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.
Melbourne Museum Launches 'ROME: Empire, Power, People' With 180 Ancient Artifacts
Melbourne Museum has opened the 'ROME: Empire, Power, People' exhibition, displaying more than 180 ancient Roman objects. Curated by Museums Victoria, the show creates a sensory bridge between Italy and Australia, aiming to draw cultural tourists to the state.
‘Sawadeekowloon’: Mural Celebrates Thai Culture in Hong Kong Under Renovation Scheme
Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority has launched a pilot scheme to revitalize Kowloon City with seven murals celebrating Thai and Chiu Chow heritage. The first mural, painted on the Jenford Building’s façade on South Wall Road, features a smiling purple...
Art Paris 2026 Opens with 'La Réparation' Theme, Fonds D’Art Contemporary Showcases 37 Works
Art Paris 2026 opened at the Grand Palais on April 9 with curator Alexia Fabre’s theme “la réparation.” The Fonds d’art contemporain presented a stand of 37 works—17 of them never before shown—linking colonial-era Orientalist art with contemporary artists of...
Keep the Chains Tight Review: Artist Kiera Brew Kurec Considers Ukrainian Traditions
Kiera Brew Kurec’s performance "Keep the Chains Tight" staged at Sydney’s Randwick Literary Institute on March 28 used the Ukrainian pysanka egg‑making ritual to explore how cultural knowledge is transmitted across generations. Performers in black vests selected wax‑coated eggs, melted the...
China’s Culture of Design Is Catching up with Its Capacity for Growth
China’s design scene is undergoing a quiet transformation, moving from a global image of speed and scale toward a nuanced "New China style" that fuses traditional aesthetics with contemporary practice. The shift is evident in fashion label Samuel Gui Yang’s...
How Picasso and Nara Are Driving Hong Kong’s Live Art Auctions to Record Highs
Hong Kong’s 2025 live art auctions shifted toward quality and selectivity, with marquee works by Pablo Picasso and Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara leading record‑high sales. Christie’s flagship evening sale fetched HK$196.75 million for Picasso’s *Buste de Femme*, while Nara’s pieces each...
Watch: 'Second Skin' - Paul Chadeisson's World Building Sci-Fi Short
Concept artist Paul Chadeisson released a two‑minute hyper‑realistic 3D short titled “Second Skin,” showcasing his signature world‑building style. The film imagines a future metropolis cloaked in a synthetic “second skin” while massive machines reshape the landscape. Voice‑overs from residents reveal mixed feelings...
Philadelphia Art Fever
Philadelphia launches a sprawling two‑part exhibition celebrating American art, from Thomas Eakins to Barkley Hendricks, timed with the city’s 250th anniversary. The show underscores the city’s evolution into a museum hub, a trend accelerated by the Barnes Foundation’s 2012 move...
Israeli Biennale Artist Rejects Boycott, Defends Dialogue Amid Tensions
Belu‑Simion Fainaru, the Israeli‑born sculptor slated to represent Israel at the 61st Venice Biennale, issued a public statement rejecting calls to bar his country from the exhibition. He argued that cultural boycotts undermine artistic exchange, a stance that intensifies the...
A Duchamp Retrospective at MoMA Presents an Artist Who Challenged the Very Definition of Art
Marcel Duchamp, the 20th‑century provocateur whose Readymades upended traditional art, is the focus of a major MoMA retrospective—the first comprehensive North American survey in over five decades. The exhibition, co‑organized with the Philadelphia Museum and France’s Centre Georges Pompidou, runs...
How to Start Collecting Ancient Rings: A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide
Collecting ancient rings offers a tangible link to civilizations such as Greece, Rome, and the medieval era, but newcomers must navigate authenticity, provenance, and legal issues. The guide outlines seven steps, from understanding historical contexts and setting budgets to buying...
Make Art Not War Mural in Berlin, Germany
Shepard Fairey's "Make Art Not War" mural, painted in September 2014 at Mehringplatz 28 in Berlin‑Kreuzberg, is a flagship piece of the One Wall initiative launched by Urban Nation. The bold red‑and‑black composition blends the artist’s iconic propaganda‑style graphics with...
Seoul’s Centre Pompidou, Three Years in the Making, Will Open in June
The Centre Pompidou Hanwha will open in Seoul on June 4, marking the 140th anniversary of France‑Korea diplomatic ties. The museum, housed in Tower 63, is a joint venture with the Hanwha Foundation and designed by Jean‑Michel Wilmotte. Hanwha paid...
Toronto’s ArtSci Salon and a Couple of April 2026 Events
Toronto’s ArtSci Salon announced two April 2026 events that blend art, science, and critical theory. On April 10, the free “Beneath the Skin” presentation will demonstrate The Source, a biosensing platform that records ECG, EDA, EMG, EEG, EOG, and respiratory...
Artist List for Counterpublic 2026 Announced
The third edition of Counterpublic, the St. Louis‑based triennial, will open on 12 September and close on 12 December 2026 under the title “Coyote Time.” Curated by Stefanie Hessler, Jordan Carter, Raphael Fonseca, Nora N. Khan and Wanda Nanibush, the...
Art Institute of Chicago Secures First Norman Rockwell Painting, ‘The Dugout’
The Art Institute of Chicago has acquired Norman Rockwell’s 1948 oil painting ‘The Dugout,’ its first work by the iconic American illustrator. Donated by former Illinois governor Bruce Rauner and his wife Diana, the piece joins the museum’s core American...
Nominees for the 2026 Saltzman-Leibovitz Photography Prize Announced
The Saltzman‑Leibovitz Photography Prize, founded in 2025 by Lisa Saltzman and Annie Leibovitz, will return to Photo London 2026, showcasing five emerging female photographers. The shortlisted artists—Miranda Rae Barnes, Marisol Mendez, Cole Ndelu, Lindeka Qampi, and Bettina Pittaluga—present work that...
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
The exhibition "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead," curated by Maria Hinel, opens at Hypha Studios in London from March 12 to April 18, 2026. It brings together ten international artists to foreground animal agency, revolt, and...
Everything You Need to Know About the Met Gala 2026 and ‘Costume Art’ Exhibition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2026 Met Gala will be held on Monday, May 4, with the accompanying Costume Institute exhibition “Costume Art” opening on May 10 and running through January 10, 2027. The theme, “Costume Art,” examines the relationship between the...
Korea’s Striking Brutalist Buildings Are Captured in a New Visual Volume
Paul Tulett’s new book, *Brutalist Korea*, showcases over 220 photographs of more than 90 post‑war Korean concrete landmarks, ranging from Seoul’s Dongdaemun Design Plaza to Jeju’s Glass House. The volume traces brutalism’s emergence in the 1960s‑70s as a response to...
Expo Chicago 2026 Opens with Curatorial-First Vision Under New Director Kate Sierzputowski
Expo Chicago kicked off on April 9 at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall with 130 exhibitors, marking a smaller but more tightly curated fair under new director Kate Sierzputowski. The program emphasizes institutional depth, new sections like Focus and Embodiment, and...
Bettina Pousttchi’s Vertical Highways V03 Arrives at Rockefeller Center
Bettina Pousttchi’s sculpture *Vertical Highways V03* will occupy Rockefeller Center’s Channel Gardens from March 19 to April 17, 2026, marking the first U.S. showing of her acclaimed Vertical Highways series. The work, fashioned from repurposed guardrails, transforms familiar crowd‑control objects...
Thomas Zipp, Artist with a Sideways Sense of History, 1966–2026
German artist Thomas Zipp, known for his punk‑infused Dadaist approach, died at 60. His multidisciplinary practice spanned painting, installation, and sculpture, weaving politics, medicine, and nuclear imagery into complex works. Notably, his 2013 Venice Biennale piece transformed Palazzo Rossini into...
The Poetics of Desire
Lin Zhipeng, working under the alias No.223, presents "Under the Sunlight, There is No True Intimacy" at Fotografiska Shanghai until 14 June. The exhibition assembles two decades of his work, using light, urban backdrops and subtle gestures to explore intimacy...
These Photos Reimagine Barbara Kruger’s Seminal Streetwear Drop
Photographer Remi Lamande has released a new series of images that reinterpret Barbara Kruger’s 2017 Performa Biennial streetwear drop, which originally wrapped a New York skatepark in the artist’s signature red‑white text. The reimagined photos echo Kruger’s confrontational slogans—“Whose hopes?...
The Bayeux Tapestry Is Coming to London This Year – and It Will Be Free to Visit for Millions of...
The British Museum will host the Bayeux Tapestry from September 2026 through July 2027, marking the first time the 70‑metre medieval embroidery leaves France. After four failed loan attempts over the past century, the tapestry arrives with bespoke vibration‑dampening technology...
Basquiat’s $200 Million Masterpiece to Open at Pérez Art Museum Miami in June
Pérez Art Museum Miami will showcase Jean‑Michel Basquiat’s 1982 Untitled, the artist’s most expensive work, on June 25. The painting, bought privately for $200 million by collector Kenneth C. Griffin, will anchor a nine‑painting, one‑sculpture show titled “Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols.” Curators...
Edge at Hudson Yards Will Introduce Multi-Sensory Installations, and Other News.
Edge at Hudson Yards is undergoing a multi‑million‑dollar immersive art overhaul, debuting this summer with installations such as “Pulse,” “Crystal Cave,” and “Infinite City,” turning the observation deck into a hybrid entertainment venue. The Art Institute of Chicago acquired Norman...
ICA Exhibition: Arca – 241 Tickets
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London is mounting a solo exhibition by Venezuelan multidisciplinary artist and musician Arca, marking her first London showing of paintings from the newly unveiled ‘Angels’ series. The show is limited to 241 tickets,...
Book Review: ‘Corto Maltese,’ by Hugo Pratt
Fantagraphics has released a new English edition of Hugo Pratt’s 1967 graphic novel collection, “Fable of Venice and Other Adventures,” reviving five classic Corto Maltese stories. The volume reintroduces the swashbuckling anti‑hero sailor amid wartime backdrops, while the review underscores...
Fictional Sculptures Get Historical Provenance in Baragouin
Baragouin by Kim Schoen. Baragouin is an artists’ book by Los Angeles and Berlin-based artist Kim Schoen. The book is a companion piece to a video work of the same name, filmed in a now-closed residential sculpture showroom in Los Angeles. The...
Coldie’s “Know Your Overlords” Now Secured in Culture Vault
The full set of 5 "Know Your Overlords - Tech Epochalypse" by @Coldie now safely tucked away in The Culture Vault. Now it's time to touch the art. Its a very clever interactive and kinetic networked art series and part...
Alex Heilbron at As-Is
Alex Heilbron’s solo exhibition *All Systems Fail* at Los Angeles’ as‑is gallery transforms internet‑sourced images into large‑scale, hand‑glitched paintings. Using vector files, vinyl stencils and layered paint, she creates distorted grids, pixelated flowers and smeared code that reveal the materiality...
Top Post‑Easter Exhibitions You Can’t Miss
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London Samurai Exhibit Showcases Unmatched Japanese Craftsmanship
Took opportunity while in London to visit British Museum Samurai Exhibition. Always impressed by beauty & detail of Japanese 🇯🇵 craftsmen & artists. Very few do it better. https://t.co/cfAV1qDicA
Angela Hao
Angela Hao, a U.S.-based illustrator, explores Japan’s neighborhoods through Google Street View and translates the quirky storefronts she discovers into digital ink and watercolor‑style artworks using Procreate. Her pieces capture minute architectural details and the personality of each shop, creating...
Raja Ravi Varma's 'Yashoda and Krishna' Fetches $17.9 Million, New Indian Art Record
Raja Ravi Varma’s 1890s oil painting Yashoda and Krishna sold for 1.67 billion rupees ($17.9 million) at a Saffronart auction in Delhi, establishing a new benchmark for Indian art. Billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla bought the work, pledging to keep it in India and...
Bank of America Joins Citi, Emigrant in Expanding Art Advisory Services
Bank of America has rolled out a dedicated art‑consulting service for its high‑net‑worth private banking clients, adding to Citi’s decades‑old program and Emigrant Bank’s established fine‑art lending platform. The move reflects a broader shift among major banks to treat art...
Mexican Art World Protests Plan to Send Frida Kahlo’s Masterpieces to Spain
A 160‑piece Gelman‑Santander collection featuring Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and other Mexican masters is slated to be shipped to Spain for Banco Santander’s new cultural centre, Faro Santander. The move has triggered an outcry from Mexico’s art community, with nearly 400 cultural professionals signing...
Curly Cube / People's Architecture Office
Curly Cube, unveiled in 2023 along Shanghai’s Huangpu River, is a modular public‑art installation that blends architecture with interactive sculpture. Designed by He Zhe, James Shen, and Zang Feng, its curvilinear form draws on the Gyroid minimal surface and uses...
Episode 935: Chicago Critics Roundtable
In this roundtable, Chicago’s most active art critics—including Curtis Bozif, Annette LaPeak, Bia Singh, and Gareth Kaye—discuss the current "crisis of criticism" and the role of the critic within the city’s art ecology. They explore how their multi‑hyphenate identities (artist,...
Traveling Exhibit Challenges Stereotypes About Muslim Giving
Traveling exhibit “Inspired Generosity” opened in Minneapolis, spotlighting fifty stories of Muslim giving across the United States. The show counters recent political rhetoric that paints Muslim communities as outsiders and “takers,” emphasizing a $4.3 billion annual donation footprint to secular causes....
Artists Should Be Allowed to Remain Anonymous
The article argues that anonymity, exemplified by Banksy and Elena Ferrante, enriches artistic interpretation by removing biographical shortcuts. It highlights how hidden identities force audiences to engage directly with the work’s form and content. The piece also connects this trend...
New Museum Reopens in Downtown Manhattan with OMA Expansion and Massive Staircase
The New Museum in downtown New York reopened after a transformative expansion by OMA that introduces a sweeping four‑floor staircase, reshaping visitor circulation. The launch is anchored by Tschabalala Self’s facade sculpture "Art Lovers" and the multi‑disciplinary exhibition "New Humans:...
A Dedicated Ruth Asawa Space Is Coming to San Francisco
A permanent Ruth Asawa exhibition space will open on May 9 at the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood. The roughly 1,700‑sq‑ft venue, operated by the family‑run Ruth Asawa Lanier estate, will launch “Ruth Asawa: Untitled,” curated by...
Galleries Empower Artists by Educating Buyers and Expanding Access
Ways all artists benefit from the constant hard work galleries do: Showing how great art can look on display anywhere. Engaging with the public about the many benefits of having art in their lives. Helping us all understand that art...
For Frode Bolhuis, The Figure Contains Life’s Mysteries and Its Multitudes
Dutch sculptor Frode Bolhuis transitioned from large‑scale bronze monuments to intimate polymer‑clay figures, embracing vivid pastel colors. The new medium lets him experiment quickly, turning each figurative piece into a technicolor expression of emotion. He builds sculptures intuitively, using a...
Fair Warning Expands With Saara Pritchard, Doubling Down on ‘Conviction’ in a Crowded Art Market
Fair Warning, the boutique online auction app founded by former Christie’s chairman Loïc Gouzer, has generated roughly $81.9 million in sales by offering only a handful of meticulously curated works at a time. Recent headline‑making results include a $16.7 million Warhol portrait...
An Excerpt From Edward Steichen and the Garden
The George Eastman Museum in Rochester will host "Edward Steichen and the Garden" from March 27 to September 6, 2026, followed by shows in Boston and Winston‑Salem through 2028. The exhibition highlights Steichen’s parallel careers as a pioneering photographer and...
ASIFA-East, SVA to Host 'Behind the Magic of Bill Plympton: A Roast'
ASIFA‑East and the School of Visual Arts MFA Computer Arts program are hosting “Behind the Magic of Bill Plympton: A Roast” on April 26 at the SVA Beatrice Theater in New York. The live event will feature industry peers sharing anecdotes and celebrating...