For the Christmas holidays, Thomas Dane Gallery in London and Naples will be closed from Sunday 22 December 2019 through Wednesday 1 January 2020. 

Both galleries will reopen on Thursday 2 January 2020. ⁣
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Catherine Opie: Newly endowed chair in art, UCLA

UCLA announces Catherine Opie as the first endowed chair in the art department. Opie has been a member of the art faculty at UCLA since 2001. The endowment comes courtesy of a $2-million donation from Lynda and Stewart Resnick, owners of the Wonderful Co. and prominent arts patrons. 

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John Gerrard: Conversation, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza hosts COP25 as Fieldwork, a roundtable conversation that departs from Francesca Thyssen-Bornemis's and José Luis de Vicente’s report on their participation in the official working sessions at COP25. This conversation addresses how art is an active tool for fighting climate change, featuring John Gerrard as a participant. 

Tuesday, 10 December 

7:30-10:00pm 

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

Paseo del Prado, 8

28014 Madrid

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Catherine Opie: Artist Walk-throughs, Lari Pittman, Hammer Museum 

Thursday, 5 December

6:00pm

Hammer Museum

10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles

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John Gerrard: Western Flag (Spindletop, Texas), Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

The latest iteration of John Gerrard's Western Flag (Spindletop, Texas), 2017 is unveiled in central Madrid outside the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza to coincide with the 25th United Nations Climate Change conference (COP25). This iconic gesture of protest will be shown on a giant LED wall in the public realm outside the museum and will continue the series of outdoor presentations of the work that has included: Somerset House, London (2017), Desert X, California, (2019), Hamburg Rathausmarkt, Hamburg (2019), with further presentations to come in 2020.

Opening: 2 December, 2019

Exhibition dates: 2-13 December, 2019 

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

Paseo del Prado, 8

28014 Madrid

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Glenn Ligon: Lecture, de la Cruz Collection, Miami

Monday, 2 December, 8pm

de la Cruz Collection

23 NE 41st St

Miami

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Abraham Cruzvillegas: AuTOIconstruction performance, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris

As part of the exhibition YOU at Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Abraham Cruzvillegas presents AuTOIconstruction, an evening of art and poetry, inviting volunteers to read aloud texts written by Cruzvillegas since 2008, while he builds a sculpture, composed of recycled materials collected in the museum, which will then be destroyed in front of the public during this same event.

Thursday, 28 November, 7:30-9:30pm

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris

Palais de Tokyo 

11 avenue du Président Wilson

75016 Paris

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Amie Siegel: Anonymous Was A Woman Award

Many congratulations to Amie Siegel, who is a recipient of the Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) award. The grant champions women artsts over 40, supporting the continued development of their practice; Siegel is one of ten multimedia artists who has received the award. 

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Steve McQueen: Artist Talk, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Steve McQueen will be in conversation with Jasper Sharp. Since January 2012, the Kunsthistorisches Museum has been inviting leading figures from the world of Modern and Contemporary art to spend time at the museum and speak publicly about their responses to it.

Monday 25 November 2019

7:00pm 

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Maria-Theresien-Platz

1010 Wien

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NEON presents

Lynda Benglis: In the Realm of the Senses, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens

Curated by Dr. David Anfam
The exhibition is organised and commissioned by NEON

Devoted to Lynda Benglis’s prolific output in diverse media, this is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in a country that has played a major role in her life and vision: Greece. Spanning half a century from 1969 onwards, the select survey of thirty-six sculptures—amounting to a concise retrospective—will occupy the intimate spaces of the Stathatos Mansion, displaying a wide spectrum of Benglis' materials, imagery and ideas.

Private view: 21 November, 7pm 
Exhibition dates: 22 November 2019 - 15 March 2020

Museum of Cycladic Art | Stathatos Mansion

Vasilissis Sofias ave. & 1

Irodotou str.

Athens

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