SIMON HANTAÏ – THE LAST STUDIO

Posted on 2026-08-24

The exhibition, curated by Anne Baldassari, features sixteen of Simon Hantaï’s dernier atelier (the last studio) paintings of 1982–85, which are distinguished by vibrantly colored abstract forms derived from a combination of folding and dripping techniques. Examples from the body of work were first shown in Hantaï’s 2022 retrospective curated by Baldassari at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, which incorporated a spectacular evocation of the artist’s studio of the era.

Opposite – Sans titre (Untitled), 1984

Exhibition runs through to September 27th, 2026

Gagosian
Promenade 79
3780 Gstaad
Switzerland

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GIACOMO SANTIAGO ROGADO – CONTINUO

Posted on 2026-08-24

With continuo, Giacomo Santiago Rogado presents works from the series Intuition, Coalescence, Accord and Calibra. The exhibition title refers to the idea of a continuum: a state of ongoingness in which the world appears not as an accumulation of separate entities, but as a network of relationships, transitions and reciprocal influences. This notion forms the exhibition’s point of departure, posing the question of how painting might render visible those connections that elude immediate definition.
The bringing together of different bodies of work offers an insight into the complexity and breadth of Rogado’s artistic practice. Although the works originate from distinct series, they enter into a shared dialogue within the exhibition. In doing so, they reveal not only the specific characteristics of each body of work, but also the underlying concerns that have shaped Rogado’s oeuvre for many years. The exhibition focuses on what emerges between the paintings: relationships, recurrences and shifts that are not immediately apparent, but gradually unfold over the course of sustained viewing.

Opposite – Accord 2, 2019

Exhibition runs through to August 29th, 2026

Bernhard Knaus Fine Art
Niddastrasse 84
D – 60329 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

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JORDY KERWICK – THIS TIME TOMORROW

Posted on 2026-08-17

Taking its title from The Kinks’ 1970 song, the exhibition begins with a question: “This time tomorrow, where will we be?” The refrain captures a feeling of uncertainty about a future that seems near at hand yet remains indistinct. Across a group of recent oil and acrylic paintings, Kerwick turns the day-to-day into a site of meditation, where familiar motifs and fleeting impressions are transformed into vivid fables of the future.

These works begin with small details: vivid greens, floral bursts of magenta, vermilion, and mauve, the presence of water, and the passing impressions of lived surroundings. In Kerwick’s paintings, such familiar elements do not remain fixed. They accumulate, shift, and recombine, unfolding into tableaux where the everyday opens onto the mythical and the imagined.

Opposite – This Time Tomorrow

Exhibition runs through to September 2nd, 2026

KÖNIG GALERIE
St. Agnes – Alexandrinenstr, 118-121
10969 Berlin
Germany

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GUY YANAI

Posted on 2026-08-17

Yanai’s painting stems from a process of selecting and translating images, isolated from their original contexts and reconstructed through a rigorous formal grammar of sharp lines, compressed depth and saturated colors. In this process, the ceaseless flow of images that characterizes contemporary experience slows into contemplation. Everyday life thus becomes a space of focus and permanence, where the familiar takes on an unexpected andpoetic quality.

In his paintings, domestic interiors, Mediterranean landscapes, film stills, everyday objects and urban views emerge as suspended images, stripped down to their essence yet charged with memory. Through a pictorial approach that prioritizes synthesis and formal clarity, the artist transforms ordinary subjects into near-iconic presences, capable of evoking a sense of quietude and introspection. Rather than depicting specific places, his works convey an experience of space shaped by recollection, observation, and imagination.

Opposite – Women with Blue Hat, 2026

Exhibition runs through to September 5th, 2026

Monica De Cardenas
Chesa Albertini
Stradun 111
CH-7524 Zuoz
Switzerland

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WANGECHI MUTU – THE SEASSPIRIT

Posted on 2026-08-17

Wangechi Mutu engages in a distinctive form of mythmaking, often connecting the human body with the natural world. For her forthcoming exhibition, the artist returns to the subject of water, a theme she has explored throughout her practice, not only as a mythical realm but also as a fragile, symbiotic ecosystem.
In a new series of collage-paintings, Mutu conjures a cast of feminine water spirits – figures that are at once powerful, awe-inspiring and unsettling. Imagined as protectors, companions and guides, these aquatic beings can be understood as symbolic inhabitants of both the sea and the subconscious. Created
with Venice in mind, this body of work resonates with the city’s enigmatic character, a place where land and water, history and myth, continually converge.

Opposite – Snakebiter, 2026

Exhibition runs through to August 29th, 2026

Victoria Miro
San Marco 1994
30124 Venice
Italy

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