Making Museums More ‘Touchable’
Sanné Mestrom’s interactive installation "The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Her Parts" ran at the National Gallery of Australia from May to September 2025, inviting visitors to touch, climb and build with art. The tactile elements consistently held audiences longer than visual‑only works and prompted questions about how pieces were made. Backed by a four‑year DECRA research project, the exhibition generated $1.7 million in research income and fed into the NGA’s Know My Name gender‑equity program. Online learning resources now extend the experience beyond the physical show.
Anonymous Artist James McQueen Launches New Solo Show at Halcyon Gallery
Anonymous British artist James McQueen has opened his latest solo exhibition, “A Beautiful Waste of Time,” at London’s Halcyon Gallery. The show features a new series of paintings that rework vintage paperback covers, employing dense, sanded layers of paint to evoke...
Maggi Hambling & Sarah Lucas, OOO LA LA, to Open in Berlin.
Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin presents OOO LA LA, a joint exhibition by British artists Maggi Hambling and Sarah Lucas, running March 13‑April 25, 2026. The show pairs Hambling’s intimate oil portraits with Lucas’s sculptural installations, highlighting their parallel development rather...
An Animated Look at Noguchi’s Experimental Playgrounds That Were Never Built
Isamu Noguchi, famed for his stone sculptures and Akari lamps, envisioned a series of experimental playgrounds in the 1930s, most famously the “Play Mountain” that would transform a New York City block into an open‑ended, seasonal play environment. The plan...
Beeple: Lets The Dogs Out At Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin
Digital artist Beeple's "Regular Animals"—a pack of ten AI‑powered robotic dogs wearing the faces of tech billionaires, dead artists and the creator himself—will be on view at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie from April 29 to May 10. The robots, which sold for $100,000...
Breath Resonance
The "Breath Resonance" project proposes using recorded human breath as a living artistic medium and a certificate of authenticity in an AI‑dominated creative landscape. By capturing the artist’s breathing rhythm and inviting audiences to synchronise their own breath, the installation...
Materialized Enhancements
Materialized Enhancements is a hackathon‑born platform that lets users pick real gene‑therapy targets—such as Follistatin for muscle growth or VEGF for vascularization—from a curated library of 35 genes across 25 organisms. The selections, combined with a personal digital signature, feed...
Temporal Manipulation of the Duomo
"Temporal Manipulation of the Duomo" lets visitors swipe between day and night scans of Milan’s cathedral using hand gestures. The project combines XGRIDS PortalCam Gaussian splat captures with TouchDesigner rendering and Ultraleap Leap Motion tracking. Team members Josette Seitz and...
David Zwirner Brings Minimalist Masters Flavin, Judd and Ryman to London
David Zwirner is mounting a group exhibition in London that assembles works by Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, John McCracken, Robert Ryman and Fred Sandback, five pivotal figures of 1960s‑70s Minimalism. The show juxtaposes colour‑rich pieces—such as Flavin’s early three‑tube light sculpture and Judd’s...
Gavin Turk: The Escapologist Beyond The Threshold – Ben Brown Fine Arts
Gavin Turk’s sixth exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts, titled The Escapologist, presents a series of oil paintings featuring slightly ajar doors that create a disorienting sense of suspension. The works dialogue with Gerhard Richter’s 1967 Tür series and reference...
Sotheby’s To Offer Mnuchin Collection Led By $70–100M Rothko
Robert Mnuchin’s celebrated modern art collection, valued at over $130 million, will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in May, with a public preview in March. The sale is anchored by a 1957 Rothko estimated at $70‑100 million, the centerpiece of a lineup that...
Ceal Floyer’s Posthumous Exhibition Unfinished to Open in Venice at Palazzo Diedo
Berggruen Arts & Culture will mount Ceal Floyer’s posthumous exhibition *Unfinished* at Palazzo Diedo in Venice from 4 May to 22 November 2026. Curated by Ann Gallagher and Jonathan Watkins, the show assembles video, photography, sound, readymades and sculpture spanning three decades of...
A Funeral For Heterosexuality Arrives in London’s Spitalfields
PORTALS launched its first public‑art kiosk in Spitalfields Market, converting a 1966 Soviet‑era K67 kiosk into a 24‑hour micro‑gallery. The inaugural exhibition features Judy Maxwell‑McNicol’s sculptural piece “RIP my heterosexuality which died on the family computer,” a gravestone‑like installation with...
New York’s LUmkA Gallery Relocates to London with Group Show Privacy Index
LUmkA, the New York‑originated gallery, has opened a new Shoreditch space in London, launching the group exhibition "Privacy Index" from 19 March to 11 April 2026. The show assembles six interdisciplinary artists who interrogate contemporary surveillance, biometric data collection, and algorithmic profiling. An...
Rachel Whiteread to Present Substitute at Gagosian London This Spring
Rachel Whiteread returns to Gagosian’s Davies Street gallery with *Substitute*, opening 26 March 2026. The show centers on large wall‑mounted reliefs created by pressing papier‑maçhée onto reclaimed barn doors and finishing them with silver and copper leaf, alongside translucent resin window casts....
Els Nouwen at M Leuven
Els Nouwen’s solo show OXOMORON opens at M Leuven in 2026, featuring paintings on canvas, paper works, and copper plates that evolve from photographed sources through aggressive overpainting and material interventions. The exhibition foregrounds the artist’s habit of simultaneous multi‑medium production,...
Luca Campestri at Capsule Shanghai
Italian artist Luca Campestri opens his solo show Watering the Plants at Capsule in Shanghai from January 17 to February 28, 2026. The exhibition deconstructs the idea of home through a tent motif, everyday rituals and a series of sculptural, photographic and video works. Key...
Turner & Constable - Jennie Kermode - 20233
The Exhibition on Screen documentary spotlights the first joint Turner‑Constable showcase at Tate Britain, running November 2025 to April 2026. It contrasts Turner’s dramatic light experiments with Constable’s grounded English landscapes, while highlighting their shared influences such as Claude Lorrain....
Aileen Murphy at Deborah Schamoni
Aileen Murphy’s solo exhibition "We must go under the wallpaper" opens at Deborah Schamoni in Munich from January 9 to March 21, 2026. The show presents a series of installations that interrogate domestic spaces through layered, immersive constructions. Curatorial materials, including a press...
I.W. Payne and Beatrice Wood at Triangolo, Cremona
The Triangulo gallery in Cremona opened "He Does Not Have a Chance," a joint exhibition of I.W. Payne and Beatrice Wood. Featuring over a dozen works ranging from 1977 to 2026, the show juxtaposes Payne’s coloured‑pencil drawings and sculptural installations...
Eye Candy for Today: Henry Farrer Graphite Drawing
The Morgan Library has highlighted Henry Farrer’s 19th‑century graphite drawing “Landscape by a Stream,” a 15 × 22‑inch work that blends meticulous detail with seemingly casual scribbles. The composition is anchored by a dominant V‑shaped tree, while foliage and distant elements are...
Tourmaline at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) in Melbourne will host "Tourmaline – Transcendent" from December 12, 2025, through March 15, 2026. The exhibition showcases the multidisciplinary practice of Tourmaline, a trans activist artist known for film, performance, and archival work....
Tappeto Volante’s Rich Conversations
The fifth annual “La Banda” exhibition at Tappeto Volante Projects in Gowanus brings together over three dozen local artists across painting, sculpture, and mixed‑media formats. Curated without a single theme, the show reflects the pandemic‑era spirit of community and creative...
Forget Me Not Curated by Freeny Yianni and Richard Scarry
Forget Me Not, curated by Freeny Yianni and Richard Scarry, opens at CLOSE Gallery in Somerset from March 7 to April 11, 2026. The exhibition brings together photographs by Andrew Cross, Anna Mossman, Philip Sinden, Mariano Vivanco and Denise Webber,...
White Cube Now Represents Emmi Whitehorse
White Cube has added Navajo artist Emmi Whitehorse to its roster, joining forces with Garth Greenan Gallery. Her 2025 painting *Father Sky meets Mother Earth* will debut at White Cube’s booth during Art Basel Hong Kong 2026. Whitehorse, a co‑founder...
Areen Hassan and Tatreez Collective: A Gathering of Palestinian Voices Through Embroidery
The "Gathering" exhibition at Staffordshire St in Peckham showcases Palestinian artist Areen Hassan and the Tatreez Collective, using traditional embroidery to tell stories of displacement and resistance. Hassan’s monumental "Heavenly Loom" unravels silk threads to symbolize enduring strength, while the...
Artsy Launches Women-Led Galleries Now Featuring Nearly 300 Galleries Worldwide
Artsy has launched the “Women‑Led Galleries Now” showcase to celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. The online fair aggregates works from almost 300 women‑led galleries across six continents, offering pieces priced between $100 and over $50,000. Artsy’s data...
Alan Chapman ‘Unfiltered’ Photography Exhibition Opens at Cramer St Gallery
British photographer Alan Chapman’s solo exhibition “Unfiltered” opens at London’s Cramer St Gallery, presenting a curated selection of black‑and‑white portraits spanning more than three decades. Curated by Lee Sharrock, the show features iconic figures such as Freddie Mercury, Princess Diana,...
The Artistic Potential of Hemp in Sustainable Materials and Contemporary Creative Expression
Hemp is re‑emerging as a versatile material at the crossroads of sustainability and contemporary art. Artists are adopting hemp fibers, paper, canvas and bioplastics for their durability, texture and low environmental impact. The plant’s rapid growth and minimal chemical inputs...
Catherine Opie: To Be Seen
The National Portrait Gallery in London is mounting Catherine Opie: To Be Seen, the first major UK museum exhibition dedicated to the American photographer. Featuring more than 80 images created over three decades, the show surveys Opie’s studio portraiture, documentary...
Qi Liu
Qi Liu, a Los Angeles‑based multidisciplinary artist, blends photography, installation, and art direction to interrogate gender, labor and cultural memory. Her 2021 series *The Women in the Fish Market* foregrounds female vendors in Hainan, while *Blind Spot* (2022) uses a...
Leon Simonis at Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen
Leon Simonis’s exhibition "Vessels of Unbecoming" at Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen transforms the gallery into a ritualistic, speculative landscape where art, science and queer theory intersect. The show features a latex veil that visualizes insect sclerotization, a fragmented scepter‑like sculpture that...
Julia Dault at Bradley Ertaskiran
Julia Dault’s solo exhibition opens at Bradley Ertaskiran in Montreal from January 22 to March 7, 2026. The show features a new body of work that blends painting, sculpture, and digital processes. Press releases in both English and French, along with a detailed...
Most Expensive Faberge Eggs: From $2M to $33M
An updated 2026 guide ranks the 24 most expensive Fabergé eggs, with values ranging from $2 million to a record $33 million for the Third Imperial Easter Egg. The 2025 auction of the Winter Egg fetched $30.2 million, establishing a new public benchmark...
Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Evening Sale Springs To Life
Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Evening Sale in London generated £131 million including fees, surpassing last year’s £63 million and approaching the 2023 peak. The auction featured 54 lots with a 98% sell‑through rate, highlighted by a £13.5 million Francis Bacon self‑portrait and a...
Monica Majoli at Hoffman Donahue
Monica Majoli presents a solo exhibition at Los Angeles’s Hoffman Donahue gallery from February 24 through April 4, 2026. The show features 17 new works that continue her exploration of intimacy, identity, and the body. A comprehensive press release and exhibition checklist have been...
Talk Show Parses Daytime TV Absurdity and Horror at Roulette Intermedium
Talk Show debuted their experimental piece *Miss America* at Brooklyn’s Roulette Intermedium on February 26, reimagining late‑20th‑century daytime television through archival video, live music, and immersive projections. The duo—drummer‑synthesist Qasim Naqvi and trumpeter Steph Richards—were joined by visual artist Steven...
Magali Reus at Museum Beelden Aan Zee, The Hague
Magali Reus presents three new sculptural series—Merlin (2024), Streamers (2025) and Rig (2025)—at Museum Beelden aan Zee in The Hague. The oversized works reinterpret sardine tins, fish skeletons and fishing hooks as both lure and snare, probing tensions between interior...
Gregory Olympio at Blank Projects
Gregory Olympio’s solo exhibition, Vaisseaux, opens at blank projects in Cape Town from January 29 to March 14, 2026. The show showcases the artist’s exploration of spatial narratives through a series of mixed‑media installations and sculptures. Documentation includes 27 high‑resolution images, providing comprehensive...
Sara Shamma to Represent Syria at the 61st Venice Biennale with Monumental Installation
Sara Shamma will represent Syria at the 61st Venice Biennale with a monumental, immersive installation titled "The Tower Tomb of Palmyra." Curated by Yuko Hasegawa and commissioned by Syria's Ministry of Culture, the work occupies the National Pavilion as a...
Araujo, Greenberg, and Simon at Ptolemy
Two Coats of Paint organized an artist panel at Ptolemy featuring Michele Araujo, Larry Greenberg, and Adam Simon. Each artist presented a single work, prompting in‑depth dialogue about their distinct approaches to abstraction, from Araujo’s mixed‑media collage on aluminum to...
James McQueen: A Beautiful Waste of Time
James McQueen’s solo exhibition "A Beautiful Waste of Time" opens on 2 March at Halcyon in London, showcasing new paintings that transform vintage paperback covers into contemporary Pop‑Art statements. The works retain the bold typography and colour blocks of mid‑century mass‑market...
Bisila Noha: Ile Ọkàn (House of the Soul)
Spanish‑Equatoguinean ceramic artist Bisila Noha presents "Ile ọkàn (House of the Soul)" at OmVed Gardens in Highgate from 20‑29 March 2026. The solo show, curated by Thrown, expands a 2025 Nigerian residency into a shrine‑like installation that blends sculpture, vessels,...
Catherine Opie Portrait of Sir Elton John And Family Unveiled At NPG
The National Portrait Gallery has added a new photograph by Catherine Opie that depicts Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish, and their sons in the family library, marking the first portrait of the Furnish‑John family in a national collection....
I Dedicate This Music to a World without War
The article spotlights a 2010 solo performance by pioneering sound artist Pauline Oliveros, in which she dedicates her music to a world without war. The piece appears in a visual installation for documenta 14, featuring typographic work by design studio VIER5....
What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem at The Variety Arts Theater
What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem transforms the Variety Arts Theater into a six‑floor, after‑hours immersive film exhibition in downtown Los Angeles. The program interweaves historic cinema excerpts with avant‑garde video art, presented on everything from massive projection walls...
Karl Holmqvist at Galerie Neu
Swedish artist Karl Holmqvist is mounting a solo show titled "Paint With Make‑Up" at Galerie Neu in Berlin from February 7 to March 7, 2026. The exhibition repurposes cosmetics as a painting medium, presenting a series of works that blur the line between beauty...
SoiL Thornton at The Wattis Institute
The Wattis Institute in San Francisco is presenting “8 Hours of Rest: SoiL Thornton” from Jan 20 to Mar 7, 2026. The multidisciplinary show blends large‑scale furniture, phosphorescent paintings, video loops, and archival prints to interrogate rest, sleep, and self‑care within a capitalist framework....
Manuel Mathieu to Debut at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale Di Venezia
Haitian-born artist Manuel Mathieu has been invited by curator Koyo Kouoh to debut at the 61st International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, in 2026. His multidisciplinary practice—spanning painting, sculpture, film, installation and olfactory art—examines historical violence, cultural memory and...
Centre Pompidou Confirms 2027 Closure for Major Five‑Year Renovation
The Centre Pompidou will shut its doors in 2027 for a five‑year, €300‑million renovation that tackles asbestos removal and a full technical upgrade. Designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, the iconic 1977 structure requires deep structural work to meet...