Travis MacDonald “Had A Farm” is now open on our Bel Etage and remains on view through 6 June alongside Julien Heintz “Nouveaux Tableaux”.
„The show occupies the upper floor of the gallery and brings together new paintings that extend his ongoing inquiry into countercultural aesthetics. For the artist, this process filters research through lived experience. What begins as study turns into narration.“
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“Runaway”, 2026, oil on canvas, 220 x 140 cm
On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin, Contemporary Fine Arts is pleased to present Travis Macdonald “Had a Farm”. This marks the first Berlin solo exhibition by Travis Macdonald opening on May 1st in our Bel Etage.
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„Suspicious Minds“, 2026, oil on canvas, 190 x 110 cm
Last week to see Travis MacDonald‘s solo exhibition „Autoluminescent“ at our Basel gallery! Visit us through Saturday, October 25.
„Yet, it is more fitting, when we talk about MacDonald, to talk about the Nabis. The post-Impressionists of the late-nineteenth century had a fondness for the symbolic, for lifting meaning out of reality, and MacDonald’s recurring trees, wheels, and metal structures fall into this domain, despite the artist’s reluctance to speculate on their significance. As well, glimmers of Pierre Bonnard appear all around the studio, and especially, I soon find, in MacDonald’s use of the photograph. Like Bonnard, he views it as a material to mediate, to arrange. “The photos don’t translate immediately to a painting,” he says, pointing to the analytic aspect of his work. “I construct the images. They have to be rebuilt.” - excerpt from Benjamin Barlows text „Idols in the Countryside“.
Travis MacDonald
„Alas“, 2025
oil on canvas
130,5 x 150,5 cm, 51 3/8 x 59 1/4 in
As part of Kunsttage Basel, we warmly invite you to gather with us tomorrow from 5–7 pm to celebrate the opening of Travis MacDonald’s solo exhibition „Autoluminescent“ and the start of a new season.
Fri, 29.08. 5-7 pm: Opening Reception
Sat, 30.08. 3pm: Guided Tour
Opening Hours during Kunsttage Basel:
Fri, 29.08. - Sun, 31.08. 11am - 6pm
“I’ve been thinking about idols - main characters and supporting characters, a cast like in a long-running sitcom. I make episodes, take a still, and it just doesn’t end.” (Travis MacDonald)
Travis MacDonald, „Harsh noise“ 2025
Oil on canvas
130 x 190 x 2,5 cm / 51 1/8 x 74 3/4 x 1 in
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Opening tonight at @diez.gallery in Amsterdam, with Milena Büsch, William N. Copley, Audrey Gair, Lucassen.
A @depa_archive production.
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Pilgrimage, oil on linen, 140 x 180cm, 2025
Soon in Independent New York @independent_hq ! We are thrilled to present the solo of Berlin-based artist Travis MACDONALD (b. 1990, New Zealand) @t.c.mac , with his latest series of paintings on canvas, silk, and works playing with mixed media, orchestrating a visual meditation on memory and perception through visual experimentation.
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸
𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗗: 𝙊𝙡𝙙 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨
May 8 - May 11, 2025
Spring Studios
50 Varick Street
New York
Situated in impressionism, Macdonalds intimate and pastoral desire to accurately capture the movement of wind and flora positions his work in a lineage of contemporary romanticism. Delicately weaving the ornamentation of the everyday with fragmented autumnal motifs by way of still life, each painting becomes an anecdotal glimpse into the artist‘s ongoing interest in commoning and slow-living movements.
Travis MacDonald
Untitled(scarecrow), 2025
Oil on linen
137 × 183 cm (53 ¹⁵/₁₆ × 72 ³/₆₄)
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Photo: Eric Bell
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Currently showing at Bernheim Gallery, Zurich.
“Mortal thoughts” with Nutsa Gogaladze, Ant Lakomsk and Rico Weber. Until May 23⛲️💀❣️
Lynx III / epic fresh, oil on linen, 183 x 137cm, 2025
Lynx II / dark temptation, oil on linen, 183 x 137cm, 2025
Lynx I / anarchy for him, oil on linen, 183 x 137cm, 2025
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