August 31, 2023

The Importance of Elsewhere:
on Ashley Bickerton

This documentary film includes footage of Ashley Bickerton as he gives a tour of his Bali studio during his final year, as well as interviews with artists Matthew Barney, Mark Dion, Damien Hirst, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Jon Kessler, and writer Paul Theroux.

Ashley Bickerton: Susie’s Mother Tongue, Gagosian, West 21st Street, New York, September 8–October 14, 2023

Artwork © Ashley Bickerton; film: Thomas Nordanstad

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Gagosian Quarterly Spring 2023

Now available
Gagosian Quarterly Spring 2023

The Spring 2023 issue of Gagosian Quarterly is now available, featuring Roe Ethridge’s Two Kittens with Yarn Ball (2017–22) on its cover.

Ashley Bickerton

Game Changer
Ashley Bickerton

Michael Slenske pays tribute to the life and work of artist Ashley Bickerton.

Bickerton’s “Bickertons” in the Realm of the Fetish

Bickerton’s “Bickertons” in the Realm of the Fetish

Abigail Solomon-Godeau analyzes periodization, artistic persona, and fetishism in the expansive work of Ashley Bickerton.

Truth Revealed: Damien Hirst and James Fox on Ashley Bickerton

Truth Revealed: Damien Hirst and James Fox on Ashley Bickerton

In conversation with James Fox, Damien Hirst reflects on the artwork of his longtime friend.

Walter De Maria: The Singular Experience

Walter De Maria: The Singular Experience

Join exhibition curator Donna De Salvo as she discusses her selection of the artist’s rarely seen sculptures, drawings, films, and archival materials in Walter De Maria: The Singular Experience at Gagosian, Le Bourget. Chief among these is Truck Trilogy (2011–17), De Maria’s final sculpture and the centerpiece of the exhibition.

Glenn Brown: Time Machine

Glenn Brown: Time Machine

Join Glenn Brown in his London studio as he discusses his presentation for the Studio section of Frieze Masters 2025, which explores the idea of the artist’s studio as a time machine: a space in which historical memory fuels creativity, manifesting in artworks that look to the future. Brown speaks about the featured works, which range from new paintings, drawings, and a sculpture to historic works on paper from the Brown Collection.

Paul McCartney: Rearview Mirror: Photographs, December 1963–February 1964

Paul McCartney: Rearview Mirror: Photographs, December 1963–February 1964

Paul McCartney: Rearview Mirror: Photographs, December 1963–February 1964 at Gagosian, Beverly Hills, brings together self-portraits, unguarded snapshots of The Beatles, and vivid depictions of the pandemonium that greeted them at every turn. Ahead of the exhibition, McCartney and Joshua Chuang, director of photography at Gagosian, met up at Griffin Editions in Brooklyn, New York, to reflect on the prints featured in the show.

Adriana Varejão: Don’t Forget, We Come From the Tropics

Adriana Varejão: Don’t Forget, We Come From the Tropics

In conjunction with the exhibition Adriana Varejão: Don’t Forget, We Come From the Tropics at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, New York, Laura Dias Leite produced a video directed by Luisa Marques in which the artist discusses the genesis of the show. The exhibition debuts the latest works in Varejão’s Plate series (2011–), which, shown alongside historic ceramic plates from the museum’s collection, pose questions about aesthetic hierarchies.

Derrick Adams and Ekow Eshun

In Conversation
Derrick Adams and Ekow Eshun

Join Gagosian for a conversation between Derrick Adams and Ekow Eshun, author, curator, and chair of the commissioning group for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London. The pair discuss Adams’s latest paintings depicting visions of Black Americana—featured in the exhibition Situation Comedy at Gagosian, Davies Street, London—within the context of British contemporary culture.

Setsuko and Peter Marino

In Conversation
Setsuko and Peter Marino

To coincide with her exhibition SetsukoKingdom of Cats, at Gagosian, New York, the artist speaks with architect Peter Marino about her recent sculptures, paintings, and works on paper.

Thomas Schütte: Major Sculptures

Thomas Schütte: Major Sculptures

On the occasion of the exhibition Thomas Schütte: Major Sculptures, at Gagosian, New York, Gagosian Art Advisory’s Bernard Lagrange talks about the sculptures featured in the show. The installation includes six sculptures from the Frauen (Women) series and the related Torso (2005).

Takashi Murakami and Hans Ulrich Obrist

In Conversation
Takashi Murakami and Hans Ulrich Obrist

In conjunction with the exhibition Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami at Gagosian, London, Takashi Murakami and Hans Ulrich Obrist, curator and artistic director of Serpentine, London, sit down to discuss the artist’s exploration and contemporizing of ancient Japanese artworks and movements. The two delve into Murakami’s investigation of Iwasa Matabei’s seventeenth-century masterwork Rakuchū-Rakugai-zu (Scenes in and around Kyoto) and the Kyoto-based style of Rinpa painting, among other examples.