David LaChapelle
Kehinde Wiley
MICHAEL JACKSON: ON THE WALL – GROUP SHOW

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON, UK From 28/06/2018 to 21/10/2018

This landmark exhibition explores the influence of Michael Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art, spanning several generations of artists across all media. Curated by Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, the exhibition will open in the summer of 2018 to coincide with what would have been Michael Jackson’s 60th birthday (on August 29, 2018). With among others Andy Warhol, David Hammons, David LaChapelle, Kehinde Wiley, Glenn Ligon.

Chiharu Shiota
WILLKOMMEN IM LABYRINTH – GROUP SHOW

MARTA HERFORD, MUSEUM FOR ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, HERFORD, GERMANY From 23/06/2018 to 23/09/2018

Labyrinths are based on complex systems that challenge our orientation in a playful way. In a globalized world they become symbolic signs that give the growing feeling of confusion a tangible form. The motif of the labyrinth has also gained new significance in art. The room structures, many of which were developed especially for the exhibition, invite you to lose your way with passion, and to experience the search for orientation as a productive force. Artists: Anne Hardy, Peter Kogler, Christian Odzuck, Royden Rabinowitch, Chiharu Shiota, Song Dong

Prune Nourry
THE AMAZON – SOLO SHOW

STANDARD PLAZA NYC, NEW YORK, USAJune 21, until end of June 2018

French artist Prune Nourry’s Amazon is to be installed and unveiled on the Standard High Line Plaza. A13 feet tall Amazonian woman with a wounded breast, the sculpture was inspired by Greek mythology and a marble statue on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  On June 21 this contemporary urban warrior made of winterstone will be celebrated in a musical incense ceremony and live performance by the artist accompanied by Jon Batiste on solo piano at The Standard Plaza.  Rooted in her intimate experience of breast cancer, and echoing a once claimed tradition that the Amazons cut off their right breast to be more competent archers, Prune Nourry will later on break one of the breasts from The Amazon’s bust in a cathartic gesture, during a secret ceremony. Similar to Destruction Is Not The End – a ruined, fragmented monumental Buddha created by Prune Nourry for the Museum of National Asian Arts in Paris – The Amazon is partly covered with red incense sticks, recalling both acupuncture needles and ex-votos. She evokes a deity calling for care and healing – her gaze is iridescent, her glass eyes making her feel alive. The concrete woman aims to deliver a message to all women, warriors and survivors.  Nourry’s Amazon will be on display in The Plaza at The Standard, High Line until the end of June. Following the installation’s residency at The Standard, the sculpture will be sold at auction; part of the proceeds will be donated toward education regarding cancer-preventative lifestyles, wellness, and support for women living with cancer. INAUGURATION June 21 – Performance by the artist pomptly at 9 pm – arrival time 8:45 pm suggested

Pierre et Gilles
PIERRE ET GILLES, LE GéNIE DU CHRISTIANISME – SOLO SHOW

COUVENT DES MINIMES, PERPIGNAN, FRANCE From 20/06/2018 to 31/07/2018 

The artist duo Pierre et Gilles will be present at the 8th edition of the International Festival of Art books and Film, to unveil a never seen before exhibition and a public meet-up. The exhibition dedicated to the theme of sacred, will be on show from the 20th until the 31st of July at the « Chapelle Basse » of the Couvent des Minimes.

Pierre et Gilles
Kehinde Wiley
PAR AMOUR DU JEU 1998-2018 – GROUP SHOW

MAGASINS GENERAUX, PANTIN, FRANCE From 09/06/2018 to 05/08/2018 

For the launch of their first cultural season, The Magasins généraux are pleased to propose an exhibition and performances exploring the links between art, football and society from 1988 to 2018. With, among others :  Neil Beloufa, Mohamed Bourouissa, Guillaume Bresson, Taro Izumi, Claude Lévêque, Melik Ohanian, Pierre et Gilles, Juergen Teller, Kehinde Wiley, Erwin Wurm etc. Image: Kehinde Wiley, Idrissa Ndiaye, 2012, oil on canvas, 244 x 213,5 cm

Valerio Adami
ADAMI : LIGNES DE VIE – SOLO SHOW

MUSEE JEAN COCTEAU, MENTON, FRANCE From 02/06/2018 to 05/11/2018 

Museum Jean Cocteau in Menton presents a major exhibition of Valerio Adami, gathering  a body of paintings, drawings and photographs from the late 1960s until today. Born in Bologna in 1935, Adami is a painter, a drawer and a printmaker. After his first solo exhibition in Milano (1957) when he was still very largely influenced by Roberto Matta’s surrealism, the artist soon followed the  path of European New Figuration and Narrative Figuration Oscillating in between line and colour as well as in between drawing and painting, Valerio Adami’s work  can be perceived as a kind of writing in itself,  an exploration through mythology, poetry and the intimacy of an artist. The museum Jean Cocteau / collection Séverin Wunderman, proposes a journey through the artist’s half a century creation.

Omar Ba
Prune Nourry
Tunga
40 ANS DE PASSION – GROUP SHOW

FONDATION FERNET-BRANCA, SAINT-LOUIS, FRANCE From 27/05/2018 to 30/09/2018 

PARIS GALLERY WEEKEND

GALERIE TEMPLON, PARIS, FRANCE From 26/05/2018 to 27/05/2018 
 

Created in 2014 by Marion Papillon, CHOICES organises Paris Gallery Weekend, which is now established as a major art event in spring. In 2018, the event will bring together more than forty modern and contemporary art galleries on May 26 and 27; two unique and bubbly days of art where artists, collectors, professionals and art lovers meet in the galleries for vernissages and Rendez-Vous—performances, talks, brunches…

Omar Ba
QUEL AMOUR?! – GROUP SHOW

MAC (MUSEE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN), MARSEILLE, FRANCE From 10/05/2018 to 02/09/2018

In French, the expression “Quel Amour!? [What Love!?] is an existential exhortation that raises questions about the universal nature of love as well as its ever-changing manifestations across generations, cultures, civilizations, and even within the arc of a single relationship.This eponymous exhibition brings together the work of acclaimed contemporary artists from around the world that bears witness to the permanent role love plays in artistic creation.

Jean-Michel Alberola
MURS – GROUP SHOW

MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE CAEN, CAEN, FRANCE From 5/05/2018 to 18/09/2018

Located within William the Conqueror’s fortress walls,  le musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen evokes the theme of  ‘the wall’ through its artistic representations.  The exhibition gathers more than 80  works, ancient or contemporary, mixing all media – painting, sculpture, in situ installation, drawing, photography and video.  With Jean-Michel Alberola, Dieter Appelt, Guillaume Bodinier, Brassaï, Samuel Buckman, Pierre Buraglio, Théodore Caruelle d’Aligny, Léon Cogniet, Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, François Curlet, Maurice Denis, André Devambez, Noël Dolla, Jean Dubuffet, Gisèle Freund, Isa Genzken, Mona Hatoum, Pascal Haüsermann, Jean-Jacques Henner, Thomas Jones, Per Kirkeby, Claude Lévêque, Georges Leroux, Jacques Lizène, Gordon Matta-Clark, Richard Monnier, Robert Morris, Jean-Luc Moulène, Edgardo Navarro, Daniel Pommereulle, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Samuel Rousseau, Claude Rutault, Jacqueline Salmon, Gregor Schneider, Kurt Schwitters, Sean Scully, Christian Segaud, Léon Spilliaert, Nicolas de Staël, Pierre Tal Coat, Antoni Tàpies, Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes.