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Mark Dion, Riding Neptune's vault. Cabinet A, 1997/98, Showcase with fragments of glass, iron, plastic, Private collection

PRESENTATION: EXPOSURE

The project “EXPOSURE Art, culture, fashion in and out of the showcase” is centered on a reflection on the public display of artworks of art and, in particular, on the vitrine, which is virtually synonymous with the European museum. This problematic becomes particularly acute and different when it comes to …

Bertille Bak, La Brigada, 2018-2023, Video of 12 mins and a series of shoeshine boxes, © Bertille Bak, Courtesy the artist and Jeu de Paume

ART CITIES: Paris-Bertille Bak

Bertille Bak’s work depicts communities in which she has previously immersed herself in an effort to understand their codes, customs, and rites. …

June Crespo, Vascular (5), 2024, Curved checker steel plate and rugs, 150 × 300 × 293 cm, Courtesy the artist, © June Crespo, Bilbao, 2024, Image © FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa. Photo Erika Barahona Ede

PRESENTATION: June Crespo-Vascular

June Crespo’s sculptural practice forges a transformative dialogue with the concepts that have marked Basque art in recent decades, yet it also …

Jim Shaw, Dream Object ("College kids were reminiscing about their innocent days before smoking pot.  They had a pile of stuff they needed to hide from a cop on top of a hill.  A kid watched from a car below & when the narc showed they held a giant octopus tarot card to block the the cops view.") - Dream Drawing (”Using a computer you could visualize sounds.“), 2015, Ink and airbrush on paper / graphite on paper. Dream Object: 20 x 12 in, 50.8 x 30.48 cm, Dream Drawing: 12 1/8 x 8 5/8, 30.5 x 22 cm, © Jim Shaw, Courtesy the artist and Praz-Delavallade Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Jim Shaw

The practice of Jim Shaw spans a wide range of artistic media and visual imagery. Since the 1970s, Shaw has mined the …

John McCracken, Flare, 2008, Polyester resin, fiberglass and plywood, Overall dimensions: 96 x 72 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (243.8 x 184.2 x 34.3 cm) 5 parts, each: 96 x 4 1/2 x 3 inches (243.8 x 11.4 x 7.6 cm), Courtesy David Zwirner Gallery

PRESENTATION: John McCracken

John McCracken occupies a singular position within the recent history of American art, as his work melds the restrained formal qualities of …

Tu Hongtao, Tower of Babel, 2023, Oil and oilstick on canvas, 82¹¹⁄₁₆ × 126 inches (210 × 320 cm), © Tu Hongtao, Courtesy the artist and Lévy Gorvy Dayan Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Tu Hongtao

Tu Hongtao revisits Eastern and Western traditions of landscape painting to reconsider the representation of space and time. Based in Chengdu, Tu …

Yane Calovski, Procession, from the series “Schöning Revisited: Extensions, Chroma, Inflections”, 2022–ongoing, archival pigment print, 70x105 cm, ed. 1/5 +2 AP. Photo: Jean-Jacques Valès, © Yane Calovski, Courtesy the artist and Zilberman Gallery

ART CITIES: Berlin-Yane Calovski

Yane Calovski’s artistic practice is research-based and interdisciplinary. He is interested in reactivating and linking existing, inconclusive modernist narratives, and how these, …

Chuck Close, Fred, 2017-2018, oil on canvas, 36” x 30 9 (Diptych), © Chuck Close, Courtesy Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Chuck Close

In the 1960s, Chuck Close pioneered Photorealism with his monumental, exquisitely detailed portraits, whose subjects he took from photographic sources. Playing with …

ART NEWS: Feb.02

The expression “hidden agenda” has a questionable connotation. That makes sense as the framework of a society is often based on ideals …

Huma Bhabha, Untitled, 2022 (detail), © Huma Bhabha, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

PREVIEW: Huma Bhabha

Huma Bhabha draws inspiration from science fiction, mythology, zoology, art history, and popular culture. In her sculptures, works on paper, and drawings …

Catherine Opie, Blood Grid #1, 2023, Pigment print, 12 prints, 39.25 x 75 inches (overall framed), 99.69 x 190.5 cm, © Catherine Opie, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London

ART CITIES: N.York-Catherine Opie

Catherine Opie is known for her powerfully dynamic photography that examines the ideals and norms surrounding the culturally constructed American dream and …