On the cover of Numéro art 15, now on newsstands, the two artists Ugo Rondinone and Tarek Lakhrissi form a striking duo. Their four-handed work can be seen in the new Reiffers Art Initiatives mentoring program exhibition, from October 16 to December 1.
Adam Pendleton will open his solo exhibition Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Spring 2025. This landmark exhibition will highlight Pendleton’s unique contributions to contemporary American painting and serve as an anchor for the Museum’s 50th anniversary celebration. The exhibition will feature new and recent paintings from multiple bodies of work alongside a new single-channel video work.
"Giorno boldly pushed language within visual, musical, and sociopolitical spheres. At Galerie Eva Presenhuber, you'll find text paintings on rainbow or black backgrounds with wry, provocative slogans like 'You got to burn to shine', 'I want to cum in your heart', and 'God is man made'..."
Galerie Eva Presenhuber is proud to announce the representation of Nairobi-based artist Chemu Ng'ok, alongside Central Fine, Miami, and Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg. On Friday, November 15, 2024, Echoes, her debut solo exhibition with Galerie Eva Presenhuber will open at Waldmannstrasse, Zurich.
"One recent evening, not far from the perfectly preserved bedroom of William S. Burroughs and a vintage Orgone Accumulator set up to capture esoteric energies, the late poet and artist John Giorno could be seen reciting the quizzical line “God, please fuck my mind for good!” He was present in the form of footage from a documentary from 1995, but the occasion was more timely: a 50th-anniversary celebration of Giorno Poetry Systems, a nonprofit that has been the impetus for some intriguing activity of late in downtown New York..."
On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition Science/Fiction - Une non-histoire des plantes, the MEP is pleased to welcome the artist Sam Falls for a discussion with Simon Baker, director of the MEP. The meeting will be followed by a book signing in the bookshop.
Wyatt Kahn was in conversation with Elke Buhr, Editor-in-Chief of Monopol Magazin about Kahn‘s new solo exhibition Signs, on view at Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Maag Areal, Zurich.
Science/Fiction - Une non-histoire des Plantes traces a visual history of plants linking art, technology and science from the 19th century to the present day. Bringing together over 40 artists from different eras and nationalities, the exhibition compares historic photographic works such as Anna Atkins' cyanotypes, Karl Blossfeldt's inventory of plant forms and Laure Albin Guillot's microscope experiments, with works by contemporary artists such as Sam Falls.
Ugo Rondinone is the mentor of artist Tarek Lakhrissi for the fourth edition of the 2024 Reiffers Art Initiatives mentorship program. The exhibition will be presented at the Reiffers Art Center on the occasion of Art Basel Paris.
In Oscar Tuazon's first solo exhibition in Austria, the US sculptor presents works that merge natural and industrial materials like wood, stone, metal, and concrete, creating structures that blur the line between functional architecture and sculpture. Drawing inspiration from eco-efficient and utopian designs of the 1960s and 1970s, Tuazon explores how these architectural models can apply to contemporary issues of space and self-sufficiency. The exhibition also includes his ongoing "Water School" project, which addresses global struggles over access to land, water, and infrastructure.
Kunstverein Heilbronn hosts the first institutional solo exhibition in the German-speaking world by New York-based artist Austin Eddy. Eddy’s work explores contradictions between figuration and abstraction, drawing from classical modernism. His bold paintings feature recurring motifs like birds, fish, and flowers, forming still lifes, landscapes, and cityscapes. Using vivid colors and layered textures, Eddy creates complex spatial overlays that challenge traditional depictions of nature. The exhibition, titled "Still Life," includes paintings, works on paper, sculptures, and ceramics, expanding his exploration of form and material.
The Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris presents Les Fleurs d'Yves Saint Laurent in Paris. This spontaneous dialogue between the arts and different eras continues with the work of Sam Falls throughout the exhibition. The patterns and colors of his reconstructed take on nature blend harmoniously with those seen on the haute couture pieces. In the clothing of Yves Saint Laurent, as in the paintings of Sam Falls, flowers transcend time and remain eternally in bloom.
"What’s most striking in John Dilg paintings and drawings is the peculiar, somehow contradictory, mood they evoke. The recurring totemic pine-trees, the panettone mountains, and the waterfalls — of a certain mountain-like stillness — give a playful tone to the landscape they inhabit. They are made of repeating shapes which often transition from being a log to becoming a canyon, from water to mountain, valleys and even islands, and become the vocabulary of Dilg’s artworks."
"They look like cyborg animals carrying a burden as precious as it is mysterious: a phalanx of creatures with long, straight metal legs, on whose pelvises sharp-edged cuboid blocks rest like inorganic bodies. The cubes are transparent or semitransparent and enclose objects whose contours are sometimes clear, sometimes less so."
Ugo Rondinone's diverse art is in demand all over the world. Lisa Zeitz, Editor in Chief of Weltkunst, visited him in his new apartment in Paris and talked to him with him about stones, lightning and Caspar David Friedrich.
For Doug Aitken’s first monographic exhibition in Turkey, Naked City at Borusan Contemporary, artworks covering the period from 2006 to 2024 are exceptionally brought together to create a site-specific journey through the architecture.
Whale Song, a new public artwork by Jean-Marie Appriou, will be unveiled at Boston’s Central Wharf Park on September 14. Curated by Pedro Alonzo, the artist’s historical and mystical perspectives on whales invite the public into a conversation about how the natural world has shaped us and vice versa. Incorporating three aluminum sculptures into his composition, Appriou melds myth and nature across time while gesturing to historical reckonings and mystical revelations.
Liesl Raff is known for her sculptural works with latex; she works with and alters these materials to create spaces, atmospheres and situations. She studied stage design in Graz and then sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In 2024, she will design the Austrian pavilion at the Gwangju Biennale and will also produce a new work for the Lyon Biennale. In both exhibitions, Raff will be creating a collective moment, to be shared by the visitors when entering her installations; be it a club or a corridor.
Candida Höfer will be honoured with the Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2024. The Akademie der Künste is honouring one of the world's most recognized German photographers with the prize. Candida Höfer's oeuvre, which has grown over five decades, ranks among the photographic avant-garde of the present day. To mark the award ceremony, the Akademie der Künste is staging an exhibition at Pariser Platz with current works by Candida Höfer dedicated to historical buildings in Berlin and Weimar.
Liesl Raff presents a performative exhibition titled Club Liaison in the Austrian Pavilion at the LEEKANGHA Art Museum: an immersive installation which serves as a setting for a programme of live performances by Austria based and South Korean artists.
On Tuesday, September 3, 6 pm, Raff will be in conversation with Marianne Dobner, curator at mumok at Piknic, 194 Namchang-dong, Jung District, Seoul.
Angela Bulloch, Liam Gillick, Matthew Angelo Harrison, and Liesl Raff will participate in the 15th Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, which will feature 31 pavilions throughout Gwangju, including in Yangnim-dong and Dongmyeong-dong. The Biennale will host creative artistic entities from around 30 countries, cities, and institutions. These exhibitions will not only resonate with the Pansori soundscape of the 21st century but will also create a rich tapestry of sights and discourse by showcasing diverse perspectives.
Ugo Rondinone will be awarded the 15th Robert Jacobsen Prize of the Stiftung Würth. The award ceremony will take place on September 5, 2024, at 7 pm in the Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau, Germany. This is also the opening of his presentation solar spirit at Museum Würth 2 and in the Sculpture Garden, which will be on display from September 6, 2024 to March 23, 2025.
Ugo Rondinone’s triumphant thirty-year retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Luzern is an ode to Switzerland’s majestic overlapping mountains and verdant terrain. “Cry Me a River” ranges from his early to most current work, reflecting themes that have been a consistent inspiration.
Galerie Eva Presenhuber is proud to announce the representation of Vienna-based artist Liesl Raff. Liesl Raff's sculptures explore the nuances of physical and social interactions through a profound appreciation of diverse materials and persistent experimentation. Her work features a semiotics of materials that begins where words fail. Recently, she has used natural rubber to showcase its adaptable and shape-shifting properties. Standing near or within Raff's pieces, you experience a transition into a warm, cozy, and calm state, feeling a sense of dependability and safety. Her sculptures integrate seamlessly with their surroundings, promoting contact and interaction.
It's snowing, the sun is setting, a storm is brewing – Ugo Rondinone's expansive exhibition cry me a river at Kunstmuseum Luzern invites viewers to immerse themselves in both his art and the elements. At the heart of the artist's work is the overwhelming beauty of the landscape and the power of nature. Rondinone, who lives in New York, grew up in Brunnen on Lake Lucerne and is now returning to his home country to present a major retrospective.
At her pop-up in the Melina Merkouri Art & Concert Hall, sponsored by the Pappas Family Collection and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, the industrious Tschabalala Self drew crowds of tourists and locals to The Bigger Picture. This triple-screen video (until 2 July) revisits, rather than documents, Sounding Board, the play with music (by Boney M) that she contributed to the 2021 Performa Biennial.
Louisa Gagliardi captivates collectors with her unique paintings that explore the tension between online and real-life existence. Her works feature slick, serene yet uneasy scenes with avatars that evoke a sense of ennui. Using a laborious digital process, she prints sketches on glossy PVC surfaces, creating a surreal, sci-fi allure. Gagliardi's background in graphic design influences her industrial technique, and her works reflect themes of hyperconnectivity and isolation. Influenced by artists like Fernand Léger, her art combines reflections and trompe l'oeil effects, aiming to immerse viewers in otherworldly, dream-like realms.
Drawing from nuanced forms of joy, Black artists, whether residing in Africa or within the vast African diaspora, have pursued a spectrum of visual vocabularies that encompass the experiences of Blackness – of being Black; of living within Black cultures and navigating the complexities of representation and visibility. In doing so, they have intentionally explored the poetics of Blackness in a way that subverts reductive tropes. They explore Black subjectivity and Black consciousness through figurative painting as part of a historical continuum. Join curator Koyo Kouoh as she discusses these vocabularies and histories – surveyed and celebrated in the exhibition When We See Us, A Century of Black Figuration in Painting, currently on show at Kunstmuseum Basel – with artists Kudzanai-Violet Hwami and Tschabalala Self.
Amidst a world rapidly changing under the weight of climate change, the exhibition I Feel the Earth Whisper at Museum Frieder Burda invites us to contemplate the fragile beauty of the natural world and our profound interconnectedness with it. Through the installations of Bianca Bondi, Julian Charrière, Sam Falls and Ernesto Neto – including sculpture, painting, video and photography – the show curated by Patricia Kamp and Jérôme Sans, invites us to reflect upon our relationship with the forests and unique ecosystems of the planet, and to rekindle our historically rooted role as guardians of these vibrant living spaces.
Born and raised in Harlem, New York, Tschabalala Self (b. 1990) pushes the traditional boundaries of painting with her innovative use of pigments, textiles and printmaking methods. Infusing her work with her experiences as a Black American woman, Self deconstructs and reimagines Western portrayals of the Black body. In the video, Self discusses her artistic practice and her solo exhibition, Around the Way, which opened at EMMA in May 2024. The colourful displays in the exhibition evoke the metropolitan landscapes of Harlem and the atmosphere of its domestic interiors. Tschabalala Self is the seventh artist to join InCollection series of exhibitions co-produced by EMMA and Saastamoinen Foundation.
"Doug Aitken is an American artist known for installations that span a wide spectrum of media and genres; they may include video, print media, photography, sculpture, sound, and performance. Aitken wants to make the traditional definition of art more accessible to a much more comprehensive and connecting meaning. The viewer is invited to move through his large-scale works, either by walking around huge screens, stepping on a train, or even swimming through mirrored sculptures – to name but a few of his immersive projects."
For their second instalment of ReCollect! at the Kunsthaus Zürich, Oslo based artists Matias Faldbakken and Ida Ekblad have hung one of their favourite works from the collection, Francis Picabia’s Cure-dents (Toothpicks, c. 1924), opposite four painted bronze sculptures by Ekblad. Faldbakken has then ‘measured’ the distance between Picabia and Ekblad using a VHS-copy of the 1983 splatter film1 Stage Fright. The second installation is on view in the Chipperfield building of the Kunsthaus.
Around the Way features multi-material paintings and sculptures by Tschabalala Self, whose works will together form colourful spatial displays in EMMA’s concrete-dominated exhibition space. Self’s art often deals with the intersections of race and gender. The artist draws from her personal experiences as a Black American woman. She depicts bodies that are both exalted and objectified in Western imagery and art history. Through repetition, deconstruction and distortion of this imagery, she creates a new kind of narrative about the Black body.
The High Line's Moynihan Connector Billboard features Loosie in the Park (2019) and Patience (2022) by Tschabalala Self. Loosie portrays a Black woman in a Harlem park, smoking a single cigarette ("loosie"), reflecting on bodegas' cultural significance in Black and Latino communities. Meanwhile, Patience depicts a Black woman blending into her domestic setting, exploring themes of home and gendered labor. Both artworks encapsulate Self's exploration of community pillars like bodegas and the psychological dimensions of domesticity, respectively, showcasing her distinctive style and thematic depth in capturing Black female experiences.
Museum SAN presents BURN TO SHINE, a solo exhibition of works by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. With over forty works of sculpture, painting, installation, and film featured in the museum’s three main galleries, as well as the Nam June Paik Hall and the outdoor stone garden, BURN TO SHINE offers the most comprehensive presentation of the artist’s oeuvre in Korea to date. In contrast to the broad spectrum of medium and visual language that individual works employ, however, the exhibition, as a whole, gravitates toward themes that remain at the core of Rondinone’ s artistic practice spanning over three decades – the cycle of life, and relationship to nature that fundamentally define our human condition and experience.