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The Week in Art
14-21 Nov 2023 |
Openings, events, auctions |
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Amsterdam
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Saturday 18 |
Reflex: René Wirths: That Nothing Stays The Same “this is the mastery of René Wirths: taking objects we know, and having us experience them anew” |
opening reception |
Beijing
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Saturday 18 |
Lisson Gallery: Cheyney Thompson: Intervals the first solo exhibition on mainland China by the American artist is a meta survey of the last two decades of his rigorous and expansive practice |
opens |
Lisson Gallery: Sean Scully: Wall of Light Land in Scully’s first exhibition at Lisson Gallery Beijing, recent work alongside two small-scale sculptural pieces made from rough-hewn stone blocks |
opens |
Berlin
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Friday 17 |
Galerie Max Hetzler, Bleibtreustraße 15/16: Hans Josephsohn across two of the gallery spaces, a solo exhibition of pieces by Josephsohn, whose work is characterised by his fascination with mass and form in space |
opening reception |
Galerie Max Hetzler, Bleibtreustraße 45: Hans Josephsohn across two of the gallery spaces, a solo exhibition of pieces by Josephsohn, whose work is characterised by his fascination with mass and form in space |
opening reception |
Brussels
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Thursday 16 |
Almine Rech: Umar Rashid: If there’s been a way to build it, There’ll be a way to destroy it, Things are not all that out of control. L’époque Totalitaire part one. “with Lucien, Charles, and Captain Tarek at the helm, Rashid continues to grow and expand the complexities of the Frenglish Empire and to trouble our very own understanding of the heroes and pitfalls of history” – Ellen C. Caldwell |
opening reception |
Almine Rech: The Wall: Ana Karkar. LOVECHILD new paintings. in the French-American artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, pay tribute to her father, Edward Karkar |
opening reception |
Bucharest
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Wednesday 15 |
Mobius Gallery: Radu Pandele: PLUSMINUS |
opens |
Cologne
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Tuesday 14 |
Sotheby’s Cologne: Modern & Contemporary Auction auction: Tue 14 – Tue 21 Nov (viewing: Wed 15 – Tue 21 November) |
auction starts |
Sotheby’s Cologne: Figuration to Abstraction: Expressions of the 20th Century auction: Tue 14 – Wed 22 Nov (viewing: Wed 15 – Tue 21 November) |
auction starts |
Thursday 16 |
Galerie Buchholz: Michael Krebber: Esprit de Corps |
opening reception |
Dallas
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Saturday 18 |
Meliksetian | Briggs: John Miller: New Horizon |
opens |
Geneva
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Friday 17 |
Pace, Geneva: Yoshitomo Nara: The Bootleg Drawings 1988 – 2023 never-before seen works in a survey exhibition of drawings, the artist’s first solo show in Geneva, covering more than three decades of his career |
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Hong Kong
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Thursday 16 |
Gagosian: Alexandria Smith: Stirrings of a Polymorphous Bloom the American artist’s debut solo exhibition in Asia presents new assemblage paintings and collage drawings exploring the protean nature of selfhood and identity |
opening reception |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong: Modern Discoveries auction: Thu 16 – Thu 23 Nov |
auction starts |
London
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Tuesday 14 |
Lisson Gallery: Masaomi Yasunaga: Clouds in the Distance over eighty works in the first exhibition in London by the experimental Japanese sculptor – a new body of work that fuses ancient ceramic methods with novel explorations |
opening reception |
Maximillian William: Sensibilities works by Melvin Edwards, David Hammons, Magdalene Odundo, and Reginald Sylvester II, three artists who continually process their formal language, eschewing an entrapment of style in favour of a feeling, an attitude, an indelible sensibility |
opening reception |
The Mayor Gallery: Tajiri / Wagemaker a wide selection of sculptural works spanning seven decades to celebrate the centennial of Tajiri’s birth, alongside four paintings by his contemporary, Dutch Informel artist Jaap Wagemaker |
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Wednesday 15 |
Alma Pearl: Margarita Gluzberg in conversation with Daniel Birnbaum |
talk |
The Artist Room: Jatinder Singh Durhailay: Free Flowing Forms a solo exhibition of works by Jatinder, with new paintings and drawings on handmade wasli paper, re-envisions Indian miniature painting |
private view |
BEERS London at Saatchi Gallery: Andrew Salgado: Tomorrow I’ll Be Perfect fantastical, ominous tableaux in the Canadian-British artist’s first solo at Saatchi Gallery |
opening reception |
BEERS London at Saatchi Gallery: Kathryn MacNaughton & Misha Milovanovich: Moving Parts for an exhibition pairing the Canadian painter MacNaughton with the Serbian sculpture Milovanovich – two artists exhibiting together for the first time |
opening reception |
Christie’s London: The Royal Drawing School |
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Gillian Jason Gallery: Eleanor Johnson: The Feast of Fools referencing contemporary sources and Old Master work, Johnson’s latest solo exhibition exames power and excess alongside the dichotomies of war and love, desire and disgust, conflict and sexuality |
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Goodman Gallery: Ghada Amer: QR CODES REVISITED—LONDON new large-scale textile abstract works in an exhibition where the New-York based Egyptian artist examines what it means to communicate across cultures and to truly understand the “other” |
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Goodman Gallery: Marsi van de Heuvel: Skoonveld new paintings where the Cape Town-based artist examines the act of disappearing, specifically during South Africa’s apartheid history |
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Jack Bell Gallery: Aboudia: Le Ganganba Aboudia’s heavily layered, energetic paintings are inspired by the local street culture in his hometown of Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
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Patrick Heide Contemporary Art: All Over Again Amaya Suberviola, Henry Tyrrell, Harry Markusse and Eric Cruikshank are young contemporary painters who examine inner and outer landscapes and everyday objects |
private view |
Sotheby’s London: Irish Art auction: Wed 15 – Tue 21 Nov (viewing: Thu 16 – Tue 21 November) |
auction starts |
Sotheby’s London: The Leslie & Johanna Garfield Collection: A Celebration of David Hockney auction: Wed 15 (viewing: Fri 10 – Tue 14 November) |
auction |
Thursday 16 |
Ab-Anbar: Fadia Haddad: Unmasking the Soul, Revealing the Self curated by Morad Montazami, quasi-mediumistic “Masks” in the French-Lebanese artist’s first solo exhibition in London |
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Ab-Anbar: Alexandre Canonico: Still the gallery launches its project space programme in its new premises with an exhibition of site-responsive works from the Sao Paulo-based Brazilian artist |
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Annely Juda Fine Art: Springing to Life: Drawings by Leon Kossoff works by one of the world’s greatest post war figurative painters |
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Annely Juda Fine Art: Women in the Abstract the works of Prunella Clough, Sheila Girling, Edwina Leapman, Edda Renouf and Yuko Shiraishi, in an exhibition offering a fresh perspective on a genre that continues to navigate a gender imbalance |
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Annka Kultys Gallery: OONA limited editions works alongside sculptures from the anonymous performance artist |
opening reception |
Annka Kultys Gallery: Jonas Lund Lund’s second solo exhibition with the gallery is at their virtual reality exhibition space |
opening reception |
David Gill: Sebastian Brajkovic: My Memoirs new furniture by the Dutch-born designer extends his fascination with the history of decorative arts, while introducing seductive contemporary innovation |
private view |
DES BAINS: Francesco Pacelli: Stones and stars and spells an exhibition co-curated with Marta Orsola Sironi |
opening reception |
LAMB: Surrealism and Witchcraft eleven female artists inspired by Surrealism examine the resonance of the witch figure in art history |
opening reception |
lbf contemporary: Nouvelle Vague the gallery’s inaugural exhibition at 13 Tottenham Mews is inspired by the twentieth-century French film movement and highlights a new wave of motion-based painters from the UK and British art schools |
private view |
Modern Art Helmet Row: Ron Nagle: Conniption new sculptures and a suite of new drawings in a presentation which spans both the Helmet Row and Bury Street locations |
private view |
Pilar Corrias, Savile Row: Helen Johnson: Opening |
private view |
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery: Francesca DiMattio: Wedgwood new works by DiMattio transform the gallery space into an immersive installation with wallpapers and flooring designed by the artist working as a backdrop to sculptures both stately and diminutive |
private view |
Staffordshire St: The Water Series by The Grounding Project |
special event |
Workplace: Julia Maiuri: Yesterday & The End new paintings by Julia Maiuri continue her interest in the history of cinema, with stitched films creating works that are foreboding, ethereal and lyrical |
opening reception |
Friday 17 |
GRIMM: Gabriella Boyd: Landing new paintings by the Scottish artist give visual form to internal sensations and memories – “an act of translation, from the interior or verbal, into the exterior and visual” |
private view |
Modern Art Bury Street: Ron Nagle: Extraterrestrials new sculptures and a suite of new drawings in a presentation which spans both the Helmet Row and Bury Street locations |
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NıCOLETTı: Tyler Eash: All the World’s Horses |
opening reception |
Staffordshire St: Echolocate |
special event |
Waddington Custot: Sophia Vari sculptures in marble, bronze and silver, alongside oils, collage and watercolours on canvas in a solo exhibition of the Greek artist surveying her work from the past twenty years |
opens |
Saturday 18 |
Cob Gallery: Chinaza Agbor: Kindness and Hospitality from a Foreigner the debut UK solo exhibition of painting and sculpture by the Texan-Nigerian artist |
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Pontone Gallery: Timothy Spall: Winter Sun “these atmospheric and sometimes surreal landscapes record scenes selected en passant from a peripatetic working life, where the artist is on the move and seldom still” |
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Pontone Gallery: Chris Rivers: Expendable Youth swirling, misty paintings of masked and mounted soldiers in an exhibition directly referencing the consequences of the Great War |
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Pontone Gallery: Tim Wright: Cast displaying his mastery of their medium, male and female characters engage in various levels of activity from the contemplative to the vigorous |
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Staffordshire St: ARCADE |
special event |
Tuesday 21 |
Hamiltons: Mario Testino: Gone Wild an exhibition of exclusive, new photographs of animals – from Kenyan lions to rare birds in Brazil – by the internationally renowned photographer, shown at the gallery for the first time |
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Sotheby’s London: Modern British & Irish Art Evening Auction auction: Tue 21 (viewing: Fri 17 – Tue 21 November) |
auction |
Shapero Modern: Rory Hutton: Gardening in Linocut |
opening reception |
South London Gallery: Pope.L: Hospital ”Hospital is that sensation of lying on your back on a stretcher in a hallway staring at the veins in the ceiling above while it stares right back” – Pope.L on his first solo exhibition at a London institution |
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South London Gallery Fire Station: Pope.L: Hospital ”Hospital is that sensation of lying on your back on a stretcher in a hallway staring at the veins in the ceiling above while it stares right back” – Pope.L on his first solo exhibition at a London institution |
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Los Angeles
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Thursday 16 |
Roberts Projects: Beatrice Wood: Eight Vessels works by the late cultural icon and internationally renowned artist – “art helps man to soar to the higher consciousness, to touch the world of the spirit rather than the world of matter” – Wood |
opening reception |
Roberts Projects: Reginald Sylvester II: T-1000 new sculpture and painting in Sylvester II’s first solo exhibition at the gallery – “his work is a depiction of purgatory – an Afrofuturistic incarnation of apocalyptic aesthetic” |
opening reception |
Friday 17 |
Lisson Gallery: Hugh Hayden: Hughman for his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, a new series of work in a site-specific installation exploring the prosthetics of power |
opening reception |
Saturday 18 |
Louis Stern Fine Arts: Richard Wilson: Concerning Measure the abstract painter “strives to remove all discernible indications of his hand on the surface, creating a minimally disruptive visual transmission of form and color directly from artist to eye” |
opening reception |
Philip Martin Gallery: Muzae Sesay: The Breeze and I in his paintings which examine the world around him, “each viewer is a guest, encouraged to navigate the space with their unique perspective” – Sesay
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opening reception |
Rusha & Co.: Sienna Shields: Between Dispersal and Recovery |
opening reception |
Melbourne
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Saturday 18 |
Tolarno Galleries: Bill Henson: The Liquid Night |
opening reception |
New York
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Tuesday 14 |
Sotheby’s New York: Modern Day Auction auction: Tue 14 (viewing: Wed 1 – Mon 13 November) |
auction |
Wednesday 15 |
Gagosian 541 West 24th St: In Conversation: Louise Bonnet and Stefanie Hessler |
talk |
galerie gmurzynska: Attersee: Schön wie seine Bilder – Beautiful Like His Paintings the legendary Austrian artist’s first large-scale exhibition in New York is a career-spanning solo exhibition – held simultaneously at Galerie Gmurzynska’s uptown and Gallery O’Flaherty’s downtown spaces |
opening reception |
Hauser & Wirth 69th Street: RETROaction in collaboration with Homi K. Bhabha, Charles Gaines and Ellen Tani, a two-part project marking the 30th anniversary of the seminal US exhibitions – “Theater of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism” and the 1993 Whitney Biennial |
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Petzel: Time Travel: Italian Masters through a Contemporary Lens exemplary works from the 16th to the 19th century on the gallery’s parlor floor together with a selection of works in response from contemporary artists on view on the gallery’s third floor |
opens |
Sotheby’s New York: The Now Evening Auction auction: Wed 15 (viewing: Wed 1 – Wed 15 November) |
auction |
Sotheby’s New York: Contemporary Evening Auction auction: Wed 15 (viewing: Wed 1 – Wed 15 November) |
auction |
Thursday 16 |
Hollis Taggart: Norman Carton: Chromatic Brilliance, Paintings from the 1940s-1960s a major exhibition of the Abstract Expressionist Ukrainian-born American painter |
opening reception |
Lincoln Glenn: Gene Hedge: The Pattern of Nature to mark the gallery’s opening in Chelsea, an exhibition of Hedge’s color field paintings dating from 1966 through 1970 |
opening reception |
Michael Werner: Maki Na Kamura new paintings and works on paper in the first solo exhibition in New York of the Osaka-born, Berlin-based painter |
opening reception |
Sotheby’s New York: Contemporary Day Auction auction: Thu 16 (viewing: Wed 1 – Wed 15 November) |
auction |
Yancey Richardson Gallery: Andrew Moore: Whiskey Point and Other Tales new work by the acclaimed photographer “delves into the dazzling scenes and moody vistas of the storied Hudson Valley of New York” |
opening reception |
Yancey Richardson Gallery: Yamamoto Masao: Ambrotypes new photographic work by the Japanese artist, testifying to the emotional power of photography and its ability to evoke memories |
opening reception |
Friday 17 |
Luhring Augustine Chelsea: Pipilotti Rist: Prickling Goosebumps & a Humming Horizon new and recent sculptural works and projections in this major two-part exhibition, presented across both the gallery’s 24th St location and Hauser & Wirth on 22nd St |
opening reception |
Monday 20 |
Sotheby’s New York: Asian Art / 5000 Years auction: Mon 20 – Thu 30 Nov |
auction starts |
Paris
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Wednesday 15 |
Christie’s Paris: Maîtres Anciens : Peintures – Sculptures – Dessins auction: Wed 15 (viewing: Sat 11 – Wed 15 November) |
auction |
Sotheby’s Paris: Oeuvres choisies / Une Collection Parisienne auction: Wed 15 (viewing: Fri 10 – Tue 14 November) |
auction |
Sotheby’s Paris: Master Sculpture auction: Wed 15 (viewing: Fri 10 – Tue 14 November) |
auction |
Saturday 18 |
Almine Rech, Turenne: Jean Miotte “my painting is a projection … painting is not a speculation of the mind or spirit, it is a gesture from within” – Miotte |
opening reception |
Almine Rech, Turenne: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe: Superficial Incisions new work by Quaicoe sees the artist reconceptualizing the black cowboy stylistically in a series of bust portraits |
opening reception |
Almine Rech, Turenne: José Lerma: Fichureos “in fewer than a dozen brushstrokes per burlap canvas, José Lerma paints topographies. Blocks of subtle color buttressed by thick globs of acrylic bear a figurative likeness” – Grace Ebert |
opening reception |
Almine Rech, Matignon: Kim Tschang-Yeul: Disparitions “it was twilight when Kim Tschang-Yeul, then aged 42, discovered the droplet while sprinkling water over one of his canvases” – Alison Moss |
opening reception |
Semiose: Laurent Le Deunff: Easter Egg totem-like sculptures made of unexpected objects both natural and cultural, alongside monumental charcoal drawings from the series inspired by cartoon explosions |
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Semiose: Philemona Williamson: The Borders of Innocence “Williamson’s opaque narratives recall the beauty, drama, and vagaries of innocence. In her paintings, youthful bodies, toys, flora and fauna float and frolic in vibrantly colored dreamscapes. But memory is an unreliable narrator” – Dr. Adrienne L. Child |
opens |
Tuesday 21 |
Christie’s Paris: The Exceptional Sale, Including masterpieces from the Rothschild Collections auction: Tue 21 (viewing: Tue 14 – Tue 21 November) |
auction |
Sotheby’s Paris: Important Design auction: Tue 21 (viewing: Fri 17 – Mon 20 November) |
auction |
Rome
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Saturday 18 |
Gagosian: In Conversation: Sabine Moritz and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Moderated by Cristiana Perrella at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio |
talk |
Taipei
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Thursday 16 |
Each Modern: Hell Gette: CTRL3R the gallery unveils its new location with an exhibition of the German artist’s latest series of work – her first solo exhibition in Asia |
opens |
Saturday 18 |
Each Modern: Hell Gette: CTRL3R |
opening reception |
Tokyo
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Wednesday 15 |
Perrotin Tokyo: Aryo Toh Djojo: Over My Head in the first solo exhibition in Asia by the Los Angeles-based artist a new body of paintings, for the first time alongside film and found photography, explores the notion of how we perceive truth |
opens |
Vienna
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Tuesday 14 |
Lukas Feichtner Galerie: Monika Kus-Picco in conversation with Heidrun Rosenberg |
talk |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing |
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Helsinki
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Sunday 19 |
Galerie Forsblom: Eeva Peura: Myrhh and Noir |
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Galerie Forsblom: Simon Hemmer |
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Galerie Forsblom: Toni Elg: Doggone Cowboy |
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London
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Thursday 16 |
Gagosian Davies St: Richard Prince: The Entertainers |
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Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix: Damian Le Bas |
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Friday 17 |
Hamiltons: Albert Watson: SKYE |
▶virtual visit |
Richard Green: Emily Young: Pareidolia in Stone |
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Saturday 18 |
Alice Amati: Rike Droescher and Zoe Koke: the serpent’s tail |
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Alison Jacques: Sheila Hicks: Infinite Potential |
▶virtual visit |
Arusha Gallery: Bye Bye Cowboy |
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ATLAS Gallery: Patrick Demarchelier: Legacy |
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Carpenters Workshop Gallery: Jacqueline Rabun: A Retrospective |
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David Zwirner: Liu Ye: Naive and Sentimental Painting |
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Gazelli Art House: Derek Boshier: Reinventor |
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MAMOTH: Silvers In The Void |
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Marlborough: Alexander James: Tuck Shop for the Wicked |
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Marlborough: Deanio X: Symphony of Storms |
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Michael Werner Gallery: Invisible Questions That Fill the Air: James Lee Byars and Seung-taek Lee |
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Rodeo: Haris Epaminonda: VOL. XXX |
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Shapero Modern: Robert Indiana |
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Shtager&Shch: Timescapes |
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Sim Smith Gallery: Emily Hunt: Crystal Radio Geist |
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Timothy Taylor: Eddie Martinez: Enough |
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Sunday 19 |
Christie’s London: The Royal Drawing School |
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Zabludowicz Collection: Invites: Ding Shilun |
▶virtual visit |
Los Angeles
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Saturday 18 |
Steve Turner: Gabby Rosenberg: Kishkas |
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Steve Turner: Drew Dodge: At The Rainbow’s End |
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Steve Turner: Zachary Ochoa: Manifest Destiny |
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Milan
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Thursday 16 |
A arte Invernizzi: Nelio Sonego: Orizzontaleverticale |
▶virtual visit |
New York
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Thursday 16 |
David Richard Gallery: Geometric Shapes and Color: In Service To Form, Motion, Pattern, Depiction, Memory, And Abstraction |
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Friday 17 |
David Richard Gallery: Martha Szabo: Up On The Roof: Liberation, Transformation, Celebration |
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David Richard Gallery: Ronald Davis, Paintings: 1960s through 2010 |
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Saturday 18 |
Berry Campbell Gallery: Judith Godwin: Modern Woman |
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Hollis Taggart: Francis Hines: Bound in Time |
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Palm Beach
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Sunday 19 |
GAVLAK: Alexis Teplin: Come, stare, she makes a gesture. |
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Paris
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Wednesday 15 |
Tornabuoni Art POP-UP: Pablo Atchugarry. Lumière de Paris |
▶virtual visit |
Tornabuoni Art POP-UP: Rhythm and Repetition. A Contemporary Aesthetic |
▶virtual visit |
Saturday 18 |
Art: Concept: Andrew Lewis: Au Bonheur des femmes |
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Art: Concept: Lin May Saeed: Milo |
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David Zwirner: Mamma Andersson: Adieu Maria Magdalena |
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Galerie Chantal Crousel: Jean-Luc Moulène: the dot the well the plain and the rain |
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Galerie Chantal Crousel: Wade Guyton. Galerie Matthiesen, Ausstellung, Edouard Manet, 1928, 6. Februar bis 18. März, Vol. II |
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galerie frank elbaz: Anne Le Troter: Les Pornoplantes |
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Galerie Lelong & Co.: Paula Rego: Drawing Breath |
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Galerie Lelong & Co.: Etel Adnan. La mer. Rien d’autre. La mer. |
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Galerie Lelong & Co. Matignon: Samuel Levi Jones: Longing |
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Perrotin Marais: Elmgreen & Dragset: David and other sculptures |
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Rome
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Saturday 18 |
Gagosian: Sabine Moritz: August |
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Seoul
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Sunday 19 |
Everyday Mooonday: record of possession |
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Stockholm
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Saturday 18 |
Galleri Magnus Karlsson: Idun Baltzersen: The Bathers |
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Vienna
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Friday 17 |
Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer: Focus On: Estrid Lutz & Melissa Steckbauer |
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Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer: Deviants |
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Zürich
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Saturday 18 |
Fabian Lang: Mark Wallinger: Arcadia |
▶virtual visit |
Sunday 19 |
Christophe Guye Galerie: The Skin We Live In |
▶virtual visit |
Christophe Guye Galerie: Emma Summerton – 14 Spells (to save your life) |
▶virtual visit |
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