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Rethinking Minimalist Art.
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This summer, there's a great variety of exhibitions featuring a minimalist aesthetic. Here's a selection of my favorites:

Dori Deng @dorideng
📍Beijing, Space of Time Gallery @space_of_time_gallery

Anne Truitt
📍 Düsseldorf, K20 @kunstsammlungnrw

Maximilian Rödel @max_roedel
📍 Berlin, Tanya Leighton @tanyaleighton

Armando Chant & Sungmin Park @armando_chant_artist @sungmin_park_ice
📍 Seoul, BHAK @galeriebhak

Lee Ufan @ufanlee @leeufanarles
📍Avignon, Palais des Papes @palais_des_papes

Mark Rothko
📍Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi @palazzostrozzi

Agnes Martin
📍 New York, Dia: Beacon @diaartfoundation

Images on the first Slide:
Top left: © Anne Truitt. Pioneer of Minimal Art, Exhibition view, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2026, Photo: Achim Kukulies

Top right: Installation View of “In Between State” by Armando Chant and Sungmin Park at BHAK in Seoul, Korea, 2026 © The artists, Image Courtesy BHAK

Bottom left: Installation View of ‘Sculpting’ by Dori Den at Space of Time Gallery, 2026 © The Artist, Courtesy of Space of Time Gallery, Photography by Richard Gaston @richardgaston

→ See my selection of shows for minimalist art lovers on aesence.com/exhibitions and asence.com/map by @aesence

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21 days ago

Review || It never ceases to amaze me how much Constantin Brâncuși’s sculptures draw me in. Their radical reduction to the essential, the clarity of their forms, and the tranquility they convey continue to fascinate me.

The Neue Nationalgalerie’s @neuenationalgalerie retrospective, organized with the Centre Pompidou @centrepompidou and presenting more than 150 works, is the first major Brâncuși exhibition in Germany in over fifty years.

Encountering the pieces in Mies van der Rohes vast, open hall is powerful, but the architecture’s monumental openness also creates tensions. Some works thrive in the shifting light and generous space, while others seem to struggle for intimacy.

Still, the show’s thematic structure beautifully reveals Brâncuși’s persistent return to key motifs - The Kiss, Bird, the Sleeping Muse - each variation a further distillation.

The partial reconstruction of his Paris studio is the exhibition’s most compelling moment: a concentrated, almost intimate environment that captures how deeply Brâncuși understood his sculptures as relational and spatial.

The power of his work remains undeniable. The Berlin retrospective offers both newcomers and longtime admirers a profound encounter with one of modern sculpture’s essential voices.

→ Read my full review on aesence.com

Photos and Videos by Aesence

#aesence #exhibitionreview #brancusi #neuenationalgalerie taken in Neue Nationalgalerie by @aesence

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4 months ago

When I founded Aesence nearly ten years ago, I could never have imagined where this project would lead or how many inspiring people I would get to meet through it.

Your messages and the conversations with you mean the world to me. I’m really looking forward to the upcoming year, as I’ve been working on a special, collaborative project for some time now that I’ll soon be able to share more about 🤫.

Until then, I look forward to many more inspiring interviews, exhibitions, amazing people and minimalist art.

Thank you for being a part of it. 🤍

Sarah

© Artworks (in order of appereance): @enrich.r_ at @circleculture.gallery , @nuriamaria_nm at @alzueta_galleryparis , Agnes Martin at @boursedecommerce , Mark Rothko at @fondationlv , Lee Ufan at Bourse de Commerce, Robert Ryman at @museeorangerie , Meg Webster at Bourse de Commerce, Agnes Martin at @museumbarberini taken in Berlin, Deutschland by @aesence

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7 months ago

Before I began my research into the color black, I quickly realized that this article would require a different approach than usual and that my research would be much more extensive than I had initially anticipated. But in order to delve deeper into the multifaceted meaning of black and better understand the complexity of this “non-color,” we need to focus on both the symbolic interpretations and the historical and cultural context.

In Western culture, the color black is often associated with darkness, fear, melancholy, and emptiness. Yet in black monochrome painting it can become something else: a field of possibility, stillness, and heightened perception.

From Malevich, Reinhardt or Newman to contemporary artists like Djeric-Hunold, Kapoor or Gerritz - the color black opens up a space beyond representation.

How we perceive a black painting depends on the symbolism we attach to it. Depending on our own personal perspectives, black can unsettle us - or become a meditative space that invites us inward.

→ You can read my essay on aesence.com

#aesence #essayonminimalistart #minimalart #monochromepainting #contemporaryminimalism by @aesence

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2 days ago

George Stuttard @george_stuttard

‘ABSENT’
Composition No.2

79 x 104cm
Acrylic on un-primed linen

#aesence #contemporaryminimalism #minimalistart #minimalpainting #abstractpainting by @aesence

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5 days ago

Mark Charlton @markcharltonart

Atom 21
Collage on wood panel
87x112cm

#aesence #contemporaryminimalism #minimalistart #rethinkingminimalistart #abstractpainting by @aesence

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7 days ago

Some time ago I spoke with Spanish artist Maria Yelletisch @mariayelletisch about her work.

She described her art as an exploration of landscapes, repetition, and emotion - shaped by her deep connection to nature and her sensitivity to the recurring patterns that surround us.

Repetition plays a central role in her practice, not only as a visual element, but as a meditative act.

→ You can read this and more interviews on aesence.com

#aesence #contemporaryminimalism #minimalistart #minimalpainting #monochromeart by @aesence

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9 days ago

Yvonne Willemse (b. 1967) @yvonne.willemse is a contemporary Dutch artist who lives and works in Breda. Her mostly monochrome, small-format works are characterized by a minimalist and geometric aesthetic.

Her creative process often begins with a self-written short story, which inspires her to explore spatial constructions and use them as a starting point for her work.

Initially, she creates collages, relying entirely on her intuition. She then develops some of these collages into oil paintings on wood or drawings on paper.

→ Read more about her on aesence.com

#aesence #contemporaryminimalism #minimalistart #minimalpainting by @aesence

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12 days ago

Bart O’Reilly @bartoreilly is an Irish painter and poet whose practice reflects on the evolving relationship between text and image.

Artwork:
In This Smoky Rain
Acrylic on Raw Canvas
31.5 X 24 Inches
2025

#aesence #contemporaryminimalistart
#abstractart #minimalistart #rethinkingminimalistart by @aesence

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14 days ago

Calver (b. 1992) @law_calver is a British artist whose work is characterized by the versatile use of recycled, reused and historical fabrics.

Through techniques such as sewing, bleaching, stretching, and dyeing, Calver transforms the nature of these materials, giving them a new purpose.

His works range from dynamic, colorful geometric compositions to minimalist, monochrome pieces, inviting the viewer to trace the temporal and geographical history of the materials.

#aesence #minimalistaesthetics #contemporaryminimalism #minimalistart #reductiveart by @aesence

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15 days ago

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to interview the Japanese painter Hideaki Yamanobe. Known for his monochrome, meditative paintings, Yamanobe explores depth, perception, and the subtle resonance between material and emptiness.

In the interview, the artist told me about his early journey into art, the fusion of Western and Asian philosophies in his work, and the physical and mental rituals behind his painting process.

→ You can read this and more interviews on aesence.com

Artwork:
Klangassoziationen 2025-03, 2025, Acrylic, mixed media on nettle
28 x 23 cm

#aesence #contemporaryminimalism #minimalistart #minimalpainting #hideakiyamanobe by @aesence

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19 days ago

Claudia Pastomas @claudiapastomas

Untitled, 2023
MDF boards, natural wood veneers, and graphite
27.5 x 22.5 cm

#aesence #contemporaryminimalism #minimalistart #minimalpainting by @aesence

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23 days ago