On view in London – Secundino Hernández: Problematic Corners
On view in Venice – Sarah Sze
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Art fair
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April 30 2024
Victoria Miro at Frieze New York
Highlights of our presentation (Booth A07; 1–5 May 2024) include a painting from a new series by Yayoi Kusama, entitled Every Day I Pray for Love; new and recent paintings by Ali Banisadr, María Berrío, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Chantal Joffe and Celia Paul; and photographic work from Isaac Julien’s acclaimed Once Again... Statues Never Die. -
Exhibition
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April 17 2024
Opening soon at MoMA – Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour
On view 19 May–28 September 2024, Isaac Julien’s immersive portrait of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who obtained freedom from chattel slavery in 1838 and became one of the most important orators, writers, and statespersons of the nineteenth century. MoMA, New York -
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March 18 2024
Final week – Spotlight: María Berrío at The FLAG Art Foundation
On view until 4 May 2024, Spotlight features María Berrío’s Act II, Scene 2: All Gods are Carnivorous, 2023. A text by author Sarah Blakley-Cartwright accompanies the presentation. The FLAG Art Foundation, New York -
Interview
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April 26 2024
Idris Khan talks to The New York Times for its Museums special section
‘People question if they're looking at a drawing or a painting or a photograph, and I like that kind of deception… It's a thread that goes through the exhibition.’ The artist discusses his first solo US museum exhibition, on view at Milwaukee Art Museum until 11 August 2024. Ted Loos, The New York Times -
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May 2 2024
On view at Kunsten, Denmark – a solo exhibition by John Kørner
On view 3 May–18 August 2024, the exhibition features existing work and new paintings, sculptures and installations. Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark -
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April 1 2024
Sarah Sze: Metronome, opening soon at ARoS – Aarhus Art Museum
On view 18 May–20 October 2024, Sarah Sze's site-specific installation raises questions regarding our digital and image-saturated existence. Aarhus, Denmark -
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April 17 2024
Paula Rego Manifesto at the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego
This exhibition (18 April–6 October 2024) explores themes from Portugal's history including the country's dictatorship and colonialism, as well as the post-revolutionary period and women's rights, as context for Rego's work over the course of her career. Cascais, Portugal -
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April 22 2024
Acclaim for Sarah Sze at Victoria Miro Venice
The Times, The Art Newspaper, Artforum and Elephant are among publications that recommend Sze's exhibition in their essential guides to Venice. -
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April 26 2024
Works by Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili are featured in The Infinite Woman at Fondation Carmignac
Curated by Alona Pardo, this group exhibition on the island of Porquerolles (until 2 November 2024), in the South of France, reflects on how women have been represented over the centuries, with the aim of disrupting conventional ideas of womanhood. Villa Carmignac, Porquerolles -
Interview
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April 11 2024
Secundino Hernández talks to Ocula about his new exhibition, Problematic Corners
‘For me, painting is a tool for understanding the world, explaining my inner life, and forging connections with fellow human beings…’ Phoebe Bradford, Ocula -
Exhibition
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April 27 2024
Yayoi Kusama: Portraying the Figurative at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo
The exhibition (27 April–1 September 2024) focuses on the diverse trajectories of Kusama’s figurative works, spanning from the 1940s to the present day. The Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo -
Edition
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March 20 2024
Chantal Joffe creates a new edition in support of Studio Voltaire
This lithograph has been made exclusively for House of Voltaire on the occasion of Studio Voltaire's 30th anniversary, to raise funds for the organisation's artistic and public programmes. -
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April 4 2024
Idris Khan: Repeat After Me at the Milwaukee Art Museum
The exhibition (5 April–11 August 2024) chronicles the development of the artist’s practice across more than two decades, from early monochromatic photographic works that capture the flow of time in still images, to a new series of abstract watercolor compositions that encapsulate the essence of iconic paintings of the 16th–18th centuries through their use of colour. Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin -
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April 15 2024
Every Island is a Mountain, featuring Do Ho Suh, at Palazzo Malta, Venice
A thirtieth anniversary exhibition (19 April - 8 September 2024) celebrating the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, unites 36 artists who have participated in the Venice Biennale over the years, showcasing the evolution of Korean art. Palazzo Malta, Venice -
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April 15 2024
Conrad Shawcross features in Carbon II at Il Palazzo Experimental during the Venice Biennale
Organised by Platform Earth, the exhibition (on view from 15 April 2024) introduces viewers to a new era of carbon-conscious artwork. Venice, Italy -
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March 26 2024
Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves at Espace Louis Vuitton Osaka
On view 27 March–22 September 2024, Isaac Julien's monumental 2010 video installation stages a polyphony of actors, places and periods in a tribute to Chinese culture. Osaka, Japan -
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March 27 2024
Yayoi Kusama: 1945 – Today at Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto
On view 27 March–29 September 2024, and featuring around 160 works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and archival materials, the exhibition explores Kusama's career from her earliest drawings to her most recent immersive artworks. Porto, Portugal -
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March 22 2024
Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960, featuring Milton Avery, Alice Neel and Flora Yukhnovich
To inaugurate its 50th-anniversary season, the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden presents a major survey (on view 22 March 2024–20 April 2025) of artwork made during a transformative period characterised by new currents in science and philosophy, and ever-increasing mechanisation. The exhibition includes contemporary work by 19 artists including Flora Yukhnovich. Washington, DC -
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March 2 2024
Ian Hamilton Finlay features in Landscape and Imagination: From Gardens to Land Art at Compton Verney
The exhibition (21 March–16 June 2024) explores the beauty of nature, reimagined and reinterpreted through the hands of artists and landscape designers who throughout history have felt the urge to shape the land around them. Compton Verney, Warwickshire -
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March 11 2024
Alex Hartley features in Decennium at Hestercombe Gallery
On view 23 March–7 July 2024, the exhibition celebrates ten years of Hestercombe Gallery and reflects on a decade of making and showing through the work of over twenty artists. Taunton, Somerset -
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March 9 2024
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, featuring Chantal Joffe, Wangechi Mutu, Celia Paul and Paula Rego, on view at Arnolfini, Bristol
★★★★★ ‘Acts of Creation is riveting from first to last, an exceptional (and touring) anthology of contemporary artworks to startle, move and awe, all one hundred and more plunging deep into motherhood.’ – Laura Cumming, The Observer Arnolfini, Bristol -
Review
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March 10 2024
Laura Cumming reviews Do Ho Suh: Tracing Time
★★★★★ ‘The theme of this extraordinarily beautiful exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh is perfectly simple yet unendingly complex – the enigma of home.’ – Laura Cumming Laura Cumming, The Observer -
Exhibition
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March 11 2024
Whitney Biennial 2024, featuring Isaac Julien
Reviewing the exhibition in the New York Times, Martha Schwendener writes, ‘Isaac Julien’s masterful video and sculpture installation is a highlight of the show. It remakes the dialogue between the Harlem Renaissance philosopher Alain Locke and the collector-philanthropist Albert C. Barnes, and there is an absorbing discussion of how Europeans and Americans viewed African sculpture — and the responses of Black versus white artists and collectors to such objects. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York -
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February 22 2024
On view at the National Portrait Gallery – The Time is Always Now, curated by Ekow Eshun and featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili
The exhibition (22 February–19 May 2024) showcases the work of contemporary artists from the African diaspora and highlights the use of figures to illuminate the richness and complexity of Black life. National Portrait Gallery, London -
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March 9 2024
On view at The Bonnefanten, Maastricht – Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is To Me
Travelling from Tate Britain, London, and K21 Düsseldorf, this major survey (9 March–18 August 2024) reveals the breadth of Isaac Julien's groundbreaking oeuvre from its emergence in the 1980s to the present. Bonnefanten, Maastricht -
Interview
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February 23 2024
Doron Langberg features in the latest episode of Talk Art
In this new episode, Russell Tovey and Robert Diament meet Doron Langberg at his exhibition in the gallery in London to discuss his work. Talk Art -
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February 28 2024
Christian Holstad: Salve at Palazzo Sforza, Cotignola
A two-part exhibition featuring new works in papier-mâché (from 9 March 2024) and a selection of the artist's celebrated drawings on newsprint (from 12 April 2024). Ravenna, Italy -
Edition
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March 5 2024
Chantal Joffe creates a new, limited-edition print in support of Hospital Rooms
Chantal Joffe has created this limited-edition etching to support the work of Hospital Rooms, a charity that transforms inpatient mental health units with contemporary art. -
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January 29 2024
Sarah Sze at Nasher Sculpture Center
Shown across three gallery spaces, this new exhibition (on view 3 February–18 August 2024) will blur the boundaries between making and showing, process and product, digital and material, to question how objects acquire their meaning. Dallas, Texas -
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February 26 2024
Stan Douglas features in The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century at Schirn Kunsthalle
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the birth of Hip Hop, this major exhibition (29 February–26 May 2024) explores its profound influence on the current art and cultural landscape. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt -
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February 14 2024
Doron Langberg: Night is reviewed by Elephant
‘Here are queer subjectivities unleashed, in space and time, but also queerly and brilliantly traversing both, consciously and deliberately stretching out across the canvases and walls in epic fields of galactic and near utopic colours…’ – Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, Elephant -
News story
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March 11 2024
Just launched – The Library of Absence, a new conceptual book by Conrad Shawcross
Made in collaboration with chess champion Vladimir Kramnik and Éditions Take 5, the book opens into an ever-changing landscape of light patterns, a proliferation of possibilities. Shawcross and Kramnik will be in conversation on Thursday 14 March 2024 at Maison Rousseau et Littérature in Geneva. -
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February 28 2024
The New York Times writes about the rise of the floral motif in contemporary painting, featuring Doron Langberg
’…in the past few years the Western art world has seen a re-emergence of natural imagery and a preference for the pastoral from painters best known for paintings of friends, spouses, loved ones and neighbors…’ – Amanda Fortini ponders the rise of floral motifs in contemporary painting and asks if flowers ’are in fact slyly radical’. Amanda Fortini, The New York Times -
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March 1 2024
Artforum reviews Stephen Willats: Time Tumbler
Writing about the exhibition, which took place at the gallery in London from 22 November 2023–13 January 2024, Andrew Hunt comments, ‘In essence, Willats provides a template not only for a radical transformation of society, but also for rereadings of history.’ Andrew Hunt, Artforum -
Interview
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February 21 2024
Do Ho Suh talks to The Art Newspaper about his major exhibition Tracing Time at National Galleries of Scotland
‘Most of [the drawings] are questioning very profound things… They capture the essence of my thoughts.’ Susan Mansfield, The Art Newspaper -
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February 21 2024
Extended to June 2024 – Doug Aitken: Return to the Real at Schauwerk Sindelfingen
The exhibition (24 September 2023–16 June 2024) comprises ten works from the past fifteen years and includes installation, sculpture and moving image. Sindelfingen, German -
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February 15 2024
Do Ho Suh: Tracing Time at National Galleries of Scotland
This expansive exhibition (17 February–1 September 2024) explores the foundational role that drawing and paper play in Do Ho Suh’s artistic practice, focusing on his collaborative methods, experimental techniques, and innovative use of materials. Modern One, Edinburgh -
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January 31 2024
Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon 2024: Isaac Julien
On Monday 18 March 2024, Whitechapel Gallery hosted its annual Art Icon Gala in honour of Isaac Julien. Whitechapel Gallery, London -
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February 21 2024
María Berrío, Idris Khan, John Kørner and Tal R create new works for From the Ashes
Organised by Migrate Art, this fundraising exhibition (21–25 February 2024) and auction supports the Xingu Indigenous communities of the Amazon Rainforest. All works have been created using ink, pigment, and pastels manufactured from ash and charcoal gathered from the Amazon Rainforest fires. Truman Brewery, London -
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January 28 2024
Tal R: Weather Report at Ravinen Kulturhus, Båstad, Sweden
New works (on view 3 February–26 May 2024) reflect on inner experiences of nature, climate, and landscape in this vivid exhibition by the Copenhagen-based artist. Båstad, Sweden -
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February 14 2024
Soulscapes, featuring Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Isaac Julien, at Dulwich Picture Gallery
The exhibition (14 February–2 June 2024) explores our connection with the world around us, highlighting the power of landscape art and reflecting on themes of belonging, memory, joy and transformation. Dulwich Picture Gallery -
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February 8 2024
Isaac Julien features in A Model at MUDAM
This major group exhibition (9 February–8 September 2024) proposes a reflection on the role of the museum at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It reaffirms the need to think of the institution as a living place, sensitive and receptive to contemporary debates. MUDAM, Luxembourg -
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January 23 2024
Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction, 1950–1970, featuring Howardena Pindell and Hedda Sterne, at Turner Contemporary
Curated by Dr Flavia Frigeri, the exhibition (3 February–6 May 2024) brings together the works of more than 50 artists to examine how, through abstract forms, materials and modes, women pushed the boundaries of artmaking while tackling seismic cultural, social and political shifts. Turner Contemporary, Margate -
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February 10 2024
NS Harsha features in the major touring exhibition Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now
On view 17 February–2 June 2024 at The Box, Plymouth, the exhibition explores how the traditions of South Asian miniature paintings have been reclaimed and reinvented by modern and contemporary artists. The Box, Plymouth -
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January 23 2024
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Wangechi Mutu and Howardena Pindell feature in Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
On view from 18 February–12 May 2024, the first major museum exhibition devoted to exploring the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States through collage Houston, Texas -
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January 25 2024
Isaac Julien features in Entangled Pasts, 1768–now at the Royal Academy of Arts
The exhibition (3 February–28 April 2024) brings together over 100 major contemporary and historic works as part of a conversation about art and its role in shaping narratives of empire, enslavement, resistance, abolition and colonialism – and how it may help set a course for the future. Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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January 30 2024
Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined at NOMA
This major exhibition (31 January–14 July 2024) brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan–American artist’s multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana -
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January 18 2024
Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour – Frederick Douglass at Tang Museum
In this film installation (on view 3 February–19 May 2024) Julien conjures Douglass’s role in the abolitionist movement, powerfully emphasizing its relevance to contemporary social justice struggles. Saratoga Springs, NY -
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December 13 2023
On view in Portugal – Paula Rego: Rupture and Continuity
On view (until 28 July 2024) at the Museu do Côa, the exhibition considers Rego's constant redefinition of her figurative language, highlighting key periods in her career. Museu do Côa, Portugal -
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January 10 2024
Just announced – Flora Yukhnovich at the Wallace Collection
From June, paintings by the artist will temporarily replace two works by François Boucher at the top of the grand staircase on the landing of Hertford House. The Wallace Collection, London -
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January 9 2024
Wangechi Mutu: My Cave Call at Saint Louis Art Museum
On view 12 January–31 March 2024, My Cave Call is a parable on wisdom seeking. Set at Mount Suswa, a holy site in Kenya, the film centers histories that have been lost and the beginning process of reclamation. St. Louis, Missouri -
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December 12 2023
Extended until June 2024 – Conrad Shawcross: Cascading Principles: Expansions within Geometry, Philosophy, and Interference at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
This exhibition (28 September 2022–30 June 2024) brings together more than 35 sculptures realised by the artist over the last 17 years. These pieces, placed across three floors, will co-exist with the Institute’s unique architecture and the intellectual concerns of its occupants as explorers at the boundaries of knowledge. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford -
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December 10 2023
Sarah Sze’s Pictures at an Exhibition, is on view as part of the Thailand Biennial
In Sze's work — on view until 30 April 2024 at the Chiang Rai International Art Museum — an atmospheric construction of cascading lines spans from floor to ceiling to create a web of image fragments. Chiang Rai International Art Museum -
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December 4 2023
Hernan Bas: The Conceptualists at The Bass Museum of Art
Featuring 35 paintings, the exhibition (4 December 2023–5 May 2024) explores conceptual art as a permissive realm for creative behavior and an inviting space for queerness. The Bass, Miami Beach, Florida -
Publication
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October 23 2023
New publication Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters now available
Featuring work by Doron Langberg and published by the Frick Collection, Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters is inspired by the installation series of the same name, held in 2021–22 at Frick Madison. Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters -
Commission
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September 18 2023
Conrad Shawcross: Manifold (Major Third) 5:4 is officially unveiled
Commissioned as part of The Crossrail Art Programme, the sculpture is positioned outside the Moorgate entrance of the Liverpool Street Elizabeth line station. Liverpool Street Elizabeth line station at Moorgate -
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April 23 2024
Do Ho Suh: Public Figures goes on long-term display at the National Museum of Asian Art
From 27 April 2024, a special edition of the artist’s Public Figures will be on view at Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC. Washington, DC -
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April 16 2024
Conrad Shawcross: Expansion Fields, on view at Glyndebourne during its 2024 Festival
As part of its 90-year anniversary celebrations, Glyndebourne has partnered with Shawcross to produce an ambitious presentation of works with a distinct relationship to music and sound across its site. The works are on view to opera ticket holders from 16 May–8 September 2024. Glyndebourne, East Sussex -
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April 16 2024
Sarah Sze: Sleepers, on view at Victoria Miro Venice
Sarah Sze’s first exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice, the artist’s sixth with Victoria Miro, marks a return to Venice for Sze, who featured in the 1999 and 2015 Biennales and represented the United States with her exhibition Triple Point in the 2013 Biennale. Two immersive environments explore how images are constructed and memories are formed. In a new moving-image installation, entitled Sleepers, 2024, Sze transforms the gallery with an array of ever-changing projections suspended throughout the space that coalesce as both memento mori and memento vivere – a reminder that life is transient, and also that life must be lived. -
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April 13 2024
Just announced – Yayoi Kusama at the National Gallery of Victoria, opening December 2024
Comprising more than 180 works, the presentation (15 Dec 2024–21 Apr 2025) is the largest ever presentation of the artist’s work in Australia and one of the most comprehensive retrospectives of the artist ever presented globally. Featuring painting, sculpture, collage, fashion, video and installation, the exhibition reveals the astonishing breadth of Kusama’s multidisciplinary practice. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
In Focus – Sarah Sze: Sleepers, on view at Victoria Miro Venice
Sarah Sze’s first exhibition at Victoria Miro Venice, the artist’s sixth with Victoria Miro, marks a return to Venice for Sze, who featured in the 1999 and 2015 Biennales and represented the United States with her exhibition Triple Point in the 2013 Biennale.
Two immersive environments explore how images are constructed and memories are formed. In a new moving-image installation, entitled Sleepers, 2024, Sze transforms the gallery with an array of ever-changing projections suspended throughout the space that coalesce as both memento mori and memento vivere – a reminder that life is transient, and also that life must be lived.