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Over the course of the next five days, La Fondazione in Rome will be hosting a festival showcasing films by and about artists, including “Andreas Gursky: Long Shot Close Up” (2009), “Piero Manzoni Artista” (2014), and “Cy Dear” (2018). The screenings take place from today through Saturday. To attend the free event, RSVP to lafondazione.info@gmail.com. Space is limited and will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #AndreasGursky #PieroManzoni #CyTwombly #Gagosian Still from “Andreas Gursky: Long Shot Close Up” (2009) by Jan Schmidt-Garre
#GagosianViewingRoom: Gagosian will launch its latest Online Viewing Room on the occasion of Frieze Los Angeles, opening on Monday, February 10. The virtual presentation will feature available works by Chris Burden, Alex Israel & Bret Easton Ellis, Neil Jenney, Albert Oehlen, Chris Ofili, David Reed, Ed Ruscha, Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, Tatiana Trouvé, and Jonas Wood. Many of the artworks included consider the political, geographical, and social landscapes of Los Angeles. The Frieze Los Angeles 2020 Online Viewing Room will open at 12:00am on Monday, February 10, in Hong Kong, and close at 11:59pm on Wednesday, February 19, in Los Angeles and San Francisco. During this brief period, collectors all over the world will have the opportunity to access desirable and important works by influential contemporary artists. For more information about the Online Viewing Room or the work to be featured, subscribe for updates at gagosianviewingroom.com or contact the gallery via inquire@gagosian.com. __________ #Frieze
“Third Dimension” is currently on view through September 3, at the Brant Foundation In New York. Bringing together more than twenty artists integral to the Brant Foundation’s collection, this exhibition offers a glimpse into the multifaceted practices of artists whose work Peter M. Brant has collected over the past fifty years. Work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Urs Fischer, Mike Kelley, Adam McEwen, Richard Prince, Andy Warhol, and Franz West is included. Learn more via. The link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian @thebrantfoundation Installation view, “Third Dimension: Works from the Brant Foundation,” Brant Foundation, New York, November 13, 2019–September 3, 2020. Artwork, front to back: © Urs Fischer, © Dan Flavin
“Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines” is currently on view at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, through April 13. Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat changed the art world of the 1980s through their idiosyncratic imagery, radical ideas, and complex sociopolitical commentary, creating an indelible legacy that continues to influence contemporary visual and popular culture today. The exhibition surveys each artist’s tragically short, yet prolific career through more than two hundred artworks, including works created in public spaces, painting, sculpture, objects, works on paper, photographs, and more. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #JeanMichelBasquiat #KeithHaring #NGVCrossingLines #Gagosian #Repost: @ngvmelbourne Jean-Michel Basquiat, “363 B of iron,” 1984 © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York
#DonaldJudd: On the occasion of a major retrospective of Donald Judd's work at The Museum of Modern Art, Gagosian is pleased to announce "Artwork: 1980" at West 21st Street, New York, opening March 12. The exhibition will present a single work by Judd, his largest work in plywood. Made from Douglas fir, it consists of a gridded construction in three parts, each section defined by horizontal and diagonal planes. The piece, measuring eighty feet in width, will be installed across the full length of the back wall of the gallery. This will be the work’s first exhibition in New York since it was originally shown, at Castelli Gallery, Greene Street, in 1981. The show will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue. Presented in collaboration with the Judd Foundation, "Artwork: 1980" is part of a program of exhibitions, events and publication launches that will take place throughout the duration of the MoMA retrospective. Read more about the program on ARTnews via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian #J
An exhibition of work by Mary Weatherford opens this Saturday at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs. Over the past three decades, Weatherford has developed a rich and diverse painting practice, from her early-1990s target paintings based on operatic heroines to her expansive, gestural canvases overlaid with neon glass tubing. “Mary Weatherford: Canyon—Daisy—Eden” presents a survey of the artist's career, drawing from several distinct bodies of work made between 1989–2017. Showing Weatherford experimenting with color, scale, and materials, these works together reveal the continuity of the artist's interest in human experience, both personal and historical. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #MaryWeatherford #TangMuseum #SkidmoreCollege #Gagosian @tangteachingmuseum Mary Weatherford, “Her Insomnia,” 1991, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego © Mary Weatherford
#SimonHantai: The exhibition "LES NOIRS DU BLANC, LES BLANCS DU NOIR” has been extended through March 21 at Gagosian, Le Bourget. The show features black-and-white paintings and prints by Simon Hantaï dating between 1951 and 1997. Hantaï is best known for originating the technique of “pliage” (folding), in which a canvas is crumpled and knotted, uniformly painted over, and then spread out to reveal a matrix of abstract alternations between pigment and ground. Unmediated by color, the monochromatic paintings and prints in the exhibition celebrate the aesthetic form of the crease and document Hantaï’s evolving relationship with the act of painting. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian Installation views, "Simon Hantaï: LES NOIRS DU BLANC, LES BLANCS DU NOIR," Gagosian, Le Bourget, October 13, 2019–March 14, 2020. Artwork © Archives Simon Hantaï/ADAGP, Paris
“The new works were, on some level, a long time in the making. Mr. Ruscha bought the drum skins almost 50 years ago at a leather store in Los Angeles. They were rejects, stacked on a clearance table because they had noticeable flaws, and he’s carried them with him ever since.” —M.H. Miller, New York Times Earlier this month, the “New York Times” featured an interview with Ed Ruscha. The artist talked to M.H. Miller about his current exhibition, "Ed Ruscha: Drum Skins," currently on view at Austin's Blanton Museum of Art through July 12. This show features more than a dozen new works by Ruscha painted on found drum heads. Ruscha sourced the paintings’ visual iconography and language from the American vernacular. Follow the link in our bio to read the full article. __________ #EdRuscha #RuschaDrumSkins #Gagosian @nytimes @carmenchan @blantonmuseum Ed Ruscha in his Culver City studio with Dexter. Photo: Carmen Chan for the New York Times
Namacheko has launched a new line of clothing created using artworks by Gregory Crewdson. The garments were shown for the first time at Namacheko’s Fall 2020 runway show last week in Paris at Espace Niemeyer, the French Communist Party headquarters in Paris, designed by Oscar Niemeyer. The clothing will be available later this year at select retailers, including the Gagosian Shop. Last week for Vogue, Crewdson and Dilan Lurr, the label's co-founder and designer, spoke with Mark Holgate about the collection. Follow the link in our bio to read the article! __________ #Namacheko #GregoryCrewdson #Vogue #Gagosian @vogue @crewdsonstudio @shopgagosian
#ManRay: An exhibition of work by Man Ray is now on view at Gagosian, San Francisco, through February 29. Developed in collaboration with the Man Ray Trust, “Man Ray: The Mysteries of Château du Dé” presents three key films by the artist: "Emak Bakia" (1926); "L’étoile de mer" (1928); and “Les Mystères du Château du Dé” (1929), the longest of his film works. During his storied career, Man Ray, a multidisciplinary artist with a rare breadth, worked in a variety of mediums, including painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, film, poetry, and prose. While for him photography and painting were paramount, his work in early film and cinema is often overlooked. Find out more via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian Installation views, “Man Ray: The Mysteries of Château du Dé,” Gagosian, San Francisco, January 14–February 29, 2020. Artworks © May Ray Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 2019. Photos: Johnna Arnold, Impart Photography
On the occasion of the group show “An exhibition with works by . . .” at Witte de With in Rotterdam, Adriana Varejão will be talking at the institution this afternoon from 5 to 6pm. Varejão will share personal perspectives on her work in the show and discuss the exhibition’s themes of historical conquest and the transformation of cultural identity. She will be joined by guest curator Bernardo José de Souza, and Witte de With director Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy. The event is free to attend. Find out more via the link in our bio. __________ #AdrianaVarejao #Gagosian @wittedewith__ @adrianavarejao #Repost @bersouza
#artgeneve: Gagosian is pleased to participate in artgenève 2020, opening next Thursday, January 30, at Palexpo, Geneva. Gagosian’s booth (B25) will present modern and contemporary works by Davide Balula, Georg Baselitz, Helen Frankenthaler, Simon Hantaï, Damien Hirst, Grant Levy-Lucero, Henri Matisse, Olivier Mosset, Giuseppe Penone, Pablo Picasso, David Reed, Sterling Ruby, Spencer Sweeney, and Tom Wesselmann, among others. To receive a PDF with detailed information on the works, please contact the gallery at inquire@gagosian.com or via direct message. __________ #Gagosian @artgeneve @helenfrankenthalerfoundation (1) Helen Frankenthaler, “Omen,” 1980 (detail); (2) Helen Frankenthaler, “Omen,” 1980 © 2020 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
#AlexIsrael: Wallpaper*’s February issue presents a limited-edition cover by Alex Israel, who was chosen as one of the judges for the magazine's Design Awards 2020. The cover design, featuring a die-cut hole in the shape of the artist’s profile, references Israel’s “Self-Portraits,” a series of paintings on shaped fiberglass panels. These works examine the myth of the American West and an expanded idea of entertainment—two parallel narratives interwoven in the fabric of Israel’s hometown that also continue to inflect our culture at large. An exhibition presenting new “Self-Portraits” is currently on view at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London. Follow the link in our bio to read Wallpaper*’s recent interview with Israel. __________ #Wallpaper #WallpaperDesignAwards2020 #Gagosian @wallpapermag @alexisrael #Repost: @sarah_c_douglas
#GagosianQuarterly: “I’ve always been looking for trouble. I’m just a ‘surfin’ bird,’ looking for stress.” —Albert Oehlen For a recent feature on “Gagosian Quarterly,” Albert Oehlen met with art historian Christian Malycha to discuss a new series of paintings, made in Los Angeles last year. Follow the link in our bio to read the interview online. __________ #AlbertOehlen #Gagosian Ernst Oehlen and Julian Oehlen in Los Angeles, 2019. Photos: Esther Freund
"This idea of 'looking toward the future' is nonsense. I realized that simply going backwards is better. You stand in the rear of the train—looking at the tracks flying back below—or you stand at the stern of a boat and look back—looking back at what’s gone." —Georg Baselitz Happy birthday to Georg Baselitz who was born on this day, January 23, in Deutschbaselitz, Saxony, Germany. An exhibition of new work by Baselitz, "What if...," opens at Gagosian, San Francisco, on March 12. Keep an eye on our feed for more info. __________ #GeorgBaselitz #Gagosian Baselitz in his studio working on "Avignon" (2014), Ammersee, Germany, 2014. Artwork: © Georg Baselitz. Photo: Elke Baselitz/© Elke Baselitz 2020
#AmericanPastoral: The group exhibition, “American Pastoral,” is now open at Gagosian, Britannia Street, London. From nineteenth-century industrialization to contemporary patterns of immigration, the pursuit of the American Dream has long been a rich topic of inquiry for artists in the United States. In the exhibition, historical American landscapes are juxtaposed with modern and contemporary works, ranging from Thomas Cole’s “Storm on the Hudson” (c. 1840) to Ed Ruscha’s “Hydraulic Empire” (2019). This new painting by Ruscha refers to the term for a civilization whose governing body maintains power through exclusive control over water access. Head to “Gagosian Quarterly” to read an interview with Ed Ruscha in which he discuss Thomas Cole’s work and how the nineteenth-century artist’s paintings inspired several of his works. Follow the link in our bio to read the interview online. __________ #EdRuscha #ThomasCole #Gagosian @edruschaofficial (1) Ed Ruscha, “HYDRAULIC EMPIRE,” 2019, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 3
#BlancsurBlanc: The group exhibition, “Blanc sur Blanc,” is currently on view at Gagosian, Paris, through March 7. A century ago, Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist paintings heralded a revolutionary new interpretation of white, in which total abstraction suggests the utopian and the infinite. Since then, artists have deployed the achromatism of whiteness in an endless range of formal and symbolic ways, evoking states of emptiness and effacement, and summoning the raw potential of the blank page. Working in different contexts and with different ends in mind, the artists in “Blanc sur Blanc” find unexpected power and substance in what appears at first to be an absence or lack. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian Installation views, “Blanc sur Blanc,” Gagosian, Paris, January 16–March 7, 2020. Photos: Thomas Lannes (1) Artwork, left to right: © Archives Simon Hantaï/ADAGP, Paris; © Rachel Whiteread; (2) Artwork, left to right: © Fondation Lucio Fontana, Milano/by SIAE/ADAGP, Paris, 2020; © C
“I am inspired to be among these change makers to share ideas on how to advance economic justice and create a more equitable world.” —Theaster Gates Congratulations to Theaster Gates who received the 2020 Crystal Award for his leadership in creating sustainable communities. Gates was awarded the prize at this week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, alongside choreographer Jin Xing, actor Deepika Padukone, and artist Lynette Wallworth. Follow the link in our bio to learn more. __________ #TheasterGates #WEF20 #Gagosian @worldeconomicforum #Repost: @theastergates
Happy birthday to Jeff Koons who was born in York, Pennsylvania on this day, January 21. Koons draws attention to the continuity of images as they pass through time, combining art historical reference with vernacular images and objects, from common suburban products and mass media to symbols of sexuality and transcendence. Read more about the artist via the link in our bio. __________ #JeffKoons #Gagosian #Repost: @jeffkoons Installation view, "Jeff Koons," Gagosian, Beverly Hills, April 27–August 18, 2017. Artwork © Jeff Koons
#GagosianQuarterly: In an article for "Gagosian Quarterly," Alexander Wolf explores the intersection of life and technology as it exists in the work of Nam June Paik, revealing the artist’s ability to balance technological concerns with humanity through music, performance, expressive painting, and images from nature. Read the piece via the link in our bio. A major exhibition that brings together more than two hundred works from throughout Paik’s five-decade career is currently on view at Tate Modern, London. Stop by before the show closes on February 9. __________ #NamJunePaik #Gagosian #Tate @tate Nam June Paik sitting on "TV Chair" (1968/1976) in "Nam June Paik Werke 1946–1976: Musik—Fluxus—Video," Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, 1976. Artwork © Nam June Paik Estate. Photo: F. Rosenstiel, Cologne, Zentralarchiv des internationalen Kunsthandels (ZADIK), Cologne
Happy birthday to Sterling Ruby who was born on this day, January 21. An exhibition of Ruby's work is currently on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, through February 2. This exhibition features more than one hundred works in an array of mediums spanning more than two decades of the artist's practice. The show will travel to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, where it opens on February 26. Follow the link in our bio to learn more. __________ #SterlingRuby #ICAMiami #ICABoston #Gagosian @icamiami @icaboston @sterlingruby Installation view, "Sterling Ruby," Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, November 7, 2019–February 2, 2020. Artwork © Sterling Ruby
Sarah Sze’s “Images in Debris” goes on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto on February 6. This is the first installment in “The City Is a Collection,” an exhibition series organized by the museum that presents privately owned contemporary artworks from throughout the local community. Constellatory, monumental, intimate, and immersive, this work is one in a series of sculptures by the artist where light, movement, images, and architecture coalesce into a single, precarious. Head to "Gagosian Quarterly" to watch an in-depth interview with Sze in her studio, which provides a unique look at her working practice. Follow the link in our bio. __________ #SarahSze #Gagosian @mocatoronto Sarah Sze, "Images in Debris," 2018 (detail) © Sarah Sze
#YZKami: An exhibition of new works by Y.Z. Kami is now on view at Gagosian, Rome, through March 21. "Night Paintings" is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Italy. Kami’s tenebrous "Night Paintings" (2017–) are composed largely from a single shade of indigo—said to be the color of the night—mixed with various gradations of white. Each canvas is filled with blue-whitish apparitions that float just past the limits of materiality and concrete representation. These outlines shift between seemingly solid, liquid, and gaseous states—an osseous structure melts into a milky swirl, which in turn evaporates into a coil of smoke—yet their true forms and references ultimately remain veiled beneath hazy brushwork. Learn more about the show via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian Installation views, “Y.Z. Kami: Night Paintings,” Gagosian, Rome, January 18–March 21, 2020. Artwork © Y.Z. Kami. Photos: Matteo D'Eletto, M3Studio
“Simon Hantaï: Par où on ne sait pas” is now open at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, France. This exhibition celebrates the partnership between the Réunion des Musées Métropolitains and the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art by bringing together works painted by Simon Hantaï. Between 1951 and 1959 the artist’s pictorial inventions elevated the canvas to act alongside the painter; this idea subsequently opened a path for younger artists to consider new ways of painting. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #SimonHantai #Gagosian @rmm_rouen @fondationgandurpourlart Simon Hantaï, “Peinture,” 1952–53, Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, Geneva © Archives Simon Hantaï/ADAGP, Paris. Photo: André Morin
Work by Richard Prince is included in the exhibition “Feelings: Kunst und Emotion,” currently on view at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. One hundred paintings, objects, and films from contemporary artists invite the viewer to intuitively approach art from an emotional perspective. What does art provoke in us? To what extent does our view of art depend on our personal experiences and memories? This exhibition seeks to encourage this direct dialogue between artwork and viewer in order to stimulate an intense emotional engagement. Work by Gregory Crewdson and Cindy Sherman is also included. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #GregoryCrewdson #RichardPrince #CindySherman #PinakothekderModerne #Gagosian @pinakothekdermoderne Installation view, “Feelings: Kunst und Emotion,” Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, November 7, 2019–October 4, 2020. Artwork © Richard Prince
#FOGFair: Stop by Gagosian’s booth before the fair closes later today to see a presentation of works by Michael Heizer and Mary Weatherford. Together, Heizer and Weatherford conjure a dialogue about our complex interaction with the environment at large. Heizer’s unrefined rocks are contained by a smooth manmade alloy, yet they remain imposing—even seemingly impossible—in the apparent negation of their enormous weight. Weatherford’s abstracted landscapes do not set urban and rural environments against one another, but immerse us instead in the artist’s personal impressions of a world outside of time. To receive a PDF with detailed information on the works, please contact the gallery at inquire@gagosian.com or via direct message. __________ #Gagosian @fogfair #MichaelHeizer #MaryWeatherford Installation views, "FOG Design+Art 2020," Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, January 16–19, 2020, booth 204. Artworks © Michael Heizer; © Mary Weatherford Studio. Photos: Johnna Arnold, Impart Photography
A solo exhibition of work by Jeff Wall is currently on view at the George Economou Collection in Athens through April 2020. This exhibition is a focused survey of the artist’s photographs and light boxes, including some of his best-known tableaux. Works from the late 1980s to those made in recent years reflect Wall’s use of different historical genres. Visit “Gagosian Quarterly” to watch Wall lead a guided tour of an exhibition of his work at Gagosian, West 21st Street, New York last year. Follow the link in our bio to watch the video online. __________ #JeffWall #Gagosian Jeff Wall, “After ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue,” 1999–2001 © Jeff Wall
#TaipeiDangdai: Visit Gagosian’s booth (E20) at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center before the fair closes tomorrow. On view are works by Georg Baselitz, John Currin, Edmund de Waal, Urs Fischer, Katharina Grosse, Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, John Mason, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Murakami & Virgil Abloh, Albert Oehlen, Nam June Paik, Steven Parrino, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Spencer Sweeney, Tom Wesselmann, and Jonas Wood, among others. To receive a PDF with detailed information on the works, please contact the gallery at inquire@gagosian.com or via direct message. __________ #Gagosian @taipeidangdai Installation views, Gagosian at “Taipei Dangdai 2020,” booth E20, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, January 17–19, 2020. Artwork © Artists and Estates. Photos: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano
This week, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced the creation of the Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting, in memory of Helen Frankenthaler, one of FCA’s early supporters. The annual grant of $40,000 is presented to an individual artist demonstrating Frankenthaler’s passion for innovation and experimentation in the medium. This award is underwritten by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and administered through FCA’s Grants to Artists program. The inaugural award will be made to New York-based artist Kerstin Brätsch. Follow the link in our bio to find out more. __________ #HelenFrankenthaler #FCA #Gagosian @helenfrankenthalerfoundation @foundationforcontemporaryarts Helen Frankenthaler in her East 83rd Street studio, New York, in front of "Hybrid Vigor,” 1973. Artwork © 2020 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph: Edward Youkilis
#AmericanPastoral: Gagosian is pleased to present the group exhibition, “American Pastoral,” opening on January 23 at Gagosian, Britannia Street, London. From nineteenth-century industrialization to contemporary patterns of immigration, the pursuit of the American Dream has long been a rich topic of inquiry for artists in the United States. For many, this notion is encapsulated by the imagined tranquility and comfort of rural life—an aspiration arising from the Western tradition of landscape painting, with its picturesque, arcadian lands and idyllic communities. Titled after Philip Roth’s 1997 novel about the social discord that undermines the life of an outwardly untroubled New Jersey family, "American Pastoral" is a group exhibition that seeks to challenge this idealized vision by delving into the cultural, political, and economic tensions that lie beneath its surface. Modern and contemporary works are juxtaposed with historical American landscapes, ranging from Albert Bierstadt’s depiction of the sublime
#YZKami: Join us tomorrow from 6 to 8pm at Gagosian, Rome, for the opening reception of “Night Paintings," an exhibition of new works by Y.Z. Kami. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Italy. Kami’s tenebrous "Night Paintings" (2017–) are composed largely from a single shade of indigo—said to be the color of the night—mixed with various gradations of white. Each canvas is filled with blue-whitish apparitions that float just past the limits of materiality and concrete representation. These outlines shift between seemingly solid, liquid, and gaseous states—an osseous structure melts into a milky swirl, which in turn evaporates into a coil of smoke—yet their true forms and references ultimately remain veiled beneath hazy brushwork. Learn more about the show via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian Y.Z. Kami, “Night Painting VI, 2019 © Y.Z. Kami 2018. Photo: Rob McKeever
#AlexIsrael: “Always On My Mind,” an exhibition of new "Self-Portraits" by Alex Israel, is now open at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London. In the exhibition, Israel addresses the effortless visual gloss that twenty-first-century image culture and social media demand of their participants. The “Self-Portraits” examine the myth of the American West and an expanded idea of entertainment—two parallel narratives interwoven in the fabric of Israel’s hometown that also continue to inflect our culture at large. Learn more via the link in our bio.  __________ #Gagosian @alexisrael Installation views, "Alex Israel: Always On My Mind," Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, January 16–March 14, 2020. Artworks © Alex Israel. Photos: Lucy Dawkins
#TaipeiDangdai: The fair is now open at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. Stop by Gagosian’s booth (E20) to see a selection of modern and contemporary artworks. On view are works by Georg Baselitz, John Currin, Edmund de Waal, Urs Fischer, Katharina Grosse, Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, John Mason, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Murakami & Virgil Abloh, Albert Oehlen, Nam June Paik, Steven Parrino, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Spencer Sweeney, Tom Wesselmann, and Jonas Wood, among others. To receive a PDF with detailed information on the works, please contact the gallery at inquire@gagosian.com or via direct message. __________ #Gagosian @taipeidangdai Installation views, Gagosian at “Taipei Dangdai 2020,” booth E20, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, January 17–19, 2020. Artwork © Artists and Estates. Photos: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano
Yesterday, Vogue announced the release of a new clothing line from Namacheko, created using artworks by Gregory Crewdson. For the exclusive, Crewdson and Dilan Lurr, the label's co-founder and designer, spoke with Mark Holgate about the collection. The garments will be shown for the first time at Namacheko’s Fall 2020 runway show this Saturday, January 18, at 11am. It will take place at Espace Niemeyer, the French Communist Party headquarters in Paris, designed by Oscar Niemeyer. Tune in to the live-stream on Namacheko’s Instagram (@namacheko) or at namacheko.com/stream. Follow the link in our bio to read more about the collection on Vogue! __________ #Namacheko #GregoryCrewdson #Vogue #Gagosian @vogue @crewdsonstudio (1) Gregory Crewdson, "Untitled," 2001; (2) Gregory Crewdson, "Untitled," 1986-88. Artwork © Gregory Crewdson
#FOGFair: Gagosian is pleased to participate in FOG Design+Art 2020 with a presentation of works by Michael Heizer and Mary Weatherford. The fair opens today at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion in San Francisco. The booth features a pair of works from Heizer’s ongoing “Negative Wall Sculptures,” in which large rocks occupy steel-lined alcoves set into the walls of the booth, alongside Weatherford’s highly atmospheric works on paper—some of the largest she has made to date. Together, Heizer and Weatherford conjure a dialogue about our complex interaction with the environment at large. Heizer’s unrefined rocks are contained by a smooth manmade alloy, yet they remain imposing—even seemingly impossible—in the apparent negation of their enormous weight. Weatherford’s abstracted landscapes do not set urban and rural environments against one another, but immerse us instead in the artist’s personal impressions of a world outside of time. To receive a PDF with detailed information on the works, please contact the g
Piero Golia’s “Roman Trilogy” will be performed this Friday, January 18, at La Fondazione Roma. This is the third and final performance of the work which premiered at Académie de France à Roma - Villa Medicis in 2002, and was performed there again in 2016. In “Roman Trilogy,” Golia uses language, performers, music, fire, and more to expose the public to a “total work of art,” or “Gesamtkunstwerk,” an unforgettable experience. During the event, Golia will leave a “sign” on the floor of La Fondazione Roma, which visitors can view through March 21. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #PieroGolia #Gagosian @new_atlantis @lafondazione_roma Piero Golia’s performance of “Roman Trilogy” at Académie de France à Roma - Villa Medicis, Rome, 2016. Artwork © Piero Golia. Photo: Sebastiano Luciano
#RichardArtschwager: Join us tonight from 6–8pm for the opening of “Live in Your Head: Richard Artschwager’s Cabinet of Curiosities” at Gagosian, Davies Street, London. The exhibition spans the five decades of Richard Artschwager’s career and was conceived specifically in response to the Davies Street gallery space, with its wide plate glass window giving on to a busy Mayfair thoroughfare. The installation will be visible from the street, its components arranged like objects in a Joseph Cornell box. The artist’s work engages and activates the environment it inhabits, often guiding viewers’ attention to the discreet or overlooked. In making art, Artschwager revealed an empirical fascination with artifacts both extraordinary and banal, deriving surreal results from everyday sources, whether through shifts in scale or transpositions of forms from one material to another. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian Installation views, “Live in Your Head: Richard Artschwager’s Cabinet of Curiositie
#TaipeiDangdai: Gagosian is pleased to participate in Taipei Dangdai 2020, which opens tomorrow at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. Presented in our booth (E20) will be works by Georg Baselitz, John Currin, Edmund de Waal, Urs Fischer, Katharina Grosse, Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, John Mason, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Murakami & Virgil Abloh, Albert Oehlen, Nam June Paik, Steven Parrino, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Spencer Sweeney, Tom Wesselmann, and Jonas Wood, among others. To receive a PDF with detailed information on the works, please contact the gallery at inquire@gagosian.com or via direct message. __________ #Gagosian @taipeidangdai John Currin, “Young Woman on a Lounger,” 2014 © John Currin
#BlancsurBlanc: Join us for the opening of the group exhibition, “Blanc sur Blanc,” tonight from 6–8pm at Gagosian, Paris. A century ago, Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist paintings heralded a revolutionary new interpretation of white, in which total abstraction suggests the utopian and the infinite. Since then, artists have deployed the achromatism of whiteness in an endless range of formal and symbolic ways, evoking states of emptiness and effacement, and summoning the raw potential of the blank page. “Blanc sur Blanc” includes works by Jean (Hans) Arp, Lucio Fontana, Y.Z. Kami, Cy Twombly, and Rachel Whiteread, among others. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian (1) Lucio Fontana, “Concetto spaziale, Attese,” 1966 © Fondation Lucio Fontana, Milano/by SIAE/ADAGP, Paris, 2020; (2) Cy Twombly, “Untitled (Rome),” 1977 © Cy Twombly Foundation.
“My photographs are ‘not abstract.’ Ultimately they are always identifiable. Photography in general simply cannot disengage from the object.” —Andreas Gursky Happy birthday to Andreas Gursky who was born on this day, January 15, in Leipzig, Germany. Gursky was in conversation with Jeff Wall for a feature in "Gagosian Quarterly," discussing the state of photography and the evolution of the medium. Follow the link in our bio to read the article online. __________ #AndreasGursky #Gagosian Andreas Gursky, “Amazon,” 2016, inkjet print, 81 ½ × 160 ¼ × 2 7/16 inches (207 × 407 × 6.2 cm) © Andreas Gursky/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
#JohnMason: ”Geometric Force," an exhibition of ceramic works by the late John Mason, is now on view at Gagosian, Park & 75, New York, through February 15. The works in this exhibition, which span Mason’s early career to the years preceding his death at age ninety-one in 2019, attest to the range and vocabulary of his innovation and experimentation in clay. Often cited as a contributor to the “revolution in clay,” Mason changed the perception of the medium from craft into fine art, mixing Western and Eastern influences. The material result is something completely sui generis and hard to trace—untethered to a single genre or movement, yet related to many. Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian Installation view, "John Mason: Geometric Force," Gagosian, Park & 75, New York, January 10–February 15, 2020. Artwork © 2019 Estate of John Mason. All rights reserved
Over four evenings, Harvard Film Archive will screen a retrospective of Richard Serra’s films and videos, drawn from the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Anthology Film Archives; and Joan Jonas. The first screening on Monday, January 27, at 7pm, will include an introduction by Benjamin Buchloh, and three further screenings will take place at 7pm on February 3, 7, and 9. Tickets can be purchased at the box office forty-five minutes prior to the screening time. For more information on the details of each program, visit harvardfilmarchive.org. Follow the link in our bio to read Carlos Valladares's recent "Gagosian Quarterly" article on a selection of Serra's film works. __________ #RichardSerra #HarvardFilmArchive #Gagosian #GagosianQuarterly @harvardfilmarchive (1) Richard Serra, "Hand Lead Fulcrum," 1968, 16mm, black-and-white, 3 min.; (2) Richard Serra, “Hands Scraping”, 1968, 16mm film, black-and-white, 4 min. 30 sec. Artwork © 2019 Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; fi
#PenoneSF: In San Francisco this week for FOG Design+Art? Two life-size bronze sculptures cast from fallen trees by Giuseppe Penone are currently installed in Fort Mason's Great Meadow. In each work, a bronze cast is combined with natural elements, evoking the vital forces and life cycle of the surrounding growth. The project is presented in partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area through the Art in the Parks program. In a recent “Gagosian Quarterly” video Penone discusses what drew him to this landscape overlooking San Francisco Bay and the concepts behind the installation. Follow the link in our bio to watch the video. __________ #GiuseppePenone #Gagosian #ArtintheParks #GagosianSF @fortmasoncenter @goldengatenps @parks4all Installation views, "Giuseppe Penone at Fort Mason," Fort Mason, San Francisco, October 24, 2019–October 25, 2020. Artwork © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photos: @matthewmillmanphoto
#ManRay: Join us tomorrow from 6–8pm for the opening of “Man Ray: The Mysteries of Château du Dé,” at Gagosian, San Francisco. Developed in collaboration with the Man Ray Trust, this exhibition presents three key films by Man Ray: "Emak Bakia" (1926); "L’étoile de mer" (1928); and “Les Mystères du Château du Dé” (1929), the longest of his film works. In addition, the show includes objects, drawings, and photography. Throughout his vast body of work, Man Ray alluded to relationships between the real and the fictive, the literal and the imaginative, with a deft mastery over the liminal territory between the abstract and the figurative form. Follow the link in our bio for more info. __________ #Gagosian Man Ray, “Film still from 'Les Mystères du Château du Dé'," 1929 © Man Ray Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 2020
#RichardArtschwager: Join us for the opening of “Live in Your Head: Richard Artschwager’s Cabinet of Curiosities” this Thursday, 6–8pm, at Gagosian, Davies Street, London. The exhibition spans the five decades of Artschwager’s career, and is the first in London since 2003. Focusing on the structures of perception, and conflating the visual world of images (painting) with the tactile world of objects (sculpture), his inspirations and points of departure range from counterintelligence to cabinetry. The total installation of works will be visible from the street, arranged like objects in a Joseph Cornell box. Like the classical “Wunderkammer,” viewers can enter the interior space and weave around the contents of the “cabinet.” Learn more via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian Richard Artschwager, “Locations,” 1969 © 2019 Richard Artschwager/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever
Happy birthday to Mary Weatherford who was born on this day, January 11, in Ojai, California. Weatherford was in conversation with Heidi Zuckerman at Spring Place in December, as part of Zuckerman’s podcast “Conversations About Art.” Follow the link in our bio to listen to the full episode on Spotify! __________ #MaryWeatherford #HeidiZuckerman #Gagosian Mary Weatherford in her studio, Los Angeles, July 2018. Artwork © Mary Weatherford. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio
#DavidReed: An exhibition of new paintings by David Reed is now open at Gagosian, Madison Avenue, New York. This is Reed's first exhibition of new work with the gallery, following a 2017 presentation of mid-1970s paintings in "Painting Paintings (David Reed) 1975." The outsize works in the current show, some over a decade in the making, respond to the galleries at 980 Madison Avenue, testing and maximizing their spatial boundaries. The works are painted in either intense, otherworldly colors or primarily blacks and grays. Their graphic and glazed foundations are built up, and carved into, using a variety of seemingly spontaneous—though sometimes highly manipulated—painterly gestures, in layers of transparent paint that create a visual tension with the underlying structure. Find out more via the link in our bio. __________ #Gagosian Installation views, “David Reed: New Paintings,” Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, January 10–February 22, 2020 © 2020 David Reed/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Ph
Next Thursday, Gagosian is presenting a performance in San Francisco by SQÜRL, featuring filmmaker and composer Jim Jarmusch and producer and composer Carter Logan, in association with the exhibition “Man Ray: The Mysteries of Château du Dé.” . SQÜRL will perform live original scores to four films by Man Ray: “L’étoile de mer” (1928), “Emak Bakia” (1926), “Le retour à la raison” (1923), and “Les mystères du Château du Dé” (1929). To join the wait list for the event, RSVP to rsvpsf@gagosian.com. Follow the link in our bio to learn more. The exhibition of works by Man Ray opens on Tuesday at Gagosian, San Francisco. __________ #ManRay #SQURL #Gagosian @squrlband SQÜRL (Carter Logan and Jim Jarmusch). Photo: Sara Driver
#JohnCurrin: Join us for a tour of John Currin’s first solo exhibition in Asia, currently on view at Gagosian, Hong Kong. The tour will take place on Wednesday, February 19, at 6pm. The exhibition presents a new series of portraits by Currin featuring his most beloved subject: women. Gagosian director Nick Simunovic will examine the genre of female portraiture in Currin’s oeuvre and explore how the artist channels his prodigious painterly skills into idealized yet perverse images that both charm and challenge. To attend the free event, RSVP to hktours@gagosian.com. Space is limited. __________ #Gagosian John Currin, “Shelley,” 2019 © John Currin. Photo: Rob McKeever
#JohnMason: Join us tomorrow for the opening of ”Geometric Force," an exhibition of ceramic works by the late John Mason, at Gagosian, Park & 75, New York, from 6–8pm. One of the most visionary ceramic artists of the last century, Mason brought his medium into conversation with Abstract Expressionism by extending the physical and spatial properties of clay. To learn more about the artist, follow the link in our bio to listen to an interview with Mason from 2006 for the Archives of American Art Oral History Program. Or if you're in New York, director Rani Singh will lead a tour of the exhibition this Saturday at 2pm. Singh will discuss the arc of Mason’s artistic career, his innovative technical developments, and the artworks on display. To attend the free event, RSVP to nytours@gagosian.com. __________ #Gagosian John Mason working in his Glendale Boulevard studio, Los Angeles. Artwork © 2019 Estate of John Mason. All rights reserved