Hong Kong Odyssey Asian Art Marketʼs Growth and Expansion Hong Kong has continued to prove itself as a hub for the arts in all of Asia, and is strengthening its relationships with foreign galleries like ours that have spaces in the US. Although there are many growing fairs in Asia, Art Basel is still a globally recognized brand and a world-class event in the art market. Collectors in Hong Kong support world-class artists and the global art market, while paying…Read More
Her parents fled Iran. Her art tells their story Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani tells her family history through her photography, after years of creating political works Lilah Raptopoulos May 12, 2023 This is an audio transcript of the FT Weekend podcast episode: ‘Her parents fled Iran. Her art tells their story’ Sheida Soleimani So we see this photographic image of this mud brick-looking house in the ruins. You know, it looks a little in shambles. These are…Read More
Artist Amir H. Fallah’s Mesmerizing Portraits STUDIO MAY 9, 2023 ANNA CLAIRE MAUNEY A Distorted Reality is Now A Necessity To Be Free, 2019. Acrylic on canvas. 15 x 7 in. When asked what gets him excited to make something new, contemporary artist Amir H. Fallah says simply, “I’m always excited.” Based in LA, Fallah makes detailed, collage-esque paintings that have been displayed in exhibitions around the world. His work is featured in private collections in Chicago and Kansas City, in the Microsoft…Read More
Her parents survived prison and separation to flee Iran. Her art tells their story Photographer Sheida Soleimani’s sumptuous collages reveal dark truths about exile and trauma Lilah Raptopoulos MAY 3 2023 Sheida Soleimani sits with me in the back of a gallery in Tribeca, New York. Behind us are some pieces of her earlier work, but we’re gazing, on a laptop, at images of her newest. Specifically, we’re looking at a photograph she took of…Read More
DPI PROFESSOR SEAN FADER ANNOUNCES NEW EXHIBITION “SUGAR DADDY: DEAR DANIELLE” TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2023 SUGAR DADDY II, 2023 ARCHIVAL INKJET PRINT 44 X 78 IN/112 X 198 CM DPI Professor Sean Fader accounces a new exhibition, Sugar Daddy: Dear Danielle, which opens on Friday, May 19th at Denny Gallery in New York and runs through until June 24th. Denny Gallery’s New York location is at 39 Lispenard Street New York, NY 10013. The opening reception on Friday, May 19th will be held…Read More
Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins Mr. Fallah was 4 when he left Iran after its revolution. Now, he’s using his art to support the recent uprising there. Amir H. Fallah’s painting, “I Want To Live, To Cry, To Survive, To Love, To Die.” It is one of the works he is showing at Art Basel Hong Kong.Credit…The artist and Denny Gallery By Farah Nayeri March 22, 2023 Amir H. Fallah was…Read More
The Best Booths at Art Basel Hong Kong, Where Poignant Artworks Explore Various Crises BY REENA DEVI March 22, 2023 4:22am The scene at Art Basel Hong Kong 2023. MAXIMILÍANO DURÓN/ARTNEWS Art Basel Hong Kong launched its first quarantine-free edition since 2019, with two VIP preview days beginning March 21, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Reportedly its largest edition since the pandemic, with 177 exhibitors from 32 countries and territories participating in the 2023 edition, there is a…Read More
Hong Kong galleries thrive despite lockdowns and crackdowns Dealers were expanding old spaces and opening new ones as the city’s art market surpassed London’s Primrose Riordan in Hong Kong MARCH 16 2023 Opening a gallery in Hong Kong early last year seemed unwise. At the time, the former British colony was reeling from the world’s deadliest Covid outbreak, and a now-scrapped weeks-long quarantine inspired an exodus of residents. The gloom, heightened by the city’s isolation from the rest of…Read More
Damien H. Ding Explores the Mechanisms of Desire in Private Paintings at Denny Gallery By Maria Owen March 9, 2023 Installation view of Damien H. Ding, “Hero’s Journey,” 2022-23, egg tempera on panel and mahogany construct, Box: 45 3/4 x 28 x 28 inches, Five panels: 42 x 146 inches; courtesy of the artist and Denny Gallery. On February 17, at around 6:58 PM, a crowd of people gathered inside Denny Gallery on Lispenard Street in New York,…Read More
WHAT’S ON HK Must-See Hong Kong Art Exhibitions 3 MARCH, 2023 Looking for your next culture fix? Here are the newest must-see Hong Kong art exhibitions on view and happenings this month, including Art Central and Art Basel Hong Kong Encounters. Our city is home to a treasure trove of artists and galleries, specialising in contemporary to fine art and more. Treat yourself to one of the many stunning Hong Kong art shows on view this Hong Kong Art Month —…Read More
‘Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders’ at the Fowler Amir H. Fallah, “Silent Sounds,” 2021-22; stained and fused glass, custom LED panel, aluminum frame. (Amir H. Fallah / Dio Horia Gallery) In Amir H. Fallah’s first museum exhibition in Los Angeles, expect to get caught up in the artist’s maximalist paintings and stained glass works. Fallah is known for making “alternative” portraits — they don’t fixate on likeness but rather on the objects, textures and moods that…Read More
Gallery: “The Fallacy of Borders” highlights Iranian-American experiences at Fowler Museum By Ethan Manafi Feb. 18, 2023 The Fowler Museum at UCLA is displaying “The Fallacy of Borders” by Amir H. Fallah, an Iranian-born artist working in Los Angeles. Six pieces are shown against the dark gray walls of the Fowler. More than 25 pieces of Fallah’s work are on display at this exhibition. Fallah stands in front of one of his pieces. Fallah…Read More
The Best Shows to See in Los Angeles during Frieze BY ARMANDO PULIDO IN CRITIC’S GUIDES , EXHIBITION REVIEWS | 15 FEB 23 Amir H. Fallah Fowler Museum at UCLA 29 January – 14 May Amir H. Fallah, Protector 1, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 1.8 × 1.2 m. Courtesy: the artist and Ginsberg Family Collection Amir H. Fallah turns western portraiture on its head in his first solo Los Angeles museum exhibition. His striking subjects are rendered in vibrant orange skin tones, subtly…Read More
Art Basel Hong Kong 2023: Tatler’s guide to the artists and works to look out for By Aaina Bhargava. Feb 14, 2023 From the humorous to the grotesque, here is everything you should look out for at the city’s biggest art fair in March Art Basel Hong Kong is back in its biggest iteration since 2019, and will take place from March 23 to 25, 2023, now that restrictions for travelling and social gatherings have been lifted. More than…Read More
‘More is more’: Iranian American artist Amir H. Fallah’s LA show takes a maximalist approach to cultural exchange Torey Akers 14 February 2023 Tehran-born artist draws on his migrant experience for new exhibition “The Fallacy of Borders” at UCLA’s Fowler Museum The work of Amir H. Fallah, who was born in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution, reflects on his migrant experience Alan Shaffer Los-Angeles based artist Amir H. Fallah has always taken the “more-is-more” approach to painting….Read More
Eight must-see exhibitions to see during Frieze Los Angeles Torey Akers, Benjamin Sutton and Claire Voon 13 February 2023 Amir H. Fallah’s No Gods No Masters (2020), which features in the Fowler Museum’s show; the Tehran-born artist draws on the diasporic Iranian American experience Courtesy of Shulamit Nazarian Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders Fowler Museum, until 14 May Los-Angeles based artist Amir H. Fallah has always taken the “more-is-more” approach to painting. “I really just try to cram everything in there…Read More
Judy Ledgerwood’s Playfully Subversive Patterns What distinguishes Ledgerwood’s work from the earlier generation of women artists working in the domain of Pattern and Decoration is its bluntness and humor. John Yau | February 9 Judy Ledgerwood, “First Color” (2022), oil on canvas, 15 inches x 15 inches (all images courtesy Denny Gallery) A lot of writers, myself included, have connected Judy Ledgerwood’s exuberant abstractions to the Pattern and Decoration art movement. Historically speaking, Pattern and Decoration (1972–1985) challenged…Read More
MUST SEE NYC GALLERY SHOWS CLOSING THIS WEEK By Vittoria Benzine • 7 February 2023 Courtesy of Denny Gallery. These floral portals to brighter days are monumental in more ways than one. Sunny marks Chicago-based Judy Ledgerwood’s first return to the NYC gallery scene in some years with a cohesive series of large paintings she started in January 2021. One or two paintings in the show echo its sole sculpture with impasto oil enthusiastically accenting the picture plane….Read More
Judy Ledgerwood: Sunny By Mána Taylor Feb 1, 2023 In her exhibition Sunny, Judy Ledgerwood has bold intentions. She began working on the paintings last January when she was searching for color during many gray days. At Denny Gallery, the paintings, as well as one large ceramic in the back of the gallery, feel necessary. They are large, most of them ranging between 60 and 80 inches tall. Yet, Ledgerwood is able to make us feel like the paintings…Read More
How Do We Embody Natural Spaces? Nicola López and Paula Wilson’s exhibition Becoming Land considers anthropocentric relationships with New Mexico’s desert landscapes. Rachel Harris-Huffman January 30, 2023 Nicola López and Paula Wilson: Becoming Land at the Albuquerque Museum presents the work of two artists who, through mixed media interpretations of human interventions in New Mexico’s desert landscapes, examine anthropocentric relationships with the land. The exhibition is contextually and physically placed front-and-center with a series of three simultaneous exhibitions, featuring historic…Read More
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for February 2023 Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month, including Alicia Piller, Brad Phillips, Mulyana, the MexiCali Biennial, and more. Matt Stromberg January 30, 2023 February is a big time in the Los Angeles art world, with four art fairs (Frieze, Felix, Spring Break, and the LA Art Show) coming to town later this month (not to mention Museums Free-For-All day). Galleries and museums here are…Read More
ANDY WOLL: A GREEN HORSE 28 January – 11 March Free Denny Gallery EVENT DESCRIPTION Denny Gallery is pleased to announce A Green Horse, a new body of work by LA based artist, Andy Woll, which will be on view at our gallery space in Hong Kong, from January 28 – March 11, 2023. This will be Andy Woll’s third exhibition with the gallery and his first exhibition in Hong Kong. The methodology of Woll’s painting practice has been meticulously honed…Read More
Upcoming Art Shows in Hong Kong Hong Kong has a lot to offer when it comes to art exhibitions. There are several upcoming and ongoing, must-see art exhibitions. Whether you’re looking for a photography exhibition, miniature replicas from the 1960s, or large-scale works on canvas, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. 2. A GREEN HORSE A Green Horse, is a new body of work by LA based artist, Andy Woll. The title A Green Horse alludes to two…Read More
Amir H. Fallah: The Fallacy of Borders Image: Amir H. Fallah (b. 1979, Tehran, Iran), Protector 1, 2022; acrylic on canvas; Ginsberg Family Collection; image courtesy of the artist and Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles January 29–May 14, 2023 The Fallacy of Borders is the first solo Los Angeles museum presentation of artist Amir H. Fallah (b. 1979, Tehran, Iran; lives and works in Los Angeles). More than 25 works on view span painting, sculpture, stained glass, and textiles, all…Read More
