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image courtesy of GRAY photography Alex Katz, Autumn 17, 2023 OPENING TOMORROW Alex Katz: Seasons at MoMA text Art Editor  Every three months, everything looks different. I’m trying to get at that. I don’t want the painting to be like a static image of reality… – Alex Katz, MoMA Magazine, July 2, 2024 Alex Katz: Seasons celebrates the artist’s ever-evolving approach to painting what he terms the “immediate present” of the natural world. Katz begins his process with photographs and small painted sketches which he transforms into large-scale, immersive compositions. In many instances, Katz removes the horizon, allowing the expanse of the painting to create an environment with no clear beginning or end. The four monumental paintings featured in Alex Katz: Seasons chronicle the changing of the artist’s environment over a calendar year. These works belong to four suites of paintings titled for each season that were created by Alex Katz in his New York studio from 2022 – 2023. The Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NYJul 4 – Sep 8, 2024

image courtesy of Micheal Kors Michael Kors Debuts New Store Concept in Stockholm, Sweden text Fashion Tales Michael Kors is pleased to announce the opening of its newly designed and expanded Michael Kors Lifestyle store in the Westfield Mall of Scandinavia in Stockholm, Sweden, this June. The store’s transformation reflects the brand’s new store design concept, with a focus on pared-down luxury and sophisticated glamour. The 3,360-square-foot store will carry a luxe selection of MICHAEL Michael Kors fashion and accessories, including handbags, ready-to-wear, small leather goods and footwear, as well as watches, jewelry and eyewear. The store will also carry a broad assortment of leather goods, ready-to-wear, footwear and small leather goods from the Michael Kors Mens label. The new Michael Kors store concept reflects the brand’s commitment to laid-back luxury, with an emphasis on ease and sophistication. Customers are welcomed into an atmosphere warmed by soft neutral tones, residential décor cues and an open, airy ambience enhanced by floating shelves and vivid light. The setting invites customers to browse, shop and enjoy the brand’s exceptional personal styling and service. Interior design elements include hand-troweled plaster finishes and a refined spectrum of material choices including warm oak wood flooring, glossed black and white marble, and brushed nickel fixtures. A palette of warm whites and soft beiges is paired with textural accents and tactile fabrics that complement Michael Kors’ luxurious take on glamour. MON-SUN: 10:00-21:00

image courtesy of Picture This Gallery photography Ewa Stackelberg, Fotogram nr18, 2016, 188x140cm Picture This Gallery text Art Editor   The summer’s big exhibition UNTITLED NATURE at Picture This Gallery shows 23 Swedish photographers who in their work relate to nature in one way or another imaging. When 23 of Sweden’s leading photographers gather around the theme, we land far from traditional nature photography. The exhibition is not about nature as a motif but as a projection surface or approach. Some photographers start from their own nature, others work against nature, because some are nature a fund, a statement, or a condition. Nature is one of the most common motifs in photography and not infrequently one of the most boring. We wanted to challenge that. The result is an exhibition where we have selected 23 photographers who use nature in their images in widely different ways. The expressions span both that aesthetic and the political, conscious identity or free intuition, says Johan Lindskog, creative director at Picture This Gallery. Why is Picture This Gallery doing this exhibition?We are Scandinavia’s foremost gallery for photography and exhibit many international ones artists. This time we wanted to dig where we stand and highlight the very best the Swedish photographers. Modern photography has a strong position in Sweden and a large one artistic and commercial potential. We wanted to show it, says Pelle Höglund, gallery manager at Picture This Gallery. Are there only female photographers in the exhibition? Why?When we started looking at which photographers we wanted to invite to the exhibition, it showed it turns out that the ones we thought related the most interestingly to the theme simply were women. You can think about why it was like that, what significance it has for the result. It will be an open question in the exhibition, says Johan Lindskog. image courtesy of Picture This Gallery photography Ewa-Mari Johansson, Tree of Life, The Tree PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Aida ChehrehgoshaAnna RiwkinAnn EringstamAnna ClarénAnnika HolmérCamilla ÅkransCecilia EdefalkDenise GrünsteinEva KlassonEwa StackelbergEwa-Mari JohanssonHelena BlomqvistJulia HettaKarolina HenkeLena GranefeltLisen StibekMaria FribergMaria MiesenbergerMartina Hoogland-IvanowTova MozardTrinidad CarrilloTuija LindströmÅsa Sjöström PICTURE THIS GALLERY – ST PAULSGATAN 29 – 118 48 STOCKHOLM    0707-411 400 WED-FRI: 12:00-17:00 SAT: 12:00-16:00 image courtesy of Picture This Gallery photography Annika Holmér, HwalerWalesWale, 70x70cm image courtesy of Picture This Gallery photography Trinidad Carillo_Untitled_2007 image courtesy of Picture This Gallery photography Aida Cherehgosha, Was Still Too Late, 2011, 122x155cm