Museum as Dreaming Machine
Refik Anadol argues that legacy museums can’t easily accommodate mutable AI‑driven art, prompting the creation of DATALAND – a purpose‑built museum where architecture and machine intelligence co‑create. The project embeds a Large Nature Model trained on ethically sourced ecological data, turning real‑time environmental signals into visual, auditory, and olfactory installations. By treating data as exhibit material, DATALAND redefines the museum’s role as a living archive of planetary memory. Anadol positions this model as the next evolutionary chapter for cultural institutions, not a replacement for traditional spaces.
What Went Down at the Dazed Club Private View of Resurgence
Dazed Club staged an exclusive private viewing of the "Resurgence: Craft Reimagined" exhibition at Hackney Downs Studios, inviting members to experience the show ahead of its public opening. The event featured curated refreshments from Ghost Labs and Dalston’s Soda, creating...
Dr. Dori’s Cut: 100 Words. No Filler.
Dori Tunstall released the second edition of her “100 Words, No Filler” dispatch, spotlighting Tavares Strachan’s “Oblivion Disinfecting Bleach” work at LACMA. The piece merges pop‑art aesthetics with a stark critique of the whitewashing of U.S. history, symbolizing the erasure...
Trevor Paglen Wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award, and Other News
Trevor Paglen won the $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award for his technology‑focused art, while L’Oréal deepened its partnership with Nvidia to scale generative AI across beauty operations. Fallingwater unveiled a new wordmark inspired by its 1986 book, and Shenzhen accelerated museum...
In The Studio With Sculptor Conrad Shawcross
Conrad Shawcross has turned a derelict Hackney factory into a combined home and expansive studio, enabling him to produce his largest works yet. The newly built "rope machine" – The Nervous System (Umbilical) – is a kinetic sculpture of dyed...
Casey Bolding "Bloodstream" @ Karma, Los Angeles
Casey Bolding’s solo exhibition "Bloodstream" opened at Karma in Los Angeles from February 21 to April 11, 2026, showcasing a series of large‑scale paintings that blend plaster, industrial paint, oil and acrylic. The works reinterpret Colorado River landscapes through layered,...
The Devil’s Violin Review: ACO Brings Style and Flair to a Lively Program
The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s “The Devil’s Violin” concert series showcased guest virtuoso Ilya Gringolts alongside principal violinist Satu Vänskä, presenting eight works ranging from Baroque to contemporary. Gringolts performed on a 1743 Guarneri del Gesù, delivering standout renditions of Tartini’s “Devil’s...
Shahzia Sikander: ‘I’ve Carried the Erasure of Feminine Narratives’
Pakistani‑American artist Shahzia Sikander, known for reviving miniature painting, unveiled her latest animated work “3 to 12 Nautical Miles” on the LED façade of Hong Kong’s M+ museum. The nine‑minute piece, hand‑painted then digitized with longtime collaborator Patrick O’Rourke, explores...
UK’s Leading Photography Fair Brings Expanded Programme to New London Venue
Photo London’s eleventh edition will relocate from Somerset House to the newly redeveloped Olympia exhibition centre, marking its first show at the £1.3 billion venue. The fair expands its programme with a dedicated solo‑presentation section, a larger Discovery area for emerging...
Lost Joan Miró Drawings Reemerge at Auction
Three previously unknown Joan Miró drawings, including two monumental balcony‑railing designs and a smaller sun illustration, were uncovered among the possessions of his friend Edmond Vernassa. The works, dating from the 1960s‑70s, highlight Miró’s rare forays into architectural and interior...
Venice Biennale Artists Demand Organisers Cancel Israeli Pavilion
Almost 200 artists, curators and art workers signed an open letter demanding the exclusion of Israel from the 2025 Venice Biennale, citing ongoing atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank. The petition, organized by the Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA),...
Deloitte Runs a Photo Competition??
Deloitte Italy and Fondazione Deloitte have launched the 2026 Deloitte Photo Grant, offering two awards totalling 75,000 euros. The competition’s theme, “Proximities,” invites photographers to examine physical, economic and digital distances shaping modern life. Open to any photographer under 35...
US Congress Passes Revamped Holocaust Recovery Bill that Sidesteps Many Legal Defences
The U.S. House approved the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act of 2025, extending the 2016 law and removing a host of procedural defenses for Nazi‑era art claims. The bill eliminates laches, act‑of‑state, and foreign sovereign immunity defenses, and it...
Michael Clark’s Controlled Movements
Michael Clark’s 2003 solo *Satie Studs* returned to the Serpentine Galleries in February 2026, performed barefoot by Jules Cunningham. Set to Erik Satie’s first *Quatre Préludes*, the piece strips ballet and yoga gestures to stark, controlled poses. The choreography contrasts sharply with Clark’s earlier...
The Met Cloisters’ Site-Specific Sonic Installation by Gerard & Kelly
Artist duo Gerard & Kelly presented “Saints at a Disco,” a two‑night, site‑specific sonic installation at The Met Cloisters. The work paired Italian disco DJ Disco Bambino’s vinyl sets in the crypt with Gregorian‑style a cappella renditions of disco classics by...
Maja Malou Lyse on Representing Denmark at the 61st Venice Biennale
Denmark’s Maja Malou Lyse will present “Things To Come” at the 61st Venice Biennale, a project that fuses scientific research, speculative fiction, and explicit erotic imagery. Inspired by a study linking virtual sexual stimuli to sperm motility, the work interrogates...
Oscar Murillo: Collective Osmosis at DAS MINSK
Oscar Murillo’s "Collective Osmosis" opened at DAS MINSK in Potsdam on 14 March 2026 and will run through 9 August 2026. The exhibition pairs Murillo’s layered, mixed‑media canvases with Claude Monet’s water‑lily paintings to explore fluid identity and artistic osmosis. Murillo introduces a...
Reclaiming Space
In 2020 photographer Rania Matar returned to post‑explosion Beirut and found graffiti reading “Where do I go?” which became the title of her new exhibition and book, “Where Do I Go? لوي†ن†روح.” The series, shot across Lebanon from 2020‑2025, portrays women...
Letter From Pi Li: Róng Museum in Shenzhen
Pi Li has been appointed the founding director of the new Róng Museum in Shenzhen’s Houhai district, marking the first staffing decision for the institution. The museum, occupying roughly 4,500 square meters, is part of Tenova FUTURE’s M80 mixed‑use complex...
Timothy Lai "No Swans" @ Josh Lilley, London
Timothy Lai, a Providence‑based painter, presents his new series “No Swans” at Josh Lilley Gallery in London from March 13 to April 15, 2026. The works draw directly from the marshy islands and riverbanks of Salter Grove Memorial Park, translating observed landscapes into...
Curating Around Social Urgencies: How Artists Refuse Quietism
The Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. 2025 biennial opens with a recreation of Alonzo Davis’s 1984 Olympic mural, yet the curators strip it of its original displacement context. Throughout the show, many artists confront housing, policing, and labor struggles, but the...
Popcorn Pop
Artforum revisits J. Hoberman’s 2011 essay that framed mid‑century Hollywood directors as early Pop artists. Hoberman argued that Orson Welles, Douglas Sirk, and Alfred Hitchcock embedded avant‑garde experiments within mass‑market films, making cinema a proto‑Pop medium. The piece highlights how...
Tate Modern to Mount Its First Monet Show Ever
The Tate Modern announced its 2027 program, featuring “Monet: Painting Time,” the museum’s first dedicated Monet exhibition since opening 26 years ago, slated for February 27, 2027. The show will present roughly 40 paintings sourced from French institutions and private...
My Silence Is Made of Explosions - A Group Exhibition of Contemporary Women Surrealist Photographers by Clare Gemima
The VISU Contemporary gallery in Miami Beach is hosting *My Silence Is Made of Explosions*, a group show that assembles twenty‑eight photographs by contemporary women surrealist photographers. The works, ranging from Aïda Muluneh’s vivid mythic scenes to Zanele Muholi’s politically charged portraits,...
Next Edition of Getty's PST Art Initiative Will Focus on Los Angeles’s Connections Around the Pacific Rim
The Getty Trust announced the fourth edition of its PST Art programme, slated to open across Southern California in September 2030 and centered on Los Angeles’ historic and contemporary ties to the Pacific Rim. A research phase begins now, with nonprofit cultural organisations...
Monet, Munch, and Hockney Headline Tate’s 2027 Exhibition Calendar
The Tate announced its 2027 exhibition calendar across its four UK venues, spotlighting a first‑ever solo Monet show at Tate Modern from February to June, co‑curated with Paris’s Musée de l’Orangerie. David Hockney will dominate both Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall...
Newly Unearthed Letter Reveals Edvard Munch’s Influence on Paula Rego
In 1951 a 16‑year‑old Paula Rego wrote to her mother about the impact of an Edvard Munch exhibition, highlighting *The Scream* and *Inheritance*. The letter, uncovered by the Guardian, reveals how Munch’s expressionist style directly inspired Rego’s early work, including...
Do You See Blue or Green?
Albany International Airport unveiled "Treasure Map," a green sculpture crafted from upcycled Southwest Airlines seat leather. The artwork, designed by Hudson Valley artist Ruby Palmer, celebrates Southwest’s 25‑year partnership with the airport and its Repurpose with Purpose sustainability initiative. Since...
El Greco Painting Found Hidden Beneath a Forgery in the Vatican
Restorers at the Vatican uncovered an authentic El Greco oil, *The Redeemer* (c. 1590‑95), hidden beneath a later forgery. Scientific testing confirmed the work’s 16th‑century origin and revealed two additional discarded compositions beneath the surface. The restored painting now joins a second...
Founder of Art School That Received $2 M. NEH Grant: Artists Would Be ‘Wise’ to Be ‘Unpolitical’
Grand Central Atelier, a Queens‑based art school championing pre‑19th‑century techniques, secured a $2 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, one of the few NEH awards exceeding $1 million. Founder Jacob Collins, a vocal critic of modernism, frames the school’s...
Artists and Art Professionals Denounce Mexico’s Handling of Resurfaced Art Collection: ‘An Institutional Blunder’
More than 200 Mexican artists and cultural professionals signed an open letter condemning the government for allowing the Gelman collection, a trove of roughly 300 Mexican modernist works, to be exported to Spain under the Santander Foundation. The collection, which...
NYC Has a Free Daily Art Show—Do You Know Where to Find It?
The Times Square Arts Midnight Moment is a free, three‑minute digital art showcase that runs nightly at 11:57 p.m. across 92 screens in the heart of Times Square. Launched in 2012, the program pauses commercial advertising to display curated works by...
Texas Artist Tom Lea Captured the Heartbreak of War
In May 2023 a water pipe burst inside the historic R.E. Thomason Federal Building, endangering Tom Lea III’s 54‑foot "Pass of the North" mural. Federal agencies and art conservators dehumidified the wall and restored the artwork without disturbing its lead‑based...
Jack Kerouac’s Fabled ‘On the Road’ Scroll Sells for Record-Smashing $12.1 Million
Jack Kerouac’s original 120‑foot “On the Road” scroll fetched $12.1 million at Christie’s, setting a new record for a literary manuscript. The sale, part of the late Jim Irsay estate auction, far exceeded the $4 million estimate. Country singer‑songwriter Zach Bryan purchased the...
One Photographer and a Stylist’s Joyful Portrait of Creative Freedom
British photographer Anna Victoria Best and stylist Lara McGrath have launched Keka Rocka, a book and exhibition born from a three‑year collaboration. The project reimagines inexpensive high‑street garments, styled in Westfield changing rooms, as vibrant portraits of creative freedom. Showcasing...
Taiwanese Comic Artists to Attend Manga-Comic-Con in Germany
Taiwanese comic artists Wu Shi‑shan and Rice Dumpling will represent Taiwan at Manga‑Comic‑Con 2026 in Leipzig, Germany, under the theme “Taiwan Comics, Flavor Remix.” The Ministry of Culture will showcase 15 award‑winning titles with English and German preview editions, while German...
Recipients of $100,000 Rauschenberg Centennial Award Named
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announced the winners of its one‑time Centennial Award, a $100,000 unrestricted prize celebrating the artist’s hundredth birthday. The awardees—Senga Nengudi (art), David Thomson (performance), Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun (photography), and Patricia Spears Jones (writing)—represent a cross‑disciplinary cohort focused on Black experience...
Title, Theme Announced for 2026 Gwangju Biennale
The 16th Gwangju Biennale, running September 5‑November 15, 2026, is titled “You Must Change Your Life,” echoing the final line of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Archaic Torso of Apollo.” Artistic director Ho Tzu Nyen frames the theme around “change” and “practice,” exploring...
Toleen Touq Will Curate the Twentieth Edition of MOMENTA Biennale
Curator and educator Toleen Touq has been appointed to lead the twentieth edition of Montreal’s MOMENTA Biennale, scheduled for 2027. The biennale, titled “The Long Now,” will explore the fractured logics of time by interrogating the concept of the present....
Artist Spotlight: Beachghost
Jackson Howell, known as beachghost, is a Melbourne‑based illustrator whose work fuses coastal nature memories with pop‑culture, video‑game, and anime influences. His surreal, myth‑infused imagery distorts nostalgic icons, creating unsettling visual narratives. beachghost earned a longlist spot in the 2025...
These Portraits Interrogate the Power of Celebrity in America
Photographer Dana Lixenberg’s new exhibition “American Images” at Paris’s MEP gallery presents a candid body of work that juxtaposes intimate scenes from a Los Angeles housing project with striking portraits of America’s most notorious celebrities, including Tupac Shakur, Donald Trump,...
Tuwaiq Sculpture 2026 Presented by Riyadh Art
The seventh edition of Tuwaiq Sculpture returns to Riyadh from 12 January to 22 February 2026, featuring 25 artists from 18 countries who will create large‑scale works live on Tahlia Street. Curated under the theme “Traces of What Will Be,” the programme...
Carol Bove’s First-Ever Retrospective Opens at the Guggenheim, and Other News
Carol Bove’s first major retrospective opened at New York’s Guggenheim, presenting 25 years of work in a reverse‑chronological spiral that reexamines Minimalist roots. The 2026 Oscars stage transformed into a garden‑like courtyard, emphasizing nature and craftsmanship, while Paul Thomas Anderson’s...
Cathrin Hoffmann "Sill" @ Public Gallery, London
Public Gallery in London will host Cathrin Hoffmann’s solo show Sill from March 6 to April 11, 2026, featuring new paintings and sculptures that explore the physical and psychological strain of information overload. The Berlin‑based artist abandons exaggerated gestures for figures caught in...
The Jacky Winter Group Launches Capital Virtues – Reframing Creative Commerce as a Virtue
The Jacky Winter Group has launched Capital Virtues, a specialist agency that supports artists navigating both traditional practice and creator‑led marketing. The new division positions artistic integrity, authorship, and long‑term value above algorithms and follower counts. It builds on the...
Theatre of Dreams Review: Dance that Channels Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On
The Hofesh Shecter Company’s "Theatre of Dreams" premiered at Adelaide Festival, delivering a surreal dance experience that combined full‑frontal male nudity, a red‑suited live band, and dynamic lighting to mimic the logic of dreams. The 90‑minute performance featured twelve dancers...
Lineages of Queerness: A Conversation with Mikey Gulcicek About His Series Photographing Queer Faith Leaders by Emma Cieslik
Mikey Gulcicek’s new photographic series captures queer faith leaders within their own churches, temples, and sacred spaces, foregrounding their spiritual authority. By placing subjects in institutional settings traditionally hostile to LGBTQ+ identities, the work confronts the rise of Christian nationalism...
This Year’s Costume Design Nominees, From The Heart Of The Forest To 1950s Glam
The 2026 Academy Awards have announced five nominees for Best Costume Design, including the visually striking "Sinners," James Cameron’s "Avatar," and the nature‑infused "Heart of the Forest." The slate also features a 1950s‑glam homage and a period piece that blends...
New York City Notes From a Walkthrough of A Partial Refusal at Field Projects by Addison Bale
Field Projects’ latest show “A Partial Refusal,” curated by Weihui Lu, brings together six artists—including Rowan Renee, SaraNoa Mark, Claire Hu, and Mikayla Patton—to explore the limits of language, translation, and visual redaction. The exhibition uses stark black walls, woven banners, bronze armatures, and...
Digital/AI/VR Art: Selfhood as a Responsive Environment by Serena Hanzhi Wang
Serena Hanzhi Wang profiles computer artist Luhan Rong, whose VR and AI‑driven projects explore how responsive environments shape self‑perception. In the Eyes of Others uses gaze‑based interaction in Unreal Engine to make familiar spaces unstable, while Roomly offers AI‑guided interior...