Jorge Méndez Blake |Art Basel Unlimited

Travesía Cuatro is pleased to announce Jorge Méndez Blake’s presentation at Art Basel’s Unlimited sector consisting of a large- scale installation that draws upon his practice of “dismantling language.”
Méndez Blake’s artistic exploration delves into the potential connections among literature, visual arts, and architecture, blending diverse historical and geographical elements to evoke fresh interpretations of language’s significance in our society.

THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA, Madrid | Álvaro Urbano

La Vida Breve (Ficus carica), 2023, by Álvaro Urbano, will be part of the unique display “Encounters: Works from the TBA21 Collection”. Thus, there will be a dialogue between the TBA21 Collection and the works of the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, where the exhibition will be on view from May 31 to October 9, 2023.

HELSINKI BIENNIAL 2023 | Asunción Molinos Gordo

Asunción Molinos Gordo will be part of the 2023 Helsinki Biennal titled New Directions May Emerge, curated by Joasia Krysa. It will take place from 12 June to 17 September 2023.

NOBEL PEACE CENTER, Oslo | Álvaro Urbano

Álvaro Urbano and Petrit Halilaj are presenting their work Forget-me-not as a permanent installation at the Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, due to its strong symbolic power about love, hope and forgiveness. Curated by KORO – Public Art Norway, the piece will be on view as of May 2nd, 2023.

MUSEO TAMAYO | Jose Dávila & Gonzalo Lebrija

The Paradoxes of Internationalism (As Narrated by the Museo Tamayo Collection) is a two-part exhibition that will take part at Museo Tamayo, CDMX, Mexico. The show, curated by Kate Fowle, includes works by Jose Dávila and Gonzalo Lebrija. The first part of the exhibition will be on view from May 27 through July 15, 2023. 

INDUSTRIAL ART BIENNAL | Charlie Billingham

Charlie Billingham is part of LANDSCAPES OF DESIRE, the 4th edition of the Industrial Art Biennal. It is curated by Cristoph Oswald and Paolo Bianchi and will be open from May 13 through June 30, 2023, at Lamparna, Labin, Croatia.

NUMÉRO: Petrit Halilaj & Álvaro Urbano unveil ‘Lunar Ensemble for Uprising Seas’

“With the installation, the artists have created an evolving ecosystem filled with large-scale sculptures depicting imaginary creatures. […They] have created an installation which explores cohesion as well as resistance or disharmony between different species, or between living organisms and objects.” Continue reading on Numéro.

BALLROOM MARFA, Texas | Jorge Méndez Blake

BALLROOM MARFA presents the group exhibition Tongues of Fire, curated by Daisy Nam, where Jorge Méndez Blake takes part with a group of works that explore the possibilities of language. It will be open from May 24 through September 6, 2023.

VIDEO WALKTHROUGH | Álvaro Urbano

The video walks us through the two chapters of the exhibition, in which Álvaro Urbano imagines a meeting between the architect Luis Barragán and the poet Federico García Lorca.

The exhibition was on view until April 22nd, 2023 at Travesía Cuadro CDMX and will be until May 13th at Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara.

MAC, Lima | Mateo López

The MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Lima, Peru, presents the exhibition Pasado Futurista by Mateo López. The show brings together the artist’s latest projects: disturbing objects and devices to be activated and intervened. Curated by María Wills and Julien Petit, the exhibition will open on April 21st, 2023.

VIDEO WALKTHROUGH | Jose Dávila

In this video, the artist walks us through the show, Balance Frágil, which gathers the interests and experiments in his painting and sculpture practices over the last years.

The exhibition will be on view until April 28th, 2023 at Travesía Cuadro Madrid.

CASA MUSEO LOPE DE VEGA | Asunción Molinos Gordo

The Community of Madrid presents Mutaciones. Las tácticas barrocas, an exhibition curated by Sergio Rubira. The show will be held at different museums, including Casa Museo Lope de Vega and Centro de Interpretación de Nuevo Baztán, where Asunción Molinos Gordo will exhibit different artworks. On view from April 14 until July 16, 2023.

MALBA, Buenos Aires | Mariela Scafati

Conexiones e intermitencias en la cultura material argentina is the group exhibition in which Mariela Scafati shows her piece Inmóvil (2015). The exhibition will be open until June 12th, 2023, at MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

20th ANNIVERSARY | Travesía Cuatro

This year, Travesía Cuatro is commemorating its 20th Anniversary. We’ll be celebrating with the presence of artists, curators, critics, editors, and friends. The celebration will take place at Fundación Fernando de Castro, on the 18th and 19th of May. Full program coming soon.

BALLY FOUNDATION, LUGANO | Álvaro Urbano

Un Lac Inconnu is the inaugural exhibition of the Bally Foundation, at Villa Heleneum, Lugano, Switzerland. Álvaro Urbano & Petrit Halilaj will be part of this exhibition curated by Vittoria Matarrese on view from April 20 until September 24, 2023.

VIDEO | Jose Dávila: Ibero-American Patronage Awards 2023

The Ibero-American Patronage Awards 2023 organized by the Callia Foundation paid tribute to artist Jose Dávila. At the La Suerte de Dar meetings that took place at the CENTRO CENTRO auditorium of the Palacio de Cibeles in Madrid, Jose Dávila talked about his work with journalist and art historian María de la Peña.

KINDL, BERLIN | Friedrich Kunath

Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away is the next solo exhibition by Friedrich Kunath in which melancholy and humor merge between each other. The show, curated by Magdalena Mai,  will be on view at KINDL, Berlin  from March 26th until July 30th, 2023. 

HYPEART VISITS: Donna Huanca Interviewed by Keith Estiler

“Donna Huanca (b. 1980, Chicago, IL) works investigates the natural world and all its chaos – thematizing cycles of renewal and decay. Her installations, which often incorporate painting, sculpture, and live performance, are intricately woven into the specific architectural spaces in which they are presented”. Continue Reading on HypeArt.

NEW YORK CITY HALL | Elena del Rivero

Monstrous rags, as the artist calls them, wave like flags in the Home Address project that is now shown at New York City Hall to represent the female fight in contemporary society. The ongoing project by Elena del Rivero, was inaugurated on March 8th, 2023, in the framework of International Women’s Day.

MUSEO REINA SOFÍA | Asunción Molinos Gordo

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia has expanded its collection with the work of 12 Spanish contemporary women artists, including Asuncion Molinos Gordo, at the last edition of ARCOmadrid. ¡Cuanto río más arriba! will now be part of the permanent collection of MNCARS.

PINACOTECA DE SÃO PAULO | Sara Ramo

Sara Ramo’s video work “A Banda dos Sete” (2010) is part of the exhibition that celebrates the inauguration of the Pinacoteca Contemporânea, the new hall of the Pinacoteca de São Paulo in Brazil. The exhibition Chão da Praça: Obras do acervo da Pinacoteca, curated by Ana Maria Main and Yuri Quevedo, will be open from March 4 to July 30, 2023. 

EL PAÍS: “Barragán and Lorca fall in love in Mexico City” by Daniel Alonso Viña

“Álvaro Urbano imagines at Travesía Cuatro gallery an encounter between the two artists through the plants that populated the gardens of one and the poems of the other”. Continue reading on El País México.

SPACE K, SEOUL | Donna Huanca

BLISS POOL is Donna Huanca’s immersive and multi-sensory solo exhibition at Space-K, Seoul, South Korea. Including sculpture and installation, the show will be inaugurated alongside with a special performance on March 9th, 10th and 12th. It will be on view from March 9 to June 8, 2023.

EL PAÍS S MODA: “Lore Koch, the paradox between sophistication and simplicity” by Elsa Fernández-Santos

“An exhibition at the Fernando de Castro Foundation in Madrid, organized by Travesía Cuatro Gallery, vindicates her work”. Continue reading more about the exhibition, about Eleonore Koch’s biography and the artist’s sensibility on El País SModa.

EX CONVENTO DEL CARMEN, GDL I Jorge Méndez Blake

Convertirse en uno mismo. Dibujos de colecciones y acervos de Guadalajara (1945-2013) is a group exhibition in which Jorge Mendez Blake takes part. The show will bring together a selection of drawings from three collections: the CIAK Centro de Investigación y Archivo Kraeppellin, the Ashida Cueto collection and holdings, and the Charpenel collection.  Curated by Caroline Montenant, the exhibition will be open at the Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico from March 2, 2023.

NEW PUBLICATION: Jose Dávila

Jose Dávila, Exercises of the Possible is published by Hatje Cantz Verlag and edited by Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, Jeffrey Grove.

Texts by Pedro Alonzo, Louisa Edgerton, Frauke V. Josenhans, Patricia Martin, Humberto Moro, David Raskin, Sabine Schaschl, Karen Stein. Graphic design by Rutger Fuchs.

I·G·A· | Travesía Cuatro

Travesía Cuatro is part of the International Galleries Alliance I·G·A·, a collaborative non-profit association that aims to create platforms and opportunities within the contemporary art market. 

COLLEGIUM | Teresa Solar & Álvaro Urbano

¡Doblad mis amores! is the group show curated by Chus Martínez in which Teresa Solar and Álvaro Urbano take part. It will be on view at Collegium, Arévalo, Spain, from February 21st  to September 3rd, 2023. 

OCEAN SPACE, Venice | Álvaro Urbano

Alvaro Urbano and Petrit Halijaj will present a site-specific installation commissioned by TBA21-Academy for the exhibition Thus waves come in pairs, curated by Barbara Casavecchia. The show will be presented at the San Lorenzo Church  in Venice and will be on view from April 22 to November 5, 2023. 

MALBA, Buenos Aires | Mariela Scafati

Homenajes Urbanos intervenes the streets of Buenos Aires recovering the themes of the piece Windows (2011) by Mariela Scafati. The installation is now exhibited as part of the core of  Transformar la Palabra within the exhibition El tercer ojo, at MALBA, Buenos Aires. It will be on view until September 1st, 2023. 

MUSEO DE ARTE DE ZAPOPAN, MX | Donna Huanca

Donna Huanca opens a new solo exhibition – OJOS OBSIDIANOS – at the MAZ Museo de Arte de Zapopan in Jalisco, Mexico. The exhibition explores the material, symbolic and sensorial layers of the artist’s work. OJOS OBSIDIANOS will be on view from February 4th to July 16th, 2023.

PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM | Jorge Mendez Blake

Jorge Mendez Blake presents I Remember an Exhibition at Palms Springs Museum, an installation specially commissioned for the museum’s main façade. The short texts describe imaginary conditions inside the museum, referencing fleeting activities, and non-existent artworks and spaces

THE BASS MUSEUM, MIAMI BEACH | Jorge Mendez Blake

Dismantled Landscape (José Juan Tablada’s Haikus)  is the site-specific work commissioned to Jorge Méndez Blake that has won the inaugural edition of The Macallan Art Prize. The artwork will be part of the permanent exhibition at The Bass museum, Miami, USA. 

MACBA BARCELONA | Elena del Rivero

Elena del Rivero’s work, Letters to the mother (1993-97) is presented in the exhibition MACBA Collection: Prelude. Poetic Intention, which will be on view from December 14, 2022, until mid 2024 at MACBA Barcelona.

PALAIS BEAUX-ARTS, LILLE, FRANCE | John Isaacs

Architecture of Empathy is the art work that John Isaacs is currently showing at  Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France, as part of the reopening of the Middle Ages and Renaissance halls.

REINA SOFÍA MUSEUM | Sara Ramo

Sara Ramo integrates the permanent collection of the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, Spain with the works Minhas e Suas and Una y otra vez, which are currently exhibited in COMMUNICATING VESSELS. Collection 1881-2021, the museum’s rehanging.