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Standing Two Stories Tall, a Hank Willis Thomas Sculpture Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Is Unveiled on Boston Common

By Sarah Cascone for Artnet 12.1.2023 In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the city of Boston has unveiled its newest monument , a Hank... Read more

Gavin Turk: 'In Search of Ariadne' at the Heong Gallery

7.12.2022 A new exhibition by artist Gavin Turk opens on 6 October at the Heong Gallery to coincide with the permanent... Read more

Arne Quinze's 'Oasis': The Best Installation From Noor Riyadh 2022

By Pratyush Sarup for Architectural Digest 22.11.2022 The 2022 edition of Noor Riyadh – Saudi Arabia’s annual festival of light and art – has transformed the city... Read more

The artist collective questioning the true meaning of justice

By Ashley Tymer for I-D MAGAZINE 17.8.2022 For Freedom’s latest offering is an exhibition at The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, titled Another Justice:... Read more

Francesco Clemente at The Albertina Museum

18.7.2022 The Albertina Museum has devoted a comprehensive solo presentation to the Italian-American artist Francesco Clemente. A particular focus here is... Read more

Brafa Art Fair 2022

4.7.2022 Brafa Art Fair, first established in 1956 and specialised in fine art, antiquities, as well as modern and contemporary art,... Read more

Arne Quinze sublimera la BRAFA

POLLEN MAGAZINE 16.6.2022 La Brafa, qui se tiendra du dimanche 19 juin au dimanche 26 juin 2022 à Brussels Expo, a choisi de... Read more

Triennial of Photography Hamburg features Encirculation by Lyle Ashton Harris

14.6.2022 Presented at Hamburg’s Deichtorhallen , one of the largest art exhibition spaces in Europe, Encirculation is among a diverse selection... Read more

Les Racines élémentaires d'Arne Quinze

Le Soir 10.6.2022 'Jai vécu dans le rue, je n'ai donc vraiment pas peur d'échouer.' Arne Quinze Arne Quinze sera dès ce 19... Read more

Cornelius Annor voor het eerst in Europa

COLLECT AAA 1.4.2022 Christine Vuegen voor Collect AAA Zwarte kunstenaars krijgen regelmatig een platform in galerij MARUANI MERCIER. De Ghanese schilder Cornelius Annor... Read more

Arne Quinze, À fleur de peau

Go Out! 10.3.2022 By Mina Sidi Ali for Go Out! Magazine L’art tout entier de Quinze Arne s’inspire des beautés de la nature... Read more

‘Ik wil impact hebben’

De Standaard 4.3.2022 De jonge Ghanese kunstenaar Kwesi Botchway verbleef bijna een jaar in België. Tijdens zijn residentie schilderde hij uitsluitend Afrikaanse vrouwen.... Read more

Kwesi Botchway. Rumors of Blackness

Wall Street International 18.2.2022 There are artists and then there are artists-with-a-mission. The second category belongs to Kwesi Botchway from Accra, Ghana. Not only... Read more

Kwesi Botchway Celebrates Black Beauty at MARUANI MERCIER

Widewalls 17.2.2022 Balasz Takac for Widewalls The new wave of African artists exploring figuration is described by many as the (West) African... Read more

L'artiste belge Arne Quinze : "C’est un virus plus dangereux que le Covid-19"

So Soir 9.2.2022 Par Marie Honnay pour So Soir En juin, la Brafa, l’une des plus prestigieuses foires d’art au monde, fera... Read more

Beyond the brush: Six unconventional painters to watch in ‘OVR:2021’

Art Basel 8.2.2022 Discover artists who incorporate plants, traditional textiles, and memes into their practice ‘OVR:2021’ features new works that have emerged from... Read more

Première réussie pour Art Antwerp!

La Libre 18.12.2021 Claude Lorent pour La Libre En jachère depuis deux ans, la foire Art Brussels inaugure la petite dernière-née à... Read more

Introducing ARTnews’s Deciders 2022 Guest Editor: Hank Willis Thomas

ARTnews 8.12.2021 Hank Willis Thomas , the guest editor of the latest Deciders issue of ARTnews, is an artist whose practice is... Read more

Johnson Eziefula’s Enthralling Portraits Explore the Complexities of Cultural Exchange

Artsy 3.12.2021 By Daria Harper for Artsy The 23-year-old Nigerian artist Johnson Eziefula depicts young Black figures with an effortlessly impermeable and... Read more

Hank Willis Thomas: ‘The slave era is not something that is in the past’

The Guardian 1.12.2021 The artist discusses his new exhibition which mixes American flags with prison uniforms to examine whether the land of the... Read more

Collect AAA

Joan Miró. Five Decades. 1931 - 1981 1.11.2021 Read more

Pour sa 67e édition, la Brafa mettra à l’honneur le plasticien belge Arne Quinze

RTBF 28.10.2021 Belga pour l'RTBF Après l’édition virtuelle de 2021 en raison de la pandémie, la 67e foire d’antiquités et d’objets d’art... Read more

An Artist’s Life in Objects, From a Warhol Print to a Postmodern Lamp

T Magazine 27.10.2021 At his Connecticut studio, Peter Halley works among an eclectic collection of furniture and art infused with personal memories. ... Read more

Five Decades of Joan Miró at Maruani Mercier

Widewalls 18.10.2021 By Balasz Takac for Widewalls The interwar period is saturated with artists active in different environments who have made quite... Read more

Ghanaian Artist Cornelius Annor is Now Represented in Europe by Maruani Mercier Gallery of Brussels

Culture Type 17.10.2021 By Victoria L. Valentine for Culture Type MARUANI MERCIER announced its representation of Ghanaian artist Cornelius Annor today. Located in... Read more

The Roaring Twenties

Museum Kranenburgh 15.10.2021 Turbulente tijden door de ogen van kunstenaars, modeontwerpers en vormgevers - honderd jaar geleden en nu. Uitzinnige dansfeesten, vrouwen in... Read more

Laurent Mercier, galeriste: "Miró n’aimait pas ce qui était fixe"

L'Echo 8.10.2021 Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj pour L'Echo Avant la grande expo à Mons, fin 2022, la galerie Maruani Mercier présente 32 œuvres... Read more

Peter Halley in conversation

Dallas Contemporary 25.9.2021 Peter Halley in conversation with executive director Peter Doroshenko Is it possible for you to get work done during the... Read more

Tony Matelli a sculptor anchored in normality

Villas 21.9.2021 Kunty Moureau for Villas To appreciate the work of Tony Matelli, it is important to take a step back... Read more

Discover 7 Highlights from the 2021 Armory Show’s VIP Preview

Galerie Magazine 11.9.2021 Here’s what not to miss at New York’s leading art fair, which is returning stronger than ever For many, The... Read more

The Must-See Artists and Texas Players of The Armory Show, ‘New York’s Art Fair’

PaperCity 11.9.2021 T wenty-seven years ago — nearly a decade before Art Basel came to American shores — a micro art fair,... Read more

The Armory Show Review: Hey Good Lookin’

The Wall Street Journal 10.9.2021 Brian P. Kelly for WSJ 'For sheer technical brilliance, the sculptures of Tony Matelli at MARUANI MERCIER can’t be beat:... Read more

Fifteen Years Ago, Keltie Ferris Was Peter Halley’s Student. The Artists, Now Friends, Sat Down to Talk Shop as They Debut New Work

Artnet 9.9.2021 Taylor Dafoe for Artnet The painters are showing their latest abstract paintings at the Independent art fair this week. Peter... Read more

L'oeuvre de la semaine: des fleurs comme des étoiles

Focus Le Vif 5.9.2021 Guy Gilsoul pour Focus Le Vif Les fleurs que propose le peintre américain Ross Bleckner (°1949) n'appartiennent pas au règne... Read more

Le Brussels Gallery Weekend vous prend par la main

L'Echo 4.9.2021 Johan-Fréderik Hel Guedj pour L'Echo Ce 14e Brussels Gallery Weekend, qui se tiendra du 9 au 12 septembre, introduit le... Read more

Brussels Gallery Weekend: la sélection de l'Oeil

L'Oeil 1.9.2021 Pauline Vidal pour l'Œil 15 galleries à ne pas manquer lors du week-end des galeries à Bruxelles du 9 au... Read more

Man Ray and the Women

Bunkamura Museum 31.8.2021 The life of Man Ray (1890–1976), the universal artist—one of the most iconic of the 20th century—involved a large number... Read more

Dans le jardin secret d’Arne Quinze, artiste amoureux de la nature

RTBF 26.8.2021 Christine Gyselings pour RTBF Christine Gyselings vous emmène découvrez le 'jardin secret' de l’artiste Arne Quinze, dont la première rétrospective... Read more

Ross Bleckner: Paralipsis

Mutual Art 18.8.2021 They are flowers, but they are not flowers (even if they are still flowers). This is how we could define,... Read more

Peter Halley: Cell Grids

Mutual Art 5.8.2021 Cell Grids, Peter Halley ’s first exhibition in Texas in more than fifteen years, presents a unique series of paintings... Read more

The Future Isn't What it Used to Be

Mutual Art 23.7.2021 Following her breakthrough exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam after being nominated for the Prix de Rome in 2019... Read more

Johnson Eziefula’s mixed-media artworks spark conversations on culture hybridity and identity

It's Nice That 15.7.2021 The Nigerian artist talks us through his detailed portfolio – a mix of textured, juxtaposed and context-rich paintings Ayla Angelos... Read more

Inspired By Superman, Ghanaian Artist Emmanuel Taku Has Seen His Career Go Up, Up And Away

Forbes 2.7.2021 By Nathaniel Easington for Forbes As a boy growing up in Ghana, Taku was always fascinated by the fact that... Read more

Mons : trois sculptures d'Arne Quinze ont été posées sur la grand-place

RTBF 1.7.2021 Vincent Clérin pour RTBF Dans le cadre de l’exposition 'My Secret Garden', qui présente depuis le 29 mai au BAM... Read more

Anatomy of an artwork

The Guardian 26.6.2021 Jaclyn Conley's Those in Need of Hope Come together... A crowd have gathered along the pavement, women and children mostly.... Read more

Gesprek met Arne Quinze op De Zevende Dag

VRT 21.6.2021 Arne Quinze is gast op De Zevende Dag om te spreken over zijn nieuwe tentoonstelling ‘My Secret Garden’ in BAM... Read more

FENIX marks World Refugee Day with unveiling of L’Age d’Or Bronze door by Gavin Turk becomes part of Rotterdam’s sculpture collection

FENIX 20.6.2021 Yesterday afternoon, on World Refugee Day, Ahmed Aboutaleb, mayor of Rotterdam, unveiled L’Age d’Or (2019) by Young British Artist Gavin... Read more

Mons reste fidèle à Arne Quinze

La Libre 16.6.2021 Chacun se souvient des débats passionnés qui agitèrent Mons autour de la méga-installation de bois, The Passenger, qu’Arne Quinze avait... Read more

Arne Quinze au Soir: «Laisser la nature tracer son propre chemin»

Le Soir 8.6.2021 Pa r Daniel Couvreur pour La Libre Célébré aux quatre coins du monde pour ses sculptures monumentales, Arne Quinze réinvente... Read more

Sculpture International Rotterdam enriched with donation New Work of Art by Gavin Turk

8.6.2021 On World Refugee Day, Sunday June 20, Mayor of Rotterdam Aboutaleb will unveil a new work of art in Rotterdam.... Read more

Arne Quinze blikt terug op 25 jaar kunst en het coronajaar waarin zijn vader stierf: “Op het einde vond ik mijn vader nog even mooi”

Het Nieuwsblad 5.6.2021 Tom de Leur voor Het Nieuwsblad Het coronajaar was er een met twee gezichten voor kunstenaar Arne Quinze (49). Van... Read more

"My Secret Garden" au BAM : visite guidée avec Arne Quinze pour sa première rétrospective

RTBF 3.6.2021 Xavier Ess pour RTBF Si pour vous Arne Quinze c'est l'installation urbaine de bois rouge fluo The Passenger, installée (puis... Read more

Works celebrating the power of an inspiring and highly symbolic colour: Black

Mutual Art 3.6.2021 Maruani Mercier presents works celebrating the power of an inspiring and highly symbolic colour: Black KNOKKE .- The perception of... Read more

Arne Quinze: Wildflowers

Mutual Art 2.6.2021 Arne Quinze gets inspired by his own wildflowers all year round. The plants change gradually through the seasons. This process... Read more

Le jardin intime d’Arne Quinze

L'Echo 31.5.2021 Sylvestre Sbille pour L'Echo Le musée des Beaux-Arts de Mons (BAM) nous propose 'My Secret Garden', une rétrospective Arne Quinze,... Read more

Kunstenaar Arne Quinze onthult zijn geheimen: “Als mijn huis in brand zou staan, red ik een goede fles wijn”

Het Laatste Nieuws 30.5.2021 Vandaag opent in Beaux-Arts in Bergen ‘My Secret Garden’: een retrospectieve gewijd aan Arne Quinzes werken van de afgelopen 25... Read more

Peter Halley transforms Museo Nivola temporary exhibition space

Mutual Art 27.5.2021 Peter Halley, a pivotal figure in the American Neo-conceptualism of the 1980s, is known for his geometric painting alluding to... Read more

10 of the Best Art Exhibitions Reopening in London in 2021

Hypebeast 13.5.2021 By Jack Stanley for Hypebeast After non-essential retail and outdoor hospitality reopened last month, allowing the U.K.’s bars and restaurants... Read more

L’artiste Arne Quinze reviendra à Mons dans le cadre d’une exposition dès le 29 mai

L'Avenir 11.5.2021 Le concepteur de la structure «The Passenger», Arne Quinze, sera de retour à Mons avec une exposition consacrée à son... Read more

Hedendaagse kunstenaars bewandelen koloniale sporen

Middelheim Museum 7.5.2021 Op de plek waar in 1920 de Koloniale Hogeschool werd opgericht, bevinden zich vandaag zowel het Middelheimmuseum als de Universiteit... Read more

Arne Quinze colore la planète

Villas 1.5.2021 A Garden of Eden right in the city: bringing the concrete jungle to life Since setting out his free-spirited artistic... Read more

Bekende Vreemden

Vogue 1.5.2021 Haar werk hangt in het Stedelijk en eerder was ze een van de finalisten van de Prix de Rome. De... Read more

Positions of Power at UTA Artist Space

Cool Hunting 27.4.2021 The UTA Artist Space has a surprise in store for visitors walking in to see LA-based Ferrari Sheppard’s Positions of... Read more

Eight leading artists championing sustainability

Christie's 22.4.2021 To celebrate Earth Day, we showcase eight contemporary artists using their work to advance environmental issues With the rise of... Read more

FERRARI SHEPPARD | "POSITIONS OF POWER" AT UTA ARTIST SPACE

FLAUNT 19.4.2021 UTA Artist Space is presenting Positions of Power, a solo exhibition by the Los Angeles-based artist Ferrari Sheppard, that reclaims... Read more

Ferrari Sheppard Opening at UTA Artist Space

Broadway World 13.4.2021 Blurring the lines between abstraction and figuration, Sheppard creates mid to large-scale paintings depicting cultural figures and friends in the... Read more

Le «Passenger» d’Arne Quinze à Mons démoli

Le Soir 13.4.2021 L’œuvre monumentale éphémère d’Arne Quinze « The Passenger » érigée tout près de la Grand-Place de Mons en ouverture du... Read more

Le Passenger d’Arne Quinze démoli sous les coups des pelleteuses: «On va ressentir le vide»

L'Avenir 12.4.2021 Ce lundi matin sonne le glas du «Passenger», sculpture monumentale d’Arne Quinze érigée dans le cadre de Mons 2015, capitale... Read more

Mons: dernières photos aux pieds du Passenger d'Arne Quinze

RTBF 11.4.2021 Par Charlotte Legrand Les travaux doivent débuter ce lundi. Rue de Nimy, des touristes et des Montois se pressent ce... Read more

Gun violence memorial created by Hank Willis Thomas and Mass Design Group in Washington

Walpaper* 9.4.2021 In Washington, DC, a poignant installation honours victims of gun violence in America According to the nonprofit research group,... Read more

Hank Willis Thomas builds a memorial to victims of gun violence at the National Building Museum

The Art Newspaper 9.4.2021 The project was developed in collaboration with the Mass Design Group and gun violence prevention organisations By Gabriella Angeleti The... Read more

Congoville

Middelheim Museum 8.4.2021 Both the Middelheim Museum and the University of Antwerp are situated where the Colonial College was founded in 1920. Exactly... Read more

Off the Record

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 2.4.2021 Historical, documentary, state, and other records became the collectively accepted communicators of “truth” through their perceived objectivity and comprehensiveness. They... Read more

Studio Visit: Kwesi Botchway on the Importance of Painting Faces and Celebrating His Fellow Ghanaian Artists

Artnet 30.3.2021 Naomi Rea for Artnet We caught up with the Ghanaian artist on the art supplies, snack food, and vibes... Read more

Ghana’s Noldor Residency Draws Artists to Former Pharmaceutical Factory

Ocula 24.3.2021 By Sam Gaskin for Ocula Year-long junior and senior fellowships have been added to the residency program launched last year... Read more

Why artist Hank Willis Thomas smashed up ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’s’ General Lee

The Los Angeles Times 18.3.2021 Carolina A. Miranda for The Los Angeles Times There’s been an accident. That’s what may enter your mind when you... Read more

Wake-up Call Blijven liggen / laten staan

4.3.2021 Thanks to an invitation by Philippe Van Cauteren, director of the S.M.A.K., Ghent, we (Lieze Eneman, Luk Lambrecht, Gert Robijns)... Read more

Manuel Mathieu's Mournful Abstractions

Frieze 3.3.2021 At the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the artist moves between colourful figuration and abstraction to capture the experiences of... Read more

HBO Documentary "Black Art: In the Absence of Light"

HBO 4.2.2021 “The American canon is not complete without it.” #BlackArtHBO ​, a new documentary that illuminates the contributions that Black artists... Read more