An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’
Amsterdam‑based studio Imagination of Things unveiled Unruly Play, an interactive digital archive that gathers 169 artworks, designs, games and public‑space interventions. The collection features high‑profile pieces such as Rael San Fratello’s Teeter‑Totter Wall, the therapeutic Wind Phone, and a 12‑foot traveling puppet. Visitors can browse by theme or use a shuffle mode that surfaces unexpected pairings. The platform is positioned as a catalyst for “unruly play,” encouraging creators to blur disciplinary lines and spark new collaborative ideas.
Venice Biennale Gets Its Own Radio Station – RADIO GAMeC – PEDAGOGY OF HOPE
Radio GAMeC is launching “Pedagogy of Hope”, a collateral event of the Venice Biennale Arte 2026, broadcasting live from the historic Radio Vanessa in Venice from May 5‑10 and continuing online through November 22. Curated by Lorenzo Giusti and Lara Facco, the program...
The Red Disk – Joan Miró
Joan Miró’s 1960 painting The Red Disk, an oil on canvas measuring 45.7 × 54.9 cm, features a dark, almost black background punctuated by a chaotic white splotch, a bold red oval, and a yellow circle. The work’s impulsive brushwork and scattered symbols...
Yaxuan Liao: Emotional Algorithm.
Video artist Yaxuan Liao’s 2025 piece “Emotional Algorithm” converts a machine‑generated emotional lexicon into a synchronized light‑and‑sound environment. The work abandons visual representation, immersing viewers in fluctuating intensity and frequency that mirror the instability of human feelings. By treating algorithmic...
Glenn Brown Returns to Bath with ‘Arrows of Desire’ at the Holburne Museum
Glenn Brown, the British painter famed for his trompe‑l’oeil appropriations, returns to his alma mater city with “Brown in Bath: Arrows of Desire” at the Holburne Museum. The show, running May 16‑Sept 6, 2026, weaves his illusionistic canvases into the museum’s 18th‑century...
Gasworks Announces New Studio Bursary for Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Earshot 2026-2029
Gasworks announced a three‑year Studio Bursary for Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s nonprofit Earshot, running from spring 2026 to 2029 and funded by patron Mercedes Vilardell. Earshot, founded in 2023, uses forensic audio to document human‑rights and environmental abuses, supplying evidence to more...
Prelude for a Press at Palace Enterprise
Prelude for a Press is a multi‑artist exhibition hosted at Palace Enterprise in Copenhagen from March 19 to April 25, 2026. Curated by Jesper List Thomsen, it showcases works by nine international creators spanning painting, sculpture, and new‑media formats. The show...
Dancer with a Motor Neuron(e) Disease (MND) Guides Her Digital Avatar Through a Stage Performance
British dancer Breanna Olson, living with ALS, returned to the stage in December 2025 by controlling a mixed-reality avatar with her brainwaves. Using an EEG headset co-developed by Japan’s Dentsu Lab and telecom giant NTT, her imagined movements were translated...
Up to $5,000 Grant For Newark Artists and Creatives (Deadline: May 1, 2026)
Newark, New Jersey is offering a grant of up to $5,000 to support artists and creatives shaping the city’s cultural scene. Applications must be submitted by May 1, 2026, with funding available for a range of visual, performing, and digital...
Katie Edwards’ Field of View Transforms Utrecht Centraal Into a Moving Landscape
Photographer Katie Edwards has unveiled *Field of View*, a site‑specific installation at Utrecht Centraal that displays 40 backlit photographs taken from the train window along the Haarlem‑Leiden line. The images capture Dutch tulip fields in full bloom, printed to the...
PATRICK HERON: Early Works, 1950-54
Hazlitt Holland‑Hibbert is mounting a second solo show of Patrick Heron, focusing on his 1950‑54 output, a period when the British modernist moved decisively from figurative interiors toward colour‑driven abstraction. The exhibition assembles works from the artist’s estate—including several never‑exhibited...
Hades and Persephone: Rape Myth or Ancient Power Couple
The blog post examines the myth of Hades and Persephone, arguing that the oldest sources—especially the Homeric Hymn to Demeter—present the story as a violent abduction rather than a consensual romance. It highlights how Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s 1621‑22 sculpture, *The...
Moore / Freud: Masters of Intimacy Explored at Hastings Contemporary
Moore / Freud opens at Hastings Contemporary on 13 June 2026, bringing together Henry Moore and Lucian Freud for the first time in a focused show of twenty family‑themed works. The exhibition juxtaposes Moore’s abstracted maquettes and wartime Shelter Drawings with Freud’s intimate figurative...
Anselm Kiefer Returns to New York with New Paintings Exploring Myth, Landscape and Alchemy
Gagosian will host Anselm Kiefer’s new exhibition, "Seal My Ears Shut and I Shall Hear You Still," opening May 15 and closing June 27, 2026, at its West 24th Street gallery in New York. The show assembles a fresh series...
Claude Lalanne: Saint Laurent Commissioned Mirrors’ $33.5 Million Auction Record
Claude Lalanne’s 15-piece botanical mirror ensemble sold at Sotheby’s New York for $33.5 million, more than double the $15 million high estimate and eclipsing the previous record for both Claude and her late husband François‑Xavier. The mirrors, commissioned by Yves Saint Laurent...