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March /April, 2025
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Reporter; Nazli Kok Akbas
NKA ART REPORTS Switzerland-France-Istanbul
Marlene Dumas, Blindfolded, 2002
- CORPS ET AMES, (BODY AND SOUL), Bourse de Commerce, Paris. 5 March – 25 August, Curator; Emma Lavigne.
Corps et Ames, Bourse de Commerce, Paris.Nazli Kok Art Reports
Miriam Cahn, Ritual, 2002,
The exhibition“Corps et Ames”, which brings together around one hundred works from the Pinault Collection to explore the representation of the body in contemporary art. The exhibition offers viewers a heightened perspective on the fragility of our existence, man’s place in society, the violence he suffers and, more generally, the disorder in the world around us.
- SURREALIST MASTERWORKS FROM THE COLLECTION HERSAINT, BEYELER FOUNDATION, BASEL, 16 February – 4 May, Curator; Raphael Bouvier.
Surrealist Masterworks,Beyeler Foundation,Basel. Nazli Kok Art Reports
Jean Dubuffet, The Lost Traveller, 1950
A super-reality of the dreams;
At the heart of Surrealism is a focus on the automatic illustration of the mind’s deepest thoughts as they come to the surface.The poet Guilliame Appolinaire first coined the term “Surreal” in reference to the idea of an independent reality that exists behind our conscious reality, Fondation Beyeler presents the world premiere of nearly 50 Surrealist masterpieces from the Hersaint Collection in the exhibition “The Key to Dreams”, Surrealist Masterworks from the Collection Hersaint.
- FRANCIS BACON, HUMAN PRESENCE, ( In collaboration withthe National Gallery, London), FONDATION PIERRE GIANADDA , MARTIGNY, 14 February – 8 June, Curator; Rosie Broadley.
Francis Bacon, Gianadda Fondation, Martigny, Nazli Kok Art Reports.
Peter Stark, Francis Bacon, 1975
Francis Bacon, Human Presence is the first exhibition in nearly 20 years to place its focus on the Francis Bacon’s portraits.This “biting” and “moving” exhibition is sure to be a source of amazement for visitors in Gianadda Foundation.
- REFIK ANADOL, GLACIER DREAMS, KUNSTHAUS, ZURICH, Permanent Collection. Curator; Catherine Hug.
Refik Anadol, Glacier Dreams, Kunsthaus, Zurich. Nazli Kok Art Reports.
Refik Anadol, Galcier Dreams, AI installation, Kunsthaus, Zurich
- LISTEN TO THE SPACE, MARISA MERZ, KUNST MUSEUM, BERN. 31 January – 1 June, Curator; Livia Wemuth
Listen to the Space, Marisa Merz, Kunstmuseum, Bern. Nazli Kok Art reports.
Marisa Merz, Untitled. Merz Collection.
Marisa Merz redefines the way we see and feel. The exhibition, ‘Listen to the Space’ in Kunst Museum, Bern, is characterised by a highly sensual dialogue between the visible and the invisible, in which Merz constantly questions the boundaries between the intimate and the domestic.
- ALICE PAULI, GALLERIST, COLLECTOR, ART PATRON. MUSEE CANTONAL des BEAUX-ARTS, LAUSANNE. 14-February – 4 May. Curator; Camille Leveque-Claudet.
Alice Pauli, Nazli Kok Art Reports
Jean Dubuffet, The Weavers Vision, 1976.
Between 2017 and 2019, moreover, Alice Pauli donated to the museum 26 works of art by great names of modern and contemporary art like Rebecca Horn, William Kentridge, Anish Kapoor, Pierre Soulages.This exhibition is a tribute to the gallerist, collector and art patron Alice Pauli. It celebrates the extraordinary career of a pioneer.
- SOPHIE THUN, WET ROOMS, MUSEE CANTONAL des BEAUX-ART, LAUSANNE, 14 March – 10 August , Curator; Pierre-Henri Foulon
Sophie Thun,Wet Rooms. Nazli Kok Art Reports
Wet Rooms, refers to the darkroom in which the artist Sophie Thun, develops her photographs. She works exclusively with analogue photography, pushing the limits of its technical possibilities by creating 1:1 prints. An intimate space, marked by the presence of chemical baths essential to the unveiling of the image, it is also a space of solitude and silence in which the artist reconstructs her vision of the world.
- OSCAR GHEZ, TREASURES OF THE PETIT PALAIS GENEVA,FONDATION OF THE HERMITAGE, LAUSANNE, 24 January – 01 June, Curators; Sylvie Wuhrmann, Aurelie Couvreur, Corinne Currat.
Oscar Ghez, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Nazli Kok Art reports
Felix Valloton, La Toilette, 1911.
Oscar Ghez was a man of action, passionate and social, who put a great deal of energy into developing a collection of fine art, which he shared with the public in his museum“Petit Palais de Genève” in Switzerland, as well as in external exhibitions in New York, Moscow, Tokyo and Tel Aviv. Ghez’s approach to the mainstream of figurative painting also took him off the beaten track. Along with the great names of Impressionism, Favism, the School of Paris and Cubism. His attention to the fringes of artistic movements led him to the early discovery and collection of Gustave Caillebotte, Charles Angrand and Suzanne Valadon.
SOON ;
- LA GENEVOISE, OPEN INVITATION TO CAROL BOVE, MUSEE D’ART et D’HISTOIRE , GENEVA.
- DE L’ABSENCE, FRANCOISE PETROVITCH, JENISCH MUSEUM, VEVEY.
- DAVID HOCKNEY 25, FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON, PARIS.
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