Dikeou Superstars – May 2025

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.

Alexa Druyanoff, a junior, photographs Heliobatis radians, an extinct stingray, and Knightia alta, an extinct fish, in the museum’s galleries. Photo by Andy Todd. / Yale News

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.