THE GLOBAL ART BEAT
Experience the most electrifying brushstrokes, cutting-edge raster graphics, and avant-garde spectacles worldwide. Explore AD's January lineup of dynamic art exhibitions.
From New York and London to Hong Kong and Miami, the art scene is thriving. It's inspiring, astral, and undeniably cool. Esteemed venues like Petzel Gallery and Perrotin in NYC, Galerie Ron Mandos in Amsterdam, and Centre Pompidou in Paris are showcasing bold, gusty and graphic works that will get your pulse racing. Here are some of our top picks:
Sabine Weiss: A Tribute (1924-2021)
Where: Boogie Woogie Photography When: 6th January - 15th February 2024
About: The exhibition "Sabine Weiss: A Tribute (1924-2021)" honors the centennial of the Swiss-born photographer's birth. This exhibit showcases Weiss's deep connection to Paris and her mastery of humanist photography. Featuring 23 iconic and lesser-known works, the show highlights her unparalleled ability to capture the beauty, joy, and melancholy of everyday life.
Nick Cave: Amalgams and Graphts
Where: Jack Shainman When: January 10 – March 15, 2025
About: Jack Shainman Gallery's new exuberant Tribeca location debuts with "Amalgams and Graphts," a solo exhibition by Nick Cave. The exhibition features two series: "Amalgams," comprising large bronze sculptures that evolve Cave's iconic Soundsuits by merging casts of his body with natural elements like flowers and birds, and "Graphts," a series of mixed-media self-portraits. These works offer a contemporary counter-narrative to traditional public monuments, promoting inclusivity and resilience.
Where: Perrotin, New York When: January 11 – February 19, 2025
About: Perrotin New York presents "Humanity," Dora Jeridi's inaugural solo exhibition with the gallery, running from January 11 to February 19, 2025. Dora Jeridi's paintings delve into the intricate balance between vulnerability and strength, presenting figures that are both universal and deeply personal. Her work invites viewers to explore the essence of humanity, embracing uncertainty and the profound spaces where meaning remains elusive.
Where: Capitain Petzel, Berlin When: January 11 2025 to February 15th, 2025
About: "Cascade," Jack O'Brien's debut solo exhibition with the gallery features a striking suspended sculpture that merges two grand pianos into a singular, imposing form, hovering mid-air within the gallery space. By stripping the pianos of their traditional function and creating a central void between them, O'Brien reimagines these instruments as objects of silence and memory, rather than tools of sound. The concept of 'cascade' emerges as a unifying gesture throughout the exhibition, threading through each work with a sense of motion that feels simultaneously fluid and interrupted. The pieces on view, created from repurposed materials partly sourced in Berlin, reflect O'Brien's sensitivity to material histories and his interest in the interplay between the personal and the found, weaving local narratives into his broader exploration of space and form.
Carlos Jacanamijoy: Olor a tierra
Where: Almine Rech, Turenne, Paris When: January 11 2025 to March 1st, 2025
About: Carlos Jacanamijoy's first solo exhibition with the gallery is bold explosion of color. Jacanamijoy's paintings feature multicolored bursts that cover the canvas, with colors pulsing, exploding, and contracting. These vibrant hues immerse viewers in a world of wild and altering environments, evoking the forests of Colombia. The artist's work reflects an intercultural fusion between his ancestral traditions and Western artistic influences, adhering to principles of Abstract Expressionism and the autonomy of color. This approach offers a journey through the purity of his colors, inviting contemplation and reflection.
Where: Centre Pompidou, Paris, France When: January 15–May 26, 2025
About: The Centre Pompidou presents a monograph on Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938), a trailblazing artist of her time. Rejecting early cubism and abstraction, Valadon focused on painting reality, centering unembellished depictions of both male and female nudes in her work.
Where: Karma, New York When: January 16 - February 24, 2025
About: An exhibition of new paintings by Ulala Imai evoke unpredictable and unknown journey for every day objects. “I paint like I make daily meals,” says Imai of her nearly two-decade practice. From her home outside Tokyo, she transforms everyday objects into lively characters with confident brushstrokes and animating light. In “Calm”, Imai’s protagonists venture beyond their domestic roots into uncharted realms.
Giorgio Morandi: Masterpieces from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation
Where: David Zwirner, New York When: January 16—February 22, 2025
About: Giorgio Morandi: Masterpieces from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation, features over fifty works from the artist's six-decade career. Curated by Dr. Alice Ensabella in collaboration with the Magnani-Rocca Foundation, this exhibition is among New York's largest since Morandi's 2008 retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It follows recent showcases at London's Estorick Collection in 2023 and Musée de Grenoble in 2021.
Where: PETZEL gallery, New York
When: January 16 – February 22, 2025
About: “I am a teapot” an exhibition of new paintings by British-born, New York-based artist Nicola Tyson, marks Tyson’s twelfth solo show with Petzel. Alluding to the 1939 nursery rhyme and its accompanying dance, “I’m a Little Teapot,” the title of the exhibition is both playful and physical, weaving two bodies of her work though the gallery. Showcasing her intuitive blend of painterly precision and sharp wit these evocative works explore queer subjectivity through a dynamic interplay of gestural expression and formal mastery.
Reynaldo Rivera: Danse Macabre
Where: Nina Johnson, Miami, Florida When: January 16 - March 1, 2025
About: In his debut solo exhibition at Nina Johnson, Reynaldo Rivera honors the enigmatic performer Miss Alex. The centerpiece, Danse Macabre, comprises fifteen self-printed 8 x 10 photographs that sequentially capture one of her performances, reminiscent of a contact sheet. The title alludes to a late medieval motif and specifically references a Rococo masterpiece Rivera encountered at Bamberg's Michaelsberg Abbey in Germany.
Sara Sadik: La Potion (EH) (2023)
Where: Annka Kultys, London When: January 17 — March 1, 2025
About: La Potion (EH) (2023), a single-channel video by Sara Sadik, marking the Bordeaux-born, Marseille-based artist’s London debut and first solo show with the gallery. In this elegiac video work, a narrator discovers a video game featuring an avatar of himself. Stressed and searching for healing, the avatar embarks on a journey to find happiness. Through stargazing, wandering lush gardens, and diving into the sea, he experiences moments of calm and renewal, guided by the transformative power of "La Potion."
Vivien Greven: Venus Moon Square
Where: Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf When: January 18 - March 29, 2025
About: Who else is so excited about Vivien Gerevn new paintings? Well,if you happen to be in Düsseldorf head directlly to Kadel Willborn’s gallery and chek it yourself. Vivien blurs the lines between neoclassical sculpture, digital imagery, human bodies, intimate relationships, and the past and future. We are enchanted by dreamy vivid forms, meticulously outlined silhouettes, and the airbrushed effects of Greven’s oils and acrylics.
Where: Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam When: January 18 - March 3, 2025
Maarten Baas’ first solo exhibition, Crescendo!, takes its title from the musical term for a gradual rise in volume and intensity, symbolizing growth and prosperity. For Baas, it reflects the tension between the magic of art and the practical realities faced by its creators—a metaphor for dreams shaped by reality.
Using musical instruments as symbols of freedom and beauty, Baas explores this balance. “Instruments create intangible yet deeply moving music,” he notes. “But we live in a world driven by practicality, mirroring the daily struggle between vision and reality.”
Iconic: Portraiture from Francis Bacon to Andy Warhol
Where: The Holburne Museum, Sydney Pleasure Gardens, Bath, Somerset, England When: January 24 – May 5, 2025
The Holburne Museum presents “Iconic: Portraiture from Francis Bacon to Andy Warhol”, an exhibition examining how 20th-century artists used photography in painted portraits. Featuring works by Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and others, the show brings together rare pieces from private collections and major institutions.
Iconic reflects on identity, fame, and the interplay between photography’s stillness and time’s passage, focusing on the mid-20th century, particularly the 1960s, when artists increasingly turned to photographs for inspiration.
Where: Hauser&Wirth, New York, Wooster Street When: January 29 – April 12, 2025
George Condo’s two-part New York exhibition at Hauser & Wirth and Sprüth Magers unveils his bold exploration of pastel on paper. Through spontaneous abstraction and vivid gestures, Condo dives into the fractured depths of the human psyche, showcasing his unfiltered creative process and boundless imagination.
Peter Hujar: Eyes Open in the Dark
Where: Raven Row, London When: January 30 - April 6, 2025
About: “Eyes Open in the Dark” is the first posthumous exhibition to explore the full scope of Peter Hujar’s work, focusing on his mature period, marked by a 1976 depression that brought darker tones to his art. Curated with the Hujar Estate by Gary Schneider, John Douglas Millar, and Raven Row director Alex Sainsbury, the exhibition highlights the subtle poetry of Hujar’s images, challenging previous interpretations and offering fresh perspectives on his life and art.
Tinyvices archive curated by Tim Barber
Where: TheHole, Bowery NYC When: February 8 - February 23, 2025
The Hole presents the tinyvices archive 20th-anniversary exhibition, curated by Tim Barber. From 2005 to 2011, Barber’s influential platform, tinyvices.com, showcased over 600 emerging photographers and artists, serving as a pre-social-media hub for discovering new talent. To celebrate, Barber reunites over 100 artists for a gallery show and relaunches the platform as tinyvicesarchive.com.
Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
Where: Hayward Gallery, London When: February 11 - May 5, 2025
Mickalene Thomas's UK debut, "All About Love," showcases her large-scale paintings inspired by Black feminist theory and the writings of bell hooks, from whose book the exhibition takes its title. Thomas explores love as a proactive choice and action, considering its impact on dynamics ranging from family to community and the world. Co-organized with The Broad and in partnership with the Barnes Foundation and Les Abattoirs, the exhibition will travel internationally.
George Rouy: The Bleed, Part II
Where: Hauser&Wirth, Los Angeles When: 18 February – 1 June 2025
About: This February, Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles presents The Bleed, Part II, George Rouy’s dynamic US solo debut. Featuring new works, Rouy explores human form, desire, and alienation, capturing the emotional extremes of modern life in motion.
