Something for the Week, Issue 6

Welcome back to Something for the Week — your weekly selection of things to look at, read, listen to, and experience across the arts. If you like what you see, consider subscribing to the Something Curated newsletter.

Pipilotti Rist’s Prickling Goosebumps & A Humming Horizon at Hauser & Wirth and Luhring Augustine, New York

This is your last chance to see Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist’s major two-part exhibition in New York. The show takes place simultaneously at Hauser & Wirth’s 22nd Street space and Luhring Augustine’s 24th Street location, conceived by the artist as a multisensory experience. Rist’s work has evolved through technical advancements, exploring new audio-visual possibilities to represent the collective brain.

Until 30 March 2024 at Luhring Augustine / Until 6 April 2024 at Hauser & Wirth

Gordon Parks: Born Black at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

American photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director, Gordon Parks first became prominent in documentary photojournalism in the 1940s. Inspired by the 1971 book, Gordon Parks: Born Black, A Personal Report on the Decade of Black Revolt 1960-1970, Jack Shainman Gallery presents an exhibition that brings together a collection of essays and photographs that were originally created for Life magazine.

Until 20 April 2024

Matthias Groebel’s phantoms all around me at Gathering, London

Matthias Groebel has been producing machine-assisted paintings since the late 1980s, continuously refining and improving this technology. Assembled from scrap metal, one could visualise the machine as a kind of airbrush attached to a plotter, moving in layers across a canvas providing precise control over the application of acrylic paint. His new show at Gathering comprises works produced between 2003 and 2006.

Until 21 April 2024

Sanyu: His Life and Complete Works in Oil

Chang Yu, better known as Sanyu, was among the early modern Chinese artists to study in Paris. Editor Rita Wong guides readers through his career, tracing his roots in Qing Dynasty China to his studies in France under a government work-study programme. It includes his nude drawings at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, printmaking experiments, time in New York with Robert Frank, and his creation of “ping-tennis.” Available for pre-order now.

Revisiting the Extraordinary Story of Britain’s Finest Panettone

From the archive: Ahead of the coming Easter weekend, revisit Something Curated’s interview with the extraordinary London-based baker Cem Altinsoy who produces Britain’s finest panettone from his parents’s converted garage in Deptford, south London.

Order through Kouttone’s Instagram page directly.



Feature image: Matthias Groebel, divine invasion, 2006/2024. Courtesy the artist and Gathering