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Latest Newsletter 13 May - 20 May 2025

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The Week in Art visit site

13-20 May 2025

Openings, events, auctions
Athens, Bruton, Cologne, Kinderhook, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York, Paris, Seoul, Shanghai, Zürich

Anne Neukamp: Mirror @ Semiose Paris		Cornelia Parker: History Painting @ Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square London		Awol Erizku: Moon, Turn the Flames...Gently Gently Away @ Sean Kelly Gallery Los Angeles
Anthony Falcetta: Inverse Certainties @ Kathryn Markel Fine Arts New York		Adriana Varejão: Histórias Moldadas @ Gagosian Athens		Juan Uslé: CIEN DIAS DE ABRIL @ Galerie Lelong New York

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Athens

Athens, Thursday 15

Gagosian:
Adriana Varejão: Histórias Moldadas
in Varejão’s first exhibition in Greece, new sculptural paintings and painterly sculptures inspired by Brazilian, Greek, Turkish, and Chinese ceramic traditions

opening reception

Bruton

Bruton, Saturday 17

Hauser & Wirth Somerset:
Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely. Myths & Machines
a major site-wide takeover, the first exhibition dedicated to both artists in the UK, presents unseen and iconic works by the two emblematic figures of contemporary art

opening reception

Cologne

Cologne, Friday 16

Galerie Buchholz:
Matt Browning: My Art

opening reception

Cologne, Saturday 17

Zander Galerie:
Tata Ronkholz: Trinkhallen
a comprehensive exhibition of the German artist’s iconic series of photographs - “I ... felt drawn to the everyday. I wanted to show the kiosk around the corner in all its amiableness”

opening reception

Zander Galerie:
Massimo Vitali: 94/22
“Vitali delves into the underlying social dynamics of leisure, from its commodification to the pressures of conformity, offering a commentary on modern society set against the backdrop of the Mediterranean”

opening reception

Kinderhook

Kinderhook, Saturday 17

Jack Shainman Gallery | The School:
GENERAL CONDITIONS
over two dozen artists working across a wide range of media, at scales both intimate and grand, offer a sustained reflection on the social and political climate of our time

opening reception

London

London, Tuesday 13

Hauser & Wirth:
Michaela Yearwood-Dan. No Time for Despair
new paintings including an 11m-long panelled landscape painting, alongside richly adorned ceramic sculptures, benches, and a new sound piece in collaboration with composer Alex Gruz, in Yearwood-Dan’s first exhibition with the gallery

opening reception

London, Wednesday 14

Bartha Contemporary:
Material Syntax: Andrew Bick & Henrik Eiben
an exhibition bringing together recent works by Bick and Eiben, both renowned for their distinctive approaches to geometric abstraction, examining and exploring traditions rooted in European modernism, Concrete Art, and Constructivism

first day

County Hall Pottery:
Ground Works
an exhibition which examines the fundamental relationship between raw materials and ceramic creation, exploring the processes that shape contemporary sustainable ceramic practices

opening reception

JD Malat Gallery:
Han Ji Min: Time Alone
serene and introspective oils in the South Korean artist’s first London solo exhibition - “an invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the subtle beauty of our shared humanity”

opening reception

JD Malat Gallery:
Máté Orr: The Hills Are Not as Close as They Seem
in the first solo exhibition in London by the emerging international artist, new dreamlike compositions that explore human emotion, psychological resilience, and the surreal absurdities of contemporary life

opening reception

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery:
Katy Moran in conversation with Ben Luke

talk

London, Thursday 15

Alison Jacques:
Bona de Mandiargues
curated by Simon Grant and spanning over forty years of work, highly charged and surreal paintings and mixed media assemblages alongside colour pencil and gouache works on paper in the first solo show of de Mandiargues in the UK

private view

County Hall Pottery:
Dining with the Artists: Ground Works

special event

Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Deptford:
Thiago Barbalho: Chants
Barbalho’s latest body of work delves into the complexities of language, symbolism, and the intersection of identities ... an immersive encounter with his evolving visual language

private view

Emanuel von Baeyer:
William Wauer, Art in Photography
a new online exhibition - “this exhibition highlights the transition of these vintage prints from serving as simple documents, to independent artworks in themselves”

opening reception

Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square:
Cornelia Parker: History Painting
new seemingly abstract paintings by Parker, inspired by historic newspaper and magazine covers and the colour analysis charts of the late American artist Emily Noyes Vanderpoel

private view

Goodman Gallery:
Leonardo Drew
new wall sculptures and works on paper by Drew - “the work alludes to entropy - not as a direct depiction of order and chaos, but as an undercurrent accentuating the fragility of form and the possibility of transformation”

first day

MAMOTH:
Brittany Shepherd: Coward
the Toronto-based artist’s “tension between photography and the artist’s hand through selection, competition and paint is made apparent through her use of photo-realist techniques”

opening reception

Michael Werner Gallery:
Maki Na Kamura: Desert Incognito
new paintings by the Osaka-born, Berlin-based artist who“challenges and expands our understanding of what abstract art can be in the 21st century”

private view

Pilar Corrias, Savile Row:
Ragna Bley: Move Baby, Move
“the careful balance of technique and spontaneity speaks to Bley’s dedication to both the technical and emotional dimensions of her work, reinforcing her ability to navigate the forces she seeks to embody and explore”

opening reception

Ruup & Form:
London Craft Week 2025: Jed Green
the latest body of work by the acclaimed contemporary jeweller and silversmith - “a bold and poetic exploration of material, memory, and transformation”

first day

Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix:
Dene Leigh in conversation with Jo-Lene Ong

talk

DES BAINS:
Charlie Burtenshaw: Moon Palace

private view

rosenfeld:
Natalia Ocerin: Parrhesia
transforming the gallery into a theatrical and unsettling “Circus of The Art Market”, the first solo exhibition in the upstairs space by the Spanish artist takes its title from the ancient Greek term for the act of speaking truthfully, openly, and without

opening reception

rosenfeld:
Rivas & Wloch: Cinética de la manifestación

opening reception

London, Friday 16

Upsilon Gallery:
Unseen Narratives
works by Eve Arnold, Brothtarn, and Laura Chen explore the hidden, the subconscious, and the forgotten, tracing their imprints through contemporary photography

opening reception

London, Saturday 17

County Hall Pottery:
Masterclass: Golden Earth Studio Workshop - Art for the Anthropocene

special event

Serpentine North Gallery:
Saturday Talks: Tamsin Hong on Arpita Singh: Remembering

talk

Los Angeles

Los Angeles, Friday 16

Sean Kelly Gallery:
Awol Erizku: Moon, Turn the Flames...Gently Gently Away
new photographs, neon installations, and sculptures in Erizku’s inaugural solo exhibition at the gallery in Los Angeles, continuing his examination of identity politics, resistance, and abstraction

opening reception

Los Angeles, Saturday 17

Hauser & Wirth Downtown:
In Conversation: David Hammons’ ‘Concerto in Black and Blue’ moderated by Darby English, with Jasper Marsalis, Harryette R. Mullen and Joe Ray

talk

Louis Stern Fine Arts:
Mark Leonard: Common Threads
a comprehensive view of Leonard’s artistic development throughout his career, highlighting his unique synthesis of intellectual and emotional approaches to painting

opening reception

Melbourne

Melbourne, Thursday 15

Tolarno Galleries:
Sophie Hardy: Maribou
“Maribou is a culmination of my love of design, fashion, jewellery, sculpture, and a deep fascination with various bygone ‘vintage’ eras” - Hardy

opening reception

New York

New York, Tuesday 13

Sotheby’s New York:
Modern Evening Auction
auction: Tue 13
(viewing: Fri 2-Tue 13)

auction

New York, Wednesday 14

Findlay Galleries:
Janet Mait: Recent Works
an eagerly awaited exhibition featuring recent abstract expressionist paintings by the acclaimed artist - “a heartfelt journey into the psyche of an artist devoted to exploring the depths of her creativity”

first day

Sotheby’s New York:
Modern Day Auction
auction: Wed 14
(viewing: Fri 2-Tue 13)

auction

New York, Thursday 15

Gagosian West 24th St:
Currin, Saville & Schutz on Willem de Kooning, moderated by Cecilia Alemani

talk

Kathryn Markel Fine Arts:
Eric Blum
new paintings by Blum, abstract compositions produced by a layered, intuitive process of adding and subtracting thinly inked sheets of silk to panel

first day

Kathryn Markel Fine Arts:
Anthony Falcetta: Inverse Certainties
the paintings in Falcetta’s first solo exhibition with the gallery show his abstract explorations of surface, color and space

first day

Galerie Lelong:
Juan Uslé: CIEN DIAS DE ABRIL
including monumental canvases shown for the first time, new paintings advancing Uslé’s exploration of abstraction - “rhythmic, short brushstrokes arranged in bands of shimmering color”

opening reception

Nohra Haime Gallery:
ATLAS TO THE SELF
photography, drawing, painting, and text in an exhibition using memory, landscape, language, and the body to explore how identity is constructed, performed, and resisted - “where each artist acts as both cartographer and witness”

opening reception

Sotheby’s New York:
The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction
auction: Thu 15
(viewing: Fri 2-Thu 15)

auction

Sotheby’s New York:
Selections from The Collection of Barbara Gladstone
auction: Thu 15
(viewing: Fri 2-Thu 15)

auction

Sotheby’s New York:
Im Spazio: The Space of Thoughts. The Collection of Daniella Luxembourg
auction: Thu 15
(viewing: Fri 2-Thu 15)

auction

New York, Friday 16

Sotheby’s New York:
Contemporary Day Auction
auction: Fri 16
(viewing: Fri 2-Thu 15)

auction

New York, Tuesday 20

Sotheby’s New York:
Aboriginal Art
auction: Tue 20
(viewing: Sat 17-Mon 19)

auction

Paris

Paris, Tuesday 13

HELENE BAILLY:
Pablo Picasso
“a monograph dedicated to ... the greatest genius of the 20th century”

first day

HELENE BAILLY:
Moïse Kisling
a monographic exhibition dedicated to the Polish-born painter “renowned for his mastery of color and his central role in the renewal of the nude in 20th-century”

first day

Paris, Thursday 15

Galerie Lelong:
Arnulf Rainer: Reminiszenz
a major retrospective devoted to emblematic works by the internationally renowned leading figure in contemporary art

opening reception

Galerie Lelong:
David Hockney: Impressions
to coincide with the Fondation Louis Vuitton exhibition, etchings, lithographs, digital prints, photographs, photo-collage, and photocopies by Hockney at the gallery that has represented him for many years

opening reception

Galerie Lelong Matignon:
Alison Saar: Sweet Life
sculptures, paintings and prints in the first solo exhibition in Europe by the American artist - presenting a poetic and critical exploration of the history of sugar cane in America, Africa and Europe

opening reception

Paris, Friday 16

Hauser & Wirth:
Julia Marchand and Amandine Nana on Frank Bowling’s work

talk

Paris, Saturday 17

Semiose:
Anne Neukamp: Mirror
in Neukamp’s first exhibition at the gallery, new pictograms of various mirrors, over backgrounds made with tempera and oil - “non-reflective mirrors for painting that decidedly demand that we reflect” - Marjolaine Lévy

opening reception

Semiose:
Pieter Jennes: Le Bouquet Manquant
the Flemish artist’s first exhibition in France presents his oils and collage which “stand out due to their vivid colors, intricate details and singular narrative qualities”

opening reception

Templon:
Jeanne Vicerial: Nymphose
the French textile artist’s new exhibition fills the gallery space with her characteristic “presences”, large sculptures in crocheted or smoothed black thread - “an ode to transformation in all its facets”

first day

Templon:
Iván Navarro: Cyclops
“a luminous odyssey between myth, cosmos and power ... electric sculptures, which transform the space through hypnotic optical effects” in the Chilean artist’s first exhibition at the gallery in Rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare

first day

Paris, Tuesday 20

Sotheby’s Paris:
Important Design
auction: Tue 20
(viewing: Mon 12-Mon 19)

auction

Seoul

Seoul, Wednesday 14

Barakat Contemporary:
Ulla von Brandenburg: Shadows under water

first day

Seoul, Thursday 15

Perrotin Seoul:
Kwang Young Chun: Time Blossom
“Chun has developed a distinctive visual language that bridges tradition and modernity, East and West, through his sculptural exploration of hanji, traditional Korean paper”

opening reception

Shanghai

Shanghai, Saturday 17

Bluerider ART Shanghai:
Unspoken Red Swings
works by Pascal Dombis, Christiane Grimm, Janna Watson, Peter Krauskopf, Dirk Salz, Caro Jost, Wolfgang Flad, Tim Freiwald, Adrian Wald, and Fiona Ackerman

opening reception

Zürich

Zürich, Wednesday 14

Christophe Guye Galerie:
Fading into Fullness
as spring turns into summer, the gallery presents thirteen international artists and over thirty works dealing with perception, time, change and transience - inspired by the Japanese concepts of wabi-sabi and mono no aware

opening reception

Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
Dublin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, Palm Beach, Paris, Seoul, Vienna, Zürich

Steven Shearer: The Golden Recline @ Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Maag Areal Zürich		Hannah Perry: Film Stills @ Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer Vienna		Dennis Morris - Music + Life @ MEP - Maison Européenne de la Photographie Paris
Nathalie Du Pasquier: Saint Fairy Anne @ Kerlin Gallery Dublin		The Face Magazine: Culture Shift @ National Portrait Gallery London		An exhibition organized by Samuel Hindolo @ Galerie Buchholz New York