Lassonde Art Trail Opens on Toronto’s Waterfront with Major Public Art Programme
The Lassonde Art Trail, Canada’s most ambitious open‑air public‑art destination, opened its 2026 season on Toronto’s waterfront, stretching over four kilometres through Biidaasige Park on the newly created island Ookwemin Minising. The inaugural program features 17 sculptures, including 11 new site‑specific commissions by internationally recognized artists such as Alexandre Arrechea, Tracey Emin and Kent Monkman. Backed by a $25 million gift from philanthropist Pierre Lassonde and a $1.4 billion waterfront revitalisation investment, the trail will expand with major works by Joana Vasconcelos and Alicja Kwade slated for 2027. The initiative integrates contemporary art with ecological restoration, offering free, year‑round access to the public.
As Above, So Below Brings Oceanic Intelligence to Venice Biennale
One Ocean Foundation and ZEITGEIST19 have launched "As Above, So Below," a landmark group exhibition and interdisciplinary research project staged as a collateral event of the 61st Venice Biennale. Curated by Elizabeth Zhivkova and Farah Piriye Coene, the show occupies...
Lubaina Himid Unveils Reading the Label Across Cork Street for 2026 Banners Commission
Lubaina Himid’s new public installation, *Reading the Label*, has been unveiled on Cork Street as part of the 2026 Banners Commission, coinciding with London Gallery Weekend. The work displays a series of male figures painted over the past twelve years...
Synoptico Explores Attention, Memory and Digital Life Through Dance and Video Art in Los Angeles
Synoptico, a large‑scale performance by choreographer Eno Freedman Brodman, will debut at Los Angeles’ Porter Street Studio Gallery on June 26‑27. The work fuses contemporary dance, immersive video projection and installation, letting performers move across a floor that morphs in real time...
Louise Pragnell Selected for National Portrait Gallery’s Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026
British portrait artist Louise Pragnell has been chosen for the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026 at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Her oil portrait of former NBA player and NBA Africa ambassador Pops Mensah‑Bonsu was selected from nearly 1,500...
Almine Rech Now Represent Keita Morimoto
Almine Rech announced that it will represent Japanese painter Keita Morimoto in its New York and Paris locations. Morimoto’s inaugural solo show with the gallery is scheduled for 2025 in New York, followed by a presentation at Art Basel in Switzerland this...
May Auction Report: Rational Exuberance
The May auction cycle delivered $2.5 billion in sales, marking the strongest high‑value supply since last fall’s Lauder auction. While total volume surged, hammer ratios slipped, indicating buyers are paying close to estimates rather than overbidding. The market’s bottom has solidified,...
Paul’s Book of the Month: Marguerite Humeau – Auguries
Marguerite Humeau’s new monograph Auguries (White Cube, 2025) offers a deep dive into the French artist’s Turner‑Prize‑shortlisted practice, featuring essays, an interview, and 176 pages of visuals priced at £45 (≈ $58). The book surveys her recent projects, from the termite‑inspired installation ‘Meys’...
Your Guide to the Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art 2026
Glasgow International, Scotland’s premier biennial contemporary art festival, returns from June 5 to June 21, 2026, offering 17 days of exhibitions, talks, workshops, and performances. The programme spans traditional galleries, civic spaces, off‑site venues, and pop‑up locations, exploring themes such...
Antony Gormley Two Exhibitions Two Countries – Miranda Carroll
British sculptor Antony Gormley is presenting two simultaneous shows in 2026: "Geestgrond" at Antwerp’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA) and "What Holds Us" at Galleria Continua in San Gimignano. In Antwerp a white‑cube gallery houses the steel sculpture "Cave" and...
Lehmann Maupin Now Represent Rana Begum
Lehmann Maupin announced it will represent Bangladeshi‑British artist Rana Begum, whose work fuses light, colour, sculpture and architecture. The gallery will debut a series of her pieces at its Art Basel booth in June and host her first New York solo...
The Art Diary June 2026 – Revd Jonathan Evens
The June 2026 Art Diary spotlights a wave of exhibitions that fuse spirituality, mysticism, and historic religious spaces. Highlights include Sanya Kantarovsky’s Venice site‑specific works, James Turrell’s light‑filled Skyspaces and Roden Crater, and Renaud Muraire’s biblical‑inspired paintings in Canterbury Cathedral....
Interview: Wallace Chan Sculpts Time, Light, Life and Rebirth in Venice
Wallace Chan’s fourth Venice show, timed with the Biennale, occupies the historic Santa Maria della Pietà chapel and the iconic Scala Contarini del Bovolo staircase. Marking his 70th birthday, the exhibition introduces colour‑coded titanium sculptures that explore birth, growth and rebirth, while...
Freya Tewelde: Geometry of Elsewhere
Freya Tewelde’s first solo exhibition with Gallery 1957, "Geometry of Elsewhere," opens on 5 June 2026 as part of London Gallery Weekend and runs through 25 July. The show marks a decisive shift from figurative work to large‑scale abstraction, employing powder pigment,...
Julio Le Parc Pioneering Kinetic Artist Dies Aged 97
Julio Le Parc, the Argentine-born kinetic pioneer, died at 97 in Paris. He helped define participatory art through geometric systems, light, and motion, co‑founding the Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel in 1960. International acclaim followed his 1966 Grand Prize at...
Tobit Roche: Painting India Over Time – The Art Stable, Dorset
Tobit Roche’s seventh show at The Art Stable, Dorset, titled Painting India over Time, runs from 13 June to 10 July 2026 and marks his most concentrated exploration of the Indian subcontinent that has shaped his artistic voice. The exhibition pairs small plein‑air...
How A 24 Mile Fence Once Divided California's North Coast And Sparked A Four Year Political Fight
Christo and Jeanne‑Claude’s “Running Fence” was a 24‑mile, 18‑foot high white nylon installation that stretched across Sonoma and Marin counties in 1976. After four years of planning, the project demanded over 2,000 steel poles, hundreds of workers, and an extensive...
A Separate Pace
Pace Gallery opened three major May exhibitions in its Chelsea flagship: a solo show by emerging painter Kngwarray, a Julian Schnabel retrospective, and a David Hockney survey. The shows blend fresh talent with established masters, appealing to both younger collectors...
Phillips Announces Highlights of New York Design Sale Led by Distinguished Private Collections
Phillips will hold its New York Design Sale on June 12, featuring a curated selection of twentieth‑century and contemporary design drawn from distinguished private collections. Highlights include rare Finn Juhl pieces such as a wall‑mounted cabinet estimated at $60,000‑$80,000, a George Nakashima Conoid bench,...
Silvia Ziranek Presents BY A THREAD Incorporating UNSUNG SONGS at MOCA London
Silvia Ziranek’s new multimedia exhibition BY A THREAD incorporating UNSUNG SONGS opens at MOCA London from 31 May to 5 July 2026. The centerpiece is a 10‑foot mobile, B.A.T., suspended from the ceiling and constructed from everyday textiles, picture frames and carpet tiles. Poetry is woven directly into...
Artist Grows What Could Be the Largest Photograph Ever Made in a Field Near Toulouse
Artist Almudena Romero, in partnership with France’s INRAE, has transformed over 11,000 sqm of farmland near Toulouse into what may be the world’s largest photographic artwork. The piece, titled *Farming Photographs*, uses seeded crops to grow a massive human eye that...
Art Basel Paris Returns For Its Fifth Edition – Galleries Announced
Art Basel Paris will return to the Grand Palais from 23‑25 October 2026, with preview days on 21‑22 October and an invitation‑only Avant‑Première opening. The fair, now led by former communications chief Karim Crippa, will host more than 200 galleries...
Anne Imhof Exhibition to Open for London Gallery Weekend
Anne Imhof returns to Sprüth Magers for *Citizen*, a solo show opening during London Gallery Weekend. The exhibition runs from June 5 to August 1, 2026, and pairs new large‑scale Wave paintings with a four‑channel film, crowd‑barrier sculptures, oil‑pastel drawings and bronze reliefs. Across media,...
Inside Elsa Sahal’s Studio, Following Her Art Prize Win
French sculptor Elsa Sahal captured the Her Art Prize at Art Paris 2026, taking home €30,000 (about $32,400) and a worldwide promotional campaign led by Marie Claire and Boucheron. The award recognized three new sculptures—Suzanne, Gene and Gilda—displayed by Galerie Papillon, which fuse...
Club Unity Launches in London with Dan Pearce, Maxim and Takiro
Club Unity, an interdisciplinary collective founded by mixed‑media artist Dan Pearce, The Prodigy’s Maxim, and visual artist Takiro, launched on 21 May at Shoreditch Arts Club in London. The event attracted over 350 creatives and unveiled a suite of sculptures,...
Fé Collective Announces Gala at Bush Hall Championing Emerging Female Artists
Fé Collective will host a gala on 12 June 2026 at London’s Bush Hall to fund the Freshers 2025/26 cohort’s end‑of‑year exhibition. The event, themed “Dark Rococo,” places emerging female artists at the creative helm, featuring their music, performance and visual work....
Romance and Reality Will Kiss One Another by Lily Aldrich at Royale Projects
Lynn Aldrich’s new show "Romance and Reality Will Kiss One Another" opens at Royale Projects, juxtaposing her 1989 installations with fresh 2026 works. The centerpiece, Grid Buster, reinterprets Matthias Grunewald’s Resurrection using surge protectors, a cut‑out carpet and a lone light....
The Real and the Unreal
Luke Burgis argues that the pressing AI question is not its usefulness but its reality, using his caregiving experience with his Alzheimer’s‑stricken father as a touchstone. He proposes three guiding principles: the real‑vs‑unreal test, the “Three City Problem” linking faith,...
‘Learning Exchange: Artists Matter’ Travels To Downtown Los Angeles
Hauser & Wirth brought its Learning Exchange: Artists Matter initiative to downtown Los Angeles on May 2, 2026, coinciding with the gallery’s tenth anniversary in the city. The gathering convened artists, educators and nonprofit leaders to discuss access and community‑led arts education,...
South London Gallery Marks Its 135th Anniversary with SLG Forever Exhibition at Christie’s
The South London Gallery is celebrating its 135th anniversary with "SLG Forever," a free fundraising exhibition staged with Christie’s from 5 June to 25 June 2026, with an online extension through 30 September. The show assembles donated works from more than 25 prominent...
Louvre Creates Containment Zone for People Who only Came to Selfie with Mona Lisa
The Louvre announced a $1 billion renovation that will give the Mona Lisa its own 33,000‑square‑foot exhibition space, effectively creating a dedicated containment zone for the iconic painting. Visitors seeking only a quick selfie can bypass the museum’s main galleries, while...
Sixth Iranian Contemporary Art Biennale Opens In London
The sixth edition of the WITH MY ROOTS biennale opens at London’s Mall Galleries from May 23 to 30, presenting an expansive survey of Iranian contemporary art. The show features artists from Iran and its diaspora in 17 countries, spanning...
Christie’s Manic Monday
Christie's Monday auction generated $1.12 billion in sales, the second‑largest single‑evening total ever recorded, trailing only the $1.5 billion Paul Allen sale of 2022. The headline piece was Jackson Pollock’s Number 7A, which fetched $181 million from the Si Newhouse collection. Strong bidding extended...
First Wave of Semibreve 2026 Artists Announced
The Semibreve Festival announced its first wave of artists for the 16th edition, set for 22‑25 October 2026 in Braga, Portugal. The program will span sound, moving image, installation and performance across historic and contemporary venues such as Theatro Circo, gnration...
Gordon Cheung: Many Worlds, One Mind
CLOSE Gallery in Somerset is hosting Gordon Cheung’s major survey, "Many Worlds, One Mind," from June 6 to August 15, 2026. The exhibition showcases 28 pieces across sculpture, painting, print and etching, centering on Cheung’s "New Order" series that reorders Dutch Golden...
Anish Kapoor Returns to the Hayward Gallery with Monumental New Works
Anish Kapoor returns to London’s Hayward Gallery for a four‑month solo show, running 16 June to 18 October 2026. Curated by Ralph Rugoff, the exhibition marks his first major Hayward presentation since 1998 and anchors the Southbank Centre’s 75th‑anniversary programme. It features three monumental...
Drew Friedman’s New Mel Brooks Portrait Marks the Comedian’s 100th Birthday
Drew Friedman has unveiled a limited‑edition fine‑art print of legendary comedian Mel Brooks, hand‑numbered and signed, with only 20 copies available. The portrait, a pencil sketch of Brooks in a pinstripe suit, commemorates the entertainer’s 100th birthday on June 28,...
FAD News: Major Museum Acquisitions and Strong Sales Drive Frieze New York 2026
Frieze New York 2026 closed with 25,000 visitors, 68 galleries and strong sales, highlighted by the inaugural Sherman Family Foundation Acquisition Fund that placed works by four artists into the Brooklyn and Baltimore museums. The fair’s Focus section showcased galleries founded...
How Native American Artists Redefined Contemporary Art in the United States
From the 1960s onward, a generation of Native American artists based in Santa Fe transformed U.S. contemporary art by reclaiming Indigenous representation through colour, irony and modernist vocabularies. The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), founded in 1962, exposed students...
Sotheby’s $433 Million Pep Talk
Sotheby’s latest auction delivered $433 million in total sales, with the high‑profile Mnuchin collection alone fetching $166 million and a separate owners’ sale contributing nearly $267 million. While classic works commanded premium prices, a surprising mix of bidders—from a teenage front‑row participant to...
FAD News: Bow Arts Launches Open Call for 2027 East London Art Prize
Bow Arts has launched the open call for the 2027 East London Art Prize, inviting submissions from May 14 to August 16, 2026. The award will shortlist twelve artists, offering a £15,000 cash prize and a solo exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery,...
Pamela Bryan and Julia Campbell Carter Bring New Orleans Rhythm to London
Pamela Bryan of New Orleans’ Octavia Art Gallery and London curator Julia Campbell Carter have launched "Rhythm in the Blues," a group show at 14 Percy Street running May 11‑20. The exhibition features five international artists—Alia Ali, Aigana Gali, Azadeh Ghotbi, Naomie Kremer...
KOL at Tate: Santiago Lastra to Host Frida Kahlo-Inspired Dinner at Tate Modern with Exclusive Exhibition Tour
London’s Tate Modern will host a one‑night, after‑hours dinner on 15 July 2026, created by Santiago Lastra, chef‑patron of Michelin‑starred KOL. The event pairs a guided tour of the museum’s “Frida: The Making of an Icon” exhibition with a five‑course tasting menu...
Lili Shen’s Dream Machines Turn Data Into Feeling
London‑based artist Lili Shen blends AI, VR, and biometric data to create immersive installations that turn heartbeats, sleep rhythms, and fragments of dreams into shifting digital environments. Her recent works, Noosphere (2025) and Noosphere II: Collective Veil, use generative diffusion,...
FAD News: Trevor Paglen to Co-Curate Zero 10 at Art Basel Basel 2026.
Art Basel’s 2026 Swiss edition will host Zero 10, the fair’s digital‑art initiative, from June 16‑21, co‑curated by artist Trevor Paglen and digital strategist Eli Scheinman. The exhibition, titled “The Condition,” will feature 19 exhibitors—including Hauser & Wirth, Marian Goodman, Art Blocks, and bitforms—showcasing works...
Eye Candy for Today: Johannes Verspronk Portrait
Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck’s 17th‑century oil "Andries Stilte as a Standard Bearer" has been highlighted on the National Gallery of Art’s website, offering high‑resolution zoom and download options. The 41 × 31 in. portrait captures militia officer Andries Stilte with striking three‑dimensionality, achieved through...
New York Art Week 2026: A Guide to the Fairs, the Crowds, and the Conversations
New York Art Week 2026 brings together seven major fairs—Frieze, Independent, NADA, 1‑54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Future Fair, ESTHER III and TEFAF—offering over 150 exhibition openings across the city. The guide maps each fair’s vibe, highlights standout booths such as...
Cats – Natalia Goncharova
Natalia Goncharova’s 1913 oil painting “Cats (Rayist percep. in rose, black, and yellow)” exemplifies the Rayonist movement’s attempt to capture invisible rays of light on canvas. The work uses crystalline lines and a vivid rose‑black‑yellow palette to visualize energy inspired...
FAD News: Sarah Lucas Unveils New Public Sculpture Commission for New Museum Plaza
New Museum unveiled Sarah Lucas’s large‑scale public sculpture “VENUS VICTORIA” on its newly expanded Bowery plaza. The work debuted on May 12, 2026 and will remain on view for two years, serving as the first commission in a decade‑long series dedicated to women artists....
Everybody Frieze
Frieze New York opens at The Shed, featuring a roster of leading global galleries. The fair’s layout is challenging, yet it presents the market’s most valuable contemporary works, with prices ranging from a few thousand dollars to multi‑million‑dollar pieces. The...