“Prada presents ‘China Cabinet’, an exhibition project by artist Theaster Gates, with the support of Fondazione Prada. It is on view at Prada Rong Zhai, a 1918 historic residence in Shanghai restored by Prada and reopened in October 2017. Invited to reimagine the spaces of… Read More
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Neïl Beloufa: Digital Mourning at Pirelli HangarBicocca, February 17 – July 18, 2021
“Digital Mourning, curated by Roberta Tenconi, is the first major solo exhibition devoted to Neïl Beloufa in an Italian institution, and it stems from a reflection on the current times and on the concept of life in our digital world. Right from the title, the… Read More
Joaquín Orellana: The Spine of Music at Americas Society, January 20 – March 5, 2021
“Americas Society presents Joaquín Orellana: The Spine of Music, the first exhibition of the Guatemalan composer’s útiles sonoros (sound tools) in the United States alongside the work of contemporary artists. ‘Orellana is a key figure for both music and contemporary art in Central America, and his show expands… Read More
Howardena Pindell: Rope/Fire/Water at The Shed, October 16, 2020 – April 11, 2021
“The Shed reopened October 16 with a solo exhibition, nearly four years in the making, featuring new work by Howardena Pindell that examines the violent, historical trauma of racism in America and the therapeutic power of art. For her solo exhibition at The Shed, Howardena… Read More
Chen Zhen: Short-circuits at Pirelli HangarBicocca, October 15, 2020 – February 21, 2021
“Pirelli HangarBicocca presents Short-circuits a retrospective exhibition curated by Vicente Todolí, devoted to Chen Zhen, one of the leading figures of contemporary art. Celebrated by the world’s most important museums, the artist managed to bridge the gap between the art of the East and that… Read More
Bochner Boetti Fontana at Magazzino Italian Art, October 2, 2020 – January 11, 2021
“Magazzino Italian Art opens a special exhibition examining the formal, conceptual, and procedural affinities in the work of Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, and Lucio Fontana. Curated by Bochner in collaboration with Magazzino, the exhibition marks the first presentation to consider the American artist’s extensive, yet… Read More
Isa Genzken Paris New York at David Zwirner Paris, August 29 – October 10, 2020
“David Zwirner presents an exhibition of recent work by the German artist Isa Genzken, on view at the gallery’s Paris location. This will be the artist’s fifth solo exhibition with David Zwirner and her first solo show in Paris since 2010. The exhibition coincides with… Read More
Mass Ornament: Pleasure, Play, and What Lies Beneath at South Etna Montauk, opens September 3, 2020
“The mass is forced to contemplate itself (mass meetings, mass demonstrations). The mass is always present to itself and often in the aesthetically seductive form of an ornament or an emotionally moving image.” — Siegfried Kracauer, The Mass Ornament (1927) “Philosopher Siegfried Kracauer was among the first… Read More
Torkwase Dyson: Studies for Bird and Lava at Pace Gallery, East Hampton, through August 9, 2020
“Pace Gallery is pleased to present New York-based artist Torkwase Dyson’s first exhibition with the gallery at its recently opened space in East Hampton. Dyson’s multidisciplinary approach to artmaking interrogates historical and existing infrastructure and architecture, particularly how Black and brown bodies compose, perceive, and negotiate space. Dyson… Read More
Parcours des Mondes in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, September 8 – 13, 2020*
Parcours des mondes will celebrate its 19th anniversary, September 8 – 13, 2020*, at Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris. This is the largest international art fair for tribal art, Asian art and archaeological artefacts. The iconic Beaux-Arts district will be the backdrop for this well-established and highly regarded week-long event which brings together galleries… Read More
Homemade at Magazzino Italian Art, through September 7, 2020
“Originally launched as a digital initiative, Homemade moves into Magazzino’s galleries as a special exhibition timed to the public reopening of the museum’s facility on July 10. The exhibition includes more than 30 paintings, works on paper, and installations created by eight New York-based, Italian artists—Alessandro Teoldi,… Read More
Painting is Painting’s Favorite Food: Art History as Muse at South Etna Montauk
“Asger Jorn, the great Danish artist and mastermind of the CoBrA movement, always had a zinger up his sleeve. He famously sent a mordant telegram to Harry F. Guggenheim, refusing the Guggenheim Prize with a single sentence: ‘Go to hell with your money, Bastard!’ Jorn titled one… Read More