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Around 1908, Vanessa Bell began a painting that she would call Poppies and Poison. In it, she limns a tabletop in cool-toned whites, set against a striped, cream-colored wall. A small green vial sits beside a pharmacist’s jar and a bowl. In the foreground, three poppies—two white, one red—reach across the canvas. They are carefully placed; their crooked stems have been pulled straight, as parallel as possible.
ACA Galleries is delighted to present Augustus Francis: Materia Prima, his debut solo exhibition in New York City. Featuring two new bodies of work that embrace the contradictions and dualities inherent to his practice.
Focused on simplicity and symmetry—principles valued by classical artists, Neoclassicism was an antidote to Rococo and Baroque excess. Neoclassicists painted everything from ancient myths to contemporary events, portraying their subjects through the heroic lens of a classical style.
Less than two months after the fatal wildfires devastated Los Angeles, wiping out lives, homes, and property, 97 of the leading global and local galleries united to support LA’s art community at Frieze Los Angeles 2025.
A Journey of Balance and Passion by Micah Crandall-Bear & Christy Hopkins March 1–23, 2025 | Opening Reception: Sat, March 1, 2025, 5–7 PM
Just last week, Italian authorities raided a home in the north of Rome, uncovering a slew of forgeries. Tipped off by the sale of fake artworks by famous 19th and 20th century artists on eBay and Catawiki, police were able to pinpoint the suspect and obtain a search warrant to enter the premises. Leading the investigation was the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.
The exhibition Qi Baishi: Inspiration in Ink, on view at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco until April 7th, 2025, celebrates the 160th birth anniversary of the renowned Chinese painter Qi Baishi (1864-1957).
Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman are artists whose work probes our strained relationship with the environment. They were among the first to anticipate the epic ecological problems we now face. Throughout the course of their respective careers, both artists have collaborated on environmental research expeditions and publications. This exhibition is the first to consider both artists in a single presentation. Twenty-five sculptures, paintings, works on paper, and a new collaborative installation guide visitors on an absorbing journey into the shadowy depths of the threatened natural world.
Vanishing Point features a series of new paintings and watercolors by Alexis Rockman. These works will be on view at the gallery in tandem with the artist’s two-person exhibition with Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman, A Journey to Nature's Underworld, which opens at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami on February 13th, 2025.
