The Facts
On October 22, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced a series of concurrent presentations of works by Eddie Martinez, including a solo exhibition at the Fosun Foundation in Shanghai. Titled 'Gumshoe,' the show features nearly 100 works spanning two decades, among them three new large-scale sculptures. Additional presentations include a public art installation at Boston Seaport comprising two site-specific commissions, 'Seaport Bouquet' (2026) and 'Seaport Shuffle' (2025–2026), alongside four paintings from the artist's 'Flowerpot' series. At the Albertina Klosterneuburg, a special drawing presentation pairs 350 works on paper by Martinez with historical works by Georg Baselitz, as part of the museum's 'Donated with Love' exhibition. A new public sculpture, 'Untitled' (2026), is installed at Riverfront Park in Newark for the 'Art of the Game' program, while a group show at The Metropolitan Opera's Gallery Met in New York, curated by Dodie Kazanjian and Donatien Grau, includes Martinez alongside Julian Schnabel and 18 other artists. A debut monograph, 'Eddie Martinez: 20 Years of Painting,' with essays by Dan Nadel and Ross Simonini, has also been released.
The Signal
The breadth of these simultaneous presentations signals a strategic institutional push for Martinez, whose gestural abstraction and diaristic approach are gaining traction across multiple platforms. The Boston Seaport installation marks a personal homecoming for the artist, who developed his practice there, while the Albertina dialogue with Baselitz positions his drawing within a lineage of postwar European expressionism. For collectors, the monograph and the range of public and museum commissions—from Shanghai to Newark—underscore Martinez's rising market visibility and the gallery's ability to orchestrate cross-continental exposure, reinforcing his standing as a key figure in contemporary abstraction.
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- Artists: Eddie Martinez, Georg Baselitz, Julian Schnabel
- People: Dan Nadel, Ross Simonini, Dodie Kazanjian, Donatien Grau
- Galleries: Galerie Max Hetzler
- Museums: Fosun Foundation, Albertina Klosterneuburg, The Metropolitan Opera (Gallery Met)
- Locations: Shanghai, Boston, Klosterneuburg, Newark, New York
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