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Harrison Pearce I 15th Gwangju Biennale, Artforum

For the 15th Gwangju Biennale, director Nicolas Bourriaud describes setting out to explore “the sound of ecosystems” in the age of the Anthropocene. His title, “Pansori: A Soundscape of the 21st Century,” takes its cue from the Korean folk tradition of pansori, an extended song-story delivered in public space. In such a sprawling exhibition—encompassing seventy-two artists from thirty countries across nine venues—this framework ultimately offered little help for navigating the diverse works on display. Rather than attempting my own bird’s-eye view, I want to focus on a group of audiovisual installations in the main exhibition hall, in which I found a more coherent thread in the literary trope of the katabasis, or the journey to the underworld.Writer Robert Macfarlane has described how ancient stories—Enki’s journey for Gilgamesh, and those of Orpheus and Aeneas—speak to the archaic roots of our concepts “to understand” and “to discover” in a descent, in the search of knowledge, beyond the human realm.

Artist talk Harrison Pearce & Joris Krijger

Video of the artist talk that was organised between Harrison Pearce and the Dutch technology philosopher Joris Krijger. Pearce and Krijger discussed their shared interests in ethics, technology and AI's interference in human life. The artist talk was held during the finissage on October 5, 2024, of Pearce's solo exhibition “Graceful Degradation“ at GNYP Gallery Antwerp.

Harrison Pearce I Finalist for Sigg Art Prize 2024

The Sigg Art Foundation has announced the launch of the 2024 Sigg Art Prize, an initiative aimed at redefining the boundaries of artistic creation through the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Sigg Art Prize brings together an esteemed jury composed of leading figures in art, technology, philosophy, and cultural management. The jury members include: Nicolas Bourriaud – Curator and Art Critic; currently Artistic Director of the 15th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea, Joseph Fowler – Head of Art and Culture at the World Economic Forum, Anna Longo – Philosopher, Writer, and Program Director at the Collège International de Philosophie, Antonio Somaini – Professor at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris, Anne Stenne – Independent curator, co-founder and Artistic Director at The Feral & Gediminas Urbonas – Director at MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology

Fangor Street in Warsaw to be inaugurated October 9th, 2024

The city of Warsaw decided to honor the late esteemed artist and to name a new street next to the Museum of Modern Art after him. The inauguration will take place on October 9th in the presence of the mayor Rafał Trzaskowskii and the chairman of Fangor Foundation Piotr Patkowski.

Group show "Against Monoculture" at Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, USA shows Kate Pincus-Whitney

Exploring intersections of art and activism, Against Monoculture offers a creative lens through which to examine the structural causes and consequences of food inequality. Bringing together artists whose practices foreground the role of food in community, struggle, and survival, the exhibition considers the ways food is a direct link to land, culture, and identity, and how cultivating, preparing, and sharing food are fundamental creative acts.

Harrison Pearce at the 15th Gwangju Biennale in Seoul, Korea

Under the theme, "Pansori — a soundscape of the 21st century," the exhibition unfolds in three segments, each in tune with a distinct sonic phenomenon that functions as a spatial metaphor. Harrison Pearce's "Valence" captures this multiplicity through a series of 10 kinetic sculptures made of inflated silicone rubber, modeled after a scan of his own brain. Although initially inspired by a human organ, these forms have been mechanically reimagined and are now animated by an automated pneumatic system. The result is an immersive presentation that blurs the boundaries between human and artificial production.

Group show "SUPERCROWDS/SUPERCOMMUNITY" at TANK, Shanghai shows Kaifan Wang

TANK Shanghai is proud to present the group exhibition “SUPERCROWDS/SUPERCOMMUNITY.” This exhibition focuses on artist groups that best embody the characteristics of the "era of communities": Chinese descent artists with distinct multicultural backgrounds who were born during or after the information technology revolution. The exhibition will observe how these artists navigate between the states described by “SUPERCROWDS” and “SUPERCOMMUNITY.”

Group show "Licked by the Waves | New Bathers in Art" at Museum MORE shows Jenna Gribbon next to artist like Marlene Dumas, Claire Tabouret, Simone Kennedy Doig, Lydia Pettit and more.

Discover how modern and contemporary artists take a pioneering approach to depicting bathers. The international exhibition Licked by the Waves | New Bathers in Art reveals the enduring fascination for this classical theme. Dozens of works by 70 artists offer a diverse spectrum of unexpected perspectives on people as they bathe. From beautifully intimate to ironic, and from small and fragile to spectacular.

Group show “United in art“ shows Brian Harte, Laurent Proux, Aistė Stancikaitė, Umut Yasat and more in celebration of Poland’s 20 year membership in the European Union.

The aim of this exhibition is to look at art as a powerful tool to promote values that unite people across borders, cultures and traditions. Each work presented here is an expression not only of the talent and vision of the artists, but also of their commitment to building a world based on common values, principles and ideals. The exhibition is not only a tribute to artistic creativity, but also to the common ideals that underlie the European Union: human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law, human rights, solidarity and respect for diversity.

Umut Yasat in group show “Re.Use“ at Kunstmuseum Heidenheim

Every year, the art museum presents an exhibition on various sculptural materials in the venerable Hellenstein Castle during the summer months. In 2024, the focus is on different combinations of materials. What happens when artists take existing, already used, sometimes worthless (everyday) objects and give them a new life? The results are colorful, surprising, moving, but above all one thing: sustainable.

Aïcha Khorchid in group exhibition at Albertina Modern, Vienna

The exhibition "The Beauty of Diversity" presents the rich depth and breadth of the ALBERTINA Museum’s contemporary collections while demonstrating the essential turn toward women and LGBTQIA+ artists, people of color, aboriginal artistic stances, and autodidacts, all of whose works stand out before the contrasting foil of the Old Masters.

Idowu Oluwaseun's solo exhibition at Mazovian Centre Contemporary of Art „Elektrownia”, Radom (PL)

Idowu Oluwaseun's solo exhibition 'A Coloured Story' is on view at Mazovian Centre Contemporary of Art „Elektrownia”, Radom (PL) from February 2nd to March 24th.

On the Move: Wang Kaifan's Transcultural Narratives of Environment, Ethnicity and Artistic Expression

余德耀美术馆当前展览“跨界：可能与回响”，生动展示了青年艺术家在时代洪流中的整体面貌。近似侯鸟般的生活经历使这批艺术群体更倾向于探讨“共同性”而非“差异性”，表现出一种去中心化和局外人的观察方式。

Umut Yasat' solo exhibition at Kunstverein Trier Junge Kunst

Umut Yasat's solo exhibition '39/8' shows 8 works from his ongoing project "Der Stapel". The show is on view at Kunstverein Trier Junge Kunst from September 10th to October 14th.

Flurin Bisig in group exhibition at Benzeholz – Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst

The duo exhibition by Flurin Bisig und Maurin Bisig „Die Dinge singen hör' ich so gern“ is on view from August 25th to October 25, 2023 at Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst in Benzeholz, Switzerland

Idowu Oluwaseun in group exhibition at the Lentos Museum, in Linz

The group exhibition "SISTERS & BROTHERS 500 Jahre Geschwister in der Kunst" itinerated from the Kunsthalle Tübingen in Germany to the Lentos Kunstmuseum in Linz, Austria. This is the first comprehensive exhibition to document the multifaceted subject of sibling relationships in the visual arts featuring more than 100 works. The exhibition devised by the Kunsthalle Tübingen is extended in Linz to include numerous works from the Lentos and Nordico collections.

Gina Beavers, Rob Ober, and Irvin Pascal in Group Exhibition at the Elektrownia Museum

Gina Beavers, Rob Ober, and Irvin Pascal are included in the group exhibition "Sport Games" at the Elektrownia Museum in Radom, Poland, on view from June 17 until September 10, 2023.

Umut Yasat in group exhibition at the Museum Arnhem

The Museum Arnhem is showing six works by Umut Yasat at the group exhibition "between borders" from July until October 2023.

Gina Beavers in Group Exhibition at the MACRO Museum in Rome

The MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome shows works by Gina Beavers at the group exhibition "First Person Plural" on view from 27 April until 24 September 2023.

Umut Yasat in "Reading Materials"

Reading Materials, is a collection of sculptor’s materials lists. They are printed one-per-page without any accompanying information or imagery (apart from the artist’s names and works titles for attribution.) It is an ongoing collaborative publication between Talya Petrillo and Max Spitzer.

Wojciech Fangor's retrospective at the National Museum of Gdańsku

Wojciech Fangor's retrospective exhibition "Beyond the Painting" at the National Museum in Gdańsku, Poland, is on view from October 2022 till March 2023.

Idowu Oluwaseun in group exhibition at Kunsthalle Tübingen

The group exhibition "SISTERS & BROTHERS 500 Jahre Geschwister in der Kunst" is on view at the Kunsthalle Tübingen in Germany from November 19, 2022, til April 16, 2023.

Artist Talk I Umut Yasat at MdbK

On October 27 at 5 pm, the artist talk between Umut Yasat and curator Tatjana Schäfer will take place at the MdbK in Leipzig.

Zachary Armstrong's solo exhibition at the Faurschou Foundation NY

The second solo exhibition of Zachary Armstrong at the Faurschou Foundation, twelve animals, is on view from September 10, 2022, to January 29, 2023, in New York.

Book Launch Flurin Bisig ∙ Gestaltloses Verlangen | Unformed Desire

After more than a year of work, Flurin Bisig's book "Gestaltloses Verlangen" is now published. The book gives an overview of his work from 2003 - 2021 and is published by Snoeck Verlag. On Wednesday September 14, 2022 at 6 pm the Book Launch will take place at the Kunsthaus Glarus. With a conversation with Stephan Kunz, the Artistic Director of the Bündner Kunstmuseum and Lynn Kost the curator of the Kunst Museum Winterthur.

Umut Yasat as guest artist at the MdbK

Umut Yasat exhibits two works at the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, in Germany. The two pieces from 2020, Der Stapel 55 and Der Stapel 59, are exhibited in the terrace in front of the museum's library until June 2023. They are part of Yasat's ongoing body of work "Der Stapel".

Jenna Gribbon in group exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

The exhibition "Empowerment", which brings together various feminist approaches, is on view from 10. 9. 2022 until 8. 1. 2023 in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Aiste Stancikaite and Christopher Hartmann in group exhibition at the Neuer Aachener Verein

The group exhibition "Queering the Narrative" is on view from July 3 to August 21, 2022.

Serge Attukwei Clottey in group exhibition at the Museum Arnhem

The show "consume by" unites artists that reflect on climate change and environmental challenges. It is on view from May 13, 2022 till January 29, 2023 at the Arnhem Museum in Arnhem, Netherlands.

Brian Harte in group exhibition at the Butler Gallery in Ireland

The exhibition "GENERATION 2022: New Irish Painting" features artists making an impact on the contemporary art world in Ireland today.

Jenna Gribbon in group exhibition at The Modern Fort Worth

"Women Painting Women" is a thematic exhibition featuring 46 female artists who choose women as subject matter in their works. The exhibition is on view from May 15 until September 25, 2022.

Brian Harte and Susumu Kamijo in group exhibition at the WHAT MUSEUM in Tokyo

The exhibition "Marriage: From Antiques to Contemporary Art" brings together contemporary artists and the Oketa Collection. The show is on view from April 28, 2022 to July 3, 2022.

Aiste Stancikaite in group exhibition at the Kunstraum Potsdam in Germany

The exhibition Touch Me presents works by several established and emerging contemporary artists, including Aiste Stancikaite. The exhibition runs until March 20, 2022.

Serge Attukwei Clottey at Desert X AlUla 2022

The Second Edition of the international art exhibition Desert X AlUla takes place in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Alula region in the UAE. The exhibition features newly commissioned works by 15 international artists, among them Serge Attukwei Clottey, and is on view from February 11 till March 30, 2022.

Jenna Gribbon at the Frick Collection

Jenna Gribbon's canvas "What am I doing here? I should ask you the same" (2022) is shown next to Holbein’s painting of Sir Thomas More at the Frick Collection, in NY. Gribbon is one of the four NY-based contemporary artists selected to be exhibited in the project "Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters" and will be on view between January 27 and May 22, 2022.

Jenna Gribbon in group exhibition at Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg in Germany

Until February 2022 "Me, a Lurker" by Jenna Gribbon is on view at Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg in Germany. The exhibition concentrates on the female body throughout the last five centuries of art history and practice. Jenna Gribbon is shown next to artists like Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Lovis Corinth, Käthe Kollwitz, Otto Dix, Max Beckmann, Maria Lassnig and Cindy Sherman. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog which can be purchased online.

Serge Attukwei Clottey in group exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Germany

Serge Attukwei Clottey participates in the exhibition 'Menschenbilder', eng. 'Images of Humanity', at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. The exhibition explores questions of human interaction under the influence of phenotypic factors, and is on view between October 2021 and April 2022.

Gina Beavers' solo exhibition at the Neuer Essener Kunstverein in Germany

Gina Beavers' solo show AUTOFICTION is on view at the Neuer Essener Kunstverein (Essen, Germany) from September 11 until November 14, 2021.

Serge Attukwei Clottey in group exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Germany

Serge Attukwei Clottey participates in the exhibition "Oil - Beauty and Horror in the Petrol Age" at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. The exhibition takes a speculative, poetic look back at the presence of the modern age of petroleum, and is on view between September 2021 and January 2022.

Serge Attukwei Clottey is shown at the La Condition Publique

Serge Attukwei Clottey's installation is exhibited alongside other artists at the La Condition Publique Roubaix, France.

Zachary Armstrong's solo exhibition 'Grids & Abstracts' at The Contemporary Dayton

Between April 30th and July 17th, 2021, The Contemporary Dayton - Dayton Arcade presents a solo exhibition of Zachary Armstrong, showing new works and including a floor-to-ceiling wall paper installation.

Serge Attukwei Clottey in Desert X in California

Serge Attukwei Clottey participates in the 2021 edition of Desert X between March and May.

Kour Pour in group exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art

From January 29 through May 2, 2021 the exhibition 'A Boundless Drop to a Boundless Ocean' shows Kour Pour among the 21 US-based artists of Arab and Iranian heritage who participate in the show.

Zachary Armstrong's solo exhibition 'Bag of Candles' at Faurschou Foundation

'Bag of Candles,' the solo exhibition of Zachary Armstrong, opens on January 15, 2021 at The Faurschou Foundation in Beijing.

Jenna Gribbon's work enters museum collection in Germany

The painting 'So Much Trust' (2020) by Jenna Gribbon was acquired by the German Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg and will join the museum's collection.

Serge Attukwei Clottey in group exhibition 'Concrete Limbo' at Haus der Statistik in Berlin

From October 2nd to 25th, 2020 the exhibition 'Concrete Limbo' shows Serge A. Clottey with other artists from West Africa. The multidisciplinary exhibition reflects on the status of West African modernization in context of architecture, city development and natural resources.

Gina Beavers in group exhibition 'Friends and Friends of Friends' at the Schlossmuseum in Linz

From September 30th 2020 to January 6th 2021 the exhibition 'Friends and Friends of Friends - Artistic communities in the age of social media' shows Gina Beavers alongside other 19 artists. The show highlights the potential of a globally connected world through the example of a community of young artists, who advance artistic and social debates both online and offline.

Umut Yasat joins the second edition of Majhi International Art Residency

The second edition of Majhi takes place between August and September 2020 in Berlin. The 3-weeks-long residency program is followed by a final group exhibition, which is part of the Berlin Art Week official program.

ICA Miami acquires paintings by Gina Beavers

Gina Beavers' paintings Money Lips and Van Gogh's Palette from 2018 are acquired by the Institute of Contemporary Art of Miami.

Brian Harte's Monograph 'Bread (and other paintings)'

Published in 2020, this is the first extensive catalogue on Brian Harte’s work. Foreword and essays by David Harrison, Diana Copperwhite Arie Amaya-Akkermans are followed by more than 50 photographs.

Gina Beavers in group exhibition 'Image Power' at the Museum Frans Hals

The Museum Frans Hals in Haarlem exhibits four works by Gina Beavers together with other 21 artists such as Sarah Lucas and Philippe Parreno. The exhibition, which questions the status of art in this current extended visual environment, is one view from March 7th to May 24th.

Serge Attukwei Clottey in group show at the African National Gallery

The exhibition 'Materiality' is on view at the Iziko South African National Gallery, in Cape Town, from February to October 2020.

Serge Attukwei Clottey's pop-up exhibition at The Mistake Room

From February 12 to 29, 2020 The Mistake Room presents the pop-up exhibition 'Routes' of Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey.

Umut Yasat in group exhibition 'City Life' at the Museum Arnhem

Umut Yasat joins the group exhibition 'City Life. Mensen & de urbane realiteit.' at the Museum Arnhem in the city of Arnhem, Netherlands. For the occasion the international participant artists are invited to depict divergent aspects of and perspectives on life and survival in the ever-growing cities. The show is on view from February 8th to May 17th 2020.

An extensive Monograph on the work of Gina Beavers

An extensive monograph on the New York–based artist Gina Beavers is published including essays by Ellen Blumenstein, Colby Chamberlain, Naomi Fry and Marta Gnyp.

Serge Attukwei Clottey in group exhibition 'Radical Revisionists' at Moody Center of the Arts

The Moody Center of the Arts in the Texan capital of Houston shows works by several African artists, including Serge Attukwei Clottey, who problematize Eurocentric tropes of race, representation and prevailing colonial narratives. The exhibition can be seen from January 24 to May 16, 2020.

Brian Harte in group exhibition 'Vision X' at the Royal Hibernian Academy

From November 22, 2019 to January 26, 2020 Brian Harte is shown alongside other artists by the Royal Hibernian Academy. The exhibition brings together previously unseen works by new emerging Irish artists.

Serge Attukwei Clottey's solo exhibition 'Solo Chorus' at The Mistake Room

From November 15, 2019 to January 18, 2020 The Mistake Room presents a solo exhibition of the Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey. 'Solo Chorus' furthers The Mistake Room’s 2019-2020 curatorial cycle, Histories of a Vanishing Present, which explores postmemory as a structure through which a global generation of artists mediate pasts that don’t directly belong to them.

Gina Beavers' Talk at the Cranbrook Art Museum

On November 21st artist Gina Beavers gives a public lecture as visiting artist in the deSalle auditorium at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, USA.

Katherina Olschbaur at 2019 Prize Kardinal-König-Kunstpreis

Katherina Olschbaur is nominated to the 2019's edition of the Kardinal-König-Kunstpreis and shows her work in an exhibition with other 19 artists in Salzburg, Austria, at Kunstraum St Virgil.

Kour Pour's new book published by Skira

This new book by Skira presents a concentrated look at Kour Pour’s artistic output from 2009 to 2019.

Kour Pour collaboration with Necessity Sense

Three paintings from Kour Pour’s Onnagata series are translated into garments prints by the brand label Necessity Sense.

Ursula Reuter Christiansen's solo show at the MdbK

From August 10th to October 20th 2019 Ursula Reuter Christiansen is shown in a solo exhibition at the Museum der bildenden Künste (MdbK) in Leipzig, Germany. During this period the public can see about 30 paintings and sculptures by the artist, made between the 1970's and 1980's, as well as her film „Der Scharfrichter“ from 1971.

Umut Yasat joins the first edition Majhi International Art Residency Program

The first edition of Majhi takes place between July and August 2019 in Venice. The residency program is followed by a final group exhibition at Combo, a former jesuit monastery in Venice, where artists reflect upon the question “Does life in these uncertain times of crisis and turmoil, make art more interesting?”.

Serge Attukwei Clottey in group exhibition 'Stormy Weather' at Museum Arnhem

From 27.07.2019 to 06.10.2019 the Museum Arnhem dedicates an exhibition to climate change and social justice. The show Stormy Weather will present works by international artists from different continents that reflect on the environmental crisis from their own background and personal perspectives. Among them is Serge Attukwei Clottey with his 2019 work entitled Gbortsui, which will be part of the museum’s collection afterwards.

Brian Harte in group exhibition '25 Jahre Sammlung' at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

From 24.03.2019 to 29.09.2019, the anniversary program 25 Years Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg presents the most comprehensive overview of the collection to date. Founded in 1994, the collection now unites more than 600 installations, work groups, and individual works by 100 artists. Paintings by Brian Harte are also part of the museum's collection.

Serge Attukwei Clottey participates in Karachi Biennale 2019

Gina Beavers' solo exhibition 'The Life I Deserve' at MoMA PS1

From March 31 to September 2, 2019 Gina Beavers has a solo exhibition at MoMA PS1, entitled 'The Life I Deserve', where a broad output of her subjects is presented.

Serge Attukwei Clottey in group exhibition "Kubatana"

Clottey shown in one of the largest presentations of Contemporary African Art in Scandinavia, bringing together 33 artists from 18 countries. The exhibition is on view from May 4 to September 22, 2019.

Michael Swaney's collaboration with Walter van Beirendonck

Michael Swaney collaborates with Belgian fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck on a limited edition collection Spring/Summer 2019.

Two paintings by Brian Harte join the collection of Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Serge Attukwei Clottey's commissioned installation

Commission work ‘Kpeshi and Korle Lagoon in conversation with waters of SanFrancisco’ installed at headquarters Facebook in San Francisco in July 2018.

Zachary Armstrong in group show 'Inherent Structure'

Zachary Armstrong participates in the group show Inherent Structure at Wexner Center for the Arts. Inherent Structure showcases a multigenerational group of 16 exceptional artists who challenge abstract painting’s historical associations with chance, gesture, and aesthetic purity.

Kour Pour in group exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Kour Pour participates in the group exhibition 'Decoration never die - seven conversations on the act of decoration' at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum in Tokyo. The show November 18, 2017- February 25, 2018

Gina Beavers in group exhibition at The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art

Gina Beavers participates in the group exhibition ‘American Genre: Contemporary Painting’ on view at The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art from July to September 2015

Gina Beavers in group exhibition at Pratt Manhattan Gallery

Gina Beavers participates in the group show 'A new subjectivity: Figurative Painting after 2000' at Pratt Manhattan Gallery. The show is on view from February to December 2017.

ULAY in group exhibition at the Kunsthalle Hamburg

ULAY participates in the group exhibition 'Honey, I rearranged the collection' at the Kunsthalle Hamburg between April 7, 2017 and Jan 7, 2018

ULAY in group exhibition at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt

ULAY participates in the group exhibition 'Peace' at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. The show is on view from July 1 to September 24, 2017