“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
JASON HO: LINE BETWEEN HOMES
VILLAZAN is delighted to present “Line Between Homes”, Jason Ho's solo exhibition in Madrid, showcasing his symmetrical and elegant landscapes, where the viewer is invited to explore the subtle boundaries between the physical and the imaginary, architectural spaces and emotional dimensions.
February 6 - March 5, 2025
GEORGE CONDO: PASTELS
George Condo’s two-part exhibition, ‘Pastels,’ spanning galleries at both Sprüth Magers and Hauser & Wirth in New York City, offers a glimpse into the artist’s creative process and unbound inventiveness through the medium of pastel.
January 29 - April 12, 2025
LOUISE NEVELSON: SHADOW DANCE
Celebrating its 62-year history with Louise Nevelson, Pace is pleased to present Louise Nevelson: Shadow Dance, a major exhibition of Nevelson’s late works, curated by gallery founder Arne Glimcher.
January 17 - March 1, 2025
MARY STEPHENSON: MARY! GO ROUND
White Cube Paris is pleased to present ‘Mary! Go Round’, Mary Stephenson’s solo exhibition. The paintings in ‘Mary! Go Round’ conjure liminal realms that exist somewhere between the internal and external world or, in her own words, ‘where the figurative shifts into abstract’.
January 24 - February 22, 2025
JOEL SHAPIRO: WORKS FROM 1975-2024
Pace is pleased to present an exhibition of work by Joel Shapiro at its Tokyo gallery. The first presentation dedicated to Shapiro’s work to be organized in Tokyo in more than 30 years, this show spans both floors of the gallery, featuring freestanding and wall-mounted sculptures created by the artist over the last five decades, from 1975 and the present.
January 17 - February 22, 2025
AUTODIDACT
Almine Rech London is pleased to present 'Autodidact', a group show with works by Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Heitor dos Prazeres, Chico da Silva and Rubem Valentim.
January 16 - February 22, 2025
THE CLOUD CATCHER
Perrotin Shanghai is pleased to present The Cloud Catcher, the first group exhibition of 2025, curated by Evonne Jiawei Yuan. The exhibition draws profound inspiration from the prose poem “L’Étranger” (1869) written by Charles Pierre Baudelaire, which was published in Le Spleen de Paris
January 9 - March 1, 2025
CY TWOMBLY
Gagosian is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings, a sculpture, and works on paper by Cy Twombly. Organized in association with the Cy Twombly Foundation, it includes key bodies of work from 1968 through 1990, including pieces that have never been shown before and loans from the Twombly family.
January 23 - March 22, 2025
CARLOS JACANAMIJOY: OLOR A TIERRA
Almine Rech Paris, Turenne is pleased to present Olor a tierra, Carlos Jacanamijoy's first solo exhibition with the gallery.
January 11 - March 1, 2025
CABINETS OF CURIOSITIES
Perrotin Seoul is pleased to present Cabinets of Curiosities. The show features a diverse range of works by renowned gallery artists such as Takashi Murakami, Josh Sperling, and Nick Doyle.
January 10 - February 28, 2025
REST AND REPRIEVE: A WINDOW INTO CREATIVE SOLITUDE
CANADA, NY is proud to present Rest and Reprieve: A Window into Creative Solitude, a group exhibition benefitting Eighth House Residency, an interdisciplinary arts program nestled in the forests of central Vermont. The exhibition celebrates the vital interplay between solitude and community in an artist's creative journey, with the majority of proceeds directly funding Eighth House Residency’s 2025 program.
January 23 - February 22, 2025
THOMAS SCHÜTTE: MAJOR SCULPTURES
Gagosian is pleased to announce an exhibition of monumental sculptures by Thomas Schütte in New York. The installation includes six sculptures from the Frauen (Women) series and the related Torso (2005).
January 22 - February 22, 2025
KAREN KILIMNIK
Gladstone Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings created between 2008 and 2024 by Karen Kilimnik. The show features the artist’s radical, fantasy compositions of tropical beaches, coastal landscapes and floral forests.
January 16 - March 1, 2025
ROXANNE JACKSON: UNKNOWN GIANTS
Anton Kern Gallery presents UNKNOWN GIANTS by Roxanne Jackson at WINDOW (91 Walker Street), an exhibition that transforms the gallery’s street-facing windows into an immersive, life-size diorama, inviting viewers into the artist’s meticulously crafted and imagined world.
January 10 - March 1, 2025
RINUS VAN DE VELDE
Galerie Max Hetzler is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Rinus Van de Velde at Goethestraße 2/3 and Bleibtreustraße 15/16 in Berlin. This is the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, and his first in the Berlin spaces.
January 17 - February 22, 2025
MY MAMA TOLD ME YOU WAS A PROBLEM, BITCH: ALVARO BARRINGTON
MASSIMODECARLO is delighted to present My Mama Told Me You Was a Problem Bitch, the second solo exhibition by London-based artist Alvaro Barrington in Milan. Barrington explores the layers of Black identity, simultaneously confronting the challenges of hypervisibility and social invisibility.
January 15 - February 15, 2025
CALIFORNIA
Timothy Taylor is pleased to announce California, a group exhibition featuring new work by multigenerational artists with deep connections to the American West Coast. This presentation centres on paintings and sculptures that find resonance and inspiration in California's landscapes, cultures, and histories.
January 23 - March 8, 2025
SIMPHIWE MBUNYUZA: UMTHONYAMA
David Kordansky Gallery is pleased to announce UMTHONYAMA, a solo exhibition of new ceramic sculpture by Simphiwe Mbunyuza.
January 16 - February 22, 2025
SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE AND PATTI SMITH: CORRESPONDENCES
CORRESPONDENCES is an ongoing collaboration between Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith, spanning over a decade and traversing diverse geographies, histories, and natural environments. The presentation at kurimanzutto marks the first time this body of work is shown in New York and in a gallery setting.
January 16 - February 22, 2025
BELLA FOSTER AND BLAIR SAXON-HILL: STILL LIVES
Shanghai—Pearl Lam Galleries is delighted to announce the duo exhibition Still Lives, featuring works by Bella Foster and Blair Saxon-Hill. Still Lives highlights the evolving nature of still life painting, emphasising individual expression and emotional depth.
November 22, 2024 - February 8, 2025