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The Week in Art
18-25 April 2023
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Openings, events, auctions
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Brussels
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| Wednesday 19 |
Almine Rech:
Feeling of light
a celebration of art’s ability to capture and preserve the essence of life |
opens |
| Thursday 20 |
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Art Brussels 2023
opening day 20 April
public days 21-23 April
download the GalleriesNow x Art Brussels city Map! |
opens |
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Cologne
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| Friday 21 |
Galerie Buchholz:
Tomma Abts
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opening reception |
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Dallas
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| Wednesday 19 |
Meliksetian | Briggs:
Yifan Jiang: A Bouquet Of Senses
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opening reception |
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Kensington
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| Saturday 22 |
Pazo Fine Art:
Max Estenger: New Paintings Part II
the rich intensity of Estenger’s colour gives these paintings a palable energy and force |
opens |
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London
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| Tuesday 18 |
Bermondsey Project Space:
I’m Migrant
photographic and short-film portraits of five giants of Iraqi and Arab art and culture |
opens |
Goodman Gallery:
Alfredo Jaar: IF IT CONCERNS US, IT CONCERNS YOU
a survey exhibition chronicling Jaar’s forty-year critique of Western media |
private view |
Robilant+Voena, London:
Anna van den Hövel
creating paintings that are highly personal, the artist shares her unique perspective while inviting an emotional response from the viewer and opening our eyes to the bigger picture |
private view |
| Wednesday 19 |
Carl Kostyál:
Scout Zabinski: Into the Veil
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private view |
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert:
Frank Auerbach: Twenty Self-Portraits
a selection of twenty paintings and drawings, ranging from 2018 to the present day |
opens |
JGM Gallery:
Ömie
a group exhibition of Ömie artists from Papua New Guinea and their traditional work on barkcloth |
opening reception |
Stephen Friedman Gallery:
Sky Glabush: The Arrangement of Stars
the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery – large-scale, surreal paintings with historical references that blend figuration and abstraction |
private view |
| Thursday 20 |
Almine Rech:
Dr. Esther Mahlangu: Where two rivers meet
“I love art. It is part of me and I can’t separate it from who I am … making art is not a job to me, it is a major part of who I am and I will continue to paint as long as I am able” – Mahlangu |
opening reception |
Almine Rech:
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Episodes Far From Home
paintings and sculptures incorporating diverse motifs and patterns to create complex, visually striking works |
opening reception |
David Zwirner:
So let us all be citizens too
curated by Ebony L. Haynes, a group exhibition which explores and celebrates the legacy of post-war American artist Bob Thompson |
opens |
Flowers Gallery, Cork Street:
Victoria Cantons: Nothing is Absolute
Cantons explores the shifting relationship between self and the surrounding world with transience and personal symbolism |
private view |
Michael Werner Gallery:
Maki Na Kamura
blurring distinctions between figurative and abstract styles, the artist combines Japanese and Western influences |
private view |
Simon Lee Gallery:
Paul Georges: Abstracting the Figurative
in collaboration with the Paul Georges Estate, the first solo exhibition of the artist’s work in the UK |
private view |
Simon Lee Gallery:
France-Lise McGurn: Hostess
an exploration of power dynamics through recurring female forms set in an immersive environment |
private view |
| Friday 21 |
Karsten Schubert Room 2:
Cathie Pilkington: Weird Horses
“located somewhere between the classical and the unconscious, Weird Horses is a dialectical mash-up of empires and civilizations, sex and death, birth and rebirth, girls, ponies and rainbows” |
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Waddington Custot:
Picture This. Photorealism 1966–1985, pt.1
a retrospective of artworks from one of the world’s largest and most important private collections |
opens |
| Saturday 22 |
Hauser & Wirth:
Günther Förg. Tupfenbilder | How Do You Feel?
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special event |
| Tuesday 25 |
Galerie Max Hetzler:
Surface Works
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opening reception |
Mazzoleni:
TOSCANI CHEZ MAZZOLENI
the celebrated photographer and art director’s first solo exhibition at the London gallery – curated by Nicholas Ballario |
private view |
Modern Art Bury Street:
Richard Tuttle: 18 x 24
new wall-based works in the second of two exhibitions by Tuttle, together forming a large-scale solo presentation of both new and historical work |
private view |
Sotheby’s London:
Testimony of a Journey: The Al Zayani Collection
auction: Tue 25
(viewing: Thu 20 – Tue 25 April) |
auction |
Sotheby’s London:
The Orientalist Sale
auction: Tue 25
(viewing: Fri 21 – Tue 25 April) |
auction |
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Los Angeles
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| Saturday 22 |
CJG2:
Jeffrey Sincich: All Makes & Models
quilted market signs, sculptures, and neon window grates exploring city landscapes |
opening reception |
Roberts Projects:
Wangari Mathenge: Tidal Wave of Color
Mathenge’s first major solo show in the US reinterprets art history with bright colors, addressing themes of memory, post-colonialism and domesticity |
opening reception |
Roberts Projects:
Mia Middleton: Love Story
paintings investigating the dualities of captivity and release, imperfection, and the body’s ephemerality |
opening reception |
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Milan
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| Thursday 20 |
Sotheby’s Milan:
Contemporary Auction
auction: Thu 20
(viewing: Fri 14 – Wed 19 April) |
auction |
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Naples
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| Saturday 22 |
Thomas Dane Gallery:
Amy Sillman: Temporary Object
“demonstrates that a painting can be understood as an unfolding temporal event that happens at various speeds” – Joshua Decter |
private view |
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New York
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| Tuesday 18 |
Christie’s New York:
The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples
auction: Tue 18 – Wed 19 Apr
(viewing: Thu 13 – Tue 18 April) |
auction starts |
Christie’s New York:
The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples: Online
auction: Tue 18 – Tue 25 Apr |
auction starts |
David Richard Gallery:
Roland Gebhardt: Framing Perceptual Illusions: A series of wall sculptures examines presence, absence and voids
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LGDR 64 Street:
Rear View
a transhistorical selection of over sixty paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and photographs that explore representation of the human figure as seen from behind |
opening reception |
| Wednesday 19 |
Sotheby’s New York:
The Spirit of America: The Wolf Family Collection
auction: Wed 19
(viewing: Fri 14 – Fri 21 April) |
auction |
Sotheby’s New York:
Glitch: Beyond Binary
auction: Wed 19 – Wed 26 Apr
(viewing: Wed 12 – Fri 14 April) |
auction starts |
| Thursday 20 |
Berry Campbell Gallery:
Ethel Schwabacher: Woman in Nature (Paintings from the 1950s)
focussing on Schwabacher’s unique abstraction, characterized by automatic drawing and sweeping brushstrokes, exploring themes of motherhood, landscape, and creativity |
opening reception |
Christie’s New York:
Prints and Multiples
auction: Thu 20
(viewing: Thu 13 – Mon 17 April) |
auction |
Hollis Taggart:
Hollis Taggart at Dallas Art Fair 2023
a selection of key works focusing on first-generation Abstract Expressionist painters |
opens |
Hollis Taggart:
From Provincial Status to International Prominence: American Art of the 1950s
over thirty artists who experimented with new styles during the formation of the New York School in the 1950s |
opening reception |
Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary:
Marcia Grostein: ex•cur•sions
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opens |
Peter Freeman, Inc.:
Ernst Caramelle: actual size
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opening reception |
Sotheby’s New York:
Forging America: The Wolf Family Collection
auction: Thu 20
(viewing: Fri 14 – Fri 21 April) |
auction |
Sotheby’s New York:
Modern America: The Wolf Family Collection
auction: Thu 20 |
auction |
Sotheby’s New York:
Glorious America: The Wolf Family Collection
auction: Thu 20
(viewing: Fri 14 – Fri 21 April) |
auction |
Timothy Taylor:
Hayal Pozanti: The World For A Mirror
large abstract paintings reflecting on technology’s impact on society and nature |
opening reception |
| Friday 21 |
Acquavella Galleries:
Panel discussion featuring painter Hayley Barker, art historian Joachim Pissarro, and critic Barry Schwabsky
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talk |
Christie’s New York:
Modern American Masterworks from the Ted Shen Collection
auction: Fri 21
(viewing: Fri 14 – Thu 20 April) |
auction |
Christie’s New York:
Modern American Art
auction: Fri 21
(viewing: Fri 14 – Thu 20 April) |
auction |
Petzel:
Seth Price: Ardomancer
works combining AI-generated imagery and 3D graphics with traditional painting techniques to explore human intuition and the unpredictability of technology |
opens |
Petzel:
John Stezaker: Double Shadow
collages made by layering negative silhouettes, echoing the aesthetics of German Expressionist film and film noir |
opens |
| Saturday 22 |
David Richard Gallery:
Roland Gebhardt: Framing Perceptual Illusions: A series of wall sculptures examines presence, absence and voids
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opening reception |
Peter Freeman, Inc.:
Ernst Caramelle: actual size
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special event |
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Paris
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| Tuesday 18 |
Bigaignon:
Fernando Marante: Ballet Mécanique
Marante’s first exhibition with the gallery focusses on movement and time, and is in dialogue with work by the Dutch kinetic artist Hans Kooi |
opening reception |
Tornabuoni Art:
Painting and Poetry. Ungaretti and the Art of Seeing
an exhibition celebrating the convergence of literature and visual arts |
opens |
| Wednesday 19 |
Sotheby’s Paris:
Le Souffle moderne – Une collection Parisienne
auction: Wed 19
(viewing: Fri 14 – Tue 18 April) |
auction |
Sotheby’s Paris:
Art Impressionniste et Moderne Evening Auction
auction: Wed 19
(viewing: Fri 14 – Tue 18 April) |
auction |
| Thursday 20 |
David Zwirner:
Sherrie Levine
Levine turns her gaze on the incredible story of James Springer and James Lewis, identical twins separated at birth who reunited at age 39 to discover remarkable similarities in their lives |
opens |
| Friday 21 |
Perrotin Matignon:
Claude Rutault: ici mieux qu’en face
paintings, written instructions, and humorous reflections on the art world |
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Perrotin Marais:
Josh Sperling: Head over Heels
intricate, puzzle-like paintings combining digital and hand-crafted techniques, inspired by nature and ornamentation |
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Perrotin Marais:
Bernard Frize: Les choses que j’ai vues (Things I’ve Seen)
“painting is a philosophical research with its own means … an exhibition is an exhibition of ideas embodied in canvases” – Frize |
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| Saturday 22 |
Galerie Max Hetzler:
Walton Ford: A Very Rare Sight
Ford’s watercolours merge historical and mass culture references and are each accompanied by a drawing and a study |
opening reception |
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Venice
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| Saturday 22 |
Victoria Miro Venice:
Alex Hartley: Closer Than Before
the first site-specific installation at the gallery, consisting of a transformational architectural intervention and new wall-mounted marble works |
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Vienna
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| Thursday 20 |
Galerie Ernst Hilger:
Gunter Damisch: Arbeiten auf Leinwand
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opens |
Galerie Ernst Hilger Ballgasse:
Gunter Damisch: Arbeiten auf Papier
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Galerie Eva Presenhuber:
Joe Bradley: Rejoice: Drawing and Sculpture
sculptures exploring mind-body states through solid and allusive works between sacred and profane |
opening reception |
Lukas Feichtner Galerie:
Hannes Mlenek: Topografie der Emotionen
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opening reception |
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Zürich
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| Thursday 20 |
Fabian Lang:
Interior
a group exhibition exploring form and function in space |
opening reception |
| Friday 21 |
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Waldmannstrasse:
Frequencies (and atmospheres)
a group exhibiton – the second of four – curated by Andreas Melas and Helena Papadopoulos around and about the work of Greek artists Bia Davou and Pantelis Xagoraris |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
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Berlin
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| Saturday 22 |
Galerie Bastian:
Ulrich Erben – Light in Colours |
view VR |
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Beverly Hills
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| Saturday 22 |
Gagosian:
Urs Fischer: Ice Cream Truck Democracy |
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Bucharest
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| Tuesday 18 |
Mobius Gallery:
Roman Tolici: The Pursuit of Happiness |
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| Tuesday 25 |
Anca Poterașu Gallery:
Oana Coșug and Yasmina Assbane: I am in the mood to dissolve in the sky |
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Helsinki
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| Sunday 23 |
Galerie Forsblom:
Sami Lukkarinen: Borderland |
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Galerie Forsblom:
Tuukka Tammisaari: Bit of a Pickle |
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Hong Kong
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| Friday 21 |
Christie’s Hong Kong:
Forest Rhapsody |
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| Saturday 22 |
Perrotin Hong Kong:
Katherina Olschbaur: Midnight Spill |
view VR |
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London
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| Wednesday 19 |
Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix:
Amie Barouh: Béthania |
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| Friday 21 |
Grosvenor Gallery:
Sayed Haider Raza |
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Marlborough:
Towards a New World: Sculpture in Post-War Britain |
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| Saturday 22 |
A.I.:
eye, i, you |
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Annka Kultys Gallery:
Juliette Sturlèse: A little mouse was running through the grass |
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Annka Kultys Gallery:
Marjan Moghaddam |
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Cristea Roberts Gallery:
Sensing Abstraction |
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Cristea Roberts Gallery:
Lubaina Himid: Alla Prima/Cross Hatch |
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October Gallery:
Jukhee Kwon: Liberated |
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Skarstedt:
Andy Warhol |
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The Artist Room:
Poppy Jones |
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Workplace:
Eric Bainbridge: PLUCKPLUCK |
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| Sunday 23 |
Maureen Paley:
Michael Queenland: Rudy’s Ramp of Remainders Redux |
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Maureen Paley Studio M:
Dirk Stewen: PAPER MOONS |
view VR |
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Los Angeles
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| Saturday 22 |
Charlie James Gallery:
Erika Rothenberg: Vital Signs |
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Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood:
George Condo. People Are Strange |
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Luis De Jesus Los Angeles:
Jean Lowe: Light and Space |
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Luis De Jesus Los Angeles:
Edie Beaucage: All Over The Time |
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Sean Kelly Gallery:
Rebecca Horn: Labyrinth of the Soul: Drawings 1965-2015 |
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Steve Turner:
Rose Barberat: I’ll Pick You Up |
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Steve Turner:
Raven Halfmoon: Sunsets in the West |
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Steve Turner:
Hannah Morris: Acting Ordinary |
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Madrid
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| Saturday 22 |
Badr El Jundi:
Down To Earth |
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Monterrey
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| Friday 21 |
Colector Oriente:
Zhivago Duncan: Mapping Out Unification |
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Murnau am Staffelsee
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| Saturday 22 |
PULPO GALLERY:
Nathan Ritterpusch: Meet me at Marcel’s |
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New York
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| Friday 21 |
Schoelkopf:
John Marin Watercolors: 1916-1919 |
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| Saturday 22 |
Almine Rech:
Jenny Brosinski and Cristina De Miguel |
view VR |
Almine Rech:
Dario Escobar: Encrypted Messages |
view VR |
Fergus McCaffrey:
Reinhard Pods: a Sort of Homecoming – Paintings 1979-2022 |
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Gagosian 541 West 24th St:
Helen Frankenthaler: Drawing within Nature: Paintings from the 1990s |
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Gagosian 976 Madison Avenue:
Bennett Miller |
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Gagosian 980 Madison Avenue:
Amoako Boafo: what could possibly go wrong, if we tell it like it is |
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Hauser & Wirth 69th Street:
Winfred Rembert. All of Me |
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HB381:
Jakob Jørgensen: Take Root |
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Luhring Augustine Tribeca:
Rachel Whiteread |
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Skarstedt:
Martin Kippenberger: Paintings 1984-1996 |
view VR |
| Sunday 23 |
Hollis Taggart:
Hollis Taggart at Dallas Art Fair 2023 |
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Paris
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| Saturday 22 |
Perrotin Secondary Market:
Bernar Venet: Diffeomorphism and Discontinuity |
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Skarstedt:
KAWS: TIME OFF |
view VR |
Thaddaeus Ropac, Marais:
Megan Rooney: Flyer and the Seed |
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Thaddaeus Ropac, Marais:
Wolfgang Laib: City of Silence |
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Rome
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| Saturday 22 |
Gagosian:
Adam McEwen: XXIII |
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Seoul
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| Sunday 23 |
Barakat Contemporary:
Shezad Dawood: Integrations |
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