Every week, we explore the thousands of galleries on the Artnet Gallery Network to highlight the spaces and artworks inspiring us right now. Take a look at our latest picks below.

Arman
Cascade De Violons
Bel Air Fine Art
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Arman, Cascade De Violons (2004). Courtesy of Bel Air Fine Art.

In his work, Arman explored creation through the deconstruction of everyday objects. Arman’s artistic style was derived from his fascination with the act of accumulation. The artist created accumulations using various mundane objects, eventually moving on to focus on musical instruments. This sculpture represents progression within his artistic style, as Arman creates movement and rhythm through the cascading arrangement of an accumulation of violins.

—Nan Stewart

Clio Newton
Held
Forum Gallery Inc.
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Clio Newton, Held (2020). Courtesy of Forum Gallery Inc.

Clio Newton’s large-scale photo-realist works are visually arresting—it is impossible to believe that these are not photographs, but instead are charcoal on paper. The precision in Held is such that you are left staring at it, looking for the smallest smudge or imperfection to give it away, but never finding it and such is the wonder of Newton’s talent.

—Neha Jambhekar

Michael Kenna
Campo San Vio Viewpoint, Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
Kostuik Gallery
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Michael Kenna, Campo San Vio Viewpoint, Grand Canal, Venice, Italy (2007). Courtesy of Kostuik Gallery.

Michael Kenna is best known for his black-and-white landscape photography in which he often utilizes drawn-out exposure times, some up to 10 hours in length. In this photo, he captures a dream-like softness that the human eye is unable to capture, like the stillness of the water

—Qadira Farringdon

Hunt Slonem
Untitled
Whistler Contemporary Gallery
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Hunt Slonem, Untitled. Courtesy of Whistler Contemporary Gallery.

Slonem’s work is particularly fun because it directly reflects the artist’s dazzling style and passion for bunnies, Unlike his depictions of florals or butterflies, his bunnies are admired for their simplicity, often one stroke figures that begin to resemble calligraphy, and when duplicated enough become illegible pharmacist scribbles, although they remain undeniably cute. 

—Santiago Garcia Cano

Massimo Listri
Metten Library, Germany
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Massimo Listri, Metten Library, Germany (2016). Courtesy of nineteensixtyeight.

Massimo Listri photographs the interiors of the most beautiful buildings in the world in a lavish large format. Although empty of people, this image of Metten Library in Germany celebrates the skill and ingenuity of mankind in architecture, painting, sculpture, and literature.

—Sara Carson

John Madu
Girls Wanna Have Fun 2
LITTY | Contemporary
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John Madu, Girls Wanna Have Fun 2 (2020). Courtesy of LITTY | Contemporary.

Nigerian artist John Madu has remarked that his painting stemmed for the artist “projecting the opposite of the new normal (social distance), playing my subjects in one space even though in different environments. I found a balance in using flat colors to connect my subjects together such in a way the world is now through technology and globalization, we are all connected.” 

The conceptual inspiration for the work comes from Nina Simone’s song “Four Women” from 1966, which was both a civil rights protest and a feminist anthem. 

— Yi Zhang

Carlos Cruz-Diez
Cromointerferencia Mecánica Nova 2
Galerie Mitterrand
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Carlos Cruz-Diez, Cromointerferencia Mecánica Nova 2 (1975–2016). Courtesy of Galerie Mitterrand.

Carlos Cruz-Diez is a Latin American figure in Op-Art. Although many of his works boldly explore the science of color through technological mediation, this piece is more subtle. Utilizing a nuanced range of pastels and the proportional relationship between two elements, this kinetic work stands out amongst his oeuvre. I can’t help but feel that staring at this work in motion would be pleasantly meditative and hypnotic.

—Carson Wos