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Ellen Gallagher Presents 'Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish' Paintings at Gagosian Paris

exhibition · 2026-03-29

Gagosian's Paris gallery on rue de Ponthieu is showing Ellen Gallagher's exhibition 'Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish' until May 23. The display centers on three major paintings created from 2023 to 2026, including one previously seen at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. These works are constructed on canvas-backed gridded paper stained pink, layered with heavy impasto and palladium leaf. Gallagher employs a sculptural method, manipulating the paintings from various angles to break grids into lively lines and organic forms, blending Post-Minimalist abstraction with undersea imagery to reflect on themes of possession and liberation.

Key facts

  • Ellen Gallagher's exhibition 'Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish' is on view at Gagosian Paris
  • The show runs through May 23 at the rue de Ponthieu location
  • It features three large paintings made between 2023 and 2026
  • One painting was included in Gallagher's 2023-24 Stedelijk Museum exhibition
  • The works combine pink-stained gridded paper, impasto, and palladium leaf

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  • Paris
  • Amsterdam

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