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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s first brush with Switzerland came in 1982 when he made his debut at Galerie Bruno Bischofberger in Zurich. While New York City remained his creative stomping ground, the serenity of the Engadin region would leave a lasting imprint on his practice.Now, this lesser-known chapter of Basquiat's career is taking center stage in a new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth's St. Moritz gallery. In a flurry of fir trees, ski lifts and snow mountains rendered the artist’s signature visual language, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Engadin. explores his enduring legacy through a unique Alpine aperture.Highlights include the nine canvas splendor of "The Dutch Settlers," where African Diasporic references meet the Engadin’s cultural landscape, and “In Bianco,” a trio collaboration between Basqu...

Plato Gallery is presenting Face the Music, a new solo exhibition by Luke Osborn, now on view in New York through January 4, 2025. Across a showcase of mixed media paintings and drawings, the artist invites us to consider the power of collective moments and the choices we make within them — whether we rise together in unison or lose ourselves in noise.Beyond depictions of roaring crowds and bustling parties, the central sound of Face the Music emanates from syncopated bursts of colors and shapes repeated in stunning rhythm. The previously abstract series took a turn during a summer residency at Chautauqua School of Art, where Osborn grew an affinity for shapes that resemble musical notes. From there, he introduced a human element to the works, instilling each with a uniquely vibrant animac...

At first glance, Jochen Mühlenbrink’s oil paintings are easily mistakable for photographs, windows or maybe mirrors. With themes of nostalgia, escapism and ambiguity, it's the kind of art that makes you look twice, drawing audiences into their subtle mystery.A new suite of Mühlenbrink’s works has landed at Cuturi Gallery. Entitled AIR, the exhibition expands on the German artist’s explorations of illusion and reality, imbuing his prominent Window Painting series with the auratic charm of Singapore.Windows make a recurring appearance in Mühlenbrink’s work, though they often obscure more than they reveal. With the outside world only slightly shown, AIR probes the nature of perception, situating itself somewhere between the real and the imagined. In these foggy canvases, even the faintest dri...

In 2021, MSCHF began taking orders for an artwork that featured a “Famous Mouse” from a “Famous Animation Company.” Priced at $100 USD, buyers could purchase one of 1,000 redeemable tokens, but there was a catch: the piece could not be legally reproduced until 2024, so it remained entirely conceptual – until now.With the entrance of the 1928 design of Mickey Mouse  (aka Steamboat Willie) in the public domain, MSCHF has lifted the veil on “Walt Disney and His Sons,” the highly-anticipated physical realization of "Famous Mouse.” A playful riff on “Laocöon and His Sons,” a cast vinyl version of Walt takes the place of the ill-fated priest of Troy, clashing with the coiling black limbs of his most infamous character. “Now escaped from his control, the creation turned against the creator,” the ...