Solo exhibitions at Sotheby`s S/2 present works by Renate Bertlmann and Maria Lassnig
(Artdaily.org)

Sotheby’s announces the inauguration of a new program for S|2 London beginning in April with two solo presentations by the Austrian artists Renate Bertlmann and Maria Lassnig. Both artists are key figures in the current discussions around the re-evaluation of female artists of the post-war period; the upper gallery will feature works by Bertlmann and the lower gallery will display an exhibition of paintings by Lassnig. The aim of the gallery’s new program is to present the work of artists who may be undervalued by the market, but remain art historically important and influential. The program for 2017 comprises a series of concurrent solo exhibitions - one in the upper gallery, and one in the lower gallery - and includes Li Yuan Chia, Yuko Nasaka, Ibrahim El-Salahi and William Turnbull. A key figure in the feminist art movement of the 70s in Europe, Renate Bertlmann’s work is long overdue for a re-examination. Her pr