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David LaChapelle
DIALOGOS IMAGINARIOS – SOLO SHOW

ESPACIO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, From 06/09/16 to 08/26/16SALA DE AGADU, From 06/22/16 to 07/22/16CENTRO DE FOTOGRAFIA, From 06/24/16 to 9/04/16FUNDACION UNION, From 07/24/16 to 10/07/16MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY

The exhibition circuit will be composed of 4 different venues in the city of Montevideo, and consists of multi-sections that present a total of 89 photos. It will be the first time that David LaChapelle opens 4 simultaneous exhibitions in the same city.  

Jan Fabre
JACQUES CHIRAC OR CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUE – GROUP SHOW

MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY, PARIS, FRANCEFrom 06/21/2016 to 10/09/2016

Jan Fabre is in the group show ‘Chirac ou le dialogue des cultures’ at Musée du Quai Branly until Oct 9.
Jaques Chirac’s positions regarding culture will be the subject of this show for the 10th anniversary of the museum. The exhibited works enable to rediscover the president’s passion for Asia or Japon. The 200 works of the exhibition will emphasize political and cultural, European and global, history as well as professional and personal decisions of Jacques Chirac.

Jonathan Meese
ART BASEL TALKS PROGRAMM’S SALON SERIES

AUDITORIUM, UNLIMITED HALL 1, BASEL, SWITZERLANDJune 18th, 2016, 5pm - 6 pm

Discussion | 100 Years Dada Jonathan Meese, in conversation with Adrian Notz, Director, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich. Auditorium, Hall 1 (Hall of the Unlimited sector), Messeplatz, 4005 Basel. Free entrance.

Daniel Dezeuze
LE PRIEURé DE SERRABONA à BOULE D’AMONT

BOULE D'AMONT (30km from Perpignan), FRANCEFrom 06/18/2016 to 09/18/2016 

Within the framework of the IN SITU show, bringing together landmarks and contemporary art, in the French region Languedoc Roussillon Midi Pyrénées, Daniel Dezeuze presents in the church of Boule d’Amont his grid works nefs (2010, 2011).
Set on the ground, alone or within an ensemble, the volume of these grids inhibites the space based on the concept of cutting outs and empty forms. The architectural reference in the grids seems to reflect the structure of the church.

Valerio Adami
TRANSFIGURATIONS – SOLO SHOW

CHAPELLE SAINT-SAUVEUR, SAINT-MALO, FRANCE From 06/18/2016 to 10/09/2016

This major exhibition will bring together more than 70 works – paintings, drawings, photographs – in the centuries-old walls of the Chapelle Saint-Sauveur from 18 June to 9 October 2016. It will also include many additional activities, including the organization of the “Contest Valerio Adami, “in the manner of Jan Voss contest, which attracted many inhabitants of the Saint-Malo, last year. Regularly exhibited in very important galleries, the works of Valerio Adami have long since joined the contemporary artistic heritage. They are found in the cities and most prestigious collections in Europe and abroad.

Valerio Adami
DE LA LIGNE à LA COULEUR – SOLO SHOW

LE MUSEE DE l’HOSPICE SAINT-ROCHE, ISSOUDUN, FRANCEFrom 06/18/2016 to 09/11/2016

The Museum of the Hospice Saint-Roche of Issoudun devotes its exhibition spaces to the Artiste Valeria Adami from June 18 to September 11, 2016 by showing 80 works, photographs, drawings as well as paintings from the end of the 1960s to present.
Valerio Adami is one of the main figures of the Narrative Figuration movement whose works are inspired by photographic documents and the style of comic books. Flat color blocks framed by a black line characterize his paintings. The reduced drawings show fragments that associate personal symbolic motives, memories of journeys, some of his experiences in the fields of music, theater or literature.

James Casebere
AFTER SCALE MODEL : DWELLING IN THE WORK OF JAMES CASEBERE – SOLO SHOW

BOZAR, BRUSSELS, BELGIUMFrom 06/17/2016 to 09/04/2016

Following a major retrospective at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, BOZAR opens its doors to James Casebere. This American photographer ­ a pioneer of staged photogrpahy – studied with John Baldessari and obtained his Master of Arts from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). His work is marked by a profound interest in architecture. Yet rather than focusing his lens on the actual buildings, he makes scale models of them, which he then photographs. During the International Biennial of Photography Casebere presents an intricate ensemble of domestic interiors and settings in the antechambers of Victor Horta’s Centre for Fine Arts.  

Saint Clair Cemin
SCULPTURES – SOLO SHOW

BRASILEA FOUNDATION, BASEL, SWITZERLAND From 06/15/2016 to 06/18/2016

This exhibition offers a panorama of works, original and multiple sculptures from 1995 to 2012 as well as some drawings that will allow the public to travel with this limitless Brasilean artist. Curator Marc Pottier

Jim Dine
MUSCLE AND SALT, ART PARCOURS – SOLO SHOW

ANTIKENMUSEUM, BASEL, SWITZERLANDFrom 06/13/2016 to 08/07/2016

Monday, June 13, 2016 7pm Opening and Performance First presented at the Getty Museum in 2008, ‘Muscle and Salt’ (2016) by Jim Dine is an immersive installation in the Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig, inspired by two forms of classical art: figural sculpture and lyric poetry. On Monday at 7.30pm, Dine will read from his poems while being accompanied by a double bass player.  

Chiharu Shiota
UNLIMITED, ART BASEL

UNLIMITED HALL 1.0 BOOTH U11, ART BASEL, BASEL, SWITZERLANDFrom 06/13/2016 to 06/19/2016

‘Accumulation: Searching for Destination’ Shiota’s installation is inspired by the everyday movement, life, and thoughts of the individual. When travelling, we hold a general wish and try to follow that path, and while the red strings connect the suitcases to the starting point of each personal journey, we cannot control the unexpected which continuously shapes our destination.

Iván Navarro
PARCOURS, ART BASEL

BIRSIGTUNNEL, ART BASEL, BASEL, SWITZERLANDFrom 06/13/2016 to 06/19/2016

‘Traffic’ is a mobile composed of seven pairs of traffic lights that loop continuously from soft green to yellow to red. By employing the lights in this way, Navarro detaches a ubiquitous element from daily life and transforms it into a new perpetual experience, igniting an unconscious awareness of something that in ordinary use conditions the public’s psychological behavior.  

Pierre et Gilles
SUMMER EXHIBITION – GROUP SHOW

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, LONDON, GREAT BRITAINFrom 06/13/2016 to 08/21/2016

L’oeuvre de Pierre et Gilles, “Le Hameau de la Reine”, est présentée à la Summer Exhibition de la Royal Academy de Londres avec le modèle Zahia Dehar en Marie-Antoinette. Célèbre pour être la plus grande exposition à soumission ouverte, cet évènement révèle chaque année un panorama de l’art, tous médiums confondus, ainsi qu’un remarquable mélange d’artistes émergents et d’artistes reconnus. Comme les années précédentes, la majorité des oeuvres sont à vendre. Cela vous offre l’opportunité de posséder des pièces originales réalisées par des artistes importants d’aujourd’hui et de demain.

Kehinde Wiley
KEHINDE WILEY : A NEW REPUBLIC – SOLO SHOW

VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, VIRGINIA, USAFrom 06/11/2016 to 09/05/2016

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presents Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, showcasing the powerful and poignant work of one of America’s leading contemporary artists. Composed of approximately 60 works, including paintings, sculptures, videos, and stained glass windows, the exhibition provides an overview of Wiley’s prolific 14-year career, prominently featuring his signature figurative canvases of black men in which he ingeniously reworks the grand portraiture traditions of Western culture.
 
A fully illustrated catalogue published by the Brooklyn Museum and DelMonico Books/Prestel accompanies the exhibition.
 
Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and Eugenie Tsai, the John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

Philippe Cognée
FIGURES ENVISAGéES – SOLO SHOW

LE RADAR, BAYEUX, FRANCEFrom 06/11/2016 to 09/18/2016

Le Radar hosts every year a summer exhibition devoted to one or more major contemporary artistes. After Fromanger, Viallat or Villeglé, selected works of another great name of the contemporary art scène will be on view.
Philippe Cognée defends a sensitive and accessible approach to art; his work reflects his constant research and his high requirements. Philippe Cognée screens reality and puts it to the test with a single gesture: at the risk of destruction, he shows us a powerful and fascinating representation of fragile and mysterious figures caught in an elusive world.

David LaChapelle
Kehinde Wiley
LA GRANDE GALERIE DU FOOT – GROUP SHOW

LA VILLETTE, PARIS, FRANCEFrom 06/05/2016 to 07/10/2016

KEHINDE WILEY and DAVID LACHAPELLE are in ‘La Grande Galerie du Foot’ show, during #FootForaine festival at Paris’ La Villette

Jitish Kallat
TELLING TALES – GROUP SHOW

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIAFrom 06/04/2016 to 10/09/2016 

Telling Tales: Excursions in Narrative Form explores the varied, inventive approaches taken by leading Australian and international artists to narrative form.  

Gérard Garouste
SèVRES OUTDOORS – GROUP SHOW

SEVRES OUTDOORS, CITE DE LA CERAMIQUE, SEVRES, FRANCEFrom 06/01/2016 to 10/24 2016

Gerard Garouste participates in the third edition of Sevres Outdoors, organized by the Cité de la ceramique. About thirty outdoor and monumental artworks are shown, some even for the first time, in the garden of the Cité.

DANIEL TEMPLON, UNE HISTOIRE D’ART CONTEMPORAINJULIE VERLAINEEDITIONS FLAMMARION

Available in bookstores on May 25

Daniel Templon, une histoire d’art contemporain published by Flammarion, will be available on May 25.
Placing Daniel Templon’s activity in its artistic, economic and political context, Julie Verlaine’s detailed account follows the career of a man whose position has made him a privileged witness to the making of art and the remaking of the art world. The accompanying interviews with Daniel Templon himself are rich in personal recollections of some of the leading artists of our time (such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Helmut Newton, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ben, Daniel Buren, César, Gérard Garouste, and Jean-Michel Alberola). They also offer some frank and vivid insights into the workings of the French art scene.
The English version of the book Daniel Templon, a History of Contemporary Art is to be released mid-June.
480 pages / more than 200 images.
 

Philippe Cognée
PHILIPPE COGNéE – STEPHAN BALKENHOL – GROUP SHOW

FONDATION FERNET-BRANCA, SAINT LOUIS, FRANCEFrom 05/22/2016 to 10/09/2016

Philippe Cognée is exhibiting at Fondation Fernet-Branca in St Louis, France (close to Basel), along with German sculptor Stephan Balkenhol * until October 9th *
Philippe Cognée is questioning the role of painting since 30 years. All of his images are omnipresent, but may also dim into banality. By establishing a relationship between the works of Philippe Cognee and Stephan Balkenhol, the notion of figuration established by each artiste since the 1980s can be examined.

Julião Sarmento
AS GOOD AS IT GETS

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS/ KULA GALLERY/ HAZU, SPLIT, CROATIAStarts 05/17/2016

Julião Sarmento, one of Portugal’s leading contemporary artists, began to develop a method combining painting, video and sound and modelled installations back in the 70’s. The exhibition, As Good as it Gets, planned to make use of three exhibition spaces in the city: the Kula Gallery, the Milesi Palace and the Museum of Fine Arts, offers viewers several points of entry into Sarmento’s work, by displaying works in various media ­ such as video, paintings, drawings.