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The Week in Art
7-14 February 2023
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Openings, events, auctions
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Dubai
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| Thursday 9 |
Christie’s Dubai:
Energy Lines: Fabienne Verdier
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opens |
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Gstaad
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| Monday 13 |
Gagosian:
Mark Grotjahn: Backcountry
new paintings demonstrating Grotjahn’s ongoing commitment to abstraction, and which represent a continuation of last year’s exhibition at Gagosian in London |
opening reception |
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Hong Kong
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| Friday 10 |
Perrotin Hong Kong:
Bernard Frize: The World Is Wonderful
the latest series of paintings by the French artist – mesmerizing evocations of pictorial and physical destruction |
opens |
| Tuesday 14 |
Christie’s Hong Kong:
Dawn of Spring: Chinese Paintings Online
auction: Tue 14 – Tue 28 Feb
(viewing: Tue 14 – Tue 28 February) |
auction starts |
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Larchmont
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| Saturday 11 |
Lincoln Glenn:
Elliott Thompson
an exhibition of one of the finest painters in the Washington Color School |
opening reception |
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London
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| Tuesday 7 |
Bermondsey Project Space:
Hysterical Social
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special event |
| Wednesday 8 |
Bermondsey Project Space:
t’ARTopia
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special event |
John Martin Gallery:
Neale Howells
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opens |
Michael Werner Gallery:
Eugène Leroy: The Materiality of Light, Paintings 1950-1999
the first major exhibition of paintings by the French artist in the UK spans five decades and includes rarely seen seascapes from the 1950s to the built-up, sculptural paintings from the latter part of the artist’s career |
private view |
| Thursday 9 |
Addis Fine Art:
Dawit Adnew: Woven Moments
the first European solo show by Addis Ababa-based Adnew, whose practice is informed by studies in masks and iconography, and whose use of patterns and fabric emerges from his experience as a textile designer |
opens |
Addis Fine Art:
Introducing Amel Bashier
new works by the Sudanese pointillist, in the inaugural AFA Project Space exhibition – a new initiative to collaborate with emerging galleries and artists predominantly from the Global South |
opens |
Bermondsey Project Space:
Queer Noise X
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special event |
Christie’s London:
An Opulent Aesthetic: An Important Private Collection from an English Country House
auction: Thu 9
(viewing: Fri 3 – Wed 8 February) |
auction |
Flowers Gallery, Cork Street:
Liza Giles: The Shape of Things
the first solo presentation at the gallery by the British artist, whose large-scale abstract paintings combine a hard-edge approach to line and composition with intuitive mark-making, incorporating expressive gestures amid rigorous formal structures |
opens |
Gagosian Grosvenor Hill:
Hao Liang: The Sad Zither
in Hao’s first solo exhibition in Europe, delicate and immersive landscape and figure paintings reflect on a spectrum of emotions while considering the passage of time and the ways in which we move through the world |
opening reception |
Gazelli Art House:
Recycle Group: Sapient
the Paris-based artist duo return to Mayfair with an immersive installation in which they deliver visions of a utopia conjured by an eternal AI, engaging with themes of democracy, agency, and hope |
private view |
Gazelli Art House:
Matteo Zamagni: Refracted Bodies
this solo exhibition explores the interconnections of artifice and reality via immersive environments, combining established artistic media alongside Mixed Reality, XR, experiences |
private view |
Jack Bell Gallery:
Franco Ndiba
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opens |
Karsten Schubert Room 2:
Frank Kent: Days
Kent embraces an economy of materials to find the most direct ways of communicating his ideas, with sculptures as psychological landscapes, transmuting ideas and experiences into material form |
opens |
NıCOLETTı:
George Henry Longly: Microgravities
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opening reception |
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery:
Zarouhie Abdalian: Bells for Baku, London, Louisiana
a new body of work in the first UK solo exhibition by the New Orleans-based artist – focussed on the conditions of modern industrial production |
private view |
Shapero Modern:
Andy Warhol: 20 Under 20
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opens |
| Friday 10 |
Parafin:
Andrea Heller: Inhabit
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opens |
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery:
Zarouhie Abdalian: Bells for Baku, London, Louisiana
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opens |
| Saturday 11 |
Bermondsey Project Space:
RICH MAN’S SLUG PRESENTS: A full day of slugging
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special event |
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Los Angeles
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| Saturday 11 |
GAVLAK:
Think Pinker
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opens |
parrasch heijnen gallery:
EJ Hauser: Mountains and Peaks
the gallery’s first exhibition with the Brooklyn-based artist, whose work is defined by its percussive mark-making, layered and scraped, connecting with impressions of natural world phenomena |
opening reception |
| Monday 13 |
Christie’s Los Angeles:
Desert X at Christie’s
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opens |
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Madrid
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| Thursday 9 |
Galería Marlborough:
Luis Gordillo: ¡espEren!: ¡peRmanezcan Atentos!
more than twenty works – in many techniques – by one of the most significant artists of the national scene |
opens |
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Melbourne
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| Saturday 11 |
Tolarno Galleries:
Wanapati Yunupiŋu: Ŋilŋiŋiŋ (the spark)
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opening reception |
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New York
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| Wednesday 8 |
Christie’s New York:
Matisse on Paper: Prints & Drawings from the Matisse Family Collections, Online
auction: Wed 8 – Wed 15 Feb
(viewing: Fri 10 – Tue 14 February) |
auction starts |
| Thursday 9 |
Berry Campbell Gallery:
Lilian Thomas Burwell: Enfolded
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opens |
Hollis Taggart:
Beyond the Brush: Sheila Isham 1969-1978
the gallery’s first exhibition devoted to the artist explores Isham’s enduring interest in philosophy, nature, and spirituality through the lens of a specific technique and decade in the artist’s illustrious career |
opening reception |
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Palm Beach
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| Thursday 9 |
GAVLAK:
Taha Heydari: Loom
new paintings by Heydari, which represent the culmination of his engagement with Persian rugs “as a paradoxical embodiment of transcendental authority and quotidian materiality” |
opens |
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Paris
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| Saturday 11 |
Galerie Chantal Crousel:
José María Sicilia: Suspendu à un fil
recent work, including embroidery, in an exhibition celebrating forty years of the gallery’s collaboration with Sicilia |
opening reception |
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Rome
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| Friday 10 |
Gagosian:
Adam McEwen: XXIII
new paintings in McEwen’s debut solo exhibition with the gallery in Italy |
opening reception |
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Shanghai
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| Friday 10 |
Lisson Gallery:
Peter Joseph: The Window Paintings
in his debut solo exhibition in China, rarely seen paintings by the late British artist marking a pivotal phase in his career |
opens |
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St. Moritz
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| Sunday 12 |
Hauser & Wirth:
Martin Creed. Step Paintings
an exhibition of the Turner Prize winning artist known for hugely varied work which is by turns uncompromising, entertaining, shocking and beautiful |
opens |
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Venice
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| Saturday 11 |
Victoria Miro Venice:
Grayson Perry
exhibitions by Perry in London and Venice – the Venice exhibition features ceramics and works in silver and bronze, alongside works on paper including collages and a new etching |
opens |
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Vienna
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| Friday 10 |
MEYER*KAINER:
Ulrike Müller: For Now
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opening reception |
MEYER*KAINER:
Michèle Pagel: Rats Roaches Pigeons People
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opening reception |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
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Gstaad
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| Friday 10 |
Patricia Low Contemporary:
Gilbert & George: THE CORPSING PICTURES |
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Helsinki
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| Sunday 12 |
Galerie Forsblom:
Emanuel Seitz |
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Galerie Forsblom:
Riku Mäkinen: Green Room |
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Galerie Forsblom:
Leena Nio: Comfort Place |
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Lausanne
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| Saturday 11 |
Fabienne Levy:
Lucia Hierro: Capital M |
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London
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| Wednesday 8 |
Shapero Modern:
Made in America |
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| Saturday 11 |
FOLD:
From The Rattle |
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Tiwani Contemporary at Cromwell Place:
Virginia Chihota: Chibereko Chakaramba Kuudzirwa (The Womb Refused To Be Told) |
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| Sunday 12 |
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery:
‘A Sense of Wonder’ – The Curious Robot World of Matt Dixon |
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rosenfeld:
Teodora Axente: Vertical Body Mirrors |
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Los Angeles
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| Saturday 11 |
Charlie James Gallery:
Glenn Hardy, Jr.: Who Am I If I Don’t Represent |
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Steve Turner:
Brittany Miller: Before I Entered the Room, What Was I? |
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Steve Turner:
Adam Linn: Edge Crush |
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Steve Turner:
Shohei Takasaki: Hybrids |
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New York
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| Friday 10 |
David Richard Gallery:
Lester Rapaport: Outside / Inside |
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Leila Heller Gallery:
Neal Rock: Pericardium |
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Schoelkopf:
Masterworks of American Art from the Estate of Dr. Walter Goldfarb |
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| Saturday 11 |
David Nolan Gallery:
The Collector and the Art Dealer: Jack Shear and David Nolan, A 20 Year Adventure with Drawings |
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Eva Presenhuber:
David Deutsch: Hurly-Burly |
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Lehmann Maupin:
Robin Rhode: African Dream Root |
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Michael Werner:
Antonius Höckelmann / Arnulf Rainer |
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Paris
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| Friday 10 |
Christie’s Paris:
Fragments of Collections by Raphaël Denis |
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| Saturday 11 |
Almine Rech, Turenne:
Aaron Johnson |
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Almine Rech, Turenne:
Genieve Figgis: The Pursuit of happiness |
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Sag Harbor
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| Wednesday 8 |
Mark Borghi:
January Group Show: Abstract Selections from 7 Artists |
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Salzburg
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| Saturday 11 |
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art:
o r I G A M I M A G I n e |
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Turin
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| Saturday 11 |
Tucci Russo Chambres d’Art:
Thomas Schütte: Works in Glass |
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Daily Diary New VRs Bookshop |
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