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Jitish Kallat
INSTALLATION – COVERING LETTER 

TKM Warehouse, India
From December 14, 2022 to April 10, 2023

Jitish Kallat is showing his installation Covering Letter alongside the exhibitionTangled Hierarchy 2, curated by him at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022 . The twinned presentations of Covering Letter and Tangled Hierarchy 2 are presented in close conjunction at TKM Warehouse, Fort Kochi as invited parallel exhibitions at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022.

Chiharu Shiota
SOLO SHOW – INVISIBLE LINE

ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Through April 16, 2023

The solo show “Invisible Line” by Chiharu Shiota has opened at the ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum in Denmark. The artist shows six large scale installations allowing the audience to dive into her distinctive universes.

Jeanne Vicerial
SOLO SHOW – GISANT.E.S UNE RE-NAISSANCE

Basilique Cathédrale Saint-Denis, France
Through December 31, 2022

The exhibition “Gisant.e.s une Re-Naissance” by Jeanne Vicerial opens today at the Basilique Cathédrale Saint-Denis until December 31, 2022. In this context, four sculptures take place among the recumbents of the basilica, two Gisantes and two Présences.

Jitish Kallat
INSTALLATION – PUBLIC NOTICE 2

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Jitish Kallat’s “Public Notice 2” has joined the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. The artist renders Gandhi’s historic speech in its entirety, recreating each of its individual letters as stand-alone pieces.   

Pierre et Gilles
COLOURS OF TIME – BOOK SIGNING

TEMPLON - Grenier St-Lazarre
November 26, 2022

On the occasion of the exhibition “Les couleurs du temps” by Pierre et Gilles, a book signing of the eponymous catalogue will be held this Saturday at the Templon gallery from 3pm to 6pm. Free admission and open to all.

Chiharu Shiota
GROUP SHOW – JAPAN. BODY_PERFORM_LIVE

Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Through February 12, 2023

As part of the group exhibition JAPAN. BODY_PERFORM_LIVE at  PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, the new installation Empty Body by Chiahru Shiota will be exhibited through February 12, 2023.   The exhibition investigates the Japanese contemporary art of the 2000s, focusing on how bodies and performances are connected to society, environment, materiality and technology. 

James Casebere
GROUP SHOW – ARCHITECTURES IMPOSSIBLES

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, France
From November 19, 2022 to March 19, 2023

The work Blue House on Water #2 by James Casebere will be exhibited at the Beau-Arts de Nancy, as part of the exhibition Architectures impossibles, from November 19, 2022. The exhibition, curated by Sophie Laroche, brings together some fifty artists, bringing together more than 150 works of all kinds, from national and international institutions and private collections.

Prune Nourry
SOLO SHOW – STATUES ALSO BREATHE

Art Twenty One, Lagos
Through February 4, 2023

A collaborative exhibition “Statues Also Breathe” just opened at Art Twenty One in Lagos, Nigeria, unveiling a major project honoring the Chibok girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram from their high school in Northern Nigeria in 2014 — many of whom are still missing. The project comprises 108 portraits in clay, modeled after the missing girls imaged in the style of iconic ancestral Ife heads.

Iván Navarro
GROUP SHOW – INTERPLAY

SITE Santa Fe, USA
Through February 13, 2023

The exhibition INTERPLAY opened its doors in SITE Santa Fe, featuring Iván Navarro’s “Reality Show (Black)”. Although they have only stepped into a simple telephone booth with glass and mirrors, “Reality Show” allows the viewers to feel the mind-bending illusion and sensation of stepping into infinity. 

Chiharu Shiota
SOLO SHOW – SILENT WORD

Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Germany
Through October 8, 2023

Chiharu Shiota has designed an installation made of interwoven threads especially for her new solo exhibition “Silent Words” at Schauwerk Sindelfingen in Germany. The installation with the same name fills the space with letters floating from a centered desk and chair into the sky, stretching over black ropes. The letters expand into the space like a universe of thoughts and emotions, but no one can hear them.

Philippe Cognée
GROUP SHOW – DE LA NATURE

Musée de Grenoble
From October 22, 2022 to March 19, 2023

The Musée de Grenoble invites Philippe Cognée, beside Cristina Iglesias, Wolfgang Laib and Giuseppe Penonefour, whose practices are deeply rooted to the ratio between human and nature. For Philippe Cognée, the only painter selected, landscape apears in his work as a couterpoint to his famous urban views, expressing an ordered chaos, both original and vital ; wild and threatening.  

Abdelkader Benchamma
INSTALLATION – BIENNALE ARCIPELAGO MEDETERRANEO

Church of SS. Eunio e Giulano - Palermo 
From October 22 to November 27, 2022

As part of the Sete-Palermo Festival, Abdelkader Benchamma’s solo exhibition Cosma will open on October 22, 2022, with the support of Palazzo Butera and the French Institute of Palermo. This exhibition curated by Federica Fruttero gathers works produced during the artistic residency of the artist in the Palazzo Butera in June 2022.

Jitish Kallat
INSTALLATION – BANGKOK ART BIENNALE

Museum Siam, Bangkok
From October 22, 2022 to February 23, 2023

Jitish Kallat presents the sculptural installation Untitled (Two Minutes to Midnight). This large installation draws together two carefully chosen pointers, one from our prehistoric past and the other pointing to a prophesied future. The sculptures are placed on a plinth that echoes the contours of the iconic “Doomsday Clock”, which since 1947 pictures a hypothetical human-made global catastrophe as “midnight”. Additionally, he also features a site specific, wallpaper installation titled Integer Studies (Drawing from Life) comprising 365 drawings, produced daily during the pandemic year of 2021.

Chiharu Shiota
GROUP SHOW – BANGKOK ART BIENNALE

Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok
From October 22, 2022 to February 13, 2023

As part of the Bangkok Art Biennale, Chiharu Shiota is exhibiting her installation Eye of the Storm until February 13, 2023.

Kehinde Wiley
MENTORSHIP EXHIBITION – ALEXANDRE DIOP & KEHINDE WILEY

Acacias Art Center, Paris
From October 19 to November 19, 2022

Kehinde Wiley becomes Alexandre Diop’s mentor for the next exhibition resulting from the 2022 mentorship at the Acacias Art Center during Paris + by Art Basel. As part of the Reiffers Art Initiatives mentorship, he will accompany the young French-Senegalese artist Alexandre Diop for several months. This collaboration will result in an exhibition at the Acacias Art Center – Reiffers Art Initiatives from October 19 to November 19, 2022, during the week of Paris+ by Art Basel.

Jeanne Vicerial
GROUP SHOW – LES MILITANTES

Maison Guerlain, Paris
From October 19 to November 14, 2022

On the occasion of the exhibition “Les Militantes”, Jeanne Vicerial will present her artwork Vénus ouverte #1, on view from October 19, 2022 onwards, at the Maison Guerlain.   The exhibition, dedicated to feminine commitment, brings together some fifteen established and emerging artists from the contemporary scene in collaboration with Paris+ by Art Basel.

David LaChapelle
GROUP SHOW – THIERRY MUGLER : COUTURISSIME 

Brooklyn Museum, New York, United States.
From November 18, 2022 to May 7, 2023

Opening on November 18, the exhibition “Thierry Mugler: Couturissime” will present photographies by David LaChapelle. Already seen by more than one million visitors in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and France since its launch in 2019, the exhibition is about to conclude its world tour in Brooklyn.

Alioune Diagne
GALLERY TEMPLON ANNOUNCES THE INTERNATIONALE REPRESENTATION OF THE FRENCH-SENEGALESE ARTIST, ALIOUNE DIAGNE

TEMPLON announces the internationale representation of the French-Senegalese artiste, Alioune Diagne.  Born in 1985 in Fatick, Senegal, Alioune Diagne lives and works between Dakar and Vienne in Isère, France. Graduated in 2008 from the Beau-Arts of Dakar, he immediatly distinguished himself by founding in 2013 a unique mode of expression : the “figuro-abstro”, a figurative image created from an infinite number of unique elements. Templon will present one of his works, “Modou Modou Dakarois”, 2019, in Paris+ and will dedicate a solo exhibition to him in January 2023 in its Brussels space. Since 2011, his work has been the subject of numerous personal and collective exhibitions in Europe, Africa and Asia, including “Sing or Swim”, 11th Biennale de Dakar, Senegal, 2014 ; “Itinerary on Colors”, Espace Jean Drevon, Saint-Jean-de-Bournay (France), 2014 ; the exhibition outside the walls of Art Basel, 2017, Basel ; “Un nouveau regard”, Aosta, Italy, 2017. His work has also been part of the national collection of Senegal since 2019. In 2022, Diagne’s work entered the national collection of Senegal and was presented in an exhibition of the Dakar 2022 biennal at the Grand Théâtre de Dakar. 

Kehinde Wiley
GROUP SHOW – METAL OF HONOR : GOLD FROM SIMONE MARTINI TO CONTEMPORARY ART

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
From October 13, 2022 to January 16, 2023

Metal of Honor: Gold from Simone Martini to Contemporary Art explores how four artists, of different times and different places, use gold as an artistic strategy for innovation and honor. For the occasion, Kehinde Wiley presents his artwork The Archangel Gabriel alongside two contemporary painters to elevate and honor the Black men and women they depict.

Michael Ray Charles
BLACK INDIANS DE LA NOUVELLE ORLéAN

Group show

Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac Museum, France
From October 4, 2022 to January 15, 2023

Opening on October 4, the exhibition “Blacks Indians From New Orlean” will present two artworks by afro-american Michael Ray Charles. Via a geographical and chronolical journey featuring interviews, contemporary costumes and traditional works, the exhibition reveals a singular culture, built by more than three centuries of resistance against the assault of social and racial domination.