Every six weeks, members of Art Basel's Editorial team pick their favorite exhibitions across the globe. Here are seven shows not to miss in April.
For her debut solo show in Paris, the Chinese-born, LA- and Shanghai-based artist Yan Xinyue presents a series of paintings inspired by urban and domestic scenes and the art deco buildings of downtown Los Angeles. Painted windows, bricks, ornaments, and other architectural elements frame the compositions, which depict an ensemble of surreal human figures and faces, birds, cats, and flowers. In Twilight and dreams (2023), for instance, a group of angels seems to fly away towards a mystical source of light - probably the sunset suggested in the title of the show. Between reality and memory, the artist conveys the idea of finding solace: as we observe the protagonists of the paintings, we feel somehow comforted. P. S.
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Art Basel's Editorial team is composed of Juliette Amoros, Tatiana Berg, Emily Butler, Karim Crippa, Jeni Fulton, Andi Harris, Alexis Laki, Coline Milliard, Alicia Reuter, Katie Rothstein, and Patrick Steffen. Art Basel's commissioning editors are Stephanie Bailey, Kimberly Bradley, and Emily McDermott.
