New York City Postcard From Jacksonville, Florida by Nina Mdivani
MOCA Jacksonville is hosting Whitney Oldenburg’s retrospective “Left Behind,” featuring large‑scale sculptures built from everyday waste. The exhibition, running November 2025 through April 2026, aims to confront over‑consumption and ecological impact through provocative material installations. Under director Caitlín Doherty, the museum has deepened ties with the University of North Florida, inviting students to co‑create and engage directly with the art. The show positions Jacksonville’s cultural revitalization within a broader conversation about sustainability and contemporary art practice.
The Whitney Biennial Is for the Faint-Hearted
The 2026 Whitney Biennial opened without a unifying theme, opting for vague moods rather than a direct political stance. While the roster is more internationally diverse than ever, the show largely sidesteps the nation’s current crises, offering only subdued, contemplative...
Direct to Market: New York’s March Shows, On and Offline
Maxwell Graham’s dual exhibition spotlights Louise Lawler’s arrow installation and Hans Haacke’s 2005 “Untitled #1,” both interrogating political rhetoric and institutional memory. Across town, Isa Genzken’s “Disco Soon (Ground Zero)” reimagines the 9/11 site as a flamboyant gay bar, contrasting Haacke’s somber critique. Meanwhile,...
Gullah Artist Sam Doyle’s Narrative Portraits Shine at Outsider Art Fair in New York
Sam Doyle, a self‑taught Gullah artist from South Carolina, is featured with twenty narrative paintings at the Outsider Art Fair in New York, sourced from Bob Roth’s collection and priced between $35,000 and $85,000. Doyle’s works depict local Lowcountry figures, historic...
Never-Before-Seen Paintings Reveal Anthony Van Dyck’s Formative Italian Period
“Van Dyck: The European” opens at Genoa’s Palazzo Ducale, assembling around 60 paintings from institutions such as the Louvre, Prado and the National Gallery. The show repositions the artist’s six‑year Italian sojourn as the pivotal phase that forged his theatrical...
K-Beauty on Show in Paris Museum
The Musée Guimet in Paris has opened a K‑beauty exhibition titled “K‑Beauty: Korean Beauty, story of a phenomenon,” running through July 6. Curators trace Korean concepts of beauty from the late‑Joseon era to today, juxtaposing historic artifacts with modern cosmetics and...
Met Acquires Long-Lost Work by Mannerist Master Rosso Fiorentino
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired *Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist*, the earliest known painting by 16th‑century Mannerist Rosso Fiorentino. The work, dated 1512‑13, was rediscovered after a conservation cleaning removed overpaint that concealed Saint John,...
Five Questions with Ruebana Paraha: 73-Year-Old Artist on How She Got Her First Solo Exhibition
Seventy‑three‑year‑old Ruebena Paraha, a Māori artist of Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Kahungunu descent, is debuting her first solo show, Wayfinding, at Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery. After three decades living across Germany, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Oceania and India,...
A Trove of Vivian Maier’s Photographs Could Rewrite Her Market
Artnet’s Important Photographs auction features a single lot of 206 sold‑out prints from Vivian Maier’s estate. The lot is estimated to fetch between $1 million and $1.5 million, marking the largest single‑lot offering of her work to date. Maier’s secondary market has surged,...
Jordan Wolfson’s Newest Provocation Is a Creepy Prada Ad Campaign
Prada’s Spring/Summer 2026 campaign is directed by controversial artist Jordan Wolfson, known for unsettling VR installations and violent imagery. The ad features high‑profile models such as Carey Mulligan and Nicholas Hoult alongside oversized, computer‑generated birds that create a disquieting atmosphere. Titled “I, I,...
Marina Abramović Hopes This Exhibition Will Heal Your Broken Heart
Marina Abramović’s new immersive show "Seven Deaths" opens at Copenhagen’s underground museum Cisternerne, drawing on the haunting voice of opera legend Maria Callas. The exhibition fuses performance art, video installations, and live soundscapes to explore love, loss, and emotional renewal....
This Weeks SLEEK News
This week’s SLEEK news blends art, fashion, and sustainability. ArtCircle 2026 gathers international artists at Lake Wolfgang, Austria, from April 27‑May 3, turning lakeside hotels into creative hubs. In fashion, Alpha Industries × GR10K revives the CWU‑45 flight jacket, Scarosso launches silver‑accented “Pauli” sandals,...
San Francisco Mural of Cesar Chavez Painted Over, Venice Mayor Warns Russian Pavilion Against Peddling Propaganda: Morning Links for March...
A San Francisco mural honoring Cesar Chavez was painted over after new sexual‑abuse allegations against the labor leader were confirmed, prompting the building owner and the artist to act swiftly. In Venice, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro warned that the Russian pavilion at the biennale...
30 Iconic Feminist Works By Women Artists
The latest feature adds fifteen seminal feminist artworks to a previously published roster of thirty iconic pieces by women artists, extending the timeline from early first‑wave feminism to contemporary intersectional practice. The selection spotlights creators such as Edmonia Lewis, Mary...
Before the Whitney: Gagosian Visits Roy Lichtenstein S Brushstrokes by Scott Orr
Gagosian’s Chelsea gallery opens "Painting with Scattered Brushstrokes," a preview of Roy Lichtenstein’s brushstroke series ahead of the Whitney’s October retrospective. The show, running March 19‑April 25, pulls largely from the Lichtenstein family collection and highlights works from the 1970s...
Russia’s Pavilion at Venice Biennale Will Be Closed if It Features Propaganda, City’s Mayor Says
Mayor Luigi Brugnano warned that Venice will close Russia’s Biennale pavilion if it serves as a propaganda platform, reinforcing EU pressure to limit Russian cultural presence after the 2022 invasion. The Biennale’s president announced a “Biennale del Dissenso” space featuring...
Golnar Adili’s Family Archive
Golnar Adili’s Smack Mellon exhibition, “To Measure the Emotions of Others,” transforms family letters from the post‑1979 Iranian diaspora into sculptural and textual installations. The centerpiece, *Ye Harvest From the Eleven‑Page Letter–Installation*, repeats the Persian “ye” character in archival cardboard,...
A TikTok-Famous Model of New York City Heads to Museum Mile
Delivery driver Joe Macken spent two decades crafting a detailed balsa‑wood replica of New York City, comprising hundreds of thousands of miniature structures. The model went viral on TikTok, garnering over 10 million views and drawing widespread attention. In March 2026, the...
Alicia McCarthy Opens New Solo Show @ V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
Alicia McCarthy’s new solo exhibition opens at V1 Gallery in Copenhagen from March 13 to April 25, 2026. The show presents her signature abstract canvases that fuse 1960s‑style Op Art geometry with spontaneous, graffiti‑inspired gestures, drips and splashes. Rooted in the Mission School’s queer punk...
Pizza the Action: Hong Kong Artists Critique ‘Hegemonic’ Venice Model
Ahead of Hong Kong Art Week, fifteen local artists have turned a Kowloon pizzeria into the pop‑up exhibition Ve(ry)nice. The project directly responds to the Hong Kong government‑run museum’s takeover of the Venice Biennale pavilion and its new open‑call structure. By mixing...
Why Ireland Is Giving a Basic Income to Artists – Podcast
The Irish government has launched a Basic Income for the Arts scheme, granting €325 (£283) per week to 2,000 eligible artists. A recent pilot demonstrated that the program not only recouped its net cost but also improved participants' wellbeing. Musicians...
Art Trendspotting at Art Fair Tokyo 2026: Craft Appreciation, Uncanny Valley Visuals
Art Fair Tokyo’s 20th edition gathered 141 galleries from Asia‑Pacific, Europe and North America at the Tokyo International Forum. The fair emphasized a blend of traditional craft and contemporary pop‑culture, featuring matcha‑tasting sessions, ceramic works, and a 16‑face wooden sculpture...
Switzerland’s Rietberg Museum to Return Benin Bronzes
Switzerland’s Museum Rietberg will return eleven Benin bronzes to Nigeria after Zurich signed a restitution agreement. The artifacts, looted during the 1897 British raid, include a mask, ivory tusk and a bracelet. Zurich’s mayor emphasized rectifying colonial injustices, while Nigeria’s...
Mexico’s Culture Ministry Urges eBay to Halt Sales of Pre-Hispanic Artefacts
Mexico’s Secretariat of Culture has flagged 195 pre‑Hispanic artefacts listed by the U.S.‑based eBay seller Coins Artifacts and formally asked the platform to halt the sales and return the items. The ministry’s letter cites Mexico’s 1827 export ban and alleges the...
Louise Bourgeois’s Body Clock
Louise Bourgeois: Echoes of the Morning opens at PoMo in Trondheim, showcasing the artist’s late‑period gouaches alongside her iconic large‑scale sculptures and tapestries. The show centers on the 2006 installation *Peaux de lapins, chiffons ferrailles à vendre* and a series...
Major Collection of Indian Paintings and Calligraphy to Be Offered at Christie's
Christie’s will auction Indian paintings and calligraphy from the Seattle‑based Cowles collection in London on 28 April, with a total estimate exceeding £1.5 million. The lot is dominated by Mughal works spanning the 16th to mid‑19th centuries, including a Fraser Album piece...
Behind the Amedeo Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné
A six‑volume Amedeo Modigliani catalogue raisonné has been published, detailing a new three‑pillar methodology that blends scientific analysis, stylistic comparison, and provenance research. The project, led by art historian Marc Restellini, leverages early digital databases and modern imaging tools to...
Art Dubai 2026 to Be Postponed and Adapted in Response to Regional Conflict
Art Dubai has postponed its 20th‑anniversary fair from mid‑April to May 14‑17, 2026, and will reformat the event as a curated cultural gathering rather than a traditional exhibition. The organizers introduced a flexible fee structure, replacing fixed stand fees with...
How Yuval Sharon Integrated Technology Into Wagner
Director Yuval Sharon has transformed the Met Opera’s staging of Wagner’s *Tristan und Isolde* with cutting‑edge video projections and an immersive set designed by Es Devlin. The high‑tech production has generated buzz and helped lift ticket sales, offering a rare...
These Sensual Images Capture Queer London up Close
London’s latest queer photography showcase, "Exhalation," features Alexander Elkholm’s sensual portraits that fuse the precision of karate with the fluidity of dance. The exhibition, opening this month, captures intimate moments of LGBTQ+ bodies navigating the city’s streets and private spaces....
Jan Vorisek’s Flaccid Columns
Jan Vorisek’s “Elbows” installation at Arcadia Missa transforms mass‑market plastic column moulds into curving, hollow sculptures. The work pairs original ABS moulds with 3D‑printed articulations that bend the straight forms into worm‑like elbows. By using cheap Chinese‑made architectural kits, the...
Dalí Painting that Inspired Schiaparelli Dress to Be Shown in UK for First Time
Salvador Dalí’s 1936 painting *Necrophiliac Spring*, long unseen in the United Kingdom, will be displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the “Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art” exhibition running March 28‑November 1. The work, which inspired Elsa Schiaparelli’s celebrated 1938...
Project 2 | Dialogue: The 2Craigs
Project 2’s "The 2Craigs" series continues a year‑long visual call‑and‑response between photographer Craig Cutler and illustrator Craig Frazier, where each new image reacts instinctively to the previous one. The collaboration strips creative dialogue to its simplest form—no briefs, just immediate reaction. Recent releases include...
Rivals of the Landscape
The Tate Britain exhibition “Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals” commemorates the 250th birthdays of J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, displaying over 150 paintings, sketches and objects that dramatize their historic rivalry. Curator Amy Concannon stages the 1831 Royal Academy hanging...
The Marbles & the Muses
In September 2006 a marble foot from the Parthenon frieze was reattached in Athens, marking the first return of a Parthenon piece since the early 1800s. The gesture sparked renewed calls for the full repatriation of the Elgin Marbles, now...
Sotheby’s and Gagosian Veteran Publishes a History of the Art Market, From the Renaissance to Today
Valentina Castellani, former Sotheby’s deputy director and Gagosian senior director, is releasing *Trading Beauty*, the first book to chronicle the art market from the Renaissance to the present. Published by Gagosian’s shop for $40 on May 1 and later distributed by...
Domino Leaha’s Photos Document a Decade of Intimacy
Renowned photographer Domino Leaha releases "Unfulfilled," a photobook chronicling a decade of intimate moments with friends, lovers, and muses across London, Los Angeles, Milan, and New York. The project emphasizes feeling over formal composition, featuring candid portraits that capture the...
Glasgow International Announces Full 2026 Programme
Glasgow International has unveiled the full programme for its 11th biennial, scheduled from 5 to 21 June 2026 under the new artistic direction of Helen Nisbet. The festival will probe artistic experimentation, personal and ancestral memory, intergenerational kinship and cross‑cultural...
Russell T Davies’s Hit TV Series It’s a Sin to Be Adapted as ‘Visceral’ Dance Show
Russell T Davies’s award‑winning series *It’s a Sin* is being transformed into a visceral dance show by Rambert. Choreographer‑director Benoit Swan Pouffer will blend archival footage with contemporary movement, while Davies and the Pet Shop Boys act as executive producers. The production, co‑produced with...
Exhibition Explores How the US Shaped Joan Miró—And He It
The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC is hosting *Miró and the United States*, an exhibition that juxtaposes Joan Miró’s paintings, sculptures, and films with works by American contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler, Alexander Calder and Barnett...
Puerto Rican Artist Gisela Colón’s Landmark Homecoming
Gisela Colón’s new exhibition “La Montaña, El Monólito” opened at Puerto Rico’s Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC) on March 14, presenting a 30‑year retrospective of her sculptural and painterly work. The show marks the artist’s first monographic presentation in her native island...
Private Nightmares: Francisco Rodríguez @ Baert Gallery, Los Angeles
Francisco Rodríguez’s solo show *Private Nightmares* at Baert Gallery explores memory as "dust," painting vanished interiors and adolescent yearning. Drawing on Edo‑period prints, Flemish Renaissance palettes, and contemporary punk iconography, the works juxtapose muted blues with bursts of red and...
For Inuuteq Storch, Home Is Where the Heart Is
Inuuteq Storch, a Greenlandic (Kalaaleq) photographer, has gained international attention by documenting everyday life in Sisimiut and beyond, culminating in solo shows at MoMA PS1 and representation of Denmark at the 2024 Venice Biennale. His work intertwines personal archives with historic...
Takashi Murakami: Major Retrospective of Japanese Artist to Be Held in Sydney This Year
Australia’s Art Gallery of New South Wales will present the first major Takashi Murakami retrospective in the country, opening 5 December 2025 and running until July 2027. Developed with the artist, the exhibition spans three decades of work, featuring paintings, sculptures, video and...
The Art World This Week: Vatican Rediscovers El Greco Painting, Tate Announces 2027 Exhibitions, Netflix Plans Kahlo Drama, and More
The Vatican announced that a previously unidentified work in its collection has been newly attributed to El Greco, adding a rare c.1590‑95 “Redeemer” to its holdings. Tate unveiled its 2027 exhibition programme, spotlighting major shows of David Hockney, Claude Monet and...
Monet Once Pledged His Paintings to Secure a Loan, a Letter Reveals
A newly uncovered 1875 letter shows Claude Monet borrowing 1,000 francs from Gustave Manet, with repayment tied to the sale of 35 paintings the following February. The loan included eight works already delivered and the unfinished "La Japonaise," which later...
In John Constable’s Hometown, a Trio of Shows Marks His 250th Birthday
A trio of exhibitions at Christchurch Mansion in Suffolk commemorates the 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth. The first show, "Constable: A Cast of Characters," displays over 100 artworks and personal items, revealing his family, mentors, and early influences. The...
This Artist Explores Where the Information Superhighway Is Really Taking Us
Linn Phyllis Seeger, an artist who cannot drive, continues her fascination with automobiles through digital media. Her 2024 film "The (Un)event (side c)" examined Google Maps' virtual traffic, and her latest solo show at Shipton Gallery expands this inquiry with...
The Embodieries of Michelle Kingdom Capture the Murky Tangle of Our Interior World
Los Angeles‑based artist Michelle Kingdom redefines embroidery as "stitched paintings," creating miniature narrative pieces that function like hand‑drawn illustrations. Drawing on her Russian‑Jewish heritage and a family steeped in craft, she uses tightly packed threads to explore themes of identity,...
Rare Atlas Owned by Queen Mary I Heads to Market—With $1.6 Million Price Tag
A 460‑year‑old copy of Polydore Vergil’s *Anglicae Historia* atlas, once owned by Queen Mary I, will be offered for $1.6 million at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. The atlas, acquired in a 2024 auction for $227,000, features gilded bindings with...