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.

Astrid Klein
Odyssey, Cologne
Through January 21, 2022

In the second phase of the exhibition series Odyssey, two works by Astrid Klein are presented under the title Sehnsucht. Klein, known for her large scale collages, paintings and room filling installations, is showing the neon sculpture Untitled (follow your bliss), 2021 created for the exhibition and a painting from 1989 from the series of “White Paintings” (1988-93). For Klein, both works are related to the hero’s journey, more precisely to the second phase, the archetype of the orphan.

Odyssey invites viewers to question their own journey and the emotions and phases associated with it. With the help of twelve internationally renowned artists, the exhibition series is dedicated to a different form of experience every two month.

Barbara Kruger
Body Language
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Through February 1, 2022

For the Gardner’s Ann H. Fitzpatrick Façade, Barbara Kruger created Body Language, a striking and provocative image of two overlapping bodies, using a detail from Titian’s painting Diana and Actaeon. By overlaying the image with text, Kruger invites us to reconsider the representation of women, power, and sexuality and to reflect on the art historical concept of “gaze.”

Anthony McCall
Solid Light and Performance Works
Pozu Santa Bárbara and Mieres Centru Cultural, Spain
Through January 31, 2022

Anthony McCall’s exhibition Solid Light and Performance Works at Pozu Santa Bárbara and Mieres Centru Cultural in Mieres, Spain presents a number of works from the 1970s in dialogue with his current practice.