Louis Bourgeois at Foundation Carmignac in "The Infinite Woman" exhibition.
Roni Horn at Hauser and Wirth, Menorca, Spain
New York-based artist Roni Horn, recipient of the 2013 Joan Miró Prize and renowned for her conceptually driven work across various media, presents her first solo exhibition in Menorca with Hauser and Wirth. The exhibition features a selection of sculptures and installations that engage with both the historic gallery spaces and the natural environment.
Runs until the 27th October 2024.
“In the House of the Trembling Eye” at Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
“In the House of the Trembling Eye” is an expansive group exhibition curated by London-based artist Allison Katz, spanning the entire Aspen Art Museum and organized in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. This exhibition marks the first time in North America that contemporary art will be showcased alongside ancient fresco fragments, many of which have never before been displayed in the United States. Katz creates formal and symbolic connections between these ancient artifacts and twentieth- and twenty-first-century artworks, highlighting the emotional ties between their subjects through careful juxtaposition. The exhibition explores the interplay of cultural remnants, art history, and autobiography with themes of memory, the unconscious, and questions of taste. Featured artists include Elizabeth Peyton, Marlene Dumas, Gerhard Richter, Rashid Johnson, Anish Kapoor, Ed Ruscha, and Alice Neel.
Runs until the 29th September 2024.
Alexander Calder “Sculpting Time” at MASI Lugano, Italy
Calder MASI Lugano “Sculpting Time” delves into the transformative influence of Alexander Calder and is an exploration of his groundbreaking work. Calder fundamentally changed the way we perceive and interact with sculpture by introducing the fourth dimension of time into art with his iconic mobiles—a term coined by Marcel Duchamp, which plays on the dual meanings of "motion" and "motive" in French. Additionally, Calder explored volumes and voids with his stabiles, a name given by Jean Arp to describe his stationary sculptures. The exhibition features over thirty masterworks from Calder's most innovative and prolific years, spanning the 1930s to 1960. It includes his early abstractions, known as sphériques, as well as a stunning array of mobiles, stabiles, and standing mobiles in various scales.
Runs until the 6th October 2024.
"Are You Joking? Women and Humor” Sag Harbor, The Church, Hamptons, NY
Sag Harbor’s The Church, an exhibition space and artist residency founded by Eric Fischl and April Gornik in 2021, presents "Are You Joking? Women and Humor," featuring the works of 40 female-identifying artists who challenge outdated stereotypes about women and humor. This exhibition showcases a diverse range of approaches, from satire and surrealism to self-deprecation and subversion. Artists such as Lisa Yuskavage, Nina Chanel Abney, Katherine Bernhardt, Dana Schutz, Cindy Sherman, and others demonstrate the many ways humor is employed in contemporary art.
Runs until 2nd September 2024.
“Bonnard-Matisse, a friendship” Saint Paul de Vence Fondation Maeght, France
France's first modern and contemporary art foundation, will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a major exhibition, “Bonnard-Matisse, a Friendship,” and the opening of new exhibition rooms for its permanent collection. The exhibition explores and contrasts the specific of the two painters, also mirroring their approach to the similar subjects of self portraits, streets, and light.The festivities will include a month of concerts, dance performances, film screenings, and readings. Additionally, the new space will be unveiled to display masterpieces by Braque, Léger, Chagall, Miró, Calder, Mitchell, and Kelly.
Runs until the 6th of October 2024.
Francis Bacon at L'Espèce de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
This exhibition focuses on a lesser-known aspect of Francis Bacon's work: his creation of furniture in the early 1930s, the influences that shaped this period for him, and the lasting impact it had on his career. The exhibition showcases a substantial collection of Bacon's works from this era, including paintings, furniture, rugs, and archival documents. In addition to these design pieces, the exhibition also features paintings by artists like Roy De Maistre, Fernand Léger, and Pablo Picasso, offering a broader perspective on the context and influences that shaped Bacon's early work.
Runs until 5th January 2025.
Jean Cocteau: “The Juggler’s Revenge” at Peggy Guggenheim, Venice, Italy
Peggy Guggenheim Collection exhibits "Jean Cocteau: The Juggler’s Revenge," the most comprehensive retrospective ever organised in Italy dedicated to Jean Cocteau. The exhibition will feature a wide array of works, including drawings, graphics, jewelry, tapestries, historical documents, books, magazines, photographs, documentaries, and films directed by Cocteau. These pieces trace the evolution of this multifaceted artist's distinctive and highly personal aesthetics, highlighting the key moments of his tumultuous career.
Runs until 16th September 2024.
"The Infinite Woman" at Carmignac foundation, Hyeres, France
"The Infinite Woman" delves into the complex themes of identity, sexuality, pleasure, and power, illuminating the ways women have been portrayed from ancient myths to the most contemporary and subversive representations. The exhibition reclaims and redefines women's bodies, liberating them from the constraints of Western beauty standards and challenging societal norms, the boundaries of art, and its historically oppressive categories. This thematic journey features over eighty artworks, showcasing female figures that are both familiar and unsettling. The show includes sacred and nurturing women depicted by artists like Sandro Botticelli, Mary Beth Edelson, and Loie Hollowell; free-spirited sirens as seen in the works of Kiki Smith, Chris Ofili, and Sofia Mitsola; spider-women created by Louise Bourgeois and Frida Orupabo; and objects of desire portrayed by Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, and Thomas Ruff.
Runs until 3rd November 2024.
Matisse and Ellsworth "Shapes and Colors,” at Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris
The Fondation Louis Vuitton presents a dual exhibition featuring Henri Matisse's iconic painting "The Red Studio" (1911) and an Ellsworth Kelly retrospective titled "Shapes and Colors, 1949-2015." "Matisse: The Red Studio" brings together works that were in Matisse's studio in Issy-les-Moulineaux, alongside archival documents and previously unseen creations that provide insight into the context in which the painting was conceived.
Runs until 9th September 2024.
George Condo “The Mad and the Lonely," at The DESTE Foundation, Hydra, Greece
This summer Deste Foundation opens “The Mad and the Lonely," an exhibition featuring works by George Condo. On view at DESTE’s Project Space, a former slaughterhouse on Hydra. The exhibition showcases small-scale paintings and larger sculptures from Condo's career. The works explore the themes of madness and loneliness, depicting individuals marginalized by society and caught between these states.
Runs until 31st October 2024.
Dana Schutz "The Island" at George Economou Collection, Athens, Greece
Image courtesy of David Zwirner
The George Economou Collection exhibits "The Island," Dana Schutz's first exhibition in Greece. The exhibition showcases key works spanning over twenty years, from Schutz’s early mature paintings from the early 2000s, to a recent composition completed this year, providing a comprehensive overview of the evolution of her style. The exhibition title is a playful acknowledgment to both the show’s location, Greece’s geography comprising thousands of islands, and the recurring motif of isolated figures in the artist’s body of work.
Runs until March 2025.
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