The Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo will current new and up to date works on the Museo di Palazzo Grimani in Venice this spring in his first solo present in Italy. The present will probably be co-organised by Gagosian Gallery which represents the artist, and coincide with the 61st Venice Biennale (9 Could-22 November).
A museum assertion says: “Drawing inspiration from the Renaissance environment of Palazzo Grimani, Boafo turns his gaze to the wealthy Venetian portrait custom. The artist is making a sequence of latest works particularly for the exhibition, instantly referencing this historic context and the distinctive structure of the palace.”
In 2022, Boafo opened an arts hub with artist residencies—generally known as dot.ateliers—within the Ghanaian capital Accra the place he’s based mostly. “Boafo’s joyous portraits of solely Black individuals ring a bell, not solely with savvy market operators but additionally with cultural commentators throughout the artistic industries,” wrote Amah-Rose Abrams. His public sale document is $3.4m (with charges) for his 2018 portray Palms Up which offered at Christie’s Hong Kong in 2021.
Gagosian says that Boafo— identified for his trademark strategy of manipulating pigment together with his fingers—is “impressed by the expressionistic portraiture of the Vienna Secession artists Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele”. Final 12 months, Gagosian held a present of Boafo’s work at its London area, I Do Not Come To By Probability, which included work similar to Amidst Tulips (2025).
The Museo di Palazzo Grimani in Santa Maria Formosa, which varieties a part of the Musei Archeologici Nazionali di Venezia e Della Laguna, was constructed within the Center Ages; it was remodeled within the sixteenth century by the heirs of Antonio Grimani, the doge of Venice from 1521 to 1523. Gagosian launched a present of works by the German artist Georg Baselitz on the museum in 2021.
