Eleanor Ekserdjian's 'Simultanea' at Artopia, Milan

Eleanor Ekserdjian, a British-Armenian artist, presents her first solo exhibition in Italy, 'Simultanea,' at Artopia in Milan, running until July 10. The show features paintings created by filming landscapes in Armenia and the UK, then translating the footage onto canvas by drawing directly onto projections. Ekserdjian describes this process as capturing emotional responses to film, creating a visual dialogue between stillness and movement. Her work explores simultaneity—two places existing in the same mental space. Key works include 'Aparan I,' made after a 2025 trip to Armenia, combining oil and pencil to depict the road from Yerevan to Lori alongside the Sussex landscape. Black-and-white pieces like 'We Are Our Mountains' focus on the experience of being within an environment rather than evoking place. The exhibition coexists with 'How to Hold an Ocean with Four Hands' by French duo Danish & Maitre, who reconstruct ancient Egyptian blue pigment. Both shows engage with themes of time, memory, and place.