UK Council Criticised over Sale of Collection Including Works by Pioneering Photographer Tony Ray-Jones
Kent County Council will auction 168 items from its art collection on March 10, including 33 photographs by pioneering British photographer Tony Ray‑Jones. The council cites lack of storage and a severe budget deficit as reasons, but it did not offer the works to local museums. The sale follows a 2025 auction that generated only £29,060, which was earmarked for a culture budget. Critics argue the short‑term cash gain sacrifices long‑term cultural heritage for Kent residents.
Architectures of Air
Artforum has released a new portfolio spotlighting architect Claude Parent’s avant‑garde ideas, revisiting his 1960s collaboration with Yves Klein on “architectures of air.” The concept proposes an immaterial architecture that manipulates climate rather than erecting static structures, challenging modernist consumerism. The...
Previously Unseen Dante Gabriel Rossetti Portrait Goes on View for the First Time
National Trust has acquired a previously unseen 1877 chalk portrait of poet Christina Rossetti, painted by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti, now the centerpiece of “The Rossettis – Siblings and Spouses” exhibition at Wightwick Manor. The somber work, created during...
Watch: Handmade Papercraft Animated Short 'Light Hole' From Japan
Kodansha Ltd. unveiled a two‑minute handmade papercraft short titled “Light Hole,” blending live‑action footage with stop‑motion animation. The film showcases characters from more than 100 of the publisher’s manga titles, including Akira, Attack on Titan, and Ghost in the Shell. Directed...
Jonas Wood Turns Tennis Courts Into Color Experiments in New Gagosian Show
American painter Jonas Wood’s latest Gagosian show reimagines tennis courts as vivid color abstractions, stripping away players and ball to focus on the surface’s geometric bands. Drawing from years of screenshot archives of ATP, WTA and Olympic finals, Wood translates...
Decades in the Making, Institut Restellini’s Amedeo Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné to Release Next Month
After more than 40 years of research, Institut Restellini will publish a six‑volume, 2,000‑page Amedeo Modigliani catalogue raisonné next month, unveiling 100 newly authenticated works. The launch includes a book event in London on April 21 and a symposium in New...
Works by Es Devlin, Brian Eno, and Nan Goldin to Be Auctioned to Support Palestinian Aid
A London auction featuring works by Es Devlin, Brian Eno, Nan Goldin and other prominent artists will run from March 26 to April 9, with proceeds earmarked for the Together For Palestine Fund. Organized by Choose Love, Gideon Berger Studio, Hope 93 Gallery and dealer Zayna Al‑Saleh, the sale follows a 2025 benefit...
Close Encounters: The Paintings of David Rice
David Rice, a Colorado‑born painter, captures Pacific Northwest wildlife by merging field photography with layered oil techniques. His canvases feature animals draped in vibrant fabrics against faded wallpaper, granting them a regal, almost humanized aura without full anthropomorphism. By juxtaposing...
Thinking Of AI Art — You Have To Think Of It As Its Own Art Form
Filmmaker Harmony Korine, famed for Gummo and Spring Breakers, is now championing AI‑generated immersive art. Through a partnership with generative‑AI startup Runway, his studio EDGLRD produced a trippy short set in Miami’s Design District, debuting at Art Basel. Korine describes...
Dazed Club Photographers and Artists Who Have Been on Our Radar Lately
Dazed Club’s March 2026 radar highlights photographer Courteney Frisby, showcasing a 14‑image gallery that blends digital collage, portraiture, and cultural commentary. The feature positions Frisby among a curated roster of emerging visual artists gaining visibility on the platform. Dazed provides...
This Exhibition Explores the Spellbinding Quality of Everyday Life
The "Spellbound" exhibition, curated by Jennifer Higgie from the Firestorm Foundation, opens in Stockholm to examine the uncanny allure of everyday moments. Drawing from a collection that includes iconic works by Cindy Sherman and Barbara Kruger, the show weaves mythic...
Italy – BVLGARI Named Exclusive Partner of Biennale Arte 2026, Commissions Lotus L. Kang Pavilion Installation
Bvlgari has secured exclusive partnership status with La Biennale di Venezia’s International Art Exhibition for the next three editions, extending through 2030. The luxury maison will showcase a new site‑specific installation by contemporary artist Lotus L. Kang at the Bvlgari...
A Closer Look at the Posthumous JFK Portrait Seen in ‘Love Story’
The official posthumous portrait of President John F. Kennedy, painted by Aaron Shikler in 1970, was shaped by Jacqueline Kennedy’s desire for a contemplative image rather than a heroic one. Shikler’s composition shows Kennedy with his head bowed and arms crossed, a...
In Other Worlds: Step Into an Immersive Experience at the Barbican
Australian filmmaker and designer Liam Young debuts his first UK solo exhibition, In Other Worlds, at the Barbican Centre. Running from 21 May to 6 September 2026, the immersive show blends art, film, costume design, literature and interactive installations. It reimagines Earth’s future,...
FFXIV Exhibit Focuses on Warrior of Light
Square Enix and partner Movic announced the "Adventurer's Chronicle" exhibit, a physical showcase of Final Fantasy XIV’s Warrior of Light narrative. The exhibit opens in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro Sunshine City from April 25 to May 10, 2026, before moving to Osaka’s...
Reflecting Landscapes
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo will launch a major retrospective, "Tada Minami: Still, Shimmering Light," on 29 August, showcasing over 70 paintings, sculptures, lighting installations, architectural works and photographs. The exhibition traces Minami’s seven‑decade career, from early composite iron‑plastic pieces...
Monumental Rubens Ceiling Painting Revealed Once More After Two-Year Renovation
The monumental Rubens ceiling at Banqueting House has reopened after a two‑year renovation and conservation programme. The early‑17th‑century fresco, the largest surviving Rubens work in its original European setting, now benefits from a new lift that provides step‑free, wheelchair‑accessible viewing....
‘We All Want to Know What He Was Doing in the Bedroom’: Kerouac’s Unseen Archive Goes on Show in New...
"Running Through Heaven: Visions of Jack Kerouac" at New York’s Grolier Club showcases never‑before‑seen letters, personal objects, and a copy of Dostoevsky that inspired the show’s title. Curated by collector Jacob Loewentheil, the exhibition highlights early drafts of Kerouac’s spontaneous prose, his...
Late British Artist Lynn Chadwick to Be Focus of Major Retrospective at UK’s Houghton Hall
Late British sculptor Lynn Chadwick is the centerpiece of a major retrospective at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, running from 2 May to 4 October. The show, organized by Pangolin gallery, presents 30 works ranging from the 1950s to the 1990s, including kinetic pieces...
Chi Too, 1981–2026
Malaysian artist chi too, a self‑taught multidisciplinary creator, died on March 7 at age 44 in his Kuala Terengganu studio. Emerging in the late 2000s, he became a pivotal figure among young artists exploring painting, performance, video, sound and text. His practice...
A Landmark Free David Hockney Exhibition Is Opening in London This Week – Here’s Why It Will Be One of...
The Serpentine Gallery is launching a free, six‑month exhibition of David Hockney’s work on March 12, running through August 23. The centerpiece is the 90‑metre iPad‑created piece “A Year in Normandie,” a 220‑panel panorama inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry and...
Jeamin Cha Wins 21st Hermès Foundation Missulsang
Korean media artist Jeamin Cha has been awarded the 21st Hermès Foundation Missulsang. The biannual prize grants her KRW 30 million (about $200,000) and production support for a solo show at Atelier Hermès in Seoul. Cha, known for video‑based works that...
Perrotin’s Daniel Arsham Afterparty at W New York – Union Square
Perrotin staged an after‑party at the newly renovated W New York – Union Square to celebrate three concurrent exhibitions: Daniel Arsham’s "Various Thoughts," Gelitin’s "All for All," and Gabriel de la Mora’s "Repeated Original." The event took place in the hotel’s marble‑clad Living Room,...
Sotheby’s Will Auction Robert Mnuchin’s Monumental Rothko, and Other News
Sotheby’s announced a spring auction of Robert and Adriana Mnuchin’s collection, highlighted by a monumental Mark Rothko expected to fetch $70 million‑$100 million and pushing the total sale estimate above $130 million. The auction underscores Mnuchin’s legacy in post‑war and contemporary art following...
Rothko to Lead $130 Million Mnuchin Trove at Sotheby’s—And More Art Industry News
Sotheby’s will auction 24 works from the late Robert Mnuchin collection in May, headlined by Mark Rothko’s *Brown and Blacks in Reds* with a $70‑100 million estimate. The auction follows a strong spring season for major houses: London Sotheby’s posted £130.6 million across...
Jane Swavely
New York‑based artist Jane Swavely, who has painted for over five decades, has turned entirely to reductive color‑field canvases that emphasize materiality over representation. She creates each work by stepping onto the canvas, applying paint with a large brush, then...
Lost Profile Gallery by Nickolas Gurtler Office – Issue 20 Feature – The Local Project
Nickolas Gurtler Office partnered with Lost Profile Studio to convert a Brunswick warehouse into a contemplative gallery that showcases Oliver Wilcox’s lighting, furniture, and vintage pieces. The design draws on Carlo Scarpa’s Tomba Brion and the temporal motifs of Asimov’s...
Profile: Layla Cluer – Issue 20 Feature – The Local Project
Layla Cluer, an architect‑turned‑ceramicist, founded Softedge in 2019 after rediscovering pottery in Byron Bay. The brand produces colour‑rich, functional tableware in Hasami, Japan, leveraging the town’s 400‑year‑old divided‑labour craft system. Cluer’s design ethos blends softness, durability and a deliberate, slow‑making...
Mary Said What She Said Review: A Stunning Solo Act
"Mary Said What She Said" is a 90‑minute avant‑garde monologue starring Isabelle Huppert as Mary Queen of Scots, staged at the Adelaide Festival. Directed and designed by the late Robert Wilson, the piece blends rapid French dialogue, pre‑recorded Ludovico Einaudi...
The Tiger Lillies Review: Dead Funny Cabaret at Adelaide Festival
British post‑punk cabaret trio The Tiger Lillies performed at Adelaide Festival’s Her Majesty’s Theatre, promoting their new album Serenade from the Sewer. The act’s grotesque clown aesthetic and macabre ballads recalled Brecht‑Weill and Tom Waits, but critics found the music...
Apple & The Sydney Opera House Collaborate To Celebrate Australian Creativity
Apple and the Sydney Opera House have launched a year‑long partnership to nurture Australian creativity. The collaboration will feature a commissioned projection, "Illuminating Creativity," displaying Procreate artworks by ten emerging Australian artists on the Opera House's eastern Bennelong sails. Free...
25th Biennale of Sydney Explores Untold Stories – The Local Project
The 25th Biennale of Sydney runs March 14‑June 14, 2026 under the theme Rememory, probing memory, history and identity through contemporary art. Eighty‑three artists from 37 countries present works ranging from large installations to multi‑channel video across five city‑wide venues. The program foregrounds First...
UK’s Free Museums Are in Trouble. Should Tourists Start Paying?
UK museums, long celebrated for free entry, are confronting severe financial strain as government arts funding has fallen 18% since 2010 and visitor numbers dip post‑pandemic. Major institutions such as the National Gallery face an £8.2 million deficit, prompting staff cuts...
Opening Day: Theo Belci’s Best and Worst of the Whitney Biennial
Theo Belci’s opening‑day review of the 2026 Whitney Biennial spotlights two divergent approaches. Young Joon Kwak’s glitter‑laden chandelier is framed as Instagram‑ready spectacle, while Agosto Machado’s shrine‑like installations honor queer countercultural figures with tactile relics. Cooper Jacoby’s AI‑driven work resurrects dead social‑media personas, creating...
Catherine Opie in Conversation with Maggie Nelson
Catherine Opie sits down with writer Maggie Nelson for an in‑depth conversation featured in AnOther Magazine’s Spring/Summer 2026 issue. The interview, recorded at Opie’s Los Angeles studio, explores her role as a professor, queer householder, and influential photographer. Nelson probes Opie’s recent...
Art by Infamous Prisoner Charles Bronson Will Head to Auction
Five hundred artworks by England’s notorious prisoner‑artist Charles Bronson will be sold as a single lot on March 11 by David Duggleby Auctioneers. The pieces, drawn in crayon, ink and pencil on prison documents, are expected to fetch between £100,000 and £200,000. Bronson,...
Ludovic Nkoth on Why He Paints the ‘Emotional Texture of Everyday Scenarios’
Ludovic Nkoth, a Cameroonian‑born painter now based in New York, is the focus of the Flag Art Foundation’s Spotlight exhibition with his new work *Stars under the border*. The figurative canvas juxtaposes an ordinary communal gathering with barbed‑wire‑like borders, probing...
History of Violence Review: Exploring Memory, Trauma and the Nature of Truth at Adelaide Festival
History of Violence, directed by Thomas Ostermeier, opened Adelaide Festival’s Dunstan Playhouse from Feb 27 to Mar 2, adapting Édouard Louis’s autobiographical novel. The production blends live camera feeds, black‑and‑white projections, and a percussive score to fragment the protagonist’s traumatic recollection of...
F. Scott Hess: Art History & The Dreams of a Reluctant Realist
F. Scott Hess’s new painting The Dream of Art History translates a 1978 fever dream into a sprawling canvas that stitches together iconic works from the Renaissance to the present. The piece, featured in the documentary The Reluctant Realist, reflects...
What Is Driving Demand in Artnet’s 20th Century Art Auction?
Artnet’s 20th Century Art auction highlights how rarity and scarcity drive prices. Rarity, rooted in historical factors such as wartime loss and limited original production, is exemplified by Miró and Klein works. Scarcity, shaped by market dynamics, is evident in...
How Should We Live With A.I.? A New Group Show Probes Our Ties With Technology
The new exhibition "Technologies of Relation" at MASS MoCA examines humanity’s evolving bond with artificial intelligence through a non‑binary lens that balances critique with possibility. Curator Susan Cross emphasizes agency, inviting visitors to imagine inclusive, liberatory futures rather than merely...
Best Opportunities, Grants & Awards for Creatives: 9 to 15 March 2026
A nationwide roundup of creative funding and residency opportunities has been released for the week of 9‑15 March 2026. Programs span visual arts, writing, film, digital games and arts leadership, offering residencies, cash grants, scholarships and business accelerators across Victoria, Queensland, Western...
Sotheby’s to Auction $130 M. Robert Mnuchin Collection Led by $70–100 M. Rothko Painting
Sotheby’s will auction 24 works from the late Robert Mnuchin collection in May in New York, headlined by Mark Rothko’s 1957 canvas *Brown and Blacks in Reds* estimated at $70‑100 million, alongside a second Rothko priced at $15‑20 million. The lot also...
“Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame” Pops Up in DC
On March 1, a guerrilla art installation dubbed the “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame” appeared in Washington’s Farragut Square. The project places waterproof stickers resembling Hollywood Walk of Fame stars on the sidewalks, each bearing the name of a high‑profile...
Vote to Decide Which Designer Makes the Final Round of the 2026 LVMH Prize
The LVMH Prize, now in its 2026 edition, has released its semi‑finalist roster and opened a public vote to decide which designers advance to the final round. Thousands of applicants were narrowed to 24 emerging talents, each vying for the...
The Giant Nude Woman In SF’s Embarcadero Plaza Will Be Staying All This Summer
The San Francisco Arts Commission voted on March 4 to keep Marco Cochrane’s 48‑foot steel‑and‑mesh nude sculpture “R‑Evolution” in Embarcadero Plaza through October 2025. The work, originally created for Burning Man in 2015, is privately funded by the Sijbrandij Foundation and...
Sofia Coppola Is Bringing ‘Marie Antoinette’ Back to Versailles
Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film *Marie Antoinette* will be honored with a full‑scale retrospective at the Palace of Versailles, opening on September 22 2026 and running through January 24 2027. The exhibition, titled “*Marie Antoinette* by Sofia Coppola,” occupies the historic Petit Trianon and will screen key...
Lebanese Ministry of Culture Urges UNESCO to Grant Enhanced Protections to Cultural Property
Lebanon’s Ministry of Culture has asked UNESCO to boost protection for its cultural heritage amid the spillover of the U.S.–Israel–Iran conflict into southern Lebanon. Minister Ghassan Salamé appealed directly to UNESCO Director‑General Khaled El‑Enany, highlighting sites such as the National...
Crystal Pite On Choreographing Work About Big Real-World Problems
Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, a multi‑award‑winning figure in contemporary dance, blends massive ensemble work with intimate, emotionally resonant storytelling. Her catalog—including “Flight Pattern,” “Figures in Extinction,” and “Betroffenheit”—directly engages issues such as the refugee crisis, climate change and collective trauma....
Inside ADON, the Elusive London Brand with Timothée Chalamet on Speed Dial
London‑based label ADON, a largely secretive label, burst into the spotlight when Timothée Chalamet wore multiple pieces during London Fashion Week. The actor’s back‑to‑back appearances turned the brand into a viral talking point across fashion blogs and social platforms. ADON’s...