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.
Producers Are Keen but Cautious About Asia Pacific Touring Opportunities
Australian producers are optimistic about expanding touring opportunities across the Asia‑Pacific, buoyed by the federal government’s Invested 2040 strategy and the newly‑launched ASEAN‑Australia Centre. Initiatives by boutique agency Turning World show growing artistic reciprocity, yet cultural‑sector literacy between Australia and Southeast Asia remains limited. Established firms like CDP Theatre illustrate both the commercial potential of tours—exemplified by the successful “Meeting Mozart” runs in China—and the setbacks caused by COVID‑19, especially in the Chinese market. Rising production costs keep producers cautious about further international ventures.
Matisse's 1952 Stained-Glass Christmas Eve
A woman walks past a stained glass "Nuit de Noel, 1952" (Christmas Eve, 1952) by painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954) during a press visit of the exhibition "Matisse, 1941 - 1954" at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, March 23, 2026....
Raphael’s Genius Revealed Through Three Masterpieces
The Genius of Raphael in Three Works of Art https://t.co/hqO9ji0wXr The latest fascinating piece by my brilliant art critic brother Blake.
Rochelle Voyles Is Suspicious of Certainty
Rochelle Voyles’s solo show *Unreliable Narrators* (through April 11, 2026) presents dense wood collages assembled from found paper ephemera. The works interrogate gender, labor, myth and the instability of images, refusing to resolve any narrative tension. By foregrounding fragments and their collisions,...
Kunié Sugiura’s Reading the Rooms at Moskowitz Bayse
Kunié Sugiura’s solo show at Moskowitz Bayse surveys six decades of experimental photography, featuring X‑ray images, photograms, and scale shifts. The exhibition pairs early works like the 1971 sand‑grain piece "Beach 2" with recent pieces such as the 2021 "Vertebra" series,...
Monumental Bellini Altarpiece Undergoes Major Restoration in Public View
Giovanni Bellini’s 15th‑century San Giobbe altarpiece is undergoing its most extensive restoration in over five centuries. The two‑year, $580,000 project will stabilize the fragile wood panel, analyze pigments with ultraviolet and infrared imaging, and clean the surface, all behind glass...
Paris Internationale Milano Names Participating Galleries for Inaugural Edition
Paris Internationale, the nonprofit gallery‑led art fair founded in 2015, announced its inaugural Milan edition featuring thirty‑four galleries and nonprofits. The fair will run April 18‑21, with a VIP preview on April 17, at the historic Palazzo Galbani, and limits...
Double Dealing
White Columns, New York’s longest‑standing nonprofit gallery, staged “Art (by) Dealers,” an exhibition featuring over ninety works created by gallerists themselves. The show is explicitly for sale, with each piece labeled by anonymous numbers and a checkout system designed to...
A New New Museum
The New Museum reopened after a two‑year expansion, unveiling the sprawling survey exhibition “New Humans: Memories of the Future,” which showcases roughly eight hundred works ranging from Surrealist drawings to Carlo Rambaldi’s original animatronic E.T. model. The reopening also prompted Artforum...
Ai Weiwei's 24‑Hour Live Jail Interrogation Takes Over Manchester's Aviva Studios
Internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei will stage a 24‑hour live recreation of his 2011 secret detention at Manchester’s Aviva Studios on July 3‑4. The performance, titled “Sewing a Button,” runs alongside his largest site‑specific exhibition, marking a rare blend of political activism...
Create Authentic Art by Using Your Own References
Way too many artists use images downloaded off the Internet as references for their art. The more of this you do, the less your art is about you, the more it is about "them," and the further it is from...
A Chunk of Eiffel Tower’s Spiral Staircase Returns to Auction After 40 Years
An 8.5‑foot segment of the Eiffel Tower’s original spiral staircase will be auctioned by Artcurial on May 21, with estimates between €40,000 and €50,000 (about $46,300‑$57,900). The staircase was removed in 1983, cut into 24 pieces, and most have been dispersed...
Norbert Schoerner’s Experiments with Photography in the Age of AI
Renowned photographer Norbert Schoerner releases a provocative new book, Aura: Collaborations with Human and Other Minds 2011‑2023, that contains no images captured by him. The volume assembles four distinct bodies of work created over a twelve‑year period, each probing the...
French Government Blocks Sale of Newly Discovered Drawing by German Renaissance Master Hans Baldung
The French culture ministry stepped in at the last minute to block the auction of a newly identified Hans Baldung Grien drawing, slated for March 23 at Drouot with a pre‑sale estimate of €1.5‑3 million (approximately $1.65‑$3.3 million). The silverpoint portrait of...
Hong Kong Secures Five-Year Deal with Art Basel, Expanding Global Fair Footprint
Hong Kong’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau will sign a five‑year partnership with Art Basel by month‑end, the first such agreement for the bureau and a deepening of the city’s role as an international art hub. The deal follows a...
Manga Boobs and Cybersigilism: Nail Art Is Entering Its Maximalist Era
Nail art is moving into a maximalist phase, with designers piling on glitter, logos, manga motifs and cyber‑inspired symbols. Italian artist Serena Fiore exemplifies the shift, showcasing cluttered, high‑gloss designs that blend pop‑culture references with handcrafted embellishments. Her work, highlighted...
Lost Photos of the Chelsea Hotel in the 1970s
Albert Scopin’s newly uncovered archive showcases 35 vivid photographs of New York’s iconic Chelsea Hotel in the 1970s. The images blend double‑exposures, saturated reds, and ghost‑like overlays that capture the hotel’s bohemian energy and street‑level drama. Scopin documents everything from...
London Exhibition Celebrates Konrad Mägi, Estonia’s Mystic Modern Master
London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery has opened the first UK exhibition devoted to Estonia’s modernist pioneer Konrad Mägi, showcasing more than 60 paintings, many never displayed abroad. Curated by Kathleen Soriano, the show arranges the works chronologically, tracing Mägi’s evolution from his...
Keeping up with the Kleins: Exhibition Brings Together Yves’s Talented Artist Family
The Stedelijk Museum Schiedam has opened "Yves Klein and His Artist Family," showcasing 30 works by Yves alongside more than 40 pieces by his parents Fred Klein and Marie Raymond and his widow Rotraut Klein‑Moquay. Curated by Tijs Visser of...
Yang Fudong’s Memory Palace
Yang Fudong’s solo show "Fragrant River" at Beijing’s UCCA showcases 30 video works spanning more than eight hours, opening with the five‑channel installation *Young Man, Young Man* (2025). The exhibition weaves nostalgic vignettes of 1980s‑90s hutong life, furniture‑industry imagery from...
Under a Watchful Gaze: The Paintings of Muslum Teke
Muslum Teke’s solo exhibition "In‑between Spaces" opened at Versus Arts in East London from March 7‑14, showcasing paintings that hover between figurative portraiture and abstract expressionism. The canvases feature fragmented faces and stacked eyes, obscuring identity while emphasizing raw emotion. Critics...
A Play About the Play Becomes the Thing: Hamnet Onstage in D.C.
Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling novel *Hamnet* has been transformed into a stage play that opened this week at Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company after a successful Chicago run. The production, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, centers on Agnes Shakespeare as she battles to...
Interview: Creative Technologist Simi Gu and the Art of Worldbuilding by Serena Hanzhi Wang
The interview with creative technologist Shimin (Simi) Gu explores her immersive project Journey Into Self and the broader evolution of interactive art. Gu explains how her NYU training and early interactive experiments led her to prioritize emotional pacing and seamless...
Cork Street Galleries Announced as Supporting Partner for British Pavilion in Venice and Lubaina Himid Announced as Cork Street Galleries...
Cork Street Galleries, an initiative of The Pollen Estate, has announced a dual role as Supporting Partner of the British Council and commissioner of artist Lubaina Himid for its 2026/27 Banners Commission. Himid’s banner installation, "Reading the Label," will debut in...
Just Outside Joshua Tree, This Art Fair Set in a Desert Motel Is Building Something You Can't Get in L.A.
The High Desert Art Fair entered its fifth year in Pioneertown, converting the historic motel’s rooms into galleries for 20 galleries and publishers. Headlined by Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh, the event also featured a DJ set by Shepard Fairey, panels, meditation,...
Every Known Work by Georgia O’Keeffe Has Been Digitized and Made Available Online
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum launched Access O’Keeffe, a free online portal that digitizes every known work by the iconic American modernist, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, and archival materials. The platform offers high‑resolution images, searchable metadata, and tools to browse by...
Vignettes & Mutations: Eric White @ GRIMM Gallery, NYC
GRIMM Gallery in New York is showcasing Vignettes & Mutations, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles‑based painter Eric White running through May 2, 2026. It marks White’s fifth solo show with the gallery and revisits two decades of his work by extracting and...
Gavin Whitehead | Raven
In this episode of Who Art Ed?, host Kyle Wood talks with fellow art‑history podcaster Gavin Whitehead about his new limited‑series "Raven," which investigates the life of Raven Chanticleer and his African‑American Wax Museum in Harlem. Whitehead explains how he...
A Super-Detailed Guide to Sourcing Antique Artwork, From Someone Who's Spent Decades Combing France’s Brocantes and Flea Markets
The newly released 240‑page volume *The Art of Antiquing in France* offers a step‑by‑step roadmap for sourcing, evaluating, and preserving antique paintings across French brocantes, flea markets, and auction houses. It stresses the importance of cultivating relationships with dealers whose...
White House Statue Installation Details Remain Unclear
The White House reportedly installed a Christopher Columbus statue made from the remains of a toppled sculpture, yet none of the eight source articles contain information about the installation, leaving key facts undisclosed.
ART CENTRAL AND ITS ESTEEMED PARTNERS PRESENT DIVERSE ARTIST PROJECTS AND EXCEPTIONAL HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCES
Art Central 2026 returns to Hong Kong Harbourfront with 117 galleries and over 500 artists, highlighted by UOB's large‑scale ink installation "White Mirror – The Vista of the Inner Worlds" by Ling Pui Sze. The fair expands its regional reach...
New York City John Zieman S Video Ecology by Richard Vine
John Zieman’s latest exhibition, "Weaponized Beauty," opened at Leonovich Gallery in Chelsea, showcasing three experimental videos and eleven aluminum photo panels that explore ecological preservation and personal safety. The dual‑channel piece OTOH directly addresses climate disaster imagery, while the titular...
David Worthington Unveils A Series Of Monumental Travertine Boulder Benches
Award‑winning sculptor David Worthington, in partnership with John Robertson Architects, Marble Projects and Bill Amberg Studio, has installed four monumental travertine “boulder benches” at 20 Gresham Street in the City of London. The benches, carved from single blocks of Tuscan...
New Museum Unveils $82 Million Expansion to Double Its Footprint in NYC
The New Museum announced an $82 million expansion that will double its physical footprint in Manhattan. The project, slated to begin later this year, aims to add new gallery space, public areas, and a flagship exhibition titled “New Humans,” signaling a...
Opening Picks: RASCAL - Marcarson Curated by Wilhelmina Von Blumenthal by WM
Marcarson’s solo pop‑up exhibition "Rascal" opens at 243 Bowery in New York from March 24 to March 31, 2026, with an opening reception on March 26. Curated by Wilhelmina von Blumenthal, the show occupies two floors near the New Museum and blends Arte Povera, Duchampian,...
The Enduring Power of the Cartier Panthère
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris is hosting its final Art Deco exhibition, showcasing over 1,000 jewels, furniture, and objects, including a dedicated Cartier room. The show highlights the iconic Cartier Panthère motif, which evolved from a 1914 wristwatch...
Metropolitan Museum Unveils ‘Raphael: Sublime Poetry’ with Rare Global Loans
The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened ‘Raphael: Sublime Poetry,’ a sweeping retrospective that brings together 237 paintings, drawings, tapestries and a fresco fragment from 60 institutions worldwide. Highlights include the Alba Madonna on loan from the National Gallery of Art,...
Alia Sugawara Unveils Solo Exhibition in Hong Kong With Jun Takahashi as Collaborator
Japanese‑American ink artist Alia Sugawara opens her first solo exhibition outside Japan, "Konketsu," at Otherthings by The Shophouse in Hong Kong. The show runs from late March to May 10 and features paper‑based scrolls, screens and collages created with fashion designer Jun...
The Selling of the Counterculture
The Christie’s auction of Jack Kerouac’s original "On the Road" scroll fetched over $12 million, turning a Beat Generation relic into a luxury collectible. This sale underscores a wider pattern of 1950s‑60s countercultural artifacts being absorbed by the high‑end art market....
Agosto Machado: New York Performance, Visual Artist And Activist Dies
Agosto Machado, a seminal performance and visual artist, died on March 21, 2026 at age 86. Over six decades he was a fixture of New York’s underground scene, performing at venues like La MaMa and the Mudd Club and standing...
Tomás Saraceno Opens ‘共織宇宙’ Sustainability Exhibition at New Taipei City Museum
Tomás Saraceno and New Taipei City’s deputy mayor Zhu Ti‑zhi inaugurated the international sustainability exhibition “共織宇宙” on March 21. The show runs until September 6, featuring recycled‑plastic installations, solar‑powered flight experiments and data‑driven sound works that fuse art, science and climate advocacy.
The Oscar-Nominated Movie That Was Supposed To Feel Like A Hug
French animator Ugo Bienvenu’s eco‑fable *Arco* earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, showcasing a visually striking blend of Studio Ghibli‑style artistry and hopeful climate storytelling. Produced on a €9 million budget, the film follows a 2932 boy who time‑travels...
Escher's Most Mathematically Interesting Piece
Grant Sanderson’s latest video dissects M.C. Escher’s “Print Gallery,” highlighting its status as perhaps the most mathematically rich of Escher’s works. The analysis blends artistic description with rigorous mathematics, drawing on de Smit and Lenstra’s formal treatment of the piece’s geometry....
Protect Anonymity: Fame Should Be a Choice, Not Default
Correct: In culture, fame should not be the default; it should be a choice. "True Banksy or Ferrante fans do not care about their real identities. On the contrary, they collude in the mystery." The Guardian view on anonymity in art:...
Revolutionary Art Reveals Economics, Politics, and Policy
Great article by @marthagimbel on @bloomberg. I studied the French Revolution at Sciences Po AND Ecole du Louvre. What did the art of the time tell us about the economics, politics and policy? Quite a bit actually. https://t.co/hjXaHomwVN
What the Art Market Still Gets Wrong About Next-Gen Collectors
Georgina Adam’s new book warns the art market that attracting millennials and Gen Z is essential for its survival. While Christie’s claims a third of its 2025 buyers are under 45, these younger participants are volatile and less loyal. The book...
Sustainable Gallery Practices and Integrity in Somerset
For this episode of our #podcast, @annagammansart & I speak with Founder of Close Gallery Freeny Yianni and Sales Director Richard Scarry about having a gallery in Somerset, being sustainable and curating and creating with integrity >> https://t.co/I8IsSKiLvu #LondonArtCritic
Matisse’s Final Years Take Center Stage in Grand Palais Retrospective
The Grand Palais in Paris has opened 'Matisse 1941‑1954', a major retrospective featuring 320 works from the artist’s final years. Curator Claudine Grammont argues the show disproves the notion that Matisse abandoned painting for cut‑outs, underscoring a burst of creativity...
US Graffiti Legend Brings His Iconic Street Art to Japan
Mark Bode, a New York graffiti pioneer and son of underground comics legend Vaughn Bode, unveiled a large mural in Tokyo’s Shibuya district on the Manhattan Records building, introducing his father’s iconic characters to Japanese audiences. The piece marks the...