Watch: Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino in Conversation
Artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino discuss their dual project, *conference of one’s self*, presented in both the Australia Pavilion and the International Art Exhibition at the 61st Venice Biennale. The work intertwines Sufi poetry, personal memory of the Lebanese civil war, and themes of displacement, sound, and video. It marks the first time an Australian artist appears in two Biennale sections simultaneously, underscoring Creative Australia’s expanding global cultural footprint. The conversation, recorded in Western Sydney, highlights the project’s invitation for audiences to pause, breathe, and engage with shared humanity.
Carl Cox Honoured with Mural in Cardiff Ahead of The Prodigy Tour Leg
Legendary DJ Carl Cox was honored with a large‑scale mural on Cardiff’s boardwalk ahead of his Utilita Arena performance on April 19, where he opened for The Prodigy. Welsh street artist Steve Jenkins painted Cox’s likeness, the band’s logo and...
From the World Cup and the Olympics to Two New Museums: Upcoming Cultural Attractions in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is gearing up for a wave of high‑profile events and cultural projects. SoFi Stadium will host World Cup matches, the 2027 Super Bowl and the opening ceremony of the 2028 Summer Olympics. The city also welcomes the $1 bn...
An Installation in Nature Has Climate Lessons for Humans
Finland’s Oulu, the 2026 European Capital of Culture, will debut “Climate Clock,” a sprawling outdoor installation that stretches from the city center into the surrounding Koiteli forest. Ten artists, including Antti Laitinen, will showcase mechanical art, a barrel of snowflakes,...
New Biography of Chaïm Soutine Pieces Together Illusive Artist's Life and Works
Celeste Marcus’s new biography, "Chaïm Soutine: Genius, Obsession, and a Dramatic Life in Art," reexamines the elusive expressionist painter’s turbulent career, from his 1913 arrival in Paris to his death in 1943. Drawing on testimonies from contemporaries, the book highlights...
Caravaggio and Rubens Works Destroyed by Fire in Second World War Are Brought Back to (Digital) Life
The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin has digitised its high‑resolution glass‑negative archive of paintings destroyed in a 1945 fire, including works by Caravaggio, Rubens, Veronese and van Dyck. Around 430 large‑format pieces were lost, leaving a major gap in art‑historical records. The project...
James Turrell’s House of Light Is a Surreal Art Stay in Japan’s 760-Square-Kilometre, Open-Air Gallery
James Turrell’s House of Light, a meditation house in Niigata’s Echigo‑Tsumari Art Field, lets guests experience curated light shows at sunrise and sunset. The 200‑year‑old timber structure, raised 2.7 m to handle heavy snow, retracts its roof to reveal color‑filled skies...
Fondation Maeght to Stage Courrèges Fashion and Art Exhibition Curated by Peter Knapp
The Fondation Maeght will host its inaugural fashion‑focused exhibition, "The Era of Courrèges," from May 14 to November 1. Curated by photographer Peter Knapp, the show centers on André Courrèges' groundbreaking 1965 haute‑couture collection, featuring his signature geometric silhouettes and stark white...
OPPO Opens Photography Awards with New Video Category
OPPO announced the 2026 Photography Awards, reviving its global mobile‑photography competition with a $76,500 prize pool. The contest adds two new categories—Super Video and Super Zoom—expanding the six‑category lineup. OPPO also launches a Filmmaker Accelerator Program with Discovery Channel and...
The Met Showcases Rare Medieval Architectural Drawings in ‘Gothic by Design’
The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened "Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship," showcasing more than 90 rare medieval architectural drawings, including a 10½‑foot elevation by Loren Lechler acquired in 2022. Curator Femke Speelberg highlights that only four such...
Olafur Eliasson Uses Art and Sound to Raise Climate Awareness in Utah
Danish‑Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson unveiled "A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake" in Salt Lake City, pairing a towering globe‑shaped screen with a soundscape of recordings from more than 150 local animal species. The installation visualizes the...
The Vienna Climate Biennale Contrasts Chaos with Hope
The Vienna Climate Biennale 2026 runs through May 10, turning the city into a climate‑focused art showcase. Ten public‑space installations and two museum shows explore resilience, sustainability, and the human‑nature relationship. Veteran artist Margot Pilz revamps her 1982 beach piece, now...
Award for US Arts Leaders Offers $100,000 to Challenge ‘Risk Averse’ Culture
Remuseum and the Doris Duke Foundation have launched The Vanguard, an annual prize that awards $100,000 to up to ten leaders of U.S. non‑profit arts institutions with operating budgets above $1 million. The grant is paired with a year‑long accelerator that...
US National Gallery of Art Gifted More than 1,200 Mitch Epstein Photographs
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. has received a gift of 1,261 photographs by acclaimed American photographer Mitch Epstein, creating the museum’s largest institutional collection of his work. The donation, made by Epstein and his wife Susan Bell, spans his...
Can Festivals Save Time-Based Art? On Mexico City’s TONO
The TONO festival in Mexico City’s March edition highlighted a hybrid curatorial model that merges museum rigor with festival accessibility, presenting a dozen time‑based works ranging from Tino Sehgal’s Mexican premiere of *This Joy* to Rafael Lozano‑Hemmer’s interactive *Pulse Garden*. Led...
How Pussy Riot Is Challenging Russia’s Return to the Venice Biennale
Pussy Riot is campaigning to replace Russia's official pavilion at the Venice Biennale with an alternative exhibition, "Resistance Imprisoned," featuring art by roughly 30 current and former political prisoners. The show opened at Strasbourg's Ritsch‑Fisch Galerie on April 19 and runs...
David Smalling: Elizabethan Collar at Galerie Templon by Emann Odufu
David Smalling’s solo show "Elizabethan Collar" opened at Galerie Templon, running through April 25, 2026. The exhibition presents a series of oil‑on‑panel vignettes that fuse classical European painting techniques with contemporary symbols of Black masculinity, fertility and mortality. Smalling’s process combines...
Never-Before-Seen Calder Sculpture Emerges on the Auction Block in Paris
American sculptor Alexander Calder’s newly discovered “Stabile‑mobile,” a five‑and‑a‑half‑inch kinetic piece blending his signature stabiles and mobiles, will be offered at Oger‑Blanchet’s live auction in Paris on May 22. The work, created in 1974 two years before Calder’s death, is expected to...
Pots and Paintings: An Interview with Jake Clark by Sara Cemin
Brooklyn artist Jake Clark is debuting a mixed‑media show at A Hug From the Art World, pairing his signature hand‑crafted ceramic pots with large‑scale paintings. The works reinterpret 1950s‑60s American advertising icons—Brillo soap pads, vintage billboards, and cartoonish brand mascots—using oil‑acrylic layers that echo the...
David Bowie: You’re Not Alone Reviewed – a Dazzling Collage of Sound, Film and Images
The Lightroom in King’s Cross has opened “You’re Not Alone,” an immersive, hour‑long installation that chronicles David Bowie’s career through a kaleidoscopic mix of film, animation, and more than 40 songs. Visitors are surrounded by 360‑degree projections on walls, floor...
Fashion Photographer Paolo Roversi Will Be the Centrepiece of the MOP Foundation’s Summer Exhibition
Renowned fashion photographer Paolo Roversi will headline the MOP Foundation’s summer exhibition in A Coruña from June 20 to September 20, 2026. The show, titled “Doubts,” is organized into nine thematic rooms that reflect his distinctive visual language. It follows the foundation’s recent...
How America’s Museums Are Celebrating The 250th
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, museums nationwide are curating exhibitions that blend traditional artifacts with immersive multimedia to explore the nation’s complex heritage. At the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, the "We the People: The World...
Which Auction House Led the Pack in 2025?
Christie’s reclaimed the lead in 2025 fine‑art auctions, posting $3.5 billion in sales, a 10.1 percent increase over 2024 but still 9.8 percent shy of its 2023 peak. The house’s marquee sale was Mark Rothko’s _No. 31 (Yellow Stripe)_, which fetched $62.1 million. Sotheby’s followed with...
James Hayward, Leading Figure Among California’s Abstract Painters, Has Died At 82
James Hayward, a San Francisco‑born painter known for heavily textured monochrome abstractions, died peacefully at 82, as announced by his studio on Instagram on April 16. Over a four‑decade career he evolved from 1970s automatic paintings to ridged, meditative surfaces that explored...
Andrew Cranston’s Paintings of Dreamlike Domesticity
British painter Andrew Cranston reveals how a round of golf sparked a fresh take on landscape, echoing the depth of Bruegel while grounding his work in contemporary domesticity. His latest series, titled “I’m Going in a Field,” showcases six dreamlike...
Marian Goodman Gallery to ‘Pause’ Operations in Los Angeles
Marian Goodman Gallery announced it will pause operations at its Los Angeles outpost after a two‑and‑a‑half‑year run, ending with Tacita Dean’s solo show on April 25. The four partners said they are consolidating programming in their historic homes in New York and Paris...
Twombly Foundation to Exhibit Rare Rauschenberg Works at Gagosian
The Cy Twombly Foundation is loaning six early Robert Rauschenberg works to Gagosian’s new 980 Madison Avenue gallery, opening on April 25. The group includes a 1950 twig-and‑glass assemblage, a cyanotype made with his then‑wife Susan Weil, a Black Painting from 1952, and a...
There Has Never Been an Apolitical Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale, now in its 61st edition, continues to function as a global stage where national pavilions act as instruments of soft power rather than purely artistic showcases. Historically rooted in early‑20th‑century nation‑state competition, the event today hosts an...
Peter Hujar’s Photos Are All the Rage. He’d Be Shocked.
Peter Hujar’s photography is experiencing a renaissance nearly four decades after his death, driven by high‑profile exhibitions and new publications. The Morgan Library will display over 110 of his contact sheets in the upcoming "Hujar: Contact" show, while a dual...
America’s Venice Biennale Artist Was Scorned by Tastemakers — He Says He’s Misunderstood
Alma Allen, a self‑taught sculptor who lives in Mexico, has been chosen to represent the United States at this year’s Venice Biennale. The appointment was made by the newly created American Arts Conservancy, a nonprofit with ties to the State...
Prone To Be Productive: In Praise of Writing in Bed
Megan O’Grady’s essay champions writing from bed as a productive, creative practice, citing personal experience and historic writers like Wharton and Twain. She describes how the comfort of a bed reduces distractions, supports chronic‑illness sufferers, and can spark deeper insight...
New Catalogues Reveal Royal Collection's Vast Sculpture Holdings—And Queen Victoria's Acquisition Spree
Jonathan Marsden, former royal household surveyor, has released a four‑volume catalogue documenting roughly 1,800 sculptures in the Royal Collection, spread across Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, Kensington Palace and Osborne House. The work uncovers hidden gems such as a...
Manoucher Yektai at Karma
The Karma gallery’s "Beginnings" exhibition showcases Manoucher Yektai’s early work, highlighting his thick impasto technique that prioritizes tactile perception over purely visual analysis. Curated by Negar Azimi, the show assembles paintings from the first two decades of Yektai’s career, revealing...
Graham Dunning – Quern
Graham Dunning’s new album *Quern* showcases his signature mechanical techno, built from turntables, electric motors and found objects. The record blends 90s techno, acid, dub and global‑south rhythms while embracing deliberate analog imperfections. Dunning’s PhD‑level research underpins the experimental sound‑art...
Picasso’s Guernica Is the Ultimate Emblem of the Horrors of War. It Has No Place in Spain's Partisan Squabbles |...
After 45 years abroad, Picasso’s *Guernica* returned to Spain and now hangs in Madrid’s Reina Sofía museum. The Basque Country’s president has asked for a temporary loan to Bilbao’s Guggenheim to mark the bombing’s 90th anniversary. Madrid’s government rejected the request,...
For Sale: A Perfect Time Capsule of Australian Victoriana
Renowned Australian curator Terence Lane’s Victorian‑era home in Carlton will be auctioned on May 3, offering thousands of decorative‑arts objects he amassed over five decades. The sale includes 19th‑century paintings, ceramics, furniture and rare Australiana such as an emu‑egg centrepiece and...
AI Robs You of the Achievement of Effort. Here’s Why that Sucks.
Columnist Colson Whitehead warns that AI erodes the essential struggle of artistic creation, arguing that effort is the core of genuine work. The author of this piece echoes that view, describing how AI’s ease robbed him of the painful process...
Dracula Bites: West Australian Ballet Performs to Recorded Music in Adelaide
The West Australian Ballet’s Adelaide run of *Dracula* (April 17‑22) will be performed to a pre‑recorded soundtrack rather than a live orchestra, sparking criticism from the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA). The union, backed by over 500 musicians across...
Diane Keaton’s Iconic Wardrobe and Art Collection Head to Auction
Bonhams, in partnership with the Fine Art Group, will conduct a four‑part, 550‑lot auction of Diane Keaton’s personal belongings, including more than 200 outfits, home furnishings, and over 150 artworks. The sale runs from late May through early June, with three...
A Teaspoon at a Time: How LACMA Built Its Collection
Los Angeles County Museum of Art has transformed from a modest offshoot into a world‑class institution by layering incremental acquisitions, strategic exhibitions, and bold leadership. Curators like Stephanie Barron and Sharon Takeda leveraged local foundations and international loan shows to...
Christie’s to Offer $35 M. Renoir Painting Owned by Whitney Family For Nearly a Century
Christie’s will auction Pierre‑Auguste Renoir’s 1876‑77 portrait *La femme aux lilas* on May 18, marking the first public sale of the work in 97 years. The painting, long held by the Whitney Payson family, carries an estimate of $25 million to...
Diego Rivera’s Grandson Donates More than 150,000 Objects to Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli
Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, the grandson of famed muralist Diego Rivera, has donated 157,300 objects from his private collection to Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli. The eclectic items—ceramics, textiles, photographs, archives and a research library—cover Mexican art from the 16th century to the present...
Art Dubai to Present Significantly Smaller Event After Iran War Forces Postponement
Art Dubai cancelled its originally planned 20th‑anniversary fair after the US‑Israel attack on Iran and announced a scaled‑down "special edition" for May 14‑17. The new edition will feature just 50 exhibitors instead of the slated 120, still hosted at Madinat...
ADAPT Launches //ACADEMY Learning Ecosystem
ADAPT has launched //ACADEMY, a creative learning ecosystem that trains artists for animation, VFX, and game development through career‑driven tracks. The program emphasizes a “thinking‑first” approach, focusing on decision‑making and production constraints rather than just tool proficiency. Around 30 industry...
Jule Korneffel Finds Meaning at the End of Light
Jule Korneffel’s solo show "In Search of Lost Light" is on view at Spencer Brownstone Gallery in Manhattan through May 2. The exhibition features seven paintings created between 2023 and 2026, ranging from modest 20×18‑inch works to monumental 80×96‑inch canvases. Influenced...
Balenciaga Deploys New Art Series
Balenciaga announced a new art series that will debut in its flagship Via Montenapoleone store in Milan. The initiative pairs the fashion house with a roster of contemporary artists, featuring limited‑edition installations and wearable pieces that blend runway aesthetics with...
Mikala Tai Appointed Curator of 2027 TarraWarra Biennial
Sydney‑based curator Mikala Tai has been appointed to lead the tenth TarraWarra Biennial, scheduled for July 31 to November 4, 2027 at the TarraWarra Museum of Art in Healesville, Australia. Tai brings extensive experience in contemporary Australian and Asian art, having directed the...
Never Stop Stopping
Michael Krebber’s paintings are characterized by unfinished, sketch‑like surfaces that deliberately halt mid‑idea, prompting viewers to question artistic originality. A 2005 essay collection titled “Man Without Qualities,” authored by Daniel Birnbaum, John Kelsey, and Jessica Morgan, dissected his tactics of...
Was This Anne Boleyn’s Seat? Rare 500-Year-Old Chair Linked to the Tudor Queen
A 500‑year‑old oak chair, adorned with Tudor roses, dolphins and the initials “AB,” has been identified as possibly belonging to Anne Boleyn during her French court years. The piece was acquired by Devon dealer Paul Fitzsimmons at a U.S. auction...
Rediscovering Lolita Danse, a Radical Parisian Dance Collective
Lolita Danse, a ten‑person Parisian performance collective, was founded in 1981 by artists from Mexico, Brazil, Catalonia, Brittany and other regions. The group fused dance, lighting design and visual art to challenge conventional hierarchy and homogenous aesthetics. Their radical, collaborative...