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Pierre SoulagesExhibitions

New York
April 24 - June 27, 2014

Pierre Soulages

Pierre Soulages includes fourteen recent paintings from the artist’s ongoing Outrenoir series—metaphysically potent canvases with slashing black architectonics—alongside seminal works created in the 1950s and 60s, all on loan from major museums and important private collections.

Selected Works

  • Peinture 175 x 222 cm, 23 mai 2013
    Acrylic on canvas
    Soulages Archives, 2014
    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère
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  • Peinture 309 x 181 cm, 12 décembre 2013
    Acrylic on canvas
    Soulages Archives, 2014
    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère
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  • Peinture 296 x 165 cm, 4 janvier 2014
    Acrylic on canvas
    Soulages Archives, 2014
    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère
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  • Peinture 181 x 162 cm, 11 janvier 2014

    Acrylic on canvas

    Soulages Archives, 2014

    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

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  • Peinture 181 x 162 cm, 26 janvier 2014

    Acrylic on canvas

    Soulages Archives, 2014

    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

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  • Peinture 202 x 202 cm, 13 septembre 2013

    Acrylic on canvas

    Soulages Archives, 2014

    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

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  • Peinture 293 x 165 cm, 23 decembre 2013

    Acrylic on canvas

    Soulages Archives, 2014

    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

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  • Peinture 99 x 159 cm, 11 octobre 2013

    Acrylic on canvas

    Soulages Archives, 2014

    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

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  • Peinture 102 x 165 cm, 17 juillet 2013

    Acrylic on canvas

    Soulages Archives, 2014

    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

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  • Peinture 128 x 181 cm, 14 février 2012

    Acrylic on canvas

    Soulages Archives, 2014

    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

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  • Peinture 157 x 222 cm, 6 avril 2013

    Acrylic on canvas

    Soulages Archives, 2014

    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

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  • Peinture 165 x 74 cm, 30 août 2013

    Acrylic on canvas

    Soulages Archives, 2014

    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

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  • Image of Pierre Soulages's painting Peinture 202 x 159 cm, 28 octobre 2013

    Peinture 202 x 159 cm 28 october 2013

    Acrylic and oil on canvas

    Soulages Archives, 2014

    Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

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  • Peinture 46 x 33 cm, 16 juin 1953

    Oil on canvas

    Private Collection

    First Exhibited in North America at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    Photo: © Soulages Archives, Paris

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  • Peinture 92 x 65 cm 16 decembre 1955

    Oil on canvas

    Private Collection

    Photo: © Soulages Archives, Paris

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  • Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 2 juin 1953

    Oil on canvas

    Private Collection

    Photo: © Soulages Archives, Paris

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  • Peinture 202 x 143, 25 mai 1967

    Oil on canvas

    Private Collection

    First Exhibited in North America at the Knoelder Gallery, New York

    Photo: © Soulages Archives, Paris

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  • Peinture 202 x 159 cm, 18 octobre 1967

    Oil on canvas

    Private Collection

    First Exhibited in North America at the Knoedler Gallery, New York

    Photo: © Soulages Archives, Paris

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  • Image of Pierre Soulages's painting Image of Pierre Soulages's painting Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 1955

    Peinture 195 x 130 cm, 1955

    Oil on canvas

    NationalGalleryofArt,Washington,GiftofMr.andMrs. Burto

    First Exhibited in North America at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, Hartford

    Photo: © NationalGalleryofArt,Washington

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Selected Press

THE ART NEWSPAPER | OFAs (old French artists) are the new YBAs

May 3, 2016

When Emmanuel Perrotin and Dominique Lévy organised a joint exhibition of old and new work by Soulages …

Haber's Art Reviews | The Red and the Black

June 27, 2014

What lies beyond black? How about more black—and the blacker the better? Pierre Soulages does not have …

Artnet | Pierre Soulages, Happy to Stay in the Dark

June 19, 2014

“What do you think about the future?,” Hans Ulrich Obrist asks French painter Pierre Soulages in …

Artnews | 10 Famous Black Paintings

June 18, 2014

In the name of balance and harmony it’s only right to do a list of ten famous black paintings today! …

Aesthetica | Pierre Soulages, Dominique Lévy Gallery and Galerie Perrotin, New York

June 14, 2014

The art of Pierre Soulages, currently on display at Dominique Lévy Gallery and Galerie Perrotin, exists …

Francofile Central | Pierre Soulages: Paint it Black

June 12, 2014

On May 31st, French President François Hollande inaugurated the brand new Musée Soulages in Rodez, …

Art Observed | New York - Pierre Soulages at Galerie Perrotin and Dominique Lévy Through June 27th, 2014

June 4, 2014

Held in high regard in his home country of France, and throughout much of continental Europe, the work …

Irish Times | Steel-cube Soulages museum honours France’s ‘outrenoir’ painting master

May 31, 2014

Some 300 protesting farmers, steel workers and temporary entertainers confronted riot police in the small …

Les Echos | Pierre Soulages, pas si noir

May 30, 2014

L’histoire commence dans une rue aux façades sévères. Une rue que Kafka aurait pu imaginer.

Art in America | Pierre Soulages

May 23, 2014

In France, Pierre Soulages enjoys a reputation comparable to Rothko’s or de Kooning’s in the U.S. …

Quintessence | Pierre Soulages Returns to New York

May 22, 2014

According to art critic Brooks Adams, who spoke several weeks ago at the preview of the Pierre Soulages …

The New York Times | Pierre Soulages: Master of Black, Still Going Strong

May 20, 2014

PARIS — Pierre Soulages, 94, still paints every day on the floor of his atelier in the Latin Quarter …

Daphne Nash | Dominique Lévy + Galerie Perrotin | Pierre Soulages

May 14, 2014

What is there to see in a canvas of black paint? More than you might initially think if the current Pierre …

TimeOut New York | Pierre Soulages

May 12, 2014

The name Pierre Soulages may not be familiar to current art aficionados, but a half century ago, the …

Interview Magazine | Pierre Soulages

May 8, 2014

Black suggests darkness and death, but French painter Pierre Soulages uses black as a means to create …

British Airways High Life | Meet France's greatest living artist

April 30, 2014

I still find myself working in a trance on a painting, in a fit, doing nothing else, in the middle of …

Vanity Fair FR | Back to Black

April 30, 2014

On pourrait croire il a plus rien a prouver. Pierre Soulages, apprete a inaugurer, fin mai, son propre …

Purple FR | Pierre Soulages at Dominique Lévy and Galerie Perrotin, New York

April 29, 2014

Dominique Lévy and Galerie Perrotin jointly present Pierre Soulages, the first American exhibition of …

French Morning | Pierre Soulages voit noir sur Madison Avenue

April 28, 2014

Depuis Rodez où il s’occupe de la mise en place de son musée qui ouvrira fin mai, il communique par …

Masde Arte | Soulages, áun negro y luminoso

April 24, 2014

Las salas Dominique Lévy y Perrotin de Nueva York presentan conjuntamente desde hoy la primera muestra …

Art Market Monitor | Re-Acquainting America with Pierre Soulages

April 24, 2014

Emmanuel Perrotin and Dominique Lévy are doing everything they can to remind the art world that Pierre …

Paper Mag | 10 Must-See Art Shows Opening This Week

April 24, 2014

Galerie Perrotin and Dominique Levy Gallery (909 Madison Avenue) are opening the first New York exhibition …

ArtFCity | This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Stereotypical Zinesters

April 21, 2014

Is art getting too boring? We’ve found some exceptions this week, as always, but fuck: MoMA’s showing …

Gallerist | 12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before April 28

April 21, 2014

THURSDAY | Pierre Soulages at Dominique Lévy A joint exhibition of the 94-year-old artist, a national …

Harper's Bazaar | The LIST Gallerina Guide

April 17, 2014

As a proud Franco-American, French culture has always been a big part of my life so I’m very much looking …

A Mag | Pierre Soulages

April 1, 2014

Still painting and sculpting at age 94, artist Pierre Soulages is the subject of a full career retrospective …

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