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“Gabriel Rico: Nature Loves to Hide”Through August 14 at Perrotin, Paris What the gallery says: “Gabriel Rico’s formulas are brief and precise expressions to make, solve, or achieve something concrete. Thus, they are processes helping to resolve problems or carry out tasks with a series of symbols and rules. The big difference between mathematical formulas […] More
“Toyin Ojih Odutola: Tell Me A Story, I Don’t Care If It’s True”Online at Jack Shainman Gallery What the artist says: “In a time when it seems our priorities are placed on certainty and how to control output amidst a plethora of information that also feels protean and deeply influential, drawing out these vignettes was a […] More
In the past two weeks, statues of Christopher Columbus, Robert E. Lee, slave traders, and leaders of the Confederacy have been toppled and covered in protest signs as part of the widespread demonstrations following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Back in 2017, artist Doreen Garner turned her attention to another figure commemorated […] More
“Mien”Online exhibition benefit through June 30 at TRNK What the organizers say: “Rather than presenting queerness as a cultural homology or indulging the exotification of black and brown bodies, the photographs by the selected artists take authorship over individual lived experiences while also acknowledging contributions to a representative body politic. The seven participating artists selected include […] More
“Tessa Perutz: Homme Allongé”Through July 5 at Ballon Rouge Collective, Brussels What the gallery says: “Tessa’s fragmented and often Fauvist landscapes depict colors dancing in form as if in a hallucination. Recently she has started to portray the body itself as a landscape, depicting human curvature in mirroring peaks, fields, and valleys. In this […] More
“Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi: Gymnasium”Through June 27 at Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg What the gallery says: “The paintings in range from fluidly composed figurations of gymnasts and judges to unoccupied spaces verging on architectural abstraction. Nkosi’s figures are decidedly not painted in peak moments of athleticism. Rather, the artist depicts the moments preceding and following the execution of […] More
Shepard Fairey, the street artist who made his name in the 1990s with his “Obey Giant” murals and stickers, became known worldwide 12 years ago when he designed the “Hope” poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. (Eight years later, he designed a memorable series of feminist images, titled “We the People,” protesting Donald Trump’s election.) Since […] More
In June 2015, almost exactly five years ago, the country was reeling in the aftermath of the shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Caroline, which killed nine worshippers. Now, once again, the country is reckoning with its legacy of violence against black Americans, as protesters around the world join the fight […] More
