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Gagosian is pleased to present its inaugural exhibition in Moscow of major works by today’s leading artists.
International contemporary art in Russia is a recent phenomenon, but interest in it is growing apace. The first Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art was held in 2005 and the World Fine and Contemporary Art Fairs have enjoyed several successful years. In Europe and the United States, ambitious Russian collectors are making an impact on both primary and secondary art markets.
Given these converging factors, Gagosian and Prime Concept have taken the initiative to present an autonomous exhibition in Moscow of premium-quality paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and exclusive limited-edition furniture by some of the world’s most renowned living artists, as well as rare masterpieces by seminal figures in twentieth-century art.
In this richly diverse exhibition, the senior vanguard sets standards as exacting as they are thrilling, from the visceral yet cerebral emanations of Cy Twombly and Richard Serra to the coolly ironic images of Edward Ruscha and Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Contemporary painting is at its most vibrant and provocative with recent works by Cecily Brown, Glenn Brown, John Currin, Dexter Dalwood, Jenny Saville, Philip Taaffe, and Christopher Wool, among others, each with his or her own distinctive obsessions and highly refined techniques. Sculpture finds a fourth dimension in Tom Friedman’s work, where everyday materials and forms become complex and funny. Edgy conceptualists Douglas Gordon, Piotr Uklański, and Francesco Vezzoli work fluidly across many mediums including film, language, and installation. Also featured are major works by contemporary art world giants Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, and Richard Prince, as well as Neo-Pop art phenomenon Takashi Murakami. Limited-edition furniture—an increasingly sought-after category of contemporary artistic production—is represented in the highly crafted and engineered elegance of designer Marc Newson.
Douglas Gordon: To Sing
On the occasion of Douglas Gordon: All I need is a little bit of everything, an exhibition in London, curator Adam Szymczyk recounts his experiences with Gordon’s work across nearly three decades, noting the continuities and evolutions.
Behind the Art
A Foreigner Called Picasso
Join president of the Picasso Museum, Paris, Cécile Debray; curator, writer, biographer, and historian Annie Cohen-Solal; art historian Vérane Tasseau; and Gagosian director Serena Cattaneo Adorno as they discuss A Foreigner Called Picasso. Organized in association with the Musée national Picasso–Paris and the Palais de la Porte Dorée–Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration, Paris, the exhibition reframes our perception of Picasso and focuses on his status as a permanent foreigner in France.
A Foreigner Called Picasso
Cocurator of the exhibition A Foreigner Called Picasso, at Gagosian, New York, Annie Cohen-Solal writes about the genesis of the project, her commitment to the figure of the outsider, and Picasso’s enduring relevance to matters geopolitical and sociological.
In Conversation
Irving Blum and Dorothy Lichtenstein
In celebration of the centenary of Roy Lichtenstein’s birth, Irving Blum and Dorothy Lichtenstein sat down to discuss the artist’s life and legacy, and the exhibition Lichtenstein Remembered curated by Blum at Gagosian, New York.
Douglas Gordon: if when why what
Douglas Gordon took over the Piccadilly Lights advertising screen in London’s Piccadilly Circus, as well as a global network of screens in cities including Berlin, Melbourne, Milan, New York, and Seoul, nightly for three minutes at 20:22 (8:22pm) throughout December 2022, with his new film, if when why what (2018–22). The project was presented by the Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Art (CIRCA) in conjunction with the exhibition Douglas Gordon: Neon Ark at Gagosian, Davies Street, London.
In Conversation
Daniel Belasco and Scott Rothkopf on Roy Lichtenstein
Gagosian and the Art Students League of New York hosted a conversation on Roy Lichtenstein with Daniel Belasco, executive director of the Al Held Foundation, and Scott Rothkopf, senior deputy director and chief curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Organized in celebration of the centenary of the artist’s birth and moderated by Alison McDonald, chief creative officer at Gagosian, the discussion highlights multiple perspectives on Lichtenstein’s decades-long career, during which he helped originate the Pop art movement. The talk coincides with Lichtenstein Remembered, curated by Irving Blum and on view at Gagosian, New York, through October 21.