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From Creativity to Commodity: The Erosion of Art’s Essence

What has happened to the art world? Is it still struggling with the aftermath of the pandemic, or are we all quietly dealing with its lingering effects? Let’s be clear: the production of art has exploded. But this growth feels less like a creative renaissance and more like an industry—driven by trends, markets, and a race to produce more. In the process, art has lost something vital: its…

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A Lens Into The Soul… Ahmed Rasul An Iraqi Photographer Captures Authenticity & Recuperation

By Bedor Al Obaidi Image by Ahmed Rasul. Courtesy of artist. Ahmed Rasul is an Iraqi photographer born in Baghdad, October 1998. He earned his Middle school diploma in 2015, he finished his bachelor’s degree in fine arts, painting school from the Academy of Fine arts, in 2020. What was your first motivation or the main reason why you became a photographer? A.R. : I think photography gives me…

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Bader Mahasneh’s Void and Form in Dubai

Fann À Porter Dubai is pleased to present Void and Form, a solo exhibition by Jordanian artist Bader Mahasneh, on view until 30 August 2023. This exhibition showcases Mahasneh’s mastery across various artistic mediums, including sculpture, photography, and painting and provides an opportunity to explore Mahasneh’s interdisciplinary approach and his profound insights into the human…

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ALICE RAHON AND RANU MUKHERJEE: TIME WARRIORS

The themes and concerns alive in the work of Ranu Mukherjee and Alice Rahoncross generational boundaries and offer viewers the opportunity to consider ideas rooted in nature, materiality, and transcendence. Alice Rahon and Ranu Mukherjee: Time Warriors presents artworks that examine issues of migration and identities, our changing landscapes and environmental concerns, across history and into the…

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Birdman Spread His Wings in London Provoking Dialogue About Migration, Identity and Social Challenges

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شيرين عودة واحتفال الألوان في Q0DE

تحتفي الأردن بالفنانة شيرين عودة، بمعرضٍ شخصي يصور رحلة انتقالها إلى كندا وهي محطةٌ مهمة في رحلة شيرين الفنية حيث كان المشهد الفني الديناميكي والمعاصر مصدرا هائلا للإلهام، خاصة في أعمالها الأخيرة والتي سيقدمها غاليري كود في معرض شخصي لشيرين من ٨ إلى ٢٢ مايو تحت عنوان “الاحتفال بالألوان”. في هذه السلسلة، “الاحتفال بالألوان”، استكشفت شيرين عودة الموادالمختلفة، التي تجمع بين تقنية الكولاج وتركيب…

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Tschabalala Self Seated At Bexhill-on-Sea, UK

This spring, Tschabalala Self’s first public sculpture, Seated, travels to the De La Warr Pavilion (DLWP) from April 19 to October 29, in Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. Standing three metres-high and made from patinated bronze, Self’s monumental work uses the everyday object of a seat as an entry point for questions of permission and performance within public space. Its subject – poised, immaculately…

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Melvin Edwards: Lines for the Poet

Alexander Gray Associates, New York presents Melvin Edwards: Lines for the Poet, the artist’s seventh one-person exhibition with the Gallery in New York ongoing until April 15, 2023. It marks the debut of a series of never-before-shown ca. 1974 watercolors, as well as Lines for the Poet, a previously unrealized 1970 barbed wire installation. Together, these “new” historic works shed light into a…

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OFF THE GRID: Post-Formal Conceptualism

A sprawling group exhibition that will trace the use of the form of the grid in contemporary art, beginning with some of its most illustrious mid-20th century proponents: Agnes Martin, Louise Nevelson, and South American geometric abstractionists Luis Tomasello, Francisco Sobrino and Antonio Asis. From there, it examines conceptual uses of the grid from the 1970s and 80s and utilizes that history…

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Couture Divas by Azaïdé at Fann A Porter

From 20 to 30 March 2023, The Fann A Porter Gallery in collaboration with Astrid Lesuisse present Couture Divas, an exhilarating exhibition during Women’s History Month, featuring the remarkable works of UAE-based artist, Azaïdé. Couture Divas, a two-year project by Azaïdé, showcases vibrant and expressive pieces that celebrate independent and strong women in diverse settings. The collection…

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Present in a Lonely Image Group Exhibition by Alexander Gray Associates

Germantown: March 24–May 28, 2023 Alexander Gray Associates, Germantown presents Present in a Lonely Image, a group exhibition spotlighting the artistic practices of current and former Gallery staff. The show foregrounds the singular approach of seven artists while bringing to the fore their shared proclivity towards introspection. This inclination—defined by both self-representation and/or a…

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Christina Quarles "Collapsed Time" in Germany

Christina Quarles’s first institutional solo exhibition in Germany features paintings and works on paper by Quarles from 2016 onwards, as well as a large-scale painting installation created for the show at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin from 24 March – 17 September 2023. The artist has developed a site-specific architectural intervention that occupies the entire…

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Gallery Wendi Norris is honored to present Remedios Varo: Encuentros, the Spanish artist’s second solo gallery exhibition since her death in 1963. With approximately twelve works on display, Remedios Varo: Encuentros explores Varo’s engagement with the unexpected. A decade after organizing the artist’s first solo gallery exhibition (Indelible Fables, 2012), Gallery Wendi Norris is thrilled to…

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Michael Ray Charles Vendi Vidi at Galerie Templon

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Impact: Black AIDS Institute Auction by Artsy

Artsy is honored to present Impact: Black AIDS Institute, an auction in support of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Black community in the United States. In honor of U.S. Pride Month and celebrating equality, freedom and people’s rights to control their own lives and bodies, Artsy will be donating a portion of the Buyer’s Premium to Black AIDS Institute, an organization established by Black…

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Hassan Sharif’s Political Paintings at AGA

Alexander Gray Associates, New York presents Hassan Sharif: Political Paintings (2008–2009) from March 17 to April 23. While Sharif (1951–2016) is best known for his sculptural compositions, he was a dedicated painter—insisting, “It is so easy now for me to give up painting and make objects, but time and time again I feel painting is important.” Highlighting the medium’s primacy in his practice,…

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Hayv Kahraman at The Mosaic Rooms

Pilar Corrias is pleased to announce Gut Feelings, a solo exhibition of paintings and mixed media works by Hayv Kahraman at The Mosaic Rooms, London from 25 February to 29 May 2022. In this new work, the artist delves into scientific research to situate the effects of trauma in the body and to investigate methodologies of physical healing and care. Developing from Kahraman’s ongoing exploration…