CULTURED: "Why Does So Much Art Right Now Look Like a Mess? Our Critic Investigates" by John Vincler

“[Álvaro] Urbano’s intervention raises a question that many of these messy works also begin to approach: Why don’t we spend more time turning our collective trash, excess, errors, and ruin into beauty?”. Read the full article at CULTURED.

MAISON DE L'AMÉRIQUE LATINE, Paris | Jorge Eielson

Jorge Eielson is part of the exhibition Une brève histoire de fils, a group show of 17 Latin American artists. Curated by Domitille d’Orgeval, the exhibition will be open from October 10, 2024 to January 16, 2025 at La Maison de l’Amérique latine, Paris, France.

CULTURGEST, Lisbon | Alexandre Estrela

Alexandre Estrela opens A NATUREZA ABORRECE O MONSTRO, a solo exhibition curated by Bruno Marchand at Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal. The exhibition will be on view from October 12, 2024 until February 2, 2025.

MACBA, Barcelona | Álvaro Urbano & Petrit Halilaj

LUNAR ENSEMBLE FOR UPRISING SEAS by Álvaro Urbano & Petrit Halilaj, co-commissioned by TBA21–Academy and Audemars Piguet Contemporary, will be on view at MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, from October 11, 2024 until January 12, 2025. On October 11,  Halilaj and Urbano’s creatures will come to life at the opening perfomance.

 

NITSCH FOUNDATION, Vienna | Donna Huanca

SKIN PAINTEENS is Donna Huanca’s second solo exhibition in Vienna, Austria, this time at the Nitsch Foundation. The show will be open from October 11 until December 20, 2024. As part of the exhibition activities, an Artist Talk with Donna Huanca, moderated by Margherita Belcredi, will take place on November 11.

 

SCULPTURE CENTER, NYC | Álvaro Urbano

TABLEAU VIVANT is the current exhibition by Álvaro Urbano at Sculpture Center, New York, USA. On  the show, Urbano focuses on a potential ruin, or a ruin in progress – a public artwork by the American sculptor Scott Burton (1939–1989) that was rescued from destruction and now faces an uncertain future. It will remain on view until March 24, 2025.

KUNTSHALLE LISSABON, Lisboa l Teresa Solar Abboud

Quinze Anos de Amor na República dos Pangolins is the group exhibition at Kuntshalle Lissabon, in Lisbon, Portugal, featuring Teresa Solar Abboud. The exhibition curated by Filipa Ramos will be open until December 14, 2024.

ZUZEUM ART CENTRE, Riga | Donna Huanca

UTOPIC CELLS is Donna Huanca’s solo institutional exhibition in the Baltics, at the Zuzeum Art Center in Riga, Latvia. Huanca’s works are part of the Zuzāns Collection and inspired this project, created especially for Zuzeum and the show can be visited from September 20 until November 24, 2024.

INSTITUTO DE MÉXICO EN ESPAÑA, Madrid | Jorge Méndez Blake

‘Inside Heaven: selection of the Collegium Collection‘ is the group exhibition in which Jorge Méndez Blake will take part. The exhibition, curated by Aldones Nino,  will be open from July 13 to October 18, 2024, at Instituto Cultural de México en España, Madrid.

MUNTREF, Buenos Aires | Mariela Scafati

Mariela Scafati participates in the group exhibition Baile Circular, at MUNTREF, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The exhibition, curated by Juliana Caffé and Juliana Gontijo, will be open from June 8 to October 13, 2024.

We are thrilled to announce the representation of Manuel Solano

Manuel Solano (1987, Mexico City) grew up in Satélite –in the metropolitan area of Mexico City– surrounded by icons of the Mexican metropolis and pop images, in a tacit quest to find elements that would showcase her own subjectivity. Throughout her life, she has worked with installation, video, and painting. Her artistic practice has always been intertwined with autobiographical experiences in which the characters and spaces reflect her interests, longings, and insecurities.

C3M, Córdoba | Álvaro Urbano

Ecologies of Peace is a group exhibition featuring Álvaro Urbano, co-organized by TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary and C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, in Córdoba, Spain. Curated by Daniela Zyman it will be open from April 26 this year until March 30, 2025.

ARTER, Istambul | John Isaacs

Curated by Selen Ansen, the exhibition Suppose You Are Not explores the possibilities of restaging and articulating the affinities created between distinct objects by means of a collector’s desires and endeavors. This group exhibition features John Isaacs work and is now on view at ARTER, Istanbul, Turkey. Until December, 2024.

ArtNet: How a Bolivian Spiritual Festival Transformed the Way Donna Huanca Thought About the World and Her Art by Taylor Dafoe

“That Huanca would find inspiration in the festival’s rich cultural history and sense of spiritual communion makes sense: it’s from these same base themes that her work is alchemized.” Read more at ArtNet.

SABA'S FIRE STATION, Saba | Sara Ramo

“Saba’s Memory Trail or The Composite of Time” is a public artwork by Sara Ramo at Saba’s (Netherlands) new fire station. All the inhabitants of the island were invited to participate in the creation of the installation that is now translated into a collective monument.

NEW PUBLICATION: Mateo López (El tiempo es la idea)

The publication Mateo López (El tiempo es la idea), published by This Side Up, features texts by researcher and curator Julien Petit and writer and curator Manuel Cirauqui along with a collective of artists, curators and designers, formed around the Eina Idea program in Barcelona. 

The publication was produced with the support of Travesía Cuatro, Casey Kaplan Gallery, Galería Luisa Strina and Goodman Gallery.

HAMBURGER BAHNHOF, Berlin | Álvaro Urbano

Álvaro Urbano and Petrit Halilaj are part of the group exhibition “Nationalgalerie. A collection for the 21st century”, curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath at the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie Der Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany.

 

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 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.

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.