Dikeou Superstars – September 2024

South Korea, Berlin, London, Hong Kong, and the good ol' U. S. of A  . . .  A quick snapshot of what Dikeou Collection artists have been up to over the past month, and what to look forward to next month.

Anicka Yi, There Exists Another Evolution, But In This One, Leeum Museum, September 5-December 29, 2024

Anicka Yi’s solo exhibition, There Exists Another Evolution, But In This One, opens at Leeum Museum of Art in South Korea on September 5. Work by Yi will also be on view in a group show, After Images, at Julia Stoschek Foundation in Berlin opening September 12.

Lizzi Bougatsos, @baby_seal777

Lizzi Bougatsosfirst solo exhibition in Europe, Stage Exit, opens at Galerie Molitor on September 11. She and Sadie Laska (I.U.D) will perform at Gropius Bau on September 12 as part of Berlin Art Week 2025.

Juan Gómez received a New York Times Monthly Arts Review for his solo exhibition at James Fuentes Gallery, on view through September 7. 

Work by Johannes Vanderbeek and Joshua Abelow is on view in “The Twilight Zone” at Left Field Gallery in Los Osos, CA, through September 22.

Joshua Smith’s gallery, 839, is opening a solo exhibition by Olivia Gibian on September 7.

Margaret in her studio above 179 Canal project space in 2009. [A small white space cluttered with tools and material, and Margaret sitting at a table working.]

Margaret Lee did an in-depth interview with Charles Broskoski for “It’s Not Business, It’s Personal” about her early career, starting and leaving 47 Canal, and her new life in 2024.

Installation view of About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, de Young, 2022. Photograph by Gary Sexton

Work by Chris Johanson is currently on view in About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift, at the de Young Museum in San Francisco through November 2025.

Sebastiaan Bremer, The Sunken Forest, 2023, relief/screenprint, 27.75" x 21.5"

Work by Sebastiaan Bremer is available from Artspace with proceeds donated to meaningful nonprofit organizations like Human Rights Watch, Malaria Consortium, and Planned Parenthood.

Sir Neville Simms, Sarah Staton, John Bazalgette and Colin Brent in front of the 'Sybil' sculpture

Sarah Staton’s three sculpture commemorative installation at the Acton Storm Tank site for Tideway London were formally unveiled in August. See video here

Sarah Staton, Pool, 1999, Bleach on denim, 142 x 142 cm

Staton also has a solo exhibition, The Masses, featuring her large-scale denim paintings and sculpture on view at Gallerina in London through the end of September

Anya Kielar, Bracelet Cuff, metal base, repurposed beads, paper clay, copper leaf, interior of cuff measures 6"

Anya Kielar has unique jewelry and decorative pillows for sale from Bridget Donahue boutique in New York and online.

Marcel Dzama photographed in his Brooklyn studio.

Marcel Dzama did a deep-dive of his lifelong influences and recent obsessions, and shared some notes about his most recent work on a cross-Canada exhibition tour.

Vik Muniz, Magic Kingdom (Postcards from Nowhere), 2020, archival inkjet, 40" x 60"

Work by Vik Muniz is on view in Summer Album Ben Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong through September 17.

September 2024