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The Week in Art visit the site
20-27 May 2025
Openings, events, auctions
Beijing, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, Naples, New York, Paris, Seoul, Vienna, Zürich
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Beijing
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| Beijing, Wednesday 21 |
Galleria Continua Beijing:
TIME KNOWS THE ANSWER TO ART
the gallery celebrates twenty years in Beijing with an exhibition curated by Yu Ke and featuring works by artists including Daniel Buren, Loris Cecchini, Chen Zhen, Antony Gormley, Gu Dexin, Kan Xuan, Anish Kapoor, Hans Op De Beeck, … |
first day |
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Dublin
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| Dublin, Friday 23 |
Kerlin Gallery:
Liam Gillick: À bientôt, j’espère…
archetypal abstract works by Gillick alongside a revisiting of his work relating to the French film collective Groupe Medvedkine |
opening reception |
Kerlin Gallery:
Reading Event: Liam Gillick & Declan Long |
special event |
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Frankfurt
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| Frankfurt, Saturday 24 |
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin:
Tobias Rehberger
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first day |
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Geneva
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| Geneva, Wednesday 21 |
Pace, Geneva:
Pace: 65 Years
to mark sixty-five years since the gallery’s founding, a changing group exhibition of works by major artists in a dialogue between the past and present |
first day |
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Hong Kong
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| Hong Kong, Thursday 22 |
Gagosian:
Cy Gavin
new paintings in Gavin’s debut exhibition in Asia – “Gavin interprets natural spaces and phenomena with varied mark making that echoes the complexity of the forces that shape the landscape” |
opening reception |
Sotheby’s Hong Kong:
Modern & Contemporary Discoveries
auction: Thu 22-Thu 29
(viewing: Thu 22-Tue 27) |
auction starts |
| Hong Kong, Saturday 24 |
Perrotin Hong Kong:
Aryo Toh Djojo: Spectra
“beneath both galleries’ sci-fi narratives and shifting thermochromic surfaces lies a dense web of spiritual and mythological symbolism that points as much to the soul as it does out to the stars” – Jan Dickey |
opening reception |
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London
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| London, Wednesday 21 |
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert:
In the Mood for Love: Hockney in London, 1960-1963
early paintings, drawings, and prints from public and private collections, many not seen together since the 1960s, in the first in-depth exploration of this pivotal period in Hockney’s career |
first day |
Gallery KIWA:
Lee Myoungho: (no)thing
a major exhibition of the multi-award-winning Korean artist’s celebrated photographic works, which collapse the traditions of portraiture and landscape painting and photography to examine the nature and effect of representation |
first day |
October Gallery:
Aubrey Williams: Elemental Force
significant paintings by Williams from the decades between the 1960s and 1980s – “striking works deploy an entirely original use of colour” |
private view |
Perrotin London:
The System is Alive
a group exhibition of twelve contemporary artists whose practices in various media engage with a broad range of systemic frameworks to examine the web of systems that structure daily life, logic, and cultural and political realities |
opening reception |
South London Gallery Fire Station:
Museo Jumex in Residence (Part 1)
installation, sculpture, video, and photography by sixteen artists from around the world in a new collaboration between the SLG and Museo Jumex in Mexico City |
first day |
lbf contemporary:
Gaia Ozwyn: Incantations to a Vague Borderland
Ozwyn’s debut solo exhibition transforms the gallery with an immersive installation to examine concepts of belonging and “otherness” |
private view |
NISO:
Martina Quesada: The Exit Shut Opened
the artist’s debut solo exhibition with the gallery, curated by Philippa zu Knyphausen |
private view |
| London, Thursday 22 |
ai.:
Roots, Realms and Reveries
a two-person exhibition of Molly Burrows and Woo Jin Joo, who both explore storytelling via embroidery, ceramics, painting, collage, and sculpture – accompanied by two soundscapes responding to the works’ quiet theatricality |
opening reception |
Annely Juda Fine Art:
Tadashi Kawamata: Demolition
with this unique and unprecedented site-responsive installation, Kawamata marks the last exhibition at the gallery’s Dering Street space before its move to new premises in Hanover Square |
private view |
Asprey Studio Gallery:
Albrecht Dürer’s Rhinoceros by Asprey Studio
in partnership with the British Museum, a rare collection of large and precious metal sculptures paired with Dürer’s drawing – “a remarkable fusion of traditional silversmithing techniques and cutting-edge production processes” – Alastair Walker |
first day |
Asprey Studio Gallery:
Bee:wild Charity Exhibition
supporting International World Bee Day and in support of Bee:wild unique artworks inspired by and created in support of bees and pollinator conservation |
first day |
BEERS London:
Andrew Salgado: Self-Portrait As A Stack of Books
“a series of paintings that blur the boundary between the intimate and the archetypal, the legible and the encrypted” |
private view |
Carpenters Workshop Gallery:
Marcin Rusak: Vas Florum: Resina Botanica
new pieces by the multidisciplinary artist and designer known for using flowers and other organic matter to explore decomposition, preservation and the passage of time |
opening reception |
Carpenters Workshop Gallery:
Sylvain Rieu-Piquet: Chimaera
including work shown in London for the first time, ceramic vessels and jewellery from the Paris-based designer that draw inspiration from both flora and fauna |
opening reception |
Carpenters Workshop Gallery:
Paul Cocksedge: Reflections
a series of works by the internationally acclaimed British designer known for pushing the boundaries of materials and technology, producing “innovative design infused with a sense of joy and wonder” |
opening reception |
Carpenters Workshop Gallery:
Maarten Baas: Reconstructing Time
new pieces by the Dutch designer continuing his series of video “clocks” – “Baas invites viewers to experience the movement of time as art, reinterpreting how they perceive and reconstruct the moments that pass” |
opening reception |
Pilar Corrias, Conduit Street:
Philippe Parreno: El Almendral
Parreno’s first solo exhibition at the gallery’s Conduit Street space blends real landscape with cinematic creation, streaming a part of Spain directly into the main gallery continuously day and night in real-time |
opening reception |
PM/AM:
Shyama Golden
the LA-based painter merges figuration with mythology to create surreal worlds that blur time, history, and identity |
private view |
Robilant+Voena, London:
Stephen Appleby-Barr: Mesocosmos
new paintings combining technical mastery with dreamlike imaginings disconnected from time or place – “my disposition towards painting, sculpture and drawing is amorous. I feel it deeply and have devoted my life to finding out what it’s about” |
private view |
| London, Tuesday 27 |
County Hall Pottery:
Improvisational making: Masterclass with Ian McDonald |
special event |
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Los Angeles
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| Los Angeles, Wednesday 21 |
Marian Goodman Gallery:
Yang Fudong: Sparrow on the Sea
a multi-part exhibition centred around this new film by one of the most important Chinese artists working today |
opening reception |
Marian Goodman Gallery:
Exhibition walkthrough led by Hamza Walker, Director of The Brick |
tour |
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Melbourne
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| Melbourne, Saturday 24 |
Tolarno Galleries:
Patricia Piccinini: With Open Arms
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opening reception |
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Milan
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| Milan, Thursday 22 |
A arte Invernizzi:
Francesco Candeloro: Cime nel tempo
new works by Candeloro – “a continuous play of concealment and revelation that fully exploits the potential of chromatic evanescence made to vibrate by light” |
opening reception |
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Naples
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| Naples, Saturday 24 |
Thomas Dane Gallery:
Push Me, Pull You
curated by Jenni Lomax, an exhibition with works by Hurvin Anderson, Prunella Clough, René Daniëls, Matthew Krishanu, Bice Lazzari, Francis Offman, Pinot Gallizio, Amy Sillman, and Caragh Thuring |
private view |
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New York
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| New York, Tuesday 20 |
Sotheby’s New York:
Aboriginal Art
auction: Tue 20
(viewing: Sat 17-Mon 19) |
auction |
| New York, Wednesday 21 |
Sotheby’s New York:
Elegance & Wonder: Masterpieces from the Collection of Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III
auction: Wed 21
(viewing: Sat 17-Tue 20) |
auction |
| New York, Thursday 22 |
Berry Campbell Gallery:
Lucia Wilcox: LUCIA
“vividly hued and wildly imaginative Surrealist works from 1939 to 1949” in the gallery’s first exhibition of the work of the celebrated late artist |
first day |
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 |
opening reception |
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 |
opening reception |
Sotheby’s New York:
Master Paintings & Sculpture
auction: Thu 22
(viewing: Sat 17-Wed 21) |
auction |
| New York, Saturday 24 |
Halsey McKay Gallery:
Deep Color
works by artists including Joshua Abelow, Glen Baldridge, Yevgeniya Baras, Gina Beavers, Susan Bee, Katherine Bradford, Patrick Brennan, Ernesto Burgos, Sean J. Patrick Carney, Brian Chippendale, Kari Cholnoky, Ryan Travis Christian, Graham Collins, … |
first day |
Halsey McKay Gallery:
Will Yackulic: Foreign Domestic
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first day |
| New York, Tuesday 27 |
Colnaghi:
Colnaghi X Carlo Bella: Power Figures
in a joint exhibition with Carlo Bella, important museum-quality historical African and Native American artworks are shown alongside Old Master Paintings and works from Greco-Roman Antiquity |
first day |
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Paris
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| Paris, Tuesday 20 |
Sotheby’s Paris:
Important Design
auction: Tue 20
(viewing: Mon 12-Mon 19) |
auction |
| Paris, Thursday 22 |
Galerie Marian Goodman:
Peter Fillingham: Basil Dress
presented for the first time, new sculptural works that transform found materials into forms and installations which resonate with memory and history |
opening reception |
| Paris, Friday 23 |
Esther Schipper, Paris:
Martin Boyce: Unhome
an immersive installation of new sculptures and photographic works in Boyce’s first solo exhibition at the gallery’s Paris space “introducing a sense of eeriness and uncertainty into our perception of familiar spaces” |
first day |
Galerie Peter Kilchmann:
Valentin Rilliet: The Dream Synopsis
new “magic realist” paintings on canvas and works on paper in the Swiss painter’s first exhibition in Paris – “mysterious or ambiguous scenes that obscure the line between memory and imagination” |
opening reception |
Zander Galerie:
Ed Ruscha: Cityscapes
an exhibition dedicated to the pivotal figure in contemporary art and his exploration of the interplay between language, meaning, and abstraction |
first day |
| Paris, Saturday 24 |
Art: Concept:
Ulla von Brandenburg: Kekkai
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opening reception |
Galerie Marian Goodman:
Steve McQueen: Bounty
McQueen’s first solo exhibition in Paris for nearly a decade is also the European debut of this installation of photographs – vivid, beautiful flowers native to Grenada in the Caribbean, which are also silent witnesses to its turbulent history |
opening reception |
Galerie Peter Kilchmann:
Valentin Rilliet in conversation with Marie Maertens |
talk |
Zander Galerie:
Ed Ruscha: Cityscapes
an exhibition dedicated to the pivotal figure in contemporary art and his exploration of the interplay between language, meaning, and abstraction |
opening reception |
| Paris, Sunday 25 |
Galerie Lelong Matignon:
Alison Saar in conversation with Marie Siguier |
talk |
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Seoul
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| Seoul, Tuesday 27 |
Esther Schipper, Seoul:
Conversations II
the second instalment of the gallery’s Conversation series features Prabhavathi Meppayil and Yeesookyung, who “engage in a dialogue through the language of contemporary art rooted in tradition, creating meaningful new expressions” |
first day |
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Vienna
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| Vienna, Wednesday 21 |
Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer:
Embodied Rituals: Donna Huanca, Harminder Judge & Hermann Nitsch
shown together in Vienna for the first time, historic contributions by Nitsch, new wall-based sculptural works by Judge, and key canvases and an installation from Huanca |
opening reception |
| Vienna, Thursday 22 |
Galerie Eva Presenhuber:
Chase Hall: Momma’s Baby, Daddy’s Maybe
new paintings and works on paper in Hall’s first exhibition in Vienna – “the pictures that Hall paints are questions as much as proposals: questions about the past and present, and proposals for the future” – Jasper Sharp |
opening reception |
Galerie Eva Presenhuber:
Chase Hall in conversation with Jasper Sharp |
talk |
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Zürich
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| Zürich, Thursday 22 |
Galerie Fabian Lang:
Becky Tucker: The Quarry
Tucker’s first solo exhibition with the gallery and in mainland Europe presents an immersive space with elaborate ceramic sculptures of part fictional, part re-invented extinct creatures |
opening reception |
Galerie Fabian Lang:
Becky Tucker in conversation with Fabian Lang |
talk |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
London, Los Angeles, Monaco, New York, Paris, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Taipei, Vienna, Zürich
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London
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| London, Friday 23 |
Ben Brown Fine Arts:
Alighiero e Boetti: Embellishing The Sky |
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Benjamin Rhodes Arts:
Michael Crowther: Bollihope and others |
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David Zwirner:
Rose Wylie: When Found becomes Given |
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| London, Saturday 24 |
Almine Rech:
Lou Zhenggang: Shizen |
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Emanuel von Baeyer:
Marie Laurencin, Printed Oeuvre 1906-1937 |
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Gagosian Grosvenor Hill:
Amoako Boafo: I Do Not Come to You by Chance |
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Lychee One:
Rowley Haynes: Slip |
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NıCOLETTı:
Chris Dorland: Clone Repo (server ruin) |
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NıCOLETTı:
Aurélien Potier: Intent |
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Ruup & Form:
Katie Spragg: The Fragmented Landscape |
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Soho Revue:
The Peace of Wild Things |
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Stephen Friedman Gallery:
Andreas Eriksson: 19 |
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Tiwani Contemporary:
Wura-Natasha Ogunji: space comma space comma space |
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Victoria Miro:
Ian Hamilton Finlay: Fragments |
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| London, Monday 26 |
David Gill:
Marcantonio Brandolini d’Adda: Moduli Luminosi |
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| London, Tuesday 27 |
Opera Gallery:
Niki de Saint Phalle & Yayoi Kusama: Inner Child |
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Opera Gallery:
Daniella Portillo |
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Los Angeles
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| Los Angeles, Saturday 24 |
Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood:
Charles Gaines. Numbers and Trees, The Tanzania Baobabs |
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Perrotin Los Angeles:
Young-Il Ahn: Selected Works 1986-2019 |
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Philip Martin Gallery:
Sung Jik Yang: Bloom and Fade |
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| Los Angeles, Sunday 25 |
Hauser & Wirth Downtown:
David Hammons. Concerto in Black and Blue |
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Monaco
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| Monaco, Saturday 24 |
Almine Rech:
Francesco Vezzoli presents: KARL GOES TO MEMPHIS. Tribute to a historical encounter in Monte Carlo |
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New York
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| New York, Wednesday 21 |
Stephen Friedman Gallery:
Queer Love |
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| New York, Friday 23 |
CARVALHO PARK:
Élise Peroi: For Thirsting Flowers |
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CARVALHO PARK:
Phantasms |
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Yancey Richardson Gallery:
Zanele Muholi: Sawubona |
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| New York, Saturday 24 |
Nagas:
Leonor Fini: Small Faces |
Virtual Visit! ▻ |
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Paris
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| Paris, Saturday 24 |
Hauser & Wirth:
Frank Bowling. Collage |
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Hauser & Wirth:
Invite(s): Carlotta Amanzi |
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Perrotin Marais:
GaHee Park: Not Quite Tomorrow |
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Perrotin Marais:
Sophie Calle: Séance de rattrapage |
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Perrotin Marais:
Barry McGee: I’m Listening |
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Seoul
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| Seoul, Friday 23 |
Gallery KIWA:
Cha Dae-Young: Reduction & Diffusion |
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Shanghai
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| Shanghai, Saturday 24 |
Almine Rech:
Ted Pim: Loinnir |
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Perrotin Shanghai:
Shintaro Miyake: A Leisurely Stroll With the Horse |
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Perrotin Shanghai:
Kevork Mourad: When Time Was Like a River |
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Sydney
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| Sydney, Saturday 24 |
Art Leven:
Spirits & Elements |
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Art Leven:
Tracey Moffatt: Up in the Sky |
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Taipei
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| Taipei, Saturday 24 |
Each Modern:
A Foreign Cloud in Another Sky: Taiwan Abstraction from 1960’s |
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Vienna
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| Vienna, Saturday 24 |
MEYER*KAINER:
Jakob Lena Knebl: La Primavera |
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Zürich
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| Zürich, Friday 23 |
Hauser & Wirth:
Rachel Khedoori |
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Hauser & Wirth:
Uman. A Fantastic Woman |
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Cy Gavin 
Tadashi Kawamata: Demolition 
Francesco Candeloro: Cime nel tempo 
Colnaghi X Carlo Bella: Power Figures 
Ulla von Brandenburg: Kekkai 
Becky Tucker: The Quarry 
Frank Bowling. Collage 
Phantasms 
Sung Jik Yang: Bloom and Fade 
Rose Wylie: When Found becomes Given 
Cha Dae-Young: Reduction & Diffusion 
Tracey Moffatt: Up in the Sky