• Art

    “THE FORTUNE TELLER” _ ALI BANISADR AT PERROTIN GALLERY

    “The Fortune Teller” presents a new series of works by internationally acclaimed artist Ali Banisadr – now on view at Perrotin Gallery in Shanghai. Once more the artist stands out with rigorously pursuing his singular trajectory ever since he first began exhibiting his work in 2008. Open and sincere, his depictions are remarkable for their imaginative conjuring of a self-contained world. It is a world that Banisadr finds in the paint, like a seer who sees what others can’t. Banisadr’s divinatory process shares something with Max Ernst’s invention of surrealist techniques, such as grattage (scraping) and frottage (rubbing), which he used to depict otherworldly…

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    SCALE, COLOR & VOLUME – SCULPTURES BY ANISH KAPOOR

    Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation. Perhaps most famous for public sculptures that are both adventures in form and feats of engineering, Kapoor manoeuvres between vastly different scales, across numerous series of work. Immense…

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    “EXOTICA” MARK BRADFORD AT HAUSER & WIRTH HONG KONG

    “Exotica” presents new, formally innovative works by Mark Bradford. In an exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Gallery, Hong Kong, that extends the artist’s recent formal and thematic investigations, Bradford probes the enduring impact of colonialism and concepts of ‘otherness’ through…

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    ANDY WARHOL AT SKARSTEDT GALLERY

    Enjoy this current show at Skarstedt Gallery, Paris: Andy Warhol: Who is Who?, The exhibition delves into the myriad influences art history had on Warhol’s oeuvre. It traces his art historical appropriations throughout the 1970s and 1980s, featuring seminal examples of…

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    GENESIS TRAMAINE – THE DEVOTIONAL PAINTER

    Genesis Tramaine presents “Sweet Jesus” at Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, in a continuation of her creative ruminations on the many trials and tribulations that have come to define us as human beings in a progressively challenging environment. Through her paintings…

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    SEYDOU KEITA – THE QUEST FOR HUMAN BEAUTY

    In the 1950s and 60s, a colourful collection of inhabitants of Bamako, capital of Mali, posed for Seydou Keïta, one of Africa’s most renowned photographer. People visited Keïta’s studio to have their picture taken at their best: wearing extravagant dresses…