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Viewing Paris + par Art Basel 

The art glitterati will be hot footing it to Paris this weekend for the inaugural edition of Paris + par Art Basel, featuring 156 galleries from 30 countries, including a core contingent with spaces in France. The exhibitors will present exceptional works across all media, from painting and sculpture to photography and digital works, underling Paris’s status as a global cultural hub.

The main section of the fair will feature 140 of the world’s leading galleries, including Simon Lee Gallery, Pilar Corrias and Pace, which brings together works by leading 20th century artists including Jean Dubuffet, Lucio Fontana and Louise Nevelson. Also noteworthy is Hauser & Wirth’s booth, featuring new works by George Condo, Avery Singer and Rashid Johnson.

In addition to the main section is Galeries Émergentes, which features 16 solo presentations from young galleries from across the globe. Not to be missed is Sites, which presents publicly accessible works in four iconic spaces across the city, among them the Jardin des Tuileries, the Place Vendôme and the Musée national Eugène-Delacroix. Stroll around and you’ll see works by Niki de Saint Phalle, Franz West and Nina Beier, among others.
While you’re in Paris, be sure to enjoy the wealth of satellite events, exhibitions and talks taking place alongside the fair. Highlights include a new solo show by Jenny Saville at Gagosian Paris, the first Alice Neel retrospective in France at the Centre Pompidou and a major Joan Mitchell retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Bon voyage.

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Dates
20 October 2022 — 23 October 2022

Viewing Turner Prize 2022

Landing at Tate Liverpool this autumn is the Turner Prize 2022 exhibition, featuring work by the four shortlisted artists: Heather Phillipson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan and Sin Wai Kin.

‘The jury has travelled the length and breadth of the country, taking advantage of the easing of lockdown to enjoy the explosion of creativity that has emerged from the pandemic,’ said Helen Legg, Director of Tate Liverpool and co-chair of the Turner Prize jury. ‘The result is a diverse group of artists who impressed the judges with the intensity of their presentations, while also dealing with important issues facing our society today.’

As you meander around the free exhibition, you’ll encounter sculpture and photographic works by Ingrid Pollard and Veronica Ryan’s cast forms in clay and bronze as well as her tea-stained fabrics and bright neon crocheted fishing line pouches filled with a variety of seeds, stones and skins. Also on display are three films by Sin Wai Kin and Phillipson’s RUPTURE NO 6: biting the blowtorched peach, a reimagining of her 2020 Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries commission.

This year’s artists have delivered a visually exciting and thought-provoking exhibition that demands a pilgrimage to Liverpool. The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony in December.

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Dates
20 October 2022 — 19 March 2023

Viewing Sonia Boyce: Just for the Record

Just for the record, Sonia Boyce’s inaugural exhibition with Simon Lee Gallery lands this week in London. Coming off the back of a successful stint at this year’s Venice Biennale, where Boyce won the prestigious Golden Lion Prize for Best National Participation for her exhibition FEELING HER WAY at the British pavilion, Boyce’s latest show features new works that extend from her ongoing Devotional project that she began in 1999.

Turning memorabilia collected from black British women in music into visual material, Boyce decorates the gallery space with a geometric patterned wallpaper taken from a growing archive of images saved to her phone. Within this kaleidoscope are also large-scale photographic prints of posters advertising musical events from performers featured in the Devotional project. Looking at questions of appropriation and the people behind the voices of music, Boyce considers the importance of music in our daily lives and offers insight into her contemporary artistic practice.

Coinciding with this exciting exhibition is Boyce’s Cork Street Banners commission, which will be unveiled on 13 October.


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Dates
12 October 2022 — 16 December 2022
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