Fahmida Alam
This week Zürich sees new work from John Baldessari and Ugo Rondinone, as well as a museum exhibition of François Berthoud’s unmistakable fashion illustrations. Flowers Gallery in London presents a retrospective of work by Patrick Hughes, famous for his bewildering optical illusions like “reverspective.” In Japan, the Tokyo Art Fair begins, along with a solo show of Masako Kamiya’s richly textured dot paintings at Tobin Ohashi Gallery. Check out the highlights below and our full listings of art around the world.
Japan
Yuichi Yokoyama: Color Engineering, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo (9/03-10/01)
MASAKO KAMIYA: SOLO SHOW, Tobin Ohashi Gallery, Tokyo (through 9/04)
ART FAIR TOKYO, Tokyo International Forum (7/29-7/31)
Switzerland
Art Against Trafficking In Women and Sexual Exploitation Benefit Group Exhibition, Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne (8/04-9/03)
John Baldessari: Double Vision, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich (through 7/30)
Ugo Rondinone: Kiss Now Kill Later, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich (9/02-10/13)
François Berthoud: The Art of Fashion Illustration, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (through 10/09)
François Berthoud, Sahara. Courtesy of Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.
Germany
Hiroki Tsukuda: New Tokyo, Galerie Lena Brüning, Berlin (8/13-8/27)
Summer Show: Palets, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (through 9/03)
Adolf Luther: Rhythmus und Materie, 401 contemporary, Berlin (through 7/31)
Richard Hawkins: Scalps, Dungeon Doors and Salome Paintings, Daniel Buchholz, Cologne (through 8/27)
Sarah Morris: John Hancock, Capitain Petzel, Berlin (through 7/30)
F.C. Gundlach, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (through 7/30)
South Africa
Lauren Palte: A Wounded Surface, Association For Visual Arts (AVA), Cape Town (through 8/05)
Eat Me, The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (through 9/03)
Taiwan
Trans-Cool Tokyo: Contemporary Japanese Art, TFAM, Taipei (through 9/25)
Chou Chu Wang: I am a naughty boy, TFAM, Taipei (through 8/07)
Chou Chu Wang, Untitled. Courtesy of TFAM.
China
Hung Liu: First Spring Thunder, Alexander Ochs Beijing (through 7/31)
Leung Yun Charm, Wan Fung Art Gallery, Hong Kong (through 7/29)
Lam Hoi Sin: Interpretation, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong (8/19-9/10)
United States
Siamese Connection 2011: Rediscover, The Invisible Dog Art Center, New York (7/28-7/31)
World Beats: Global Contemporary Art, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota (7/30-7/15/12)
NADA Hudson, Basilica Hudson, New York (7/30-7/31)
Magic for Beginners, PPOW Gallery, New York (7/28-8/26)
Sara Jane Boyers: Finding Chinatown, Craig Krull Gallery, California (7/30-9/03)
Nick Cave, Soundsuit. Courtesy of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
France
Walter Swennen: Peintures et dessins, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris (9/01-9/24)
DUCHAMP, BEUYS, MURAKAMI : A History of Editions, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris (through 7/30)
Marc Turlan: Exo STAR, Galerie Anne de Villepoix , Paris (9/03-10/15)
United Kingdom
Patrick Hughes: Fifty Years of Show Business – A Retrospective, Flowers Gallery, London (through 9/03)
Wilhelm Sasnal, Sadie Coles HQ, London (through 8/27)
Anri Sala, Serpentine Gallery, London (10/01-11/20)
