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Installation view Kunsthaus Zürich, 2025. Photo: Franca Candrian, Kunsthaus Zürich, Works: © Roman Signer.
ZURICH.- Roman Signer is one of Switzerlands most significant contemporary artists. In a solo exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich from 4 April to 17 August 2025, he is showing works from various phases of his career, combined into a surprising overall installation in the large exhibition gallery. Roman Signer (b. 1938, Appenzell) describes his exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich as a landscape. From the outset, he envisioned the large exhibition hall as open, without walls dividing the space. That is how he most often works. I spread the works around the space, and the public can explore them as if going on a walk, he explains. This also mirrors the way in which Roman Signer discovers the world himself and finds inspiration for his work: he has never been a studio artist. When Signer went to Warsaw for a year in 1972 on an exchange programme and studied under Oskar Hansen, his academy was the street. He spent days walking through the city and absorbing reality. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Abby Kortrijk is a new playful, accessible and multi-voiced museum for visual art where the cityâs art collection engages in dialogue with contemporary art, dynamic heritage practices, and the theme of 'identity' in all its complexity.
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| European museums unite to celebrate Bosch Day, Prado seeks dictionary recognition for "Boschian" | | Rose Wylie's "When Found becomes Given" at David Zwirner explores time and narrative in vibrant paintings | | From fiction to reality: Exhibition explores the dawn of tourist world tours |
Jerry Saltz with El JardÃn de las Delicias by Bosch.
MADRID.- Art lovers across Europe are celebrating the unique genius of Hieronymus Bosch, the iconic Netherlandish painter of the late Middle Ages, as major museums housing his works join in marking "Bosch Day." Leading the charge is the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, which has taken the initiative to propose the inclusion of the term "bosquiano" the Spanish equivalent of "Boschian" into the official Spanish dictionary. The Prado, home to the world's largest collection of Bosch's masterpieces, including the famed Garden of Earthly Delights, has designated April 5th as a special day to honor the artist. This date marks the first known historical reference to Bosch, dating back to 1474. To further solidify the painter's lasting impact, the museum has formally requested the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) to add "bosquiano" to its dictionary. The Prado argues that the term is already in common usage to describe anything related to the singular style and imaginative world of Bosch, mu ... More | |
Rose Wylie, Opera Singer & Teapot, 2024. Oil on canvas, 77 3/8 x 60 5/8 inches (196.5 x 154 cm). Signed verso.
LONDON.- David Zwirner is presenting When Found becomes Given, an exhibition of paintings by British artist Rose Wylie at the gallerys location in London. This presentation includes new and recent canvases and multipanel works that roam diverse chronologies and amalgamate the personal, symbolic, and historicalinhabiting real and imagined timelines within or even between different paintings. When Found becomes Given precedes Wylies forthcoming solo exhibition in the Main Galleries at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, which will open in February 2026. Wylie has become known for her uniquely recognisable, colourful, and exuberant compositions that appear aesthetically candid, not seeming to align with any discernible style or movement, but on closer inspection are revealed to be wittily observed and subtly sophisticated meditations on the nature of visual representation itself. The artist ... More | |
Around the World in 80 Days, poster for the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, 1876. Municipal Library of Nantes, Jules Verne Collection. Photo F. Pellois.
PRANGINS.- A new exhibition at the Château de Prangins Swiss National Museum offers a fascinating glimpse into the pioneering era of tourist world travel, from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Titled "World Tours. From Jules Verne to the First Globetrotters," the exhibition delves into the motivations, routes, and experiences of the adventurous individuals who embarked on these groundbreaking journeys for leisure. The exhibition highlights the transformative period that began around 1869, spurred by the opening of the San Francisco-Yokohama shipping line and the completion of the American transcontinental railway. These advancements, coupled with the immense popularity of Jules Verne's 1872 novel, Around the World in 80 Days, ignited a global fascination with circumnavigating the planet. Developed in collaboration with researchers from the University of Geneva as part of the Swiss National Science Foundation ... More |
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| Rachel Jones's "Dark-Pivot" marks LA debut at Regen Projects with bold explorations of the body | | Michel Pérez Pollo's "Bolero" melds Cuban music and abstract painting in New York debut | | MOCA Tucson explores the sonic landscape with "Frequencies" exhibition |
Rachel Jones, Dark-Pivot, 2025. Oil pastel and oil stick on linen, 98 1/2 x 70 7/8 x 1 1/2 inches (250.2 x 180 x 3.8 cm).
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects is presenting Dark-Pivot, London-based artist Rachel Joness first solo exhibition with the gallery and in Los Angeles. The exhibitions new paintings pose fundamental questions about how the bodyand traces of its movementis comprehended differently when pushed beyond its figurative or abstract limits. Powerfully wielding negative space alongside color palettes and motifs drawn from cartoons, Jones recalibrates the psychic motor that drives our perception of bodily forms and traditional landscape painting, carving out new terrains between the real and the imaginary. Dark-Pivot continues Joness use of the mouth motif, for which she is well known. In her paintings, mouths are a cipher for the body and its psychological interior, grasping at the elusive or opaque qualities of ones innermost thoughts and emotions. Six large-scale ... More | |
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NEW YORK, NY.- Timothy Taylor is presenting Bolero, an exhibition of new paintings by Cuban-born, Madrid-based painter Michel Pérez Pollo at the gallerys New York location. Bolero features large- and small-scale paintings of abstracted glyph-like forms in rich, earthen hues. This is Pérez Pollos first solo exhibition in New York and his second with the gallery. This exhibition draws its title from the Cuban musical genre bolero, which developed from the romantic folk poetry of troubadours in late nineteenth-century Santiago de Cuba. Pérez Pollo drew particular inspiration from the traditional love song Longina, whose lyrics describe a mysterious, sensitive woman. Each painting abstracts a syllable from the songs lyrics, with letter forms that shift in and out of recognition. These works connect the emotional resonance of juxtaposed forms to that of juxtaposed sounds, words, and phrases. Each syllablereflected in the workss titles, Sion, Rio, Ojos, Loni ... More | |
Vivian Caccuri, The Weeping Dancer, MOCA Tucson, 2025. Photograph by Julius Schlosburg, copyright © jpop photon, 2025.
TUCSON, AZ.- MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) Tucson presents Frequencies, an exhibition featuring a group of contemporary artists who explore the dynamic possibilities of sound. Working across sculpture, architecture, video, performance, and image, these artists foreground the physical and affective dimensions of sound. Together, they invite us to consider how sound is relational shaping and shaped by the contexts in which it resonates. Attending to the audible and inaudible traces of the world, the artists propose sound as a conduit for transgressing boundaries and a catalyst for transformation and action. Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork and Ana Paula Santanas installations employ transposition and resonance to explore how sound is shaped by environment, material, and movement. With layered scores that emerge from live and recorded performance, video ... More |
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| Semiose presents Amélie Bertrand: Country Life | | Two millennia of sculpture on display in captivating exhibition at Alon Zakaim Fine Art | | Julian Opie's walking figures take center stage in Lisson Gallery exhibition |
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PARIS.- Paris, 6 May 1896 Dear friend, In eight days, Im leaving for Greece. Do you wish to accompany me and look at the Parthenon? If you agree, it would please me greatly. Well set off from Marseille. Three days later we shall be in Piraeus. Please say you will come with me. Faithfully yours GC (1) When George Clemenceau wrote this letter to Claude Monet, he was 55 years old and the painter 56. I dont know if Monet replied, nor whether he actually went to Marseille. Nothing prevents us however from imagining the scene: the two men meeting somewhere on the docks, it was mid-May and the days were lengthening. Perhaps they had a drink on a café terrace, delighted to be away from the hustle and bustle of Paris life. In a few hours, they would set off to admire the wonders of Antiquity Today, we could push this fiction even further by re-enacting it more than a century later. All the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence, deep fakes and filters of all kinds, ha ... More | |
Giacomo Manzù, La grande chiave, c.1975. Bronze; edition 7 of 7. Height: 85 cm (33½ in.). Stamped with signature and foundry mark 'MANZà N.F.M.M.' (on the base).
LONDON.- Alon Zakaim Fine Art is presenting Carved & Cast: Sculpture Through the Ages a captivating exhibition that brings together a museum-quality selection of privately owned sculptures, spanning over two millennia. Across two floors, the exhibition aims to highlight the divergent attitudes and approaches towards sculptural practice, and present a compelling survey of how some of the greatest masters of the last two centuries have shaped and redefined the medium. The exhibition features more than fifteen artists, with highlights including a magnificent hand-carved marble statue by Auguste Rodin, widely regarded as the father of modern sculpture, and a seminal unique granite by Jacques Lipchitz that was exhibited in the inaugural Guggenheim Museum show in New York. From masterpieces of the ancient world including a c. ... More | |
Julian Opie, Black shorts., 2023. Auto paint on aluminium, 320.8 x 170 x 49 cm. 126 1/4 x 66 7/8 x 19 1/4 in. Base: 29 x 180 x 65 cm. Base: 11 3/8 x 70 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lisson Gallery presents an exhibition of new and recent works by Julian Opie, united by the theme of the walking figure. Encompassing sculptures, animations and paintings, these extend the artistic vocabulary that he has developed over four decades a language of forms, of images, of people. Four sculptures, installed at staggered intervals on concrete plinths, derive from Opies Busan Walkers series of 2023. Rendered in high-gloss auto paint on aluminum, each depicts a figure in motion a passerby originally photographed on the Busan seafront and subsequently translated into a drawing, which in turn served as templates for a series of twenty statues. A simplified profile view of a body has been enlarged given volumetric depth and yet the image remains studiedly two-dimensional. Red phone. (2023) and Yellow phone. ... More |
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| Cuban sculptor AgustÃn Cárdenas honored in new Mitterrand exhibition | | Galerie Eva Presenhuber presents "Wall Works & Sculptures" with ten international artists | | Immersive golden skies: Sandra Cinto's new exhibition opens in Los Angeles |
AgustÃn Cárdenas, La vierge à l'enfant, 1956. Bois. H 67 x 10 x 10 cm. H 26 3/8 x 4 x 4 in. © the artist.
PARIS.- Mitterrand is presenting a new exhibition of works by Cuban artist AgustÃn Cárdenas from 2 April to 29 May 2025, in both its Paris galleries. Featured in the Paris Noir exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, Cárdenas is one of the three great sculptors of Surrealism, alongside Arp and Giacometti[1]. While his work embodies his Latin-American and African origins, its strong symbolism and extreme liberty frees it from their respective references. Working with wood, marble, and bronze, Cárdenas developed poetic, curved, and sensual works in which organic generosity, elongated silhouettes, and abstract forms all mix together. The abstract nature of his volumes is almost always counterbalanced by a figurative representation, which is suggested by his chosen titles. Totems, shells, women, couples, horses, doors, stele: Cárdenas worked with an array of highly symbolic subjects providing him with the pretext to explore many facets of creation across various forms. The works presented at the galler ... More | |
Adam Pendleton, Dada Dancers, 2016. Silkscreen ink on mylar, 9 parts 9 Sheets, each 96.5 x 76.5 cm / 38 x 30 1/8 in. Total dimensions 290 x 222 cm / 114 1/8 x 87 3/8 in © Adam Pendleton.
ZURICH.- Galerie Eva Presenhuber is presenting the group show Wall Works & Sculptures, showcasing works by Walead Beshty, Angela Bulloch, Sylvie Fleury, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, John Giorno, Adam Pendleton, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Ugo Rondinone, and Steven Shearer. Walead Beshty (b. 1976 in London, UK) is concerned with how the art system influences the production of art and how the works that emerge from it can in turn influence it. His work is based on an awareness of the interactions between social context and social conditions: Materials, production conditions, studio and exhibition spaces, transport systems, educational institutions and environments, critics, audiences, collectors, the art market, etc. They help to determine how a work of art is created, presented and ultimately perceived. Beshty understands the art system as a microsystem of globalised ... More | |
Sandra Cinto, Landscape in Gold, 2025. Acrylic on canvas, 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches; 200 x 200 x 3 cm.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is presenting Prelude to the Sun, a solo exhibition of new work by Sandra Cinto in Los Angeles, on view through July 2, 2025. This is the artists eleventh show with the gallery and second in Los Angeles. For over three decades, Sandra Cinto has explored the potential of drawing to create intricate images and immersive environments, often using the line as a gesture to deconstruct the physical and conceptual boundaries between painting, sculpture, photography and installation. For Prelude to the Sun, Cinto has created a large-scale, curved wall drawing, enveloping the viewer in a golden sky. The sun is an inspirational element for the artist, not only as a symbol of warmth and life, but also as a reminder of the passage of time. Delicately repeated motifs such as stars, waves, cliffs, bridges, and swings, comprise a rich vocabulary of symbols and lines that construct a lyrical landscape, hovering gently between ... More |
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Finnish artist Camilla Moberg brings luminous glass sculptures to Galerie Maria Wettergren
PARIS.- Galerie Maria Wettergren is presenting the exhibition, Over The Rainbow, the first solo show of Finnish artist Camilla Moberg, which takes place at the gallery from March 8 to May 31st, 2025. The rainbow represents hope in many cultures, and Mobergs large luminous sculptures, with their vibrant colors, radiate a particularly joyful beauty despite their otherwise serious underlying message. Handcrafted in blown glass in Nuutajärvi, Finlands oldest glassmaking village, Mobergs sculptures reflect her thoughts on biodiversity and its preservation. Their totem-like structure is inspired by the stacking of natural stones observed throughout history and across various cultures, symbolizing unity and the connection between humans and nature. The different glass elements in her sculptures feature intricate patterns inspired by the colors and patterns of insects ... More
Kyle Stephan announced as Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
EVANSTON, IL.- The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University announced the appointment of Kyle Stephan as the Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Stephans breadth of experience as a curator, scholar, and educator in global contemporary art, time-based media, and interdisciplinary curatorial practice will inform the shaping role she will play in The Blocks exhibitions, collections, and public engagement with modern and contemporary art. Stephan brings over a decade of curatorial experience in visual and performing art at cultural institutions across the US, Europe, and Latin America. She joins The Block from the Harvard Art Museums, where she began as the Hakuta Family Nam June Paik Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow and was extended as Consulting Curator in the division of Modern and Contemporary Art. Her curatorial ... More
Dance, animation, and sound intersect in Will Rawls's new installation at the ICA LA
LOS ANGELES, CA.- [siccer] is an interdisciplinary project and immersive installation by artist and choreographer Will Rawls (b. 1978, Boston, MA), who is based between Los Angeles and New York. Marking Rawls most significant institutional presentation to date, [siccer] uses dance, stop-motion animation, and sound to investigate the role of media in documenting, exploiting, and erasing the Black body. Adopting the techniques and technologies associated with the cinema and the stage, Rawls work challenges divisions between the living, the rehearsed, and the performed. Produced with stop-motion animation, [siccer] features an all-Black cast of performers in various states of motion and capture. At once fragmented and continuous, the performers gestures glitch in and out of focus across a scaffolding of chroma green frames reminiscent of the green screens commonly ... More
Femke Herregraven wins Theodora Niemeijer Prijs 2025
AMSTERDAM.- This year, the Theodora Niemeijer Prize has been awarded to Femke Herregraven (Nijmegen, 1982). The prize, worth 100,000, is entirely at the artist's disposal. A quarter of the amount is allocated for the purchase of a work by the winner for a Dutch museumthis year, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, which nominated Herregraven. The Theodora Niemeijer Prize is awarded every two years to a mid-career female artist who resides and/or works in the Netherlands or holds Dutch nationality. This year, three museums nominated artists for the prize: in addition to the Stedelijk Museum, these were the Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven) and Museum Arnhem. The Theodora Niemeijer Prize is the largest unrestricted art prize in the Netherlands. The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 8 (International Womens Day) at the Stedelijk Museum. ... More
Art exhibition in Sofia bridges divides, explores borders between Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey
SOFIA.- A thought-provoking new exhibition is set to open at the National Historical Museum in Sofia on April 8, 2025, inviting visitors to explore the intricate and often complex relationships between Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey through the lens of contemporary art. Titled "Through the Prism of Borders Episode 2: Artistic Journeys between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey," the show features the works of five artists who delve into the social, political, and historical realities of this southeastern European border region. The exhibition, a collaboration with the Italian Platform for Design and Cultural Productions Lungomare, showcases newly created pieces by Esra Ersen, the duo Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov, Ivan Moudov, and the collective ZimmerFrei, represented by Anna de Manincor. Their diverse artistic approaches engage with the museum's ... More
Artists' Residencies from the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
PARIS.- In 2025, the Fondation dentreprise Hermès is continuing its Artists Residencies programme under the artistic direction of Emmanuelle Luciani. This spring, two artists are invited to Hermès workshops to develop each a project : Salomé Chatriot at the Maroquinerie de la Sormonne (Ardennes) and Jacopo Pagin at the Cristallerie Saint-Louis (Moselle). The Fondation dentreprise Hermès has long committed to supporting the making of new work in the contemporary arts. Since 2010, the Foundation has developed a programme of Artists Residencies at house of Hermès workshops across France. Visual artists work alongside craftspeople, discovering and implementing their skills and gestures. The invited artists devise original artworks using exceptional, fine materials such as silk, silver, leather and crystal. In 2024, the Foundation appointed curator Emmanuelle ... More
Introducing opa projects: Miami's newest destination for contemporary art
MIAMI, FLA.- opa projects, a dynamic new art gallery, is set to redefine the contemporary art scene in Miami. With a strong emphasis on forward- thinking art and design, opa projects is more than just a galleryit is an immersive experience designed to cultivate a community of collectors, art lovers, and cultural influencers. Located in the heart of Miamis Little River District, opa projects curates a compelling selection of contemporary artworks, offering exclusive access to emerging and established artists. Recognized as one of Miamis most exciting cultural hubs, Little River has rapidly evolved into a destination for independent galleries, Michelin-recognized restaurants, and creative enterprises. Its industrial charm and artistic energy provide the perfect setting for opa projects to foster relationships between art, design, and its audience. Beyond its exhibitions, opa projects ... More
Ruth Beraha wins the third edition of the Matteo Visconti di Modrone Prize / miart 2025
MILAN.- The winner of the 10,000 award will be selected through an Open Call among proposals submitted by galleries participating in the 2025 edition of miart, the international fair of modern and contemporary art in Milan. The awarded artist will have the opportunity to create their work at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, assisted by its skilled artisans. The selection will be made by a jury including Cecilia Alemani, Nikola Dietrich, Dr. Jelena Trkulja, and the President of Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, Bernabò Visconti di Modrone as Jury President. The artist's project was selected, from the many received during the Open Call, with the following motivation: The jury of the third edition of the Matteo Visconti di Modrone Award unanimously awarded the artist Ruth Beraha (Milan, 1986). The sculpture proposed by the artist, an upside-down eagle with its head stuck into a pedestal, ... More
National Science and Media Museum unveils its most cutting-edge experience yet
BRADFORD.- Open to the public Thursday 3 April Sunday 22 Feb 2026, YOU:MATTER is a spectacular immersive installation at the National Science and Media Museum created by renowned artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF), commissioned for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. Visitors can take an unforgettable trip discovering their connection to the universe, exploring the web of relationships that bond people and the natural world together. YOU:MATTER inspires visitors to explore how everything in our universe can be traced back to the same cosmic explosion. This experience shows the Big Bang wasnt just a one-time thing its still banging, right at the heart of Bradford and coursing through us and our surroundings. From the stars above to each living cell, the technologies behind this extraordinary experience make the invisible visible. The installation playfully ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian-French painter Gino Severini was born April 07, 1883. Gino Severini (7 April 1883 - 26 February 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome. He was associated with neo-classicism and the "return to order" in the decade after the First World War. In this image: A visitor looks at paintings, 'Femme a la Mandoline' (L) and 'Les joueurs de Cartes' (R) by Italian futurist and neo-classic artist Gino Severini,1883-1966, at the Orangerie Museum in Paris.
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