{"id":579526,"date":"2026-08-01T23:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T23:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/579526\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T23:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T23:59:14","slug":"7-must-see-solo-gallery-shows-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/579526\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows in August"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rounding up the best gallery exhibitions across the United States each month, Galerie journeyed from New York<\/a> to California<\/a> to highlight the top solo shows for August. From Julian Schnabel\u2019s new signature plate and map paintings of umbrella pine trees, painted in Tuscany after filming his latest movie in Italy, at Pace in New York to old and new paintings, bronzes, and sculptural lamps by Urs Fischer<\/a> in a multi-venue show at Jeffrey Deitch<\/a> in Los Angeles and Brazilian painter Ana Elisa Egreja\u2019s U.S. debut with colorful canvas collages that conceptually fuse the techniques of Old Master still lifes with contemporary Pop culture items at Jessica Silverman<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>, these are the not-to-be-missed shows this month.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJulian Schnabel, Portrait of Italy Through Its Trees III, (2025).
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Courtesy of Pace<\/p>\n

1. Julian Schnabel | Pace, New York<\/p>\n

An acclaimed American artist and filmmaker, Julian Schnabel<\/a> achieved international fame in the late 1970s and 1980s for championing a passionate, expressive approach to painting that rejected the detached intellectualism of Minimalism and Conceptual art. Although he primarily sees himself as a painter, he is widely recognized for directing visually striking, poetic biographical films, including Basquiat, which chronicles the meteoric rise and tragic downfall of Jean-Michel Basquiat<\/a>; At Eternity\u2019s Gate, which offers an intimate look at the final years of Vincent van Gogh<\/a>; and In the Hand of Dante, a recently released epic thriller that explores the discovery of Dante\u2019s original manuscript of The Divine Comedy.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the native Italian umbrella pines in the gardens surrounding the legendary Villa Borghese in Rome<\/a> while filming his latest movie, Schnabel created a new series of his signature plate and map paintings of these evergreen pines, resulting in 17 new works on view in the engaging exhibition \u201cItaly Through Its Trees.\u201d Recalling his first visits to Italy as an emerging artist in his twenties, he took a house in Tuscany as his studio to explore his earliest ways of working. He painted the surrounding umbrella pines on 18th-century maps of Italy en plein air, then used those map paintings as drawings for the larger canvases, expressively painting over the shattered crockery on the studio floor with a brush on a stick, physically inhabiting the evocative paintings as he created them.<\/p>\n

Through August 14<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"Yellow<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Mangold, Compound Ring II Variant (White Line), (2012).
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Courtesy of Mignoni<\/p>\n

2. Robert Mangold | Mignoni, New York<\/p>\n

Robert Mangold<\/a> is an American abstract painter widely recognized for his key influence on the Minimalist art movement. Renowned for his large-scale paintings, prints, and drawings that explore the fundamental geometric relationships among shape, line, and color, he is represented in prestigious institutions worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art<\/a>. Throughout his career, he has pushed the limits of traditional painting, deliberately using tools such as paint rollers to minimize personal brushwork and maintain a flat, even surface, adopting an analytical, disciplined approach that harmonizes structural limitations with graceful, poetic curves.<\/p>\n

Presenting eight differently shaped canvases constructed from monochromatic or modeled acrylic planes, overlaid with pencil lines, the exhibition \u201cPaintings 1973-2012\u201d explores more than five decades of the artist\u2019s highly sophisticated works. Color and line are treated as separate elements, connected solely through the act of painting. In these works, the physical form of the painting plays a crucial role. Multi-panel arrangements highlight the joints between canvases, and shaped supports and apertures break the traditional rectangular shape. Mangold bypasses gesture and illusion, opting for a measured approach that shows how a painting can stand as a complete, self-contained object.<\/p>\n

Through August 14<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSara Flores, Untitled (Shao Ken\u00e9, 2026), (2026).
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: White Cube (Frankie Tyska). \u00a9 Sara Flores. Courtesy White Cube.<\/p>\n

3. Sara Flores | White Cube, New York<\/p>\n

A Peruvian Indigenous artist of the Shipibo-Konibo nation, which resides along the Ucayali River in the Amazon basin, Sara Flores<\/a> has gained international recognition for her work, notably becoming the first Indigenous artist to represent Peru with a solo national pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale<\/a>. Flores creates intricate, hand-painted geometric art rooted in the ancient Amazonian Ken\u00e9 tradition, a sacred, unwritten visual design language passed down through matrilineal lines. Her work is highly collaborative: she maps the main broken lines, while her daughters and granddaughters help complete the secondary parallel patterns, ensuring the continuation of ancestral knowledge through their active participation.<\/p>\n

Her \u201cAkinananti\u201d exhibition showcases new and historical patterned paintings created with vegetal dyes and pigments on wild-cotton canvas from her environment. It explores neural, psychological, elemental, ecological, and spiritual networks, weaving them into a complex, interconnected whole. Akinananti is work done with love and joy, embodying a practice rooted in reciprocity, interconnectedness, and mutual support. It highlights that individual well-being depends on community and environmental health, promoting growth for both. Her work expands the traditional concept of Ken\u00e9, an ancient Shipibo design practice central to their art, values, and spirituality. Ken\u00e9, meaning design and related to k\u00e9enti, meaning to love or care for, represents their resistance to colonial forces that cause ecological damage and pollution in their homeland.<\/p>\n

Through August 14<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEnrico David, Untitled, (2020).
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Courtesy of VeneKlasen<\/p>\n

4. Enrico David | \u00a0VeneKlasen, New York<\/p>\n

An Italian sculptor, draftsman, and designer living and working in London<\/a>, Enrico David<\/a> creates poetic works that evoke elements of early-20th-century art. Shortlisted for the 2009 Turner Prize and featured in \u201cThe Encyclopedic Palace,\u201d Massimiliano Gioni\u2019s acclaimed exhibition at the 2013 Venice Biennale<\/a>, David\u2019s work primarily focuses on the human figure, examining themes of identity, transformation, and the body\u2019s psychological states.<\/p>\n

The first exhibition dedicated solely to the artist\u2019s graphic pieces, \u201cWorks on Paper 1995\u20132026,\u201d offers a compelling selection of drawings, watercolors, and collages that blur the boundaries between abstraction and figuration, and between the concrete and the surreal. David often transforms fleeting images into three-dimensional forms, underscoring drawing\u2019s central role in his practice. Works on view from the past 30+ years, including studies, sketches, and finished pieces, showcase the artist\u2019s distinctively poetic vision at every turn.<\/p>\n

Through September 6<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"Silhouette<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUrs Fischer, After Midnight, (2026).
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Courtesy of the artist and Jeffrey Deitch<\/p>\n

5. Urs Fischer | Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

Urs Fischer<\/a> is a celebrated Swiss artist known worldwide for his rebellious, unpredictable, and genre-crossing creations, including sculpture, large installations, digital media, and paintings. Initially trained in photography, he rose to prominence in the art scene by examining themes such as transformation, decay, perception, and the challenge to ordinary objects. The multidisciplinary artist\u2019s creative vocabulary\u2014ranging from melting wax sculptures and tiny clay figures scaled up to larger pieces to digital artworks and architectural interventions\u2014is extremely diverse, employing a wide array of both stable and highly unstable materials to provoke viewers\u2019 perceptions of physical space.<\/p>\n

Taking over the gallery\u2019s two substantial spaces and the bookstore, his multipart \u201cYES\u201d and \u201cLA DUST\u201d exhibitions present a series of large bronze sculptures made from small clay figures in the YES section, new paintings created from scans of dust from the artist\u2019s Los Angeles<\/a> studio floor, and a new series of shadow lamps in the transformed bookstore. The playful sculptures were originally cast from clay works by invited participants in Fischer\u2019s 2013 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles exhibition, organized by Jeffrey Deitch, the museum\u2019s director at the time. Relatedly, the more cerebral dust paintings reference an earlier body of Fischer\u2019s work from an exhibition Deitch presented at MOCA in 2012, while the new shadow lamps transform images of hand-molded clay into industrial design, a realm the talented artist has recently ventured into.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Through August 15<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"Colorful<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTerri Friedman, Undermuch, (2026).
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Chris Grunder. Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Meier<\/p>\n

6. Terri Friedman | Anthony Meier, Mill Valley<\/p>\n

Terri Friedman<\/a>, a California<\/a>-based mixed-media fiber artist and educator, is renowned for her large, vibrant, and tactile \u201cyarn paintings\u201d and weavings. Born in Colorado<\/a> and educated at Brown University and the Claremont Graduate School, she initially worked as a painter and sculptor before shifting to weaving on a floor loom after seeing a monumental Joan Mir\u00f3<\/a> tapestry in Barcelona about 12 years ago. She now approaches the loom with a painterly and sculptural sensibility, producing works that deliberately challenge conventional weaving norms.<\/p>\n

\u201cOvermuch,\u201d the Bay Area artist\u2019s first solo exhibition with the gallery, showcases 18 woven textile pieces in various sizes, created between 2019 and 2026. Friedman\u2019s textile works encompass material objects, spatial interventions, and emotional elements. Their vibrant color palettes match the exhibition\u2019s title, an Old English term meaning \u201ctoo much\u201d or \u201cvery much.\u2019 Friedman reinterprets it as a sign of abundance, celebrating the richness of lived experience. Each piece begins with a word or phrase and develops through an intuitive yet organized exploration of material and color. Drawing on decades of collecting fibers, yarns, cloth, and textiles\u2014ranging from Icelandic wool and upholstery piping to painted fibers and commercial neon acrylics\u2014the artist uses the loom to brilliantly express sensations and mood.<\/p>\n

Through September 18<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"Colorful<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAna Elisa Egreja, Window with Parrots and a Golden Sky [Janela com Papagaios e C\u00e9u de Ouro], (2026).
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Filipe Berndt. Courtesy of the artist, Almeida & Dale, and Jessica Silverman<\/p>\n

7. Ana Elisa Egreja | Jessica Silverman, San Francisco<\/p>\n

A Brazilian painter known for her vibrant, large-scale oil paintings that combine elements of magical realism, classical traditions, and detailed domestic scenes, Ana Elisa Egreja<\/a> creates intricate, multi-layered visual stories mainly within two overlapping genres: interior portraits and still lifes. Rather than painting from pure imagination, Egreja works like a stage director, frequently transforming real, sometimes abandoned spaces through physical decoration\u2014adding water, plants, particular objects, or unexpected wildlife\u2014then photographing these arrangements, which are devoid of human figures yet imply them, to create her canvas collages.<\/p>\n

Presenting the S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a>-based artist\u2019s first solo show in the United States, \u201cThe Flight of Color\u201d features 15 new oil paintings that conceptually blend the precise techniques of Dutch Golden Age still lifes with contemporary Pop culture items. She uses still life to capture everyday objects that hold cultural significance or evoke shared memories, thereby preserving collective consciousness over time. She documents what fascinates her\u2014ranging from furniture to food packaging\u2014and combines these elements into highly symbolic compositions featuring foods, flowers, textiles, and found objects. She draws on Old Master still life traditions while embracing the creative freedom of collage to chronicle a world in flux.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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