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The Week in Art visit the site
26 May-2 Jun 2026
Openings, events, auctions
Cologne, Kinderhook, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Shanghai, Vienna, Zürich |
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Cologne
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| Cologne, Tuesday 26 |
Sotheby’s Cologne:
Modern & Contemporary Discoveries
auction: Tue 26 May-Tue 2 Jun
(viewing: Tue 26 May-Tue 2 Jun) |
auction starts |
| Cologne, Saturday 30 |
Zander Galerie:
Clark Winter: Untold Stories
Winter’s first solo exhibition in Germany presents his black-and-white photographs focusing on 1970s America and Southern Europe, capturing urban and rural environments, everyday objects, and ambiguous visual relations in a perceptive form of storytelling |
opening reception |
Zander Galerie:
Lake Verea: Full Moon Party
the gallery’s first exhibition with the Mexican artist duo who use analogue and digital photography to explore iconic works of modern architecture under conditions of darkness and reflective full moon light |
opening reception |
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Kinderhook
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| Kinderhook, Saturday 30 |
The School | Jack Shainman Gallery:
Modus Operandi
historically significant work by nearly twenty artists across painting, sculpture, textile, photography and video, in an exhibition which considers method not simply as process but as a way of thinking |
opening reception |
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London
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| London, Wednesday 27 |
Messums London:
Eleanor Ekserdjian: We Are Our Mountains
the painter and film artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery in London “explores cultural memory through landscape and examines our shifting ideas of homeland from the perspective of diaspora” |
first day |
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art:
Thomas Müller: Metaxy
”simple, reduced compositions exist alongside dense, multilayered structures; monochrome palettes contrast with the emergence of more vibrant hues; intimate formats coexist with larger, more expansive works” |
first day |
Robilant:
Nor here, Nor there
the gallery launches its exhibition programme with painting, sculpture, and mixed media work by five contemporary artists who explore the liminal state as a productive site of possibility |
opening reception |
| London, Thursday 28 |
BEERS London:
Matthew Cole: Cabin Fever
Cole’s first exhibition at the gallery sees the American artist translating the external world into uncanny, psychologically charged paintings of interior spaces |
opening reception |
Gazelli Art House:
Taste and Decency
a group exhibition bringing into dialogue pioneering figures of Pop with a younger generation to examine how consumption, sexuality, and social behaviour are both staged and contested |
private view |
General Assembly:
Benito Ekmekdjian: Every single person I loved
“Benito treats painting as a space where the things he adores have the possibility of cohabitation … literary extracts, personal experiences and references to other artists’ work are painted along with each other” |
private view |
NıCOLETTı:
Gray Wielebinski: Bring Me Men
the first solo exhibition by the London-based, American artist |
private view |
Robilant:
Nor here, Nor there
the gallery launches its exhibition programme with painting, sculpture, and mixed media work by five contemporary artists who explore the liminal state as a productive site of possibility |
first day |
Tiwani Contemporary:
Breaking Down Realities: Nifemi Marcus-Bello, Hadassa Ngamba, Dawit L. Petros, Muzae Sesay
an exhibition reviewing the notion of “value” – ethical, political, economic, emotional, and environmental – in relation to the infrastructures of coloniality and the flows of global capital between the African continent and the rest of the world |
first day |
| London, Friday 29 |
Gazelli Art House:
Taste and Decency
a group exhibition bringing into dialogue pioneering figures of Pop with a younger generation to examine how consumption, sexuality, and social behaviour are both staged and contested |
first day |
Maureen Paley:
Paul P.: The Fugitive Marvels of Sunset
“beyond the gay images from the 1970s, I look further back to Whistler, Sargent, Montesquiou, and Proust to locate the atmosphere in which to portray this physicality” – P. |
opening reception |
| London, Tuesday 2 |
THE TAGLI:
Where the Land Meets the Sea
“Rocha and Linington make visible how a place persists within you, continuing to shape and inform you, even as it evolves into something you no longer entirely recognise” – Sofia Hallstrom |
first day |
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Los Angeles
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| Los Angeles, Thursday 28 |
Hauser & Wirth Downtown:
Keith Tyson: The Generative Universe
more than three decades of paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works – “the exhibition emerges from Tyson’s foundational conviction that the universe operates as a single generative system” |
first day |
Louis Stern Fine Arts:
Infinite Horizons: Works by Heather Hutchison and Ruth Pastine
“Hutchison’s mixed media constructions and Pastine’s oils on canvas and paper alchemically transcend their materiality, dissolving into hazy implications of perpetual vistas and limitless color fields” |
opening reception |
| Los Angeles, Friday 29 |
Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood:
Zhang Enli
Zhang’s debut exhibition on the West Coast presents abstract portraits which are rooted in figuration while exploring abstraction’s power to communicate the human condition |
opening reception |
Roberts Projects:
Let’s Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar
an archivally-driven exhibition of over 200 objects – costume designs, photographs, drawings, garments, jewelry, artworks – from the 50s-70s, exploring the central role of costume design in Saar’s early career and throughout her life |
opening reception |
| Los Angeles, Saturday 30 |
Hauser & Wirth Downtown:
Keith Tyson: The Generative Universe
more than three decades of paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works – “the exhibition emerges from Tyson’s foundational conviction that the universe operates as a single generative system” |
opening reception |
Roberts Projects:
Let’s Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar
an archivally-driven exhibition of over 200 objects – costume designs, photographs, drawings, garments, jewelry, artworks – from the 50s-70s, exploring the central role of costume design in Saar’s early career and throughout her life |
first day |
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Milan
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| Milan, Wednesday 27 |
Sotheby’s Milan:
Modern and Contemporary Art
auction: Wed 27
(viewing: Fri 22-Tue 26) |
auction |
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New York
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| New York, Tuesday 26 |
The Painting Center:
Nichole Gronvold Roller: Days Folded
recent paintings that respond to the discord between the beauty and tedium of daily routines – shifting light, patterned wallpaper, how textiles soften a room’s hard edges |
first day |
The Painting Center:
Julian Pozzi: Hole in Mouth
fifteen paintings exploring structural abstraction through drawing and mark-making, depicting spaces where architectural and organic forms overlap, revealing fragility or the moments after disaster in a delicate equilibrium |
first day |
| New York, Thursday 28 |
The Painting Center:
Nichole Gronvold Roller: Days Folded
recent paintings that respond to the discord between the beauty and tedium of daily routines – shifting light, patterned wallpaper, how textiles soften a room’s hard edges |
opening reception |
The Painting Center:
Julian Pozzi: Hole in Mouth
fifteen paintings exploring structural abstraction through drawing and mark-making, depicting spaces where architectural and organic forms overlap, revealing fragility or the moments after disaster in a delicate equilibrium |
opening reception |
| New York, Friday 29 |
Yancey Richardson Gallery:
Victoria Sambunaris: Fall Line
new large-scale “topographic portraits” by Sambunaris – highly detailed and dramatically composed photographs examining changes to the landscape of the American West resulting from human intervention |
opening reception |
Yancey Richardson Gallery:
Victoria Sambunaris: Fall Line |
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Yancey Richardson Gallery:
Mary Ellen Bartley: Color Anthology
Bartley’s photographs evoke classic still-life, color field painting and minimalism while examining the formal and poetic qualities of the book as an object itself rather than as simply a conveyor of information |
opening reception |
| New York, Saturday 30 |
Halsey McKay Gallery:
Windows
an exhibition with works by over thirty artists |
first day |
| New York, Tuesday 2 |
Public Art Fund at City Hall Park:
Genesis Belanger: Heads or Tails
curated by Melanie Kress, a transformation of City Hall Park into a stage for artworks that play with commonplace park features like planted gardens, fountains, and public statuary |
opening reception |
Sotheby’s New York:
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
auction: Tue 2
(viewing: Thu 28 May-Mon 1 Jun) |
auction |
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Palma de Mallorca
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| Palma de Mallorca, Thursday 28 |
Baró Galeria:
Baró Galeria at ARCOLisboa 2026
the gallery presents works by Joana Vasconcelos, Bruno Novelli, and Mano Penalva with “a dialogue between Portuguese and Brazilian artistic practices, highlighting cultural affinities, displacements, and shared resonances” |
first day |
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Paris
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| Paris, Wednesday 27 |
Galerie Esther Woerdehoff:
Loredana Nemes: Falling Into Now
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opening reception |
Sotheby’s Paris:
Collection Fred Feinsilber, de Giacometti à Brauner | Online
auction: Wed 27 May-Thu 4 Jun
(viewing: Sat 30 May-Tue 2 Jun) |
auction starts |
| Paris, Thursday 28 |
Bigaignon:
Rémi Noël: Poetry Wanted
emblematic as well as previously unseen works at the intersection of photography, language, and conceptual détournement – “a journey through contemporary imaginaries, a space where images, objects, and words cease to function as mere references” |
opening reception |
Galerie Esther Woerdehoff:
Artist Talk |
talk |
Sotheby’s Paris:
Important Design
auction: Thu 28
(viewing: Sat 23-Wed 27) |
auction |
| Paris, Friday 29 |
Galerie Mitterrand St-Honoré:
Cosmic Landscapes
works by Yves Klein, Lita Albuquerque, and Jack Goldstein in an exhibition which explores the connections between the cosmos, perception, and immateriality |
opening reception |
Zander Galerie:
Mike Mandel, Larry Sultan: Evidence
an exhibition of fifty-six photographs from the groundbreaking project by Sultan and Mandel, first published in 1977 |
opening reception |
| Paris, Saturday 30 |
Almine Rech, Matignon:
Piene, Mack, Uecker – Light, Space and Time
an exhibition highlighting the founding members of the late-1950s group ZERO – “as our world continues to erode amid cascading crises and devastating wars, the ZERO group’s project might yet inspire through its unshakeable optimism” – Matthieu Jacquet |
opening reception |
Almine Rech, Turenne:
Javier Calleja: Curiously
“one cannot move through the exhibition – which Calleja conceived with the cabinet of curiosities in mind – without savoring the charged pleasure of works whose messages seem to answer one another” – Éric Troncy |
opening reception |
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Shanghai
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| Shanghai, Friday 29 |
Almine Rech:
Thu-Van Tran: No Longer Day, Not Yet Night
Tran uses lime plaster and layered washes to create liminal grey spaces that resist visual control and evoke complex histories, in this exhibition drawn from her series examing the history of the US chemical bombardment of Vietnam and its euphemisms |
first day |
| Shanghai, Saturday 30 |
Bluerider ART Shanghai:
Sven Drühl: Hyper Landscape – Beyond the Sea of Fog
major works from three significant series by Drühl – silicone paintings, lacquer paintings, and sculpture |
opening reception |
Perrotin Shanghai:
Christiane Pooley: Trilla
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first day |
Perrotin Shanghai:
Oli Epp: Dirty Laundry
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first day |
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Vienna
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| Vienna, Thursday 28 |
MEYER*KAINER:
Heimo Zobernig: this not this
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opening reception |
MEYER*KAINER:
Ei Arakawa-Nash: Cologne of the Maghreb (Bodyphilia Song)
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opening reception |
| Vienna, Friday 29 |
MEYER*KAINER:
Heimo Zobernig: this not this
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first day |
MEYER*KAINER:
Ei Arakawa-Nash: Cologne of the Maghreb (Bodyphilia Song)
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first day |
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Zürich
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| Zürich, Thursday 28 |
Lullin + Ferrari:
Fragments of Narration
works by artists including Anne-Lise Coste, Slawomir Elsner, Franziska Furter, Clare Goodwin, Bob Gramsma, Rachel Lumsden, and Koka Ramishvili |
opening reception |
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Don’t miss: exhibitions closing
Amsterdam, Baku, Cape Town, Dallas, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milton Keynes, Nairobi, New York, Palm Beach, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Seoul, Zürich
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Amsterdam
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| Amsterdam, Saturday 30 |
Reflex:
Todd Hido: An Island in the River of Time |
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Baku
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| Baku, Sunday 31 |
Gazelli Art House:
Her Art in Action 2026: A Home with a View |
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Cape Town
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| Cape Town, Friday 29 |
RESERVOIR:
Pierre Vermeulen: Deeper – Deeper |
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Dallas
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| Dallas, Saturday 30 |
Colector:
Germán Venegas: Everything Is Becoming |
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Dublin
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| Dublin, Saturday 30 |
Kerlin Gallery:
Kathy Prendergast: Stasis Field |
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Frankfurt
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| Frankfurt, Saturday 30 |
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin:
Jana Schröder: Und die sieben Bilder |
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Hong Kong
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| Hong Kong, Saturday 30 |
Hauser & Wirth:
Nicole Eisenman. Fallen Angels |
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London
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| London, Thursday 28 |
LBF Contemporary:
Rob Ball: Everything Beautiful is Far Away |
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Galerie Max Hetzler:
Grace Weaver: Plaids |
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| London, Friday 29 |
Ben Brown Fine Arts:
Gavin Turk: The Escapologist |
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Colnaghi:
Beyond the Threshold: Revisiting Orientalism II |
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The Mayor Gallery:
Lisa Corinne Davis: Tangible Tale |
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Ruup & Form:
Bridget Harvey: Of the Rubble (rudera) |
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Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix:
Alessandro Roma: La pelle del paesaggio |
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| London, Saturday 30 |
ATLAS Gallery:
Legacy of Light: 200 Years of Photography |
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Alice Amati:
Abigail Dudley: A place after a place |
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Alison Jacques:
Roy Oxlade |
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Ames Yavuz:
Brook Andrew: Symbolic Nature |
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Annka Kultys Gallery:
Marc Lee |
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Carpenters Workshop Gallery:
Aki+Arnaud Cooren: Komorebi |
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Carpenters Workshop Gallery:
Persistence of Form |
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David Gill:
Barnaby Barford: We Are Where We Are |
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Dirimart London:
Fahrelnissa Zeid: Immersion |
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FreddieFoulkes Gallery:
Rosebud |
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GRIMM:
Dirk Braeckman: Although |
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Kearsey & Gold:
Emerald Rose Whipple: Fallen Angels |
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LAMB:
Sophie Smorczewski: Sown in Slumber |
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Lychee One:
Qian Qian: The Fountains of Enceladus |
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NORITO:
Soryun Ahn: Arbers Aly |
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No.9 Cork Street:
Lehmann Maupin: Anna Park: Hot Honey |
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No.9 Cork Street:
Artwin Gallery: Almagul Menlibayeva: Contested Cosmos: Women, Myth, and Technology across Central Asia |
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Pippy Houldsworth Gallery:
Nengi Omuku: We Were Like Those Who Dreamed |
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Pontone Gallery:
Chris Rivers: Supernova II |
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Sim Smith:
Kate Groobey: I’m A Big Star |
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Sylvia Kouvali:
Adrian Morris |
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Timothy Taylor:
30 Years |
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Twilight Contemporary:
Ellie Kayu Ng: Catching the Big Fish |
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| London, Sunday 31 |
Lane Gallery:
Butter |
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National Portrait Gallery:
Catherine Opie: To Be Seen |
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Shapero Modern:
Jack Milroy: Bibliophilia |
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DES BAINS:
Heurtebise |
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Los Angeles
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| Los Angeles, Saturday 30 |
Carpenters Workshop Gallery:
Ingrid Donat: Tatoo |
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Perrotin Los Angeles:
Todd Gray: Portals |
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Perrotin Los Angeles:
Kyungmi Shin: My Fantasy‘s Burdens |
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Milton Keynes
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| Milton Keynes, Sunday 31 |
MK Gallery:
Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye |
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Nairobi
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| Nairobi, Friday 29 |
Circle Art Gallery:
Handle with Care |
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New York
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| New York, Saturday 30 |
Berry Campbell:
Louisa Chase: The Eighties |
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Berry Campbell:
In Focus: Sally Silberberg |
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CARVALHO:
Heath Wae: Mineral Meridian |
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CARVALHO:
Kat Howard: In place of no, my mouth leaks honey |
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Goodman Gallery:
Carlos Garaicoa: Rituals and Liberty |
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Perrotin New York:
Nick Doyle: Collective Hallucinations |
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Perrotin New York:
Jens Fänge: Antechamber |
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Perrotin New York:
GaHee Park: Half-Looking, Half-Seen |
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Palm Beach
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| Palm Beach, Friday 29 |
Findlay Galleries Palm Beach:
Henrik Simonsen: Recent Works |
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Palma de Mallorca
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| Palma de Mallorca, Sunday 31 |
Baró Galeria:
Baró Galeria at ARCOLisboa 2026 |
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Paris
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| Paris, Saturday 30 |
Galleria Continua / Paris Marais:
Arcangelo Sassolino: Aux abords du séisme |
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Galleria Continua / Paris Marais:
Manuela Sedmach: Guardatori |
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Galleria Continua / Paris Matignon:
Loris Cecchini: Shapeshifting |
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Esther Schipper, Paris:
Sojourner Truth Parsons: Sooner or later you will call my name |
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Perrotin Marais:
Lee Mingwei: When Beauty Appears |
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Perrotin Marais:
Susumu Kamijo: When I Think of You in Spring |
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Perrotin Marais:
Soulages – Hartung: Elective Affinities |
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Perrotin Matignon 8:
Bernard Frize: Les 26 |
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| Paris, Sunday 31 |
Hauser & Wirth:
Paul McCarthy. SS EE Saint Santa Eva Elf Drawing Sessions 2025 with Lilith Stangenberg |
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HELENE BAILLY MARCILHAC:
Kees van Dongen |
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| Paris, Tuesday 2 |
A&R Fleury:
Alicia Penalba: Formes volantes |
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Seoul
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| Seoul, Saturday 30 |
LKIF Gallery:
Ruben Müller & Shumu: A Stir, A Touch, A Warmth |
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Zürich
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| Zürich, Saturday 30 |
galerie gmurzynska:
Dan Basen: New York Underground in the 1960s |
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Mai 36 Galerie:
Raphael Hefti |
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Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Rämistrasse:
Marion Baruch: Quel che rimane del cielo |
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