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New York – Philip Taaffe at Luhring Augustine Through December 22nd, 2022

December 9th, 2022

Phliip Taaffe, Plowshare (2022), via Luhring Augustine
Phliip Taaffe, Plowshare (2022), via Luhring Augustine

This month, Luhring Augustine presents an exhibition of recent paintings by Philip Taaffe, on view in the gallery’s Tribeca location. Featuring intimate kaleidoscopic panels realized in monotype and collage, and rooted in a process recently developed by the artist, the show expands on Taaffe’s celebrated ability to build complex compositions, and cull from a wide variety of sources, from illuminated manuscripts to historical natural science materials. Read More »

New York – Wyatt Kahn: “Knots & Figures” at Eva Presenhuber Through December 22nd, 2022

December 8th, 2022

Wyatt Kahn, A Bar (2022), via Eva Presenhuber
Wyatt Kahn, A Bar (2022), via Eva Presenhuber

On view this month at Eva Presenhuber in New York, a body of new works by artist Wyatt Kahn continues the artist’s engagement with shaped canvases and complex forms, here turning his compositions towards a series of geometric and serpentine forms.  Read More »

London – Anne Imhof: “Avatar II” at Sprüth Magers Through December 23rd, 2022

December 7th, 2022

Anne Imhof, Avatar II (Installation View), via Sprüth Magers
Anne Imhof, Avatar II (Installation View), via Sprüth Magers

On view this month at Sprüth Magers, artist Anne Imhof has brought forward a new selection of works united under the title Avatar II. Continuing and expanding upon the narrative arc of Anne Imhof’s recent exhibitions, the works in Avatar II interweave notions of reality and artifice, presence and absence, exposure and concealment. Read More »

New York – William Eggleston: “The Outlands” at David Zwirner Through December 17th, 2022

December 6th, 2022

William Eggleston Untitled, (c. 1970-1973), via David Zwinrer
William Eggleston Untitled, (c. 1970-1973), via David Zwinrer

The Outlands, on view this month at David Zwirner, provides a new perspective and emphasis on the work of photographer William Eggleston, an American artist known for his pioneering use of color photography in the 1970s. The exhibition, held at David Zwirner gallery in New York, features a selection of Eggleston’s photographs taken between 1970 and 1973. Read More »

New York – Sterling Ruby: “TURBINES” at Gagosian Through December 23rd, 2022

December 5th, 2022

Sterling Ruby, TURBINE. CICADA KILLER (2022), via Gagosian
Sterling Ruby, TURBINE. CICADA KILLER. (2022), via Art Observed

On view this month at Gagosian Gallery’s 21st Street exhibition space in New York, artist Sterling Ruby has returned wits a new body of abstract paintings that continue the artist’s challenging and expressive exploration of the limits of painting. Marking a point of convergence between several varied thematic and material interests in the artist’s work, TURBINES brings together many of Ruby’s conceptual hallmarks into a commanding new mode.  Read More »

AO On-Site – Miami: NADA Miami at Ice Palace Studios, November 30th – December 3rd, 2022

December 2nd, 2022

Roger Herman and Milo Matthieu at Sorry We're Closed, All Images via Art Observed
Roger Herman and Milo Matthieu at Sorry We’re Closed, All Images via Art Observed

As the proceedings of Art Week Miami marches on, and the Miami Beach Convention Center remains packed with art lovers, artists and gallerists, NADA Miami has also opened its doors for its 20th Edition in the Floridian metropolis, returning to its haunt at the Ice Palace Film Studios, and continuing its mission showcasing new art and to celebrating the rising talents from around the globe, exploring new or underexposed art that is not typical of the “art establishment,” by their words. NADA Miami is also the one of the only major American art fairs to be produced by a non-profit organization, and is recognized as a much needed alternative assembly of the world’s youngest and strongest art galleries dealing with emerging contemporary art. Read More »

AO On-Site – Miami Beach: Untitled Art Fair, November 28th – December 3rd, 2022

November 30th, 2022

Studio Lenca at Y.E.S. Contemporary, all images via Art Observed
Studio Lenca at Y.E.S. Contemporary, all images via Art Observed

Positioned south of the Convention Center at 10th and Ocean Dr., the Untitled Art Fair returns to its prime beach real estate this year, bringing with it another year of tightly-curated booths, installations and special projects. It’s a refreshing change of pace from the bustle of ABMB, complemented by the fair’s signature tent design, which boasts wide aisles and spacious booth for exhibitors that gave the exhibition a distinctly relaxed air, while offering ample light to emphasize the works on view. Read More »

AO On-Site – Miami Beach: Art Basel Miami Beach at the Miami Beach Convention Center, December 1st – 3rd, 2022

November 29th, 2022

Thomas Schütte at Peter Freeman
Thomas Schütte at Peter Freeman, all images via Art Observed

The doors have opened on the latest edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, bringing a stream of collectors and dealers into the Miami Beach Convention Center for another year of the fair’s high-profile sales, and an annual look back at the year for the art world.  Commanding a roster of over 280 galleries from around the world, the marquee event of the fall market season in the U.S., and one of the biggest social events of the art world calendar has gotten underway, with thousands flocking to the sun and sand of the Florida metropolis for one of the largest editions of the fair, which celebrates its 20th year this year. Read More »

AO Preview – Miami: Art Basel Miami Beach and Miami Art Week, November 29th – December 3rd, 2022

November 28th, 2022

Nairy Baghramian, Coude à Coude (2019), via Marian Goodman
Nairy Baghramian, Coude à Coude (2019), via Marian Goodman

With the conclusion of another year, the art world has once again turned its attention to the bustling Miami cityscape for another year of of the Art Basel fair franchise on the tip of the Florida peninsula.  Bringing together the global art community for a week of fairs, exhibitions and parties on the streets of Miami and Miami Beach, the fair and its satellites will look to further its influence and footprint in the city. Read More »

New York – Betty Woodman: “Conversations on the Shore, Works from the 1990’s” at David Kordansky Through December 17th, 2022

November 25th, 2022

Betty Woodman, Athens (1991), via David Kordansky
Betty Woodman, Athens (1991), via David Kordansky

On this month at David Kordansky Gallery’s New York exhibition space, Betty Woodman: Conversations on the Shore, Works from the 1990s, strings together a body of works that underscore the artist’s significant contributions and reinventions of ceramic art during the last decade of the 20th Century. The show, which marks the gallery’s first presentation of the artist’s work in collaboration with the Woodman Family Foundation since announcing the representation of her estate earlier this year, offers a selection of 13 works from a foundational and deeply original period of work. Read More »