Dikeou Superstars – April 2025

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.

Anya Kielar, Drowning Witch, 2025, Oil pastel on paper, 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

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.

April 2025