Each year immersed in art gets better and better, and this year was no exception. From a growing obsession with incredible painters to some conceptually-driven art fair show stoppers, there were many highlights from 2022. So, without much more need for an introduction, I’m excited to share a round-up of the highlights with you.
🌊 Deep Dive: Listing Out the Year
Read on for thematic highlights from a busy art-filled year, with a little teaser of what 2023 may bring.
2022 — a year of many favorites.
Painters 🎨
My obsession with investigating the world around us through paint continues.
Interiors — Sophie Treppendahl & Keiran Brennan Hinton
Figures — Danielle Mckinney & Karyn Lyons
Abstraction — Sara Flores & Mariel Capanna
Tactile — Stephanie Temma Hier & Tammi Campbell
Paint x Tech — Rachel Rossin
New Discoveries — Claire Milbrath & Dickon Drury (both on Peggy now 👀 — code BRONWYN for access)
Artworks 🖼
Two works from very different times and places, that took my breath away.
René Magritte, L'empire des lumières, 1961 @ Sotheby’s
Alfredo Jaar, 06.01.2020 18.39, 2022 @ Whitney Biennial
Destinations 📍
Epitomizing the fact that space can completely change perspective.
Pilgrimage worthy: Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido
Museum: Museo Jumex, Mexico City
Traditional settings with contemporary art: Caroline Walker’s Birth Reflections at The Fitzrovia Chapel, London
Immersions: James Turrell’s Twilight Epiphany Skyspace, Houston
Art Fair Finds 🔎
Two works that stood out in a sea of art.
MSCF’s ATM at Art Basel, Miami
Hugh Hayden at Art Basel, Switzerland
NFT Project 👾
If we are still counting…
The Petra Cortright NFT Collection at One Delisle
(Shameless plug but shout out to Slate Asset Management for their creativity and originality with this project, and Petra’s practice for being the perfect match for the medium.)
Reading 📚
To look and to learn.
Coffee table: (Nothing but) Flowers, published by KARMA
Art adjacent: Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Next Up! What we are looking forward to in 2023 (so far) ✨
Some things I’d love to see, that would even be worth attending virtually…
Exhibitions:
Gordon Matta-Clark & Pope.L, Impossible Failures at 52 Walker, New York, February-April
Zanele Muholi at La MEP, Paris, February - May
Carrie Mae Weems at the Barbican, London, June-September
Wolfgang Tillmans, To look without fear, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, April-October
& Beyond. Have to save some things for 2024!
Museums on the wishlist…
Remai Modern, Saskatoon
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
🔥 Trending
Kapwani Kiwanga will represent Canada at the next Venice Biennale in 2024 — if you visited The Power Plant in 2017 Toronto, you’ve seen (and likely Instagrammed) her work! 💓
Keep an eye on Peggy, as we will be featuring galleries and artists participating in next month’s art fairs in CDMX and L.A. (download now — code BRONWYN for access).
👋 Parting Words…
Excited to see what 2023 will bring! Would love to hear about your art year in review — if there is anything you think I missed or cultural highlights that deserve a mention, don’t hesitate to comment below or reach out!
Until next time…
XX, B