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  2025 SPRING-SUMMER MUST-SEE ART SHOWS Nazli Kok Art Reports FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON, Paris, France, "DAVID HOCKNEY 25"  Until August 31 Curators; Suzanne Pagé, Sir Norman Rosenthal, Francois Michaud, Magdelena Gemra David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist, (Pool with Two Figures), 1972. Acrylic on canvas . (Credit photo: Art Gallery of New South Wales/ Jenni Carter) " This exhibition means an enourmous amount because it is largest exhibition I've ever had, 11 rooms in the Fondation Louis Vuitton . Some of the very last paintings I'm working on  will not be included in it, and I think  it's going to be very good" David Hockney In the Spring of 2025, the Fondation Louis Vuitton  is inviting David Hockney, one of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, to take over the entire building for an exhibition that will be exceptional in its scale and its originalit y.  ( The article dedicated specifically to the exhibition will be available s...

HAS SPRING SPRUNG THIS YEAR FOR THE ART MARKET ? Nazli Kok Art Reports Marlene Dumas, (B.1953), Miss January, ( detail) Spring auctions in New York  kicked off this week, with lots of items up for grabs. The spring art sales in New York have always served as an indicator of the state of the art market .  Despite ongoing  economic uncertainty, the questions remains as :  Whether collectors will be willing to purchase ?   Should auction houses put the estimated sale prices more carefully and without inflating them? The role of guaranteed sales and third parties will be called into question in the near future. It is important to consider how this will affect the operations of auction houses, consignors and buyers in the art market. Could the significant rise in the number of works by female artists suggests that a new type of buyer, particularly female collectors, is entering the art market? Franz Von Stuck, Die Sunde, (The Sin), Christie's 20 th Century Evening Sa...

  ALL IN ONE !  March /April, 2025  Best Art Shows Reporter; Nazli Kok Akbas NKA ART REPORTS  Switzerland-France-Istanbul  Marlene Dumas, Blindfolded, 2002 CORPS ET AMES, (BODY AND SOUL) , Bourse de Commerce, Paris. 5 March - 25 August,                   Curator; Emma Lavigne. Corps et Ames, Bourse de Commerce, Paris.Nazli Kok Art Reports Miriam Cahn, Ritual, 2002,   The exhibition "Corps et Ames",  which brings together around one hundred works from the Pinault Collection to explore the representation of the body in contemporary art.   The exhibition offers viewers a heightened perspective on the fragility of our existence, man's place in society, the violence he suffers and, more generally, the disorder in the world around us. SURREALIST MASTERWORKS FROM THE COLLECTION HERSAINT , BEYELER FOUNDATION, BASEL, 16 February - 4 May, Curator; Raphael Bouvier. Surrealist Masterworks,Beyeler Foundati...