Louis Kasmin introduces Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert gallery from London and gives the three highlights of their booth at Art Basel 2024 fair: oil painting Toccata Green, 2013-2014, by Bridget Riley, as well as her color studies on paper, Hurvin Anderson's oil painting Untitled, 1998, and two works by Howard Hodgkin from the 1990s. Basel, Switzerland June 12, 2024
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Galeria Mayoral | Art Basel 2024
Galeria Mayoral (Barcelona, Paris) is a first-time exhibitor in the flagship Art Basel fair. The Spanish gallery has some of the best examples of post-war Spanish art on display. One of the highlights of the presentation is a painting by Antoni Tàpies titled " Pintura amb manilles (Painting with Handcuffs)," 1970, says Jordi Mayoral, director of the family-run gallery. The work symbolizes the repression era of the Franco regime in Spain. Among other artists presented at the stand are Eduardo Chillida, Manolo Millares, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, and Antonio Saura. Basel, Switzerland June 12, 2024
Galerie Jacques Lacoste | TEFAF New York 2024
Galerie Jacques Lacoste makes its debut at the TEFAF New York fair presenting a living room stand with a selection of furniture and art pieces from the 20th century. Jacques Lacoste is a grandson of a famous tennis player known as The Crocodile, René Lacoste. His father, Bernard Lacoste, made the company into a billion-dollar enterprise. Jacques Lacoste ventured into something different. In 1986, he founded the eponymous gallery in Paris. The gallery is a well-known specialist in decorative arts of the 20th century. Monsieur Lacoste gives his highlights of the featured works in the stand. Among them are Mae West sofa by Salvador Dalí, several works by the Giacometti brothers, sculptures by Joan Miró and Ossip Zadkine, and lacquered panels by Jean Dunand. New York, NY May 10, 2024
Venezia Biennale 2024
The 60th Venice Biennale, curated by Brazilian Adriano Pedrosa, explores the theme “Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere.” The main exhibition is divided into two sections: Nucleo Storico and Nucleo Contemporaneo, showcasing a diverse group of artists. Pedrosa describes the Biennale as “a celebration of the foreign, the distant, the outsider, the queer, and the indigenous.” He is also the event’s first openly queer curator.
Art Palm Beach 2024
Art Palm Beach, a contemporary art fair, returns to the Palm Beach Convention Center for the second year. Over 80 galleries exhibit at the show. The opening night is a benefit to the American Heart Association. One of the new sections is DiverseartPB, a non-profit project dedicated to promoting arts and AI, curated by Marisa Caichiolo. It presents three exhibitions: "Be Water" by Cuban artist Antuan, a collection of lost artworks from Spanish monasteries re-crated using AI, and Colombian tapestries by Carlos Castro Arias. The show runs through Sunday, January 28. Palm Beach, Fla. January 24, 2024