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The Week in Art
2-9 May 2023 |
Openings, events, auctions |
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Beverly Hills
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Wednesday 3 |
Gagosian: Tom Wesselmann: Intimate Spaces “my one intention is to always find new ways to make exciting paintings using the situation of the traditional nude” – Wesselmann |
opening reception |
Hong Kong
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Friday 5 |
Perrotin Hong Kong: Matthew Ronay: The Tombs Are Upset in his first presentation in the Hong Kong gallery, new sculptures in Ronay’s signature medium of hand-carved, hand-dyed polychromed basswood |
opens |
London
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Tuesday 2 |
Lisson Gallery: Matter as Actor curated by Greg Hilty, an exhibition across both gallery locations of pieces by artists who work with mutable matter – including Allora & Calzadilla, Dana Awartani, Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen, D Harding, Irmel Kamp Syowia Kyambi, Richard Long … |
opening reception |
Lisson Gallery: Matter as Actor |
opening reception |
Wednesday 3 |
Bermondsey Project Space: Thomas Widerberg: Silent Landscapes in his first solo exhibition of photography in London, Widerberg reflects positively on solitude, documenting his journeys to remote areas around the globe |
private view |
Sotheby’s London: Landscape to City | Part II auction: Wed 3 – Wed 10 May (viewing: Wed 3 – Wed 10 May) |
auction starts |
Thursday 4 |
Annka Kultys Gallery: Jonas Lund |
opening reception |
FOLD: Carolina Aguirre & Christopher Stead: Ghost Notes the lost futures and yearning for connections within the spectral space of isolation and otherness of two very different and transient tourists |
private view |
Jack Bell Gallery: Manel Ndoye: Formes Synchronises new work by Ndoye, in first solo show with the gallery, and in the UK |
opens |
Maximillian William: Coco Capitán: NAÏVY in fifty (definitive) photographs |
opening reception |
Pi Artworks: Tommy Langdale: Nobodies Bear a personal performance piece that explores the experiences of neuro diverse people through storytelling, music and dance |
opens |
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery: In Conversation: Qualeasha Wood & June Sarpong OBE the first European solo exhibition of the US-based artist, whose textile practice combines traditional craft techniques and contemporary technology with digital and analogue processes |
talk |
Pontone Gallery: Matteo Massagrande: Luci della Grecia: Light of Greece paintings of Mediterranean landscapes with light and shade creating a meditative atmosphere and inviting exploration of uninhabited landscapes marked by human activity and the passage of time |
special event |
Tuesday 9 |
Tiwani Contemporary at Cromwell Place: Your Presence Does Not Escape Me: Charmaine Watkiss, Delita Martin and Tessa Mars a group presentation looking at the importance of drawing to the three artists, while exploring shared themes of spirituality, mythology and Black womanhood |
opening reception |
Los Angeles
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Saturday 6 |
Charlie James Gallery: Danie Cansino: This Is My Blood “Cansino’s work is a mix of Baroque realism and Chicanx aesthetics; where one might expect to find historical or biblical heroes, Cansino inserts her own friends and family” – Leah Perez |
opening reception |
Kohn Gallery: Ricardo Cabret: Un Nuevo Manglar the debut of paintings and an immersive generative artwork in Cabret’s first solo show with the gallery |
opens |
Philip Martin Gallery: The Holographic Principle two-dimensional works by nineteen artists – of different generations and backgrounds – who explore picture-making, how it works, and what it means |
opening reception |
Murnau am Staffelsee
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Saturday 6 |
PULPO GALLERY: Rhiannon Inman-Simpson: A Slow Pulse Inman-Simpson looks at how we physically and imaginatively navigate the realms of an environment, a painting and the space of written language |
opening reception |
New York
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Tuesday 2 |
Almine Rech: Andrea Marie Breiling: SWALLOWTAIL spray paint paintings inspired by the eponymous butterflies, known for their particularly wide wingspan and vivid coloring |
opening reception |
Sotheby’s New York: Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Day Sale auction: Tue 2 (viewing: Thu 27 – Sun 30 April) |
auction |
Wednesday 3 |
Gagosian 541 West 24th St: Harold Ancart: Paintings “I think about paintings as vessels, or as means of transportation that lead to the many elsewheres that are not the here and now” – Ancart |
opening reception |
Thursday 4 |
Gagosian West 21st St: Avedon 100 on the centenary of Avedon’s birth, a exhibition looking at his enduring influence on photography, with contributions from over a hundred celebrated artists, designers, musicians, writers, and curators |
opening reception |
HB381: Glenn Adamson & Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl in Conversation in his first solo exhibition in the US, new sculptures by the Danish ceramicist |
talk |
Lisson Gallery: Controlled Burnings: Hiller, Latham, Schneemann an exhibition of three compelling, provocative artists – with a shared language of material and conceptual experimentation, destruction and dematerialization |
opens |
Lisson Gallery W 24th St: Liu Xiaodong: Shaanbei new works from one of the Liu’s most ambitious and personally significant projects |
opens |
Michael Werner: Florian Krewer: light the ocean new paintings by the German-born, Bronx-based artist present the vastness, liberation, and uncertainty of the New York night |
opening reception |
Friday 5 |
David Nolan Gallery: Chakaia Booker: Public Opinion in Booker’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery, bronzes, ceramic constructions, paintings, prints, as well as sculptures composed of her iconic rubber tires |
opens |
Fergus McCaffrey: Patrick Hall |
opens |
HB381: Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl: Probing the Floor, Sniffing the Air in his first solo exhibition in the US, new sculptures by the Danish ceramicist |
opening reception |
Hirschl & Adler: María Elena González: Riven reflects her dedication to craft and exploration of dislocation, identity, memory, and the environment |
opens |
kurimanzutto: Abraham Cruzvillegas: Little Song a new body of sculptural pieces created this year specifically for kurimanzutto’s new gallery space in Chelsea |
opening reception |
Petzel: James Little: Conversations new paintings by the New York-based artist, in his debut solo exhibition with the gallery, celebrate patterns, shapes, and the paint itself |
opens |
Schoelkopf: Now Modern Spring 2023 |
opens |
Saturday 6 |
Halsey McKay Gallery: Ann Pibal |
opens |
Halsey McKay Gallery: Emily Pettigrew |
opens |
Luhring Augustine Tribeca: Mark Handforth an exhibition of new works – and a new public sculpture – showcase Handforth’s signature lexicon and mark the artist’s first solo show with the gallery |
opens |
Marian Goodman Gallery: Robin Coste Lewis: Intimacy a moving-image and sound film installation with images from photographs depicting the Lewis family and their friends as they fled the Southern States of America in the 20th Century in search of a place devoid of racism, injustice, and white terrorism |
opens |
Tuesday 9 |
Sotheby’s New York: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas auction: Tue 9 – Tue 23 May |
auction starts |
Paris
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Thursday 4 |
Skarstedt: Joan Miró: Sculptures fourteen works in the gallery’s first exhibition dedicated to Miró examine a pivotal moment of prolific experimentation in his œuvre |
opens |
Sotheby’s Paris: Irish Art auction: Thu 4 – Wed 10 May (viewing: Thu 4 – Wed 10 May) |
auction starts |
Seoul
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Thursday 4 |
Perrotin Dosan Park: Laurent Grasso: ANIMA including paintings, sculptures, and a film the exhibition explores the visible and invisible |
opens |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing |
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Amsterdam
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Saturday 6 |
Reflex: Gregory Crewdson: Eveningside |
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Baku
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Sunday 7 |
Gazelli Art House: Suppressed Memories |
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Bruton
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Monday 8 |
Hauser & Wirth Somerset: The New Bend |
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Hauser & Wirth Somerset: Rodney Graham. Getting it Together in the Country |
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Geneva
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Saturday 6 |
Fabienne Levy: Vanessa Safavi: I feed my dreams slime at night |
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Hong Kong
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Saturday 6 |
Gagosian: Katharina Grosse: Touching How and Why and Where |
view VR |
Larchmont
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Saturday 6 |
Lincoln Glenn: Alan Fenton |
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London
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Thursday 4 |
Galerie Boulakia: LiFang: Between Beaches / Entre Les Plages |
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Friday 5 |
Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square: Polly Apfelbaum: These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ |
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Thomas Dane Gallery: Barbara Kasten: Present Continuous |
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Saturday 6 |
Annely Juda Fine Art: Caro and Music |
view VR |
BEERS London: Hyangmok Baik: While You Were Sleeping |
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Carl Kostyál: Scout Zabinski: Into the Veil |
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Cob Gallery: Southway Studio x Southway Pavillon: A History of Fantasy: Part II. Curated by Emmanuelle Luciani |
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Hollybush Gardens: Johanna Billing: Each Moment Presents What Happens |
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Lehmann Maupin: Todd Gray: On Point |
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Sunday 7 |
Hayward Gallery: Mike Nelson: Extinction Beckons |
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Pontone Gallery: Matteo Massagrande: Luci della Grecia: Light of Greece |
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The Gallery of Everything: Full of Days. Hermione Burton & Andy Holden |
view VR |
Los Angeles
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Saturday 6 |
L.A. Louver: Gajin Fujita: True Colors |
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L.A. Louver: Dion Johnson: Color Play |
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L.A. Louver: Kienholz: Exchange of Values |
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Louis Stern Fine Arts: Mokha Laget: New Perspectives |
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Melbourne
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Saturday 6 |
Tolarno Galleries: Hannah Gartside: Gorgeous |
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Tolarno Galleries: Amos Gebhardt: Night Horse |
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Milan
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Thursday 4 |
A arte Invernizzi: Mauro Staccioli. Sculpture as Transformational Thought |
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Munich
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Saturday 6 |
Walter Storms Galerie: Chris Succo: White Paintings | Spark Paintings |
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New York
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Saturday 6 |
Galerie Lelong & Co.: Ficre Ghebreyesus: I Believe We Are Lost |
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GRIMM: Arturo Kameya: Los Ovnis |
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Hollis Taggart: Reminisce |
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James Cohan, 52 Walker St: Jordan Nassar: A Mountain Looms |
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Marlborough: Victor Pasmore: The Final Decades |
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Marlborough: Red Grooms: Ninth Street Women meet The Irascibles (The Monotypes) |
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Marlborough: Red Grooms: Ninth Street Women meet The Irascibles |
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Tina Kim Gallery: Maia Ruth Lee: The skin of the earth is seamless |
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Paris
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Saturday 6 |
Art: Concept: Aks Misyuta: Lazy Self Embrace |
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Rome
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Friday 5 |
T293: Demetrius Wilson: It’s Not Love, But It’s Glam |
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T293: Yongqi Tang: Somnium/梦中人 |
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Salzburg
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Tuesday 9 |
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art: An Intimate Distance |
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Seoul
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Saturday 6 |
Lehmann Maupin: Tammy Nguyen: A Comedy for Mortals: Inferno |
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Vienna
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Friday 5 |
Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer: Alicia Viebrock: Tranquility Kink |
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Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer: Davide Bernardis: Materia |
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Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer: Marc Henry: Tender Offer |
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