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Hong Kong’s $306M “Cat Economy” Takes Over Public Spaces
Giant cat installations—from an eight‑metre interactive feline at the airport to inflatable cats at the West Kowloon Cultural District—have turned Hong Kong into a feline‑focused holiday destination. The city’s “cat economy” is estimated at $306 million annually, driven by roughly 100,000 cat owners who spend about $254 each on related goods and experiences.
Louise Bourgeois: Echoes of the Morning opens at PoMo in Trondheim, showcasing the artist’s late‑period gouaches alongside her iconic large‑scale sculptures and tapestries. The show centers on the 2006 installation *Peaux de lapins, chiffons ferrailles à vendre* and a series of wet‑on‑wet gouaches that evoke blood, menstruation, and the passage of time. Curators juxtapose these intimate paintings with bronze arthropods, marble basins, and clock‑face tapestries to explore ageing, maternal anxiety, and the body as a temporal vessel. Accompanying texts from Bourgeois’s own writings deepen the psycho‑analytic reading and link the work to contemporary debates on anti‑aging culture.
The "Becoming Through Pain" exhibition, curated by Huma Kabakcı, opens at London’s Somers Gallery from March 26 to April 2, 2026, featuring eight international women artists. Their works treat pain not as a static condition but as a transformative force...
Christie’s will auction Indian paintings and calligraphy from the Seattle‑based Cowles collection in London on 28 April, with a total estimate exceeding £1.5 million. The lot is dominated by Mughal works spanning the 16th to mid‑19th centuries, including a Fraser Album piece...
Tate Britain will debut its first show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026, titled The Tate Britain Garden. Central to the design is Barbara Hepworth’s limestone sculpture Bicentric Form, the first Tate collection work placed in a Chelsea garden....
A six‑volume Amedeo Modigliani catalogue raisonné has been published, detailing a new three‑pillar methodology that blends scientific analysis, stylistic comparison, and provenance research. The project, led by art historian Marc Restellini, leverages early digital databases and modern imaging tools to...
Art Dubai has postponed its 20th‑anniversary fair from mid‑April to May 14‑17, 2026, and will reformat the event as a curated cultural gathering rather than a traditional exhibition. The organizers introduced a flexible fee structure, replacing fixed stand fees with...
Director Yuval Sharon has transformed the Met Opera’s staging of Wagner’s *Tristan und Isolde* with cutting‑edge video projections and an immersive set designed by Es Devlin. The high‑tech production has generated buzz and helped lift ticket sales, offering a rare...
London’s latest queer photography showcase, "Exhalation," features Alexander Elkholm’s sensual portraits that fuse the precision of karate with the fluidity of dance. The exhibition, opening this month, captures intimate moments of LGBTQ+ bodies navigating the city’s streets and private spaces....
Jan Vorisek’s “Elbows” installation at Arcadia Missa transforms mass‑market plastic column moulds into curving, hollow sculptures. The work pairs original ABS moulds with 3D‑printed articulations that bend the straight forms into worm‑like elbows. By using cheap Chinese‑made architectural kits, the...
Reuters announced it has identified the elusive street artist Banksy as Robin Gunningham, who changed his name to David Jones in 2008. The claim revives a decades‑long mystery, while a north‑London builder insists he is not the artist.
Salvador Dalí’s 1936 painting *Necrophiliac Spring*, long unseen in the United Kingdom, will be displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the “Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art” exhibition running March 28‑November 1. The work, which inspired Elsa Schiaparelli’s celebrated 1938...
Project 2’s "The 2Craigs" series continues a year‑long visual call‑and‑response between photographer Craig Cutler and illustrator Craig Frazier, where each new image reacts instinctively to the previous one. The collaboration strips creative dialogue to its simplest form—no briefs, just immediate reaction. Recent releases include...
The Tate Britain exhibition “Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals” commemorates the 250th birthdays of J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, displaying over 150 paintings, sketches and objects that dramatize their historic rivalry. Curator Amy Concannon stages the 1831 Royal Academy hanging...
In September 2006 a marble foot from the Parthenon frieze was reattached in Athens, marking the first return of a Parthenon piece since the early 1800s. The gesture sparked renewed calls for the full repatriation of the Elgin Marbles, now...
Valentina Castellani, former Sotheby’s deputy director and Gagosian senior director, is releasing *Trading Beauty*, the first book to chronicle the art market from the Renaissance to the present. Published by Gagosian’s shop for $40 on May 1 and later distributed by...
Gustavo Nazareno’s solo exhibition “How to Grow a Flower from a Supernova” opens at Opera Gallery Paris from 24 June to 17 July 2026, coinciding with Paris Couture Week. The show blends Afro‑Brazilian religious iconography, especially the Orixá Pombagira, with...
Renowned photographer Domino Leaha releases "Unfulfilled," a photobook chronicling a decade of intimate moments with friends, lovers, and muses across London, Los Angeles, Milan, and New York. The project emphasizes feeling over formal composition, featuring candid portraits that capture the...
Glasgow International has unveiled the full programme for its 11th biennial, scheduled from 5 to 21 June 2026 under the new artistic direction of Helen Nisbet. The festival will probe artistic experimentation, personal and ancestral memory, intergenerational kinship and cross‑cultural...
Russell T Davies’s award‑winning series *It’s a Sin* is being transformed into a visceral dance show by Rambert. Choreographer‑director Benoit Swan Pouffer will blend archival footage with contemporary movement, while Davies and the Pet Shop Boys act as executive producers. The production, co‑produced with...
Why did Reuters feel compelled to dox Banksy? What to Know About Banksy and the Effort to Unmask Him https://t.co/gMAh8Sa9Ph
Powerhouse Arts has named veteran curator Liz Munsell vice president of Curatorial and Arts Programs, tasking her with shaping exhibitions, public programmes and artist‑led production at its Brooklyn hub. Munsell brings nearly two decades of museum experience and a track...
The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC is hosting *Miró and the United States*, an exhibition that juxtaposes Joan Miró’s paintings, sculptures, and films with works by American contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler, Alexander Calder and Barnett...
Taiwanese pop icon Jay Chou will drop his 16th studio album, Children of the Sun, on March 25, marking his first full-length release in over three years. The album’s title stems from a playful nickname given by Hong Kong legend...
Peter Kennard’s anti‑war book STOP, originally conceived in 1968 during the Vietnam conflict, has finally been published as global wars dominate headlines again. The visual-only volume marks Kennard’s shift from painting to photomontage, using cut‑up press images to portray war...
Gisela Colón’s new exhibition “La Montaña, El Monólito” opened at Puerto Rico’s Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC) on March 14, presenting a 30‑year retrospective of her sculptural and painterly work. The show marks the artist’s first monographic presentation in her native island...
Team Data Art transforms Oura Ring health metrics into immersive generative visuals and sound, creating real‑time art that reflects the body’s internal state. The project blends physiology, technology, and creative strategy using p5.js, AI prompts, and wearable data. It aims...
Francisco Rodríguez’s solo show *Private Nightmares* at Baert Gallery explores memory as "dust," painting vanished interiors and adolescent yearning. Drawing on Edo‑period prints, Flemish Renaissance palettes, and contemporary punk iconography, the works juxtapose muted blues with bursts of red and...
Konrad Fischer’s OKEY DOKEY space in Los Angeles presents a rare dialogue between Sol LeWitt, whose first show with the gallery opened in 1968, and David Douard, a post‑digital sculptor debuting there in 2023. The exhibition juxtaposes LeWitt’s systematic wall drawings, especially...
Inuuteq Storch, a Greenlandic (Kalaaleq) photographer, has gained international attention by documenting everyday life in Sisimiut and beyond, culminating in solo shows at MoMA PS1 and representation of Denmark at the 2024 Venice Biennale. His work intertwines personal archives with historic...
Australia’s Art Gallery of New South Wales will present the first major Takashi Murakami retrospective in the country, opening 5 December 2025 and running until July 2027. Developed with the artist, the exhibition spans three decades of work, featuring paintings, sculptures, video and...
U.S. artist and geographer Trevor Paglen has been awarded the 2026 LG Guggenheim Award, receiving a $100,000 prize. The honor, presented by LG Group and the Guggenheim Museum, spotlights his work that visualizes AI bias and surveillance infrastructure, underscoring the...
The Vatican announced that a previously unidentified work in its collection has been newly attributed to El Greco, adding a rare c.1590‑95 “Redeemer” to its holdings. Tate unveiled its 2027 exhibition programme, spotlighting major shows of David Hockney, Claude Monet and...
Marian Goodman Gallery in Paris is presenting *All is Portraiture*, a solo exhibition of Barkley L. Hendricks’ work from February 6 to April 4, 2026. The show features 36 curated images that highlight Hendricks’ signature portraiture style, emphasizing his impact on Black representation...
Massimiliano Gioni, artistic director of the New Museum, emphasized the institution’s non‑collecting model, focusing on producing 24 new works co‑created with international partners. The museum’s strategy ensures artists retain ownership of the pieces, reinforcing its mission to champion new art...
A newly uncovered 1875 letter shows Claude Monet borrowing 1,000 francs from Gustave Manet, with repayment tied to the sale of 35 paintings the following February. The loan included eight works already delivered and the unfinished "La Japonaise," which later...
A trio of exhibitions at Christchurch Mansion in Suffolk commemorates the 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth. The first show, "Constable: A Cast of Characters," displays over 100 artworks and personal items, revealing his family, mentors, and early influences. The...
Linn Phyllis Seeger, an artist who cannot drive, continues her fascination with automobiles through digital media. Her 2024 film "The (Un)event (side c)" examined Google Maps' virtual traffic, and her latest solo show at Shipton Gallery expands this inquiry with...
POND, a duo exhibition by Daisy Dickens and Ilke Sahin at Greatorex Street Gallery, showcases paintings, sculptures, and installations driven by self‑organising material processes. The show juxtaposes water‑inspired transformations with human‑made forms, highlighting decay, oxidation, and the body as mutable subjects....
Artist Phillipa Rice has devised a novel stop‑motion technique that uses rubber‑stamp impressions made from a pigment‑covered eraser to capture the face of a plastic figurine. By arranging rows of these stamps at varying angles, she creates a fluid animation...
The article charts cannabis’s evolution from counter‑culture symbol to a mainstream subject in contemporary visual art. Legalization and online sales have normalized the plant, prompting artists to explore its history, social implications, and aesthetic potential. High‑design packaging and dispensary interiors...
Los Angeles‑based artist Michelle Kingdom redefines embroidery as "stitched paintings," creating miniature narrative pieces that function like hand‑drawn illustrations. Drawing on her Russian‑Jewish heritage and a family steeped in craft, she uses tightly packed threads to explore themes of identity,...
The 61st Venice Biennale, directed by curator Koyo Kouou, shifts from grand spectacle to an intimate, affect‑driven experience that foregrounds memory, diaspora and unresolved histories. Early previews highlight three participating artists—Manuel Mathieu, Sara Shamma and Igshaan Adams—who each translate trauma...
A 460‑year‑old copy of Polydore Vergil’s *Anglicae Historia* atlas, once owned by Queen Mary I, will be offered for $1.6 million at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. The atlas, acquired in a 2024 auction for $227,000, features gilded bindings with...
In this episode of Bad at Sports, hosts Ryan and Duncan chat with artists Berenice Vargas Bravo and Krystal Lemonias about their recent participation in NADA Miami, their new works, and the dynamics of working with a gallery. Berenice describes two...
Beeple’s landmark $69.3 million NFT, sold at Christie’s in March 2021, finally has a confirmed owner after a 2023 lawsuit was settled. The court‑ordered settlement establishes that Vignesh Sundaresan, through his firm Portkey Technologies, made all decisions and exclusively purchased the...
Diversion: Asad Raza 📰 This artist newspaper, edited by Asad Raza and Mathew Hale, accompanied a work by Raza of the same name shown at Kunsthalle Portikus in 2022. Diversion redirected the Main river through the Portikus space, inviting the public...
One of my favorite artists, Jason Edmiston, is back with two new additions from his Eyes Without a Face series: This time, focusing on two very recognizable characters from an upcoming film. (1/2) https://t.co/W0FkqY6zjA
Refik Anadol argues that legacy museums can’t easily accommodate mutable AI‑driven art, prompting the creation of DATALAND – a purpose‑built museum where architecture and machine intelligence co‑create. The project embeds a Large Nature Model trained on ethically sourced ecological data,...
Nearly 200 participants in the 2026 Venice Biennale have signed an open letter demanding that the Israeli pavilion be excluded from the exhibition. The Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) delivered the letter to the Biennale’s president, warning of a potential...
Dazed Club staged an exclusive private viewing of the "Resurgence: Craft Reimagined" exhibition at Hackney Downs Studios, inviting members to experience the show ahead of its public opening. The event featured curated refreshments from Ghost Labs and Dalston’s Soda, creating...
