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“André Butzer”Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin What the gallery says: “Since 2018, André Butzer resides in California and continues his elementary explorations of color, light, and pictorial scale. Yet, everything seems to be ‘seen anew.’ His paintings virtually reinvent themselves. Some of them are now even titled again, often in the form of basic words such as […] More
For the Chicago-based artist Nick Cave, trash is treasure. In his hands, the discarded detritus of everyday life becomes the foundational element of intricately layered artworks he calls Soundsuits. The works are part sculpture and part instrument, meant to be worn (often by Cave himself), and often completely obscure the person inside. In an exclusive […] More
The Canadian singer and musician Grimes is also an artist, it turns out, and she’s unveiling more than a decade’s worth of her visual work in a joint online presentation with Maccarone Los Angeles and GalleryPlatform.LA, a collaborative new online initiative from sixty Los Angeles galleries. “I made art 10, 12 years before I ever touched a keyboard,” […] More
“Thomas Schütte” Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin What the gallery says: “The Konrad Fischer Gallery is pleased to present works by Thomas Schütte. In the courtyard of the gallery, the two bronze sculptures, and , both over four meters high, both 2018, await the visitor. In addition to sculptures in bronze, steel, and glass, the exhibition […] More
What’s life in lockdown like for children? A new virtual show of artworks by kids from around the world is offering a glimpse. The exhibition, titled “Born Artists,” is organized by Qinghua Chen, a graduate student in early childhood education at the University of Buffalo who first became interested in children’s art when she saw how […] More
“Stephan Melzl: Helden, Grundanstrich”Nicolas Krupp Gallery, Basel What the gallery says: “Melzl’s paintings had their genesis in a particular situation in the history of art. By the mid-1990s, the traditional idea of painting as an authentic artistic form was finally outdated. People had become mistrustful of the medium that had been considered the authoritative genre for centuries […] More
As authorities in cities around the world begin to ease lockdown restrictions, the prospect of going out and looking at art is once again becoming a real possibility—even if, depending on where you are, you still can’t actually an art gallery. So galleries and museums have been getting creative. In the early days of New […] More
“Anonymous Society for Magick”Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong What the gallery says: “Artists take viewers into a realm of fantasy that is both factual and fictitious. Sometimes it even borders on the supernatural as it stimulates sensations and affects that evade our normal perception and awareness. As such, artists inspire us to reflect and think beyond our […] More
