Life's a beach, lion tamers, and audio in couture. . . A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to this month.

Tod Papageorge: At the Beach + In the Pool: On Influence curated by Lisa Kereszi at MoCA CT

Lisa Kereszi organized a pair of companion photography exhibitions, “Tod Papageorge: At the Beach” and “In the Pool” opening at MoCA CT June 26, 6-8pm.

@apt13gallery

Work by Lawrence Seward is currently on view in a two-person show with Drew Kahu’Aina Broderick titled “You can take the boy from the island, but not the island from the boy” at Apartment 13 Gallery in Providence, RI.

Artwork by Sebastiaan Bremer / @bascalyer

Work by Sebastiaan Bremer is on view in “We Are Nature” at Het Signer Museum in Laren, Netherlands, through August 25.

Lizzi Bougatsos at Maison Valentino / @baby_seal777

Last month Lizzi Bougatsos helped launch Maison Valentino’s new Madison Avenue boutique listening room with a vinyl set pulled from her personal archive. She shared a Q&A and playlist with Interview Magazine a few days later.  

@skyhighfarmhudsonvalley

Work by Bougatsos and Wade Guyton will be on view in Sky High Farm’s Fundraising Biennial Exhibition, curated by Dan Colen, opening June 28.

Mark Bolton, Elsa the lionness of Born Free fame lying on the roof of the Adamson’s Series 1 LandRover, Kenya; January 1, 2018; 26.4 x 34.5 cm; © Mark Boulton / Alamy Stock Photo

When in Rome. . . Devon Dikeou will debut new work in her exhibition “From Fulfilment to Adaptation” at Second Vue, on view June 3-6. 

American Academy in Rome, Open Studios 205

Additionally, Dikeou's 10-month residency at the American Academy in Rome will culminate during Open Studios 2025 at the academy’s McKim, Mead & White Building on June 5.

Vik Muniz, Oleanders, after Vincent van Gogh (Brushstrokes), 2025, Archival inkjet print, 127 x 156.2 cm. (50 x 61 1/2 in.), Edition of 6 + 4 AP

Vik Muniz: Brushstrokes opens at Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, June 5 through July 25.

Städtische Galerie Bremen, Ja leck mich am Arsch

Work by Olav Westphalen is currently on view in “Ja leck mich am Arsch” (translate if you dare) at Städtische Galerie Bremen, Germany, through July 20.

@__sarah__staton__ / @rcasculpture / @xavierlaurentleopold /

Last month Sarah Staton joined conversation with artist Xavier Leopold at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Anicka Yi, Öñ0†ñ†KL§£0†, 2023. Acrylic, UV print, and aluminum artist’s frame, 67 1/4 x 55 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches. Courtesy the artist and the Warehouse.

Anicka Yi’s work was explored in a Brooklyn Rail review of “Double Vision: The Rachofsky Collection and the Hartland & Mackie/Labora Collection” at the newly opened Warehouse in Dallas, TX.

The McSweeney's Store

Marcel Dzama’s “Free High Fives” T-shirt is now available for pre-order from McSweeneys’.

Patricia Cronin, Memorial to a Marriage, bronze, over life size, 27 x 47 x 84 inches, 2004, at The Woodlawn Cemetery & Conservancy Bronx, NY

Patricia Cronin’s “Memorial to a Marriage” inspired a contemporary opera titled “Styx & Stones,” and is also the subject of a recent art historical masters thesis. 

Art for auction, apparel and curatorial collabs, and a prize that packs a punch. . . A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to next month.

The Guggenheim Foundation / @ester_partegas

Big congratulations to Ester Partegàs who has been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts - Cheers!!

Misaki Kawai, Are For You, Acrylic on Canvas, 11 4/5" x 15 7/10"

Work by Misaki Kawai is available for Printed Matter’s Spring Benefit Auction 2025, through May 2.

Kill Uncle x I.U.D.

Lizzi Bougatsos and Sadie Laska’s band I.U.D. has new merch available from Kill Uncle. They perform at Pioneer Works on May 2.

NADA New York 2025 / 839 Gallery

Joshua Smith’s 839 Gallery will exhibit the work of Olivia Gibian and Adrés Janacua at NADA New York 2025, May 7-11.

Artwork: Sebastiaan Bremer, Sous Bois, 2023. Relief/screenprint; 21-1/2 x 27-3/4 inches. Edition: 55 / @graphicstudiofl

Prints by Sebastiaan Bremer will be available at University of South Florida’s GraphicStudio Open House + Benefit Sale on May 10.

The New York Times / @craigstarrgallery

Joe Brainard: Love Nancy at Craig Starr Gallery was selected by The New York Times as a “must-see” for April.

@klasse_westphalen

Olav Westphalen was recently appointed as Professor for the Class for Image and Space – Drawing, Graphics, Painting at HfBK Dresden.

Lisa Kereszi chimes in on recent curatorial projects executed by her Yale photography students, one in collaboration with Peabody Museum and another exploring analog photo methods.

Marcel Dzama & Raymond Pettibon, An Entrance to a Flower of Evil, 2016, Graphite, ink, watercolor, and collage on paper, 74.9 x 97.2 cm. Courtesy of the Artists and David Zwirner

Marcel Dzama’s exhibition “Dancing in the Moonlight” at Pera Museum received a glowing write up in Art Dog Istanbul.

Helen and Newton Harrison, Shrimp Farm, Survival Piece #2, 1971. Image courtesy of the artists and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.

Anicka Yi cited Helen and Newton Harrison’s 1971 “Shrimp Farm, Survival Piece #2” as her pick for Most Influential Environmental Art of the Past Century, as reported by Cultured Mag.

The curators Wade Guyton and Beatrix Ruf with the Collector Michael Ringier (from left to right). Photo: Susanne Diesner.

Wade Guyton, in collaboration with Beatrix Run, curated “Ringer Collection 1995-2025,” on view at Langen Foundation through October 5. Additionally, work by Guyton/Walker was recently added to The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao collection.

Celestial monoliths, puppets on film, and basement shows. . . A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to next month.

Lisa Kereszi

Lisa Kereszi serves as Visiting Critic at Anderson Ranch Arts Center April 1-4, and will do a public lecture on April 2.

One of the sculptures will be a four-metre (13ft) tall stone megalith carved in the shape of an oak leaf; bbc.com

Celestial alignment sculptures by Simon Periton will be installed as part of an urban planned community development in Wiltshire, UK.

Ester Partegàs, Two Moons (laundry baskets), 2024. FastMaché, cardboard, fabric, wood, and disco balls, 125 x 80 x 64 in. Photo: Phillip Maisel

Ester Partegàs’ exhibition with Michelle Lopez, Steady, was recently reviewed by Sculpture Magazine. The exhibition is on view at Ballroom Marfa through April 12.

@mattituck.mushrooms / @therise_wellness

Agathe Snow will participate in a Savor & Sustain Panel in the North Fork on April 5.

@i.u.d._band_we_dont_give_a_fuck / @abasement_nyc

Lizzi Bougatsos and Sadie Laska’s band I.U.D perform at Artists Space in New York on April 7.

@nilsfolkeanderson / @unnameablebooks

Nils Folke Anderson will participate in a reading/artist talk at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn on April 11.

Work by Anya Kielar is on view in Paper Room at Halsey McKay Gallery in Brooklyn through April 27.

Chris Johanson, I Did Not Yet Know/Technology, 2015, Acrylic on found wood, double-sided, 14½ x 13¾ inches

Work by Chris Johanson is currently on view in INDEX at Casemore Gallery, San Francisco, through April 26.

Joe Brainard (1942-1994), Untitled (Nancy Leaning on a Table), 1973, pencil on paper, 28 x 22 inches

Joe Brainard: Love Nancy is on view at Craig Starr Gallery in New York through June 28.

@joshuaabelow / @genes_dispensary / @art.viewer

Gene’s Gold by Joshua Abelow is on view sat Gene’s Dispensary in Los Angeles through April 5.

www.hallartfoundation.org

Work by Jonathan Horowitz will be on view in The Passion at Hall Art Foundation in Derneburg, Germany, opening April 19.

@__sarah__staton__

Sarah Staton’s Heron Sculptures, a public art project for Carnwath Road, launched on March 31.

Vik Muniz, A BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGÈRE, AFTER EDOUARD MANET (PICTURES OF MAGAZINES 2), 2012, Digital C-print, 101.6 x 140.4 cm; (40 x 55 1/4 in.), edition of 6 plus 4 artist's proofs / www.benbrownfinearts.com

Work by Vik Muniz was recently featured at Art Basel Hong Kong by Ben Brown Fine Arts.

Patricia Cronin, The Clasped Hands of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 2025, Archival Pigmented Inkjet Prints on Innova Soft Texture Paper, 22.00 x 30.00 in, 55.9 x 76.2 cm, Edition of 25

Patricia Cronin was interviewed by Artspace about Harriet Hosmer, the inspiration behind her new series of prints.

Momoyo Torimitsu, Somehow I Don’t Feel Comfortable, 2000, 2 Rubber Inflatable Balloons, Ventilators, 16′ x 10′ in diameter each

A traveling edition of Momoyo Torimitsu’s “Somehow I Don’t Feel Comfortable” is currently on view in EmotionAir at The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, through September 7.

Installation view of Each Branch of Coral Holds Up The Light Of The Moon, 2024, Anicka Yi Image: Andrea Rossetti; Courtesy of Anicka Yi, Leeum Museum of Art and Gladstone Gallery

Anicka Yi spoke with Manu Sharma from Stir World about her exhibition There Exists Another Evolution, But In This One at UCCA in Beijing. A series of images from the exhibition has been recently shared from China Daily.  

@839gallery / @galleryplatform.la

Joshua Smith’s 839 Gallery has been included in the 2025 Gallery Platform Los Angeles community map guide.

Serge Onnen, Worthless money & famous painters, Still. Concept, story, drawings & design; Serge Onnen, Puppeteer & advisor ; Tim Hammer, Sounds; Pak Yan Lau

Watch Serge Onnen’s PuPaFiTa; James, Eugene, Frans & Frieda recent video project on Vimeo.

Wade Guyton, Untitled, (2021), Epson UltraChrome HDX inkjet on linen Untitled, (2024) Cast Aluminium ©Wade Guyton, Courtesy of the artist and AMA Collection Installation view by Sebastiano Pellion di Persano

Work by Wade Guyton is currently on view in the newly opened private collection space of Laurent Asscher in Venice. Walker Art Center has also recently announced the acquisition of more of Guyton’s work to their permanent collection.

Illustration by Marcel Dzama; Vancouver Magazine

Work by Marcel Dzama was highlighted in Vancouver Magazine’s collector profile of Danielle and Wade Papin.

Chris Gilmour, Autotaxi, cardboard, 2006

Chris Gilmour’s Auto Taxi (2006) was highlighted Artsier Magazine’s “Cardboard and Its Many Forms” article.

Walter Robinson, Born 1950, USA. Candles, 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 72” x 60”

In 2006, artist-slash-art critic Walter Robinson wrote “Rocky Mountain High,” an extensive piece for Artnet about the city of Denver’s growing contemporary art scene. Flying nearly cross-country from New York to what was still known as a “cow town,” Robinson showed a lot of love and generosity toward the community’s flourishing museums, art districts, and experimental energy. In his notes about Dikeou Collection, he stated that the artwork is “pleasantly underground,” and nearly two decades later Walter’s paintings of spa candles has joined the ranks of our pleasantly underground crew forever. 

Walter Robinson, Born 1950, USA. Spa Candles, 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 36” x 36”

Walter’s candle paintings in Dikeou Collection radiate tranquility, but their true meaning is more sensual and worldly. In a 2022 zingchat interview he revealed, “All my work is about desire. My candles are carnal, not spiritual. They’re stock images that Asian massage parlors use to set the tone in their ads. They’re about the senses, about touch.” Other subjects commonly portrayed in his work - money, women, fast food, cigarettes, alcohol - offer more apparent depictions of the kind of carnal desire he describes, while the candles are desire’s smokescreen. The viewer wants to assume the candles are aspirational; that they are devotional, spiritual, and evoke purity and wellness. But they’re secretly the least innocent players at the party. The candles provide the atmosphere while indulging in a late-night binge, or a heady studio session. Because, after all, “Painting in the dark gives the best art effects.” (Walter Robinson, 1950-2025).

- Hayley Richardson

International delights, a domestic wonderland, and a life held in dear memory . . . A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to next month.

Walter Robinson in 1985. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (NYT)

All of us at Dikeou Collection and zingmagazine mourn the loss of our longtime friend and supporter, Walter Robinson (1950-2025). We send our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones.

Lisa Kereszi

Lisa Kereszi curated an exhibition of vintage photographs from her private collection for The Custom House Maritime Museum, which will run in concordance with a second show of her own photography. Both exhibitions open March 1 with a reception from 3-6pm. Kereszi’s work will also be on view in “Of Land and Place: A Juried Exhibition” at Vermont Center for Photography, March 7 through April 27, and in “Hill Blocks View: Coming Together when Things Fall Apart” opening March 8 at Creative Arts Workshop, CT.

@smilersnyc

Lizzi Bougatsos will exhibit with Nick Waplington in “Before the Clean-Up” opening March 6 at Smilers NYC.

Devon Dikeou, photographed by Lisa Kereszi

Devon Dikeou, in collaboration with fellow resident Julia Rose Katz, will present a Shop Talk at The American Academy in Rome on March 31.

Anicka Yi, Radial Sensation, 2023, 50 x 27 x 27 in, PMMA optical fiber, LEDs, silicone, acrylic, epoxy, aluminum, stainless steel, steel, brass, motors and microcontrollers. anickayistudio.biz

Anicka Yi’s exhibition “There Exists Another Evolution, But In This One,” originally shown at Leeum Museum of Art, will travel to UCCA Beijing, opening March 22.

Wade Guyton,Untitled, 2023, Epson UltraChrome HDX inkjet on linen, 84 x 69 inches (213.4 x 175.3 cm), Hartland & Mackie / Labora Collection

Work by Wade Guyton is on view in “Double Vision: The Rachofsky Collection and the Hartland & Mackie/Labora Collection” at the newly opened Warehouse in Dallas, TX. Work by Anicka Yi is also on exhibit.

Marcel Dzama All youth came out to play and no one could get ahead of us, 2019, Gouache, ink and graphite on paper, 97.2 x 126.4 cm 108.9 x 135.6 x 4.4 cm (framed) © Marcel Dzama Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner

Marcel’s Dzama’s solo exhibition, “Dancing with the Moon,” opens at Pera Museum in Istanbul on March 20.

@__sarah__staton__, @yasmine.helou, @adhesivocontemporary

Work by Sarah Staton is on view in “Small Talk” at Adhesive Contemporary in Mexico City.

Tracy Nakayama at Armory Arts

Tracy Nakayama is a member of teaching staff at Armory Arts in Los Angeles where she leads workshops in drawing as meditation, Hawaiian floral art, design & printmaking, watercolor, and Itajime Shibori Dyeing. Check out her schedule of classes here :)

Ester Partegàs, Building Blocks, 2025; banner, 396 x 96 in, installed at the Center for Art Research, University of Oregon, Eugene

Ester Partegàs recently served as Visiting Artist at the University of Oregon at Eugene. Her work “Building Blocks” is on view near campus at 510 Oak Street through April 2025.

Giasco Bertoli, Forms of Happiness at Delpire & Co, Paris, 2025

Work by Giasco Bertoli is on view in “Forms of Happiness” at Delpire & Co in Paris through March 22.

Space Q, Copenhagen

Olav Westphalen recently participated in a three-day program about art, life, and the body at Space Q in Copenhagen.

The plant-filled atrium at the center of Vik Muniz and Malu Barretto’s studio building in Salvador, Brazil, which they designed with architect Brenda Bello and landscape designer Alex Sá. Photo by Ricardo Labougle for Elle Decor

Vik Muniz’ stunning Brazilian home was featured in Elle Decor