Summary

• SOLO CSV is the latest can't-miss art venue in Madrid, Spain, hailing from the international SOLO arts project and collection led by Ana Gervás and David Cantolla
• Currently on view is WE ALL SHINE ON, an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Aaron Johnson, at its recently-opened Bowman Hal art gallery

Madrid may be well known as an Old Masters capital - Picasso, Bosch, Goya among the sort - but in recent years, the city has been steadily rewriting its reputation in the contemporary art conversation, and redefining its place on the global stage. Adding to your roster of must-see art venues in Spain is SOLO CSV, a new arts and culture space from the Madrileño international arts project SOLO.

Situated just a stone's throw from the lush Parque del Oeste, the space signals an exciting new chapter for the Ana Gervás and David Cantolla-helmed collection. The venue welcomed visitors for the first time in June with its inaugural show by William Mackinnon at Bowman Hal, its purpose-built gallery, where Aaron Johnson's cosmic splendor, WE ALL SHINE ON, is currently on view.

To bring the space to life, SOLO tapped Spanish architecture firm Estudio Herreros to transform the 4,000-square-meter ex-printworks into what's perhaps best described as an ever-unfurling art labyrinth that keeps both an industrial grit and domestic charm at heart. Eschewing your typical white-walled walkthrough, CSV presents itself as a series of unexpected encounters — from its interior-exterior design that flirts with perceptive play, to paned windows peppered throughout the space, framing off-guard glimpses into collection.

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Beyond Bowman Hal, the site doubles as a home base for the many projects that make up the SOLO arts incubator at large: ONKAOS, its digital arts and new media initiative; a spacious, on-site conservation and restoration lab; and the recently-announced Movimiento 37, an experimental ode to art as a cross-cultural dialogue, set to debut with a spectral showcase of sound and video works by Georgian artist Koka Nikoladze.

As SOLO’s main venue, Independencia (formerly Colleción SOLO) continues to house its 1,200-piece core across town, the opening of CSV ushers in an exciting era for the collection, one that both reinforces its position as a unifying thread and measures up to the unyielding curiosity that defines its vision. Even as its full scale is yet to come, CSV has already claimed its spot as a must-see destination for the city's contemporary art explorers.

SOLO CSV
Cta. de San Vicente, 36,
Moncloa - Aravaca,
28008 Madrid, Spain

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• Summary
• Daisies, the traveling exhibition series curated by Paige Silveria, is now on view at Dover Street Market in Paris through September 21
• The showcase brings together an international roster of over a dozen names, spanning painting, sculpture, design, sound and performance

In its latest move, Daisies, the traveling exhibition series, returns to France – this time, landing at Dover Street Market Paris.

Launched in 2018 by Paige Silveria, a mainstay in New York's downtown scene, the project has kept busy cultivating a devoted following, planting exhibitions, book fairs, clothing collaborations and print publications around the globe.

For its ongoing Paris presentation, Daisies transforms the building's lower level into a celestial art cave. The showcase carves out a home in the off-kilter and unafraid with honesty, dynamism and nostalgia threading its cross-medium offerings together.

Works on view hail from an international lineup of names to watch, including Camille Soulat, Charlotte-Maëva Perret, Christie Macdonald, Jack Warne, Lisa Boalt, Lucas Dupuy, Mathis Altmann, Melchior Tersen, Nicolas Zanoni, Pierre Touré Cuq and Sarah Yukiko, alongside a performance piece by Gabrielle Schwann on opening night.

Presented in partnership with Salomon Sportstyle, Daisies Paris cements the series' unmissable vision as both a fixture of the cultural mainstream, while also operating as a barometer for the art world’s emerging edge.

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The exhibition is now on view through September 21. Head to Daisies' page for more information.

Dover Street Market Paris
35-37 Rue des Francs Bourgeois,
75004 Paris, France

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• Duddell’s in Hong Kong reopens with a solo exhibition by artist Danh Võ, titled “Let’s Star Over"
• The exhibition explores themes of identity and memory through the artist’s subtle use of everyday objects
• Running from September 17, 2025, to April 6, 2026, the show is a perfect blend of culinary and creative culture

Hong Kong’s renowned cultural and culinary hub, Duddell’s, is marking a new beginning. To celebrate its reopening after a major redesign by Andre Fu Studio, the restaurant is presenting "Let's Start Over,” a new solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed Vietnamese-Danish artist Danh Võ. Curated by William Zhao, the exhibition's title is taken from a classic line in the film Happy Together, perfectly mirroring Duddell’s own fresh start. The presentation will be on view from September 17, 2025, to April 6, 2026.

This new exhibition is a profound and quiet exploration of identity, memory, and heritage, and serves as a retrospective of Võ’s artistic practice since his first show at Duddell's a decade ago. Known for his breakthrough at the 2015 Venice Biennale, Võ masterfully reconfigures everyday objects, religious relics, and family archives into subtle, yet powerful, arrangements. The works do not make grand gestures, but instead invite viewers to find personal and collective meaning in transformed materials.

A signature element of Võ’s work, a series of gold-leaf cardboard pieces, exemplifies his approach of turning the ordinary into the sacred. By doing so, he challenges conventional ideas of value and materiality. The exhibition is a forward-looking dialogue that encourages visitors to engage with the quiet power of objects and the resonant histories they carry, offering a perfect blend of culinary art and creative dialogue for which Duddell's is known.

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Greg Girard's Hong Kong archive comes home in HK:PM, a new moving image commission, now on view on the facade of the M+ Museum. The Canadian photographer is the latest name to take over the 7,000-square-meter screen, lighting up the waters of Victoria Harbour with a tender tribute to the city's past.

HK:PM animates analogue photographs from the artist's personal collection, shot in during his time in Hong Kong between the 1970s and the 1990s. The collection captures life in motion across the crowded streets of Central, the now-demolished Kowloon Walled City and neon-soaked nightclub scenes.

“This commission offers me the unique opportunity to revisit these photographs, transforming fragments of Hong Kong’s recent past into a cinematic sequence,” the artist said in a recent statement.

At last, Girard's works return to the context of their creation. The commission unpacks old Hong Kong to make anew, paying homage to the then, now and the endless in-between. HK:PM is now on view at the M+ facade every night through September 28.

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• KAWS debuts THERAPY solo exhibition at Galerie Max Hetzler
• Highlights include "SPACE (2023)," which reimagines COMPANION as a melancholic astronaut, alongside new paintings featuring CHUM in existential moments
• The exhibition will be on view until August 9, 2025

KAWS has unveiled THERAPY, a solo exhibition at Galerie Max Hetzler, marking his first collaboration with the Berlin-based gallery. Known for blending popular culture with fine art, KAWS brings his bold gestures, playful compositions and emotionally charged characters to the forefront. The exhibition features a series of paintings and a monumental sculpture, exploring themes of human vulnerability and connection through his iconic hybrid cartoon figures.

In his new series of paintings, KAWS continues his exploration of seriality, featuring variations of "CHUM", a character he developed in the late '90s. Set against paint-stippled backgrounds, the works juxtapose sharp outlines with spontaneous textures, reminiscent of spray-painted street art. Shadows give the figures a sculptural depth, blurring the line between graphic illustration and fine art. Several compositions depict "CHUM" holding up a canvas, creating an image-within-an-image, while others place the character in existential moments.

The exhibition’s focal sculpture, "SPACE (2023)", presents an iteration of KAWS’ "COMPANION", a character first introduced as a vinyl toy in 1999. Standing at street level in the Bleibtreustraße 15/16 gallery, the stainless steel figure reimagines "COMPANION" as a melancholic space explorer, dressed in an astronaut suit with an oxygen tank. Instead of holding a flag, it covers its eyes with gloved hands, reflecting themes of resignation and existential contemplation. KAWS’ signature XX motifs, typically used for his characters’ eyes, now adorn the gloves, adding to the sculpture’s introspective tone.

KAWS’ THERAPY exhibition will remain at Galerie Max Hetzler until August 9, 2025.

Galerie Max Hetzler
Bleibtreustraße 45,
10623 Berlin, Germany

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