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Leopold Museum focuses on Egon Schiele's transformative final years in new exhibition |
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Exhibition View "Changing Times. Egon Schiele’s Last Years: 1914–1918" © Leopold Museum, Vienna, Photo: Leni Deinhardstein.
VIENNA.- This spring, the Leopold Museum is dedicating a large-scale monographic exhibition to the central artist of the Leopold Collection, Egon Schiele (1890-1918). Changing Times. Egon Schiele's Last Years: 1914-1918 is the first presentation to shine the spotlight on the artist's late oeuvre. The eccentric exceptional artist only had around ten years of activity before he died at the age of 28 from the "Spanish Flu". Throughout this decade, Schiele created a comprehensive oeuvre, which is best known for his key paintings and the drawings he realized between 1910 and 1913, in which he addressed his own mental states as well as the self-questioning and inner conflicts of an entire generation. From 1914, right in the middle of his professional career, Schiele faced dramatic changes both of a private and historical nature, which he was forced to adapt to and which impacted on his oeuvre. His previous introspection gave way to a new focus on external realities and novel themes, altering his arti ... More |
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| Jo Baer's "Radical Figuration" celebrated in exhibition at Galerie Barbara Thumm |
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Louise Bourgeois's "Soft Landscape" explores body and nature at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong |
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McNay Art Museum highlights the enduring influence of William Shakespeare |
Jo Baer, The Mighty Hudson, 1992. Oil, pencil and oil-pigment on tracing paper on board, 150 x 200 cm. @ Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin.
BERLIN.- Jo Baer (*1929, Seattle, US) was a transformative figure in the art world, reshaping Minimalism and becoming a key player in the avant-garde movement of 1960s New York City. Renowned for the precision and intellectual depth of her work, she navigated a male-dominated field, earning recognition for her ability to push the boundaries of contemporary art. By the mid-1970s, Baer made a bold, defining shift in her artistic practice, moving away from Minimalism to explore deeper, more layered forms of expression. In 1975, she relocated to County Louth, Ireland, where she spent seven years living in a Norman castle. Drawing inspiration from the local landscape and ancient mythologies, this marked the beginning of her exploration into „radical figuration“—a style she developed alongside a growing interest in the intersection of time, history, and the natural world. Baer’s 1983 essay, “I Am No Longer an ... More |
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Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 2004. Aluminum, hanging piece, 166.4 x 106.7 x 63.5 cm / 65 1/2 x 42 x 25 in. Photo: Christopher Burke © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY.
HONG KONG.- Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential artists of the past century, French-American artist Louise Bourgeois’s work expresses a variety of emotions through a visual vocabulary of formal and symbolic equivalents, ranging from intimate drawings to large-scale installations. Opening on 25 March, ‘Louise Bourgeois. Soft Landscape’ explores the dynamic relationship between landscape and the human body in Bourgeois’s work. Curated by Philip Larratt-Smith, this is her second show at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong, and coincides with the ongoing tour of a major survey exhibition organized by the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, which is on view at the Fubon Art Museum, Taipei, from 15 March to 30 June 2025. Consisting of a selection of works from the 1960s up until her death in 2010, ‘Louise Bourgeois. Soft Landscape’ sets ... More |
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Eugene Berman, Costume design for Desdemona, Act IV, in Otello, 1962. Gouache, ink, and watercolor on paper. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Gift of The Tobin Endowment. TL2001.26.43
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- McNay Art Museum presents “Designing Shakespeare through the Ages,” on view March 27-July 6. The exhibition examines the changing conversations surrounding William Shakespeare’s plays. More than 85 works come together to promote understanding around the legacy of Shakespeare’s work, including maquettes, paintings and works on paper from the McNay’s Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts. Through the designs of “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “The Tempest,” “Twelfth Night,” “Othello,” “The Merchant of Venice” and “King Lear,” the exhibition explores the plays’ respective themes, revealing a different facet to the human condition while pointing to the enduring influence of Shakespeare in popular culture. The exhibition also takes a close look at the ways Shakespeare’s writings have influenced the current cultural lands ... More |
| Coins and medals tell the story of Frederick III in new Dresden show |
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Leiko Ikemura's multifaceted world unveiled in exhibition at Kunsthalle Emden |
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Enrique Martínez Celaya's "The Wilderness" opens at Gallery Wendi Norris, exploring humanity and nature |
Exhibition view All that glisters is not gold. Frederick the Wise (1463-1525) © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Photo: Thomas Victor.
DRESDEN.- 500 years have passed since the death of Frederick III, who ruled Saxony as its wise and far-sighted prince-elector for almost forty years, spanning the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern era. The Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet) of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden marks this occasion with a temporary exhibition entitled “‘All that glisters is not gold’: Frederick the Wise (1463‒1525)”. The coins and medals on show from 29 March 2025 until 11 January 2026 illustrate Frederick’s rich life and multi-layered significance as one of Saxony’s most eminent rulers. Specimens from the Münzkabinett’s own holdings have been complemented by major loans from the Kupferstich-Kabinett (Cabinet of Prints and Drawings), the Rüstkammer (Armoury), the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery) and the Skulpturensammlung bis 1800 (Collection of pre-1800 Sculptures). The guilders, groschens and talers, like the documents, ... More |
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Leiko Ikemura, Girl with a Baby, 2021 © Leiko Ikemura und VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024. Photo: Jörg von Bruchhausen.
EMDEN.- Until May 11, 2025, the Kunsthalle Emden presents the internationally renowned artist Leiko Ikemura. The show brings together seventy-five pieces that provide a cross-section of her multifaceted creative output—from painting and graphic art, through photography and video, to sculpture. The works trace an arc from the 1980s to the present day. This exhibition is conceived not so much as a classic retrospective as rather a symphony of Ikemura’s themes and motifs, staged in an exhibition architecture by the renowned architect Philipp von Matt, Ikemura’s husband. Along the path, art and architecture merge, transcending space and time to best present and physically embrace Ikemura’s imagination. Since the 1980s, Leiko Ikemura, born in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, has cultivated a distinctive oeuvre. After studying literature in Japan and Spain and then graduating from the Seville Academy of Fine Arts (1973–78), she moved to Switzerland, only to later relocate ... More |
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Enrique Martínez Celaya, The Son, 2025. Oil and wax on canvas. 72 x 60 in / 182.9 x 152.4 cm. Photo by Heather Rasmussen. Image courtesy of Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Gallery Wendi Norris is presenting The Wilderness, an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Enrique Martínez Celaya (b. 1964, Cuba). This marks the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery and follows a year of significant solo exhibitions at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library (New York), the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Havana), and the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH). The Wilderness—which explores fragility, endurance, displacement, and longing through an intricate and confrontational interplay between humanity and nature—unfolds across two San Francisco locations: the gallery’s headquarters and a landmarked carriage house directly across the street in the historic heart of Jackson Square. The Wilderness features a new cycle of nine paintings. The luminously layered, predominantly large-scale canvases embody an emotional quality ... More |
| Jeonnam Museum of Art presents Knocking Where a Door Once Stood |
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Tracy Thomason's "Venus" exhibition opens at Miles McEnery Gallery |
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Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 concluded today reaffirming its role as the premier fair in Asia |
View of Knocking Where a Door Once Stood, Jeonnam Museum of Art, Gwangyang-si, Korea, 2025.
GWANGYANG.- Knocking Where a Door Once Stood interrogates the processes by which boundaries are constituted and dismantled through the operations of memory, employing diverse media and sculptural approaches to critically engage with these dynamics. Memory is not a static repository but a fluid and generative force, continuously reshaped through acts of selection, interpretation, and erasure. It is inscribed within both personal experience and collective history, bestowing meaning upon spaces and objects. Yet, as much as memory consolidates identity and site specificity, it is equally subject to fragmentation and loss. Certain locations become sedimented with collective memory through their association with historical events, while others, left unrecorded, dissipate into obscurity, rendering their boundaries increasingly indeterminate. In this way, memory is not simply the preservation of the ... More |
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Tracy Thomason, Clockwise, 2024, Oil and marble dust on linen, 44 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches, 113 x 92.7 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Miles McEnery Gallery is presenting Venus, a solo exhibition of new works by Tracy Thomason on view 20 March through 3 May 2025 at 515 West 22nd Street. Accompanying the exhibition is a fully illustrated digital publication featuring an essay by Jessica Holmes. Color, form, and physicality lead the way in Thomason’s new body of painted works entitled Venus. Through process based abstraction the body and landscape is explored to unearth relationships between art and planetary histories. Thomason begins with loose, instinctive sketches, allowing somatic gestures to guide her marks into concrete forms. From these preparatory drawings, Thomason begins building the surfaces of her works, transforming traditional painterly mediums into something sculptural by mixing her oil paints with a formula of marble, calcium carbonate, and stone chips. Her compositions emerge with a fluid visual language, ... More |
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Art Basel Hong Kong 2025. Courtesy of Art Basel.
HONG KONG.- This year’s edition brought together 240 galleries from 42 countries and territories, drawing significant attendance from galleries, artists, and regional and international visitors. The fair attracted an overall attendance of 91,000 throughout its VIP and public days. Angelle Siyang-Le, Director, Art Basel Hong Kong, said: 'Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 has once again demonstrated the city's role as a global cultural nexus. This year’s edition not only featured a diverse and innovative program but also underscored our deep commitment to nurturing Asia’s thriving art ecosystem. As we continue to redefine cultural narratives, and ignite new creative possibilities, we remain dedicated to supporting the future of the contemporary art scene in Asia.' Prominent private collectors and art patrons from over 70 countries and territories were in attendance, including: Hong Kong, Mainland China, Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Taiwan, Singapore, ... More |
| Zhanna Kadyrova's "Strategic Locations" in Paris confronts the reality of war in Ukraine |
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Art Central celebrates the success of its tenth edition welcoming over 43,000 visitors |
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Kemper Museum showcases Stan Douglas's video works connecting global music and history |
Zhanna Kadyrova - "Maps", 2023, detail, tiles, wood, concrete, 100 x 100 x 8 cm. Photographer: Hafid Lhachmi, ©️ ADAGP 2025. Courtesy Zhanna Kadyrova & GALLERIA CONTINUA.
PARIS.- Galleria Continua is presenting Strategic Locations, a solo exhibition by Zhanna Kadyrova, at its Paris space in the heart of the Marais. One of the most powerful voices in contemporary Ukrainian art, Zhanna Kadyrova is internationally recognized for her ability to explore the boundaries of matter and form. In the current context, she uses found objects and materials to create works that poignantly reflect life in war zones. As the artist explains : “ My works are not a representation of violence, but a tangible trace of violence itself, a direct testimony to the brutality of the conflict, extracted from its context and placed within the territory of art .” Since 2022, Kadyrova has chosen to remain in Ukraine, significantly limiting her international projects, to focus on creating work directly on-site. The exhibition Strategic Locations thus resonates with the collective experience of Ukrainians, ... More |
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Art Central 2025. Image courtesy of Art Central.
HONG KONG.- Art Central, presented with Lead Partner, UOB, successfully concluded its milestone Tenth Edition today. A cornerstone of Hong Kong Art Week, the Fair was held from 26 to 30 March (VIP Preview on 25 March) with steady sales reported throughout. At its iconic Central Harbourfront location, Art Central presented its largest gallery presentation to date, with 108 galleries and works by over 500 artists from more than 40 countries and territories worldwide. An ambitious and diverse creative programme complimented the Fair, which included commissioned installations, performances, video art, talks, tours and more. Art Central 2025 was financially supported by the Mega Arts and Cultural Events Fund under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Since its inception in 2015, Art Central has played a crucial role in nurturing Hong Kong’s arts ecosystem by spotlighting emerging and established contemporary artists from Asia and beyond. ... More |
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Stan Douglas (b. 1960, Vancouver, Canada) Luanda-Kinshasa, 2013, single-channel video projection, 6 hours 1 min (loop), color, sound. © Stan Douglas. Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Stan Douglas (b. 1960) is a Canadian artist whose work investigates the intersection of technology, image-making, and collective memory through the mediums of film and photography. For Stan Douglas: Metronome at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, three major video works are showcased, each focused on the theme of music. As an audiophile and former DJ, Douglas uses music as a metaphor for social and political conditions and a means for global cultural exchange. By intertwining historical moments with the present, his work highlights themes of memory, social unity, conflict, and the complexities of cultural interaction. The featured works in Stan Douglas: Metronome include ISDN (2022), which connects rappers from the UK and Egypt through the now-obsolete ISDN technology, exploring social struggles and aspirations. Luanda-Kinshasa (2013) imagines ... More |
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 Michael Höpfner's seventh exhibition at Galerie Hubert Winter focuses on traces and perception
VIENNA.- Galerie Hubert Winter is presenting the seventh exhibition of the Vienna-based artist Michael Höpfner (born 1972). In his new series of works – mainly characterized by drawing – Höpfner not only follows the traces of others, but above all pursues his own. The large-format photograph Retracing Kyong Zhong Two Times in Ten Years was created with an interval of 10 years. After a two-month expedition in 2007, Höpfner returned to this place 500 km west of Lhasa, to the rocky mountain ‘Khyong Zong’, and captured the moment with his analogue camera. Back in the studio, he superimposes both negatives of this historic ritual rock from 2007 and 2017 on one another to realise that the two images are almost identical, as if hardly any time had passed between them. Höpfner thus instinctively decided to take the same point of view again, thereby undertaking his own search ... More Vhils' first solo exhibition opens at the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art
MUNICH.- The Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art is presenting the first-ever solo exhibition in Germany of renowned contemporary artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils. This landmark exhibition showcases a comprehensive selection of Vhils‘ artworks from the past two decades. Visitors will experience the evolution of Portuguese artist’s distinctive artistic style through a diverse range of materials, techniques, and conceptual explorations. Vhils, internationally acclaimed for his unique approach to contemporary urban-inspired art, has revolutionized the way we perceive and interact with our surroundings. From intricate wall carvings such as his “Scratching the Surfaces” project series and explosive relief sculptures to large-scale installations and mixed-media compositions, his work transcends traditional artistic boundaries. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to explore ... More Taezoo Park's "Maze" transforms discarded tech into sentient art at GHOSTMACHINE
NEW YORK, NY.- GHOSTMACHINE will present Maze by Taezoo Park. In an era where digital advancements render technology obsolete at an unprecedented pace, Maze by Taezoo Park reimagines the remnants of discarded machines as sentient entities. Referencing Gilles Deleuze’s Difference and Repetition, the exhibition explores the continuous cycle of writing and erasure, emphasizing how meaning unfolds through transformation rather than stasis. Since arriving in New York City in 2008 one year before the city transitioned to digital broadcasting, Park has documented the disappearance of analog media, particularly the once-iconic CRT television. Through a labyrinth of interactive installations composed of repurposed electronics that the artist terms Digital Beings, Park explores the ambiguous boundary between the living and the inanimate, questioning whether ... More Emma McIntyre's vivid abstractions debut in Hong Kong at David Zwirner
HONG KONG.- David Zwirner opened an exhibition of paintings by New Zealand–born and Los Angeles–based artist Emma McIntyre at the gallery’s Hong Kong location. This is McIntyre’s first solo show in Asia and her second exhibition with David Zwirner, following An echo, a stain (2023), a solo presentation of her work at the gallery’s East 69th Street location in New York. McIntyre creates vivid abstractions imbued with chromatic and gestural energy. Made with oils and unconventional substances like oxidized iron, her instinctual yet deeply considered works explore the alchemical possibilities of the painted medium and expand traditional understandings of landscape and the natural world. The artist’s practice is protean and rhizomatic; each painting shares its roots with the ones before and after it, enacting an endlessly transformative system of generation and discovery. ... More Biennale of Sydney presents first details for 25th edition in 2026
SYDNEY.- The Biennale of Sydney today announced the first details for the 25th edition, taking place from March 14–June 14, 2026, including the appointment of the next Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain First Nations Curatorial Fellow and the first venue as White Bay Power Station. As part of the Biennale of Sydney’s creative partnership with Visionary Partner, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, the two organisations have today announced the new Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain First Nations Curatorial Fellow as Bruce Johnson McLean. Johnson McLean is a member of the Wierdi people of Wribpid and is one of Australia’s leading voices on First Nations art and culture. A curator, writer, advisor and consultant with over 25 years’ professional experience in the sector, he has held previous positions including Assistant Director of First Nations ... More Contemporary artists engage with nature and form in Sao Paulo exhibition
SAO PAULO.- Central, in partnership with Eliana Finkelstein, presents the group exhibition "Sopra a ave-do- paraíso, voa longe a viúva negra,"on view now on the first floor and mezzanine of the Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil de São Paulo (IABsp). Invited by Eliana and Fernanda Resstom, founder and director of Central, Galciani Neves curates the exhibition, which brings together works by more than 20 artists in dialogue with Black Widow (1948) by Alexander Calder (1898–1976). The mobile, donated by the artist to IABsp, is part of the institute’s collection and, like the building itself, is listed as cultural heritage by IPHAN. “The history of an artwork accumulates records of the times it has been exhibited, the texts written about it, and the experiences and events generated by its presence and circulation. These reverberations otfen place the work in an expanded present, ... More Major new funding for AGSA's Winter Art Series announced
ADELAIDE.- The South Australian Government today announced a transformative $15 million investment in the Art Gallery of South Australia. Unveiled today as a key outcome of the Malinauskas Government’s inaugural ten-year Cultural Policy, the funding establishes AGSA’s new Winter Art Series which will bring major international exhibitions exclusively to Adelaide during the winter seasons 2026-29 and additionally contributes to AGSA’s audience development. This investment consolidates AGSA’s vision to be the most inspiring art destination in Australia. The Winter Art Series will amplify Adelaide’s position as a vibrant cultural destination by bringing the works of world-renowned artists and art collections to AGSA, complemented by curated experiences and events and offering opportunities to South Australian artists through associated programming. Premier ... More Laguna Art Museum unveils feminist art exhibition
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIF.- Laguna Art Museum presents Carole Caroompas: Heathcliff and the Femme Fatale Go on Tour, a powerful exhibition showcasing a series of works created between 1997 and 2001 by the late feminist artist Carole Caroompas. The exhibition, guest curated by Rochelle Steiner, will be on view from Sunday, March 30 to Sunday, July 13, 2025, and offers an exploration of Caroompas’s most consistent theme: gender and power relations. This is seen here through her recasting of Heathcliff from Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and other personae, including some stylized in her self-image. “This exhibition offers a bold and thought-provoking narrative that invites viewers to engage with Caroompas' unique approach to gender, identity and the dynamics of power,” said Julie Perlin Lee, Executive Director of Laguna Art Museum “Her fearless ... More |
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On a day like today, English painter John Constable died
March 31, 1837. John Constable, RA (11 June 1776 - 31 March 1837) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home --- now known as "Constable Country" --- which he invested with an intensity of affection. In this image: A Sea Beach - Brighton.
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