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The Week in Art visit the site
18-25 Nov 2025
Openings, events, auctions
Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Lagos, London, New York, Paris, Venice, Vienna, Zürich
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Amsterdam
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| Amsterdam, Friday 21 |
Reflex:
Todd Hido: An Island in the River of Time
“known for his atmospheric nocturnal scenes and psychologically charged portraits, Hido now turns toward the expanded visual form of collages and explores the shifting terrain between memory, place, and narrative“ |
opening reception |
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Beijing
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| Beijing, Tuesday 18 |
Galleria Continua Beijing:
JR: 万花筒 / Kaleidoscope
“for over two decades JR has transformed architecture into spaces of vision and participation … from Omelia Contadina in San Gimignano to Giants peeking at the city in Havana, from La Ferita in Rome to his monumental mural at São Paulo’s Pacaembu Stadium” |
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Berlin
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| Berlin, Saturday 22 |
Galerie Bastian:
Paul Wallach: LAST YESTERDAY
“Wallach’s works are primarily composed of simple, heterogeneously connected materials – wood, plaster, glass, or canvas – that enter into dialogue with one another … [he] is interested not in the stable equilibrium of things, but in the delicate balance” |
first day |
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Hamburg
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| Hamburg, Tuesday 25 |
Galerie Vera Munro:
Linda McCue: YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW
new works by the Hamburg-based Canadian artist, presented in dialogue with her 2023 series FAMILY WALLS |
opening reception |
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Hong Kong
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| Hong Kong, Wednesday 19 |
Gagosian:
Spencer Sweeney: Paint
these new imposing oil portraits of seated figures by Sweeney “convey intense energy and feeling through Sweeney’s use of rich color and bold paint handling” |
opening reception |
| Hong Kong, Thursday 20 |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong:
Modern & Contemporary Discoveries
auction: Thu 20-Thu 27 |
auction starts |
| Hong Kong, Friday 21 |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong:
Imperial Connoisseurship: Treasures of Chinese Art from A Prestigious Collection
auction: Fri 21
(viewing: Tue 28 Oct-Thu 20 Nov) |
auction |
| Hong Kong, Saturday 22 |
Ben Brown Fine Arts:
Alighiero e Boetti: Ononimo
“exploring the artist’s enduring fascination with systems, collaboration, and variation, the exhibition traces his investigation into how order and repetition give rise to difference, and how meaning emerges through collective labour, time, and chance” |
private view |
| Hong Kong, Tuesday 25 |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong:
Masterpieces of Asian Art from the Okada Museum of Art
auction: Tue 25
(viewing: Tue 28 Oct-Fri 21 Nov) |
auction |
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Lagos
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| Lagos, Saturday 22 |
Rele:
Closing Reception: Ugo Ahiakwo: After the Dance |
special event |
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London
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| London, Tuesday 18 |
Annka Kultys Gallery:
ArtLoft: Seminar with guest speaker Sarah Rustin |
talk |
Belmacz:
Indien: Hanna Mattes & Eva Mattes
“a magical-realist interview … on a rooftop in Berlin, Eva and Hanna – mother and daughter – speak of a house in Brandenburg called ‘India’ – Marija Grujić |
opening reception |
County Hall Pottery:
HOUSE
works by fifty international ceramic artists transform the gallery into a series of domestic settings, reimagining how contemporary ceramics live within the home |
first day |
Ed Cross @ 67 York Street:
Laetitzia Campbell: On Your Way Home
“a meditation on memory, inheritance, and the poetics of return, tracing the invisible threads that connect the living to their histories, weaving together gestures, stories, and emotions that persist beyond the boundaries of time” – Letizia Agostini |
first day |
General Assembly:
What Remains of the Day. Marilyn Hallam and Ellie MacGarry In Dialogue
presented with Blackbird Rook, an exhibition putting Marilyn Hallam in dialogue with Ellie MacGarry – two artists who explore the architecture of interior life and domestic space |
private view |
Lisson Gallery:
Tony Cragg
new work by the artist – “numerous upright forms that resemble standing figures or columnar pillars, but which are abstracted and complicated through Cragg’s rigorous process of hand carving” |
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| London, Wednesday 19 |
Belmacz:
Indien: Hanna Mattes & Eva Mattes
“a magical-realist interview … on a rooftop in Berlin, Eva and Hanna – mother and daughter – speak of a house in Brandenburg called ‘India’ – Marija Grujić |
first day |
Ed Cross @ 67 York Street:
Laetitzia Campbell: On Your Way Home
“a meditation on memory, inheritance, and the poetics of return, tracing the invisible threads that connect the living to their histories, weaving together gestures, stories, and emotions that persist beyond the boundaries of time” – Letizia Agostini |
private view |
Hayward Gallery:
Gilbert & George: Panel Discussion |
talk |
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert:
OOO LA LA: Maggi Hambling & Sarah Lucas
this unique exhibition of painting and sculpture by the two friends – on show at Sadie Coles HQ and Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert – illustrates both the contrasts and similarities in their work |
opening reception |
Messums London:
Brian Taylor: Anguish
a new exhibition centred around Taylor’s “Anguished Heads” created between 1963 and 1971, and exploring his exploration of the concept of anguish – an important theme depicted by artists and writers including as Rodin, Rosso, Dostoevsky and Nietzsche |
first day |
Messums London:
Painting – A Changed Environment
ten selected artists in the second international open call exhibition for painters exploring our relationship with the environment, revealing how connections to the natural world can inspire both understanding and hope |
first day |
NORITO:
Spectral Message
an exhibition of Soryun Ahn and Lulu Stephenson, two painters who present distinct approaches to the question of how images hold time |
opening reception |
NıCOLETTı:
Valentin Noujaïm: Infrazone
organised in collaboration with London’s ICA and co-curated by Simon Gérard, the French-Lebanese artist’s first solo exhibition in the UK presents his trilogy of films on La Défense alongside, for the first time, silk-printed film stills on steel plates |
opening reception |
Sim Smith:
JEM
in an exhibition titled after the late 80s American animated musical television series, Johanna Bath, Mark Burch, Scarlett Budden, Victoria Cantons, Cato, Louise Giovanelli, Tali Lennox, and Corri-Lynn Tetz examine how we look at paintings |
first day |
| London, Thursday 20 |
ATLAS Gallery:
Elliott Erwitt Last Laughs
“a mini-retrospective honouring the late, great photographer whose timeless images captured the humour, irony, and soul of the human (and canine) condition” |
private view |
Ab-Anbar:
Sonic Performance: Counterpoint |
performance |
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert:
OOO LA LA: Maggi Hambling & Sarah Lucas
this unique exhibition of painting and sculpture by the two friends – on show at Sadie Coles HQ and Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert – illustrates both the contrasts and similarities in their work |
first day |
Heckmann Design Studio & Gallery:
Victoria Rance & Alex Pemberton: Landscapes and Otherworlds
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private view |
Kearsey & Gold:
Lily Gavin: Innocence
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opening reception |
LBF Contemporary:
Mircea Teleagǎ: Paradise
new paintings by the Romanian artist ”whose recent exploration of an interior-exterior melange creates unique, timeless spaces which glow with an inner warmth” |
private view |
SQFT:Space Gallery:
Ingrid Hudson: Lives Less Seen
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opening reception |
Sprüth Magers:
Seriously.
a substantial group exhibition, curated by Nana Bahlmann and featuring over a hundred conceptual photographs, print media, and films – ranging from the 1960s to the present these works “expose the absurdities of our world and its representations” |
opening reception |
Twilight Contemporary:
Mary West: Awash
“paintings exploring the paradoxical nature of water … situating both water, and painting itself, within an ongoing cycle of transformation and exchange … allowing the experience of water to emerge very personally and viscerally for each viewer” |
opening reception |
| London, Friday 21 |
ATLAS Gallery:
Elliott Erwitt Last Laughs
“a mini-retrospective honouring the late, great photographer whose timeless images captured the humour, irony, and soul of the human (and canine) condition” |
first day |
Flowers Gallery, Cork Street:
Small is Beautiful. 43rd Edition
the 43rd edition of the gallery’s exhibition which “invites selected contemporary artists from all disciplines to contribute works with a fixed economy of size, each piece measuring no more than 7 x 9 inches” |
first day |
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA):
Valentin Noujaïm’s la Défense trilogy + INTERZONE Book Launch |
special event |
LBF Contemporary:
Mircea Teleagǎ: Paradise
new paintings by the Romanian artist ”whose recent exploration of an interior-exterior melange creates unique, timeless spaces which glow with an inner warmth” |
first day |
Pilar Corrias, Conduit Street:
Tala Madani: Daughter B.W.O.A.S.M
new paintings and video see Madani referencing Picabia’s 1916 painting Fille née sans mère (Daughter Born Without a Mother), which plays on the classification of machines as female |
opening reception |
SETAREH:
Artist Talk: Abbas Zahedi |
talk |
Sprüth Magers:
Seriously.
a substantial group exhibition, curated by Nana Bahlmann and featuring over a hundred conceptual photographs, print media, and films – ranging from the 1960s to the present these works “expose the absurdities of our world and its representations” |
first day |
DES BAINS:
Francesco Pacelli: nineteeneightyseven
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opening reception |
| London, Saturday 22 |
Messums London:
Michelle Franklin in conversation with Wilfrid Wright and Johnny Messum |
talk |
Pilar Corrias, Conduit Street:
Tala Madani: Daughter B.W.O.A.S.M
new paintings and video see Madani referencing Picabia’s 1916 painting Fille née sans mère (Daughter Born Without a Mother), which plays on the classification of machines as female |
first day |
Serpentine North Gallery:
Saturday Talks: Ruth Waters on Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley: THE DELUSION |
talk |
South London Gallery Fire Station:
Pedro Reyes: Museum of Hypothetical Lifetimes |
performance |
domobaal:
Neil Zakiewicz: Big Names
“Zakiewicz’s portraits are systems of relations, not images of flesh” – Karolina Albricht |
opening reception |
| London, Tuesday 25 |
Autograph:
BSL Response: I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies |
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Dirimart London:
Sarkis: Stays Together
the first London solo exhibition by the acclaimed Turkey-born Armenian artist, one of the most significant voices in conceptual contemporary art |
private view |
Pace, London:
Monument to the Unimportant
“a group exhibition bringing together sculptures, paintings, works on paper, and installation taking the everyday object as a point of departure, revealing art’s enduring ability to transform the overlooked into sites of inquiry and visions of delight” |
opening reception |
Pipeline:
Strings Attached. Chapter II
in collaboration with Bella Kesoyan, eight artists in an exhibition which “embraces the intersections of art, music, literature, poetry, and performance” |
opening reception |
Sotheby’s London:
Modern British and Irish Art Evening Auction
auction: Tue 25
(viewing: Wed 19-Tue 25) |
auction |
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New York
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| New York, Tuesday 18 |
Sotheby’s New York:
Leonard A. Lauder, Collector | Evening Auction
auction: Tue 18
(viewing: Sat 8-Mon 17) |
auction |
Sotheby’s New York:
The Now & Contemporary Evening Auction
auction: Tue 18
(viewing: Sat 8-Mon 17) |
auction |
| New York, Wednesday 19 |
Hauser & Wirth Wooster Street:
Screening Room: ‘Franz Gertsch: Giving Time to Time’ |
special event |
Sotheby’s New York:
Leonard A. Lauder, Collector | Day Auction
auction: Wed 19
(viewing: Sat 8-Mon 17) |
auction |
Sotheby’s New York:
Contemporary Day Auction
auction: Wed 19
(viewing: Sat 8-Mon 17) |
auction |
| New York, Thursday 20 |
Berry Campbell:
Ibram Lassaw: From Equinox to Solstice
Lassaw’s sculpture is celebrated for its open-form construction, created by brazing and welding metal into airy, linear compositions |
opening reception |
Sotheby’s New York:
The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection Evening Auction
auction: Thu 20
(viewing: Sat 8-Wed 19) |
auction |
Sotheby’s New York:
Exquisite Corpus Evening Auction
auction: Thu 20
(viewing: Sat 8-Wed 19) |
auction |
Sotheby’s New York:
Modern Evening Auction
auction: Thu 20
(viewing: Sat 8-Wed 19) |
auction |
Tina Kim Gallery:
Kang Seok Ho: Hold Still
the gallery’s second solo exhibition of work by the late Korean artist bringing together the Couple and Nude paintings and tracing his ”sustained engagement with the human figure as a site for exploring painterly surface, materiality, and form” |
opening reception |
| New York, Friday 21 |
Eerdmans:
10 on 10
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first day |
Galerie Lelong:
Online: Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum in conversation with Lauren Haynes |
talk |
Sotheby’s New York:
Exquisite Corpus Day Auction
auction: Fri 21
(viewing: Sat 8-Wed 19) |
auction |
Sotheby’s New York:
Modern Day Auction
auction: Fri 21
(viewing: Sat 8-Wed 19) |
auction |
Sotheby’s New York:
Arcade | New York
auction: Fri 21 Nov-Tue 2 Dec |
auction starts |
| New York, Saturday 22 |
The Painting Center:
Closing Reception and Conversation with Zoe Pettijohn Schade |
special event |
| New York, Tuesday 25 |
The Painting Center:
Daniel Sutherland: Fragile Intervals
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first day |
The Painting Center:
Emma Tapley: Arcadia
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first day |
The Painting Center:
Will Duty: The Weight of Light
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first day |
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Paris
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| Paris, Saturday 22 |
Semiose:
Aneta Kajzer: Too Close to the Sun
“the painting is almost akin to a galactic nebula that retains some vestiges of warmth; spots appear in pairs, boundaries dissolve, and in this floating space an almost metaphysical solitude resonates” – Jean-Charles Vergne |
opening reception |
Semiose:
Justin Williams: The Autumn Fall
“from his studio perched high in the mountains, Justin Williams paints the mysteries of forested and mountainous areas, depicting picturesque and folkloric atmospheres … his canvases are havens, portraying a close-knit and reassuring world” |
opening reception |
| Paris, Tuesday 25 |
Sotheby’s Paris:
Important Design
auction: Tue 25
(viewing: Thu 20-Mon 24) |
auction |
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Venice
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| Venice, Friday 21 |
Patricia Low Venezia:
Jordy Kerwick: Sirens of Venice
working across enamel, acrylic, oil, house paint, airbrush, graphite, and charcoal, the Australian artist creates ”works that pulse with immediacy and intuition” |
private view |
| Venice, Saturday 22 |
Patricia Low Venezia:
Jordy Kerwick: Sirens of Venice
working across enamel, acrylic, oil, house paint, airbrush, graphite, and charcoal, the Australian artist creates ”works that pulse with immediacy and intuition” |
first day |
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Vienna
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| Vienna, Wednesday 19 |
Galerie Eva Presenhuber:
Tobias Pils: Blende zum Morgen / Fade to Morning. Zeichnungen / Drawings
new drawings by the Austrian painter – “forget surrealism with its redundant reference to the individual unconscious … Pils’ images leave psychologizing behind, looking at the grotesque behavior of humanity as a whole” – Bice Curiger |
opening reception |
Galerie Eva Presenhuber:
Artist talk with Tobias Pils & Bice Curiger |
talk |
| Vienna, Thursday 20 |
Galerie Eva Presenhuber:
Tobias Pils: Blende zum Morgen / Fade to Morning. Zeichnungen / Drawings
new drawings by the Austrian painter – “forget surrealism with its redundant reference to the individual unconscious … Pils’ images leave psychologizing behind, looking at the grotesque behavior of humanity as a whole” – Bice Curiger |
first day |
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Zürich
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| Zürich, Wednesday 19 |
Lechbinska Gallery:
Lechbinska Gallery at Abu Dhabi Art 2025
Luo Mingjun, Angela Lyn and Ursula Palla, three artists who use natural elements to visualize the passage of time – “intersecting with everyday objects … these motifs evolve on a continuum between the tangible and ephemeral, lingering and ever-changing” |
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| Zürich, Friday 21 |
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Rämistrasse:
Yael Bartana: If You Will It, It Is Not a Dream
in a solo exhibition in collaboration with Sommer Contemporary Art, the artist ”examines the structures of power and the collective imagination that shape contemporary society” |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, Frankfurt, Gisors, Helsinki, Istanbul, Lagos, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Sydney, Tisbury, Vienna, Zürich
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Amsterdam
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| Amsterdam, Tuesday 18 |
Reflex:
Lucienne O’Mara: Space of Colour |
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Berlin
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| Berlin, Saturday 22 |
Galerie Buchholz:
Robert Colescott: Imagine! Going to Egypt |
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Dublin
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| Dublin, Saturday 22 |
Kerlin Gallery:
Isabel Nolan: Look at the Harlequins! |
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Frankfurt
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| Frankfurt, Saturday 22 |
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin:
Alicia Viebrock: Tintenkiller |
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Gisors
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| Gisors, Sunday 23 |
Château de Boisgeloup:
George Rouy: SHADOWING |
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Helsinki
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| Helsinki, Sunday 23 |
Galerie Forsblom:
Eeva Peura: Bounded by Darkness |
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Galerie Forsblom:
Kirsi Mikkola: Spin n’ beam |
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Istanbul
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| Istanbul, Sunday 23 |
Dirimart Dolapdere:
Çağla Ulusoy: Gardenscapes |
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Lagos
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| Lagos, Saturday 22 |
Rele:
Ugo Ahiakwo: After the Dance |
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London
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| London, Wednesday 19 |
Goodman Gallery:
El Anatsui: Go Back and Pick |
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| London, Friday 21 |
Alon Zakaim Fine Art:
Cig Harvey: I Want You To Remember This Forever |
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Larkin Durey:
Giovanni Fabián Guerrero: Sabiduría Eterna (Eternal Wisdom) |
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Robilant+Voena, London:
Pascale Marthine Tayou |
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SQFT:Space Gallery:
Ingrid Hudson: Lives Less Seen |
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| London, Saturday 22 |
Cristea Roberts Gallery:
Emma Stibbon: Melting Ice | Rising Tides |
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Frith Street Gallery, Golden Square:
Tacita Dean: Black, Grey, Green and White & If I were in the Adlon |
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Frith Street Gallery, Soho Square:
Tacita Dean, Mathew Hale, Boris and Vita Mikhailov: Because my secret is my duty |
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Project LOOP:
Léonard Pongo: Apophenia |
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Lisson Gallery:
Ding Yi: The Road to Heaven |
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Michael Werner Gallery:
Postures: Jean Rhys in the Modern World. Curated by Hilton Als |
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SETAREH:
Forces of Nature |
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Sylvia Kouvali:
Liliane Lijn: Seeds of Tomorrow |
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Workplace:
Rachel Lancaster: Notes Lie Long |
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ai.:
Weixin Quek Chong: moulting pangs |
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ai.:
Gabriela Mureb: Crash |
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| London, Sunday 23 |
Ed Cross @ 67 York Street:
Laetitzia Campbell: On Your Way Home |
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Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Exmouth Market:
We Lost Lots of Beautiful Things |
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Los Angeles
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| Los Angeles, Saturday 22 |
Rusha & Co.:
Guy Rusha: Slow Grief |
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Milan
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| Milan, Wednesday 19 |
A arte Invernizzi:
Gianni Asdrubali |
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New York
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| New York, Thursday 20 |
Anita Shapolsky Gallery:
Color Meets Form |
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| New York, Friday 21 |
Hirschl & Adler:
Cornelia Foss | Little Red |
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Leon Tovar Gallery:
Chromatic Landscapes: Álvaro Marín |
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| New York, Saturday 22 |
Graham Shay 1857:
Shelly Malkin: Remembrance of Snows Past |
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The Painting Center:
Christopher Schade: Strange Land |
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galerie gmurzynska:
Joan Miró and Roberto Matta |
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Paris
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| Paris, Saturday 22 |
Art: Concept:
Nina Childress: Casting |
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Loevenbruck:
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel: La Sève et la Vase |
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Loevenbruck:
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel: La Sève et la Vase |
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Rome
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| Rome, Tuesday 18 |
Bigaignon x Rhinoceros:
Atto 1/3: Sotto la Luce |
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| Rome, Saturday 22 |
Gagosian:
Urs Fischer: After Nature |
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Stockholm
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| Stockholm, Saturday 22 |
Galleri Magnus Karlsson:
Johanna Karlsson: Anatomy of Nature |
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Sydney
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| Sydney, Tuesday 18 |
Art Leven:
First Nations Fine Art Auction |
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Tisbury
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| Tisbury, Monday 24 |
Messums West:
Sammy Hawker: Ghosts [& Monsters] – Symbiosis and interspecies dialogue |
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Messums West:
John Beard: Qualia |
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Vienna
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| Vienna, Friday 21 |
Galerie Kandlhofer:
Maximilian Prüfer: Nebenlinien – 15 Jahre Naturantypie |
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Galerie Kandlhofer:
Focus On. Clément Bedel: final glimmer, first breath |
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Zürich
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| Zürich, Sunday 23 |
Lechbinska Gallery:
Lechbinska Gallery at Abu Dhabi Art 2025 |
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