“In the dynamic world of contemporary art, a select few talents emerge each year, captivating audiences with their unique perspectives and innovative creations. These five artists: Vanessa Raw, Sylvia Ong, Jason Ho, Amanda Ba, and Eliene Boerma are redefining the boundaries of art with their thought-provoking works. Here’s why they deserve your attention.”

– Tom Smith

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WINFRED REMBERT: HARD TIMES

Working in his signature medium of carved and painted leather, late American artist Winfred Rembert dedicated the last thirty years of his life to creating a striking visual memoir. “Hard Times” includes paintings from two of the artist’s most recognizable bodies of work.

May 30 - August 25, 2024

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TOMOKO NAGAI: HOUSE

Perrotin announces the exhibition “House” by the artist Tomoko Nagai. The stuffed animals, the little girl, and even the pots and pans are transformed into playthings of a make-believe home, beckoning us to a world that seems far removed from reality.

May 30 - July 13, 2024

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ANGEL OTERO: THAT FIRST RAIN IN MAY

Magical realism and abstraction converge in the work of artist Angel Otero, whose first Los Angeles exhibition with Hauser & Wirth. Otero’s personal recollections of his upbringing in Puerto Rico are woven through this array of new paintings and sculptures.

May 29 - August 24, 2024

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EWA JUSZKIEWICZ

Fundación Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso announces the exhibition of Ewa Juszkiewicz entitled “Locks with Leaves and Swelling Buds” curated by Guillermo Solana. The anti-faciality mask, meanwhile, hides the first face and prevents the appearance of a second one, blocking the reproduction of faciality.

April 20 - September 1, 2024

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RICHARD MISRACH

Pace announces an exhibition of work by photographer Richard Misrach. A champion of color photography since the 1970s, Misrach is known for his poignant, large-scale images that lean into social, political, and environmental issues of the present while also engaging with the history of photography.

May 11 - June 15, 2024

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ROY LICHTENSTEIN: BAUHAUS STAIRWAY MURAL

Gagosian presents the installation of Roy Lichtenstein’s “Bauhaus Stairway Mural” (1989). Employing a handmade process, he mimicked the printing techniques of magazines and newspapers, making Benday dots and bright color synonymous with Pop art.

September 8, 2023 - June 15, 2024

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MASATO MORI: HIGORO NO OKONAI

NANZUKA announces the exhibition “HIGORO NO OKONAI,” a solo exhibition by the artist Masato Mori. His new works in this exhibition illustrate an attempt to suggest a correlation between painting and underground music, influenced by his friendship with two long-time friend and DJs, 5ive and Powder.

May 25 - July 7, 2024

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PHYLLIDA BARLOW: UNSCRIPTED

The work of Phyllida Barlow (1944 – 2023) will take over Hauser & Wirth in a celebration of the British artist’s transformative approach to sculpture. Over a career that spanned six decades, Barlow took inspiration from her surroundings to create imposing installations that can be at once menacing and playful.

May 25, 2024 - January 5, 2025

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KELLY BEEMAN: DISTANT CITIES

Perrotin announces “Distant Cities” by the artist Kelly Beeman. Singing, playing the piano, lying on beds or lush patches of grass, striking a pose on a shopping street, or holding a bouquet of white flowers, these girls inhabit a world of serenity, luxury, and pleasure.

May 24 - June 29, 2024

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ERIK PARKER

Ross + Kramer is pleased to present Erik Parker’s solo exhibition, entitled “Full Coverage”. Including work from 2000–2024, Full Coverage places the artist’s early work in company with a selection of more recent paintings, giving the viewer a comprehensive image of Parker’s oeuvre.

May 1 - June 15, 2024

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KIKI KOGELNIK: THE DANCE

Pace is pleased to announce Kiki Kogelnik with the exhibition “The Dance”. Born in Austria in 1935, she relocated to New York in the early 196Os, where she was introduced to artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, and Tom Wesselmann.

May 23 - August 3, 2024

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ELMGREEN & DRAGSET: LANDSCAPE

Pace is pleased to announce Elmgreen & Dragset’s first exhibition, featuring a mix of new and recent work that employs the artist duo’s signature use of surreal qualities and the absurd to comment on nature and our place within it.

May 23 - August 10, 2024

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MICHAEL KAGAN: VICTORY LAP

Almine Rech is pleased to announces “Victory Lap”, Michael Kagan's fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. The subjects of his spectacular paintings and sculptures are superhumans who brave all obstacles and fears in their obsessive and passionate pursuit of records, speed, excellence, and victory.

May 22 - June 22, 2024

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THU-VAN TRAN: IN SPRING, GHOSTS RETURN

Almine Rech presents “In spring, ghost return” by the artist Thu-Van Tran. Traditional panoramas borrowed a compositional style adopted from military protocols used to survey enemy land. They delivered scenes of heightened realism, typically from a bird’s-eye view.

May 7 - June 15, 2024

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CHANG YA CHIN: STORIES OF STORIES

Half Gallery announces “Stories of Stories”, Chang Ya Chin's solo exhibition with the gallery. At how much personality it’s giving,” she elaborates. The inner life of carrots and nectarines isn’t a topic much discussed these days or superheroes emotional landscapes.

May 19 - June 13, 2024

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LEELEE KIMMEL: THE WIND AND THE SHORE

Almine Rech is pleased to present “The Wilds and the Shore”, Leelee Kimmel's third solo exhibition with the gallery. Leelee Kimmel continues in the refinement of a certain sort of abstract painting. But that word seems uneasy, correct but subtly off. What sort of refinement is this, or elaboration, or even “study”

May 7 - June 15, 2024

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RACHEL GARRARD: ELEMENTS OF SPACE

Nino Mier Gallery is thrilled to announce “Elements of Space”, the solo exhibition by artist Rachel Garrard. Produced with natural rock pigments, the works fuse earthly elements with less tangible states of consciousness and perception, bridging the external world with internal landscapes.

May 18 - June 29, 2024

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KYLE STAVER: ERZÄHLERIN

Nino Mier Gallery is thrilled to present “Erzählerin”, the second solo exhibition by New York-based artist Kyle Staver. The presentation will feature clay reliefs as well as a series of new oil paintings that estrange and intensify canonical fairy tales, leaning into the humor and preposterousness of tropes found in such stories while also tapping into their brutality.

May 18 - June 29, 2024

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SPACES BETWEEN THE LINES

Pace announces a duo exhibition of work by Alicja Kwade and Agnes Martin, co-curated by Kwade and Arne Glimcher. This show will place works by Kwade, including two new large-scale sculptures, in dialogue with a selection of paintings and works on paper by Martin.

May 18 - June 29, 2024

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