ART NEWS: Feb.02

For his solo exhibition “Peut Être”, Richard Zinon draws inspiration from his recent move to Brittany, France and presents an ambitious new body of work that explores themes of self-reflection, temporality, and the profound emotional depth of his creative process. Since settling in the coastal hamlet of Kerégal, Brittany, in September 2024, Zinon has embraced a solitary yet rhythmic existence, immersing himself in an environment that mirrors his nature. His studio, a centuries-old chapel perched atop windswept cliffs, becomes a sanctuary where the interplay of light and shadow shapes his creative process. Each day begins with a meditative walk, grounding him in rituals that reflect his reverence for creation. From handcrafting wooden frames of English oak to stretching canvases from Flanders’ oldest mill, every step is deliberate and precise. Though his works are not directly inspired by his surroundings, the wild landscapes, steep paths overlooking the sea, vivid light, and tranquil expanses of Kerégal resonate deeply, offering him a profound sense of freedom and harmony that fuels his art. Info: Cadogan Gallery, 7-9 Harriet Street, London, United Kingdom, Duration: 13/-29/3/2025, Days & Hours: Tue-Sat 11:00-18:00, https://cadogangallery.com/

Shu Lea Cheang survey exhibition “KI$$ KI$$” takes the net artist and filmmaker’s first feature film, Fresh Kill (1994), as a starting point to present the artist’s world-building practices. In three landscape formations, the exhibition combines updated and previously unrealised works and goes beyond the execution of individual objects. The internet-based installation, software interaction, and multiplayer performance invite the audience to explore and to play. “KI$$ KI$$” reimagines the exhibition as a transformative journey or, a “machine of experience.” From a different angle, but in dialogue with Parreno, Shu Lea Cheang’s daring science fiction narratives centre on non-human intelligences (both natural and artificial). Engaging with new and ancient technologies, The exhibition spans four gallery spaces, in which artworks and artifacts are brought into dialogue with each other and thus become new installations. Waste becomes a central theme that guides Cheang’s examination of the intertwining of the biosphere and technosphere. Info: Curators: Sarah Theurer with Laila Wu, Haus der Kunst, Prinzregentenstraße 1, Munich, Germany, Duration: 14/2-3/8/2025, , Days & Hours: Mon, Wed & Fri-Sun 10:00-20:00, Thu 10:00-22:00, www.hausderkunst.de/

The exhibition “Reverberation” shows rarely seen paintings and works on paper from the 1960s by Betty Parsons and underscores Parsons’s contemplative, intuitive style of abstraction, celebrating spontaneity and gesture through organic forms. After attending the 1913 Armory Show in New York, Parsons resolved at a young age to become an artist, initially studying figurative sculpture before moving on to watercolor. In 1946, she founded the Betty Parsons Gallery and turned unwaveringly towards abstraction the following year. Ceasing to depict how a subject looked, she strived instead to capture “what it made [her] feel.” In 1960, the completion of Parsons’s light-filled studio in Southold, NY catalyzed a pivotal and productive period in her artistic production. The compositions she made over the next decade are marked by bold graphic forms, saturated colors, and fluid contours.  Parsons strived to represent what she called “the invisible presence,” a metaphysical enigma that reflected her belief in art’s power to tap into the “sheer energy” connecting all things. The vibrant orange and cerulean composition Reverberation (1968), from which the exhibition takes its title, illustrates this semi-divine undertaking. Info: Alexander Gray Associates, 384 Broadway, New York, NY, USA, Duration: 14/2-15/3/2025 Days & Hours: Tue-Sat 10:30-18:00, www.alexandergray.com/

At a moment when ecological concerns are becoming increasingly urgent, the exhibition “Seeds: Containers of a World to Come” brings into dialogue work by ten contemporary artists whose research-based practices are defined by sustained inquiry into plant–human–land relations. For the artists the seed is the kernel, literally and metaphorically, of their investigations into issues of fragility, preservation, and possibility in the face of the global climate crisis. Working with and from a diversity of geographical and cultural contexts—Africa, the Americas, the Middle East, and Western Europe—the artists in the exhibition create captivating sculptures, films, installations, and paintings that range from abstract to speculative to documentary. Together the artworks in the exhibition suggest the seed as a timely means to address existential matters. Seeds are the first link in the food chain, the embodiment of biological and cultural diversity, and the repository of life’s future evolution. Cultivated by humans for millennia, seed varieties carry with them local histories as well as histories of migration and survival, bridging cultures, territories, and time periods. Info: Kemper Art Museum at WashU, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO, USA, Duration: 18/2-28/7/2025, Days & Hours: Mon & Wet-Sun 11:00-17:00, www.kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/

The exhibition “States Of Rebirth (The Photographed Body In Motion)” examines the correlation between the body, movement and societal structures in physical and digital spaces, through a focus on documentary and conceptual projects in contemporary Performance-, Portrait and Dance-Photography. As a choreography, of photographs concerning of the relationship between bodies in motion, this exhibition explores how our attitudes, gestures and affectations at once reflect, configure and transform how we negotiate societal change. In particular, how our normative, algorithmic visual culture – and its discerning, deriding gaze – is visible in our restless bodies: how they move; how they slouch, grope, evade or repell; how they sink; or how they stand tall; suppose a gesture, strike a pose; how they influence and reflect each other; how they grasp for connection. Performance and photographic approaches ask how we might dive deep, descend through ourselves and hone in on the basis of our self-empowerment; or if, through the making and unmaking of the algorithmic gaze into its constituent parts, we can reconstruct them anew. Info: Deichtorhallen Hamburg – Internationale Kunst und Fotografie, PHOXXI Hamburg, Deichtorplatz 1, Hamburg, Germany, Duration: 21/2-17/8/2025, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00, www.deichtorhallen.de/

With a deep connection to Greece’s rich textile heritage, where intricate patterns and handcrafted details have been passed down through generations. Similar to how artisans weave stories into their fabric, this expression suggests a creative process rooted in history and craftsmanship Maria-Olga Vlachou in her first solo exhibition “Remembering the Future: Uncutting Cords”, presents fourteen large scale artworks and a video that translate into digital illustrations, “hand-embroidered,” woven, embroidered and knitted textiles that have been lost or are hidden in chests. The Stilomandila of Karpathos, a traditional bridal shirt from Menidi, Attica, wall embroideries from the Ionian Islands, and the embroidered patterns of the festive attire of Almyros, Magnesia, serve as inspiration for Maria Olga Vlachou. Equally inspiring to her are love as an eternal bond, intimacy, romance in the modern era, and communication through emojis. In “Remembering the Future: Uncutting Cords”,  the artist invites the audience to connect with the living and uninterrupted pulse of tradition, highlighting the unbreakable link that unites the past with the everlasting present. Info: Curator: Symeon Mpanos, The Victoria Kerelias Collection of Tranditional Greek Costumes, Stadiou 64, Kalamata Greece, Duration: 23/2-13/4/2025, Days & Hours: Tue, Thu-Fri 9:00-14:00, Wed & Sat 9:00-14:00 & 17:30-20:30, Sun 10:00-14:00, www.vgkareliascollection.com/

Pierre Huyghe, who has continuously explored new realms by breaking the fixed formats of contemporary art. In “Liminal”, his first solo exhibition in Asia the artist presents 12 artworks, including new such as “Liminal”, “Kamata” and “Idiom” (all 2024–ongoing), along with representative works. These works merge real-time data-driven programming with biotechnology, leading viewers into a sensory and poetic world shaped by the interactions between humans and non-humans. The title refers to a transitional state where something unexpected may emerge. The exhibition raises fundamental questions: How can we imagine and visualize the impossible?  How can we experience other beings?  How can we perceive the interdependent relationships between humans and non-humans? To explore these ideas, the exhibition visualizes unpredictability, proposes new ecological environments where humans and non-humans coexist, and allows different times and spaces to overlap and evolve in meaning. Here, visitors are encouraged to perceive themselves in unfamiliar ways, expand their awareness, and envision alternative realities. Info: Leeum Museum of Art, 60-16, Itaewon-ro 55-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea, Duration: 27/2-6/7/2025, Days & Hours: Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00, www.leeumhoam.org/

The exhibition “Young SCENE OUVERTE” brings together six young designers whose works reveal the aesthetic research, technical mastery, and contemporary sensibility shaping tomorrow’s design landscape. Playing a pivotal role in cultivating artisanal heritage, poetic experimentation, and artistic innovation the designers have grown alongside the gallery, refining their practice, and earning notoriety in the international art and design scene. Beyond its Parisian exhibitions, its influence extends globally through participation in fairs such as Design Miami/ and PAD Paris. With the recent addition of more established creatives, the aspiration for a dedicated structure to support emerging talent surfaces as a natural extension of the gallery’s legacy. Through the “Young SCENE OUVERTE” program, the gallery becomes a mentor for designers to refine their creative language, master their materials, and solidify their artistic identity. Whether by aiding in production or introducing them to skilled craftsmen to create unconventional and daring pieces, the gallery positions them as artisanal innovators who push the boundaries of traditional crafting techniques with distinctive contemporary visions. At the same time, the initiative connects emerging talent with a new generation of collectors, growing an audience that is engaged in the preservation and evolution of collectible design. Info: Galerie SCENE OUVERTE Gallery, 13 Rue Bonaparte, Paris, France,  Duration: 7-22/3/2025, Days & Hours: Mon 14:00-18:00, Tue-Sat 11:00-19:00, https://galerie-sceneouverte.com/