Bharti Kher presents "The Sun Splitting Stones" at Perrotin in Paris, on view through December 20, marking a significant return to painting after focusing on sculpture. The exhibition features works created during the Covid pandemic, including her "Weather Paintings" series on circular teak panels, which explore themes of intuition, cosmology, and the balance of masculine and feminine forces through spirals, triangles, and egg-like forms.
KÜTRAL VARGAS HUAIQUIMILLA: PERFORMAR LA SANGRE, HABITAR SU FLUJO, DIMENSIONAR LA HERIDA
Mapuche visual artist and performer Kütral Vargas Huaiquimilla presents "Performance de la sangre" (Performance of Blood) at Galería Gabriela Mistral in Santiago, Chile. Based on the artist's 2024 novel of the same name, the exhibition utilizes video-performance, sculpture, and clinical materials like medication vials to explore the intimate and collective experience of living with HIV. The project marks a significant interdisciplinary intersection of Mapuche identity, pharmacology, and contemporary medicalization.