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06/11/2026

Oscar Abraham Pabón, Future Dresses I, 2022
Chalk pastel on workwear
59 1/10 × 70 9/10 in. (150 × 180 cm)

Oscar Abraham Pabón’s practice explores the intellectual legacy and visual language of modernism, applying its principles to everyday utilitarian objects. By incorporating elements of iconic modernist design into commonplace materials and garments, he transforms functional items into sculptural forms. Through these interventions, Pabón both celebrates and questions the ambitions of modernist aesthetics, revealing how its ideals continue to shape contemporary life.

Oscar Abraham Pabón (b. 1984, Venezuela) graduated as an architect from the National Experimental University of Táchira (UNET) in 2008 and later studied at the Contemporary Art Workshop in Caracas and the prestigious Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. His work has been exhibited at institutions including Museo del Barrio in New York, Museo Amparo in Puebla, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Santiago, Chile, and the 14th Cuenca Biennial in Ecuador, among many others. He lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.
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06/08/2026

Bernd Mechler
Monotype Series, 2020
Acrylic on paper
78.7 × 59.1 in. (200 × 150 cm)

Bernd Mechler is renowned for his powerful paintings and monotypes. In his abstract works, he creates a compelling interplay of layered surfaces, varying densities, tonal temperatures, and softened contours through the repetition of gestural brushstrokes. Rather than relying on vivid or eye-catching colors, Mechler’s visual language is defined by the tension between form and emptiness, often emphasizing striking white spaces as active compositional elements. Although his paintings emerge from a process that demands intense concentration in the studio, they retain a sense of spontaneity and playfulness. As the artist explains, “When it comes to painting, lust must come first.”
Bernd Mechler (b. 1958, Mannheim, Germany) studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Dieter Krieg from 1983 to 1991. Throughout his career, he has participated in numerous exhibitions and has received several prestigious grants and awards, including the Villa Romana Prize in Florence, Italy, and fellowships from Schloss Balmoral and the Kunstfonds Foundation in Bonn, Germany.
Mechler has taught at a number of distinguished institutions, including the Düsseldorf Art Academy, the University of Siegen, the Dortmund University of Technology, and the Münster Art Academy. Since 2007, he has served as a lecturer at the Free Academy of Fine Arts (fadbk) in Essen, Germany.
He is also a founding member of the renowned artists’ residency Atelier Hoherweg 271 in Düsseldorf , alongside artists Katharina Grosse, Sohei Hashimoto, Sybille Berke, Anno Frank Leven, Jan Kolata, and Martin Kolbe.
Mechler lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. .mechler

06/06/2026

POV: You’re reminded that great art always finds a way to endure.

Detail of an oil painting by German artist Bernd Mechler

06/02/2026

Lydia Azout, Templo Mayor. Oxidized iron 34 × 380 × 242 inches, 2006
Considered a seminal work within Azout’s oeuvre, Templo Mayor exemplifies the artist’s enduring exploration of monumentality, structure, and the relationship between materiality and space.

On the occasion of Lydia Azout’s current exhibition at Dot Fiftyone Gallery, we announce that the show has been extended through June 30

05/29/2026

On the occasion of Lydia Azout’s current exhibition at Dot Fiftyone Gallery, we are pleased to share this backstage video documenting the installation of the artist’s large-scale sculptures for her 2019 solo exhibition Vacuum Structures at the Modern Art Museum Bogotá curated by

The exhibition concluded with the museum’s acquisition of Dynamic Portal for its permanent collection, where the work remains on permanent view at the museum’s entrance.

Video by Camilo George . Watch the full video on our YouTube Channel

05/21/2026

Gian Paolo Minelli is featured in one of the episodes of the Artist Dialogue Series, produced by .gallery and available on the gallery’s YouTube channel.

Filmed inside the artist’s studio, this original production offers a personal insight into Gian Paolo’s creative universe, exploring the ideas, emotions, and reflections that shape his artistic practice. An intimate conversation that unveils the inspirations and processes behind the work of one of today’s most distinctive contemporary artists and photographers.

A film by . Watch the full video on our YouTube channel.

05/14/2026

Oscar Abraham Pabon , featured in one of the videos from the Artist Dialogue Series, produced by .gallery and available on the gallery’s YouTube channel.

In this original production, filmed at Osca’s studio in Barcelona (Spain), he shares the story behind his artistic practice, revealing the emotional and intellectual motivations that drive the creation of his work. An intimate look into the thoughts, inspirations, and creative process of one of today’s most compelling contemporary artists. A video by Watch the full version in our channel in YoutubE

04/24/2026

Lydia Azout, Cosmic Wave #1, 2011. Steel With Rust Patina 14 × 14 × 14 in On view in the artist’s current exhibition at Dot Fiftyone.

Azout’s fourth solo exhibition at Dot Fiftyone coincides with the release of her new monographic publication, celebrating over five decades of artistic practice.

Featuring stainless steel sculptures, photographic works with sculptural steel elements finished in gold paint, and a video piece, the exhibition explores the tension between fragility and monumentality, darkness and light.

Rooted in geometry, nature, and spirituality, Azout’s practice invites contemplation—revealing resilience and the quiet emergence of light after the storm.

A central figure in Colombian and Latin American modernism, Lydia Azout has developed a singular sculptural language over more than fifty years. Her work moves fluidly between intimate scales and monumental installations, balancing formal rigor with a deeply contemplative dimension.

Her sustained engagement with sacred geometry—through elemental forms such as the circle, triangle, square, and pentagon—has become a defining axis of her practice. Working primarily with iron, she transforms industrial material into a vehicle for metaphysical inquiry, imbuing geometric structures with organic vitality and spiritual resonance.