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Urtė Janus at Underground Water Reservoir of Aukštaitijos Vandenys

Artist: Urtė Janus Organiser: (AV17) Gallery Title: Flowing Bodies Venue: Underground Water Reservoir of Aukštaitijos Vandenys in Panevėžys, Lithuania Photos: Paulius Židonis Urtė Janus is a Lithuanian, London-based interdisciplinary artist who traces chemical flows across the landscapes, living and mineral bodies, using installations, texts, and moving image. Her work challenges the dualistic thinking that …

Barbora Lepši at HYB4 GALERIE

Artist: Barbora Lepši Title: ugly Venue: HYB4 GALERIE Curator: Michal Štochl Barbora Lepsi has created a series of monumental abstract paintings for the HYB4 Gallery exhibition space, works that directly respond to the venue and consistently develop her long-term theme of abstract expression. The resulting artworks are grounded in a confident gestural expression, spontaneity, …

Edith Karlson at Sapieha Palace in Vilnius

Artist: Edith Karlson Title: March! Venue: Sapieha Palace in Vilnius Curator: Maria Arusoo Photos: Andrej Vasilenko In Karlson’s exhibition, visitors encounter another captivating narrative of her oeuvre – an army of hybrid creatures is marching through the stunning Baroque spaces of Sapieha Palace. Rooms are taken over by ever-transforming figures who are on their …

Joanna Wierzbicka at Project Octagon

Artist: Joanna Wierzbicka Title: Earthworm Fantasies Curator: Urte Janus Text: Urte Janus Venue: Project Octagon, Anglican Chapel, Nunhead Cemetery, London The ground beneath the city is warped with tunnel systems, some likely begun in prehistoric times, connecting to medieval passageways and intersecting with modern sewage networks and underground train tracks. During heavy rainfall, parts of …

Sabīne Vernere at Meduza, Vilnius

Artist: Sabīne Vernere Title: Bestiaries Curator: Žanete Liekīte Venue: Meduza, Vilnius Photos: Reinis Hofmanis Sabīne Vernere’s solo show Bestiaries draws on the medieval compendium of beasts to examine how a shifting set of prejudices clings to female forms. The artist takes cultural anxiety as her starting point, exploring female sexuality as a historically politicized …

Group show at Polish Center of Sculpture in Orońsko

Title: Soft Smiths. Contemporary Women’s* Metalwork Artists: Michalina Bigaj, Hannah Sophie Dunkelberg, Agata Ingarden, Lito Kattou, Magdalena Lazar, Lucia Leuci, Markéta Magidová, Ola Nenko, Emma Passera, Ala Savashevich, Weronika Wysocka Curators: Michalina Sablik, Magdalena Lazar Venue: Polish Center of Sculpture in Orońsko Photos: Jacek Kucharczyk SVAROGI. Emancipation and Women’s* Metalwork Slavic beliefs assumed the existence …

Piotr Bury Łakomy at Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius

Artist: Piotr Bury Łakomy Title: Garden Exit Venue: Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius Curator: Edvardas Šumila Photos: Andrej Vasilenko Garden Exit – a solo exhibition by Piotr Bury Łakomy taking place in the central exhibition space of the Contemporary Art Centre – presents works produced by the artist specifically for this show. The title subtly references …

David Krňanský at Clauda

Artist: David Krňanský Title: Cell Venue: Clauda , Prague Curator: Andrew Wilson Photos: Filip Beránek At the beginning of the last century there came a sudden shift in perspective, wherein the fixed form of a human subject receded and dissipated into a swarm of abstracted, quantifiable movements. Form became an index of time and motion to …

Damir Očko at Galerija Manuš

Title: Special Feelings Artist: Damir Očko Venue: Galerija Manuš, Zagreb Galerija Manuš is proud to present the exhibition Special Feelings by Damir Očko. The pivot of the exhibition is Rudy, Očko’s rude animatronic parrot, whose clever mechanism transforms toxic internet comments into short, fragmented phrases that resonate like nonsense verse, functioning as both a witty …

Agnieszka Szostek at UFO Art Gallery

Artist: Agnieszka Szostek Title: The Secret Lapse Curator: Katarzyna Piskorz Photo: Szymon Sokołowski Venue: UFO Art Gallery The pulsating rhythm of the music transitions seamlessly to the monotonous sound of the washing machine. The cycle ends in spinning, rinsing, and draining. Drying. Galaxies of swirling socks are sucked into black holes. From now on, lonely …

Zsófia Keresztes at Museum of Fine Arts Liberec

Title: Trembling Empire Artist: Zsófia Keresztes Venue: Museum of Fine Arts Liberec Curator: Tea Záchová Photos: Matěj Kania The exhibition Trembling Empire by Hungarian artist Zsófia Keresztes (*1985) focuses on ecological and gender issues, intertwining the theme of the female body, nature, and family relationships. The sculptures created for the Gallery Lázně Liberec combine her …

Group show at Krupa Gallery, London

Artists: Miłosz Flis, Anna Maria Zuzela, Wiktoria, Łukasz Stokłosa, Kateryna Lysovenko, Natalia Januła, Radek Brousil, Iza Opiełka, Paweł Baśnik, Justyna Baśnik, Pola Dwurnik, Mateusz Majchrzak, Kacper Wiatrak, Barbara Żłobińska Title: The Ark Curator: Natalia Barczyńska Venue: Krupa Gallery, London Presented in Krupa Gallery’s new London space, formerly home to the historic Pakenham Arms pub, THE ARK …

What If I Hypnotize You? Group Show at BOLD Gallery

Artists: Arang Choi, Aisha Christison, Áron Lőrincz, Gábor Pintér, Rastislav Podhorský, Titania Seidl Exhibition title: What If I Hypnotize You? Curated by: Michal Stolárik Venue: BOLD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic Photography: Marcel Rozhoň Imagine standing on the threshold of reality, where the boundaries of perception blur and the mind opens to a realm rich with suggestiveness …

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Artists: Lorena Cocioni, Stol Collective (Ioana Mincu & Mara Verhoogt), Florina Coulin, Adrian Ganea, Nadja Kracunovic, Cătălina Milea, Claudia Moraru Curator: Daniela Custrin Venue: Zina Gallery, Cluj-Napoca Photos: YAP Studio / Mădălin Mărgăritescu The portrait, usually commissioned, was one of the most popular expressions in the art world — a claim to identity and a …

Group show at hunt kastner

Artists: Dominika Trapp, Julia Gryboś & Barbora Zentková Title: Soilmates Curator: Jan Zálešák Photos: Michal Czanderle, Ondřej Polák, Barnabás Neogrády-Kiss, Benedek Regős Venue: Hunt Kastner, Prague Hunt Kastner is pleased to present the exhibition Soilmates, a collaborative installation featuring the current work of Dominika Trapp and the artist duo Barbora Zentková & Julia Gryboś. The …