Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe
Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe

November 2024

The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone™ Empire – Leek Phone™ sponsored Contemporary Art Conversations

In the autumn of 2023, Andrew Gilbert traveled to Hangzhou, China, as representative of Leek Phone™ to explore potential business deals, establish new trade routes, seek territory for founding Emperor Andrew Instant Coffee plantations, and participate in the BY ART MATTERS artist residency program.

Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe

Sperling

Upcoming:

10 May–28 Jun 2025

Malte Zenses: Durchhalten galore! Pinturas para perros.

Upcoming:

9 May–17 May 2025

Andrew Roberts: Protean silicone matter

News: 22 Apr

The documentation of Malte Zenses’ exhibition at Pequod Co. (MXCD) is online. Click here to see the first part of his two part exhibition Pinturas para perros. Durchhalten galore!

News: 15 Apr

Anna McCarthy is part of Villa Stuck’s festival I HEAR A NEW WORLD, the closing chapter of the museum’s interim location at Goethestr. 54 (Munich), April 22–27, 2025.

News: 9 Apr

Art Düsseldorf 2025, with Wolfgang Matuschek, Anna McCarthy and Anna Vogel at stand B04.1, April 10–13 (Click here for preview!).

News: 8 Apr

Anna McCarthy is part of the group show not dying at Rüschhaus (Burg Hülshoff, Center for Literature, Münster), April 5–October 31, 2025.

News: 7 Apr

Last chance to see Wolfgang Matuschek as part of the group show Frozen Mirrors, curated by Ludwig Seyfarth at Kai 10, Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf, (closing April 26, 2025).

News: 31 Mar

Goodbye Regerplatz! After ten years, Sperling is moving to a new location in Munich Maxvorstadt, opening May 9th parallel to Various Others Munich with a solo show by Malte Zenses.

You can still visit Andrew Gilbert’s exhibition Andrew is Trapped in Tiger Fur Church at Regerplatz by appointment until April 17th (mail@sperling-munich.com).

News: 19 Mar

Amuleto by Ana Navas, March 19 – May 5, 2025, at Crisis, Lima, PE.

News: 8 Mar

Anousha Payne is part of the group show The Volcano Lover at Galerist, Istanbul, curated by Anlam de Coster, March 13–April 26, 2025.

News: 30 Jan
News: 22 Jan

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News: 8 Jan

Pizza, Taxi, Radio by Wolfgang Matuschek is featured in MOUSSE Magazine exhibitions. His show is extended until Friday, January 31!

News: 7 Jan

Anna McCarthy and her band What Are People For? perform a New Year’s concert at K21, Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf, January 8, 7:30 pm.

News: 6 Dec

A duo exhibition of Anousha Payne and Sonja Ferlov Mancoba (1911–1984) opens December 6 at Newchild Gallery, Antwerp: The Small Things / From the Lowest Land will run until January 30, 2025.

News: 5 Dec

Anna McCarthy and Veronika Hilger are part of Jahresgaben of Kunstverein München. Click here to view their works!

News: 4 Dec

Veronika Hilger and Anna Vogel are part of “Wiedersehen macht Freu(n)de”, the ten year anniversary exhibition of Kunstverein Recklinghausen, DE.

News: 14 Nov

Out now! The eighth issue of our online magazine Volumes. Volume VIII is a conversation between Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe (link on the right side of the website).

News: 8 Nov

Ana Navas will be participating in next year’s Liverpool Biennial, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay.

Click here for more information.

News: 4 Nov

We are happy to present Andrew Gilbert at Art Cologne this year, November 7–10, 2024. Find us in the collaboration sector of the fair, booth A 218, together with Livie, Zurich, presenting Sarah Bogner.

Both artists are known for their inventive way of drawing animals. Like in fables, the featured anthropomorphized creatures suggest a fictionality and lightness at first sight but after closer inspection, they serve as revealers of human society.

News: 21 Oct

Last week of our exhibition by Maddy Arkesteyn and Ana Navas as part of Various Others (Contemporary Art Munich) 2024. Don’t miss this unique combination of recent Dutch art history!

News: 11 Oct

We are happy to present Anna Vogel and Malte Zenses at Paris Internationale, running from 16–20 Oct. 2024.

News: 8 Oct

Andrew Gilbert’s dual exhibition at two venues of The Delta INST in Hangzhou, China.

The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone (TM) Empire
The Delta INST, GODOWN, 19.10.—18.11.24

Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation...On Tour
The Delta INST, LOUNGE, 19.10—25.12.24

For more information don’t hesitate to contact us!

News: 3 Oct

Edition Taube just announced the 2nd edition of Thomas Geiger’s The Collection for the Poor Collector. The 2024 version features affordable artworks by Cesare Pietroiusti, Christine Demias, Stefano Calligaro, Jonas Lund, Junya Li, Felipe Cussen, David Horvitz, Thomas Geiger, Scott Robertson, Jonathan Monk, David Sherry, Adnan Balcinovic, Donna Kukama, Florence Jung, Steven Emmanuel, Anna Paul, Stijn ter Braak, Antoanetta Marinov, and Veronika Spierenburg.

News: 25 Sep

The Various Others Special exhibition Carrying the Earth to the Sky (Schillerstrasse 38, 80336 Munich) closes on Saturday, September 28th. On Thursday, 26th of September, Anna McCarthy, together with her band What Are People For? and The Notwist will present their new 7" vinyl single Criminals/Illusions on the balcony of her exhibition in Room 10.

News: 25 Sep

Anousha Payne is part of the group show Chimera, curated by Karolina Wisniewska, at Fundacja Alina, Warsaw, PL.

News: 8 Aug

ALTE EICHEN, NEUE BILDER, Malte Zenses’ solo exhibition of new paintings and sculptures opens August 15th, 2024 at G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig.