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.
This Seattle Sidewalk Art only Appears when It Rains
Seattle artist Peregrine Church has created a water‑based, invisible spray that reveals colorful designs on sidewalks only when they get wet. The paint, called Rainworks, adheres to concrete and remains hidden in dry weather, activating for up to four months after each application. Church now runs a company licensing the formula to schools, transit agencies and nonprofits, turning rainy days into interactive public‑art experiences. Projects range from maze‑like installations at bus stops to environmental messages in parks, adding whimsy to the city’s rainy reputation.
Championing Self‑Taught, Disabled, Neurodivergent Artists in Art
In this episode of our podcast, @annagammansart & I speak with Jenifer Gilbert, founder and director of Jenifer Lauren Gallery, about working with self-taught, disabled and neurodivergent artists >> https://t.co/RFwrovV2RY #LondonArtCritic #TheGoodTheBadAndTheArty
David Armstrong: Portraits Artists Space New York – Paul Carter Robinson
The first comprehensive U.S. survey of David Armstrong opens at Artists Space, showcasing over 90 photographs that span three decades of his career. The exhibition repositions Armstrong beyond his association with Nan Goldin and the Boston School, highlighting his technical...
Inside Los Angeles Unified’s Hidden World of Art, Archives and Artifacts
Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second‑largest, maintains an Art & Artifact Collection of roughly 100,000 pieces ranging from 19th‑century paintings to 2,100 BCE Mesopotamian tablets. A 2008 appraisal placed the collection’s value at more than $12 million, and the district...
New York Court Orders Return of Modigliani Looted By The Nazis
A New York Supreme Court judge ordered the return of Amedeo Modigliani’s 1918 portrait "Seated Man With a Cane" to the estate of Oscar Stettiner, a Jewish dealer whose work was seized by the Nazis. The ruling ends a twelve‑year...
Le Huu Hieu Makes History with First Vietnamese Solo Show at the 61st Venice Biennale
Vietnamese artist Le Huu Hieu will present his solo exhibition "Silkworm" at the 61st Venice Biennale from May 9 to November 22, becoming the first Vietnamese artist to hold a solo show at the prestigious event. The installation, staged in...
Gucci Launches Demna Gvasalia’s First Solo Exhibition “Memoria” At Milan Design Week
Gucci has opened Demna Gvasalia’s first solo exhibition, “Memoria,” at Milan Design Week, marking the brand’s most ambitious creative showcase in years. The show featured 83 models, a mix of super‑top and celebrity faces, and underscored Gvasalia’s push toward a...
Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 Unveils 'Encounters' With 12 Monumental Installations
Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 introduced a reimagined Encounters sector, showcasing 12 large‑scale installations organized around the Five Elements. Curated by a pan‑Asian team, the program welcomed 91,500 visitors and highlighted Malaysian artist Yeoh Choo Kuan as the first from...
How Dalí’s Amber Varnish May Have Caused This Painting to Decay
Salvador Dalí’s 1946 painting The Temptation of Saint Anthony, owned by Belgium’s Royal Museums of Fine Arts since 1965, is showing localized transparency and texture loss. An international team used macro‑X‑ray fluorescence, digital microscopy and comparative photography to pinpoint the...
Schlock Jock: Joshua Citarella at the Whitney Biennial
Joshua Citarella’s podcast *Doomscroll* was presented as a live artwork at the 2026 Whitney Biennial, sparking debate over whether a market‑oriented video interview series belongs in a museum. Originally a net‑art project exploring fringe online politics, Citarella rebranded the show...
Canada Returns 11 Artefacts to Turkey in the First Repatriation Between the Countries
Canada returned eleven Ottoman‑era artefacts to Turkey, marking the first official repatriation between the two countries. The collection includes seven manuscript pages, two printed work pages and two modern calligraphy pieces dating from the 17th to 19th centuries, seized by...
Episode 934: John Stezaker
In this episode of Bad at Sports, host Brian Andrews and co‑hosts sit down with contemporary artist John Stezaker to discuss his new exhibition "Raft" at Grey Gallery. Stezaker explains that the works are collages made from Victorian topographical photographs,...
Last Lichtensteins
New York’s gallery season is in a transitional lull as winter exhibitions wind down and the city awaits the surge of buyers around the May art fair. Yet Thursday night pop‑up shows continue to surface, offering fresh encounters for collectors...
Patron Gallery Adds Miao Wang to Its Roster, and More: Industry Moves for April 1, 2026
Patron Gallery announced the addition of Chinese painter Miao Wang, who will appear alongside Alice Tippit at Expo Chicago. Open Restitution Africa unveiled a bilingual, AI‑powered restitution data platform that lets researchers and communities query guidance on art return processes....
Yoshitomo Nara’s ‘Nothing About It’ Sells for $9.3 Million in Seoul, Setting Korean Auction Record
Yoshitomo Nara’s 2016 canvas Nothing about it hammered at KRW 15 billion (about $9.3 million) at Seoul Auction’s Gangnam centre, eclipsing the previous Korean auction high. The sale, accompanied by a KRW 10.45 billion ($6.5 million) Yayoi Kusama pumpkin, underscores soaring demand for Asian contemporary art in the region.
Treat Your Best Art as a Future Retirement Asset
Your art can be your retirement account. The idea is to set aside a few pieces of your best work per year and hold them back until you decide to slow down or stop. The longer you're around and the...
The Brooklyn Museum Is Building a New Home for Its African Art Collection
The Brooklyn Museum is constructing a new Arts of Africa wing, a $13 million, 6,400‑square‑foot exhibition space slated to open in fall 2027. The project repurposes underused third‑floor storage and will sit beside the Beaux‑Arts Court, linking to the Egyptian galleries....
David Nott’s Textured Abstractions Go Digital With LG Gallery+
Contemporary artist David Nott has partnered with LG Gallery+, the visual curation service of LG Electronics, to bring his latest "Color Riddle VI" textile abstraction to digital screens. The piece joins a library of over 5,000 curated images that can be...
Two of Keith Haring’s Painted Cars Roll Into New York for the First Time
Two of Keith Haring’s hand‑painted automobiles—a 1963 Buick Special and a 1971 Series III Land Rover—are debuting at the Free Parking gallery in New York’s West Village. The exhibition, “Keith Haring: In The Street,” runs April 10‑19 and coincides with the release of...
Max Levai Bets on Scale—And Himself—With New Chelsea Gallery
Former Marlborough Gallery president Max Levai is launching a 7,000‑square‑foot flagship at 529 West 20th Street in Chelsea, slated to open this fall. The ground‑floor space will host two independent programs—Levai’s own and a co‑located 47 Canal gallery—allowing him to...
New York City Pushing Open the Door of Yesterday: Xiangjie Rebecca Wu at LATITUDE Gallery by Ruichao Jiang
Xiangjie Rebecca Wu’s solo exhibition "A Room Rehearses Its Own" opens at LATITUDE Gallery in New York, running March 18‑April 26, 2026. Curated by Xiaojing Zhu, the show presents oil paintings that transform domestic interiors into memory‑laden spaces, echoing the artist’s rural Chinese...
How an Overlooked Printmaker Became a Hero of Mexican Cultural Identity
José Guadalupe Posada, a 19th‑century Mexican printmaker, created the iconic calavera illustrations that have become synonymous with Mexican cultural identity. Working for publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, he mass‑produced satirical broadsides using early photomechanical techniques, embedding skeletal motifs into popular consciousness....
PAMM Unveils Major Basquiat Survey as Miami Gears Up for World Cup
Pérez Art Museum Miami opened 'Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols' on June 25, 2026, uniting nine paintings and a sculpture from the Kenneth C. Griffin collection. Co‑curated by director Franklin Sirmans and Megan Kincaid, the show arrives as Miami prepares for...
Santiago Museum, Set on Fire During 2020 Protests, Reopens
Chile’s Violeta Parra Museum reopened on March 24 after a $1 million restoration funded by its fire‑insurance policy. The guitar‑shaped building suffered three arson attacks during the 2020 nationwide protests, though its structure remained intact. Director Denise Elphick oversaw the rehabilitation, adding...
Opal Mae Ong: Worlds Weighing In
Plato Gallery presents Opal Mae Ong’s solo exhibition “Always Were,” running through April 19, 2026 in New York. The show intertwines ancestral Filipino folklore with contemporary visual language, using acrylic and gouache to create luminous, staged scenes that explore grief, ritual, and transformation. Signature works...
Rare Zaha Hadid Pavilion Comes to Auction
World-renowned architect Zaha Hadid’s VOLU Dining Pavilion is set to auction on April 8 through Hermitage Fine Art in Monaco, with an estimated price of €900,000‑€1.1 million (approximately $1.03‑$1.2 million). Only two editions of the clamshell‑shaped pavilion were ever produced, and this...
Selling Collectibles Is Big Business. Heritage Auctions’s Joe Maddalena Says It’s Just Getting Started
Heritage Auctions reported over $2 billion in sales for 2025, the highest in its history, driven by booming pop‑culture collectibles. The firm set auction records, including $9 million for a Superman comic and $3.8 million for a Star Wars poster artwork. CEO Joe Maddalena...
Barclays Center Names Paul Pfeiffer First Artist‑in‑Residence in $3‑Year Public Art Push
Barclays Center announced Paul Pfeiffer as its inaugural artist‑in‑residence, kicking off a multi‑year “Brooklyn Art Encounters” program that includes a year‑long media workshop for justice‑impacted youth and a new “Art on the Hour” digital series. The move expands cultural programming at...
AI Art Is Human Art
A recent study published in *Advanced Science* compared visual creativity across four groups: professional artists, the general public, generative AI operating alone, and generative AI guided by human prompts. Artists achieved the highest creativity scores, followed by the general population,...
In Minor Keys: Art as a Sensory Ecosystem at the 61st Venice Biennale by Margherita Artoni
The 61st Venice Biennale, curated posthumously as Koyo Kouoh’s final project, showcases 111 artists across the Giardini, Arsenale and satellite venues. Titled *In Minor Keys*, the exhibition foregrounds low‑frequency, sensory‑driven experiences that treat space, artwork and visitor as a mutable...
Art and Nature Fuse at Hakone Open‑Air Museum
Where art meets volcanic mountains and hot springs: Hakone Open-Air Museum has been scattering modern sculpture across these hills since 1969, Japan’s first museum under the open sky. Even their cherry blossoms - in full bloom - were works of...
First Open Exhibition at Art on Sea Reviewed
I've written about the inaugural open exhibition at @_art_on_sea for @worldofFAD. Read my thoughts here https://t.co/10zInWgNE9
Should English Museums Charge Tourists? Plus, Raphael at the Met and Senga Nengudi at the Whitechapel Gallery—Podcast
The UK government responded to a report proposing that England’s national museums charge tourists for entry, sparking a heated debate over free access versus new revenue streams. In New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened "Raphael: Sublime Poetry," the first...
William N. Copley "X-Rated (1972–1974)" @ Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Galerie Max Hetzler in Berlin is hosting William N. Copley’s solo show “X‑Rated (1972–1974)”, on view until April 22, 2026. The exhibition revisits Copley’s provocative series that merges Surrealist concepts, pop‑art aesthetics and explicit erotic imagery drawn from 1970s adult magazines. It...
Eight Treats For The Easter Weekend (And Why They’re Worth Your Time)
The blog spotlights two Easter‑weekend fashion experiences: a private viewing of the Schiaparelli exhibition at London’s V&A, which showcases the designer’s 1930s‑50s avant‑garde pieces, and the Citizens of Humanity Flight Pant, a pleated trouser positioned as a stylish alternative to...
Venice Biennale Artists Call to Bar Israel, Russia, and the US From 2026 Edition
Over 70 artists and curators signed an urgent open letter demanding that the Venice Biennale bar official delegations from Israel, Russia and the United States for its 2026 edition. They argue that hosting governments accused of war crimes and genocide...
Sebatian Wiegand at Les Bains-Douches, Alençon
Sebastian Wiegand’s "Mauvais foins" exhibition opened at Les Bains‑Douches in Alençon, presenting a series of paintings that fuse ritualistic scenery with figures appearing under the sway of drugs, hormones and toxins. The works feature muted, dream‑like bodies in a hazy...
Maison Margiela Launches “Artisanal: Our Creative Laboratory” Exhibition in Shanghai
Maison Margiela opened its “Artisanal: Our Creative Laboratory” exhibition in Shanghai this week, turning a downtown venue into a showcase of the house’s experimental craft and art collaborations. The pop‑up signals the luxury label’s push to deepen cultural ties in...
Gagosian Launches Paris Space to Debut Three Late Francis Bacon Paintings
Gagosian has opened a new gallery off Place Vendôme in Paris to exhibit three late Francis Bacon paintings—Study from the Human Body — Figure in Movement (1982), Study from the Human Body (1986) and Man at a Washbasin (1989‑90). The...
Ai Weiwei Opens First Solo Singapore Show with Monumental Lego Brick Works
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei launches his inaugural solo exhibition in Singapore at Tang Contemporary Art, showcasing large‑scale Lego brick works, a replica of Van Gogh’s Wheat Field With Crows, and porcelain helmets that critique the war in Ukraine. The three‑week...
FLORA Raises $52 Million to Launch FAUNA, an AI Platform for Creative Professionals
FLORA announced a $52 million financing round led by Redpoint Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz to bring FAUNA, its AI‑driven creative platform, to market. The tool promises a visual, node‑based canvas and a library of industry‑tested workflows, positioning AI as a partner...
Raja Ravi Varma’s ‘Yashoda and Krishna’ Fetches $17.9 Million, Setting Indian Art Record
Raja Ravi Varma’s 1890s masterpiece ‘Yashoda and Krishna’ sold for ₹167.2 crore (about $17.9 million) at Saffronart’s Spring Live Auction in Mumbai on April 1. Billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla acquired the work, establishing a new benchmark for Indian art at auction and eclipsing the...
Raymond Saunders at David Zwirner
David Zwirner is presenting a solo exhibition of late artist Raymond Saunders in Los Angeles from February 24 to April 25, 2026. Curated by Ebony L. Haynes, the show highlights Saunders' interdisciplinary practice that blends performance, video, and conceptual art....
Isaac Julien
In this episode of TalkArt, host Robert Diamant interviews interdisciplinary artist Isaac Julien and collaborator Mark Nash about Julien’s latest multi‑screen installation, All That Changes / Metamorphosis, shown at Victoria Miro in London. The work, commissioned for the 500th anniversary...
How Raphael Made—And Unmade—The Renaissance
The episode explores the Metropolitan Museum’s blockbuster exhibition “Raphael’s Sublime Poetrie,” guiding listeners through its 237 works—from early drawings and Perugino influences to his mature Roman frescoes and tapestries. Host Kate Brown and critic Ben Davis discuss Raphael’s rapid rise,...
Typewriter Interview with Marc Bell
The latest installment of the Typewriter Interview series features cartoonist Marc Bell answering ten curated questions. Hosted by author Austin Kleon, the interview is presented in a nostalgic typewriter‑styled format that mirrors the analog aesthetic of Bell’s work. Bell discusses...
Art Galleries Connect, Educate, and Anchor Art in Life
What good are art galleries? They live and breathe art. They add structure to the art world. They engage with art and artists all day every day... and also with collectors, curators, consultants, museums, institutions, buyers, media, influencers, etc. They...
Kyle Cobban Draws From The Unknown
Kyle Cobban, a Chicago‑based artist, gained notice at the 2022 Bulls Fest with a graphite drawing that fuses a 1990s Bulls starter jacket and neighborhood imagery. He creates small, detailed works by first assembling digital collages in Photoshop, then rendering...
Perception & Provocation: Riley · Hirst · Banksy · Hockney
Calder Contemporary has launched “Perception & Provocation,” an online exhibition on Artsy that runs from March 12 to April 12, 2026, featuring British icons Bridget Riley, Damien Hirst, Banksy and David Hockney. The show emphasizes visceral, immediate visual impact over intellectual analysis, presenting...
Your Art Can Go in This San Francisco Alley
A trio of Silicon Valley engineers bought an 82‑foot easement in San Francisco for $26,000 and launched Paint a Street, a website that lets anyone submit and vote on digital tiles for a sidewalk collage. The project, inspired by Reddit’s r/place, will...