Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004) was a leading exponent of American Pop art who explored the classical genres of the nude, still life, and landscape, updated to include contemporaneous everyday objects and advertising ephemera. Known for iconic works such as Portrait Collage #1 (1959), the Great American Nude series (1961–73), Bedroom Paintings (1968–83), and the Standing Still…
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Liam Gillick At Museo D’arte Contemporanea Donnaregina
Standing on Top of a Building: Films 2008-2019 is the first retrospective dedicated exclusively to Liam Gillick’s film production. The exhibition, curated by Alberto Salvadori and Andrea Viliani, presents for the first time a selection of the most important videos and films made by the artist, in a setting specifically designed to integrate the vision…
Jay Nelson At Johansson Projects
In Jay Nelson’s prodigious body of built work there is always the dare for the viewer to see from a new perspective. To inhabit what he calls new ‘structures for seeing’. A Honda Civic, as a perspective. A tree, as a perspective. A backyard. The dare in Making Lands is to inhabit Nelson’s quiet nights…
From The Paper To The Wall At Galerie Templon Brussels
This Summer, Galerie Templon is showcasing contemporary drawing in an original and celebratory show featuring Omar Ba, Abdelkader Benchamma, Norbert Bisky, Oda Jaune and Chiharu Shiota. The artists were invited to appropriate the gallery walls and create an array of unique wall installations. The ephemeral works will be accompanied by a new series of drawings…
Susan Cianciolo At South London Gallery Fire Station
For her solo show at the South London Gallery, American artist Susan Cianciolo presents an installation across two floors of the Fire Station, inviting visitors into her unique creative world. Drawing together elements inspired by craft, fashion and daily domestic life, Cianciolo intuitively combines all sorts of materials, from fabric off-cuts, buttons and glue, through…
Liz Johnson Artur At South London Gallery
For her first solo show in the UK, Russian-Ghanaian artist Liz Johnson Artur presents new sculptural works incorporating photographs selected from her substantial archive of images documenting the lives of people from the African diaspora. Artur has taken photographs across Europe, America, Africa and the Caribbean for more than three decades. She calls this ongoing…
Pacific Ocean
Standing on the edge of the world. Devil’s Slide sits on the coast looking out over the sea. The blues were intense between the sea and the sky and the clouds. Tunnels have been built on this little stretch of Highway 1 to make crossing over the slide easier and safer for traffic. The old…
Content Matters At Marin Museum Of Contemporary Art
Content Matters is an exhibit of 47 artists who use their media to examine and illuminate our turbulent times. The show is juried by well-known San Francisco gallerist, Jack Fischer, who explains: “In an age of non-stop politically-charged circumstances and events, art can help us understand, and make sense of, the world around us.” From…
Dilexi Gallery: The Early Years At Brian Gross Fine Art
Founded in 1958 by Jim Newman and Bob Alexander (who left after the first year) in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, Dilexi Gallery played a critical role in the development of San Francisco’s, emerging post-war art scene. By creating a venue with a more professional look than the earlier artist-run cooperative galleries that came before…
