Permanent Public Art Installation | Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens

Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens, The Homes, digital mockup, scheduled for construction August 2023.

Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens have recently been selected for a permanent public installation at the Lab-École in Shefford, Quebec, Canada.

According to the artists:

The work presents, on the surface, an interplay of geometric forms and, inside, a living space for chimney swifts. These small insectivorous birds are an endangered species in Quebec and the loss of nesting sites is one of the main causes of their population decline. By proposing habitable sculptures, the work is intended to be a symbol of hospitality and concern for other living beings, while offering an elegant, pragmatic and hopeful solution for their recovery.

Stay tuned for updates.

Charles Allis Art Museum | T.J. Dedeaux-Norris

Installation view, Talk Back: Estate, 2023, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI. Photo courtesy of the Artist and the Charles Allis Art Museum. 

Opening tonight, July 20, 2023, is a solo exhibition by gallery artist T.J. Dedeaux-Norris at the Charles Allis Art Museum in Milwaukee!

The Allis Art Museum is embarking on a new three-part exhibition series titled "Talk Back,” creating space for contemporary art to “talk back” to the Museum— reflecting on the Allis estate, collection, and land.

The first chapter, "Estate” juxtaposes the work of mixed media artist Dedeaux-Norris with the historical Allis mansion and the will of Sarah Ball Allis.

Explore the many selves of Dedeaux-Norris through painting, fiber, performance and time-based media installations "talking back" to the history of the Allis.

The show opens Thursday, July 20, at 6pm and is on through January 7, 2024.

Read more here.

Art Basel | Mounir Fatmi

Photo: Oto Marabel

My Majorca: artist Mounir Fatmi

Moroccan-born artist Mounir Fatmi is featured in a new interview by Art Basel to discuss life on the island of Majorca.

Discover the hidden gems of the largest Balearic Island through the eyes of the Moroccan artist who has his studio in Palma.

Read the article here!

Chanel Culture Fund | Luyang

Luyang, DOKU Six Realms of Reincarnation, 2021. Installation view, Time & Life Building, Bruton Street, London.

Luyang’s DOKU - Six Realms of Reincarnation is currently being showcased on the large LED screen at the Time & Life Building Window at Bruton Street in London. Luyang’s DOKU avatar appears in six different reincarnations: DOKU Animal, DOKU Asura, DOKU Heaven, DOKU Hell, DOKU Human, and DOKU Hungry Ghost. The Window is exhibiting fragments of DOKU’s Six Realms of Reincarnation dance in six different postures, supported by the Chanel Culture Fund! 

The display will be up through the end of September.

Arnhem Museum | Sawangwongse Yawnghwe

Sawangwongse Yawnghwe, Somniferum II, 2022, oil on canvas, dimensions unknown. Photo: Sawangwongse Yawnghe.

Work by Sawangwongse Yawnghwe is included in the group exhibition Between Borders: Migration, Power, and Boundless Imagination currently on view at the Arnhem Museum in the Netherlands.

From the press release and catalogue:

All over the world, people move across borders for all kinds of reasons. In the 21st century, more people than ever migrate for all kinds of political, economic and environmental reasons. At the same time, travelling is increasingly difficult for a great many people. How difficult, or easy, it is, is often determined by your passport. Which countries welcome you and which do not? And when you are in another country, when do you feel at home?

The opium that is widely grown and from which heroin is made, is brought across the border every day. It is mainly transported to Western countries. Sawangwongse painted the opium plants as luscious still lifes. It’s a reference to painting in previous centuries when colonial governments engaged in a large-scale opium trade in their former colonies.

Learn more here.

Between Borders is open through October 22, 2023.