“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
AMANDA WALL: SKY GOT DARK
Almine Rech is pleased to announce “Sky got dark” by the artist Amanda Wall. Transcending the visual, the work of Amanda Wall comes with an inebriating sensorial quality. As she swallows us in her surreal soulscapes imbued with voluptuous yet muted glossy tones, a creamy and tangy smell almost seems to impregnate our nostrils.
June 26 - August 2, 2024
SARAH SZE: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Gagosian presents an exhibition of new paintings and an immersive installation by Sarah Sze. Expanding from the center of the space, a multitude of paper screens are animated with images, video, and light, forming a porous, illuminated core, like a room-sized kaleidoscope.
June 25 - September 28, 2024
TODD JAMES: NEAR AND DEAR
Ross + Kramer present “Near and Dear”, an exhibit by American artist Todd James. The natural linework and loosely rendered compositions are created on clear primed linen, resulting in an earthy foundation that’s visible through the electric field of oil paint, grounding these paintings both visually and psychologically.
June 13 - July 13, 2024
BARRY MCGEE: TALK TO NATURE
Lehmann Maupin presents “Talk to Nature” by an Francisco-based artist Barry McGee. Deeply influenced by urban life, McGee’s interdisciplinary work ranges from graffiti and painting to installation and photography, exploring enduring themes of community, identity, and visual cultures inspired by contemporary consumerism.
June 22 - August 16, 2024
OSGEMEOS: CULTIVATING DREAMS
Lehmann Maupin announces “Cultivating Dreams” with OSGEMEOS, the renowned Brazilian artistic duo of twin brothers Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo. The intricate patterns and vibrant colors employed in the works in Cultivating Dreams invoke a multisensory joy that is characteristic of OSGEMEOS’ expansive oeuvre.
June 22 - August 16, 2024
ANSELM KIEFER
Gagosian is pleased to announce an exhibition of the artist Anselm Kiefer, features new and recent paintings, sculpture, and photography. Kiefer contrasts the materials’ varying tonalities and textures to impart the sublimity of nature and the weight of history.
June 21 - August 24, 2024
WITHOUT TELOS
Half Gallery present the duo exhibition of Jess Valice and Taylor Prendergast entitled “Without Telos”. Telos is an idea closely associated with Aristotle, who used the term to describe the open-endedness inherent in all objects and beings.
June 21 - June 23, 2024
ANA VILLAGOMEZ: SHADOW HAGGLER
Nino Mier Gallery is thrilled to present “Shadow Haggler”, the solo exhibition by the artist Ana Villagomez. The continuous recycling and repurposing of materials in her neighborhood, painting over old buildings and surfaces with new vibrant hues, is mirrored in her artistic approach.
June 21 - August 9, 2024
SECUNDINO HERNÁNDEZ
Skarstedt is pleased to announce an exhibition with Spanish artist Secundino Hernández. Emphasizing line, color, gesture, and application, Hernández’s oeuvre questions historical classifications of painting, underscoring the difficulty in defining what painting is.
June 20 - August 2, 2024
YVES KLEIN AND GÜNTHER UECKER
Lévy Gorvy Dayan presents “Material States: Yves Klein and Günther Uecker”, an exhibition exploring connections between Yves Klein and Günther Uecker. As emerging artists, they rallied against traditions they saw as lifeless and authoritarian, turning to unorthodox methods and media.
June 20 - August 2, 2024
STEFAN MÜLLER: TOUCH BUT DON’T LOOK
Nino Mier Gallery presents “Touch But Don’t Look”, the exhibition by artist Stefan Müller. The exhibition features a suite of acrylic on canvas works, some of which also employ oil stick and ink. A tension between the deskilled and the meticulous charges the patterns and gestures characterizing each composition.
June 20 - August 9, 2024
CELESTIAL SONGS
Venus Over Manhattan is pleased to present “Celestial Songs”, a group exhibition curated by artist Adrianne Rubenstein. Organized in conversation with a simultaneous exhibition of work by Maija Peeples-Bright and Roy De Forest, Celestial Songs comprises both historical and contemporary works by artists whose visual and thematic interests recall aspects of the Funk Art movement of the 1960s.
June 20 - July 26, 2024
MAIJA PEEPLES-BRIGHT & ROY DE FOREST
Venus Over Manhattan presents a two-person exhibition featuring the vibrant works of Maija Peeples-Bright and Roy De Forest, curated by artist Adrianne Rubenstein. Featuring historical works by both artists, as well as new work by Peeples-Bright, the exhibition draws out the visual and historical connection between these two artists’ work.
June 20 - July 26, 2024
DR. ESTHER MAHLANGU: THE ORDER OF THINGS
Almine Rech announces the exhibition “The Order of Things“ by Esther Mahlangu. Dr. Mahlangu is globally acclaimed for her bright and bold abstract paintings with vivid, geometric patterns that are rooted in Ndebele artistic tradition, a South African community.
June 7 - July 20, 2024
DORA ECONOMOU: GIGANTIC
Dio Horia Gallery is pleased to present the scultural installation “Gigantic“ by the visual artist Dora Economou. She has worked as costume and set designer for the theatrical performance group Nova Melancholia and the choreographer Kostas Tsioukas.
June 13 - July 20, 2024
RYOJI IKEDA
Visionary artist and composer Ryoji Ikeda presents new outcomes from his groundbreaking data-verse trilogy at Almine Rech. His artistry delves into the visual language of data mapping, spanning from the atomic to the cosmic scale, as seen in his looped, 48-second films.
June 6 - July 27, 2024
ARMIG SANTOS: MEMORIA
Half Gallery presents “Memoria“ by the artist Armig Santos. Armig imagines a scene where Arnaldo Darío Rosado-Torres and Carlos Enrique Soto-Arriví escaped - perhaps by sea - on a vessel named after the poet Antonin Artaud.
June 5 - July 3, 2024
ELIAS KAFOUROS: IMPERSONAL TRAINER
Dio Horia Gallery announces the solo exhibition of Greek artist Elias Kafouros titled “Impersonal Trainer.” A sea of signs and references, you throw the dice, you spread the tarot cards, you drop the sticks, or the bones, you read sediments, grounds, the trace of the flame, the signs of the zodiac, call it what you will.
June 13 - August 25, 2024
ALEX ISRAEL: REMEMBR
Gagosian announces Alex Israel’s seven-channel interactive AI-powered video installation “REMEMBR” (2023), opening at the Davies Street gallery in London. A sort of sphinx behind dark lenses, the artist provokes an interrogation of the role of contemporary art in this new world.
June 6 - July 13, 2024
YOUNG LEE: THROUGHT THE NIGHT
VILLAZAN is pleased to present Young Lee's solo entitled "Through the Night". Lee transforms her feelings into emotions, depicted through the objects in her studio, offering a glimpse into her thoughts and psychological state at the moment.
June 13 - June 29, 2024