Welcome to This Week in Culture, a weekly agenda of show openings and events in major cities across the globe. From galleries and institutions to one-of-a-kind happenings, our on-going survey highlights the best of contemporary culture, for those willing to make the journey.
"B Side" by Henry Taylor
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Los Angeles celebrates its very own with a retrospective on pioneering artist Henry Taylor. The largest display of his work to-date, "B Side" surveys 30 years of work by the painter, sculptor, and installation artist. Taylor's colorful, and at times whimsical, portraits of Black Americans reveal the everyday lives of his community. This exhibition will be on view from November 6, 2022 through April 30, 2023 at MOCA's Grand Avenue location in Los Angeles.
“The Outlands” by William Eggleston
David Zwirner New York
William Eggleston revisits the past in his latest exhibition, a selection of photographs taken between 1970 and 1973. The images, many of them never before seen, are reminiscent of Eggleston’s most famous works. The pioneer of color photography continues to delight in vibrant imagery and the rural landscape. His exhibition is on view from November 10 to December 17, 2022 at David Zwirner’s 525 and 533 West 19th Street locations in New York.
Here: Sterling Ruby, Turbines. Cicada Killer., 2022. Image courtesy of the artist and Gagosian.
“Turbines” by Sterling Ruby
Gagosian New York
The latest exhibition from Sterling Ruby sees the artist continuing the geometric, abstract painting of his “WIDW” (window) series that also used line work to create tumultuous, window-like portraits. This time around, diagonal lines and smudged paint capture the frenetic energy of wartime, hurricanes, and explosions. Like the the panels of a windmill or turbine engine, the lines of Ruby’s work seem to have been captured in motion. The show is on view from November 10 until Deceber 23, 2022 at Gagosian’s 522 West 21st Street location in New York.
“Young Lords and Their Traces” by Theaster Gates
New Museum New York
Theaster Gates, the multi-disciplinary artist, is bringing together painting, sculpture, video, performance, and archival collections for a single show. He looks at the thinkers who have shaped Chicago and the country as a whole. Gates's use of salvaged materials brings memory and legacy to the forefront of his work, for both the viewer and the objects themselves. "Young Lords and Their Traces" is on view from November 10, 2022 to February 5, 2023 at the New Museum in New York.
“Hólǫ́llUllUHIbI [duet]” by Eric-Paul Riege
Hammer Museum Los Angeles
Eric-Paul Riege is introducing another iteration of his woven sculptures as a new project at the Hammer Museum. The hanging pieces are reminiscent of both swaying trees and jewelry. Recycled materials from old projects are reused as a further demonstration of Riege’s dedication to making the old new again. The exhibition is on view from November 13, 2022 to February 19, 2023 at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.
“Intimate Strangers” by Susan Meiselas
Galerie Thomas Zander Cologne
Susan Meiselas, well known for her documentary photography, is coming to Germany with a selection of photographs toeing the line between artistry and obscenity. The camera peeks under skirts, down at long legs, and captures the wide-eyed faces of men who delight in this sort of performance. From behind Meiselas’s camera, the audience is similarly invited to participate in the leering, or to judge what that participation means. The photos are on view at Galerie Thomas Zander from November 5, 2022 through January 20, 2023 in Cologne.
“Unframing Colonialism”
Centre Pompidou Paris
In 1931, the Paris Colonial Exhibition in Vincennes created a stir as citizens denounced France’s imperialist policies. Nearly 100 years later, a new exhibition is coming to Centre Pompidou's Parisian gallery, hoping to offer modern insight into the French history of colonialism. A striking collection of images from the Photography Cabinet collection and documents from the Kandinsky Library come together to juxtapose the historical exoticisation of Black bodies against the simple reality of Black individuals’s lives. The show is on view from Nov. 7, 2022 to Feb. 27, 2023 at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
