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ART NEWS: Sept.03

Taking inspiration from her home in Marrakesh, Laurence Leenaert’s paintings in her exhibition “Argile et Rêves”, are a tapestry of different colous, textures and techniques, infused with the joy and the chaos of the city. These new artworks distil Leenaert’s experience of Marrakesh, her home since moving to develop her …

Thomas Ruff, d.o.pe.01 (detail), 2022, Colaris on velour carpet, edition 2/4 + AP, 266.7 x 199.4 cm, 105 x 78 1/2 inches, Signed, dated, numbered, and inscribed verso, © Thomas Ruff, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Thomas Ruff

Already as a student in the class of the photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art in the …

Nari Ward, Amazing Grace, 1993, mixed media installation, variable dimensions, Private collection, © Nari Ward, Courtesy the artist

PRESENTATION: Nari Ward -Gilded Darkness

Nari Ward  is known for his sculptural installations composed of discarded material found and collected throughout his neighborhood. He has repurposed objects …

Soun-Gui Kim, Situation plastique III – Octobre à Bordeaux, 1973, single-channel video (4:3), 16 mm, 13:45 min., © Soun-Gui Kim

PRESENTATION: Soun Gui Kim-Lazy Clouds

Soun-Gui Kim combines philosophy, art, and technology in works ranging from the deconstruction of painting to spectator-participatory events in public places, video …

Photo Left: Kenjirō Okazaki, Haunted Pagan Vegan / やさいのおばけ / Cabbage Beggar, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 9 7/8 x 7 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches framed, Photo: SAIKI, © Kenjirō Okazaki, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery. Right: Kenjirō Okazaki, Sar-i Sang Mines / 東方浄瑠璃 (Eastern Pure Lapis Lazuli) / oṃ huru huru caṇḍāli mātaṅgi svāhā, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 1 1/8 inches framed, Photo: SAIKI, © Kenjirō Okazaki, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe

ART CITIES: Tokyo-Kenjirō Okazaki

Kenjirō Okazaki has developed a wide range of interdisciplinary practices that transcend conventional artistic genres and classifications of art, including architecture, literary …

Kelly Tissot, Dubious portrait and improper meeting/Grower, 2022 / Dubious portrait and improper meeting/Schoolgirl I, 2022 / Dubious portrait and improper meeting/Schoolgirl II, 2022, Digital UV print on faux leather, each 290 x 210 cm / Coating against nostalgia/ Cobalt glints II, 2022. Steel, stained fir wood , 300 x 160 x 5 cm, Exhibition view Kunsthaus Baselland 2022. Photo: Gina Folly

ART CITIES: Bassel-Kelly Tissot

Since 2016, Kelly Tissot has been working on photographic series that radically break away from a romantic image of the landscape or …

Prune Nourry, Diorama Cible, 2022, Box, metal, wood, arrows, 252 × 141 × 28 cm, 99 2/8 × 55 1/2 × 11 in, © Prune Nourry, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Daniel Templon

ART CITIES: Brussels-Prune Nourry

Prune Nourry lives and works in New York. She is interested in the fields of science and anthropology, particularly bioethical questions relating …

ART NEWS: Sept.02

Helen Marten’s exhibition, “Third Moment Profile | The Almost Horse”, own folly is classical: the attempt to depict a horse. This exertion …

rena Lagator Pejović, Nets, Nodes, Horizons, 2020. Interactive wall installation (hand-made colored yarn balls, nets, nodes), 105 × 620 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Lazar Pejović

PREVIEW:Art at Work

The exhibition “Art at Work”, looks at three different segments of the genealogy of the concept of (artistic) work in the region …

Alexandre Lenoir, Trois Rivières, 2021, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 261.9 x 128 x 3.5 cm (each), 103 1/8 x 50 3/8 x 1 3/8 in (each), © Alexandre Lenoir, Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Shanghai-Alexandre Lenoir

Representing landscapes of luxurious vegetation, interiors and buildings, Alexandre Lenoir’s works often include characters as ephemeral as memories. Like flashbacks or dreamscapes, …

Michael Rakowitz, Charita Baghdad, 2020, Graphite on archival digital print, 1100 x 4570 cm, 433 1/16 x 1799 3/16 inches, © Michael Rakowitz, Courtesy the artist and Green Art Gallery. Photo: Anna Shtraus

ART CITIES: Dubai-Michael Rakowitz

Concerned with history and current events, Michael Rakowitz uses his work to explore pressing issues and to invite others into the conversations …

Hoda Kashiha, I am Here, I am not Here (diptyque), 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 2 canvas of 150 x 120 cm (59 1/16 x 47 1/4 in), © Hoda Kashiha, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia

ART CITIES: Paris-Hoda Kashiha

Hoda Kashiha studied painting at Tehran University in 2009 and at Boston University in the United States in 2014, which allowed her …

Allan Sekula, The Forgotten Space (Video still), 2010, DCP, Digibeta, DV CAM, colour / black & white, Duration: 113 min, Collection: The Estate of Allan Sekula, Los Angeles

PRESENTATION: Museum in Motion

A new building dedicated to contemporary art will be realised for M HKA, the museum is already beginning the important work in …