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David Hockney At Serpentine North

*A Year in Normandie (detail), 2020-2021, composite iPad painting © David Hockney*

Serpentine is honoured to announce an exhibition of recent works by David Hockney. Presented at Serpentine Northrom 12th March to 23rd August 2026, the exhibition will showcase seminal works, shown in the UK for the first time. Ad- mission will be free to the exhibition which is the artist’s first at Serpentine.

“I’m excited to present an exhibition at Serpentine in 2026.”

— David Hockney

“We are thrilled that David Hockney has accepted our invitation to present new works at Serpentine North in 2026. As a highlight of our Spring/Summer season, the exhibition promises to be a landmark cultural moment. Serpentine is free and open to all, and we look forward to welcoming audiences from near and far.”

— Bettina Korek, CEO, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine

*David Hockney, London, 2023 © David Hockney Photo Credit: Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima*

While the world came in the Spring of 2020, Hockney produced over a hundred images on his iPad within just a few weeks. Working digitally lets him capture the essence of each scene quickly and precisely. Much like the Impressionists, Hockney skilfully records changes in light and weather, but uses a vivid, radiant palette. His compositions combine flat areas of bold colour with playful pop-like touches. As the days pass, lockdown lifts, and spring transitions into summer, then autumn and winter. Hockney didn’t stop at painting spring, he captured the whole cycle of the year. The exhibition will include Hockney’s recent works: the celebrated Moon Room which reflects his lifelong interest in the cycle of light and time passing. It will also feature digital paintings from his Sunrise body of work.

A Year in Normandy, a ninety-metre-long frieze, inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, showing the change of seasons at the artist’s former studio in Normandy, will also feature in the show. David Hockney is interested in how art and technology can come together in new ways. Recommending that people slow down and notice the beauty of the world around them, he believes that simple, everyday beauty, like a sunrise, is worth celebrating.

David Hockney

David Hockney (b. 1937 in Bradford, Yorkshire) has been at the forefront of the international art world for more than six decades. He emerged as one of the exceptional talents in the new generation of British artists in the early 1960s. Throughout his extraordinarily prolific career, he remains endlessly inventive and committed to celebrating the world around him.

Hockney is fascinated by the language of representation in a variety of forms. He explores the conventions of Chinese and Japanese painting as well as the traditions of European art. He experimented with abstraction; however, he steadfastly remains a figurative artist. Constantly questioning the world around him, he draws and paints from life, from memory, and from imagination.

Across his career he has created many bodies of works and numerous individual paintings which are now viewed as iconic. His experimental paintings in the early sixties announced the arrival of a new artistic voice. These were followed by a celebrated series of Hollywood swimming pools where the young Hockney arrived in 1964, documenting the city’s seductive charm and ambience from the position of an outsider. Often poetically titled, works such as A Bigger Splash and Beverly Hills Housewife have become celebrated paintings and part of the modern vernacular.

A deep fascination with perspective and a desire to investigate how we see and represent the world initiated a long and complicated relationship with the camera and lens. Hockney’s photographic collages in the 1980’s, with their cubist language and reliance on the fundamental concepts of drawing, challenged the limitations of the lens. Never afraid to push against the accepted doctrines of art history, his focus on past masters’ reliance on the lens as a painting device resulted in an in-depth study of the subject in both a book and BBC documentary, Secret Knowledge, published in 2001.

Hockney’s use of new technology is an extension of his interest in different modes of capturing an

image. From his polaroid composites to fax machine drawings and, in recent years, his iPad paintings, he seeks to exploit the potential of each technology in the creation of art. His life-long fascination with the possibilities of new media was recently given vibrant expression in Hockney’s ground-breaking multimedia show at Lightroom, first in London and now touring worldwide, which takes audiences on a personal journey through sixty years of Hockney’s life and charts the path of his artistic achievement throughout his career.

Hockney’s opera designs are a significant but lesser-known part of his oeuvre. Concentrating intensely on each commission, often for more than a year at a time, many of these designs, such as

The Rake’s Progress from 1975 and Puccini’s Turandot from 1990, continue to be performed decades after their debut.

From painting, drawing, printmaking, set design, and photography to media ranging from fax machines to iPads, Hockney demonstrates his deep understanding of art history coupled with his interest in modern technology to create new ways of seeing and presenting. David Hockney's rich and enduring body of work reveals his passion for contemporary life and curiosity about the world, epitomised by his signature phrase, “Love Life.”

A major exhibition of more than 400 of the artist’s works from 1955 to 2025 was recently presented at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris featuring international, institutional, and private collections’ works, as well as paintings from the artist’s own studio. The exhibition – curated at David Hockney’s request by Sir Norman Rosenthal, the former Exhibitions Secretary of London’s Royal Academy of Arts, in close collaboration with Suzanne Pagé, Artistic Director of Fondation Louis Vuitton, and her team brought together works in a variety of media including oil and acrylic painting, ink, pencil and charcoal drawing, digital art (iPhone, iPad, and computer drawings), immer- sive video installation and photographic drawing. Spanning seven decades of groundbreaking creativity, David Hockney 25 highlighted not only Hockney’s iconic early works but also places a special focus on the past 25 years, the early part of the 21st century, which has inspired the event's title.

About Serpentine

Building new connections between artists and audiences, Serpentine presents pioneering contemporary art exhibitions and cultural events with a legacy that stretches back over half a century, from a wide range of emerging practitioners to the most internationally recognised artists, writers, scientists, thinkers, and cultural thought leaders of our time.

Situated in London’s Kensington Gardens, across two sites, Serpentine North and Serpentine South, Serpentine features a year-round, free programme of exhibitions, architectural showcases, education, live events and technological activations, in the park and beyond the gallery walls. The Serpentine Pavilion is a yearly pioneering commission, which began in 2000 with Dame Zaha Hadid. It features the first UK structures by some of the biggest names in international architecture.

Public art has emerged as a central strand of Serpentine’s programme. Major presentations in- clude a collection of Eduardo Paolozzi’s sculptures (1987), Anish Kapoor’s Turning the World Upside Down (2010), Lee Ufan’s Relatum – Stage (2018-19), Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s London Mastaba in the Serpentine Lake (2018), I LOVE YOU EARTH by Yoko Ono (2021), Dominique Gonzalez-Foer- ster’s In remembrance of the coming alien (Alienor) (2022), Atta Kwami's DzidzƆ kple amenuveve (Joy and Grace) (2021-22), Gerhard Richter’s STRIP-TOWER (2023), Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin (2024) and Esther Mahlangu’s mural Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu (2024). Proud to maintain free access for all visitors, Serpentine also reaches an exceptionally broad au- dience and maintains a profound connection with its local community

For more information about this exhibition and others, please visit Serpentine’s website. Please also visit and follow Serpentine on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, along with TikTok.

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Gallery Association Los Angeles Launches GP.LA App to Open Doors to LA’s Art Scene

Courtsey of Gallery Association Los Angeles

East West Bank is lead sponsor of GP.LA and Gallery Association’s annual initiatives, reinforcing its commitment to the arts

Los Angeles, September 10, 2025 — Gallery Association Los Angeles (GALA) today announced the launch of the Gallery Platform mobile app GP.LA, giving audiences around the world a new way to experience Los Angeles’ contemporary art scene.

GalleryPlatform is already a prominent digital showcase for contemporary art, and the GP.LA app marks a significant step forward in the platform’s evolution. Through the app, users can explore exhibitions, discover artists, access interviews, bookmark favorite works, and stay updated on upcoming shows—all from their phones. To install, tap the install banner and follow the on-screen instructions to add Gallery Platform to your home screen.

Push notifications are off by default—users are prompted to opt in once they open the app.

The app’s debut comes at a time when Los Angeles is recognized as one of the world’s most dynamic art centers. The county is home to more than 800 galleries and museums, giving LA more museums per capita than any other U.S. city. GP.LA offers audiences a way to navigate and personalize their experience across the city’s vibrant cultural landscape.

"We are thrilled to welcome East West Bank as the Lead Sponsor of our new mobile app and annual initiatives,” said Allyson Spellacy, President of Gallery Association Los Angeles. "East West's generous support will enable us to connect more people with the rich artistic talent that Los Angeles has to offer, and we are excited about the opportunities this partnership will create.”

East West will collaborate with GALA on year-round programming, including exhibitions, artist talks and other community-focused events. Following the 2025 wildfires, the bank also partnered with GALA to launch Project Phoenix, a working group that brought together art professionals, business leaders and nonprofits to provide relief through fundraising, webinars and tailored resources.

East West’s commitment to the arts and creative communities is reflected in its Art Program and Collection, which harness the power of art to foster cultural exchange and understanding.

“The art community has always been close to my heart, and I’ve seen how much it shapes the spirit of Los Angeles,” said Agnes Lew, head of private banking at East West Bank. “As we mark the 20th anniversary of our Art Program, we’re delighted to partner with GALA to reach new audiences, support recovery after the wildfires and ensure that creative voices continue to thrive.”

About Gallery Association Los Angeles

Gallery Association Los Angeles is a leading cultural organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the visual arts in Los Angeles. Through partnerships, sponsorships, and community engagement, the Association plays a pivotal role in enriching the city’s vibrant cultural landscape.

About East West Bank

East West Bank provides financial services that help customers reach further and connect to new opportunities. East West Bancorp, Inc. is a public company (NASDAQ: EWBC) with over $78 billion in assets as of June 30, 2025. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary, East West Bank, is the largest publicly traded bank headquartered in Southern California, with more than 100 locations across the United States and Asia. The Bank’s markets in the United States include California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Texas, and Washington.

For more information about GP.LA, please visit here. For more information on East West, visit here. For more information about the Gallery Association Los Angeles, please visit here.

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Stephen Friedman Gallery announces representation of Alexandre Diop

Portrait of Alexandre Diop. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York. Photo by Eva Kelety.

Stephen Friedman Gallery is delighted to announce representation of Vienna-based, Franco-Senegalese artist Alexandre Diop (b. 1995, Paris, France). Diop’s practice—rooted in assemblage, painting, and sculpture—confronts questions of history, memory, and identity through the raw materiality of found objects. His works repurpose everyday detritus such as nails, rusted metal, and discarded textiles, transforming them into densely layered compositions that bridge personal narrative and collective memory.

Alexandre Diop, Der grosse Duden, 2025. Mixed media on two wood panels. Two panels, each: 230 x 175cm (90 1/2 x 68 7/8in). Overall: 230 x 350cm (90 1/2 x 137 3/4in). Copyright Alexandre Diop. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York. Photo by Jorit Aust.

“Alexandre is one of the most urgent and compelling voices of his generation,” shares Stephen Friedman. “His practice embodies both resilience and reinvention—taking fragments of the past and reconfiguring them into new forms of meaning. His ability to hold beauty and brutality in the same gesture is extraordinary, and I am thrilled to see how his practice will continue to evolve in the years to come.”

On 19 September, Stephen Friedman Gallery will open Run For Your Life !, Diop’s debut exhibition in London, and his first with the gallery. The exhibition presents a major new body of mixed-media paintings that grapple with themes of history, metaphorical archaeology, and socio-political change. In this series, Diop examines the relationship between movement and time—embodied through dance, migration, and resistance. The exhibition’s title is both a rallying cry and an invitation: to stand for change, to embrace tolerance, and to remain alert to crises shaping our world

Portrait of Alexandre Diop, 2022. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York. Photo by Jorit Aust

About Alexandre Diop

Alexandre Diop is a Franco-Senegalese artist whose powerful, mixed-media works interrogate themes of ancestry, beauty, violence and social transformation. Drawing upon his experience as a dancer, musician, and visual artist, Diop brings a multidisciplinary lens to his practice, crafting works that are deeply visceral and formally innovative. Alexandre Diop was born in Paris, France in 1995. He lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

His rigorous approach to art making—what he terms object-images—employs found and recycled materials such as scrap metal, wood, paper, leather, plastic and textile remnants. These are sourced from scrapyards, urban streets and derelict buildings, then transformed through an intensive process of layering, burning, tearing, stapling and collaging onto wood panels. The resulting works exist at the intersection of painting, sculpture and relief. Elaborating on his choice of materials Diop says, “I always see the beauty in discarded things…these collected materials are my colour palette so to speak.”

Diop’s works also reveal a rigorous drawing practice which combine calligraphic lines, symbols and images that are painted, drawn and sprayed. Figures—often human or animal—emerge in theatrical, textured compositions, where remnants of packaging, colour or branding allude to histories of consumption, displacement and resistance. His material language, while firmly rooted in personal and political narrative, also engages with broader art-historical lineages. His work draws from movements such as Dada, Art Brut, Expressionism and the Viennese Secession, while maintaining a strong dialogue with both West African aesthetic traditions and the visual codes of contemporary urban culture.

Diop has garnered significant international attention through a string of major institutional exhibitions. In 2023, Diop’s work was imaginatively contextualised with 18th-century anatomical wax models of bodies and body parts in Anatomie at Josphinum Medical Museum, Vienna, Austria. His residency at the Rubell Museum in Miami culminated in a touring exhibition, ‘Jooba Jubba, l’Art du Défi, the Art of Challenge’, shown in Miami (2022) and Washington DC (2023). In 2022, Diop exhibited alongside Kehinde Wiley in ‘La Prochaine Fois, Le Feu’, presented by Reiffers Art Initiatives in Paris.

Notable group exhibitions include ‘Les Apparitions’, Reiffers Art Initiatives, Paris, France (2025); ‘De Sculptura’, Albertina Klosterneuburg, Austria (2025); ‘The Beauty of Diversity’, Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria (2024); ‘Being Mortal’, Dom Museum, Vienna, Austria (2023); ‘The New African Portraiture’, Shariat Collections, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria (2022); and ‘Le Mouton Noir’, Gesso Art Space, Vienna, Austria (2021).

Diop’s works can be found in the collections of Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria; AMA Venezia, Venice, Italy; AMOCA, Cardiff, Wales, UK; Espacio Tacuarí, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Josephinum Medical Museum, Vienna, Austria; Kunsthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria; National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington DC, USA; MB Collection, Germany; Reiffers Art Initiatives, Paris, France; Rubell Museum, Miami, Florida and Washington DC, USA; Ståhl Collection, Norrköping, Sweden; Stora Wäsby Public Collection, Stockholm, Sweden and The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

Stephen Friedman Gallery

Stephen Friedman Gallery is a contemporary art gallery that was founded in 1995 with a focus on representing exceptional artists from around the world. Since its inauguration, the gallery has been based in Mayfair, London. In October 2023, the gallery expanded and relocated from its sites on Old Burlington Street to 5-6 Cork Street. In November 2023, the gallery opened at 54 Franklin Street in Tribeca, New York. The gallery represents almost forty artists with areas of interest that include conceptual and South American art, and abstraction, minimalism and figuration in painting, sculpture, video and installation. Its international programme has overseen the rise of multiple high-profile artists, including Leilah Babirye, Andreas Eriksson, Tom Friedman, Kendell Geers, Hulda Guzmán, Jim Hodges, Rivane Neuenschwander, David Shrigley, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Kehinde Wiley and Luiz Zerbiniamongst others. The gallery recently announced representation of Sky Glabush, Pam Glick and Yooyun Yang.

Also working directly with estates, including those of Manuel Espinosa and Jiro Takamatsu, the gallery enhances its focus on contemporary art with historical presentations of twentieth-century masters.

Stephen Friedman Gallery is committed to making equality and inclusion central to its mission and daily goals. We believe encompassing varied perspectives helps generate new dialogues and ideas to navigate our changing world.

Since its inauguration, the gallery has been based in Mayfair, London. In October 2023, the gallery expanded and relocated from its sites on Old Burlington Street to 5-6 Cork Street. In November 2023, the gallery opened at 54 Franklin Street in Tribeca, New York.

For more information about Stephen Friedman Gallery, please visit their website here. The gallery can also be found on Facebook, Instagram, and Artsy.

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FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 2025 trophy designed by artist Nico Vascellari: Chimera

FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 2025 trophy designed by Nico Vascellari: *Chimera*, 2025. Commissioned by Pirelli in collaboration with Pirelli HangarBicocca. Courtesy Studio Nico Vascellari. Photo: A. Osio.

Formula 1 is bringing contemporary art to the track: artist Nico Vascellari designed the trophies for first, second, and third place for the FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 2025 in Monza.

Entitled "Chimera," the trophy is a hybrid creature combining the three fastest animals in the air (the peregrine falcon), water (the sailfish), and on land (the cheetah). Together, they represent the most extreme forms of movement and speed, to which human beings aspire.

Now in its 5th edition, the project is a collaboration between Pirelli —which is celebrating its presence in the 500th F1 Grand Prix race this year— and the Pirelli HangarBicocca contemporary art museum, creating a concrete link between the language of art and the world of sports.

The prize for the winners of the FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 2025 in Monza on Sunday, September 7, is a Chimera: a mythological creature formed from different animals, symbolizing utopia and the pursuit of the impossible. Yet, it will be tangible on the podium in Monza, where it will be raised to celebrate victory.

"Chimera" is the name of the trophy, designed by Italian artist Nico Vascellari for the 5th edition of the project conceived by Pirelli and Pirelli HangarBicocca, curated by Giovanna Amadasi. Since 2021, an Italian artist has been commissioned every year to design the trophy, bringing contemporary artistic expression from traditional art circuits to Formula 1. Alice Ronchi was the first artist to receive the commission, followed by Patrick Tuttofuoco in 2022, Ruth Beraha in 2023, and Andrea Sala in 2024. This year also marks Pirelli's participation in its 500th Grand Prix race.

Vascellari's enigmatic sculpture represents a stylized idea of movement inspired by the fastest animals in the air, water, and on land. Their aerodynamic features —the peregrine falcon's wings and talons, the cheetah's tail, and the sailfish's fins— are fused into an imaginary species that evokes evolution, metamorphosis, and change. The trophies are the product of sophisticated technological processes and are made of aluminum, a lightweight material commonly used in automotive engineering. The production process begins with a two-dimensional design, which is then transposed using organic modeling and 3D resin printing. The piece is then finished using the lost wax casting technique, one of the oldest sculpting methods, thereby combining craftsmanship with highly innovative skills.

As Nico Vascellari explains, "The reference to the animal world in this trophy stems from human beings' natural fascination with it. It is an instinctive projection that strives to expand one's limits of speed, flight, and endurance. Animals are an inexhaustible source of inspiration. When designing the trophy, I envisioned the moment it is raised above the driver's head, a symbolic gesture to elevate the animal world and nature above us in an attempt to restore balance. It is also a celebration of nature's power as a source of inspiration."

Nico Vascellari was born in Vittorio Veneto in 1976 and currently lives and works in Rome and Vittorio Veneto. An eclectic figure, he has made a name for himself in the contemporary art world by working at the intersection of different artistic forms, including sculpture, video, installation, and performance art. He started out as a musician in the 1990s underground scene before moving on to visual art, using his own body as the subject of performative interventions. Some of these were extreme, such as his 2020 performance in which he flew in a helicopter while in a state of total unconsciousness.

Vascellari's extensive research encompasses anthropological and ancestral themes as well as ethical issues stemming from the relationship between living beings, the natural world, and technological evolution. His interest in the relationship between the organic and the mechanical, and between rationality and instinct, is central to his practice. His work mainly takes the form of sculptures of various scales, ranging from imposing to fragile and detailed.

He has participated in events such as the Venice Biennale (2007), Manifesta 7 (2008), the Rome Quadriennale (2008), the Biennale di Architettura (2010), the Lyon Biennale (2019), the October Salon in Belgrade (2021), and the Mercosul Biennial (2022).

His most recent solo exhibitions have been held at Palazzo Reale, Milan (2025), Haus der Kunst, Munich (2024), Forte Belvedere, Florence (2023), MAXXI, Rome (2018), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2017), Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2016), and French Academy–Villa Medici, Rome (2016).

His work is included in major private and museum collections, including the MAXXI in Rome, the Museion in Bolzano, and the Museo del '900 in Milan.

Pirelli HangarBicocca

Pirelli HangarBicocca is a non-profit foundation dedicated to producing and promoting contemporary art. It was conceived and is supported by Pirelli. Established in 2004, Pirelli HangarBicocca has become a benchmark institution for the international art community, local public and region. It is a museum that is free of charge, accessible and open, and a place for experimentation, research and dissemination, where art is a point of reflection on the most topical themes of contemporary culture and society.

It caters to a broad and diverse public with a programme of major solo exhibitions by both Italian and international artists, a multi-disciplinary program of accompanying events and in-depth discussions, theoretical and informational publications, and educational courses. A team of museum facilitators is on hand at all times to help the public connect with the art. Vicente Todolí has been the foundation’s artistic director since 2012.

Situated in a former industrial building, once a locomotive manufacturing facility, Pirelli HangarBicocca occupies 15,000 square metres, making it one of the largest single-level exhibition spaces in Europe. This vast area comprises the Shed and Navate spaces, which are used for temporary exhibitions, and the permanent display of Anselm Kiefer’s The Seven Heavenly Palaces 2004-2015. This monumental installation with seven reinforced concrete towers has become one of the most iconic works in Milan. While since 2010 La Sequenza (1971-1981), a work by sculptor Fausto Melotti, has been located in the outdoor garden at the entrance of Pirelli HangarBicocca.

The building also houses a number of services for the public: a spacious entrance with reception area, facilities for educational activities, space for conferences and meetings, bookshop and bistro with a charming outdoor area.

For more information about this exhibition and others at Pirelli HangarBicocca please visit their site here. Pirelli can also be found on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, and Pinterest.

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Max Hooper Schneider: Scavenger New Solo Exhibition at 125 NEWBURY

Max Hooper Schneider, Anode Garden, 2025. Courtesy the artist, Maureen Paley and Francois Ghebaly. Photo by Paul Salveson.

New York, NY – September 2, 2025 – Behind the anonymous storefront of a dispossessed upholstery shop near the Inglewood Oil Fields, a scientist-scavenger works frenetically amid glowing uranium glass mushrooms, electric aquarium specimens, mangled dollhouses and transmuted bonsai. 125 Newbury is proud to present his findings in Max Hooper Schneider: Scavenger, the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York. Based in Los Angeles, Hooper Schneider cultivates a polyvalent practice, fusing a poetics of sculptural assemblage and material technology with a critical examination of ecological, philosophical and social systems. Trained in both art and science, Hooper Schneider fashions intricate sculptural habitats, weaving together scientific principles and facets of everyday culture to explore dynamics of transformation, hybridity, decay, and succession. The exhibition opens at 125 Newbury in Tribeca on Friday, September 12th and runs through October 25th, 2025.

Treating the studio as a laboratory, Hooper Schneider orchestrates synthetic ecosystems and novel, unborn ecologies at both monumental and intimate scale. He constructs dense microcosms teeming with coral, teeth, crystals, plasma gas, craft store detritus, and fictive life forms—all contained within vitrines or made habitable in outdoor environments. At 125 Newbury, a giant Oreo cookie oozes oil into an archipelago of cadaverous, copper-plated stuffed animals. Nearby, an agglomerated mass of barnacles and dollhouse furniture is embedded with miniature LED screens playing videos of burning sculptures. A nocturnal forest of bricolaged waste is populated by glowing, lantern-like opioid capsules, while burned and mutilated aquaria are reborn as fossilized reefs of coruscating copper dendrites. These works evoke natural history displays altered by speculative fiction and post-human aesthetics, challenging traditional boundaries between the natural and the artificial.

The artist describes his exhibition at 125 Newbury as a “set of conditions without a plot, or an anthropology museum set in the distant future.” Recombining new and pre-existing works, the exhibition is a means for investigating loss, the passage of time, and the artist’s signatory procedures of material evolution and preservation. For Hooper Schneider, art functions as a space for breaking down binaries between nature and culture, between the living and the dead. Operating in multiple registers simultaneously, from absurdity to melancholia, from environmental breakdown to ethereal regrowth, Hooper Schneider leads us on a “guided misinterpretation” of our present moment, interrogating how imaginary artefacts produce a fantasy of a bygone Anthropocene.

At its core, Hooper Schneider’s practice challenges the dualistic thinking that underlies the conventional categories in which we classify artworks. His works operate in liminal and interstitial zones, the in- betweens where life and death, nature and culture, order and entropy intersect. There stands Max Hooper Schneider. Empathically undidactic, the artist describes his work as “a living, phantasmatic landscape” composed “of niche material technologies and the aleatory structures of wastelands and destroyed environments.” At 125 Newbury, Hooper Schneider immerses viewers in these unsettling, otherworldly biotopes and vistas of endless seeing, speculating on questions of resilience, mutation, and the futures of ecological and cultural systems in an age of planetary collapse.

Max Hooper Schneider is also included in the 12th SITE SANTA FE International, “Once Within a Time,” curated by Cecilia Alemani and on view through January 12, 2026.

Max Hooper Schneider (b. 1982, Los Angeles, CA) received his Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design and his Bachelor’s degrees in Urban Design and Biology from New York University, with additional studies in Marine Biology and Entomology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Santa Monica College. He has shown in solo exhibitions at prominentmuseums and institutions internationally, including UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, MO.CO Montpellier Museée Contemporain, and the Hammer Museum. His museum group exhibitions include Centre Pompidou-Metz, Schinkel Pavillon, Leeum Museum of Art, Kistefos Museum, and Musée d’art moderne de Paris. Hooper Schneider has been included in a number of international biennial exhibitions, including the 15th Gwangju Biennale, 16th Istanbul Biennial, 13th Baltic Triennial, and the Mongolia Land Art Biennial.

Hooper Schneider’s works are held in major public and private collections, including the Hammer Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Musée d’art moderne Paris, Rubell Museum, Fondation Lafayette, and Fonds d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, among others. He was awarded the BMW Art Journey Prize in 2017 and the Schmidt Ocean Institute Prize in 2023. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

ABOUT 125 NEWBURY

125 Newbury is a project space in New York City helmed by Arne Glimcher, Founder and Chairman of Pace Gallery. Named for the original location of Pace, which Glimcher opened at 125 Newbury Street in Boston in 1960, the venture is located at 395 Broadway in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, at the corner of Walker Street. Occupying a 3,900-square-foot ground-floor space in a landmark building with 17-foot ceilings, the interior of 125 Newbury has been fully renovated by Enrico Bonetti and Dominic Kozerski of Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture.

Guided by Glimcher’s six decades of pioneering exhibition-making and steadfast commitment to close collaboration with artists, 125 Newbury presents up to five exhibitions per year, with a focus on both thematic group shows as well as solo exhibitions by emerging, established, and historical artists. The 125 Newbury team is led by directors Arne Glimcher, Kathleen McDonnell, Talia Rosen, and Oliver Shultz, who work together to develop cutting-edge and thought-provoking exhibitions that reflect a global, cross- generational perspective.

For more information about this exhibition or others at 125 Newbury, please visit their site here. The gallery can also be found on Instagram.

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Stephen Friedman Gallery, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, and Quadra, announce co-representation of Ana Cláudia Almeida

Ana Cláudia Almeida, 'Umidade', 2023. Oil pastel, pigment and resin on cotton fabric, Triptych, each: 339 x 236cm (133 1/2 x 92 7/8in) Overall: 339 x 719cm (133 1/2 x 283 1/8in). Copyright Ana Cláudia Almeida. Courtesy the artist; Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; Quadra, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York. Photo by Gabriel Araújo.

Stephen Friedman Gallery (London and New York), Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), and Quadra (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) are pleased to announce co-representation of Brooklyn-based, Brazilian artist Ana Cláudia Almeida. This partnership underscores a shared commitment to nurturing the artist’s practice, expanding her exhibition history and broadening her global presence.

“For Ana Cláudia, identity is both the medium and the message,” shares Stephen Friedman. “She weaves together personal histories, social structures, and materiality to question established narratives and spark dialogue about how we see and understand ourselves—and each other—through art. In many ways, she’s an alchemist—transforming lived experience into powerful, abstract form. I am excited to see how she continues to evolve her unique blend of abstraction and materiality, expanding the ways we think about representation in art.”

Ana Cláudia Almeida, 'Diário', 2024. Oil pastel and acrylic medium on cotton fabric, Dimensions variable. Copyright Ana Cláudia Almeida. Courtesy the artist; Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; Quadra, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York. Photo by Eduardo Ortega.

Opening 5 September, Stephen Friedman Gallery will present Get out of my face, Almeida's first solo exhibition in New York. The presentation brings together a site-specific installation, new fabric works and large-scale paintings. Moving across paper, oil, plastic, fabric and space, Almeida builds what she calls “an ecosystem of pieces” where each medium leaks into the next—a monotype that wants to be a drawing, a drawing that wants to be a painting, plastic remnants that refuse to be cast off. These processes coexist and collide, shifting perception and opening portals to disruption but also reinvention. The work asserts an urgent need to break patterns that no longer serve us in mind, body and daily life.

Courtesy of Stephen Friedman Gallery, Ana Cláudia Almeida, Quadra and Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel

Marcela Setton, director of Quadra and who has represented the artist since 2020 comments: "This co-representation model is a positive response to the innovation models we practice at Quadra. It empowers artists to realize their full potential by connecting important global art centers." Setton continues, "With Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel and Stephen Friedman Gallery, both of which are established leaders in artist representation, we can collectively offer Ana Cláudia unparalleled support. Together, we’re able to leverage our combined resources and networks, bringing her work to the forefront on a global stage."

"Collaboration has always been at the heart of our activities in the art world," says Márcia Fortes, co-founder of Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel. “In a rapidly changing landscape, the spirit of camaraderie—across galleries, cultures, and practices—keeps things moving forward. This co-representation allows us to build connections not just for Ana Cláudia, but for a more collaborative art world, where unity and mutual support open up new possibilities for both artists and institutions.”

Looking ahead, Stephen Friedman Gallery will present Almeida’s work at Art Basel Miami Beach 2025. Recent exhibitions include: Ana Cláudia Almeida & Tadáskía a dialogue-exhibition between the two artists held simultaneously at Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel and Quadra spaces in São Paulo (2024); Tadáskía and Ana Cláudia Almeida: A Joyner/Giuffrida Visiting Artists Program at the Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada, United States (2024);

Guandu Paraguaçu Piraquaraat Carpintaria, Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel's venue in Rio de Janeiro (2023); andSubmersiva Ato II(with Carla Santana) at Quadra, Rio de Janeiro. Almeida’s works are part of the permanent collections of the Museu de Arte do Rio, Brazil; Instituto Inhotim, Brazil; and Sesc Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, among others.

For more information about Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel please visit their site here. The gallery can also be found on Facebook and Instagram. For more information about Stephen Friedman Gallery please visit their website here. The gallery can also be found on Facebook, Instagram, and Artsy.

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Louvre Abu Dhabi Reveals Jury and Shortlisted Artists for Art Here 2025 and the Richard Mille Art Prize

Photo (from top left to right): Ryoichi Kurokawa, Jumairy and Ahmed Al-Aqra. (from bottom left to right): Rintaro Fuse, YOKOMAE et BOUAYAD and Hamra Abbas.

Abu Dhabi, UAE: Louvre Abu Dhabi and Swiss watchmaking brand Richard Mille return for the fifth edition of their groundbreaking annual exhibition and competition, Art Here and the Richard Mille Art Prize, deepening their shared commitment to showcasing contemporary art from the region and beyond within the global creative landscape.

Set to open under Louvre Abu Dhabi’s iconic dome on 11 October and running until 28 December, Art Here 2025, conceptualized by guest curator Sophie Mayuko Arni, invited artists to respond to the theme 'Shadows', a concept exploring the interplay between light and absence, visibility and concealment, and the layered dimensions of memory, identity, and transformation. Reflecting the richness of regional creativity, this year’s edition welcomed over 400 proposals from artists based in the GCC and Japan, along with artists from the MENA region with a GCC connection.

The jury of Art Here 2025 consists of a distinguished panel of members. It includes H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Founder of UAE Unlimited, and a board member of the British Museum and Centre Pompidou, as well as a prominent patron and collector of arts who has been instrumental in supporting the UAE's emerging artists. Also on the jury are Dr. Guilhem André, Director of the Scientific, Curatorial, and Collections Management at Louvre Abu Dhabi and a seasoned art historian, and Maya Allison, founding Executive Director of the Art Galleries and Chief Curator at New York University Abu Dhabi.

Joining them for this edition are acclaimed international curators Yuko Hasegawa, Visiting Professor at Graduate School of Management at Kyoto University and former Director of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, and Sophie Mayuko Arni, a Swiss Japanese curator and founding editor of Global Art Daily, known for fostering cultural exchange between the Gulf and Japan through her innovative curatorial work.

“Now in its fifth edition, Art Here continues to grow as a platform for dialogue and discovery, bringing together emerging artistic voices from across the region and, for the first time, Japan. With the support of our valued partner Richard Mille and our esteemed jury, we are proud to share that the calibre and number of proposals received this year reflect the region’s growing creative momentum and the expanding reach of the initiative. This announcement reaffirms Louvre Abu Dhabi’s commitment to championing contemporary art and fostering creative exchange across borders, rooted within the dynamic cultural landscape of Saadiyat Cultural District.”

— Manuel Rabaté, Director of Louvre Abu Dhabi

“ Art Here and the Richard Mille Art Prize have become a key part of our ongoing support for contemporary art. The expansion into Japan reflects our shared vision with Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi to build meaningful connections between artists and audiences across different contexts. The quality and thoughtfulness of this year’s proposals show a growing maturity in the regional and global art scene and a strong appetite for dialogue through art.”

— Peter Harrison, CEO Richard Mille EMEA

Six proposals by seven exceptional artists, each bringing a unique cultural perspective and creative approach, have been selected to be showcased under the museum’s dome. The artists are Ahmed Al-Aqra, a Palestinian architect, artist, and researcher known for his work investigating spatial practices, often using a multidisciplinary approach combining art, philosophy, and architecture. Jumairy, an Emirati artist and musician, creates digital performances that explore inner emotions and blur the line between what is real and virtual. The work of Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa sits at the intersection of art and technology, combining sound and visuals in highly detailed, immersive installations. Pakistan-born and currently residing in the UAE, Hamra Abbas brings a contemporary perspective to traditional Islamic art, exploring ideas around faith, gender, and memory shaped by her experience across different cultures. Japanese artist Rintaro Fuse uses painting, film, and poetry to reflect on modern urban life in his thoughtful work capturing feelings of isolation and disconnection in today’s digital world. Lastly, the architectural duo Takuma Yokomae from Japan and Dr. Ghali Bouayad from Morocco, who go by the name YOKOMAE et BOUAYAD, collaborate on projects that blend design traditions from Tokyo and Marrakesh, experimenting with form, pattern, and technology. Together, this group of artists offers more than just creative work; they share deeply personal perspectives on identity, culture, and the world we live in.

“The evolution of Art Here over its five editions has seen it become a flagship exhibition for Louvre Abu Dhabi, one that embraces diversity and nurtures emerging talents. This year’s expansion into Japan marks a deliberate curatorial shift that deepens cross-cultural dialogue between the Gulf and East Asia, broadening the scope of artistic engagement, and reaffirming our role as a hub for both regional and international creativity. As we continue to support and elevate emerging voices from the UAE and the region, we are equally committed to cultivating new creative bridges across continents, reflecting our sustained belief that contemporary art is a powerful lens through which we can understand our shared humanity and experiences.”

— Dr. Guilhem André, Director of Scientific, Curatorial, and Collections Management at Louvre Abu Dhabi

“I am deeply honoured to curate this year’s edition of Art Here and thrilled to see such positive response from artists across the region and Japan. The theme of Shadows allowed for wide interpretations of outdoor installations, and the sheer number of proposals received speaks volumes about the relevance of Art Here and the Richard Mille Art Prize at Louvre Abu Dhabi. Expanding the geographical reach of the Prize may come with challenges, but fostering cross-cultural understanding sits at the heart of the museum’s mission and provides artists with new horizons to dream and imagine. From many strong submissions, shortlisting the six commissioned artworks was a very difficult task. I would like to thank the stellar jury for a joint effort to reach the final selection.”

— Sophie Mayuko Arni, Curator of Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here 2025

The announcement of this year’s jury and shortlisted artists signals the next phase of a growing curatorial dialogue that spans the Gulf, Japan, and the wider region. As the artists begin developing their works, Art Here 2025 continues to push the boundaries of regional collaboration and artistic expression, inviting new interpretations of shadow, space, and cultural resonance within the evolving universal narrative of Louvre Abu Dhabi.

For more details on Art Here and the Richard Mille Art Prize, please visit here. For more information about this event and other, ongoing news, please visit here. The museum can also be found on YouTube, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

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New Artistic Dialogues Unfold at Louvre Abu Dhabi with the Arrival of New Masterpieces

There is always something new to discover at Louvre Abu Dhabi. Whether it is a first visit or a return for further exploration, the museum’s ever-evolving galleries promise hours of inspiration and wonder. This year, a new display brings together remarkable acquisitions and prestigious international loans. From a 1st-century imperial cameo and a 3rd-century Christian sarcophagus to an outstanding selection of paintings and modern works by Kandinsky, Giacometti and Tàpies, the artworks now on display span centuries, cultures and artistic movements. Together, they invite visitors to experience the museum’s universal narrative through the lens of creativity, connection and the enduring power of art.

“By continuously enriching Louvre Abu Dhabi’s collection through carefully curated acquisitions, we ensure that the museum remains a dynamic space that resonates with art enthusiasts, families and curious minds alike,” said Dr. Guilhem André, Director of Scientific, Curatorial and Collections Management at Louvre Abu Dhabi. “We are also thrilled to bring to our visitors loaned masterworks that are considered priceless treasures in their respective museums, and we are grateful for the generosity of our partners. This ongoing renewal strengthens Louvre Abu Dhabi’s role not only as a cultural anchor in the Saadiyat Cultural District, but also as a place where diverse stories and shared human experiences come together.”

The curatorial team at Louvre Abu Dhabi, particularly Amna Al Zaabi, Fakhera Alkindi, Aisha Al Ahmadi, Mariam Al Dhaheri, and Rawdha AlAbdouli, played a key role in developing the new displays, working closely with partner institutions on everything from research to securing loans and acquisitions. Their contributions reflect the museum’s commitment to empowering local talent and fostering cross-cultural exchange on a global scale.

New Acquisitions: Enriching the Museum’s Permanent Collection

Louvre Abu Dhabi continues to expand its world-class collection through the addition of exceptional artworks that reflect the museum’s universal narrative. The new acquisitions include significant paintings, sculptures and finely crafted objects that are now on display in the museum’s permanent galleries.

· A Kota Reliquary Figure from Gabon (end of 19th or beginning of 20th century) attributed to the Sébé River Master of the Skull Head resonates with global traditions of ancestor veneration and spiritual guardianship.

· A Roman Cameo possibly depicting Agrippa Postumus (c. 37-41 CE) is displayed alongside other masterpieces of precious gold jewelry from the museum’s collection.

***Head of an ephebe (youth)*** Cyprus, Kition (present-day Larnaca) 5th century BCE Limestone Louvre Abu Dhabi

· A limestone Head of an Ephebe (5th century BCE), from Cyprus is shown alongside other busts representing diverse cultures and civilisations.

***Casket*** Kingdom of Kotte, Ceylon Ca. 1543 Kotte Royal Court Workshop Ivory, gold, ruby, sapphire, rock crystal Louvre Abu Dhabi

· A Casket from the Kingdom of Kotte, Ceylon (ca. 1543) showcases hybrid aesthetics and reflects the global reach of South Asian courtly art.

· A collection of outstanding paintings including The Rialto Bridge from the South (c. 1720) by Giovanni Antonio Canal, capturing a serene, precise Venetian cityscape; The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis(1800), a rare Neoclassical painting by Charles Meynier exploring themes of duty, love and moral virtue; and a Portrait of Kosa Pan (1686) by Antoine Benoist, portraying the first ambassador from Siam to the French court of Louis XIV.

***White Oval*** Wassily Kandinsky (Moscow, 1866 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1944) Russia 1921 Oil on canvas Louvre Abu Dhabi

· Wassily Kandinsky’s White Oval (1921), a vibrant composition of colours and forms reflecting the artist’s strong belief in the power of colour, form and composition to evoke emotion, rhythm and unity.

New Loans: Masterpieces from International Partners

In addition to the newly unveiled acquisitions, unique masterpieces on loan from Musée du Louvre, Centre Pompidou and the National Museum of the Philippines bring fresh depth and global perspective to Louvre Abu Dhabi’s galleries. Highlights include:

***Sarcophagus of Livia Primitiva*** Roman Empire Rome, Italy About 250 CE Marble Musée du Louvre This sarcophagus, found in the Basilica of Saint Peter, is one of the oldest Christian sarcophagi. It features a depiction of the good shepherd, an anchor and a fish evoking Christ. The inscription honours Livia Primitiva, who commissioned the sarcophagus for her sister, Livia Nicarus.

· Sarcophagus of Livia Primitiva (c. 250 CE), a sculpture on loan from the Musée du Louvre, and one of the earliest known examples of Christian funerary art.

· Portrait of the Artist (1825) by French painter Antoinette Cécile Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, on loan from the Musée du Louvre. In this painting, Haudebourt-Lescot presents herself firmly as a professional artist and emphasises her identity as a portraitist.

· Una Bulaqueña (1895), painted by Juan Luna, one of the most celebrated Filipino artists, is on loan from the National Museum of the Philippines. Leaving its home country for the first time, this painting was declared a National Cultural Treasure in 2008. It is celebrated not only for its technical excellence, but also for the sense of cultural pride it embodies, representing an idealised Filipina woman that radiates strength and dignity.

· Two bronze figures, introducing the theme of reimagining the human figure, are on loan from Centre Pompidou: Femme de Venise V (Woman of Venice V, 1956) by Alberto Giacometti is an elongated, fragile figure that captures the paradox of presence and vulnerability; and L’Orage (The Storm, 1947 – 1948) by Germaine Richier portrays a monumental male figure embodying resilience in the face of elemental forces.

· Grand blanc horizontal (1962), a monumental mixed-media work by Antoni Tàpies, is on loan from Centre Pompidou. The work adds a contemporary dimension to the museum’s narrative of material experimentation and abstraction.

Each new display at Louvre Abu Dhabi is curated to foster dialogue between civilisations, across time and through universal stories. Through thematic juxtapositions and cross-cultural comparisons, the museum continues to offer a dynamic and inclusive space for discovery for both first-time and returning visitors.

ABOUT LOUVRE ABU DHABI

Created by an exceptional agreement between the governments of Abu Dhabi and France, Louvre Abu Dhabi was designed by Jean Nouvel and opened on Saadiyat Island in November 2017. The museum is inspired by traditional Islamic architecture and its monumental dome creates a rain of light effect and a unique social space that brings people together.

Louvre Abu Dhabi celebrates the universal creativity of mankind and invites audiences to see humanity in a new light. Through its innovative curatorial approach, the museum focuses on building understanding across cultures: through stories of human creativity that transcend civilisations, geographies, and times.

The museum’s growing collection is unparalleled in the region and spans thousands of years of human history, including prehistoric tools, artefacts, religious texts, iconic paintings, and contemporary artworks. The permanent collection is supplemented by rotating loans from 19 French partner institutions, regional and international museums.

Louvre Abu Dhabi is a testing ground for new ideas in a globalised world and champions new generations of cultural leaders. Its international exhibitions, programming and Children’s Museum are inclusive platforms that connect communities and offer enjoyment for all.

ABOUT MUSÉE DU LOUVRE

Open to all since 1793, the Musée du Louvre was the first museum to open to the general public in France. Born of the French Revolution and heir to the great royal collections, this former palace of the kings of France has always lived and evolved alongside national – and global – history.

Today, the Louvre is one of the leading players on the international museum scene, with its 30,000 works of art displayed across 70,000 square metres, including masterpieces like the Mona Lisa, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Seated Scribe and the Venus de Milo. It holds collections that tell a history of the world that has always been built on exchanges and connections, spanning from antiquity to the 19th century, from Asia to the Americas. The Louvre is a museum with a universal mission, a place where cultures and civilisations come together, where past and present interact. It is the place where all kinds of arts and all forms of expression manifest in today’s world – a place to better grasp the very aspirations of humanity.

ABOUT CENTRE POMPIDOU

Since 1977, the Centre Pompidou has remained a hub of vibrant and engaged culture—a multidisciplinary center deeply rooted in the city and open to the world. In 2025, the Centre Pompidou is starting a metamorphosis and will stay in motion during the renovation of the building, due to reopen in 2030. A rich programme will take place in the historic building until September 2025. From January 2025 onwards, the “Constellation” will reveal itself in Paris, France and internationally – while the Centre Pompidou Francilien–fabrique de l’art is in the works (opening in 2026).

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND TOURISM – ABU DHABI

The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) drives the sustainable growth of Abu Dhabi’s culture and tourism sectors and its creative industries, fuels economic progress and helps achieve Abu Dhabi’s wider global ambitions. By working in partnership with the organisations that define the emirate’s position as a leading international destination, DCT Abu Dhabi strives to unite the ecosystem around a shared vision of the emirate’s potential, coordinate effort and investment, deliver innovative solutions, and use the best tools, policies, and systems to support the culture and tourism industries.

DCT Abu Dhabi’s vision is defined by the emirate’s people, heritage, and landscape. We work to enhance Abu Dhabi’s status as a place of authenticity, innovation, and unparalleled experiences, represented by its living traditions of hospitality, pioneering initiatives, and creative thought.

ABOUT SAADIYAT CULTURAL DISTRICT

Home to Louvre Abu Dhabi, Berklee Abu Dhabi, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abrahamic Family House and the soon-to-open Zayed National Museum, teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Cultural District is one of the greatest concentrations of cultural institutions.

Saadiyat Cultural District is a global platform, emanating from a rich cultural heritage, celebrating traditions, and advancing equitable culture. It is an embodiment of empowerment, showcasing museums, collections, and narratives that supports the region’s heritage while promoting a diverse global cultural landscape.

Saadiyat Cultural District is a testament to Abu Dhabi's commitment to preserving heritage while embracing a forward-looking vision. The District invites the world to engage with diverse cultures, fostering dialogue exchange, and offers a global cultural space that supports the region and the global South.

Louvre Abu Dhabi is open Tuesday – Sunday from 10 am – 6:30 pm; closed on Mondays. Pre-purchased tickets are required to visit the museum. E-tickets can be reserved via the museum’s website. More information, about the galleries and to book tickets, please visit here. For more information about the exhibitions, ongoing news and more, please visit here. The museum can also be found on YouTube, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

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Hamptons Fine Art Fair back for its 19th Edition

Hamptons Fine Art Fair, 2025, Photo Credit, Adam D. Smith

The only international art fair in The Hamptons and one of the nation's largest summer fairs, The Hampton Fine Art Fair takes place July 10-13 at Southampton Fairgrounds in a spectacular 70,000sf complex (featuring the Jackson Pollock & Willem de Kooning Luxury Pavilions) and strategically located on 17 bucolic acres on the main road connecting the Hamptons (County Rd 39), just minutes from downtown bustling Southampton Village (and its stylish shops, trendy restaurants, art galleries, museums), the 19th edition of the Hamptons Fine Art Fair will showcase 135 galleries from around the world (from over 20 countries including Dubai, France, Ireland, Israel, Maldives, Netherlands, Peru, Switzerland, UK, Zimbabwe), and US cities like Aspen, Atlanta, Chicago, LA, Miami, NYC, Philadelphia, San Diego.

The fair is presented by ShowHamptons & leading event producer/art industry veteran Rick Friedman (a passionate collector of local Hamptons artists, Rick's personal collection includes 300+ museum quality pieces including 6 works by Pollock, 10 by de Kooning, many 1970s pop artists, and one of the largest collections of women AbEx artists from the 1950s New York School).

Offering the East End’s widest & deepest selection of important primary & secondary market art, all mediums will be on display, ranging from paintings, works on paper, and photography, to prints, sculptures, and indoor pedestal-based art objects. And the fair's Outdoor Sculpture Garden is where guests can enjoy delicious dining options including The Hamptons' best Shinnecock Lobster Roll (and a broad summer menu), two large indoor bars will offer diverse wine & spirit selections (special tastings offered daily). With over 40 new galleries showing for the first time in The Hamptons with the fair, expanding their global reach to the East End art scene, this year's edition promises to be even bigger than last year. Confirmed galleries to be showing works from artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, Julian Opie, Pablo Picasso, Ed Ruscha, Donald Sultan, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and this year's Spotlight Artists who will have work prominently on display at the fair are Ron Agam, James Gill, David Hayes, Giancarlo Impiglia, Robert Natkin, Yigal Ozeri, Stephen Rolfe Powell, and Hunt Slonem.

Steve Tobin Sculpture, 2025, Hamptons Fine Art Fair

A few other standouts this year include the fair inducting 100yo artist, Hamptons resident (and former U.S. Olympian and Navy jet fighter pilot) Ted Hartley into the Hamptons Artists Hall of Fame (recent inductees include other acclaimed local artists like William King and Tony Rosenthal); conceptual artist Steve Tobin will have a large (11' x 20') sculpture priced at $400k at the entrance to the fair (Tobin also has several sculptures on display around Manhattan; attached is the sculpture); plus a very exciting first-time exhibitor, former CEO of GE Aviation, John S. Slattery who is moving to/launching a new gallery in Southampton this summer.

This year's fair will also have an expanding focus on indoor art objects, SculptureHamptons, hosted by 16-acre Hamptons art & design staple LongHouse Reserve: over 20 galleries will display a cross-section of highly collectible art objects including world class examples of glass art, small sculptures, metalworks, ceramics, pottery, and wood turning. Embedded into the cultural fabric of this historic arts community, this year's fair is expected to have a turnout of over 15,000 (last year saw 13,500+ visitors and over $5 million in sales over the 4 days; attached are photos from last year).

The fair will also have special themed booths that will each offer something unique & visually alluring, here's info on 4 of them:

Mark Grimaldi - Pollock 'Convergence' 1969 MGB Sports Car

Dripping in Style (in the Pollock Pavilion), artist Mark Grimaldi has long been inspired by the artworks of Jackson Pollock, so he painted this rare 1969 MGB, an upgraded 8 cylinder sports car from the St. Louis Car Museum, with a replica of Pollock’s 1953 painting “Convergence” (this car is now an artistic convergence of 1960s minimalism and 21st Century exceptionalism, this display will feature several Pollock-like paintings by Grimaldi).

The Real Surreal (presented by the Museum of Modern Renaissance), this eye-opening Surrealist exhibit is a small artistic subset of the actual Museum of Modern Renaissance in Somerville, Mass (husband and wife artist team of Nicholas Shaplyko & Ekaterina Sorokina purchased/converted an old Masonic Temple into a breath-taking arts venue, all 3 floors covered with murals depicting characters from myths, legends and fairy tales from different cultures & nations – a 20 year project).

Peruvian Female Contemporary Artists Rising (presented by BLOC Art), this gallery promotes artists in ancient venues located in the Andes, Amazon, and coast of Peru, they are presenting 6 innovative, up-and-coming artists that focus on a range of current topics – such as ecology, pollution, gender abuse, and the Peruvian landscape, the artists are Lolo Ostia, Patica Jenkins Gibson, Carmen Reategui, Carolina Garcia Freundt, and the team of Veronica Penagos & Luciana Espinar.

Rising Stars from Down Under, view powerful works from 3 emerging contemporary Australian female artists, Elizabeth Langreiter (Sydney), Marisa Mu (Melbourne), and Lara Scolari (Sydney), witness the explosive energy emerging from Scolari's colorful, multi-layered organic forms & fluid shapes (she is already in important private & public collections around the world), Langreiter captures joyful escapism through her whimsical, textural, aerial scenes, and Mu channels luminous, layered abstracts that radiate movement, emotion, and soul. Together, these fast-rising Aussie artists represent the new wave in collectible Australian art.

For more information about this Fair please visit the site here.

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BONHAMS APPOINTS GIROLAMO TIBERI VENTURUCCI AS HEAD OF ROMA OFFICE, SOUTH ITALY AND TUSCANY

Paris – Bonhams has appointed Girolamo Tiberi Venturucci as Head of Roma office, South Italy and Tuscany region with immediate effect (June 2025). He will be based in Roma (Italy). Italian born, Girolamo has grown up in Florence in a family working in the art business. He studied philosophical sciences in Università degli Studi di Firenze.

He started his career in London as an Intern at Sotheby’s and then worked for Carlo Orsi - Trinity Fine Art as Assistant, and then in galleries as Researcher, Business Developer and Cataloguer before relocating back to Italy working for a local auction house in the position of Assistant into the Furniture, Old Master Paintings and Old Master Sculptures departments. He then took the opportunity to relocate in Singapore working as General Valuer for a local auction house in 2023 and 2024 and finally decided to come back in Italy working as consultant in the furniture and works of art field.

Girolamo speaks fluently Italian, English and has a good command of French, German and Spanish.

“This is a very exciting challenge. It gives me great pleasure to be involved in the further development of the Italian market for this long-established auction house, to which I can bring my energy and my specialist knowledge. I look forward to liaising with clients from my homeland and offering them our expertise and services as an international market leader. I am also looking forward to strengthening the Bonhams brand among Italian collectors.”

— Girolamo Tiberi Venturucci

“We are delighted to have Girolamo represent us in Roma and the adjacent regions of South Italy and Tuscany. His personal and professional networks and his arts training will help us to build on our growing success in the region. I look forward to working with him.”

— Catherine Yaiche, Bonhams European CEO

About The Bonhams Network

Bonhams is a global network of auction houses, with the largest number of international salerooms, offering the widest range of collecting categories and selling at all price points. Bonhams is recognised for its bespoke service, and a dedication to local market relationships, enhanced by a global platform. With 14 salerooms, Bonhams presents over 1,000 sales annually, across more than 60 specialist categories, including fine art, collectables, luxury, wine & spirits, and collector cars.

Founded in 1793, Bonhams has representatives in more than 30 countries and operates flagship salerooms in London, New York, Paris, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong. In 2022, Bonhams added four international auction houses to its network: Bukowskis, Stockholm; Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen; Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris and Brussels; and Skinner, Massachusetts. The success of Bonhams’ global strategy is a result of recognising the shift in growing intercontinental buying and increased digital engagement. More information HERE

In 2023, Bonhams achieved 14% growth with $1.14 billion in turnover. Recent important auctions and landmark single-owner collections, include the white glove sales of Sir Michael Caine: The Personal Collection, Alain Delon: Sixty Years of Passion; Sir Roger Moore: The Personal Collection; Personal Property of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and The Robert & Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting. Other notable single-owner sales included The Estate of Barbara Walters: American Icon; The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection; The Crown Auction: Props and Costumes and The Claude de Marteau Collection.

Top lots for 2023 include 1967 Ferrari 412P Berlinetta, Sold at Quail Lodge, US for US$30,255,000. Tipu Sultan’s Bedchamber Sword (sold in London for £14m – a world record for both an Islamic and an Indian object); Paul Signac (1863-1935), Sisteron, 1902. Sold for US$8,580,000 (estimate US$4-6 million), and Claude Monet (1840-1926), La Seine près de Giverny, 1888. Sold for US$6,352,500 (estimate US$4-6m), both from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection; A Gilt Copper Alloy figure of Virupaksha, Central Tibet, Densatil Monastery, Early 15th century. Sold for HK$37.9m (£4,060,326) in Hong Kong. Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959) Three Stars. Sold for HK$36,754,000 (£3,930,914, also in Hong Kong

For more information about this auction and others featured by Bonhams, please visit their site. Bonhams can also be found on Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, and Pinterest.

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BONHAMS APPOINTS CELINE ASSIMON AS CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

*Celine Assimon appointed Chief Commercial Officer at Bonhams*

London – Bonhams announces the appointment of Celine Assimon as Chief Commercial Officer. With a distinguished career in luxury and fine jewellery, Celine brings more than 20 years of experience leading commercial strategy, client engagement, and brand development across global markets.

Prior to joining Bonhams, Celine served as CEO of De Beers London, where she led a major brand transformation, expanded international retail presence, and implemented customer-centric strategies. Previously she was also CEO of De Beers Forevermark, CEO of De Grisogono, and held senior leadership roles at Richemont and Louis Vuitton, including International Director of High Jewellery and Exceptional pieces at Piaget. Celine is a certified diamond graduate from the GIA.

In her new role at Bonhams, Celine will be based in London and oversee global commercial strategy and drive client experience across all business areas. She will be instrumental in aligning the company’s commercial vision with its expanding global platform, ensuring consistent growth and innovation across Bonhams’ diverse portfolio of categories.

“We are delighted to welcome Celine Assimon to Bonhams. She brings a powerful blend of commercial expertise, leadership, and a deep understanding of the luxury market. Her appointment reinforces our commitment to strengthening client relationships and enhancing Bonhams’ global commercial capabilities.”

— Chabi Nouri, Global CEO, Bonhams

“I am thrilled to join Bonhams at such a dynamic point in its evolution. With its exceptional heritage and forward-looking vision, Bonhams is uniquely positioned in the auction world. I look forward to contributing to its continued global growth and success.”

— Celine Assimon, Chief Commercial Officer, Bonhams

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Gooding Christie’s And Rétromobile Announce Multi-Year Partnership With Inaugural Paris And New York Auctions In 2026

Amelia Island Auctions 2025, Photos by Hanna Yamamoto.

Santa Monica, Calif. and Paris, France– Gooding Christie’s is delighted to announce the signing of a multi-year partnership with Rétromobile, the foremost European automotive event, whose 50th edition will take place from January 28 to February 1, 2026. Through this partnership, Gooding Christie’s will serve as the official auction partner of Rétromobile’s flagship Paris event, which takes place annually at the close of January and start of February at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, as well as the newly announced US edition of the event. The first installment in the US is set to take place at New York’s Javits Center in November 2026.

The selection of Gooding Christie’s as the official auction partner for this next stage of Rétromobile’s global development is a natural choice, highlighting the respective brands’ shared vision of showcasing the world’s most historic, significant, and quality collector cars. Further, this partnership marks a milestone as the first major new auction venture undertaken by Gooding Christie’s post-acquisition on an international scale.

“We are proud to announce our first ever European auction as Gooding Christie’s, and what better event to partner with than the illustrious Salon Rétromobile, the leading European classic car event. Rétromobile has been a vibrant marketplace for the last 50 years, with the most prominent collectors and dealers transacting the most significant cars,” said Gooding Christie's President, David Gooding. “We look forward to taking the center stage at the Parisian and New York events.” “The Rétromobile team hosts a wonderful event for the global automotive community centered in the heart of Paris, and we could not be more enthused about our new partnership as the official auction house,” said Francis Belin, President of Christie's Asia Pacific, who also oversees the global luxury portfolio of activities. “In addition to the Parisian event, the New York edition provides a spectacular venue for our new North American auction, and presents Gooding Christie's with the next step of growth and expansion in the international collector car market."

“During my travels in the United States I had the opportunity to attend several sales orchestrated by David Gooding and his team. The quality of the collections on display was simply exceptional,” said Romain Grabowski, Director of Rétromobile. “It is this expertise, these values, and the reputation of this auction house that attracted us, as well as Christie's’ international reach and expertise in the art and luxury goods world. There is no doubt that this new collaboration will be one of the highlights of our 50th edition. The entire Rétromobile team joins me in welcoming everyone at Gooding Christie's to the great Rétromobile family!”

“Who better than Gooding Christie's to lead the auction at the new Rétromobile New York show? With David Gooding as the world-renowned expert in the classic car market together with the prestige and heritage of Christie’s name,” said Gérard Neveu, Director of Rétromobile New York. “With this new partnership, and for the ultimate pleasure and benefit of American car collectors and all our future visitors, Rétromobile New York has once again been afforded the best means possible to prepare for an exceptional event in Manhattan from November 19 to 22, 2026.”

About Gooding Christie’s

Gooding Christie’s is world renowned for its market-leading automotive auctions, private brokerage, and unparalleled service in the international collector car market with over two decades of operation. Gooding Christie’s consistently sets world record prices and redefines market standards through both its live auctions and Geared Online platform with best-of-category cars across numerous verticals. The commitment to presenting the highest quality of consignments while operating with the utmost integrity and transparency has provided the company an unmatched reputation of trust and respect. Offering a wide range of services including private and estate sales, appraisals, collection management, and financing options, Gooding Christie’s is ready to assist you. To browse available offerings, discover upcoming auctions, view conditions of sale, or learn more about consigning your vehicle or registering to bid at a future sale, please visit goodingco.com.

About Rétromobile

Founded in 1976, Rétromobile is today one of the most prestigious collector car exhibitions in Europe. This stature has allowed it to bring together everyone from the vintage car world, and offer unprecedented and exclusive displays and special features. It is also acknowledged by its visitors as being the world's largest temporary garage dedicated to cars. As a true leader in the vehicle market, Rétromobile is the annual gathering for all car fans.

About Comexposium

The Comexposium Group is one of the leading event organisers worldwide, creating events that bring communities together to discover and explore businesses, passions and interests. Comexposium organizes more than 150 professional and general public events, covering more than 10 sectors of activity (agriculture/food, retail/digital, fashion/accessories, leisure…). The group connects 48,000 exhibitors and 3.5 million visitors, 365 days a year in 22 countries. Creating experiences and encounters between individuals, Comexposium’s enables throughout its events (SIAL, All4Pack, Paris Retail Week, One to One Monaco & Biarritz, Foire de Paris, Rétromobile, etc.) and its associated content its communities to be connected all year round through an effective and targeted omni-channel approach.

About Christie’s

Founded in 1766, Christie’s is a world-leading art and luxury business with a physical presence in 46 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific, and flagship  international sales hubs  in New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris and Geneva. Renowned and trusted for our expert live and online-only auctions, as well as bespoke Private Sales, Christie’s unparalleled network of specialists offers our clients a full portfolio of  global services, including art appraisal, art financing, international real estate and education. Christie’s  auctions span more than  80 art and luxury categories, at price points ranging from $500 to over $100 million. Christie’s has sold 7 of the 10 most important single-owner collections in history, achieved the world record price for an artwork at auction, launched the first  fully on-chain auction platform dedicated to exceptional NFT art and manages an investment fund to support innovative startups in the art market. Christie’s is also committed to advancing  responsible culture  throughout its business and communities worldwide. To learn more, browse, bid, discover, and join us for the best of art and luxury at christies.com or by downloading Christie’s apps. The auction house can also be found on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X.

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BONHAMS APPOINTS CLÉMENCE MÉRAT AS JEWELLERY SPECIALIST IN ROMA

Paris – Bonhams has appointed Clémence Mérat as Senior Jewellery specialist with immediate effect (April 2025). She will be based in Roma (Italy). French born, Clémence graduated with a bachelor’s in art history from I.E.S.A. and holds a master’s degree from La Sorbonne University, Paris.

She moved to London, where she attended her final year of master's at L.S.E. (London School of Economics, London) and got her Graduate Gemologist diploma from GIA (Gemological Institute of America, London) in 2011. She started her career in London, working for William & Son, a British Luxury Brand, as their Head of Jewellery, for 7 years and then launched her own brand, NYF Jewellery.

She relocated to Italy in 2021 working for Catawiki and overseeing the jewellery category as Category Lead New Jewellery.

Clémence was brought into the auction world for her deep-rooted expertise in jewellery, built over years of working across all facets of the industry. Her nuanced understanding of design, craftsmanship, gemstones, and market trends enables her to expertly assess pieces, evaluate provenance and value, and curate collections with a discerning eye. From advising on acquisitions and authenticating high-value items to crafting compelling narratives that connect jewellery to its history and future owner, Clémence brings both rigour and passion to the auction luxury market. Her ability to bridge the gap between heritage and commercial appeal makes her an invaluable asset in positioning jewellery for success at auction.

“Bonhams’ recent expansion has made it one of the most accessible auction houses in the world with strong local roots. The Bonhams global Jewellery team comprises a close-knit team of specialists renowned for their professionalism, expertise and delivering strong results. I am honoured to be joining one of the most entrepreneurial auction houses.”

— Clémence Mérat

“I am delighted to welcome Clémence at Bonhams. Her 15 years’ experience in jewellery product development, purchasing, valuation and appraisals gained in auction houses and luxury brands and gem dealing are a great asset for Bonhams. I look forward to working with her.”

— Catherine Yaiche, Bonhams’ European Director

About The Bonhams Network

Bonhams is a global network of auction houses, with the largest number of international salerooms, offering the widest range of collecting categories and selling at all price points. Bonhams is recognised for its bespoke service, and a dedication to local market relationships, enhanced by a global platform. With 14 salerooms, Bonhams presents over 1,000 sales annually, across more than 60 specialist categories, including fine art, collectables, luxury, wine & spirits, and collector cars.

Founded in 1793, Bonhams has representatives in more than 30 countries and operates flagship salerooms in London, New York, Paris, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong. In 2022, Bonhams added four international auction houses to its network: Bukowskis, Stockholm; Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen; Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris and Brussels; and Skinner, Massachusetts. The success of Bonhams’ global strategy is a result of recognising the shift in growing intercontinental buying and increased digital engagement.

In 2023, Bonhams achieved 14% growth with $1.14 billion in turnover. Recent important auctions and landmark single-owner collections, include the white glove sales of Sir Michael Caine: The Personal Collection, Alain Delon: Sixty Years of Passion; Sir Roger Moore: The Personal Collection; Personal Property of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and The Robert & Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting. Other notable single-owner sales included The Estate of Barbara Walters: American Icon; The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection; The Crown Auction: Props and Costumes and The Claude de Marteau Collection.

Top lots for 2023 include 1967 Ferrari 412P Berlinetta, Sold at Quail Lodge, US for US$30,255,000. Tipu Sultan’s Bedchamber Sword (sold in London for £14m – a world record for both an Islamic and an Indian object); Paul Signac (1863-1935), Sisteron, 1902. Sold for US$8,580,000 (estimate US$4-6 million), and Claude Monet (1840-1926), La Seine près de Giverny, 1888. Sold for US$6,352,500 (estimate US$4-6m), both from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection; A Gilt Copper Alloy figure of Virupaksha, Central Tibet, Densatil Monastery, Early 15th century. Sold for HK$37.9m (£4,060,326) in Hong Kong. Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959) Three Stars. Sold for HK$36,754,000 (£3,930,914), also in Hong Kong.

For more information about these auctions and others featured By Bonhams, please visit their site. Bonhams can also be found on Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, and Pinterest.

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Alexander Gray Associates announces the representation of Donald Moffett

Donald Moffett Lot 020425 (the probe, A), 2025 Oil on linen on panel with steel hardware 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in (52.1 x 41.9 cm) Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York; Anthony Meier, Mill Valley© 2025 Donald Moffett

Alexander Gray Associates is pleased to announce the representation of Donald Moffett (b. 1955). In September 2025, the Gallery will present a solo exhibition of Moffett’s work.

Moffett was born in San Antonio, Texas and lives and works in New York. He interweaves political urgency with rigorous formal experimentation across disciplines. As a founding member of Gran Fury (1988–95), the artistic arm of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), Moffett’s practice emerged from the crucible of 1980s AIDS activism. His paintings, sculptures, and installations resonate with this legacy, though his formal investigations have expanded beyond their initial sociopolitical imperative to encompass the climate crisis. Through innovative techniques, he creates charged spaces where aesthetic investigations and social consciousness coalesce, consistently pushing mediums beyond their conventional limits.

Moffett’s paintings, sculptures, and installations resonate with the legacy of his early activism, though his formal investigations have expanded beyond their initial sociopolitical imperative to encompass the climate crisis.

Moffett’s extruded oil paint and epoxy resin paintings are central to his oeuvre. Begun three decades ago, these abstractions feature textured peaks and glossy pools of pigment that evoke biological forms—roots, bacteria, orifices—while embodying the artist's philosophy that his works "say nothing but … show quite a bit." Moffett’s creative process deliberately transcends conventional categorization, merging industrial fabrication methods with fine art techniques to challenge established boundaries between painting, sculpture, and manufacturing. The resulting works achieve a distinctive tension: simultaneously calculated and spontaneous, they inhabit an intermediate space where intuitive expression meets mechanical precision. Moffett further disrupts traditional notions of the picture plane through strategies like drilling, slicing, and routing to reveal his work’s internal structure and the architectural space behind it. His deliberate perforations function as formal innovations and conceptual interventions, introducing themes of absence, fragility, and perseverance into seemingly impenetrable surfaces.

Donald Moffett Lot 020220 (early life, theta), 2020 Pigmented epoxy resin on wood panel with steel hardware 12 x 6 5/8 x 5 3/4 in (30.5 x 16.8 x 14.6 cm) Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York; Anthony Meier, Mill Valley © 2025 Donald Moffett

Further expanding on this methodology, Moffett developed NATURE CULT in the mid-2010s. This ongoing project examines the climate crisis through complex investigations of surface and structure, language and graphics. The body of work features a variety of pierced and carved panels, found object sculptures and installations, bumper stickers, and vibrantly colored birdhouses—all melancholic tributes to the biodiversity threatened by widespread inaction. The series reveals how Moffett has never strayed from the core concerns that have animated his work for more than four decades: the relationship between abstraction and politics and the role of art in social discourse.

Moffett's artistic contributions lie not just in his formal innovations, but also in his ability to merge the political with the visual. His work demonstrates how art can maintain its relevance while engaging with both historical traditions and contemporary concerns, creating a space where aesthetics and politics coexist without compromising either.

Moffett’s work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including NATURE CULT, SEEDED, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland (2024); DONALD MOFFETT + NATURE CULT + THE McNAY, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX (2022); The Extravagant Vein, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX (2011), traveled to The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, and Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (both 2012); and Donald Moffett: What Barbara Jordan Wore, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL (2002). His work has also been featured in many group shows, including Gran Fury: Arte não é o bastante (Gran Fury: Art is Not Enough), Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), Brazil (2024); This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (2024); Every Moment Counts—AIDS and its Feelings, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway (2019); United by AIDS—An Exhibition about Loss, Remembrance, Activism and Art in Response to HIV/AIDS, Migros Museum für Gegenwartkunst, Zurich, Switzerland (2019); and the 1993 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY. Moffett’s work is featured in global public and private collections, including the Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, TX; Brooklyn Museum, NY; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; The Menil Collection, Houston, TX; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; and Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, among others. Moffett recently received the Texas Medal of Arts Award, Texas Cultural Trust, Austin, and, as a member of Gran Fury, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston in 2011. Moffett is also represented by Anthony Meier, Mill Valley, CA.

For more information about Alexander Gray Associates and this announcement, artists, and exhibitions, please visit their site here. The gallery can also be found on Instagram here.

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The Pace Gallery celebrates 65 years

Robert Indiana, LOVE (Red Outside Gold Inside), 1966–1999, Conceived: 1966; Executed: 1999 SCULPTURE polychrome aluminum 36" × 36" × 18" (91.4 cm × 91.4 cm × 45.7 cm) © The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative, courtesy Pace Gallery

On Friday, April 25, The Pace Gallery celebrates 65 years since it was founded by Arne and Milly Glimcher.

Throughout 2025, Pace is celebrating its 65th anniversary year with a series of exhibitions around the globe of work by artists who have been central to its program for decades. This special run of anniversary exhibitions is an ode to some of the gallery's longest-lasting relationships. Over the course of their careers, these figures, with Pace's support, charted new courses in the history of art. Pace's 65th anniversary presentations are listed chronologically below.

· Joel Shapiro: Works from 1975–2024, Tokyo, January 17–February 22

· Louise Nevelson: Shadow Dance, New York, January 17–March 1; Louise Nevelson: The Fourth Dimension, Seoul, April 11–May 17

· Kenneth Noland: Paintings 1966–2006, Seoul, January 10–March 29; Tokyo, March 7–May 6

· Sam Gilliam: The Flow of Color, Seoul, January 10–March 29; Tokyo, March 7–May 6

· Jean Dubuffet: The Hourloupe Cycle, New York, March 13–April 26; Reverse Alchemy: Dubuffet, Basquiat, Nava, Berlin, May 2–June 14

· Robert Indiana: The Shape of the World, Hong Kong, March 25–May 9; Robert Indiana: The American Dream, New York, May 9–August 15

· Robert Irwin in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, April 5–June 7

· Robert Mangold: Pentagons and Folded Space, New York, May 9–August 15

· Pace: 65 Years, Geneva, May 21–August 9

· James Turrell, Seoul, June 12–August 16

· Claes Oldenburg, Tokyo, July 18–August 23

· Agnes Martin, New York, November/December

Opening May 21 and running through the end of the summer, Pace will open a group exhibition at its Geneva gallery delving into the past 65 years of Pace through a changing display of works that—situating the gallery's contemporary program in the context of its 20th century history—cultivates a dialogue between the past and present. Featuring works by Lynda Benglis, Adolph Gottlieb, Agnes Martin, Yoshitomo Nara, Louise Nevelson, Adam Pendleton, Pablo Picasso, Richard Pousette-Dart, Lucas Samaras, Antoni TaÌpies, and other major figures, this focused, thoughtfully curated presentation will invite visitors to learn about Pace's legacy.

These exhibitions are accompanied by films featuring gallery founders Arne and Milly Glimcher and CEO Marc Glimcher discussing their relationships with artists over the course of the past 65 years. The films and other archival material are accessible here.

Pace is a leading international art gallery representing some of the most influential artists and estates of the 20th and 21st centuries, founded by Arne Glimcher in 1960. Holding decades-long relationships with Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Agnes Martin, Louise Nevelson, and Mark Rothko, Pace has a unique history that can be traced to its early support of artists central to the Abstract Expressionist and Light and Space movements. Now in its seventh decade, the gallery continues to nurture its longstanding relationships with its legacy artists and estates while also making an investment in the careers of contemporary artists, including Torkwase Dyson, Loie Hollowell, Robert Nava, Adam Pendleton, and Marina Perez Simão.

Under the current leadership of CEO Marc Glimcher and President Samanthe Rubell, Pace has established itself as a collaborative force in the art world, partnering with other galleries and nonprofit organizations around the world in recent years. The gallery advances its mission to support its artists and share their visionary work with audiences and collectors around the world through a robust global program anchored by its exhibitions of both 20th century and contemporary art and scholarly projects from its imprint Pace Publishing, which produces books introducing new voices to the art historical canon. This artist-first ethos also extends to public installations, philanthropic events, performances, and other interdisciplinary programming presented by Pace.

Today, Pace has eight locations worldwide, including two galleries in New York—its eight-story headquarters at 540 West 25th Street and an adjacent 8,000-square-foot exhibition space at 510 West 25th Street. The gallery’s history in the New York art world dates to 1963, when it opened its first space in the city on East 57th Street. A champion of Light and Space artists, Pace has also been active in California for some 60 years, opening its West Coast flagship in Los Angeles in 2022. The gallery maintains European footholds in London and Geneva as well as Berlin, where it established an office in 2023. Pace was one of the first international galleries to have a major presence in Asia, where it has been active since 2008, the year it first opened in Beijing’s vibrant 798 Art District. It now operates galleries in Hong Kong and Seoul and opened its first gallery in Japan in Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills development in 2024.

For more news regarding Pace Gallery, please visit their website here. Pace Gallery can be found on Instagram and Artsy, too

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Pace Gallery Announces Booth Highlights for Art Basel Hong Kong 2025

From Left to Right: Matta, Tail-cock party, 1970, Artwork by Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren © 2025 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris; Yin Xiuzhen, Wall\ Instrument-Standing Waves Document No. 14, 2021-2022 © Yin Xiuzhen, courtesy Pace Gallery; Kiki Smith, Consort, 2016 © Kiki Smith, courtesy Pace Gallery; Li Hei Di, The monstrosity lies in between us, 2025 © Li Hei Di, courtesy Pace Gallery.

The gallery’s booth (#1D27) will spotlight a large-scale painting by Matta alongside contemporary works by Loie Hollowell, Alicja Kwade, Lee Ufan, Li Hei Di, Arlene Shechet, Kiki Smith, and other artists

Pace’s presentation will also bring together works by artists living and working in China, including Hong Hao, Li Songsong, Song Dong, Yin Xiuzhen, and Zhang Xiaogang Solo presentations by Alicja Kwade at Tai Kwun in Hong Kong and Kiki Smith at Yi Space in Hangzhou will be on view during this year’s edition of Art Basel Hong Kong, and a new installation by Yin Xiuzhen—commissioned by the UBS Art Collection—will be unveiled in the UBS Lounge at the fair.

An exhibition of work by American artist Robert Indiana—who emerged as a key figure in the Pop art movement in the 1960s—will be on view at Pace’s Hong Kong gallery during the run of the fair.

Highlights on Pace’s booth at Art Basel Hong Kong include:

• Tail-cock party (1970), a vibrant, large-scale painting by Matta, one of the great surrealists of the 20th century who profoundly influenced the development of Abstract Expressionism

• A 2008 painting from Lee Ufan’s Dialogue series

• A new painting by Li Hei Di, who joined Pace’s program in 2024 and will open their first solo exhibition with the gallery at its Hong Kong space in May

• A group of wall-mounted, mixed media installations by Yin Xiuzhen, whose new installation Flag Gate UBS (2024–25), commissioned by the UBS Art Collection, will be unveiled in the UBS Lounge at the fair this year

• Kiki Smith’s sculpture Consort (2016), which reflects the artist’s enduring interest in embodied experiences of nature

• A new installation by Song Dong, who often explores memory, impermanence, and transience in his work

• A new painting by Alejandro Piñeiro Bello depicting an undulating, otherworldly landscape inspired by the history, folklore, and spirit of the Caribbean

• A sculpture and multiple mixed media works by Alicja Kwade, whose exhibition at Tai Kwun in Hong Kong continues through April 6 and who will present a solo exhibition at Pace’s New York gallery in May

• A 2023 painting by Loie Hollowell, known for her works that evoke bodily landscapes

• Li Songsong’s Mindscape 1 (2025), a canvas that speaks to the artist’s imaginative and expressionistic approach to painting

• A new painting from Mika Tajima’s celebrated Art d'Ameublement series, named for composer Erik Satie’s

Furniture Music (Musique d’ameublement) and featuring vivid, radiant color gradients

• Three ceramic and steel sculptures by Arlene Shechet, who uses seemingly disparate shapes, colors, and materials to imbue her works with psychological and emotional resonances

• A 2023 sculpture by Joel Shapiro, who has pushed the boundaries of sculptural form over the past six decades with a body of work distinguished by its dynamism, complexity, and formal elegance

• A mixed media painting by Hong Hao, who, over the past decade, has increasingly focused on the expressive potential of material itself, continuing his reflection on social constructions of value

• A 1979 painting by Yoo Youngkuk, a pioneer of geometric abstract painting celebrated for his distinctive visual lexicon characterized by bold color fields and expressive applications of paint

• Role-player (2016), a surrealistic canvas by Zhang Xiaogang

• A 2023 Bodyscape painting by Lee Kun-Yong, whose work explores the ways that the body and its movements can be understood across time

Pace Gallery can be found at Booth #1D27 Presentation at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre: March 28–30, 2025

For more information about Art Basel Hong Kong please visit their site here., please visit the Pace Gallery’s website here for more information about the Gallery and the artists it represents. Pace Gallery can be found on Instagram and Artsy, too.

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Rust-Oleum debuts Rust-O

Rust-Oleum debuts Rust-O, a spray paint created exclusively for artists. To celebrate, the

company is hosting an exciting launch event on March 13 from 7 - 10 p.m. at the Secret

Walls Headquarters (2272 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90006).

The night will be an explosive artistic bash and palpable vibes as we celebrate the launch

of Rust-Oleum’s first spray paint designed by and for artists. Headlined with a classic

Secret Walls battle featuring industry OG, Persue, and rising talent, George F Baker III,

the two will bring this must-try product to life, and battle it out on the canvas for a thrilling

head-to-head spray paint bout.

Beyond the battle, attendees will get exclusive access to try the new Rust-O spray paint,

along with limited-edition merchandise giveaways. The celebration is more than just a

launch—it’s a tribute to the art community and a preview of the future for Rust-Oleum’s

commitment to creatives and the industry. Guests may also indulge in on-site food trucks

and dance the night away with a live DJ.

A public evite can be found here. This event is organized by Secert Walls. For more information about Secret Walls, please visit their website here. They can also be found on Instagram here.

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New Museum to Open OMA-Designed Building Expansion in Fall 2025

New York, NY — The New Museum, Manhattan’s only museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary art, today announced that its 60,000 sq ft building expansion designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with Cooper Robertson will open in fall 2025.

Founded in 1977 in a temporary space on Hudson Street, the New Museum has experimented and evolved since its founding as a hub for new art and new ideas, expanding its footprint at key moments in its history to better serve artists and the public. Its OMA-designed expansion will complement the New Museum’s existing SANAA-designed flagship building on the Bowery at Prince Street while doubling the Museum’s gallery space; improving visitor flow through the addition of three elevators, an atrium stair, and an entrance plaza; creating new venues for artist residencies and public programs; and establishing a purpose-built home for the Museum’s cultural incubator NEW INC, among many other new and expanded features, marking a transformative moment for the Museum and the city.

“The New Museum has always been a future-facing museum—not a place for preserving and recording history, but a place where history is made,” said Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director of the New Museum. “We are thrilled to be working with Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas on OMA’s first public building in New York City, ushering in a new era of possibilities for the New Museum as a vital civic resource for New Yorkers and the global arts community.”

“The New Museum is an incubator for new cultural perspectives and production, and the expansion aims to embody that attitude of openness,” said Shohei Shigematsu, OMA Partner. “Imagined as a highly connected yet distinct counterpart to the existing museum’s verticality and solidity, the new building will offer horizontally expansive galleries for curatorial variety, open vertical circulation, and a diversity of spaces for gathering, exchange, and creation. The building is further shaped to create an active public face—including an outdoor plaza at the ground, moments of transparency throughout the central atrium, and terraced openings at the top—that will openly engage the surrounding community and beyond.”

“We are extremely grateful to all of those making the New Museum’s next chapter a reality, which would not be possible without the generous support of our Board of Trustees as well as numerous individuals, foundations, and government champions of this important project,” said James-Keith Brown, President of the New Museum’s Board of Trustees. “We look forward to inaugurating the new building with the kind of ambitious exhibition for which the New Museum is known, animating our expanded home on the Bowery with a timely exploration of artists’ visions of the future.”

The OMA building will be named in honor of the late visionary philanthropist Toby Devan Lewis, a long-serving New Museum Trustee whose $30 million contribution to the Capital Campaign is the largest gift in the Museum’s history. To date, the New Museum has raised $118 million towards its Capital Campaign goal of $125 million, with $82 million in construction costs.

About the Expanded Building

Complementing the New Museum’s existing architecture, the OMA-designed expansion will appear distinct on the outside while being seamlessly integrated on the inside. The new seven-story building will double the Museum’s gallery space, aligning ceiling heights on the second, third, and fourth floors for uninterrupted connectivity across both buildings. The OMA design will improve vertical circulation for visitors through the addition of an atrium stairway, which will offer views of the surrounding neighborhood and the opportunity for site-specific art installations, as well as three additional elevators, two of which will be dedicated to gallery access.

On the ground level, the Museum’s enlarged lobby will feature an expanded bookstore as well as a full-service restaurant, while just outside a new entrance plaza will create an open-air venue for public art installations at the terminus of Bowery and Prince Street. On the Museum’s upper floors, the new building will include a dedicated studio for artists-in-residence, a 74-seat forum, and a purpose-built home for NEW INC, the first museum-born cultural incubator, which will equip its annual cohort of 120+ creative entrepreneurs with collaborative working spaces and top-of-line production facilities.

The New Museum’s seventh floor Sky Room will double in size while retaining its panoramic views of downtown Manhattan, and the expanded building will include three additional upper-floor terraces overlooking the Bowery. On the exterior, laminated glass with metal mesh will provide a simple, unified façade by using materials that recall and complement the original SANAA building while allowing for a higher degree of transparency.

About the Inaugural Exhibition

Continuing the New Museum’s long history of presenting provocative and timely thematic exhibitions, New Humans: Memories of the Future will inaugurate the expanded building with an exploration of artists’ enduring preoccupation with what it means to be human in the face of sweeping technological changes.

Spanning the entire Museum, New Humans will trace a diagonal history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through the work of more than 150 international artists, writers, scientists, architects, and filmmakers, highlighting key moments when dramatic technological and societal changes spurred new conceptions of humanity and new visions for its possible futures. Placing new and recent works by artists including Sofia Al-Maria, Lucy Beech, Meriem Bennani, Cyprien Gaillard, Pierre Huyghe, Tau Lewis, Daria Martin, Wangechi Mutu, Precious Okoyomon, Berenice Olmedo, Philippe Parreno, Hito Steyerl, Jamian Juliano-Villani, and Anicka Yi in the context of works by twentieth century artists and cultural figures such as Francis Bacon, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Salvador Dalí, Ibrahim El-Salahi, H.R. Giger, Kiki Kogelnik, Hannah Höch, Tatsuo Ikeda, Gyula Kosice, El Lissitzky, Lennart Nilsson, Eduardo Paolozzi, Carlo Rambaldi, Germaine Richier, and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, New Humans illuminates the ways in which artists’ visions of the future have evolved throughout time. Major support for New Humans is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

“Since its founding, the New Museum has looked at art as a tool that can help us understand the world around us. New Humans is an encyclopedic, interdisciplinary exhibition that continues the Museum's engagement with the most pressing issues of today. Through the work of more than 150 artists, writers, and cultural figures, New Humansreveals how our most terrifying contemporary concerns are in fact as old as humanity itself,” said Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director of the New Museum. “As the New Museum enters an expansive new chapter in its own history, New Humans highlights the role artists play in interpreting and confronting the critical issues that will shape our collective fate.”

In addition to New Humans, the expanded New Museum will reopen with multiple site-specific commissions enabled by new architectural spaces. Among these will be a new work entitled VENUS VICTORIA by Sarah Lucas as the first recipient of the Hostetler/Wrigley Sculpture Award, a biannual juried prize supporting the production and exhibition of new work by women artists on the Museum’s public entrance plaza.

Information about additional new commissions, residencies, public programs, institutional collaborations, and series enabled by the expanded building will be announced in the coming months.

Later this year, the New Museum will announce its 2026 exhibition schedule, which will include the first New York museum solo presentation of artist Arthur Jafa and the next edition of the New Museum Triennial, launched in 2009 as the first recurring international exhibition in New York City devoted to emerging artists from around the world.

For the latest on the New Museum’s building expansion and reopening programs, please register for updates here. The New Museum can also be found on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and X.

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Christie’s Unveils New Charitable Arts Initiative To Raise Vital Funds For Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

Peter Doig, *Lion in the Road (Port of Spain)*, 2020 (estimate: £250,000 – 350,000)

Christie’s is honoured to have partnered with Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity) to present its BUILD IT, BEAT IT charitable arts initiative, a collection of 29 artworks by 28 leading contemporary artists. The works will be offered in Christie’s upcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale on 6 March 2025, and proceeds from the sale will help GOSH Charity build a new, world-leading Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH.

Twenty-nine works have been donated to be auctioned during the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale to raise funds to help build a new Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Jadé Fadojutimi, *Untitled*, 2024 (estimate: £350,000 – 450,000)

The following artists have generously contributed to BUILD IT, BEAT IT: Rana Begum, Sara Berman, Winston Branch, Lisa Brice, Victoria Cantons, Nicolás Colón, Peter Doig, Tracey Emin, Jadé Fadojutimi, Faile, Laura Footes, Nick Goss, Arch Hades, Celia Hempton, Clementine Keith-Roach, Matthew Krishanu, Sophia Loeb, Helen Marden, Peter McDonald, Eddie Peake, Gideon Rubin, Laurie Smith, Jessie Stevenson, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, Hannah Tilson, Caroline Walker, Georg Wilson, and Xu Yang.

Works being offered in the sale range from £1,200 to £350,000, with a combined estimate of £814,700 – 1,147,800

Lisa Brice, *Untitled*, 2023 (estimate: £20,000 – 30,000)

GOSH is one of Europe’s leading hospitals and research centres dedicated to paediatric care. GOSH Charity exists to provide funding above and beyond what the NHS covers, to help provide world-leading care, expertise and facilities. GOSH Charity is currently in the middle of its biggest-ever fundraising appeal – the Build it. Beat it. appeal - which aims to raise £300m to help build a new, state-of-the-art Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH, which will drive transformation in children’s cancer care and save more lives.

Caroline Walker, *Study for Amusements*, 2024 (estimate: £20,000 – 30,000)

“Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) stands at the forefront of paediatric care and research in Europe. The forthcoming Children’s Cancer Centre is envisioned as a beacon of hope, dedicated not only to treating cancer but also to nurturing the holistic well-being of each child, ensuring they thrive beyond survival. The ambition, potential, and hope embodied by this new centre are reflected in the remarkable generosity of the 28 contemporary artists contributing to BUILD IT, BEAT IT. Christie’s is honoured to have devised this collaboration to support GOSH’s critical and transformative work. We remain committed to engaging in philanthropic partnerships that leverage art and our expertise for the greater good, uniting the art world to support children facing critical illnesses.”

— Katharine Arnold, Vice-Chairman, Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Europe and Annabelle Scholar, Client advisor, Chairman’s Office, EMEA at Christie’s

“ We are thrilled to be collaborating with Christie’s on this art collection which will raise vital funds for the new, world-leading Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH. On behalf of everyone here at GOSH Charity, I also want to offer a heartfelt thank you to all of the generous artists who have donated these pieces of art. GOSH Charity believes no childhood should be lost to serious illness and every penny raised in this auction will help us in our fight to achieve that.”

— GOSH Charity’s Director of Fundraising, Liz Tait

100% of the hammer price for these lots will be paid to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (charity number 1160024) and GOSH has indicated that funds will go towards building the Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH.

*Christie’s shall donate 50% of the buyer’s premium for all lots sold to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.
Funds will support the vital cancer care services at GOSH, including the refurbishment of GOSH buildings, upgrading equipment, pioneering research, kinder treatments and offering vital welfare services to our families during their time at GOSH.

*In the event that the needs of the hospital or patients change, GOSH reserves the right to redirect funds for use against the hospital’s most urgent needs.

About Christie’s

For more information about GOSH, please visit their site here. The organization can be found on X, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Pace Gallery Announces Details of Upcoming Robert Indiana Exhibition in New York, Opening May 9

Robert Indiana, LOVE, 1965 PAINTING oil on canvas 12”× 12" (30.5 cm × 30.5 cm)© The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative, courtesy Pace Gallery

Pace is pleased to announce that it will present Robert Indiana: The American Dream, a major exhibition including seminal examples of paintings and sculpture created by the artist beginning in the early 1960s and developed throughout subsequent decades of his artistic career, to be shown at its 540 West 25th Street gallery in New York from May 9 to August 15.

Robert Indiana, ONE Through ZERO (The Ten Numbers), 1978– 2003, Conceived: 1978; Executed: 2003 SCULPTURE stainless steel on steel base 18" × 18" × 10" (45.7 cm × 45.7 cm × 25.4 cm), including base © The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative, courtesy Pace Gallery

Examining Indiana’s critique of the duality of the American Dream—both its promise and its privations—this exhibition will highlight the connections between the artist’s personal history and the social, political, and cultural realities of postwar America. Reflecting on the critical and political underpinnings of Indiana’s work, as well as his enduring impact as an artist, Pace’s presentation will include loans from several prominent institutions.

Robert Indiana, Two, 1960-62, cast 1991 SCULPTURE painted bronze 61-1/8" × 18-1/2" × 19-1/2" (155.3 cm × 47 cm × 49.5 cm) © The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative, courtesy Pace Gallery

One of the preeminent figures in American art since the 1960s, Robert Indiana–born Robert Clark in the state of Indiana in 1928–played a central role in the development of assemblage art, hard-edge painting, and Pop art. Indiana, a self-proclaimed “American painter of signs,” created a highly original body of work that explores American identity, personal history, and the power of abstraction and language. His legacy resonates in the work of many contemporary artists who make the written word a central element of their oeuvre, making him one of the most important figures in the recent history of art.

Robert Indiana, Four Diamond Ping, 2003 PAINTING oil on canvas Four panels, overall: 102" × 102" (259.1 cm × 259.1 cm), diamond Each panel: 51" × 51" (129.5 cm × 129.5 cm) © The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative, courtesy Pace Gallery

Pace’s exhibition in New York will be accompanied by a new catalogue from Pace Publishing, which will shed light on Indiana’s lifelong artistic engagement with both the aspirations of the American dream and its dark underbelly–the repressed dimensions of American history and society, from colonialism to materialism and commodification. Among the works on view will be the 1961 painting The Calumet, which features the names of Native American tribes, acknowledging the presence of Indigenous life and culture within the subconscious of America; The Black Marilyn (1967/1998), a painting that speaks to the commodification of celebrity and desire in American mass media in the 1960s; and the painted bronze sculpture The American Dream (1992/2015), bearing fundamental words of the human condition: “HUG,” “ERR,” “EAT,” and “DIE.”

Pace’s presentation will also include works from Indiana’s iconic LOVE series, recontextualizing this important and well-known image within his broader practice and tying this motif to other words and ideas—including “EAT” and “DIE”—that recur across his paintings and sculptures, symbols of both personal and universal significance in Indiana’s work. An exhibition at Kasmin Gallery in New York—Robert Indiana: The Source, 1959—1969, highlighting works from the artist’s personal collection—will be presented from February 27 to March 29 in dialogue with Pace Gallery’s Robert Indiana: The American Dream. The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative, represented by Pace Gallery, and The Star of Hope Foundation, in partnership with Kasmin Gallery, have developed these distinct exhibitions in parallel to explore different aspects of Indiana’s artistic output and offer a diverse set of perspectives on the most formative decade of his career.

Oil 60 6. 12" Robert Indiana, Ginkgo, 2000 on canvas × 50 in. (152.4 × 127 cm) Private collection © Star of Hope Foundation, Vinalhaven, Maine

Today, Indiana’s work can be found in the permanent collections of museums including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the National Gallery of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Menil Collection, Houston; Tate Modern, London; the Neue National galerie, Berlin; MUMOK (Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien), Vienna; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, among many other institutions around the world.

In 2013, the Whitney Museum of American Art hosted the artist’s first New York retrospective, Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE, curated by Barbara Haskell. Indiana passed away in his home in Vinalhaven, Maine, on May 19, 2018, just a few weeks before the opening of his sculpture retrospective at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York (then Albright-Knox Art Gallery). Important posthumous one- artist exhibitions include, Love & Peace: A Robert Indiana Memorial Exhibition, Contemporary Art Foundation, Tokyo (2018); Robert Indiana: A Legacy of Love, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (2020); Robert Indiana: Sculpture 1958-2018, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, United Kingdom (2022); Robert Indiana at Rockefeller Center, Rockefeller Center, New York (2023); and Robert Indiana: The Sweet Mystery, Procuratie Vecchie, Venice (2024), among others.

Established in 2022, The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative aims to increase awareness of and appreciation for the depth and breadth of the work of Robert Indiana and is the leading entity dedicated to the advancement of the artist’s work. Represented worldwide by Pace Gallery, The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative also manages the website and is responsible for The Robert Indiana Catalogue Raisonné, which is now available online here.

Pace is a leading international art gallery representing some of the most influential contemporary artists and estates from the past century, holding decades-long relationships with Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Barbara Hepworth, Agnes Martin, Louise Nevelson, and Mark Rothko. Pace enjoys a unique U.S. heritage spanning East and West coasts through its early support of artists central to the Abstract Expressionist and Light and Space movements.

Since its founding by Arne Glimcher in 1960, Pace has developed a distinguished legacy as an artist-first gallery that mounts seminal historical and contemporary exhibitions. Under the current leadership of CEO Marc Glimcher, Pace continues to support its artists and share their visionary work with audiences worldwide by remaining at the forefront of innovation. Now in its seventh decade, the gallery advances its mission through a robust global program— comprising exhibitions, artist projects, public installations, institutional collaborations, performances, and interdisciplinary projects. Pace has a legacy in art bookmaking and has published over five hundred titles in close collaboration with artists, with a focus on original scholarship and on introducing new voices to the art historical canon.

Today, Pace has seven locations worldwide, including European footholds in London and Geneva as well as Berlin, where the gallery established an office in 2023. Pace maintains two galleries in New York—its headquarters at 540 West 25th Street, which welcomed almost 120,000 visitors and programmed 20 shows in its first six months, and an adjacent 8,000 sq. ft. exhibition space at 510 West 25th Street. Pace’s long and pioneering history in California includes a gallery in Palo Alto, which was open from 2016 to 2022. Pace’s engagement with Silicon Valley’s technology industry has had a lasting impact on the gallery at a global level, accelerating its initiatives connecting art and technology as well as its work with experiential artists. Pace consolidated its West Coast activity through its flagship in Los Angeles, which opened in 2022. Pace was one of the first international galleries to establish outposts in Asia, where it operates permanent gallery spaces in Hong Kong and Seoul, along with an office and viewing room in Beijing. In spring 2024, Pace will open its first gallery space in Japan in Tokyo’s new Azabudai Hills development.

For more information about this exhibition and others, please visit the Pace Gallery’s website here. Pace Gallery can be found on Instagram and Artsy, too. For more information about Robert’s artwork and his legacy, please visit here. Star of Hope Foundation information can be found here. Information about the Kasmin Gallery can be found here.