Today's Art Pulse
Art Students League launches program to nurture next‑gen public artists
The Art Students League announced a new program aimed at discovering and supporting emerging public artists. The initiative seeks to broaden the League’s community engagement and provide resources for artists working in public spaces.
Artist Masako Miki Crafts Modern Take on Ancient Japanese Folklore
Artist Masako Miki’s new exhibition "Midnight March" at Boston’s MassArt Art Museum reinterprets the 1,000‑year‑old Japanese folktale "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" through vivid, needle‑felted sculptures. The works transform traditionally fearsome yōkai into colorful, huggable figures, reflecting Miki’s own immigrant experience and cultural duality. Each piece is labor‑intensive, requiring repetitive stitching that Miki likens to prayer. Museum visitors and staff note the blend of visual charm with a deeper commentary on identity, belonging, and the reclamation of misunderstood mythic beings.
This Arcade Game Lets You Invade Iran as Trump
An anonymous art collective called The Secret Handshake installed three arcade cabinets at the D.C. War Memorial featuring a satirical game titled Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell, where players control a caricatured Donald Trump invading Iran. The installation follows...
Somali Artists Take Issue With Nation's First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion
Somalia’s inaugural national pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale sparked backlash after the lineup featured only diaspora artists and an Italian co‑curator, prompting the Somalia Arts Foundation and queer collective Warbixinta Cidda to demand inclusion of locally based creators and...
Delayed by War in Iran, Paul Klee Painting From Israel Finally Joins New York Show
The Jewish Museum in New York has finally received Paul Klee’s 1920 work *Angelus Novus* on loan from the Israel Museum, ending a months‑long delay caused by the war in Iran. The painting now joins the “Paul Klee: Other Possible...
A Lucas Cranach the Elder Masterpiece Once Hung in Hitler’s Munich Apartment
Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 1526‑27 painting *Cupid complaining to Venus*—once hung in Adolf Hitler’s Munich apartment—now resides in London’s National Gallery. The work’s ownership trail is tangled, involving a 1909 Berlin auction, a likely forced sale from a Jewish collector...
Nazi-Looted Portrait Surfaces in Home of Descendants of Dutch SS Leader
A Dutch painting titled *Portrait of a Young Girl*—stolen from the Jacques Goudstikker collection during World War II—has been found hanging in the home of Hendrik Seyffardt’s descendants, the former Dutch SS collaborator. A family member, unaware of his lineage, alerted...
“Pomegranates” By Photographer João Lutz
Brazilian photographer João Lutz releases “Pomegranates,” a book that fuses photography, poetry and stillness to process a resurfaced memory of childhood sexual abuse. The project, created after his forced departure from the United States, abandons linear narrative in favor of...
Houston and Brooklyn Show What Robert Wilson Still Means to LA28
Robert Wilson’s avant‑garde vision returned to the U.S. with Houston Grand Opera’s striking staging of Handel’s “Messiah” and Brooklyn Academy of Music’s immersive “Moby Dick” opera. Both productions were accompanied by screenings of the newly restored documentary “Robert Wilson and the...
‘This Is the Place of Dreams’: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s Venetian Island Venue Opens to Public
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo inaugurated San Giacomo, a reclaimed Venetian lagoon island, as a new venue for contemporary art during the 2024 Venice Biennale. The island hosts Matt Copson’s solo exhibition in a former munitions storehouse alongside selections from the...
Counterpublic Comes to New York Ahead of Its Next Triennial, Coyote Time
Counterpublic, the St. Louis nonprofit known for large‑scale public art, is gearing up for its third triennial, Coyote Time, running September 12 through December 12, 2026. Ahead of the exhibition, the organization will launch a New York Art Week party in partnership with Frieze...
Mutu's Catalog Explores Human Representation Through Art
Wangechi Mutu is a catalog that accompanied Mutu's 2022 exhibition at @StormKingArtCtr, which included large-scale bronzes, earthworks, and films. Wangechi Mutu’s work deals with the very idea of human representation: how we perceive and reproduce images of what we think we...
Art Installation Featuring Trump Iran War Video Game Appears on National Mall
The anonymous collective Secret Handshake installed an arcade‑style video game titled *Operation Epic Furious: Strait To Hell* on the National Mall’s War Memorial. The satirical game lampoons the Trump administration’s rhetoric about an Iran conflict, featuring pixelated portraits of Trump,...
The Artist Who Saw God
Barnett Newman, a pivotal abstract expressionist, fiercely resisted being labeled a “Jewish artist,” famously denouncing a 1965 Jewish Museum panel as an “Am Haoretz performance.” His 1947 essay “The First Man Was an Artist” argued that art is a defiant...
LA500 2026: Michael Govan
Michael Govan, who has led LACMA since 2006, has expanded the museum’s collection by roughly 35,000 works and driven annual attendance above 1.5 million. His tenure culminated in the opening of the $720 million David Geffen galleries, designed by Peter Zumthor and engineered with...
Mr Richi × Serc: The NFC 2026 Ticket FREE MINT Drop Is Here. Find the Pink Dragon, Win Rewards. 🐉
The NFC Summit 2026 is issuing a free, generative‑art NFT ticket collection created by artists Mr Richi and Serc. One thousand unique tickets are being minted on Transient Labs, each featuring an NFC dragon motif. Holders of the ultra‑rare pink...
Es Devlin Invites the UK to Become Part of a Collective Digital Portrait at the National Portrait Gallery
Es Devlin and Google Arts & Culture Lab are unveiling “A National Portrait,” a participatory digital artwork at London’s National Portrait Gallery from 14 May to 27 October 2026. The project invites any UK resident to upload a personal photograph, which is instantly...
Melding Chinese Lacquer with European Abstraction
Chinese‑German artist Su Xiaobai, who abandoned oil for lacquer after Gerhard Richter’s 2003 advice, presents his mature medium in the Venice show Alchemical Universe. Curated by LACMA’s Stephen Little and designed by architect Kulapat Yantrasast, the exhibition fills the 15th‑century Palazzo...
8 Highlights From Venice Biennale 2026
The 61st Venice Biennale opened with a surreal mix of installations, performances, and satellite shows across the city’s historic venues. Highlights included a naked performer suspended from a massive bell in the Giardini, provocative "piss tanks," and avant‑garde puppet pieces...
The Hiding Man of Griffith Park
Anna Holmes’s L.A. Material piece profiles an anonymous creator who has turned Griffith Park and surrounding Eastside neighborhoods into a sprawling, cryptic installation called “The Hiding Man.” The artist places hand‑painted, grammatically‑twisted warning signs that describe a phantom figure—a burn‑victim‑like, cubist Frankenstein—who...
FAD News: Royal Academy of Arts Announces Co-Chairs for Summer Exhibition Preview Party 2026
The Royal Academy of Arts announced a star‑studded lineup of co‑chairs for its 2026 Summer Exhibition Preview Party, scheduled for 10 June. The five co‑chairs—Anoushka Shankar, Archie Madekwe, Eva Langret, Grayson Perry and Laura Weir—reflect the event’s cross‑disciplinary focus. Broadcaster Clara Amfo joins as the inaugural Music...
Digital Art Coexists, Not Replaces Mixed Media Practices
This is correct although important caveat being this is a very particular year. The Arsenale was curated within an explicitly non digital framework - there were a bunch of shows (Jenna Sutela/ Eva and Franco Mattes /LAS/ Vatican Pavilion/ Canicula)...
Rauschenberg: The Unrivaled Giant of American Art
“Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art; he was THE giant. I call him the American Picasso.” - Jerry Saltz
On View: Mao Ishikawa
The "ROGUE" exhibition, featuring four series by Okinawan photographer Mao Ishikawa, opened at Alison Bradley Projects in New York and runs through June 6, 2026. The show centers on Ishikawa’s 1975‑77 "Red Flower (Akabanaa)" photographs taken inside the 777 bar, a...
‘Many Faces of Womanhood’: Brussels Photography Show Challenges Gender Stereotypes in Ukraine and Caucasus
An open‑air exhibition titled “Many Faces of Womanhood” opened on 8 May at Brussels’ Mont des Arts, featuring 36 photographs by Olga Ivaschenko that portray women from Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova and Georgia in roles ranging from frontline fighters to artists and...
Molière Ex Machina: AI Used to Create ‘New Work’ by Beloved French Playwright
French scholars at Sorbonne used the AI tool Le Chat to co‑write a new three‑act comedy in the style of Molière, titled L’Astrologue ou les Faux Présages. The play debuted at the Royal Opera in Versailles before an audience of 100,...
Comment | Flourishing Markets Beyond the Big Three Will Benefit the Art Ecosystem—And the Planet
The latest Art Basel & UBS report shows the share of art‑market activity outside the traditional hubs of New York, London and Hong Kong climbing from 17 % in 2015 to 24 % in 2025. Protectionist policies, Brexit‑related tariffs and inflation have slowed cross‑border sales,...
Artist Bouke De Vries Creates Sculptural Porcelain Bottles for Dries Van Noten Perfume
Belgian artist Bouke de Vries has crafted five sculptural porcelain bottles for Dries Van Noten’s unisex fragrance Soie Malaquais. The limited‑edition containers, priced at £6,000 (about $7,600) each, are sold in the brand’s London and New York boutiques and online. De Vries, known for...
These Portraits Capture the Artists and Club Kids of Mexico City
Photographer Ryan O’Toole Collett launched the street‑portrait series *A Caged Dog Barks the Fiercest* after arriving in Mexico City in 2024 amid a heated presidential election. The project documents the city’s underground art scene and club‑kid culture, capturing 30 vivid...
Wangechi Mutu Receives National Gallery Contemporary Fellowship
Wangechi Mutu, a Kenyan‑American artist known for painting, sculpture, film and performance, has been named the second recipient of the National Gallery Contemporary Fellowship. Backed by the Art Fund and delivered with the University of Manchester’s Whitworth gallery, the fellowship...
Koray Duman Is Architecting Engagement From the Venice Biennale to Carnegie International
Bureau Koray Duman (B‑KD) unveiled five high‑profile international projects, including the UAE National Pavilion and Denniston Hill installation at the 61st Venice Biennale and the 59th Carnegie International exhibition in Pittsburgh. The studio also completed the Noguchi Museum storage‑archive in...
The Koyo Kouoh Foundation Launches in Memory of the Late Venice Biennale Curator, and Other News.
The Koyo Kouoh Foundation was launched to preserve the legacy of the late curator who became the first African woman to helm the Venice Biennale, coinciding with her posthumous exhibition “In Minor Keys” at the 2026 Biennale. Indonesian multimedia artist Dian Suci...
Pavlina Vagioni Oikeiōsis: A Greek Artist Asks Venice to Remember How to Belong
Greek‑born, Houston‑based interdisciplinary artist Pavlina Vagioni presents Oikeiōsis at the 61st Venice Biennale, a two‑room installation that moves from a fragmented plexiglass cube symbolising strife (Neikos) to a warm, sound‑filled space (Philotes) that invites collective resonance. The work integrates her...
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art 2026 Review: Up Close and Personal
The 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, titled *Yield Strength* and curated by Ellie Buttrose, showcases 24 artists across three venues, probing how materials and cultures endure political and social pressure. Highlights include Erika Scott’s 15‑metre assemblage of discarded domestic objects, Jennifer Matthew’s...
Lexon X Jeff Koons Reimagine the Balloon Dog in a Limited Chromatic Series
Design firm Lexon and artist Jeff Koons have expanded their partnership with the Chromatic Collection, a limited‑edition line of Balloon Dog lamps and speakers in eight vibrant colorways. The lamp offers nine programmable LED hues and reflective finishes, while the...
Daily Bird Divination: A Prayer for Presence
A #birddivination for every day, a kind of prayer for presence. As always, find it as a solo print and part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at https://t.co/xpo04XE701 https://t.co/j4IzPXycAT
ForteBank Immortalizes Almaty’s Viral Human Chain in Bronze
ForteBank unveiled a bronze sculpture called “Humanity Chain” in Almaty, commemorating a viral video of strangers rescuing a dog from a river. The interactive artwork lets visitors extend the final hand, turning the public into participants. The launch, executed with no...
Santa Fe Indigenous Fashion Show Marries Tradition with Contemporary Design
Indigenous designers gathered Friday at the Eldorado Hotel and Spa in Santa Fe for a runway that blended traditional motifs with modern silhouettes. The Native Creatives Market featured designers such as Son of Picasso, Patricia Semprez and Patricia Michaels, drawing...
First CreamyDreamy X Bis__cut Collab Unveils Avant‑Gay Universes
Looks like people finally "found" the first @CreamyDreamy x @bis__cut collab, each art work is an avant gay universe unto itself.
France Passes Landmark Restitution Law for Looted Art
France has enacted a landmark restitution law that creates a universal legal framework for returning cultural artifacts looted during the colonial era, fulfilling President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 promise. The legislation makes France the first European country to override the traditional...
New From MolokoTake a Ride with A. Robert Lee’s Travel Painting
Moloko has launched *Take a Ride with A. Robert Lee’s Travel Painting*, an anthology that fuses poetry, prose, and visual art around the theme of travel. The book showcases Lee’s verses and vignettes that traverse literal journeys and literary imagination. Its wrap‑around...
The Art That Nazis Stole, Still Waiting To Go Home, Wherever Home May Be
The Musée d’Orsay in Paris has opened a permanent gallery titled “À qui appartiennent ces œuvres ? / Who Do These Works Belong To?” that showcases artworks from France’s MNR collection recovered after World War II but still without identified owners. The exhibition aims...
New This Week: Should Museums Repatriate Cultural Artifacts?
France’s parliament approved a law that streamlines the return of cultural artifacts looted between 1815 and 1972, accelerating restitution requests from former colonies. Major museums such as the British Museum, the Louvre, and the Met are now adding provenance labels...
The Art of Moving Art
The latest Colnaghi Talks episode, “The Art of Moving Art,” spotlights the hidden logistics behind transporting high‑value artworks. Madeleine Galbraith, Head of Operations at Colnaghi, joins Regency Shipping’s Zak Warboys and Rupert Sloane to discuss how trust, meticulous planning, and...
Hockney Reflects on Painting After Normandy Year
David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting @serpentineuk #davidhockney #art #davidhockneyexhibition #serpentinegallery #london https://t.co/R6uUly7exK https://t.co/Iz7Pi5np2g
Marianne North Turned Grief Into Groundbreaking Botanical Art
Turning loss and loneliness into wonder – how the Victorian visionary Marianne North revolutionized art and science with her botanical paintings https://t.co/n9BZVDDwbC
Ajman Department of Tourism, Culture and Media Strengthens the Presence of Emirati Crafts
The Ajman Department of Tourism, Culture and Media, together with the Ministry of Culture, is taking part in the second edition of the Artisans Pavilion at the “Make it in the Emirates 2026” Forum. The showcase highlights traditional ornamental crafts such...
One Week Left to Experience Seeds of Hate and Hope
One week left to visit Seeds of Hate and Hope at the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich. Read my full review of the show for @worldofFAD and plan your visit now >> https://t.co/42EKWqXivh #LondonArtCritic https://t.co/mbgv7qs07C
Uncertainty & Possibility
Kyotographie 2026, Kyoto’s international photography festival, runs at multiple venues until May 17, gathering more than 13 artists to probe the concept of "the edge." The programme juxtaposes experimental image‑making with social, historical and urban peripheries, featuring veterans like Daido Moriyama...
Jutta Koether at Empty Gallery, Hong Kong
German‑born artist Jutta Koether presents _rEceNt WoRkS_, her first solo exhibition in Greater Asia, at Hong Kong’s Empty Gallery from March to June 2026. The show features a series of interconnected triptychs that fuse painting, performance and calligraphic gestures, referencing...
The Artists of Sherkin Island Off West Cork: ‘You Might Not See Anyone for a Couple of Weeks’
Technological University Dublin’s four‑year BA in Visual Arts has been delivered on Sherkin Island, off West Cork, for 26 years, offering weekend residencies that combine studio work with island life. The program has produced about 120 graduates, with roughly 15...