John Baldessari
The Space Between
Sprüth Magers and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König

This beautifully illustrated catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition John Baldessari: The Space Between at Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, June 12–September 11, 2021. The final body of work created by John Baldessari before his death in 2020 at the age of 88.

With original contributions by critics and artists well known to the artist—Barbara Bloom, Russell Ferguson, Hans Ulrich Obrist and David Salle—and a portrait by Catherine Opie, the catalogue both commemorates the installation at Sprüth Magers and delves into the artist’s investigations into the interactions of color, shape, composition and human perception. Simultaneously banal and poignant, Baldessari’s last series beautifully encapsulates the thrust of his artistic project as a whole: To explore the amorphous spaces between things, people and ideas. 

Thomas Demand
Mirror Without Memory
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Through January 30, 2022

The first Russian exhibition by the artist Thomas Demand, with contributions from filmmaker and writer Alexander Kluge and architects SANAA.

Andreas Gursky
MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
Through January 30, 2022

The Ruhr region often served Andreas Gursky as the setting for his early works during his studies at the Düsseldorf Academy with Bernd and Hilla Becher. The titles of these works bear witness to his forays into the surrounding area: Ruhrtal, Mühlheim a.d. Ruhr, Angler, Krefeld, Hühner, Duisburg, Brücke, Ratingen, Schwimmbad, to name but a few examples. A selection of these early small-format works from the Ruhr region now welcome visitors to Duisburg and introduce them to the world of Andreas Gursky, which unfolds fully in the following rooms through his well-known large-format works.

Nancy Holt
Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Through January 23, 2022

Nancy Holt: Massachusetts explores Nancy Holt’s Massachusetts connections, especially her family history in New Bedford. This exhibition is part of an initiative celebrating the 30th anniversary of Holt’s Spinwinder (1991), a public sculpture on the UMass Dartmouth Main Campus. Spinwinder has artifacts embedded in its foundation that refer to local industrial histories. The exhibition is accompanied by a companion presentation of Electrical System (1982) in the CVPA Campus Gallery. The work is part of Holt’s series of Systems Works that reveal infrastructures of the built environment; each presentation works carefully with the exhibition space.

Barbara Kruger
BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU, I MEAN ME, I MEAN YOU
The Art Institute of Chicago
Through January 24, 2022

The Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York are pleased to announce a major solo exhibition devoted to the work of Barbara Kruger.

Opening at the Art Institute of Chicago, THINKING OF YOU, I MEAN ME, I MEAN YOU will present four decades of the artist’s work—the largest and most comprehensive presentation of her work in twenty years.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: March 20–July 17, 2022
Museum of Modern Art, New York: July 18, 2022–January 2, 2023

Barbara Kruger
Untitled (Another/Another)
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Through August 31, 2022

The facade of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) is made available every year to international contemporary artists as a space for projects that open up a dialogue with the urban space and passers-by. In 2021, Barbara Kruger – one of the United States’ most influential contemporary artists, is presenting Untitled (Another/Another).

Rosemarie Trockel
Thinking in Dark Times
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Through February 28, 2022

Starting in September 2021, the activities of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) in the urban space will be expanded by the new “n.b.k. Billboard” series. The large presentation surface is located at the intersection of Friedrichstrasse and Torstrasse, just a two-minute walk from n.b.k. and embedded in a central and bustling part of the city. Works by international contemporary artists will be presented here every six months, specially conceived for the large-format surface, and inviting visitors and passers-by to engage with the aesthetic and social implications of contemporary art as well as with the urban environment. The program opens with a work by Rosemarie Trockel.