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Nahum B. Zenil, Sin título (Frida Kahlo con devil) [Untitled (Frida Kahlo with Devil], 1985, mixed media on paper, 19 1/4″ × 25 1/4″.

The Mexican painter uses self-portraiture as both political subject and cultural strategy

View of “Kazuko Miyamoto,” 2026. From left: Untitled, 1977; Untitled, date unknown; Untitled, 1975; Untitled, date unknown.

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Painting of Medusa on a shiled, snakes emerge from the head of a screaming man.

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View of “Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Sweet Revenge,” 2026. Floor: “Untitled” (Revenge), 1991. Wall: “Untitled”, 1989. Photo: Roberto Ruiz.

A Madrid retrospective makes room for the viewer

Leah Clements, Pure Joy, 2026, water, tarpaulin, timed lights, wood, audio, single-channel projection, dimensions variable.

The show argues that pain is not personal but something held in common

View of “Nancy Lupo: Several Chickens Later,” 2026. Center: The Enclosure, 2026. Surrounding: The Mirage, 2025-26; The fall leaves. The leaves falling, 2026. Photo: Rob Harris.

“The point is the fantasy of being moored,” writes the artist

Peter Bradley, Ballade Dream, 2026, acrylic and pumice on canvas, 82 × 104".

At Karma, the artist’s poured paintings hold “beauty and dissolution in the same register”