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John Baldessari, a leading figure in American Conceptualism, consistently challenged artistic conventions, recontextualizing art through painting, photography, and mixed media. Drawing from various sources like film culture and philosophy, his work is both absurd and accessible. As part of Berlin Art Week 2024, Sprüth and Magers presents Ahmedabad 1992, a solo exhibition showcasing Baldessari's mixed-media assemblages from his residency in India.In early 1992, Baldessari stayed at the Sarabhai family compound in Ahmedabad, India, where he was inspired by local culture and rapid societal changes. His collages, featuring his own photographs, found imagery, and materials like rubber mudflaps and printed handmade paper, document this dynamic environment. The works reflect motion, technological...

Bobbi Essers' paintings are akin to an optical illusion, it’s hard to tell where bodies end and begin. Unexpectedly cropped forms are puzzled together by auratic symmetry, only to be superimposed by a new image completely. Echoing the cohesive and fragmented nature of memories, her compositions are much more than the sum of their parts.Unit London presents The World at Our Command, a new solo show by the Dutch rising star. In a song of skin and cloth, the exhibition channels the ethos of contemporary youth. Bearing intensity and intimacy in equal breath, the artist captures tender friendship in a collage of candid moments.By keeping subjects anonymous, Essers' work welcomes compositional overlap, giving universal resonance to personal emotions and experiences. “The face doesn’t hold much p...

Fondation Cartier is gearing up to unveil its new Paris location near the Louvre in 2025, transforming a historic Haussmannian building with the help of architect Jean Nouvel, who also designed its current glass-and-steel headquarters on Boulevard Raspail. Originally a luxury hotel and later an antiques gallery, this 19th-century site will offer over 21,000 square feet of exhibition space, blending historic charm with modern design. The space features mobile platforms that allow for flexible layouts, giving artists more freedom to shape their exhibitions.As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Fondation Cartier continues to push the boundaries of contemporary art. Known for showcasing talent like Sarah Sze, Ron Mueck, and Matthew Barney, the foundation has a reputation for embracing both es...

For able-bodied audiences, navigating through a museum or exhibition can be a straightforward experience. For those with disabilities, however, the barriers they face are often overlooked.The Zimmerli Art Museum has unveiled a new group exhibition featuring the work of artists with disabilities from around the world. Titled Smoke & Mirrors, the show conceptualizes access through ideas of transparency, antagonism, and humor as each artist brings institutional inequity to the surface.“The exhibition really comes from the perspective of a disabled person or a disabled artist specifically. It's trying to make transparent this idea of something that we ordinarily would not notice or take for granted,” says guest curator Dr. Amanda Cachia. “That's why I use that turn of phrase, ‘smoke and mi...

In the hum of Milan fashion week, photographer Talia Chetrit reveals her most comprehensive exhibition to date. Bearing the intimacy of its title, Gut evokes the visceral and vulnerable at once. The show gathers works from 1994 to 2023, creating a dialogue between Chetrit's personal and public worlds in a lyrical display of images.In the crescendo of her artistic career, Chetrit’s instinctive approach to composition is made evident. Through a series of self-portraits, family scenes, still lifes, and street photography, each image invites viewers to reflect on the nature of human relationships in its own light. Blending emotional intensity with daring pictorial structure, Chetrit captures what it means to be both behind and in front of the lens.Presented by 10 Corso Como at their concept st...

Danielle Mckinney suspends the domestic into the atmospheric. Her compositions begin with all-black canvases, as subjects reveal themselves in a wash of chiaroscuro. For Haven, the artist’s first solo show at Galerie Max Hetzler, Mckinney brings visual poetry to Berlin in a display of oil paintings and new watercolor works on paper.Trained as a photographer, Mckinney cinematically captures moments of introspection. As her protagonists lounge leisurely on couches and read magazines, the aura of Haven extends beyond its frames. Drawing imagery from social media and vintage magazines, the artist summons a timeless quality in her intimate arrangements, as subjects revel in physical and psychic interiority.At the heart of the show is its eponymous piece. The painting imagines a woman, clad in b...