Over the past thirteen years, Akim Monet Fine Arts has established a distinctive curatorial voice characterized by sophisticated cross-temporal dialogues and an intellectual rigor that reframes historical works through contemporary critical lenses.

The gallery's evolution across three major cultural centers - Berlin (2011-2018), Los Angeles (2019-2021), and Dallas (2022-present) - reflects an increasingly complex approach to exhibition-making, culminating in a strong commitment to contemporary art practice.

Beginning in Berlin, the gallery built a strong foundation in European modernism, with particular emphasis on Auguste Rodin, whose work was examined through multiple exhibitions that explored both formal and conceptual aspects of his practice. The Los Angeles period marked a shift toward more immediate contemporary concerns, including a response to the global pandemic, while maintaining the gallery's characteristic interest in historical dialogue.

In its current Dallas incarnation, the gallery has achieved a sophisticated synthesis, most notably exemplified by its recent exhibition "Objects of Desire," which brings together twelve international artists including activist-artist Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot, new media artist Mélanie Clemmons, and pioneering land artist Lita Albuquerque, alongside historical works by Auguste Rodin, Joseph Beuys, and George Grosz. This ambitious programming demonstrates the gallery's expanded focus on contemporary art while maintaining its scholarly engagement with historical works. The inclusion of artists working across diverse media - from performance and new media to photography and drawing - reflects the gallery's commitment to presenting current artistic practices in dialogue with historical precedents.

Throughout its evolution, the gallery has consistently demonstrated a rare ability to find resonances between disparate historical moments and contemporary concerns, creating dynamic conversations between past and present. This transversal approach transcends traditional boundaries between artistic disciplines, genres, and institutional contexts, focusing on dialogues rather than categorization. The result is a distinctive curatorial practice that bridges historical and contemporary art discourse, with an increasing emphasis on contemporary voices that engage with pressing social, political, and aesthetic concerns of our time. 

Dallas (2022-2024)

• Objects of Desire (Fall 2024)
• TAMPER EVIDENT: Joseph Beuys (Summer 2024)
• Kleos & Nostos: Reflections on Felix Gonzalez-Torres with Antique Marble & Bronze, Auguate Rodin & E. L. Kirchner (Spring 2023)
• George Grosz & James "Yaya" Hough in conversation (Winter 2023)
• Totentanz (Fall 2022)
• Aktivismus (Summer 2022)
• Assisted Readymade (Winter 2022)

Los Angeles (2019-2021)

• Wings of Desire (Winter 2021)
• Of Mice and Men (Fall 2020)
• Covid-19 project (Summer 2020)
• Disruptive Selection (Fall 2019 & Spring 2020)

Berlin (2011-2018)

• Mythology & Science (Fall 2017 & Spring 2018)
• Curses, Blasphemies, Lamentations: Goya & Rodin (Spring 2017)
• Homage to Auguste Rodin (Winter 2017)
• Der Kandidat (Fall 2016)
• Bridge over chaos (Spring 2016)
• "1932" Rare Photographs by George Grosz (Winter 2016)
• Musee Rodin Artgeneve (Winter 2016)
• Rodin Rilke Beuys (Fall 2015)
• Auguste Rodin: an expressionist eye (Spring 2015)
• The Animals' Conference (Fall 2014 & Winter 2015)
• The Hand of God (Spring 2014)
• Women (winter 2014)
• Dance of the seven veils (Fall 2013)
• Abdulnasser Gharem (Spring 2013)
• Kirchner - De Kooning (Winter 2013)
• Sex is kicking death (Fall 2012)
• The Sacred Heart (Spring 2012)
• The Concrete & the Mystical (Winter 2012)
• Fertility (Fall 2011)