In Dialogue With Color
Mid-20th Century to Now
November 30, 2025 – January 5, 2026 | Miami
Opera Gallery Miami is pleased to present In Dialogue with Color: Mid-20th Century to Now, an exhibition exploring the power of color in modern and contemporary art. Spanning eight decades, the exhibition showcases the infinite variety of artists’ use of color and how it shapes perception and meaning.
Curated chromatically—Green, Blue, Red, Black & White, Pink, and Orange—the exhibition presents works ranging from intimate portraits to monumental abstractions. Each piece invites viewers to reconsider how color functions not only as a visual element but also as a conceptual and emotional vehicle.
Exhibition Highlights
Highlights from the exhibition include:
- Marc Chagall, L’âne vert (1978)
Deep blues evoke mysticism and poetic symbolism, characteristic of Chagall’s visionary language. - Keith Haring, Untitled (1984)
Dominated by vibrant neon orange, the work reflects New York City’s urban energy and the pulse of 1980s street culture. - Yayoi Kusama, Fire (1988)
An omnipresent red anchors the work’s visual impact and intensity, emblematic of Kusama’s hypnotic and obsessive use of pattern and color. - Feng Xiao-Min, Composition No. 10.6.24 (2024)
A serene composition where subtle gradations of pink create a meditative sense of space. - Claude Monet, Les Bords de l’Epte à Giverny (1887)
Though painted in the 19th century, this landscape is a fitting addition to the exhibition. Monet’s rich yet delicate palette, dominated by green, captures the ephemeral beauty of changing light and underscores the Impressionist master’s profound influence on 20th-century art.
The exhibition also considers the power of color through contrast and duality, particularly black and white. Pierre Soulages uses this combination to explore black’s capacity to amplify light and construct space, as seen in Peinture 202 x 143 cm (1967). Amoako Boafo’s Embrace (2023)—depicting two Black figures on a stark white ground—approaches color through portraiture as a statement of cultural identity and pride.
“With this exhibition, we wanted to explore the artist’s engagement with color as a way to symbolize meaning, convey identity, and provoke thought,” says Dan Benchetrit, Director of Opera Gallery Miami. “The mediums and subject matter are diverse, but at its core, this exhibition explores the ways artists use color.”
Spanning figurative painting to abstract sculpture, In Dialogue with Color: Mid-20th Century to Now demonstrates how artists across eras and geographies continually expand the expressive and philosophical possibilities of color.
Dates & Location
In Dialogue with Color: Mid-20th Century to Now
November 30, 2025 – January 5, 2026
Opera Gallery Miami
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Miami, Florida 33137
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Artists
Artists featured in the exhibition include:
Karel Appel, Ron Arad, Pablo Atchugarry, BANKSY, Georg Baselitz, Amoako Boafo, Mel Bochner, Fernando Botero, André Brasilier, Bernard Buffet, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Cho Sung-Hee, Niki de Saint Phalle, Nicolas de Staël, Thomas Dillon, Feng Xiao-Min, Lucio Fontana, Sam Francis, Juan Genovés, Alfred Haberpointner, Keith Haring, Philippe Hiquily, Robert Indiana, Anish Kapoor, Alex Katz, Yves Klein, Willem de Kooning, Yayoi Kusama, Fernand Léger, Roy Lichtenstein, Marcello Lo Giudice, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Claude Monet, Pieter Obels, Julian Opie, Julien Rubat, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, Kazuo Shiraga, Pierre Soulages, Frank Stella, Manolo Valdés, Joana Vasconcelos, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselmann.
In Tandem with Art Miami
In conjunction with the exhibition, Opera Gallery will also be present at Art Miami, which runs from December 2–7, 2025, at One Herald Plaza (NE 14th Street & Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL 33132).
About Opera Gallery
Founded in Singapore in 1994, Opera Gallery has built a global network of galleries with locations in London, Paris, New York, Geneva, Madrid, Dubai, and Miami, establishing itself as one of the leading forces in the international art market.
Headed by Gilles Dyan, Chairman and Founder, Opera Gallery specializes in modern, post-war, and contemporary art. The gallery represents emerging international artists such as Andy Denzler, Pieter Obels, and Gustavo Nazareno, alongside internationally recognized names including Ron Arad, Manolo Valdés, and Anselm Reyle.
For more than 30 years, Opera Gallery’s mission has been to showcase dynamic, innovative, and diverse expressions of modern and contemporary art through ambitious exhibition programming and collaborations with private collections and major public institutions. Opera Gallery Miami is led by Dan Benchetrit
Detail of Anish Kapoor, Untitled, 2012, fiberglass and paint, 56 x 56 x 47.6 in | 142.2 x 142.2 x 121cm
