Gagosian and Deitch Curate 'Desire' in Miami with Widmaier-Picasso

Larry Gagosian and Jeffrey Deitch have teamed up for a group exhibition titled 'Desire' at the Moore Building in Miami's Design District, opening November 30. The show is curated by Diana Widmaier-Picasso, granddaughter of Pablo Picasso, and features around fifty artists including Balthus, Vanessa Beecroft, Ed Ruscha, Diego Rivera, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, John Wesley, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Richard Prince, and Pablo Picasso. The exhibition explores the theme of eroticism in art, tracing its evolution from 19th-century prudery to contemporary oversexualized media. A special collaboration between artist Alexander Israel and writer Bret Easton Ellis, first presented at Gagosian Beverly Hills in February, is also included. Israel converted Ellis's short texts into various fonts, combining them with commercial images of sunsets, aerial views of Los Angeles, and vernacular architecture, reproduced in monumental paintings. The exhibition runs from November 30 to December 4, 2016.