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19. Elger Esser, Mont Saint Michel V, France, 2022, Dry Ink on silvered copper, Ed. 3, 32 x 42 cm, Elger Esser / VG Bild-Kunst. Van der Grinten

ART FAIRS: Paris Photo 2022

Paris Photo is the largest international art fair dedicated to the photographic medium and is held each November in the heart of …

Left: Meret Oppenheim, Miss Gardenia, 1962. Plaster in metal frame with metallic paint, 11 × 6 ¼ × 2 in. (28 × 16 × 5 cm). San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Helen Crocker Russell Memorial Fund purchase. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pro Litteris, Zurich Right: Meret Oppenheim, Hm-hm, 1969. Acrylic on canvas; oil and gold leaf on wood; bark; and carved wood, 6 ft. 6 ¼ in. x 37 3/8 x 3 9/16 in. (200 x 95 x 9 cm). Private collection, Bern. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pro Litteris, Zurich

PRESENTATION: Meret Oppenheim-My Exhibition

Meret Oppenheim, once scandalous muse, mysterious model and eternal myth of the surrealists, was one of the most unconventional and far-sighted artists …

Markus Copper, Archangel of Seven Seas, 1998, Finnish National Gallery / Kiasma, Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen

PRESENTATION: Markus Copper-The Taste of Metal

Markus Copper has recently emerged as a key figure in the thriving Finnish Contemporary Art scene, winning the Scandinavian Ars Fennica prize …

Angel Otero, Mi Acuario, Oil paint and oil paint skins collaged on canvas, 241.3 x 360.7 x 3.8 cm / 95 x 142 x 1 1/2 in, 245.7 x 366.1 x 7.6 cm / 96 3/4 x 144 1/8 x 3 in (framed), © Angel Otero, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Angel Otero

Angel Otero’s work is influenced by the nature and formulation of memories. His approach to art combines methods of formation and deformation, …

Theaster Gates, A Song for Frankie, 2017–21, 5,000 records, DJ booth, and record player, overall dimensions variable, © Theaster Gates. Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy the artist, Gagosian and New Museum

PRESENTATION: Theaster Gates-Young Lords and Their Traces

Theaster Gates’s oeuvre is among the most conceptually and materially rich in contemporary art, anchored equally in the canons of art history, …

Zhang Wei, Z-AC1716, 2017, oil on canvas, 130 x 150 cm, © Zhang Wei, Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist

ART CITIES: Vienna-Zhang Wei

Zhang Wei is regarded as one of the first abstract painters in China. Encounters with western Abstract Expressionism and its protagonists such as …

Ruth Asawa, Citizen of the Universe, Exhibition view Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, 2022-2023, Courtesy Stavanger Art Museum

PRESENTATION: Ruth Asawa-Citizen of the Universe

The hanging display of Ruth Asawa’s sculptures and craft-like appearance led to only a limited number of people accepting Ruth Asawa’s art. …

Arcmanoro Niles, Growing Up May Be The Hardest Thing I Do (Healing Doesn’t Happen In A Straight Line), 2022, Oil, acrylic, and glitter on canvas, 60 x 90 inches / 152.4 x 228.6 cm, © Arcmanoro Niles, Courteys the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Arcmanoro Niles

Arcmanoro Niles is a New York-based artist whose brightly hued paintings offer views of his daily life. He introduces little elements of …

Grayson Perry, The Annunciation of the Virgin Deal, 2012. From the series The Vanity of Small Differences, edition of 6 plus 2 Aps. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London, © Grayson Perry

PREVIEW: Grayson Perry-Fitting In and Standing Out

Grayson Perry is mainly for his ceramic vases and cross-dressing. Perry’s vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting …

Erik Schmidt, Samskara, 2022, 70 x 70 cm, oil on fine art print on canvas, © Erik Schmidt, Courtesy the artist and Krinzinger Gallery

PRESENTATION: Erik Schmidt-Re Retreat

In his painterly work, Erik Schmidt is oriented towards the materiality of colour and its structure, which is characterised by gestural application …

ART NEWS: Nov.02

Comprising eleven paintings completed over the last four years, Huang Yuxing’s solo exhibition “An Absolute Power We Cannot Find” articulates an ambitious …

HERE AND NOW: Anti-colonial interventions, Installation View, Museum Ludwig-Cologne, 2022-23, Photo: Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln/Benita Ruster, Courtesy Museum Ludwig

PRESENTATION: Anti-colonial Interventions, Part II

In “Anti-colonial Interventions”, the eighth project in the exhibition series HERE AND NOW at Museum Ludwig, viewers are invited to reconsented habits …

Sam Gilliam, For Brass, 1976, acrylic on canvas with collage, 62 3/8 x 84 3/8 x 2 1/2 inches (158.4 x 214.3 x 6.3 cm), (SG 15.330) Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Bernard R. Shochet, 1997

PRESENTATION: Sam Gilliam, White and Black Paintings 1975–1977

Sam GilliamSam Gilliam is associated with the Washington Color School, a group of Washington, D.C. area artists that developed a form of …

Anna Park, It's Called Show Business, 2022, Ink, acrylic, charcoal, and paper on panel, Two Parts; 80 x 119 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches overall, Photo: Evan Walsh, © Anna Park, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES: Los Angeles-Anna Park

Anna Park creates large-scale charcoal drawings with a formal dynamism that articulates the frenetic pace and chaotic iconographic landscape of the information …

Sonia Gomes, Constelação II, 2022 © Sonia Gomes, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

PRESENTATION: Sonia Gomes-O Mais Profundo É A Pele

Sonia Gomes combines secondhand textiles with everyday materials, such as furniture, driftwood, and wire, to create abstract sculptures that reclaim Afro-Brazilian traditions …

VIDEO: Phyllida Barlow-Damage and Repair

“There is something about that edge where those two things co-exist: damage and repair. And nature gives evidence to that in extraordinary …

Vincent Fecteau, Untitled 2022, Papier-mâché, acrylic, wood, foil, resin clay, 14 × 35 × 25 inches; 36 × 89 × 64 cm, © Vincent Fecteau, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Vincent Fecteau

Vincent Fecteau is best known for his modestly sized abstract sculptures, which he makes by hand using papier-mâché, plaster, and clay, as …

Lucio Fontana exhibition, Galerie, Iris Clert, Paris. 1961, November 10, © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2014 4R, 20) Photo: Shunk-Kender

PRESENTATION: Lucio Fontana-Sculpture

Lucio Fontana is widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative post-World War II Italian artists. Best known for his …

Joan Mitchell, Row Row, 1982, Oil on canvas in two (2) parts, 110 1/4 x 157 7/8 inches (280 x 401 cm). Collection of the Joan Mitchell Foundation

ART CITIES: N.York-Joan Mitchell

One of the few artists of her generation to embrace polyptych compositions, Joan Mitchell over time refined and expanded her approach to …

Liam Gillick, A Variability Quantifier (The Fogo Island Red Weather Station), 2022. Courtesy of National Gallery of Canada, Fogo Islands Arts and the artist

PRESENTATION: Liam Gillick-A Variability Quantifier (The Fogo Island Red Weather Station)

Liam Gillick’s work exposes the dysfunctional aspects of a modernist legacy in terms of abstraction and architecture when framed within a globalized, …