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| The Weekendervisit site 3 January 2025 to start off the new year, twelve must-see exhibitions at: |
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| Candida Höfer: Europa / America @ Sean Kelly Gallery, Los Angeles |
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| curated by the Los Angeles-based architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, Höfer’s first solo exhibition at the gallery’s West Coast location follows on from her 2023 exhibition in New York – this time with fourteen photographs which explore locations that convey social significance in North American and European society | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jeff Wall @ Gagosian, New York |
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| new pictures – alongside ones not previously seen in the US – ranging from what Wall refers to as “near documentary” to “blatant artifice” | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chemu Ng’ok: Echoes @ Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich |
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| the Nairobi-based artist’s debut solo exhibition at the gallery presents her spontaneous ink drawings alongside abstract figurative paintings imbued with psychological and emotional depth – “reflecting on her experience of painting between different cultural, socio-political and geographical contexts, Ng’ok’s reflections adapt to shifting contexts” – Kami Gahiga | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cao Jigang: Skypath @ Bluerider ART, London |
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| large-scale tempera “Shanshui” paintings in the Chinese artist’s first European solo exhibition – “even though nothing in this world is perfect, perfection is still worth pursuing” – Cao Jigang | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| HIN: 弄景抄, The sceneries cut out from the seasons @ LKIF Gallery, Seoul |
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| “Since seasons, scenery, and time, as well as our moods and lives, are all flowing and transient, I believe that we can only savor the moments that are given to us” – Hin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Huang Po-Chih: Waves @ Hayward Gallery, London |
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| new video and text-work in an exhibition of installation, photography and sculpture where the Taiwanese artist works with the personal narratives of workers to investigate globalisation, concentrating especially on the textile industry in East Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ayiti Toma II: Faith, Family, and Resistance @ Luhring Augustine, New York |
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| organized by Tomm El-Saieh, and staged in partnership with El-Saieh Gallery, Port-au-Prince, and CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach, an exhibition exploring Haitian art and culture and the country’s history of survival and renewal – “Haitian paintings will drink the blood of the phoenix. And, with the epaulets of Dessalines, it will ventilate the world” – André Breton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kristina Riska: Uncertainties @ Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki |
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| one of Finland’s most internationally renowned ceramic artists, “Riska’s artistic process harnesses both the delicate malleability and the willful nature of clay” | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Motion in Stillness: Dance and the Human Body in Movement @ Victoria Miro, London |
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| including both new and rarely-seen works, this impressive group exhibiition brings together nine mostly multidisciplinary artists who all have a relationship with dance or the human body in movement | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tia-Thuy Nguyen: Burdening Dream @ Almine Rech, Monaco |
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| new watercolor paintings and quartz glass bead works see Nguyen working with Vietnamese traditions while focussing on the subject of light | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lisa Jonasson: Reality Trip @ Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm |
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| recent collages and assemblages in painted, cut paper and wood alongside new bronze and mixed media sculptures and objects | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nairy Baghramian: Jumbled Alphabet @ South London Gallery, London |
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| across both of the gallery spaces, this major solo exhibition of Baghramian disrupts the idea of children’s building toys to celebrate things that do not fit together | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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