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Ken’ichiro Taniguchi Transforms Urban Imperfections with Bright Yellow Hecomi Sculptures Across Japan and Antwerp

February 27, 2024

Since 2000, Ken’ichiro Taniguchi, a Berlin and Sapporo-based artist, has been recontextualizing the Japanese noun Hecomi, “Heko-mu.” His practice circulates this word which pushes him to thoughtfully compose practices of tracing, mapping, studying, sculpting, and reshaping together; now on view at Japan's Sapporo Community Plaza and showing at Eva Steynen Gallery this May.

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Mimo, A New Gallery Space Founded in Artist's Basement in Bushwick

February 22, 2024

The birth of Mimo seems more like a philosophical one than anything else, in an incubator of sorts to encourage experimentation and rigor. As described by the founder, “Mimo serves as a space where the language of expression is spoken through the unspoken – in a non-conformist way, and so close to home (literally).” To inaugurate the space, he invited artist and cultural critic Jasmine Amussen in a solo show, The Vestal & The Fasces.

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Artist Marisabel Bazen On-Going Advocacy of Mental Health through Butterflies

February 20, 2024

At the core of Los Angeles based artist Mariabel Bazan’s butterflies are layers of passion and advocacy for mental health. In her latest public installation, “La Magia de Colleta” commissioned by the City of Costa Mesa, ten butterflies varying from palm to enchantingly large sizes made from aluminum are stretched along Marina View Park’s new Mariposa Garden.

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Roses are red—this Artsy Valentine's Day Guide is For You!

February 9, 2024

Sure, love and romance are guiding forces in the art world, but when you’re already stretched thin between 1:54 Marrakech, Zona Maco and upcoming frieze LA plans, you may find Valentine’s Day has taken a back seat. art currently is here to help make the day all the more sweeter, with thoughtful/intentional gifts and mood setting to-do’s - you’re welcome!

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Rele Gallery opens its third location in London with Nigerian Artist Peju Alatise

February 7, 2024

Opening with an inaugural show of Peju Alatise, a Glasgow-based Nigerian artist with her latest body of work advocating for children’s rights, the new Rele Gallery space of 3,000 sq ft will welcome crowds in Dover Street and beyond to the two-floor exhibition. The expansion celebrates ten years of the gallery’s operation.

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Harrison Tenzer’s “Projections” Extends Alternative Perspectives Through Plexiglas and Meditation at The Empty Circle

February 5, 2024

Harrison Tenzer, an artist based in Brooklyn, debuts his first solo exhibition, “Projections,” at The Empty Circle, the artist-run space led by Claudia Doring Baez. The exhibition will remain open until February 3, from Friday - Sunday between 12-5 pm.

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Decoding Threads with Akea Brionne Seen in her New York Debut “Roses in Southern Soil” at Lyles & King Gallery

February 1, 2024

Akea Brionne’s Roses in Southern Soil opened on January 12, 2024 at Lyles & King Gallery in New York. Brionne’s rich tapestries are a result of a unique process in which the artist feeds transcripts of her dreams, descriptions of family pictures, and imagined spaces, to AI software.

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Angel Albarran and Anna Cabrera's 'Photographic Syntax' Reveals Philosophical Dimensions in Photography

January 30, 2024

Presenting their latest exhibition, “Photographic Syntax,” at IBASHO, the Spanish artist couple Angel Albarran and Anna Cabrera reveal their nous and use of photography as a philosophical tool. On view until March 10, this marks their second solo exhibition at the renowned Antwerp gallery.

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Nostalgic Cinematics & Rock and Roll Paper Worlds - A Conversation with Maris Jones

January 26, 2024

A conversation with Maris Jones. A sense of nostalgia kicks in when watching the mini-movies by artist Maris Jones. She emerges as a cinematic time traveler: director, animator, editor, and star of her fictitious rock and roll paper worlds, driven by waves of sound and color.

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Schoelkopf Gallery Opens the First Max Weber Exhibition Since Announcing the Artist's Representation

January 22, 2024

At the Schoelkopf Gallery in collaboration with the Max Weber Foundation, the exhibition of the esteemed artist opens a show of 26 works on paper, Max Weber: Art and Life Are Not Apart. Following the gallery’s announcement of their representation of the Max Weber Foundation last fall, this show commemorates Weber’s contribution to abstractionism in America. Max Weber: Art and Life Are Not Apart, is on view from January 19 to April 5.

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