Condition Report: Massimiliano Gioni, The New Museum
Massimiliano Gioni, artistic director of the New Museum, emphasized the institution’s non‑collecting model, focusing on producing 24 new works co‑created with international partners. The museum’s strategy ensures artists retain ownership of the pieces, reinforcing its mission to champion new art rather than build a permanent collection. Earlier this year, longtime director Lisa Phillips announced her departure after 27 years, having overseen the iconic Bowery building and the OMA‑designed expansion slated to open this weekend. The upcoming expansion underscores the museum’s commitment to innovative exhibition spaces.
Daisy Dickens and Ilke Sahin Explore Material Flux in POND
POND, a duo exhibition by Daisy Dickens and Ilke Sahin at Greatorex Street Gallery, showcases paintings, sculptures, and installations driven by self‑organising material processes. The show juxtaposes water‑inspired transformations with human‑made forms, highlighting decay, oxidation, and the body as mutable subjects....
Artist Creates Clever Stop-Motion Animation Using Rubber Stamps
Artist Phillipa Rice has devised a novel stop‑motion technique that uses rubber‑stamp impressions made from a pigment‑covered eraser to capture the face of a plastic figurine. By arranging rows of these stamps at varying angles, she creates a fluid animation...
Exploring the Intersection of Art and Cannabis Culture
The article charts cannabis’s evolution from counter‑culture symbol to a mainstream subject in contemporary visual art. Legalization and online sales have normalized the plant, prompting artists to explore its history, social implications, and aesthetic potential. High‑design packaging and dispensary interiors...
A Pulse Before the Opening: Anticipating the 61st Venice Biennale
The 61st Venice Biennale, directed by curator Koyo Kouou, shifts from grand spectacle to an intimate, affect‑driven experience that foregrounds memory, diaspora and unresolved histories. Early previews highlight three participating artists—Manuel Mathieu, Sara Shamma and Igshaan Adams—who each translate trauma...
$69 Million Beeple NFT Finds It Was Sundaresan All Along
Beeple’s landmark $69.3 million NFT, sold at Christie’s in March 2021, finally has a confirmed owner after a 2023 lawsuit was settled. The court‑ordered settlement establishes that Vignesh Sundaresan, through his firm Portkey Technologies, made all decisions and exclusively purchased the...
PORTALS Unveils Eva Dixon’s Little Lady, Recasting the Space Race in Spitalfields
PORTALS unveiled Eva Dixon’s sculptural installation *Little Lady* at Spitalworth Market’s K67 kiosk from 18‑27 March 2026, running 24/7. The work reimagines a re‑entry capsule and parachute to honor the overlooked Mercury 13 women pilots. Curated by James Marshall, the...
Margaux Valengin: A World of Part-Object Phantasies
Margaux Valengin’s latest show, "A World of Part-Object Phantasies," opens at Galerie PACT and foregrounds fragmented human figures paired with sentinel animals. The work draws on Melanie Klein’s "part‑object" theory, rendering bodies as split, fetishized fragments while animals retain full...
Isa Genzken at Den Frie, Copenhagen
Isa Genzken’s first institutional solo exhibition in Scandinavia opens at Den Frie, Copenhagen, under the title *World Receiver*. The show is anchored by the 16‑meter‑tall sculpture Vollmond, a moon‑like antenna that has dominated the museum’s façade for nearly a year. It assembles...
Trisha Donnelly at MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST
The Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK) in Frankfurt has opened a comprehensive solo exhibition of Irish artist Trisha Donnelly, showcasing a chronological selection of her untitled works from 2005 through 2025. The show features photographs, video loops, and mixed-media installations...
Fuhrman of the House
Glenn Fuhrman, former Wall Street banker turned art patron, opened the Ellsworth Kelly: Eight Decades exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum through his FLAG Art Foundation. He hosted a pre‑opening lunch at his Sagaponack estate, which doubles as a private...
Sophie Tea Redefines Art Sales with First Live Fine Art Launch on TikTok Shop
British artist Sophie Tea became the first creator to sell original paintings live on TikTok Shop, launching her Bric‑a‑Brac collection during a three‑hour broadcast. The event attracted 1.3 million viewers worldwide and offered a limited release of oil paintings sourced from...
The Life of Vince Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh created iconic works in a single decade but sold almost nothing during his life, battling poverty and mental illness. After a series of personal setbacks, he developed a bold, colorful style that later influenced Expressionism. Following his...
With Tō — The Climb, Gina Keatley Enters a New Phase of Abstraction
Gina Keatley’s new series *Tō — The Climb* comprises five abstract paintings that distill her palette to deep blacks, softened whites, and subtle tonalities, reflecting a disciplined, risk‑focused approach. Inspired by the Japanese character 登 (tō, meaning “to climb”), the...
Gretchen Scherer’s Reading the Rooms at Richard Heller Gallery
Gretchen Scherer’s exhibition "Reading the Rooms" at Richard Heller Gallery revives the historic salon‑style display by creating imagined interiors inspired by palace galleries and museum spaces. Drawing on art‑history research, archival photographs, and personal visits, she blends real architectural elements...
Boing Boing, March 16, 2026
Reuters has finally identified the elusive street‑artist Banksy as Robin Gunningham, citing court documents and a decades‑long paper trail. The revelation follows years of speculation and legal battles over the ownership of his works. Boing Boing’s roundup also notes a...
Interactive Mirror Portal
The Interactive Mirror Portal is a physical installation that turns a mirror into a dynamic portal, using layered optical elements to fragment and recombine a viewer’s reflection as they move. The work relies entirely on geometry, light, and reflective surfaces,...
Stuart Semple Gives Away ‘Pinkest Pink’ to Everyone – Except Anish Kapoor
Stuart Semple marks the ten‑year anniversary of his "Pinkest Pink" pigment by offering it worldwide for free, with buyers only covering postage. The giveaway carries a single clause: the pigment may not be purchased or used by Anish Kapoor or...
John Constable: Large Study Of The Cornfield Discovered In Texas
A previously miscatalogued oil study for John Constable’s The Cornfield, the largest known at 55 by 48 inches, has been authenticated after a technical examination by specialists. The painting, hidden in the Jefferson Historical Society museum in Texas for nearly...
“Sonorous” In Hackney: Stairway to Heaven?
St. Augustine’s Tower in Hackney hosted the three‑day "Sonorous" exhibition, turning the medieval stone structure into an immersive sound‑art venue. Curated by Taehyun Jung, the show featured a roster of emerging artists who used vibration, voice, and visual media to...
France Jobin
France Jobin, a Montreal‑based Canadian sound artist, merges classical piano roots with electronic modular synthesis. Her work, described as “sound sculpture,” draws on quantum mechanics and string theory concepts. The 2017 ambient LP “Scènes” showcases four longform pieces built on...
Hot Hand: Rio Kobayashi
Rio Kobayashi, a young artist from Mashiko, Japan, is gaining attention for his strikingly graphic work that thrives on social‑media platforms. His creations blend the ceramic traditions of his potter father, Shirobey, with the conservation and gilding expertise of his...
Genie Davis Just Opened a Gallery. Of Course She Did.
Genie Davis, longtime Los Angeles art blogger behind Diversions LA, has opened Diversions Fine Arts Gallery in Manhattan Beach. The inaugural show, "Springtide," features 26 artists working in oil, acrylic, watercolor, neon, sculpture and photography, spanning local, national and international talent. Davis...
Frida and Diego: The Last Dream
The Museum of Modern Art will host "Frida and Diego: The Last Dream" from March 21 to September 12, 2026, showcasing a curated selection of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera works alongside a new Metropolitan Opera production, *El Último Sueño...
Cecily Brown: Picture Making
The Serpentine Galleries are hosting Cecily Brown’s first UK institutional solo exhibition since 2005, titled “Picture Making,” from 27 March to 6 September 2026 at Serpentine South. The show pairs newly created paintings inspired by Kensington Gardens with key works dating back to 2001,...
Ruth Leon Recommends…. Art that Made Us – The Revolution of the Dead
Ruth Leon highlights a BBC documentary that reexamines the Black Death’s aftermath as a catalyst for a century of artistic and literary renewal. The film weaves insights from historians, curators, and contemporary creators, showing how plague‑scarred survivors reshaped English literature,...
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[Minna|منا]of Us at Participant Inc. And SALMA SARRIEDINE
The contemporary art exhibition "[minna|منا]of us" opened at Participant Inc. in New York on February 1, 2026 and will run through March 22, 2026. Curated by the collective RIDIKKULUZ, the show features works by artist SALMA SARRIEDINE and explores themes of identity, belonging, and diaspora. Supporting...
Eduardo Paolozzi: Mosaic Murals In Redditch Shopping Centre Grade II Listed
The UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has granted Grade II listed status to twelve mosaic panels by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi in Redditch’s Kingfisher Shopping Centre. Commissioned in 1983 to echo the town’s needle‑industry heritage, the mosaics have...
Brussels and Antwerp: The Heart of Flemish Art – Artlyst Diary
Art lover Paul Carter Robinson spent two days touring Brussels and Antwerp, immersing himself in the region’s dense concentration of Flemish masterpieces. He enjoyed a private viewing of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts’ print collection in Brussels, then traveled...
A Glücksklee for the Kaiserin: Empress Augusta's Lucky (?) Clover Coronet
A diamond coronet adorned with a four‑leaf clover was created for Empress Augusta Victoria around 1906, marking Prince Eitel Friedrich’s wedding to Duchess Sophie Charlotte and the silver anniversary of the Kaiser’s parents. The piece combined regal opulence with a...
Le Lent Demain at Air De Paris
Le lent demain, a group exhibition at Air de Paris, runs from 14 February to 21 March 2026. Curated by Sebastián Quevedo Ramírez, it showcases works by 18 emerging Latin American and European artists, including Devendra Banhart and Nicolas Aguirre. The show is documented with...
The Oracle of Dublin
Clare McAndrew’s latest annual art market report confirms a rebound, with total sales reaching an estimated $59.6 billion in 2025 – a 4 percent rise over the prior year. The recovery is most pronounced in the auction segment, which has rebounded strongly since...
Loïc Jouannigot
Loïc Jouannigot is a French illustrator celebrated for his charming children’s‑book style, blending precise line work with a loose, sketchy feel. His illustrations feature richly detailed cut‑away scenes populated by multiple animal characters, rendered in a balanced palette of muted...
More Than Studios: NewBridge Project Is a Much-Needed Third Space in Newcastle
The NewBridge Project in Newcastle’s Shieldfield district has transformed a former office block into a thriving arts and community hub, housing 130 studio artists across 90 workspaces. It offers affordable desks from £35 a month, a bookshop, memory café, and...
Project a Black Planet: Barbican Announces Major Pan-African Art Exhibition
The Barbican Centre will host Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica from June to September 2026, showcasing more than 300 works that trace Pan‑Africanism’s influence on visual culture. The exhibition spans painting, sculpture, film, photography and...
The Top 5 Photography Exhibitions to See in London This Spring
Tabish Khan highlights five must‑see photography shows across London this spring, ranging from Catherine Opie's portraiture of LGBTQ+ communities at the National Portrait Gallery to the Becher duo’s industrial architecture at Sprüth Magers. The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026 at The...
Yoon Hyup: Quantize Off
Seoul‑born, New York‑based artist Yoon Hyup launches his first solo exhibition with Ruttkowski;68 in Paris, titled Quantize Off, running March 15‑April 12, 2026. The show translates the kinetic experience of walking, skating and cycling through urban streets into large‑scale acrylic paintings that prioritize line, dot...
Jesus ‘N’ Mo ‘N’ Gender
The long‑running webcomic duo Jesus and Mo have resurrected their strip “Fluid” on Patreon, labeling it a “Friday Flashback from almost exactly 8 years ago.” The episode features Mo wearing a niqab as a visual cue for his feminine side,...
A Visit to Tomás Saraceno’s Berlin Studio Delves Into a Deeply Empathetic Practice
Tomás Saraceno’s Berlin studio was featured in a new Art21 documentary that probes his collaborative, interdisciplinary practice. The film follows his team as they examine installations that mimic spider webs to explore how humans occupy space and relate to one...
SGFA 105th Annual Exhibition + Scope for a VERY BIG Exhibition About Drawing at the Mall Galleries
The Society of Graphic Fine Art (SGFA) is holding its 105th Annual Open Exhibition at the Mall Galleries from March 9 to 14, 2026, with free public admission. The show underscores the Mall Galleries’ growing role as a venue for national art...
Leonardo Drew at Pace Prints
Leonardo Drew presents his fifth solo exhibition at Pace Prints in New York, running March 19‑April 25, 2026. The show highlights new hand‑made paper‑pulp editions, monoprints, and large wall‑relief assemblages developed through a 15‑year collaboration with Pace Paper. Using custom...
An Hoang at Halsey McKay
An Hoang’s solo show “Garden Poems” opened at Halsey McKay in East Hampton on February 7, 2026 and will run through March 29, 2026. The exhibition presents a body of work centered on botanical imagery, poetic narrative, and subtle abstraction, documented through 33 high‑resolution photographs. No video elements...
Hughie O’Donoghue Explores Collective Memory in New York – Miranda Carroll
Irish artist Hughie O’Donoghue presents his first solo exhibition in New York, "Time and The Architecture of Memory," at 447 SPACE. The show features nine works spanning 2003‑2026 that fuse painting, photography and sculpture on unconventional supports such as tarpaulin...
Town Hall Presents — Her Stories Untold Curated by Virginia Damtsa
Town Hall by Bottaccio launches its inaugural cultural program with the exhibition “Her Stories Untold,” curated by Virginia Damtsa and partnered with Annie Lennox’s feminist charity The Circle. Running from March 25 to July 1, 2026, the show surveys how...
Picnic, Objects in Public: London Open Call for Sculpture and Performance in the Urban Landscape
The "Picnic, Objects in Public" open call invites London‑based artists to relocate everyday household items into streets and parks, turning tables, chairs and other domestic objects into sculptural or performative interventions. The project explores how these objects shed their private...
CARC Presents NEITHER / NOR at Indra Gallery
From March 2‑5, Indra Gallery in London hosted NEITHER / NOR, a group show organized by the Centre for Arts, Research and Culture (CARC) with the Nina Miller Collection. Curated by Michaëla Hadji‑Minaglou and Alina Khalitova, the exhibition paired historic lithographs by Paul...
Carmen Mardonez: Chromatic Solace
TM Gallery in London launches "Chromatic Solace," a solo exhibition by Chilean textile artist Carmen Mardonez, running March 20‑June 5, 2026. The show features a new six‑metre‑wide embroidered installation and pieces from her Textildermy series, created from discarded domestic textiles....
Isabel Rock: Things Fall Apart, The Centre Cannot Hold
Artist and climate activist Isabel Rock opens her first major solo exhibition, "Things Fall Apart, The Centre Cannot Hold," at Hastings Contemporary from 27 September 2025 to 15 March 2026. The immersive installation transforms drawing into theatrical environments populated by...
Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse at the National Gallery
From 12 March to 31 May 2026 the National Gallery will host a dedicated George Stubbs exhibition, featuring the rarely seen life‑size horse portrait “Scrub, a bay horse belonging to the Marquess of Rockingham” (c. 1762). The painting, long held in a private collection...
ARCO Madrid 2026
ARCO Madrid 2026 will run from March 4‑8 at the historic Feria de Madrid, presenting one of the most extensive contemporary art programmes in Europe. The fair lists over 200 artists—from emerging Latin American talent to established European figures—across more than...