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Objects of Desire

Akim Monet fine Arts opens a marvelous new show

Tucked away in a quaint little corner on the edge of the design district is a hidden gem of an art gallery owned and curated by Swiss and German native Akim Monet.  Monet relocated to California from Berlin in 2016 and then to Texas in 2021.

Born into art in 1968, Akim’s earliest childhood visual memory is a vast expanse of blue offered by an important Yves Klein painting titled “California,” against which inhabited a collection of Egyptian and Greek antiquities, all contained within the shrine of the Swiss mountains surrounding Gstaad

Upon graduating from Cornell University with a BA in Comparative Literature & Art History, Akim embarked at age 22 on a curatorial journey, privately mounting close to 30 exhibitions starting in Switzerland with “La poésie de l’Objet -from Duchamp to Steinbach.

Akim Monet Fine Arts builds upon the success of Side by Side Gallery Akim Monet, Berlin.(2011-2018), The Dallas gallery will uphold the curatorial mission of presenting transversal relationships between Modern and Contemporary Art.

Auguste Rodin in Conversation with Renowned Artists Anchoring "Objects of Desire" and reflecting the gallery’s close ties with the Estate of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), the inaugural exhibition features bronze works by the father of modern sculpture, in conversation with chosen works by contemporary artists,

Akim Monet Fine Arts builds upon the success of Side by Side Gallery Akim Monet, Berlin

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