Big Hug Studio

11.12.25

Context Miami 2025

1 Moses Salihou, The thinker, 2025, Cameroonian

2 Roman Gulman, Eden, 2025, Ukrainian

3 Marek Osedowski, Enigma, 2025, Canadian

4 Nada, Izere Antoine, Velvet Evening, 2025, Rwandan

5 Alison Friend, Duncan the Dunker, 2025, British

6 Michael Bartmann, Internal Shift III, 2024, American

7 Aya Kawato, CUT, 2025, Japanese

8 Natan Elkanovich, Wrapped in Dreams, 2025, Moldova

9 Vee Speers, Gaia, 2023, Australian

10 Andrea Borga, Comedia N, 2025, Italian

11 9 Silvia Berton, La meraviglia, 2025, Italian

12 Eddy Ochieng, Another Her, 2025, Kenyan

13 David L. Raines, Dangling, 2025, American

9.12.25

Art Miami 2025

1 Nick Grindrod, Serpentine, 2025, British

2 Martin Schoeller, Kobe Bryant, 2009, German

3 Ivan Quesada, The woman with the six cats, 2025, Spain

4 Monica Delgado, I want to stay with you for ever, 2025, Filipino

5 Daisy Seilern, Mini DQ 3, 2025, Austrian

6 Yangyang Pan, Lush Overgrowth, 2025, Chinese Canadian

7 Michael Corner, Portrait No.3, 2024, Canadian

8 Yaacov Agam, Interplay Color Rythin Form, 1975 to 1977, Israeli

9 Lis Sam, Orange Blossom 2, 2025, Tunisian French

10 Jean Bosphore, Pale Blue Eyes, 2025, French

11 Matthijs Scholten, Bouquet of Street Flowers, 2024, Dutch

12 David Uessem, White Aura, 2025, German

13 Sharon Brunsher, Dance no.6, 2024, Israeli

14 Timothy Curtis, Faces, 2018, American

15 Ronald Mugabe, Blossoming Love, 2025, Ugandan

1.12.25

Abu Dhabi Art Fair 2025

1 Darvish Fakhr, Unbound, 2025, Iranian American

2 Abdus Salaam, Arham Al Nun, 2025, South African

3 Manal Aldowayan, I Am a Mother, 2005, Saudi Arabian

4 Douglas White, Black Palm, 2025, British

5 Samuel Olayombo, Strawberry Bob, 2022, Nigerian

6 Turiya Magadlela, Iqhawe La mantlane, 2023, South African

7 Nuri Kuzucan, Facade 19, 2025, Turkish

8 Ghazi Baker, Studies for entropy 3, 2025, Lebanese

9 Sungpil Chae, Portrait d'eau 240514, 2024, South Korean

10 Richard Hudson, Tear, 2020, British

11 Abdus Salaam, Fatherhood, 2025, South African

12 Y. Z. Kami, Endless Prayers XVII, 2009, Iranian American

13 Adonis, Untitled 124, 2025, Syrian

14 Raghav Babbar, The Lost Earring, 2024, Indian

15 Guim Tio Zarraluki, Samalayuca, 2024, Spanish

16 Mehdi Farhadian, In Search of Lost Neighbourhood, 2025, Iranian

17 Morteza Khosravi, Gaza 1, 2024, Iranian

18 Samy Snoussi, Untitled, 2025, Moroccan

19 Youngji Lee, I'll be there for you every single day, 2025, South Korean

20 Yayoi Kusama, For a Sleepless Night, Executed in 1978, Japanese

15.11.25

Art Cologne never fails to impress. This year I spotted seven new artists worth writing about. Jiri Georg Dokoupil's Ohne Titel shows phallic like vessels in warm royal blue. They appear filled with liquid and engage in tubular gymnastics and form an equally harmonious display. Jerry Helle's Rain on My Glasses explore juxtapositions as though fire and nature were brought together under one sitting. They blend well and contrast gleefully on the white background. Robert Janitz's Luz en el Tiempo is a lyrical play on the scale of James Narres. His colours blend together and swirl brilliantly on the canvas in a luminous shape. Jenny Michel's Map Mutations Kansas is an ingenious abstract work with great a colour scheme. Jordan Rubio's My first cigarette is a spooky take on a figure living in a hellish existence. Meanwhile Luka Stadler's Maikel brings to mind Wolfgang Tillmans' photography. Half-naked and homoerotic it challenges nature with the hidden. Dotted with white specs we see a heavenly figure before us. Michelle Jezierski's Shadow reminds me of Jeffrey Gibson's early work where he used tape and spray paint to create his geometric line works. Ms. Jezierski is no different but she does so in a more muted and feminine spirit. Her colours are robust, tasteful and do little to hide the skyline that we can see behind the line work.

1 Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Ohne Titel, 2024, Czech