Guimi You’s Ethereal Paintings Capture the Art of Starting Over
South Korean artist Guimi You opens her first major solo exhibition in New York, "When the Sun Shines Again," at Lehmann Maupin from June 11 to August 14, 2026. The show presents a new series of luminous oil paintings that fuse traditional Korean ink techniques with Western compositional approaches. Light functions as a central metaphor, illuminating scenes of solitary women and quiet moments that explore the emotional terrain of restarting creative practice. You’s work invites viewers into a contemplative space that balances hope with the anxieties of new beginnings.
Will People Embrace The First AI Art Museum?
Dataland, the world’s first AI‑driven arts museum, will open this month inside Frank Gehry’s Grand LA towers, offering a 25,000‑square‑foot immersive rainforest experience. The venue runs on the Large Nature Model, a generative AI trained on more than 500 million nature images...
Jarvis Cocker’s ‘Hodge Podge’: Pulp Frontman to Curate Art Exhibition
Jarvis Cocker, the former Pulp frontman, will co‑curate “The Hodge Podge” exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield with his wife, creative consultant Kim Sion. The show runs from May 21 to October 31, 2027, and pairs works by Jeremy Deller, Peter Doig, Barbara...
MoMA Exhibition Will Examine Mondrian’s Time in New York and Love of Boogie Woogie Music
The Museum of Modern Art will present "Mondrian Boogie Woogie" from March 21 to July 31, 2027, a survey of Piet Mondrian’s last New York years. The show reunites his two final canvases—Broadway Boogie Woogie and Victory Boogie Woogie—for the first time in over three decades,...
Matthew Tammaro Distorts the Nude
Canadian photographer Matthew Tammaro, now based in Paris, unveiled his new "Reconfigurations" series, a collection of 17 distorted nude photographs that fuse painting sensibilities with photographic immediacy. Drawing on his Toronto painting education, Tammaro treats the camera as a collage...
Basel Social Club Wants You to Go Back to the Office
Basel Social Club’s 2026 edition adopts an "Office" theme, featuring 106 artists across a vacant multi‑story building in Basel. Highlights include Marina Abramović’s bus‑capsule installation, Beni Bischof’s indoor golf parody, and Alicia Framis’s glass‑ceiling protest addressing gender bias. The venue is...
Leonardo’s ‘Codex Atlanticus’ Is Complete for the First Time in 400 Years
Florence’s Galileo Museum has launched Leonardotheka 2.0, digitally reuniting more than 500 pages that were cut from Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus in the late 1500s. The added 550 folios, owned by the UK’s Royal Collection Trust, bring the notebook to about...
Walmart Heir Alice Walton’s Arkansas Museum Grows in Size—And Ambition
Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville celebrated its 15th anniversary with a major expansion that adds 114,000 square feet of galleries, education spaces, and studios, opening to the public on June 6. Designed by Moshe Safdie, the new campus includes...
Lucinda Childs On How She Keeps Her Working Pace After More Than 50 Years
Veteran choreographer Lucinda Childs, a seminal figure from the 1960s Judson movement, is staging a high‑profile summer season in 2026. She will present a mixed program at Bard’s SummerScape and a revival at the Watermill Center, while launching a five‑year...
Rediscovered Constable Goes on View for First Time in Decades
The Salisbury Museum will showcase John Constable’s long‑lost painting *View of Salisbury from Harnham Ridge* on June 11, marking the artist’s 250th birthday. After vanishing for over six decades in a private collection, the work was identified by Constable specialist Timothy...
David Wojnarowicz’s World of Ruins Comes to Glasgow
The Modern Institute in Glasgow opened "some day this will all be crumbling ruins," an extensive exhibition on the life and work of David Wojnarowicz. Running through August 28, the show features rare installations, photographs, and archival material that trace his...
Thomas Bangalter and Hans Ulrich Obrist on La Caverne Du Pont Neuf
Thomas Bangalter, half of Daft Punk, has partnered with photographer‑artist JR to create "La Caverne du Pont Neuf," a temporary, fabric‑covered installation on Paris’s historic Pont Neuf bridge. The work transforms the bridge into a surreal mountainscape, echoing Christo and Jeanne‑Claude’s...
Photographs of Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson’s Shared Studio Go on Show in London
The Courtauld Gallery is showcasing 23 black‑and‑white photographs taken by Paul Laib in 1932‑33 of the Hampstead studio shared by sculptor Barbara Hepworth and painter Ben Nicholson. The exhibition, running 6 June‑4 October, presents 14 vintage prints alongside nine contemporary reinterpretations, highlighting the artists’...
Marina Abramović’s Inflatable Art Debut Will Inaugurate New York City’s Balloon Museum, and Other News.
Conceptual artist Marina Abramović is debuting her first inflatable work, SNOWY/WINDY/SPRING ON THE PLANET Z, to inaugurate the Balloon Museum’s new New York flagship this summer. The Bass Museum in Miami Beach announced a $20 million expansion and appointed Philippe Vergne as...
Henry Moore Works to Be Unveiled at Botanic Garden
Henry Moore’s four sculptures are being installed at Wakehurst’s botanic garden in West Sussex, joining newly commissioned works from contemporary artists under the Henry Moore Institute. The outdoor exhibition opens on a Friday and will stay until 27 September, mirroring a similar display...