Today's Art Pulse
Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince’s ‘Helter Skelter’ debuts at Fondazione Prada in Venice
The joint exhibition “Helter Skelter” opens at Fondazione Prada’s Ca’ Corner della Regina in Venice, running through November 23, 2026. Curated by former Guggenheim chief Nancy Spector, the show pairs Jafa and Prince, artists noted for aggressive appropriation of cinema, music and American iconography. Critics describe the work as lawless image scavenging that confronts viewers.
Dries Van Noten Launches 'The Only True Protest Is Beauty' Exhibition in Venice
Belgian designer Dries Van Noten inaugurated his foundation’s first exhibition, “The Only True Protest Is Beauty,” on April 25 at Venice’s Palazzo Pisani Moretta. The show marks his shift from runway to cultural programming, underscoring luxury fashion’s expanding role in the art world.
Italian Artist Sara Guberti Opens 'Invocation to the Goddesses' In Kathmandu
Italian artist Sara Guberti launched her solo exhibition 'Invocation to the Goddesses' at Kathmandu's Siddhartha Art Gallery, featuring acrylic canvases in red, black and white that pair goddess portraits with symbolic flowers. The show aims to celebrate feminine power and...
Hot Hand: Meyers & Fügmann
Sarah Meyers and Laura Fügmann helped open a retrospective on Dutch design icon Hella Jongerius at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein. The two have spent a decade collaborating with Jongerius, after meeting at Berlin’s Weissensee art school....
New York City African Queens: Carol Beckwith &Angela Fisher by David Jager
British photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, who have spent 47 years documenting African tribal rituals, have had their extensive photographic archive acquired by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art. Their work spans 150 cultures across all 54 African...
Ben Blount and Catherine Jacobi Launch ‘Good Trouble’ at Riverside Arts Center
Ben Blount and Catherine Jacobi opened their collaborative show “Good Trouble” at the Riverside Arts Center in Illinois on April 19, 2026. The exhibition pairs Blount’s politically charged letterpress prints with Jacobi’s reimagined masterworks and found‑object sculptures, positioning the duo...
Art Silently Narrates Life's Generational Circle
You know when you look at a piece of art and you’re told a meaningful story just by looking at it? That’s how I feel with @kaiart’s work. A parent holding a child’s hand… and the shadow shows that same child...
Vatican Museum Director Barbara Jatta to Speak at Notre Dame’s 150‑Year Art Museum Celebration
Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, is slated to join the University of Notre Dame on April 21, 2026 for a conversation on art museums as instruments of hope. The event marks the 150th anniversary of Notre Dame’s art museum and underscores the...
With Trump Novices, Can the U.S. Win the ‘Art Olympics’?
The U.S. State Department has replaced its long‑standing museum‑led selection process for the Venice Biennale with a new commission led by Jenni Parido, a former pet‑food store owner who founded the nonprofit American Arts Conservancy. Parido, lacking professional museum experience,...
Louis Vuitton Debuts Pierre Legrain Hommage Home Collection at Milan Design Week
Louis Vuitton presented its Pierre Legrain Hommage Collection, a luxury home line drawing on the Art Deco legacy of Pierre Legrain, at Milan Design Week. The collection, on display at Palazzo Serbelloni from April 21‑26, showcases furniture, textiles and objects...
‘Subvert, Repair, Reclaim’ Exhibition Reimagines the Nude with Six Contemporary Artists
The Brooklyn Rail announced the opening of “Subvert, Repair, Reclaim,” a group exhibition that brings together six artists to interrogate the nude in contemporary art. Curated by Carmen Hermo, the show is supported by the Marion Boulton Kippy Stroud and Teiger...
Top 5 Spring Museum Shows: Art, Samurai, Mental Health
Red threads, inventive art history, mental health, Samurai and shadows in my top 5 museum shows to see this Spring via @worldofFAD https://t.co/Nc4W8wWMbp
Art in Residence Park Hyatt Bangkok X NOVA Contemporary
Park Hyatt Bangkok has teamed with Thailand’s leading gallery NOVA Contemporary to present a long‑term exhibition featuring Thai artist Prae Pupityastaporn. Running from 5 April to 30 June 2026, five of her paintings are installed throughout the hotel’s public areas, turning everyday spaces into...
Ruth Leon Recommends… Canaletto – Painter of Venice
Canaletto, the 18th‑century master of Venetian vedute, combined exacting perspective with luminous colour to create iconic cityscapes that defined the Grand Tour aesthetic. Trained by his theatrical‑scene painter father, he produced celebrated works such as the 1725 "Stonemason’s Yard" now...
La Vuelta Al Monte Installation / Rare Studio Experimental
The Rare Studio Experimental team unveiled La Vuelta al Monte, a 10‑meter, 100 m² installation for the 2026 Cosquín Rock Festival in Córdoba, Argentina. Designed by architects Ivan Ferrero and Agustín Willnecker, the tower supports over 900 native plant specimens, acting...
Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff at Les Bains-Douches, Alençon
Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff present their multimedia series *Paradise* at Les Bains‑Douches in Alençon from February 14 to April 26, 2026. The work, filmed on 16 mm in Berlin’s TV Bar between 2020 and 2022, blends speculative fiction with documentary elements to explore labor,...
Marine Serre Unveils Louvre-Inspired FW26 Couture Collection
Marine Serre has launched her FW26 couture collection in partnership with the Louvre, presenting five one‑of‑a‑kind pieces that transform museum tools and masterpieces into wearable art. The show marks her return after a two‑season hiatus and previews a capsule line...
Finissage of ‘Beyond the Frame – Between Here and Elsewhere’ Wraps Three‑Month Show at Het Bos
FOMU, ILA Foundation and Het Bos concluded the three‑month ‘Beyond the Frame – Between Here and Elsewhere’ exhibition with a finissage on Saturday. The show featured four emerging visual artists—Kawtar Ouh, Tatjana Huong Henderieckx, Nella Ngingo and Mistral—who explored fluid...
Episode 938: Tori Tinsley
In this episode of Bad at Sports, host Brian Andrews interviews Atlanta‑based artist Tori Tinsley about her "Hug" series, a body of paintings, sculptures, and animations that emerged from caring for her mother with frontotemporal dementia. Tinsley explains how the...
Van Gogh Immersive ‘Love, Vincent Garden’ Opens in Seoul, Expands Global Tour
The traveling Van Gogh Immersive Experience, rebranded as ‘Love, Vincent Garden’, opened in Seoul this year, joining a roster of more than 56 venues across Asia. The launch underscores the growing popularity of large‑scale digital exhibitions that blend art history...
Flat Walls Turned Into 3D Cultural Masterpieces
😳😲👏🏾 This is not just a wall. It’s a masterpiece. Chinese artist Xiao Qi transforms flat walls into stunning 3D relief scenes featuring dragons, temples, elephants and the Great Wall, all inspired by traditional culture. Pure talent. Precision. Patience. Proof that great...
Award-Winning Photographer Reveals Gear Boosting Masai Mara Conservation
Sony World Photography Award 2026's Wildlife category winner shares his setup for capturing unique photos of the animals in Masai Mara, Kenya, helping the park https://t.co/WH0RGtEfGH
Ann Liu: ‘Being a Starving Artist Isn't Romantic. It’s Devastating’
Los Angeles artist Ann Liu, known for her calligraphic airbrushed paintings, also trades crypto under the alias Qwant Kitty. She uses speculative crypto strategies to fund her practice, describing trading as a "technology of time" that mirrors artistic creation. Liu...
Zulu Ceramics Fuse Tradition and Minimalism, Redefining Home Décor
Zulu potters are launching a minimalist line of eco‑friendly ceramics that marries traditional African motifs with clean geometric forms. The shift, amplified by online marketplaces, is drawing both heritage lovers and modern design enthusiasts worldwide.
Climate‑Focused ‘Earth, Air, Fire, Water’ Exhibition Opens at San Francisco’s Mills Building
KALW and the Swig Company have launched the multi‑media exhibition “Earth, Air, Fire, Water” at the Mills Building’s Live Event Studio, featuring a roster of Bay Area artists who translate climate data into visual art. The show runs now through...
Miranda Lee and the Ethics of Attention
Curator Miranda Lee challenges the fast‑paced art market by designing exhibitions that prioritize slower, more reflective attention. Her physical show RECRAFTED introduced intentional pause points, while digital projects like MULT Coexistence and MULT Island embed layered narratives that require exploration...
After the Mystics
Lauren Kane, managing editor of The New York Review, discusses how medieval religious art—especially the Cloisters’ “Spectrum of Desire” exhibit—reveals a surprisingly erotic and transgressive side to the Middle Ages. Her academic background in religion at Yale Divinity School sparked a...
When Math Isn’t Enough: AI, Authenticity, and the Missing Fifth Element
The feature article in the FASO newsletter argues that AI‑generated content feels off because it is mathematically perfect, triggering an uncanny‑valley response. It cites Forbes data showing 55% of audiences are uncomfortable with AI in advertising, suggesting a trust gap...
Gucci Unveils New Art of Silk Campaign Featuring Ten Revived Prints and Exclusive LACMA Designs
Gucci has launched its newest Art of Silk campaign, showcasing ten revived archival scarf prints and exclusive Flora designs created for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The collection, produced from southern Italian silk in partnership with Nido di...
Francis Alÿs Retrospective Opens at David Zwirner and Bogotá’s MAMU
Francis Alÿs’s new retrospective, ‘Juegos de niñxs, 1999‑2025,’ opened simultaneously at David Zwirner in New York and the Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia (MAMU) in Bogotá. Curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina and Virginia Roy, the show surveys the artist’s Children’s Games series, a 26‑year...
Museums Have a Duty to Inspire the Creatives of the Future. At V&A East, I’ve Made that My Mission |...
Gus Casely‑Hayford, director of the newly opened V&A East, frames the museum as a civic institution built with and for young East Londoners. The museum consulted over 30,000 local youths, shaping its design, programming and new‑work commissions such as Tania Bruguera’s stained‑glass...
The Enduring Power of Montage
Thames & Hudson’s new hardcover *Cut Out* reframes collage, montage and assemblage as a feminist practice, spotlighting women, folk and Indigenous creators long omitted from mainstream art histories. The volume surveys the medium from Victorian album makers through Modernist, Surrealist...
Good! Art Fair Opens in Shanghai with Over 100 Exhibitions
The 8th Good! Art Fair opened in Shanghai's historic Yuyuan Garden on April 17, presenting more than 100 exhibitions across visual, performance, and digital media. Organizers aim to spotlight the convergence of local culture, technology and contemporary art, while providing...
What Not to Miss at the San Francisco Art Fair, According to Curator Mara Gladstone
The 2026 San Francisco Art Fair, organized by Art Market Production, opened with 88 exhibitors and 46 regional cultural partners, featuring large‑scale sculptures, immersive installations, and a robust talks program. Independent curator Mara Gladstone highlighted five standout booths, ranging from...
Opera Bosses Credit Pop Star Rosalía for Artform's 'Surge of Support'
Pinterest identified “opera aesthetics” as one of its fastest‑growing trends, noting a 55% rise in searches for opera‑themed dresses over the past year. Meanwhile, the Welsh National Opera (WNO) has been grappling with severe funding cuts that stripped about a...
Ming Hwa Yuan Troupe Opens Xi Chao Art Museum in Tainan
The Ming Hwa Yuan arts and cultural group inaugurated the Xi Chao Art Museum in Tainan, with a trial opening slated for May 30 and a full launch on August 1. Housed in a former weight‑lifting hall acquired in 2014, the venue is...
Exhibit Columbus 2023: Designed by the Public / Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO
Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO created a participatory installation on the library plaza in Columbus, Indiana, as part of the 2023 J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. The project, titled Exhibit Columbus 2023, introduced three blue volumes that reinterpret the historic façade...
South Africa Palma: The Conference of the Palm Trees. Artist Mehdi-Georges Lahlou and Curator Virginie Puertolas-Syn in Conversation. By Petra...
Mehdi‑Georges Lahlou’s solo show "Palma: The Conference of the Palm Trees" opens at Cuturi Gallery Singapore, curated by Virginie Puertolas‑Syn, and runs until May 9, 2026. The exhibition reinterprets Farid ud‑Din Attar’s Sufi poem by replacing birds with palms, using the tree as a...
Riga Stock Exchange Museum Debuts 'Artistic Intelligence' AI‑Inspired Art Exhibition
The Riga Stock Exchange Museum inaugurated the 'Artistic Intelligence' exhibition, the latest stop on a European tour of a cross‑cultural art project. Five European artists, designers and craftsmen created works after a month‑long residency in Japan, merging AI concepts with...
Immersive Exhibition Brings Japanese Folk Monsters to Life
The Yokai Immersive Experience Exhibition opened on April 18 at Warehouse Terrada’s G1 Building in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward and will run through June 28. Using projection mapping, holographic screens and three‑dimensional sets, the show brings yōkai, oni and tsukumogami to life across...
Dallas Art Fair Brings Texas's Relationship-Driven Collecting Community Into Focus
The Dallas Art Fair has settled into a steadier rhythm, maintaining roughly 90 exhibitors and seeing only 31 galleries drop out compared with over 40 in previous cycles. Local collectors, who purchase sparingly but deliberately, treat the fair as the...
Collector Jennifer Gilbert Is Selling Modernist Masterpieces to Fund Her New Arts Space
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Jennifer Gilbert is auctioning key Modernist works at Sotheby’s New York to raise more than $10 million for Lumana, the Detroit‑based nonprofit arts space she founded in 2025. The sales include Joan Mitchell’s *Loom II* (estimated $5‑7 million) and Kenneth Noland’s...
Catalan Museum Has Yet to Follow Through on Court Order to Return Contested Murals to Aragon Monastery
Spain’s Supreme Court ordered the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) to return the 13th‑century Sijena Monastery murals to the Royal Monastery in Aragon, but the museum has still not complied a year later. The frescoes, removed during the 1936...
Art Buyers Need Time, Research, and Consistent Presence
People don't just discover and instantly buy your art. They often start slow, search you online, maybe follow you (whether you know it or not), and otherwise get a better sense of your work. They take time to decide. Could...
Denver Art Museum Debuts First Overseas Australian Indigenous Exhibition “The Stars We Do Not See”
The Denver Art Museum will present “The Stars We Do Not See,” the first time Australian Indigenous artwork has left the continent. Opening on April 19 and running through July 26, the show features bark paintings, neon sculptures and pigment‑rich...
Sotheby’s Paris Notches a $41 M. Modern and Contemporary Sale, Led by a $12 M. Monet Unseen for a Century
Sotheby’s Paris modern and contemporary auction generated €35 million ($41 million), an 84% jump from last year and the second‑largest total ever in France for the category. The sale was anchored by Claude Monet’s *Vétheuil, effet du matin*, which fetched €10.2 million ($12.1 million),...
Pioneering Modernist Fahrelnissa Zeid Returns to the Spotlight in London
Turkish‑Jordanian modernist Fahrelnissa Zeid, a pioneering female avant‑garde figure, returns to London with “Immersion,” her first solo gallery exhibition in the UK this century at Dirimart (April 21–May 30, 2026). Curated by her former student Adila Laïdi‑Hanieh, the show assembles rarely exhibited works from Zeid’s...
Inside the Pillaging of the Kennedy Center
Former Kennedy Center staff reveal Richard Grenell ordered the wholesale removal of the venue’s permanent art collection during the recent shutdown. Simultaneously, the Trump‑appointed Commission of Fine Arts cleared a preliminary design for a presidential triumphal arch, underscoring a shift...
Inside LACMA's Lavish Opening Gala for the David Geffen Galleries with George Lucas, Ed Ruscha and Jeff Koons
Los Angeles County Museum of Art unveiled its $724 million David Geffen Galleries with a star‑studded gala, raising a record $11.5 million for the project. The event featured art icons Jeff Koons and Ed Ruscha, Hollywood personalities, and architect Peter Zumthor, who praised the concrete structure...
Murals From Miami’s Historic Overtown Land at MIA
Miami International Airport has launched “Telling Overtown Stories, Saying Their Names,” an interactive mural exhibition that runs from April 16 to October 13, 2026. The display features three vinyl replicas of permanent Overtown murals, enriched with augmented‑reality elements, QR‑linked oral...
Rare Winnie-the-Pooh Drawings Surface for the First Time
Two previously unseen pencil sketches by E.H. Shepard, the original illustrator of Winnie‑the‑Pooh, have been unveiled at Peter Harrington Rare Books in London. The drawings – one of Christopher Robin leading his friends upstream and another of Pooh and Piglet...