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Diffusion
Marina Perez Simão Oct 14 – Nov 23, 2024 Paris The Brazilian painter Marina Perez Simão tries to create a sense of ineffable wonder in her works as she brushes up against the limits of abstraction. In a world where we are supposed to know everything through the touch of a screen, the artist tries to conjure the awe that... View Exhibition -
Mendes Wood DM: Germantown Art and Design Week
Oct 12 – Dec 1, 2024 Germantown For the occasion of Germantown Art and Design Week , Mendes Wood DM Archipelago presents to the public a selection of works, bringing together icons of Brazilian modernist design and architecture in dialogue with contemporary designers and artists. Design classics are set against a curated selection of artworks from the... View Exhibition -
As primeiras coisas
Paula Siebra Oct 10 – Nov 9, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Mendes Wood DM presents As primeiras coisas [The earliest things], a painting exhibition by Paula Siebra. Siebra carves out primordial imagery from ubiquitous objects, signs, and emotions that invite the observer to immerse themselves in memorial contexts and lyrical reverberations. From an initial laconicism —... View Exhibition -
Galáxias
Patricia Leite & Leticia Ramos Sep 12 – Oct 31, 2024 Brussels A never-ending night falls, now giving rise to Galáxias [Galaxies], an exhibition by Patricia Leite and Leticia Ramos. The two artists present images and situations that represent or evoke skies and astronomical phenomena. The works include paintings, photographs, videos, and an installation that features clouds, constellations, the moon, eclipses, twilights,... View Exhibition -
grains of water, drops of earth
Josi Sep 6 – Oct 3, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Josi’s process unfolds in the movement of gestures, with handmade creations that make their presence felt as extensions of hands. Grains of earth come together and disperse, sticking to wherever they land. These grains pass through sieves and mortars. They decant, patiently passing through time.... View Exhibition -
What happens at the seaside at dawn?
Laís Amaral Sep 6 – Oct 3, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York What happens at the seaside at dawn? Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition by artist Laís Amaral. Thinking through the elements of the natural world most mysterious to our eyes in contemporary urban environments triggers a feeling Laís... View Exhibition -
Avec Lucas Arruda, Sanam Khatibi, Patricia Leite, Paula Siebra, Marcos Siqueira, Erika Verzutti et Castiel Vitorino
Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato En Conversation Aug 31 – Oct 5, 2024 Paris Mendes Wood DM is proud to announce Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato En Conversation, a group exhibition in Paris that draws together works by Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato alongside contemporary artists Lucas Arruda, Sanam Khatibi, Patricia Leite, Paula Siebra, Marcos Siqueira, Erika Verzutti, and Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro. Lorenzato, paints as he pleases Amadeo... View Exhibition -
Sefirot
Mimi Lauter Aug 28 – Oct 26, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Mimi Lauter Sefirot In Sefirot, Los Angeles-based artist Mimi Lauter, known for her work in oil and soft pastels, produces a body of work deeply attuned to concepts of the Tree of Life observed by Kabbalistic mysticism. The Kabbalists believed there are ten creative... View Exhibition -
They Early Doors
Michael Dean Aug 28 – Oct 26, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Michael Dean presents They Early Doors, a solo show in São Paulo exhibited across Mendes Wood DM and Casa Iramaia. Can the experience of a scene be described as an account of syntax? For artist Michael Dean, the possibilities within such a question drive... View Exhibition -
Sefirot
Mimi Lauter Aug 24 – Nov 9, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mimi Lauter Sefirot In Sefirot, Los Angeles-based artist Mimi Lauter, known for her work in oil and soft pastels, produces a body of work deeply attuned to concepts of the Tree of Life observed by Kabbalistic mysticism. The Kabbalists believed there are ten creative forces that bridge the infinite and... View Exhibition -
ARDOR AND WRATH
Fernando Marques Penteado Aug 24 – Nov 9, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present ARDOR AND WRATH, a solo exhibition by artist Fernando Marques Penteado . Returning to the image of a home, Marques Penteado surveys a wide array of symbols that have been kept and cherished in domestic surroundings to cast protection on their inhabitants. Spanning... View Exhibition -
They Early Doors
Michael Dean Aug 24 – Nov 9, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Click here to book your visit. Michael Dean presents They Early Doors, a solo show in São Paulo exhibited across Mendes Wood DM and Casa Iramaia . Can the experience of a scene be described as an account of syntax? For artist Michael Dean, the possibilit ies within such a... View Exhibition -
Archipelago: Paula Siebra, Artist in Residence
Aug 16 – Oct 7, 2024 Germantown View Exhibition -
Matutar
Marcos Siqueira Jul 31 – Aug 29, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 31 Jul - 31 Aug 2024 Matutar: to ponder, to reflect, to consider, to express care The inspiration for this text dates back to a year ago when I had the opportunity to spend a few days with Marcos Siqueira in Serra do Cipó, a... View Exhibition -
Dreaming of Spilliaert
Group exhibition Jul 27 – Aug 11, 2024 D'Ouwe Kerke, Retranchement Open everyday | 11am to 6pm d'Ouwe Kerke Dorpsstraat 16 4525 AH Retranchement The Netherlands Léon Spilliaert, Lucas Arruda, Kasper Bosmans, Varda Caivano, Guglielmo Castelli, Adriano Costa, Lewis Hammond, Vojtěch Kovařík, Mimi Lauter, Patricia Leite, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Antonio Obá, Giangiacomo Rossetti, Maaike Schoorel, Paula Siebra and Pol Taburet. In... View Exhibition -
Kutenten - kutenten - kutenten
Edgar Calel Jun 22 – Sep 8, 2024 Germantown Archipelago 22 Jun - 8 Sept 2024 10 Church Avenue, Germantown, New York Open Thursday – Sunday, 1 – 7pm Mendes Wood DM Archipelago presents Kutenten - kutenten - kutenten, an exhibition of new works by Edgar Calel created in Comalapa, Guatemala and in residency in Germantown, NY. As... View Exhibition -
Reverie
Jun 21 – Jul 20, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 21 Jun - 20 Jul 2024 Reverie, as in a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts, offers an evocative exploration of abstraction spanning from the 1950s to the present day, tracing the transformative journey of influential artists who have redefined the boundaries of... View Exhibition -
...vivem no compasso do sol
Sonia Gomes Jun 5 – Aug 3, 2024 Paris Mendes Wood DM is pleased to unveil the first solo exhibition by Sonia Gomes in Paris. Titled ...vivem no compasso do sol*¹ , the show features new works from Gomes’s vast production, including floor, hanging, and wall textile-based sculptures, as well as bronzes, collages, and drawings. An essay by art... View Exhibition -
A linguagem dos anjos
Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro May 30 – Aug 3, 2024 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present A linguagem dos anjos [The Language of Angels], the first solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro in Brussels. This exhibition is a culmination of recent explorations and revelations the artist experienced during a long excursion in the Moroccan desert. Bringing... View Exhibition -
Miguel Bakun May 30 – Jul 6, 2024 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Miguel Bakun, a solo exhibition in Brussels showcasing a curated selection of landscape paintings the Brazilian artist produced in the first half of the 20 th century. Often referred to as an outsider painter, Miguel Bakun was a self-taught artist who dedicated 30... View Exhibition
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arrastar chãos, juntar imbigos
Josi May 25 – Aug 10, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda It is a process that unfolds in the movement of gestures, in the creations operated by hand, and thus, make themselves felt as hands. They collect the grains of earth, which come together and disperse, sticking to where they pass or dissipate. They pass through the sieve, remain in the... View Exhibition -
Rumors
Ebecho Muslimova May 25 – Aug 10, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Rumors and Whispers is a two-part presentation of Ebecho Muslimova’s recent series of paintings across Mendes Wood DM’s São Paulo gallery and Bernheim Gallery in Zürich. A transatlantic game of telephone, the exhibition first opens in Brazil with Muslimova’s Rumors suite, followed two weeks later by Whispers in Switzerland, each... View Exhibition -
Kishio Suga May 17 – Aug 16, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Mendes Wood DM São Paulo is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of the seminal Japanese artist Kishio Suga at Casa Iramaia . As one of the pivotal figures in post-war Japan, Suga has spent more than five decades creating works that feature... View Exhibition
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Flooded Playground
Maaike Schoorel Apr 30 – Jun 8, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 30 Apr - 8 Jun 2024 Mendes Wood DM is delighted to announce the debut solo exhibition of Dutch artist Maaike Schoorel in New York. Titled Flooded Playground, the exhibition features a collection of new oil paintings. Painterly, bold, and symphonic yet delicate and wistful,... View Exhibition -
Mineral Rising
Luana Vitra Apr 30 – Jun 8, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 30 Apr - 8 Jun 2024 Mendes Woods DM presents Mineral Rising, the first solo exhibition by artist Luana Vitra in New York. Born in Contagem, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Vitra has become one of the most prominent artists of her generation.... View Exhibition -
Erase the Silence
Antonio Obá Apr 27 – Jun 2, 2024 Germantown Archipelago Apr 27 – June 2, 2024 10 Church Avenue, Germantown, New York Open Saturday and Sunday, 12 – 4pm Archipelago is pleased to present Erase the Silence, an exhibition comprised of new drawings by the Brazilian artist Antonio Obá. Within Obá’s artistic practice, the act of drawing is grounded... View Exhibition -
The Color of Distance
Paulo Monteiro Apr 24 – May 18, 2024 Brussels In pursuit of a formal language reduced to the minimum of elements, Paulo Monteiro has conceived The Color of Distance, his first individual exhibition at Mendes Wood DM in Brussels. Serving as a spatial meditation, the exhibition presents a subtle arrangement of recent works in which color and its atmospheric... View Exhibition -
Peter Hujar Apr 6 – May 4, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present American photographer Peter Hujar’s first solo exhibition in Brazil. Through his unfiltered approach, Hujar documented the avant-garde group of New York-based artists, writers, and musicians who defined the downtown scene in the 1970s and 80s. Peter Hujar’s... View Exhibition
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La Pensée Férale
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Apr 2 – May 26, 2024 Paris Mendes Wood DM is pleased to announce La Pensée Férale, by Daniel Steegmann Mangrané. Conceived as a two-part presentation, two solo exhibitions by the artist will take place in Paris concurrently, at Mendes Wood DM and Esther Schipper. A cornerstone of both exhibitions are works transposing the eye of a... View Exhibition -
Funduras
Solange Pessoa Apr 2 – May 11, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda O mundo – este arrepio concêtrico : olho fixo por onde toda a matéria contempla o espaço descentrado. The world – this concentric shiver: A fixed eye through which all matter contemplates decentered space. — Herberto Helder In Funduras , Solange Pessoa presents an unexpected quality of minerals: Weightlessness. The... View Exhibition -
Bestiary & Idols
José Bedia Mar 15 – Apr 13, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 15 Mar - 13 Apr, 2024 Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Bestiary & Idols, a solo exhibition of recent works by the Cuban-born artist José Bedia. The exhibition centers on two themes: fauna and mythology. Mythological animals are hallmarks of the artist’s spiritual... View Exhibition -
Against the Grain
Veronika Hapchenko Mar 15 – Apr 13, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 15 Mar - 13 Apr Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present the first exhibition of Poland-based Ukrainian artist Veronika Hapchenko in the United States. Hapchenko’s airbrushed canvases engage with themes of collective consciousness, as well as instances and manifestations of the occult. The works... View Exhibition -
Leah Ke Yi Zheng Feb 24 – Apr 13, 2024 Brussels Mendes Wood DM, Brussels is pleased to present Leah Ke Yi Zheng , the artist’s first European solo exhibition. Leah Ke Yi Zheng (b.1988) grew up in Wuyishan (China), where she was apprenticed in traditional Chinese painting techniques from an early age. With a dialectical relationship to tradition, she developed... View Exhibition
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The Mail Man
Osama Al Rayyan Feb 24 – Apr 13, 2024 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Osama Al Rayyan’s first solo exhibition in Brussels, The Mail Man. Loosely inspired by a short story by the late Egyptian writer Ibrahim Aslan, the exhibition combines paintings with the artist’s first publicly displayed drawings and sculptures. Often referred to as situationist, the... View Exhibition -
Noite longa
Paloma Bosquê Feb 23 – Mar 23, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Since the sand never stops moving or reflecting the warmth of the sparkles, the child stayed there all afternoon playing. Feeling the sand penetrate her, first between her fingers, then in her eyes, mouth, nose, ear: ... View Exhibition -
Ode to Twisted Gods
Pol Taburet Feb 8 – Mar 16, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Ô paysage de diamant violenté de mains d’acide […] » 1 Anthony Phelps, Motifs pour le temps saisonnier , 1976 Culture is not monolithic; it is a muddy silt that carries with it the stories of great ecstasy of our ancestors as well as their most tragic ones, one... View Exhibition -
It's the way home that moves us away
Carla Zaccagnini & Runo Lagomarsino Feb 8 – Mar 16, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Crossings, c omings and goings, departures, returns, and what happens in between, are intertwined into Carla Zaccagnini’s and Runo Lagomarsino’s personal lives and respective works. This exhibition itself is a sort of path , where their trajectories cross and then bifurcate if only to meet again … It is the... View Exhibition -
Plums, Under Cover
Kasper Bosmans Feb 1 – Mar 23, 2024 Paris Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Kasper Bosmans’s first solo exhibition in Paris, Plums, Under Cover . To mark the occasion, the Brussels-based artist embarked on a fantasy-filled foray, taking as the starting point the discovery of a 16th-century belvedere, located in the Royal Garden of Prague Castle, and... View Exhibition -
Na Boca do Sol
Paulo Nimer Pjota Jan 27 – Mar 2, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 27 Jan - 2 Mar 2024 Mendes Wood DM presents Na Boca do Sol, Paulo Nimer Pjota’s first solo show in New York. The exhibition’s title refers to an eponymous 1972 Arthur Verocai song, fragments from which have frequently been used as samples both internationally... View Exhibition