Art enthusiasts have exceptional opportunities to discover innovative works at smaller galleries this November, with five standout exhibitions showcasing diverse artistic perspectives from around the world. These carefully curated shows highlight emerging and established artists working across various mediums, from traditional painting to sculptural furniture and miniature compositions.
At Dimmitt Contemporary Art in Austin, father-daughter duo Michael and Grace Dines present "The Arboreal," running through November 30th. This exhibition offers contrasting interpretations of nature through painting, with Michael creating sweeping, luminous landscapes and Grace producing soft, impressionistic works. Michael renders emotion-laden scenes with hazy textures, as demonstrated in "THE BLACK FIELD AT DEMSINS FARM" (2025), where trees emerge through weathered surfaces designed to immerse viewers in atmospheric conditions.
"It's not important to see the trees," Michael explained to Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles. "I want the viewer of the painting to see and feel moisture in the air, or the absence of light." Grace takes a different approach, beginning with photographs of natural subjects and experimenting with focus and exposure before transferring images onto paper using layered powder pigments. Her technique creates textured works featuring soft, monochromatic silhouettes of organic forms.
Michael, based in South Carolina, trained in fine arts at West Virginia University and Fairmont State College, with previous exhibitions at Atlanta's Fay Gold Gallery and Chicago's Peter Miller Gallery. Grace, born in Atlanta and currently living in New York City, holds a bachelor's degree in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University.
In Seoul, Suppoment Gallery presents Suh Hee Sun's "Following Follow Connected-home" through December 31st. The artist creates architectural paintings by observing city skylines and focusing on how buildings intersect horizons at irregular angles. She redraws building silhouettes in crayon and pencil before applying layers of acrylic paint through wiping and tracing techniques to produce abstract geometric forms.
Her titular work "Connected-home" (2025), priced at $1,900, features a geometric house-like form rendered in pink and red grids, intersected by fine lines suggesting structure and perspective. The transparent layers and erased marks create depth while using urban architecture as templates for abstract exploration. "Through this repetitive process, traces of multilayered memories fill the canvas, leaving behind a refined emotional weight," Suh explained to Korean Spirit. The artist trained in printmaking at Hongik University in Seoul and SUNY in New York, having presented over 30 solo exhibitions.
Galerie BSL in Paris showcases Jimmy Delatour's speculative project "POMPEII - x" through December 20th. The French designer imagines an alternate history where Pompeii survived Mount Vesuvius's eruption in 79 C.E., creating eight sculptural furniture pieces using travertine limestone and marble. His "Pompeii-x Méridienne" (2025) transforms the traditional Roman daybed by replacing wood and metal with elegant stonework crafted by Italian atelier Les Marbreries de la Seine.
Delatour's "Artifacts" wall works serve as fictional relics, including "Artifact A, Madame Récamier" (2025), priced at €5,800, which features a mixed-media image of a woman reclining on the exhibition's daybed. This creates a counterfactual history suggesting the furniture originated from historical Pompeii itself. After graduating from Paris's ESAG Penninghen in 2008, Delatour founded Delatour Design Paris, with clients including the Rodin Museum and Paris Opera.
Gallery Yukiko Nakajima in Osaka features Shigehiko Sasaoka's miniature surrealist paintings through November 18th. The Japanese artist creates palm-sized worlds where reality bends toward dreams in scenes reminiscent of René Magritte's work. Thirteen tiny canvases stage encounters between ordinary and uncanny elements, with works like "キングの条件" (2017), a 7-by-7-inch painting showing a gray stone floating between curtains, priced at $380.
Another piece, "十字塔の朝" (2011), depicts a fantastical white citadel radiating across a forest clearing, available for $570. Born in Kochi Prefecture in 1952, Sasaoka developed his practice around what he calls "size 0 canvas," each requiring close examination to appreciate the intricate details and gentle humor in his reconfigurations of Magritte's motifs.
Tönnheim Gallery in Madrid presents "A Través del Agua" (Across the Waters) through November 19th, featuring Manuela de la Vega Castro and Claudia Pons Bohman. Both artists incorporate water into their processes, with de la Vega Castro painting directly onto smooth plates with watercolor before pressing paper over them to create unique prints. The unpredictable paint spread transforms familiar forms into soft, abstract impressions, as seen in "Flores de plástico" (2025).
Pons Bohman builds her paintings through slow color layers, using water and light to create luminous acrylic landscapes like "Arriba y abajo" (2025), which captures light shimmering on dense tropical riverbanks. The studio partners, both based in Madrid, demonstrate water's influence on their artistic practices. De la Vega Castro, born in Madrid in 2002, developed her monoprint method while studying at the Royal College of Art in London. Pons Bohman, born in Washington, D.C. in 1999, studied at institutions including Nyckelviksskolan Art School in Stockholm and Barcelona Academy of Arts before earning her MA from the Royal College of Art.
