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Adam McEwen, Lion/Portal, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 57 x 1 1/2 inches (182.9 x 144.8 x 3.8 cm), © Adam McEwen, Photo: Maris Hutchinson, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

PRESENTATION: Adam McEwen

Adam McEwen’s work resides somewhere between the celebratory and funereal. After writing obituaries for the Daily Telegraph in London, he began producing …

ART NEWS: Feb.01

“Recovered time” is the title of Robert Courtright’s first retrospective exhibition in Paris and features a group of previously unseen works featuring …

Peter Alexander, 9/27/18 (Ruby Block), 2018, urethane, 9" × 8" × 8" (22.9 cm × 20.3 cm × 20.3 cm), © Peter Alexander, Courtesy Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: Hong Konk-Peter Alexander

Peter Alexander is recognized for his multidisciplinary practice through which he explores light and color. Alexander rose to artistic prominence in the …

Chryssa, Americanoom, 1963. Aluminum, steel, stainless steel, and neon, 90 × 108 in. (228.6 × 274.3 cm). Collection Lowe Art Museum; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Aron B. Katz. © The Estate of Chryssa, National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens. Image courtesy Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami. Photo: Oriol Tarridas

PRESENTATION: Chryssa-Chryssa & New York

Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali was a Greek-born American sculptor best known for her monumental assemblages combining neon, bronze, aluminium, plaster, wood, canvas and paint …

Uman, Good Morning, 2023, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 212.7 x 364.8 x 3.8 cm / 83 3/4 x 143 5/8 x 1 1/2 in, © Uman, Photo: Sarah Muehlbauer, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Uman

Uman’s self-taught practice is not miraculous, but a rare fusion of instinct and discipline. Her gut sensibilities are rooted in the ritual …

Julio Le Parc, Lumières alternées, 1993-2011, wood, mirrors, controlled light bulbs, 50 x 200 x 50 cm, Photo: Giorgio Benni, © Julio Le Parc, Courtesy the artist and Galleria Continua

ART CITIES: Rome-Julio Le Parc

A leading figure on the international contemporary art scene, Julio Le Parc revolutionized kinetic art and Op Art as well as being …

Pakui Hardware, Courtesy the artists and  carlier|gebauer Gallery

ART CITIES: Madrid-Pakui Hardware

Pakui Hardware is the name chosen by collaborative artist duo Neringa Černiauskaité and Ugnius Gelguda. Pakui Hardware refers to Pakui – special attendant of Hawaiian …

Gerhard Richter, 11.8.2023(3), 2023, Coloured ink and pencil on paper, © Gerhard Richter 2024 (25012024), Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

PREVIEW: Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter is one of the most influential contemporary artists and is often called the renewer of post-war painting. Richter analysed the …

Mary Weatherford, Celadon Anemone, 2023, Flashe on linen, 79 × 93 inches (200.7 × 236.2 cm), © Mary Weatherford. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio, Courtesy the artis and Gagosian

ART CITIES: N.York-Mary Weatherford

Mary Weatherford creates large paintings comprising grounds of spontaneously sponged paint on heavy linen canvases, often surmounted by one or more carefully …

Photo left: Cildo Meireles, Babel, 2001, Finnish National Gallery, Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Petri Virtanen. Photo right: Essi Kausalainen, They whistled and walked from room to room, 2024, Finnish National Gallery, Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen

TRIBUTE: Feels Like Home, Part II

The Finnish National Gallery’s contemporary art collection comprises around 8,800 works dating from the 1970s to the present day. Kiasma’s collection exhibitions …

Hélène Delprat, J’accuse, 2023, Pigment, acrylic binder and glitter on canvas, 250 x 566 x 4 cm / 98 3/8 x 222 7/8 x 1 5/8 in, © Hélène Delprat, Photo: Nicolas Brasseur, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Hélène Delprat

Inspired by literature such as Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, cinema as in Melville’s “Les Enfants Terribles” and the culture of radio, Hélène Delprat’s work explores the questions …

ART NEWS: Jan.02

Between observing the impacts of the current climate crisis and the possibility of resilience, the exhibition “Météo des forêts” offers crossings in …

Nicholas Hlobo, Uvathel'umsitho, 2023, Acrylic, leather, and ribbons on linen and cotton canvas, Diptych, each: 51.18 x 51.18 inches diameter, 130 x 130 cm, Photo: Andrea Rossetti, © Nicholas Hlobo Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

PRESENTATION: SpaceRace

The exhibition “SpaceRace” gathers five artists whose work is informed by a masterful understanding of pattern, materiality, and symbology: Leonardo Benzant, McArthur …

Tom Sachs, Scene from Moby Dick, 2023, © Tom Sachs, Courtesy the artist ad Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

PRESENTATION: Tom Sachs-Painting

A relentlessly innovative and subversive sculptor, Tom Sachs is best known for his elaborate, bricolage recreations of masterpieces of engineering and design. Humble foam …

Tetsuya Yamada, Listening, Installation view,Courtesy the artist and Walker Art Center

ART CITIES: N.York-Tetsuya Yamada

Tetsuya Yamada’s body of work experiments with qualities of twinkling and balanced lightness and weighty, assured heaviness. Polished glaze casts glimmers across …

Niina Lehtonen Braun, Syön vain omalta lautaselta (from the series Mother Said), 2010, Finnish National Gallery, Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Sonja Hyytiäinen

TRIBUTE: Feels Like Home, Part I

The Finnish National Gallery’s contemporary art collection comprises around 8,800 works dating from the 1970s to the present day. Kiasma’s collection exhibitions …