John Gerrard: Solar Reserve (Tonopah, Nevada), 2014

Ireland's 38th Biennial EVA International

14 April - 8 July 2018

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Miart - Stand: C30

Preview: 12 April 

Public days: 13-15 April

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Art Basel Hong Kong - Stand: 1C02

Preview: 27 March

Vernissage: 28 March 

Public days: 29-31 March

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Bruce Conner: Out of Body

24 February - 3 June, 2018

Belles Artes Projects

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Abraham Cruzvillegas: Autorreconstrucción: Social Tissue

16 February - 25 March, 2018

Kunsthaus Zürich

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Voyage at Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo

Curated by Alexandre da Cunha

15 November, 2017 - 20 January, 2018

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Cecily Brown: Shipwreck drawings

the Whitworth, The University of Manchester

17 November, 2017 - 15 April, 2018

Event: Cecily Brown in conversation

Thursday 16 November, 5-6pm

Free, no need to book

Cecily Brown and Senior Curator Sam Lackey will discuss Brown's new series of Shipwreck drawings, and explore the use of source images in her paintings - including works such as Géricault's much feted painting The Raft of the Medusa.

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“It is a Paradise: everyone lives in a state of intoxicated self-forgetfulness, myself included… They say that someone who has once seen a ghost will never be happy again; vice-versa, [one] could never really be unhappy because [one’s] thoughts could always return to Naples.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Part residency, part project space, part exhibition space, the restored first floor of the 19^th century Casa Ruffo, in the Chiaia district of Naples, will be, above all, a place for artists: a unique physical and mental space for them to alight, work and show.

The space has undergone a significant renovation process, repairing and restoring the original features of the building, including the veranda that looks over the bay and Capri beyond. Built by Beniamino Ruffo of Calabria in the late 19^th century, Casa Ruffo has since been the home to a succession of inspired inhabitants including the liberal idealist philosopher Benedetto Croce (1866 – 1952) and the Polish writer Gustav Herling-Grudzinski (1919-2000).

Writers and artists have always found inspiration in the city’s bustling chaos, transient energy and opulent history; it was a popular saying at the end of the 18^th century that one should ‘see the Bay of Naples and die’. It has always been, and still remains, an entry point, a Gordian knot and the end of the road - or the beginning of another - for exalted grand-tourists, artists and voyagers alike. For example, Lucio Amelio (1931-1994), art dealer, curator and actor, notoriously brought international contemporary artists to Naples, who, in turn, became in awe of its creative charge.

In keeping with this sense of curiosity, trepidation and journey that has inspired so many, this new venture will offer up – as well as open-up - the Gallery’s philosophy and programme to the city of Naples.

Opening Night: 24 January 2018, 7-9pm

Rather than a more orthodox inaugural exhibition, and in keeping with our desire to first and foremost reveal and highlight the space in its restored state, five rooms of the gallery have been dedicated for the first two months to five artists whose work, whether literally or allegorically, draws inspiration or substance from Naples, or our ‘idea’ of Naples.

The works and group of works on view by Bruce Conner, Steve McQueen, Catherine Opie, Caragh Thuring and Kelley Walker, each in their own way, echo and illustrate the bustling, hedonistic beauty of the city, its constant collision of old and new, where such urgency for life coexists with looming, impending death.

Federica Sheehan will take up the role of gallery director in Naples. Federica grew up between New York City and Milan and majored in Art History at NYU. After working for Alberta Ferretti, Donna Karan and Versace in Milan she moved to Turin to work for Palazzo Bricherasio and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. She has lived with her family in Naples for the last seven years.

For exhibitions and sales enquiries please contact François Chantala: francois@thomasdanegallery.com

For press inquiries please contact Saskia Coombs: saskia@thomasdanegallery.com

Address:

Thomas Dane Gallery, Naples

Via Crispi, 69

Napoli

Gallery Hours:

Tuesday to Friday 11am-7pm,

Saturday 12pm-7pm

or by appointment 

Talk: Neural Exchange - A Research Lecture with John Gerrard

1 November, 7pm

Bing Theater, LACMA

Free

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Steve McQueen: Remember Me

Een Werk, Amsterdam

20 October - 15 November, 2017

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