ADAA The Art Show 2020

Founded in 1997 by John Cheim and Howard Read, Cheim & Read is a contemporary art gallery in New York that presents both recent and historically-significant artworks in museum-quality exhibitions. The gallery works directly with some of the

Since opening its doors in 1993, David Zwirner has been home to innovative, singular, and pioneering exhibitions across a variety of media and genres. The gallery has helped foster the careers of some of the most influential artists working today,

David Kordansky Gallery is one of the most dynamic venues for contemporary art, and is internationally regarded as a leading gallery of its generation. Established in 2003 as part of a burgeoning artistic community in Los Angeles’s

Andrew Kreps Gallery was founded in New York in 1996. Widening its original focus on emerging American artists, the program shortly thereafter expanded to include international artists, many of whom had their first exhibitions in the United States or

Galerie Lelong & Co. represents prominent contemporary artists and estates from the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. This uniquely diverse group includes mid-career and established artists at the forefront of the

For over forty years, Marian Goodman Gallery has played an important role in helping to establish a vital dialogue among artists and institutions working internationally. Marian Goodman Gallery was founded in New York City in late 1977. In 1995 the

Evolving out of Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, the Miles McEnery Gallery in New York promotes the work of contemporary artists—both abstract and representational—along with iconic mid-century pioneers of American Abstraction.

Sean Kelly Gallery was founded by its British-born owner in 1991 and operated privately in SoHo until 1995 when its first public space opened at 43 Mercer Street. During these formative years, it established a reputation for diverse, intellectually

Pace is a leading contemporary art gallery representing many of the most significant international artists and estates of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Under the leadership of President and CEO Marc Glimcher, Pace is a vital force

The exact date that New York became the perceived centre of the Western art world is debatable. Some say it was in the early 1940s—during World War II—when a number of European artists immigrated to the United States. Others argue that

In his recent practice, Rodrigo Cass connects his interests in philosophy and art history to his own spirituality. His works hold a sculptural quality in which concrete is the synthesis of his artistic mindset: a spiritual element, living and

In her acclaimed portraits, Alice Neel captured the distinctive personality and atmosphere of her subjects, who included friends and family, artists and intellectuals, and the residents of her New York neighbourhoods. Early Life Born in 1900 in

James Welling has been questioning the norms of representation since the 1970s. His work centers on an exploration of photography, shuffling the elemental components of the medium to produce a distinctly uncompromising body of work. Welling is also

Sam Gilliam was a leading abstractionist, and a key figure of American post-war painting. As an innovator within the Washington Colour School, Sam Gilliam's art pushed the boundaries of colour field abstraction. Recent works in various media

Known for his for his large scale, site-specific steel sculptures, Richard Serra is an influential American Minimalist, based in New York and Nova Scotia. The Venice Golden-lion-winning artist's extensive career is often discussed in relation to the

Allan McCollum was born in 1944 Los Angeles, California, and lives and works in New York City. His work is in over seventy museum collections, including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the

One of the fathers of Conceptual and Minimalist art, Sol LeWitt was born in 1928 to Eastern European immigrant parents in the United States. He studied at Syracuse University, New York, before being drafted to the Korean War, where he created

Born in 1940 in Pittsburgh, PA, Bochner grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home. After graduating with a BFA in 1962 from Carnegie Mellon, he worked as a guard at the Jewish Museum and later as a teacher at the School of Visual Art. Bochner felt stuck in

Tara Donovan (b. 1969, New York) creates sculpture, drawings, prints, and large-scale installations that transform the banality of everyday objects into the extraordinary. Known for her commitment to process, she has earned acclaim for her ability

Carla Accardi (b.1924, Trapani, Italy - d. 2014, Rome, Italy) became known as a founding member of the 1947 Italian avant-garde movement Forma 1, a group of artists based in Rome who, in the face of Fascism, tried to align their Marxist political

Mika Tajima's work explores psychic and bodily energy under the regulation of technocapitalism. Her sculptures, paintings, videos and installations focus on the embodied experience of orthoarchitectonic control and computational life. From

Ficre Ghebreyesus populates his works with intricate, highly personal experiences as a citizen of the world. Born in Eritrea during their War of Independence (1961–1991), he left as a teenage refugee to Sudan, Italy, and Germany, before finally

British artist Tony Cragg is recognised for his gravity-defying sculptures that explore the relationship between the natural and the artificial. Education Cragg completed his studies at the Wimbledon College of Arts, London (1973) and the Royal

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British artist Idris Khan OBE is known for his multi-layered photographs, paintings, and sculptures that take on a variety of source material, ranging from musical scores to theological texts. Life Khan was born in 1978 in Birmingham, England.

In Ramiro Gomez's paintings and installations, faceless labourers appear in the luxurious interiors and properties that they maintain and are yet excluded from. By bringing attention to the marginalised workforce of Los Angeles, Gomez examines the

Adam Pendleton, born 1984 in Richmond, Virginia, is a conceptual artist whose practice encompasses a variety of media including painting, photography, collage, publishing, video, and performance. Pendleton's works are focused on an engagement with

Jeffrey Gibson’s paintings and sculptures are inspired by the traditional craft and modern arts of Native American cultures. His sense of pride and desire to reclaim ownership of these histories counter the potentially negative connotations of