoso painter unveils fourteen new works created over the past two years – “I have developed a new vocabulary … I allow myself to stage my great masters of art history through a new perspective” |
first day |
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Frankfurt
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| Frankfurt, Saturday 18 |
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin:
Andreas Breunig: Kolben Pilze Politics
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first day |
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Helsinki
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| Helsinki, Thursday 16 |
Galerie Forsblom:
Group exhibition
a group exhibition of works by gallery artists, with older, iconic works alongside new creations |
opening reception |
Galerie Forsblom:
Gerold Miller
the German sculptor known for his minimalistic, geometric works exploring intersections of space, form, and perception exhibits in Finland for the first time |
opening reception |
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London
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| London, Tuesday 14 |
Galerie Max Hetzler:
On Paper
“ranging from the conceptual to the political, the traditional to the experimental, the figurative to the abstract, this exhibition positions paper as a principal art form” |
opening reception |
Pace, London:
Acaye Kerunen: Neena, aan uthii
Kerunen’s first solo exhibition in the UK features a new body of sculptures, sound installations, and performance that examine living forms of knowledge embedded within Ugandan communities |
opening reception |
| London, Wednesday 15 |
Saatchi Yates:
Angela Santana
new work which redefines the representation of the female form in contemporary art from the artist known for large-scale oil paintings |
private view |
Soho Revue:
Ben Walker: Teatime Dystopia
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opening reception |
Soho Revue:
Hanne Peeraer: Soft Reset
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opening reception |
| London, Thursday 16 |
Ab-Anbar:
Taha Heydari: 12 Volt Fire
“a survey of paintings of seemingly absurd and disparate moments related to the 1979 Iranian Revolution . . examines the socio-political impact of the revolution and the means through which it came to be” |
opening reception
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Ab-Anbar:
Arash Fayez: Apolis
Heydari’s paintings present “seemingly absurd and disparate moments related to the 1979 Iranian Revolution” |
opening reception
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Alice Amati:
Rike Droescher: Listen, they left a sigh in the curtain
“Droescher is interested in the process of weaving as an act of documenting the passage of time” – Victoria Tarak |
opening reception |
Almine Rech:
AUTODIDACT: Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Heitor dos Prazeres, Chico da Silva & Rubem Valentim
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first day |
Annka Kultys Gallery:
Sara Sadik: La Potion
Sadik’s debut solo exhibition with the gallery, and in London, uses video to examine the lives of the Maghrebi youth of France, and especially second-generation emigres from former French colonies |
opening reception |
Arusha Gallery:
Moving Principle
an exhibition curated by Harry Whitelock and Katja Farin, with works by Harry Whitelock, Katja Farin, Sophie Smorczewski, Hannah Naify, Jacob Freeman, Mengmeng Zhang, Seonhee Jung, Komal Bakshi and Teodora Nitsolova |
opening reception |
Bluerider ART London:
Carol Prusa: Strange Attractors
the European debut solo exhibition of the American contemporary artist merges scientific inquiry and visual art, and features a nine-meter-long double-sided scroll at its centre |
opening reception |
Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Exmouth Market:
Inaugural Exhibition
the gallery inaugurates its new London space with works by established and emerging artists who are part of its identity and who showcase the innovative practices and thematic diversity that define it |
private view |
Modern Art Helmet Row:
Matthias Groebel: Skull Fuck
with both rarely seen and new machine-assisted paintings and film, this is Groebel’s first solo exhibition with the gallery |
private view |
National Portrait Gallery:
Lunchtime lecture: Christine Granville: Britain’s first female spy
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Palmer Gallery:
Albano Hernández: Trash/Value
“an exhibition that delves into the intricate relationship between consumerism and sustainability, questioning how objects are attributed worth in a world shaped by disposability” |
private view |
Pilar Corrias, Savile Row:
Sojourner Truth Parsons: Blue goes away
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opening reception |
Pipeline:
Gabriel Kidd & Matilda Sutton: Cloister Stone
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opening reception |
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery:
Veronica Fernandez: I Should Have Prayed for Other People
the paintings in Fernandez’s first solo exhibition with the gallery offer “dreamlike windows into childhood memories, narrating raw anxieties alongside moments of understated joy and innocence” |
private view |
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery:
Terence Wilde: Erogenous
the recipient of the Special Judge’s Award presented by Pippy Houldsworth as part of the Cass Art Prize 2024 draws on his experiences with mental health from the perspective of an adult survivor |
private view |
Pontone Gallery:
The Quiet Within
“artists from around the world whose works capture a sense of contemplation and inward focus” |
first day |
Sprovieri:
Jannis Kounellis: Alfabeto, Early Works on Paper
“works on paper, created between 1959 and 1963, during a period of radical experimentation when Kounellis began presenting the fundamental components of communication: numbers, arrows, symbols, and letters” |
private view |
Workplace:
Ordinary Things
new works by Eve Ackroyd, Tomas Harker, Xingxin Hu, Sooim Jeong, Joseph Jones, Maria Meyer and Sarah Poots in an exhibition which focusses on mundane, seemingly insignificant, brief and ephemeral moments |
opening reception |
| London, Friday 17 |
Camden Art Centre:
Gregg Bordowitz: There: a Feeling
the first UK institutional solo exhibition by the celebrated American artist, writer and activist spans the breadth of his practice with new site-specific video, installation, performance, poetry, and prints in “a testament to survival, ordinary survival” |
first day |
Maureen Paley:
Liam Gillick: The Sleepwalkers
artworks from the 1990s and 2000s – and a recent film shot in Korea – where Gillick explores “the aesthetics of our socio-political infrastructure … that are the backdrop to daily life in post-industrial society” |
private view |
Sotheby’s London:
Contemporary Discoveries
auction: Fri 17-Fri 24
(viewing: Mon 20-Fri 24) |
auction starts |
| London, Saturday 18 |
Ab-Anbar:
Taha Heydari and Arash Fayez in conversation with Bahar Noorizadeh
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talk |
Amanda Wilkinson:
Jimmy DeSana & Sevina Tzanou
for Condo London 2025 the gallery shows Jimmy DeSana and hosts Kendall Koppe, Glasgow |
first day |
Maureen Paley Studio M:
Pati Hill with Wolfgang Tillmans, CONDO 2025, Maureen Paley hosting Air de Paris
works by Pati Hill and Wolfgang Tillmans as the gallery hosts Air de Paris for Condo 2025 |
private view |
Serpentine North Gallery:
Saturday Talks: Eva Jaeger on Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst: The Call plus Live Choral Performances |
special event |
The Sunday Painter:
Georges Binda Celeste Alexandrino Gabriel Ferreira Da Silva: Letter to my son
Copenhagen-based Ferreira Da Silva presents an immersive installation with film, sculpture, painting, and performance to examine family history, trauma, and personal discovery |
private view |
| London, Sunday 19 |
Maureen Paley Studio M:
Pati Hill with Wolfgang Tillmans, CONDO 2025, Maureen Paley hosting Air de Paris
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private view |
The Sunday Painter:
Georges Binda Celeste Alexandrino Gabriel Ferreira Da Silva: Letter to my son
Copenhagen-based Ferreira Da Silva presents an immersive installation with film, sculpture, painting, and performance to examine family history, trauma, and personal discovery |
private view |
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Los Angeles
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| Los Angeles, Saturday 18 |
Sean Kelly Gallery:
Lindsay Adams: Keep Your Wonder Moving
Adams’ West Coast debut, as well as her inaugural solo exhibition with the gallery, presents eleven abstract paintings in an exhibition titled after a note from poet Patricia Spears Jones to philosopher Audre Lorde |
opening reception |
Sean Kelly Gallery:
Wu Chi-Tsung: Fading Origin
new “Cyano-Collage” and “Wrinkled Texture” works in the first Los Angeles solo exhibition by the artist known for his experimental approach to photography |
opening reception |
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Naples
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| Naples, Tuesday 21 |
Alfonso Artiaco:
Darren Almond: Songbirds and Willows
an exhibition which “invites us to reflect on the passage of time, the fragility of memory and our connection with nature, offering a meditation on the cyclical and ever-changing rhythms of life” |
opening reception |
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New York
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| New York, Wednesday 15 |
Gagosian Park & 75:
Setsuko: Kingdom of Cats
a material overview of Setsuko’s practice, as well as the first New York exhibition of the artist’s bronze and ceramic sculptures |
opening reception |
Halsey McKay Gallery:
Smaller Objects Larger Pictures
works by artists including Timothy Bergstrom, Colby Bird, Layo Bright, Graham Collins, Anne-Lise Coste, David Kennedy Cutler, L’Merchie Frazier, Genevieve Goffman, Elias Hansen, Matther Kirk, Megan Reed, and Mariah Robertson |
first day |
| New York, Thursday 16 |
Graham Shay 1857:
150 Years of Influential Instructors: Historical Teachers at the Art Students League
“from Frank Vincent DuMond to Adolph Gottlieb, Paul Manship to Charles Alston, Charles Hawthorne to Wolf Kahn, Guy Pene du Bois to Augustus Saint-Gaudens instructors of the Art Students League have had a profound influence in molding American art” |
opening reception |
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts:
Susan English: Still Light
new work by the artist – “ethereal and minimal, Susan English’s paintings play with light and space” |
opening reception |
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts:
Laura Bidwa: Each
Bidwa’s first solo exhibition with the gallery presents recent paintings composed of layers of oil, latex, and spray paint on panels – “planes of color are disrupted by bold brushwork, building organic forms carefully laid down” |
opening reception |
Luhring Augustine Chelsea:
Lucia Nogueira: Ends Without End
the first exhibition in the gallery’s Chelsea space of the artist celebrated for her poetic sculptures, installations, and drawings |
opening reception |
Lévy Gorvy Dayan:
Michelangelo Pistoletto: To Step Beyond
a significant solo exhibition – in collaboration with Galleria Continua – which presents painting and sculpture spanning Pistoletto’s works from the early 1960s to the present |
opening reception |
Nara Roesler New York:
Lucia Koch: People and Natural Numbers
Koch’s first solo exhibition in New York – “known for her use of architectural elements … her interventions have always been generous invitations to discovery, participation, and interaction” – Mark Lee |
opening reception |
Nicola Vassell Gallery:
Na Kim: Memory Palace
new portrait paintings in Kim’s first solo exhibition with the gallery – “just as the philosophical scope of Kim’s portraiture has become more complex, so too has her painting become more lush and lyrical” |
opening reception |
Petzel:
Nicola Tyson: I am a teapot
new paintings by the British-born, New York-based artist “fuse painterly rigor with a shrewd, quick-witted sensibility, generating complex, evocative compositions” |
opening reception |
Petzel:
Roger-Edgar Gillet: Dinner Party
paintings by the French artist in an exhibition which examines his breakthrough experimentations with figuration in the early 1960s |
opening reception |
Stephen Friedman Gallery:
Caroline Coon & Francesca DiMattio: Snapdragons
an exhibition which highlights the radical and rebellious ways that British painter Coon and American sculptor DiMattio take on the histories and conventions of their mediums |
opening reception |
Timothy Taylor:
Chris Martin: Speed of Light
new and recent paintings in Martin’s first solo exhibition at the New York gallery – “atmospheric abstractions that revel in material discovery” |
opening reception |
| New York, Friday 17 |
Almine Rech, Tribeca:
Gwen O’Neil: A Glimmer in the Shade
“engaging with the flux of the cosmos, O’Neil’s dynamic images are akin to mindscapes or dreamscapes. She deconstructs the inextinguishable energy of matter into its base form – constituent dot-particles and waves” – Lilly Wei |
opening reception |
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Palm Beach
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| Palm Beach, Wednesday 15 |
Findlay Galleries Palm Beach:
Janet Mait – American Abstract Expressionist
“Mait prioritizes fundamental elements such as space, color, and balance in her approach to the canvas. She endeavors to remain as unprepared and unpremeditated as possible at the outset” |
first day |
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Paris
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| Paris, Wednesday 15 |
Gagosian, rue de Ponthieu:
Bennett Miller
new prints by the Academy Award–nominated director, who uses generative AI to create imagery which he then renders into pigment and gelatin silver prints |
first day |
| Paris, Thursday 16 |
Adrian Sutton Gallery:
Finissage of Emilija Radojicic: Curiosa Continua |
special event |
Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois:
Musicology
works by artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julien Berthier, Blutch, Alain Bublex, Robert Cottingham, Gilles Elie, Douglas Gordon, Charles Hascoët, Gregor Hildebrandt, Jim Jarmusch, Mike Kelley, Martin Kersels, Elodie Lesourd, Christian Marclay … |
opening reception |
Galerie Lelong & Co.:
Günther Förg: Paires
Förg’s small and contemporaneous simulacra, presented alongside the larger works they replicate in an exhibition conceived with the artist’s estate and in collaboration with Hauser & Wirth |
opening reception |
Galerie Lelong & Co.:
Pierre Alechinsky: Ne fêter ni l’an ni la vitesse
“a classic composition by the artist: a central image, a lively imaginary seascape, surrounded on all sides by smaller images that the artist likes to call ‘marginal remarks’” |
opening reception |
Galerie Lelong & Co. Matignon:
Tom Wesselmann: Drawn in Steel: Metal Editions
the gallery presents a group of Wesselmann’s “steel drawings” for the first time |
opening reception |
| Paris, Friday 17 |
Galerie Marian Goodman:
James Welling: Thought Objects, Italy and France
“Welling’s photographic works are defined by relentless experimentation, much of which takes place entirely in the darkroom” |
opening reception |
Galerie Marian Goodman:
Gerard & Kelly: Bardo
works by the Paris-based artists, who collaborate on performance, video, installation, and other formats to examine themes of memory, history, sexuality, and identity |
opening reception |
| Paris, Saturday 18 |
Hauser & Wirth:
Francis Picabia. Éternel recommencement / Eternal Beginning
in collaboration with the Comité Picabia and curated by Beverley Calté and Arnauld Pierre, over forty post-war artworks by Picabia in the first major solo exhibition exclusively exploring his unique final period |
first day |
Galerie Marian Goodman:
Artist talk by James Welling, moderated by Simon Baker |
talk |
Galerie Max Hetzler:
Raphaela Simon: Shelter from the cold
eleven new paintings and a sculpture in this exhibition which examines physicality and bodily autonomy in Simon’s signature style – simple contextless forms against monochromatic backdrops |
opening reception |
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Reykjavík
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| Reykjavík, Friday 17 |
BERG Contemporary:
Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir & Nina Zurier: Bystander / Sjónarvottur
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opening reception |
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Singapore
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| Singapore, Saturday 18 |
Sotheby’s Singapore:
Modern & Contemporary Art
auction: Sat 18
(viewing: Tue 14-Sat 18) |
auction |
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Tokyo
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| Tokyo, Friday 17 |
Perrotin Tokyo:
Sigrid Sandström: Dusk
“the paintings in Dusk are veiled in a glaucous, furtive sheen, as if illuminated by a sun long past the curvature of sight” – Paige Haran |
opening reception |
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Vienna
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| Vienna, Wednesday 15 |
Galerie Eva Presenhuber:
Amy Feldman: Good Fortune
“Feldman’s marks are digitally manipulated photo impressions made using hand-carved potato stamps, which begin the process of shriveling and rotting the moment they are cut open … a kind of dance with Father Time” – Sara Roffino |
opening reception |
| Vienna, Thursday 16 |
Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer:
Marc Henry: Field Trip
“through the interplay of precision and indifference, Henry generates a unique visual language that skilfully addresses fundamental questions about humanity and society through its dreamlike absurdity” – Lorenz Ecker |
opening reception |
Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer:
Focus On: Jonas Höschl: Sensitive Content
the conceptual artist and photographer questions the identity-forming potential of political systems using regional political scandals and European conflicts as examples |
opening reception |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
Athens, Berlin, Cologne, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris, West Palm Beach, Zürich
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Athens
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| Athens, Saturday 18 |
Gagosian:
Sarah Crowner: Night for Day |
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Berlin
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| Berlin, Saturday 18 |
Galerie Max Hetzler, Potsdamer Straße:
Louise Bonnet: Reversal of Fortune |
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Cologne
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| Cologne, Saturday 18 |
Galerie Buchholz:
Trisha Donnelly |
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Dublin
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| Dublin, Saturday 18 |
Kerlin Gallery:
Paul Winstanley: Arcadia |
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London
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| London, Wednesday 15 |
Shapero Modern:
Present Perfect |
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| London, Thursday 16 |
DES BAINS:
Background Noise |
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| London, Friday 17 |
Colnaghi:
Baptism of Fire: Terracotta Masterpieces Spanning Three Millennia |
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Grosvenor Gallery:
Imran Mir: Colour, Line & Form |
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| London, Saturday 18 |
Cristea Roberts Gallery:
Jim Dine: Tools and Dreams |
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Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square:
Daniel Silver: Uncanny Valley |
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Gazelli Art House:
Quiet Motion |
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Gazelli Art House:
Jann Haworth |
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Goodman Gallery:
House of Bondage: Vintage works from the Ernest Cole Family Trust – Part One |
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Hanina Fine Arts:
Chromatherapie |
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JD Malat Gallery:
Conrad Jon Godly: RENAISSANCE |
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LAMB:
Ayla Tavares: Earendel |
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Lychee One:
Startled |
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Modern Art Bury Street:
This is the New Earth: The Galactic Field, Susan Cianciolo for Stuart Shave – Modern Art |
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Tiwani Contemporary:
Muzae Sesay: born on the earth. |
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Victoria Miro:
María Berrío: The End of Ritual |
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Victoria Miro:
Motion in Stillness: Dance and the Human Body in Movement |
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domobaal:
Neil Zakiewicz: Blinkys |
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| London, Sunday 19 |
The Gallery of Everything:
Guitar Shop |
Virtual Visit! ▻ |
National Portrait Gallery:
Francis Bacon: Human Presence |
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Unit:
Kevin Klamminger: Promethean Approach |
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Unit:
Amy Hui Li: paradise lost |
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Los Angeles
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| Los Angeles, Saturday 18 |
Marian Goodman Gallery:
Bernard Frize: Shadows, Spirits and Clouds |
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Milan
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| Milan, Friday 17 |
Robilant+Voena, Milan:
Jordan Watson: Octavia’s Butler |
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New York
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| New York, Tuesday 14 |
Leon Tovar Gallery:
Marcelo Bonevardi |
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| New York, Wednesday 15 |
Robilant+Voena, New York:
Cesar Santos: Manuscripts |
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| New York, Friday 17 |
The Gallery at Soho Grand:
Chris Stein: Under A Rock |
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| New York, Saturday 18 |
Galerie Buchholz:
Jack Goldstein |
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Gallery Henoch:
Holiday Group Show |
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Lincoln Glenn:
Edward Zutrau: Meditations in Hue |
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Paris
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| Paris, Saturday 18 |
Adrian Sutton Gallery:
Emilija Radojicic: Curiosa Continua |
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Art: Concept:
Geert Goiris: Writing to myself |
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Galerie Chantal Crousel:
Thomas Hirschhorn: LAST CHANCE: What can we learn from History of Art, for today’s understanding? |
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Galerie Mitterrand Temple:
Anne & Patrick Poirier: 56e Campagne de Fouilles, 1968/2024 |
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Perrotin Marais:
Jean-Philippe Delhomme: Model Resting |
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Perrotin Marais:
Chiffon Thomas: Ribbon Sharp |
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Tornabuoni Art:
Arte Povera. Charting a Revolution |
Virtual Visit! ▻ |
| Paris, Sunday 19 |
MEP – Maison Européenne de la Photographie:
Science/Fiction – A Non-History of Plants |
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MEP – Maison Européenne de la Photographie:
María Silvia Esteve: CORTEX |
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West Palm Beach
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| West Palm Beach, Saturday 18 |
GAVLAK:
Cosmic Currents: Lita Albuquerque & Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.) |
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Zürich
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| Zürich, Saturday 18 |
Christophe Guye Galerie:
Artists of the Gallery |
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Bennett Miller 
On Paper 
Lindsay Adams: Keep Your Wonder Moving 
Lucia Koch: People and Natural Numbers 
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet: Successo Evidente (Hidden Tracks) 
Amy Feldman: Good Fortune 
Louise Bonnet: Reversal of Fortune 
Paul Winstanley: Arcadia 
Bernard Frize: Shadows, Spirits and Clouds 
Anne & Patrick Poirier: 56e Campagne de Fouilles, 1968/2024 
Artists of the Gallery 
Holiday Group Show