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Art<\/p>\n

\"\"\"Suzanne<\/p>\n

Sasha Gordon, Flame Like Blush, 2024. \u00a9 Sasha Gordon Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, New York<\/p>\n

The fall season is the most charged moment of the art world calendar as museum exhibitions, gallery shows, art fairs, and auctions kick off again after a summer break. From Paris, to London, to New York, high-profile collectors, curators, advisors, and gallerists are perking up their ears for which artists will set the tone for the months ahead. <\/p>\n

Artsy scoured an array of fall shows to find the artists who are reaching new levels in their careers, whether that\u2019s showing their work to new audiences or at a major new gallery. Many of the artists on this list have recently signed with new representation or are making their solo debuts in major markets; some are already a few decades into their meaningful careers while others are fresh from art school. For all of them, one thing is clear: they\u2019re in the midst of career-making moments. Here are 8 artists who are having a breakout moment this fall.<\/p>\n

B. 1985, Madrid. Lives and works in Madrid.\"\"<\/p>\n

Portrait of Teresa Solar Abboud at her studio in Madrid. Photo by Pablo Alzaga. Courtesy of the artist and Traves\u00eda Cuatro.<\/p>\n

This fall, all eyes are on Spanish artist Teresa Solar Abboud<\/a>. Not only has she just secured new representation by Lehmann Maupin<\/a> (in collaboration with Travesia Cuatro<\/a>), Abboud also just announced a monumental new sculpture that will be presented during this year\u2019s Frieze Week in London<\/a> at the Hayward Gallery<\/a>. The piece, Mother Tongue (2025), will mark the sculptor\u2019s first time working with bronze, as well as her debut with a public U.K. institution. Later this fall she will also mount her first solo presentation in Germany at Kustverein Hannover<\/a>. Her first solo exhibition with Lehmann Maupin is scheduled for September 2026. <\/p>\n

The artist makes drawings and video installations, but she is best known for her large-scale sculptures produced in clay and polished in resin. They interrogate the relationship between humankind and the outermost crust of the earth. The works are composed of organic forms in bright colors. These sculptures\u2019 rough texture contrasts with the smooth propeller-like pastel shapes.<\/p>\n

The news comes following a flurry of important institutional moments for Abboud in the last few years. She participated in the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022<\/a> and has had solo presentations at Museo CA2M in Madrid and Museu d\u2019Art Contemporani de Barcelona in 2024. Last year, Birth of Islands (2024), her major sculpture of two smooth yellow-coated tongue-like figures, was commissioned for New York\u2019s High Line. <\/p>\n

B. 1993, Rio de Janeiro. Lives and works in Brooklyn. \"Ana\"\"<\/p>\n

Portrait of Ana Cl\u00e1udia Almeida, 2024. Photo by Marina Lima. Courtesy the artist; Fortes D\u2019Aloia & Gabriel, S\u00e3o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; Quadra, S\u00e3o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York.<\/p>\n

Brazilian artist Ana Cl\u00e1udia Almeida<\/a>\u2019s show \u201cOver Again<\/a>\u201d is not only her first major solo exhibition in New York, but also her first time showing with Stephen Friedman Gallery<\/a> since joining its roster<\/a>. On view through October 18th, the show features new fabric works, large-scale paintings, and a site-specific installation, all of which engage different media, from plastic, to oil pastels, to video. Though this is her first time showing in New York, her work has been widely exhibited in Brazil and internationally.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, her work features expansive brushstrokes of vivid color that fill the entirety of the canvas with thick layers of paint. Other times, she leaves vast portions bare save for a few strategic marks\u2014Almeida\u2019s pieces blend abstraction and materiality. The boundary between different media disintegrates as paintings on fabric and plastic are freed from their stretchers and contorted around the gallery\u2019s columns or hung from the ceiling. By experimenting with form, Almeida signals the importance of breaking from tradition and from patterns that are no longer of use to us. <\/p>\n

Earlier this year Almeida received her MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale University\u2019s School of Art. She also holds a BA from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. <\/p>\n

B. 1962, London. Lives and works in London.\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

Sonia Boyce in her studio, 2025. Photo by Lily Bertrand-Webb. Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth.<\/p>\n

Sonia Boyce, Michael & swishing braids, 03 2025. \u00a9 Sonia Boyce. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2025. Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and Apalazzo Gallery<\/p>\n

Multidisciplinary artist Sonia Boyce<\/a> DBE RA has spent over 40 years making trailblazing, improvisational performance and visual work that explores the power of voice and questions of identity. She was a part of the early 1980s Black British Arts Movement<\/a> and became the first Black British artist to be included in the Tate\u2019s collection by 1987\u2014but she\u2019s only now receiving her flowers. This fall, Hauser & Wirth<\/a>, who announced their representation of Boyce in 2023, presents her first solo show with the gallery: \u201cImprovise with what we have<\/a>,\u201d on view in New York through October 18th. <\/p>\n

Boyce was thrust into the spotlight when she became the first Black British woman to represent Britain at the 59th Venice Biennale<\/a> in 2022 with \u201cFeeling Her Way.\u201d The immersive installation and video work was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation. <\/p>\n

As part of \u201cImprovise with what we have,\u201d Boyce presents photographic and wallpaper works alongside two new films. In one, Silent Disco (2025), Boyce examines the collective performance of close listening and improvised movements by those in attendance at silent discos. To complement this, Boyce rearranged still images from the film into kaleidoscopic constellations which she presents as wallpaper, muddying the boundary between artwork and documentation. Meanwhile, Carmen (2025), observes the life and work of Guyanese British actress Carmen Munroe through splitscreen video feeds that intertwine her accomplishments with the ongoing impact of her legacy. <\/p>\n

B. 1962, Shanghai. Lives and works in Shanghai.\"\"\"Ding<\/p>\n

Portrait of Ding Yi. Photo by Li Ying. \u00a9 Ding Yi.Courtesy Lisson Gallery.<\/p>\n

Acclaimed Chinese abstractionist Ding Yi<\/a> is known for his crosses, an important motif that appears across his work. He started using this symbol without any narrative or intentional meaning, rather he was grounded in the rigorous act of repetition. But as his practice evolved over the course of four decades, Yi began investigating the cosmos, nature, and the universe. Now, Yi\u2019s spiritual works are on view in his new show, \u201cThe Road to Heaven,\u201d his inaugural exhibition in London at Lisson Gallery<\/a> which announced representation of the artist last year. Yi continues to be represented by ShanghART, Galerie Karsten Greve, Timothy Taylor<\/a>, and Galer\u00eda RGR<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Road to Heaven\u201d is a response to three intense years Yi spent researching ancient scrolls from the Dongba faith in southwestern China. These manuscripts depict the transportation of the soul into the afterlife through pictographs. Yi\u2019s works, made on coarse-fibred Dongba paper with acrylic and colored pencil, reinterpret the most significant of these scripts. <\/p>\n

B. 1998, Somers, New York. Lives and works in New York.\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

Portrait of Sasha Gordon, 2024. Photo by Jason Schmidt. Courtesy Matthew Brown and David Zwirner<\/p>\n

Sasha Gordon, Whores in the Attic, 2024. \u00a9 Sasha Gordon. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, New York<\/p>\n

An alum of The Artsy Vanguard 2022<\/a>, Sasha Gordon<\/a> shot to fame when she made her debut solo museum presentation with \u201cSurrogate Self\u201d at the ICA Miami<\/a> during Miami Art Week in 2023<\/a>. That show caught the attention of blue-chip gallery David Zwirner<\/a>, which now co-represents the artist alongside Matthew Brown. Later this month, David Zwirner\u2019s New York space will present Gordon\u2019s first solo exhibition with the gallery, \u201cHaze,\u201d featuring all new work.<\/p>\n

Gordon\u2019s technical prowess and knack for narrative are evidenced in her gauzy, life-like oil paintings that employ her own image as various alter egos to communicate her inner turmoil in horror-film-like fashion. A 2020 graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design, she is the youngest artist signed to Zwirner\u2019s roster, having bypassed the traditional stepping stones that were once considered the expected chutes to art world fame as mega-galleries race to sign young talent<\/a>. Her work is held in prominent collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art<\/a>, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art<\/a>, and the Hammer Museum<\/a>, among other institutions. Other recent solo presentations of her work include shows with Stephen Friedman Gallery, Jeffrey Deitch, and Matthew Brown. <\/p>\n

B. 1974, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lives and works in New York. \"\"<\/p>\n

Portrait of Suzanne Song. \u00a9 the artist. Courtesy of White Cube.<\/p>\n

Korean American abstract painter Suzanne Song<\/a> has widely exhibited her geometric compositions across the United States and South Korea. Now, a solo exhibition this fall at White Cube<\/a> in London moves her into blue-chip territory for the first time. Her new body of work, titled \u201cInterfold\u201d and made up of over 20 new canvases, is presented as part of \u201cInside the White Cube,\u201d the gallery\u2019s series of exhibitions that platform artists on the rise. The show will run through October 3rd at their Mason\u2019s Yard location. Past artists shown as part of this series include Alex Da Corte<\/a>, Etel Adnan<\/a>, Senga Nengudi<\/a>, and Michael Armitage<\/a>.Song\u2019s layered approach and line-based arrangements takes cues from Minimalism<\/a> and Op Art<\/a> to cast dizzying illusions in restrained color palettes. To achieve this disorienting effect, the artist works out the exacting details of the composition in advance, either by way of paper cut-outs or digital tools, ensuring the proportions align in geometric harmony. With these paintings, Song \u201cnavigat[es] the balance between control and openness,\u201d as she explained it in the show\u2019s press release. <\/p>\n

Song received her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University\u2019s School of Art in 2000, and she has previously shown her work in solo and group presentations at spaces including the Drawing Center<\/a>, the Doosan Art Center, and Gallery Baton<\/a>, which represents her.<\/p>\n

B. 1979, Lincoln, Nebraska. Lives and works in northern Minnesota and Chicago. \"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

Portrait of Andrea Carlson. Courtesy of the artist and Highpoint Center for Printmaking.<\/p>\n

Andrea Carlson Copper Man of Upper Michigan, 2025. Photo by Chris Grunder. Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco<\/p>\n

Andrea Carlson<\/a>\u2019s sweeping, multi-paneled tableaus contain traces of classic American landscape painting, including mountain peaks, endless skies, and coniferous trees. However, the similarities end there. As an Indigenous Ojibwe artist, Carlson puts to canvas a chaotic, thrashed, futuristic view of the landscapes of her ancestral homeland on the Grand Portage Band in northern Minnesota. For example, her painting The Buffet (2025) envisions the outcome of meteoric impact, with a colorful table set in its center. This work, along with eight smaller paintings, one sculpture, and another multi-paneled piece, is on view through October 25th at Jessica Silverman<\/a> gallery, which announced representation of the artist earlier this month.<\/p>\n

In addition to this show, Carlson will also be the subject of a major mid-career survey at the Denver Art Museum<\/a> that is set to open October 5th, as well as a solo show with the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art that will run until early next year. In the past few years, she has also received a string of recent awards and fellowships, such as the 2024 Creative Capital Award<\/a>. She also co-founded the Center For Native Futures, an all-Indigenous artist-led nonprofit that promotes Indigenous fine arts, putting Carlson on track to become a noted voice on the national stage. <\/p>\n

B. 1968, New York. Lives and works in New York\"\"<\/p>\n

Portrait of Gabrielle Garland in her studio. Courtesy of Miles McEnery Galery<\/p>\n

The contorted suburban homes that hold court in Gabrielle Garland<\/a>\u2019s quirky paintings do not feature any humans, and yet they are alive with personality. These works are on view through October 25th at Miles McEnery Gallery<\/a> as part of \u201cI\u2019ll Get You, My Pretty, and Your Little Dog Too<\/a>.\u201d This is the artist\u2019s first solo exhibition with the gallery since joining its roster, as well as her first in New York. <\/p>\n

Garland\u2019s buildings are almost humanized, with windows and doors loosely alluding to faces. With a warped perspective and punches of color, the structures in these portraits appear as if recalled hazily from a dream, testing the limits of Garland\u2019s memory. In I\u2019m glad he\u2019s single because I\u2019m going to climb that like a tree.\u2014Megan, Bridesmaids (2011)<\/a> (2024), fireworks burst over a home with a roof dotted with icicles. In other works, Concorde airplanes fly overhead and pelicans investigate driveways\u2014details that add rich movement to these static structures. Garland received her MFA from the University of Chicago and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since the 2000s, she has been the subject of solo shows with The Pit in Los Angeles, Taymour Grahne Projects<\/a> in London, and Corbett vs. Dempsey in Chicago, where she has exhibited extensively with various galleries. More recently, her work has been shown at fairs including The Armory Show<\/a>, NADA Miami, EXPO Chicago<\/a>, and the Intersect Aspen Art Fair. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Art Sasha Gordon, Flame Like Blush, 2024. \u00a9 Sasha Gordon Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74960,74965,3339,76,354,355,49,48,356,74962,75,28038,74966,74963,74961,74964,74959],"class_list":{"0":"post-138735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-ana-claudia-almeida","9":"tag-andrea-carlson","10":"tag-artist-list","11":"tag-arts","12":"tag-arts-and-design","13":"tag-artsanddesign","14":"tag-ca","15":"tag-canada","16":"tag-design","17":"tag-ding-yi-","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-gabrielle-garland","20":"tag-lehmann-maupin","21":"tag-sasha-gordon","22":"tag-sonia-boyce","23":"tag-suzanne-song","24":"tag-teresa-solar-abboud"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}