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“Imagination was probably my only homeland” - Huguette Caland

Between TEFAF () , Frieze (), NADA (), Esther (.newyork), Independent (), May Auctions, the Whitney Biennale () and countless of incredible gallery exhibitions, we’re most looking forward Huguette Caland’s solo exhibition at Lisson (). Organized by independent curator and writer Tarini Malik (), this presentation charts Caland’s groundbreaking career across five decades and three continents and will be the first time her work is presented in New York in over five years.

Get ready for yet another art-filled week, New York!

Image Credit: Huguette Caland, Pink Feeling Blue, 1973

Leaving Venice with hearts full.

Looking back at all we saw over the last few days, it was nearly impossible to pick out the ‘highlights.’ We fell in love with paintings, had physical reactions to performances (both positive and negative), left with more questions than answers, and contemplated what it is about art - no matter how strange - that is so uniquely human. Thank you to the artists, curators, and people behind the scenes that helped answer that question.

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1. Sanya Kantarovsky () at Istituto Veneto di Scienze.
2. Installation of candy chandeliers by Simone Post () at ‘Still Joy — From Ukraine into the World’ presented by the PinchukArtCentre. We could talk about this exhibition to no end.
3. Sang Woo () in AMA’s () group exhibition ‘Aura.’
4. Ei Arakawa-Nash’s (.arakawa.nash) exhibition at the Japanese Pavilion.
5. Lee Ufan at SMAC Venice.
6. Oriol Vilanova () at the Spain Pavilion.
7. Otobang Nkanga () installation outside ‘In Minor Keys.’
8. A doorway at the new .
9. Bibi () in awe at Michael Armitage () at Palazzo Grassi ().
10. Another view of Michael Armitage at the Pinault Collection.
11. A dreamy detail image of Sanya Kantarovsky.
12. JR () revisits The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese.
13. Dessert courtesy of .

If you’re in New York or coming for week, don’t miss The Adventure of Domenico Gnoli at Lévy Gorvy Dayan.

Gnoli’s works pull you in, almost insistently. You find yourself moving closer and closer… drawn to the surface and the precision of each detail. The scale redefines what would otherwise be intimate: a strand of hair, the fold of fabric, interlaced bodies, a gesture held in suspension.

There’s a striking stillness, but also a quiet, haunting tension between presence and absence: what’s rendered with such clarity, and what’s withheld.

Domenico Gnoli is an artist I’ve been fond of for years now, and one of the greatest pleasures of my job as an art advisor is to see his works inside collectors’ homes.

A historical presentation at , well worth taking the time to experience.

On view now in New York, until May 23.

The perfect harmony between art, architecture and nature. Collectors Jen Rubio () and Stewart Butterfield ()’s transformed 1910s brick Hamptons house has become art and sculpture filled sanctuary.

The living room’s focal point is an art rail where the couple regularly rotates works from their extensive collection. (They also serve on the boards of several major New York cultural institutions.) At the moment, the rail displays a 17th-century seascape, a 1940s painting of sheep, a mid-19th-century botanical still life, and an intricate 18th-century ink drawing. Elsewhere in the room are contemporary pieces, 19th-century oil portraits, and a framed drawing gifted by a friend’s child.

“That mix of high and low, old and new feels natural,” Rubio says. “It’s an unusual little grouping that somehow works together, and we’ll probably change it again next year.”

Two of the couple’s favorite contemporary artists are Ewa Juszkiewicz () and Danielle Mckinney (), while Butterfield is especially drawn to Old Master still lifes, particularly Dutch works. Jen is drawn to contemporary art and discovering emerging voices, while Stewart appreciates the history and presence of older works. Together, it creates a conversation beyond time.

Design ; landscape ; photography .

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1. Painting by Ewa Juszkiewicz
2. A sculpture by Sanford Biggers
3. Ceramic plates by Pablo Picasso
4. Painting by George Condo
5. A Claire Tabouret fountain in the garden
6. Painting by Robert Rauschenberg
7. The children play in front of a sculpture by Alicja Kwade

Artist Spotlight: Eva Yurková (.yurkova). ⁠
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Eva Yurkova’s practice is rooted in traditional printmaking, where every idea passes through an imaginary printing press. She works in layers of color and form, creating figures as matrices of wood, paper, linoleum, or clay. Blunt floral shapes break up the softness of the bodies, with each flower carrying its own message.⁠
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In her latest release of works, Yurková finds inspiration in the relationships between bodies and the spaces they inhabit, both in architecture, and the natural world it often mimics. In her Pansy series, she draws from architectural details at Otto Wagner’s Klinik Penzing, where windows frame bodies and motifs, exploring the boundaries between public and private. In Beach Body, she captures bodies in water, monumental yet intimate, sometimes fully revealed, sometimes hidden behind plants. Both series continue her ongoing exploration of visibility, intimacy, and the fragile power of observation.⁠
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Go to newcube.art to explore Yurková’s the latest works.

Design matters.

On April 22, approximately 125 works from the celebrated Jean and Terry de Gunzburg Collection will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s New York, marking one of the most valuable single-owner design auctions in the house’s history, a true once-in-a-generation moment. The sale brings together design and art by icons including Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, Jean Royère, Alberto Giacometti, Jean-Michel Frank, and Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, alongside masterpieces by Mark Rothko, Alexander Calder, and Pablo Picasso.

Assembled over more than four decades, the collection reflects the couple’s instinctive approach to collecting, shaped within their New York apartment designed by Jacques Grange and often described as ‘New York on the outside, Paris on the inside.’ Blending avant-garde design with modern and contemporary art, the interiors reveal a rare dialogue between objects, where furniture, sculpture coexist in unexpected harmony.

A few of our obsessions:

Francis Bacon’s 1979 triptych Studies from the Human Body, a monumental work that anchors the dining room and embodies the collection’s remarkable provenance and vision. The dining chairs are by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann (c. 1930s) and the rug is by Ivan de Silva Bruhns (also c. 1930s).

Serge Poliakoff’s ‘Composition, Blue, Red, and Grey’ (1955 hangs above the living room fireplace alongside Georg Baselitz’s ‘Dresdner Frauen: Die Kranke aus Radebeul’ (1990) and Beauford Delaney’s ‘Still Life with Idol’ (c. 1945).

Pablo Picasso’s ‘Buste de Femme’ (1955) hangs above a four-panel screen by Alexandre Noll (1925). On the left shelves, a group of ceramics by Picasso and ceramics by Tatsuzo Shimaok, placed with armchairs by Paul Dupré-Lafon.

Photographed by François Halard in 2014 for W Magazine.

The wait is over... “Tracey Emin: A Second Life” is now on view at Tate Modern, a landmark exhibition decades in the making.

The largest survey of Dame Tracy Emin’s career to date, the exhibition spans over 40 years and brings together more than 90 works across painting, neon, textile, sculpture, video and installation. From the raw confessions of the 1990s, including My Bed (1998), to powerful new works shaped by pain, survival and transformation, it’s an uncompromising and deeply human journey that tests the boundaries between art and autobiography through one of the most influential artistic voices of our time.

At newcube, we’ve long admired Emin’s unapologetic practice, and we’re proud to have placed her works with some of our esteemed collectors over the years.

‘A Second Life’ is unmissable & and on view at Tate Modern until 31 August.

Happy Birthday to newcube founder, Bibi Zavieh!

A trusted art advisor with over 20 years of expertise in postwar and contemporary art, Bibi has guided collectors around the world in building collections of lasting legacy and value, while championing emerging artists shaping the future. An accredited member of the Appraisers Association of America and USPAP-compliant, she holds dual Master’s degrees from Sorbonne University and a Certification in Art & Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London.

Before founding newcube in 2020, Bibi built her career across Paris, London, Dubai, and New York - from leading galleries and the private foundations, to senior roles at Christie’s and Artnet. Today, newcube.art stands as a bespoke art advisory and artist platform supporting both collectors and emerging artists globally.

Aside from being a super star in her field, she is simply just an incredible patron of the arts, human being, and friend. Happy birthday, Bibi!

Whether you’re a seasoned collector or looking to make your first acquisition, get in touch with newcube.

Explore the latest series by newcube artist Pedro Ruxa ().

Ruxa (b. Portugal, lives and works in Brussels) is a painter whose work balances intellectual inquiry with striking visual presence. As a professor of color theory, Ruxa’s work not only bridges artistic practice with academic research, but explores painting as both a technical discipline and a philosophical investigation.

In this series, Ruxa strips away context, leaving figurative forms floating against a black background. Color, memory, and imagination collide, creating works that resist a single meaning, inviting viewers into an ongoing dialogue between sensation and thought.

Click the link in our bio to discover Ruxa’s work.

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