Today's Art Pulse
Laure Prouvost Unveils Quantum‑Inspired Multisensory Installation at Grand Palais
The French artist will debut "Nous, frissons d’étoiles" at the Grand Palais, a two‑year project that translates quantum‑computer research into kinetic sculpture, light, sound and scent. The work was created in collaboration with Google Quantum AI scientists and philosopher Tobias Rees, and anchors the LAS Art Foundation’s Sensing Quantum program.
Marko Tadić at Trotoar Gallery, Zagreb
Croatian artist Marko Tadić opens _FungaRobo_ at Zagreb’s Trotoar Gallery, a solo show that fuses collage, drawing, animation and sculpture to explore artistic ecologies. Drawing on 1950s‑60s Zagreb photographs, the work juxtaposes historic socialist urban visions with present‑day erosion of common goods. Central to the exhibition are black‑and‑white, mycelium‑inspired figures that act as speculative consultants, proposing decentralized, network‑based city structures. Tadić’s bricolage display repurposes furniture and found objects, turning the gallery into a hybrid archive‑scenography that invites reflection on sustainable urban futures.
Graham Dunning – Quern
Graham Dunning’s new album *Quern* showcases his signature mechanical techno, built from turntables, electric motors and found objects. The record blends 90s techno, acid, dub and global‑south rhythms while embracing deliberate analog imperfections. Dunning’s PhD‑level research underpins the experimental sound‑art...
Picasso’s Guernica Is the Ultimate Emblem of the Horrors of War. It Has No Place in Spain's Partisan Squabbles |...
After 45 years abroad, Picasso’s *Guernica* returned to Spain and now hangs in Madrid’s Reina Sofía museum. The Basque Country’s president has asked for a temporary loan to Bilbao’s Guggenheim to mark the bombing’s 90th anniversary. Madrid’s government rejected the request,...
For Sale: A Perfect Time Capsule of Australian Victoriana
Renowned Australian curator Terence Lane’s Victorian‑era home in Carlton will be auctioned on May 3, offering thousands of decorative‑arts objects he amassed over five decades. The sale includes 19th‑century paintings, ceramics, furniture and rare Australiana such as an emu‑egg centrepiece and...
MMCA Unveils 43-Work Park Su‑geun Retrospective in Revamped Permanent Galleries
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Gwacheon has installed 43 works by Korean modernist Park Su‑geun in its newly renovated permanent exhibition. The reconfiguration, launched on May 22, replaces earlier artist rooms and signals a broader...
AI Robs You of the Achievement of Effort. Here’s Why that Sucks.
Columnist Colson Whitehead warns that AI erodes the essential struggle of artistic creation, arguing that effort is the core of genuine work. The author of this piece echoes that view, describing how AI’s ease robbed him of the painful process...
Dracula Bites: West Australian Ballet Performs to Recorded Music in Adelaide
The West Australian Ballet’s Adelaide run of *Dracula* (April 17‑22) will be performed to a pre‑recorded soundtrack rather than a live orchestra, sparking criticism from the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA). The union, backed by over 500 musicians across...
Diane Keaton’s Iconic Wardrobe and Art Collection Head to Auction
Bonhams, in partnership with the Fine Art Group, will conduct a four‑part, 550‑lot auction of Diane Keaton’s personal belongings, including more than 200 outfits, home furnishings, and over 150 artworks. The sale runs from late May through early June, with three...
A Teaspoon at a Time: How LACMA Built Its Collection
Los Angeles County Museum of Art has transformed from a modest offshoot into a world‑class institution by layering incremental acquisitions, strategic exhibitions, and bold leadership. Curators like Stephanie Barron and Sharon Takeda leveraged local foundations and international loan shows to...
Christie’s to Offer $35 M. Renoir Painting Owned by Whitney Family For Nearly a Century
Christie’s will auction Pierre‑Auguste Renoir’s 1876‑77 portrait *La femme aux lilas* on May 18, marking the first public sale of the work in 97 years. The painting, long held by the Whitney Payson family, carries an estimate of $25 million to...
Diego Rivera’s Grandson Donates More than 150,000 Objects to Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli
Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, the grandson of famed muralist Diego Rivera, has donated 157,300 objects from his private collection to Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli. The eclectic items—ceramics, textiles, photographs, archives and a research library—cover Mexican art from the 16th century to the present...
Art Dubai to Present Significantly Smaller Event After Iran War Forces Postponement
Art Dubai cancelled its originally planned 20th‑anniversary fair after the US‑Israel attack on Iran and announced a scaled‑down "special edition" for May 14‑17. The new edition will feature just 50 exhibitors instead of the slated 120, still hosted at Madinat...
Raymond Pettibon's 'Nervous Breakdown' Album-Cover Exhibition Opens in Germany
The Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen, Germany, opened 'Nervous Breakdown,' a solo exhibition of Raymond Pettibon’s album‑cover artwork. Curated by Dr. Astrid Ihle, the show presents over 200 pieces on loan from the Stefan Thull Collection, marking the first comprehensive display of...
ADAPT Launches //ACADEMY Learning Ecosystem
ADAPT has launched //ACADEMY, a creative learning ecosystem that trains artists for animation, VFX, and game development through career‑driven tracks. The program emphasizes a “thinking‑first” approach, focusing on decision‑making and production constraints rather than just tool proficiency. Around 30 industry...
Jule Korneffel Finds Meaning at the End of Light
Jule Korneffel’s solo show "In Search of Lost Light" is on view at Spencer Brownstone Gallery in Manhattan through May 2. The exhibition features seven paintings created between 2023 and 2026, ranging from modest 20×18‑inch works to monumental 80×96‑inch canvases. Influenced...
Balenciaga Deploys New Art Series
Balenciaga announced a new art series that will debut in its flagship Via Montenapoleone store in Milan. The initiative pairs the fashion house with a roster of contemporary artists, featuring limited‑edition installations and wearable pieces that blend runway aesthetics with...
Display Eye‑Catchers to Slow Traffic and Boost Sales
Do you show at art fairs, open studios, or other group events? One of the more common artist mistakes is having no art on display to slow traffic down. This is especially true for those who make smaller more detailed...
Dive Into the Lost 1990s Avant‑Garde Art Experience
Please please come to this mad lecture on “My Lost Art World of the 1990a.” This is the Avant Guard that Lost by Winning so Spectacularly.” I will fire up the old slide projector, showing over 100 images. We will laugh;...
Mikala Tai Appointed Curator of 2027 TarraWarra Biennial
Sydney‑based curator Mikala Tai has been appointed to lead the tenth TarraWarra Biennial, scheduled for July 31 to November 4, 2027 at the TarraWarra Museum of Art in Healesville, Australia. Tai brings extensive experience in contemporary Australian and Asian art, having directed the...
Never Stop Stopping
Michael Krebber’s paintings are characterized by unfinished, sketch‑like surfaces that deliberately halt mid‑idea, prompting viewers to question artistic originality. A 2005 essay collection titled “Man Without Qualities,” authored by Daniel Birnbaum, John Kelsey, and Jessica Morgan, dissected his tactics of...
Was This Anne Boleyn’s Seat? Rare 500-Year-Old Chair Linked to the Tudor Queen
A 500‑year‑old oak chair, adorned with Tudor roses, dolphins and the initials “AB,” has been identified as possibly belonging to Anne Boleyn during her French court years. The piece was acquired by Devon dealer Paul Fitzsimmons at a U.S. auction...
Rediscovering Lolita Danse, a Radical Parisian Dance Collective
Lolita Danse, a ten‑person Parisian performance collective, was founded in 1981 by artists from Mexico, Brazil, Catalonia, Brittany and other regions. The group fused dance, lighting design and visual art to challenge conventional hierarchy and homogenous aesthetics. Their radical, collaborative...
Francis Alÿs Retrospective Opens at Bogotá’s Museo De Arte Miguel Urrutia
Francis Alÿs’s major retrospective “Juegos de niñxs, 1999‑2025” opened this week at Bogotá’s Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia. Curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina and Virginia Roy, the show presents the artist’s Children’s Games series, a two‑decade archive that maps informal social...
The Future of Museums Is a Dance Floor
Museums are increasingly embracing rave culture, turning dance floors into curatorial tools that foreground sound, movement, and collective joy. Recent projects such as Steve McQueen’s low‑frequency installation at Dia Beacon, the Swiss National Museum’s “Techno” exhibition, and the Asian Art Museum’s “Rave...
In Conversation: Arch Hades and Fi Churchman
Arch Hades’s multidisciplinary exhibition Return | Ritorno opens at the deconsecrated Scoletta Battioro e Tiraoro di Venezia on 7 May 2026, coinciding with a breakfast conversation with ArtReview editor Fi Churchman on 8 May. The show spans three floors and features a 22‑panel, 13‑metre...
Marcos Kueh in Turbulent Seas
Marcos Kueh’s solo show "Smooth Sailing" at Manchester’s ESEA Contemporary examines Chinese labour migration through a mix of sculptures, tapestries and large‑scale installations. Drawing on 19th‑century British union banners, the exhibition juxtaposes traditional Chinese symbols with modern brand logos to...
Paul Klee, Degenerate for the Ages
The Jewish Museum’s new exhibition, “Other Possible Worlds,” spotlights Paul Klee’s final decade, a period marked by exile, illness, and a prolific outpouring of over 1,250 works in 1939 alone. Klee, once condemned as a “degenerate” artist by the Nazis,...
A Rare Tiffany Studios Waterfall Window Goes Up for Auction
Christie's Design Sale will auction the Boyd Family Memorial Window, a rare Tiffany Studios landscape piece featuring a dramatic waterfall. Commissioned in 1898 for Connecticut’s Second Congregational Church, the lancet windows measure roughly 5.5 feet by 2.5 feet each and rise to...
Hermès, Gucci and Louis Vuitton Turn Fuorisalone Into Luxury Showcases at Milan Design Week
Hermès, Gucci and Louis Vuitton transformed Milan’s Fuorisalone design fair into luxury installations from April 20‑26, 2026. The houses unveiled furniture, textiles and immersive exhibitions that blend heritage with contemporary design, underscoring a growing convergence between high fashion and interior...
Climate Week Exhibition 'Earth, Air, Fire, Water' Opens at San Francisco’s Mills Building
KALW Public Media and the Swig Company opened the multi‑media exhibition 'Earth, Air, Fire, Water' at the Mills Building in downtown San Francisco. Featuring Bay Area artists who translate climate data into paintings, photography and collages, the show runs until...
1990s Avant‑Guard Collapse: From Recession to Decadence
Welcome to my Lost Art World of the 1990s. The Avant Guard that Lost by Winning so Spectacularly. It started with no money and recession which leveled the playing field. Artists and galleries - and a 40-year old...
Real Artists Must Work; AI Isn’t a Shortcut
Anyone flexing how they don't need to do actual work, have talent or perfect the craft because of AI, is not a real artist. Let them expose themselves ✌🏽
Recently Restored Castle in Norwich Among Five Institutions Shortlisted for UK's Top Museum Prize
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, fresh from a £27.5 m (£34 m) redevelopment that reopened in August 2025, joins four other institutions on the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2026 shortlist. The shortlist also features the National Gallery, the Fitzwilliam Museum,...
Inside Somerset House Studios: A Decade of Creative Evolution
Did you know there’s a creative hub in Somerset House? Ahead of its tenth anniversary, I spoke to Marie McPartlin, director of Somerset House Studios, about how it was founded, how it’s evolved & its role within the wider programme...
Paris Launches World’s First Sufi Art Museum
Paris is not short of museums, but in 2024, it welcomed a unique addition: the world’s first museum dedicated to Sufi art & culture. Read more in my interview with the Claire Bay, President of the Board, for @worldofFAD >>...
Drum and Trumpet with Human Skulls Attached Complicate Plan for Restitution From Los Angeles to Ghana
The Fowler Museum at UCLA holds a 19th‑century Asante drum and ivory trumpet seized by British troops, each bearing a human skull—a male skull on the trumpet and a female skull on the drum. While the museum successfully restituted seven...
Explore Manhattan’s Dutch Roots Through Art
I regularly recommend @RussellShorto's books about New York and Dutch history. Now you can take a walk through Manhattan's past with him through Dutch art at @NYHistory. Gift link: Recalling When Lower Manhattan Was New Amsterdam https://t.co/SjquafSi02
Louisiana Museum Unites Basquiat’s Iconic “Head” Works for First Time
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk has reunited Jean‑Michel Basquiat’s two seminal “Head” works—“Untitled” (1983) and “Head” (1982‑83)—in its “Headstrong” exhibition, marking the first time the pair has been displayed together. Curator Anders Kold says the show could...
Ocean Vuong Unveils 'Time Is A Mother,' A Poetic Exploration of Grief
Vietnamese‑American poet Ocean Vuong has released his latest collection, Time Is A Mother, a meditation on loss after his mother’s 2019 death. The book was highlighted as NPR’s Book of the Day, underscoring its cultural relevance during National Poetry Month.
Brandon Sanderson Vs. AI Art
Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson delivered a candid talk titled “The Hidden Cost of AI Art,” where he dissected common objections to AI‑generated visuals and concluded that his opposition runs deeper than economics or copyright concerns. He argues that art’s true...
Thomas J. Price’s Monumental Sculpture Anchors V&A East’s Opening in London—And More Art Industry News
Thomas J. Price’s monumental sculpture headlines the opening of V&A East in London, joining new commissions by Rene Matić, Carrie Mae Weems and Tania Bruguera. Art Dubai rolls out a risk‑sharing booth‑fee model and trims its exhibitor count to 50 after...
Dallas Museum of Art Acquired Six Artists’ Works From the Dallas Art Fair, and Other News.
The Dallas Museum of Art’s Acquisition Fund celebrated its 10th anniversary by purchasing six works from the 2026 Dallas Art Fair, emphasizing Indigenous, LGBTQ, women and African‑diaspora artists. Alserkal appointed Rue Kothari to lead Design Miami Dubai and launched a five‑week Art Month featuring...
The Salon Des Refusés
In this episode of Who Arted, host Kyle Wood explores the historic Salon des Refusés, the 1863 exhibition of works rejected by the Paris Salon. He explains how the rigid Académie jury stifled emerging realist and plein‑air artists, leading Emperor...
Peter Zumthor’s LACMA David Geffen Galleries Open in Los Angeles
On April 19, 2026, LACMA unveiled the David Geffen Galleries, a 900‑foot glass‑and‑concrete structure designed by Peter Zumthor. The elevated, 30‑foot‑high floor provides panoramic city views and a single‑level, non‑hierarchical exhibition space that houses roughly 155,000 objects spanning 6,000 years. The 207,000‑square‑foot...
How African Art Is Taking over the Venice Biennale – and the World
The 61st Venice Biennale, opening May 9, will be curated posthumously by Koyo Kouoh, the first African woman ever appointed artistic director of the prestigious festival. Her curatorial team is preserving her vision as a significant proportion of the 111...
NFTs Still Falling Short for Artists
NFTs may have a little run but they still aren’t where they need to be for artists.
Miart 2024 Fair Sets ‘No Time, No Space’ Theme for Spring Edition
Miart, Milan’s leading contemporary art fair, announced that its 2024 spring edition will be curated around the theme ‘No Time, No Space.’ The direction aims to spotlight works that challenge temporal and spatial boundaries, influencing galleries, collectors, and the broader...
Gaylen Gerber at Hans Goodrich
Gaylen Gerber presents a solo exhibition at Hans Goodrich in Chicago, running from April 4 to May 17, 2026. The show features his mixed‑media piece “Support,” which incorporates cremated remains, felt pen and a zip‑pered bag, alongside Georg Herald’s 1990 “Untitled” that uses...
Your Guide Through Gallery Weekend Berlin, Across the City
Gallery Weekend Berlin will run May 1‑3, 2026, offering a citywide program of exhibitions, talks, and public events across museums, galleries, and independent venues. The decentralized format encourages visitors to explore multiple neighborhoods, with the ArtRabbit app providing maps and navigation. Highlights...
The Reconstructive Poetics of Wegner’s Case Studies
Conceptual formalist Peter Wegner’s latest exhibition at Marshall Gallery showcases his new “Case Studies” series, where photographs are printed on the edges of thousands of thin polystyrene slats assembled into anodized aluminum cases. The works, such as “Yellow Divided by...