Helen Frankenthaler Retrospective at Kunstmuseum Basel
The Kunstmuseum Basel is mounting the largest Helen Frankenthaler exhibition ever held in Europe, showcasing over fifty works that span six decades of the American abstract painter’s career. It marks the first institutional solo show of Frankenthaler in Switzerland and includes paintings, prints, and experimental media. The show is anchored by the museum’s 2024 acquisition of the seminal 1963 painting Riverhead, gifted by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. Curators pair her abstract canvases with historic works that inspired her, highlighting her soak‑stain technique and its impact on Color Field painting.
An Exhibition of New Tennis Court Paintings by Jonas Wood Is on View at Gagosian, Beverly Hills.
Gagosian Beverly Hills is showcasing Jonas Wood’s latest series of tennis‑court paintings from March 12 to April 25, 2026. It marks the gallery’s tenth Wood exhibition and its first on the West Coast. Wood treats each court as a horizontal landscape on a...
Petra Collins Answers Questions From Olivia Rodrigo, Selena Gomez, JT, and More| I-D Asks
Petra Collins sits down for i‑D Ask, fielding a rapid‑fire mix of fan questions from celebrities like Selena Gomez and Olivia Rodrigo to curious followers worldwide. The conversation reveals her playful personality and deep‑seated artistic convictions, ranging from personal rituals on...
How a 100‑Year‑Old Jewelry House Turned Lace Into Metal | Sotheby's
The video chronicles the century‑old Italian jeweler Buccellati, famed for turning gold and silver into lace‑like forms. It traces the house from founder Mario Buccellati’s 1920s ring—still in its original Milano‑stamped box—to the modern creations that echo his delicate aesthetic. Key...
'Missing Post Office' Collects Letters to the SoulーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
NHK World reports that a derelict post office on Awashima Island, Kagawa Prefecture, has been repurposed as a museum for letters that can never be delivered. The project, first installed for the 2013 Setouchi Triennale, now houses more than 68,000 postcards...
The Most Important Mirrors Outside of Versailles: Claude Lalanne's Magnum Opus | Sotheby's
Sotheby’s is presenting the sale of Claude Lalanne’s monumental mirror ensemble, originally commissioned by fashion legend Yves Saint‑Laurent for his Paris residence. The 15‑piece installation, now part of the Jean and Terry de Gunzburg collection, represents Lalanne’s first major foray into reflective...
ASMR Art Handling: Rotating the Galleries
The Museum of Modern Art released an ASMR‑styled video that pulls back the curtain on its art‑handling process, showing how galleries are rotated to make way for new exhibitions. The footage highlights the meticulous care, specialized equipment, and quiet precision...
Member Lecture: 30 Minutes on Frans Francken II’s Flemish Masterpiece Esther Before Ahasuerus
The Art Institute of Chicago announced the addition of Frans Francken II’s 1622 oil, “Esther Before Ahasuerus,” acquired in late 2025 through an anonymous benefactor. The painting, a Flemish masterpiece rediscovered in 2006, marks the museum’s first 17th‑century Flemish acquisition in...
On View: Marguerite Humeau "Scintille" At White Cube New York
Marguerite Humeau’s latest exhibition, "Synchicity," opens at White Cube New York, inspired by a harrowing cave dive in West Papua. The artist recounts swimming in total darkness, feeling her body dissolve into the void, and uses that experience as a...
In the Berlin Studio of Artist Tomás Saraceno
In a candid studio tour, Argentine‑born artist Tomás Saraceno explains how his Berlin workshop has become a living laboratory where art, architecture, and ecology intersect. Trained as an architect, Saraceno deliberately abandoned conventional practice to pursue an artistic practice rooted in...
Conversation: Threads of Care—Preserving and Interpreting Textiles From Africa and Southwest Asia
The Art Institute of Chicago hosted a conversation introducing two forthcoming textile exhibitions: "On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival" and "Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan." Curators Janet Purdy and conservator Isaac Facio explained how the shows...
A Cultural Stroll Through the French Caribbean Island of Martinique • FRANCE 24 English
France 24’s feature takes viewers on a cultural stroll through Martinique, spotlighting two contemporary creators – multidisciplinary visual artist Valérie John and singer‑songwriter Easy Kenanga. Their work is framed as a dialogue on identity, memory, and the island’s complex history, set against...
'Portals' At Perrotin, Todd Gray's New Exhibit, Wants to Take You Somewhere Beyond Time
Todd Gray, Los Angeles‑born photographer, presents "Portals" at Perrotin in Paris, a multimedia exhibition that interrogates African diaspora history through Afrofuturist lenses, juxtaposing historic slave‑trail landscapes with European architectural grandeur. Gray draws on his early career as a music photographer and...
Monet Landscape Sets New Auction Record in France | Sotheby's
Sotheby’s Paris auction featured Claude Monet’s 1901 canvas, “Le Matin,” which had not been publicly displayed since 1928. The work sold for a record €8.35 million, the highest price ever achieved for a Monet at a French auction. The painting entered the...
Light Artist Clare Brew on Dan Flavin and the Power of Light-Based Work | Christie's
The video features light artist Clare Brew speaking with Christie’s about Dan Flavin’s pioneering fluorescent‑tube sculptures and how they shape contemporary light‑based practice. Brew explains the physics: electrons travel the tube, UV excites phosphor, producing colors such as pink, red, yellow, blue,...
Artist Annette Messager: Like in a Dream
Annette Messager, French contemporary artist, explains in the video how her practice blends installation, photography, and textile work, rooted in instinct and personal history. She describes growing up with an architect‑painter father whose calm demeanor while painting shaped her disciplined yet...
An Interview with Rebecca Salter, PRA
The interview centers on Rebecca Salter, the Royal Academy’s first female president, and her perspective on the institution’s evolution. Elected by her fellow academicians in 2019, Salter balances a governance‑heavy role—chairing council and general assembly—with relentless fundraising and crisis management,...
How to Paint a Masterpiece with a Single Hair | Sotheby's
The video explores the ultra‑rare craft of enamel watch painting, where artists render iconic masterpieces on dials no larger than a postage stamp. The process begins with grinding colored glass into powder finer than flour, applying it with a single boar’s...
In Conversation: Lena Fritsch, Jason Waite, Nancy Lupo & Sam Thorne on Takesada Matsutani & Tetsumi
The Houseworth conversation brought together curators Lena Fritz, Jason Waite, artist Nancy Lupo and Japan House director Sam Thorne to discuss the newly mounted London exhibition of Takesada Matsutani and Tetsumi Kudo. Both artists, born in Osaka in the 1930s,...
Frank Blazquez, The Gallegos Twins From Belen, NM
The video examines Frank Blazquez’s 2019 photograph of Kitty and Bunny Gallegos, twin sisters from Belen, New Mexico. The portrait, part of the "Barrios Denueo, Mexico, Southwest Stories of Vindication" series, foregrounds chola aesthetics—hoop earrings, winged eyeliner, and distinct hair...
Little Squares of Toilet Paper? #KerryJamesMarshall #Art21Archive
Kerry James Marshall recalls discovering makeshift tracing paper as a child—small squares of toilet paper taken from school dispensers—that he and a classmate used to trace images from history books. They even learned to pick the dispenser locks to stash...
Tough Stuff: Women in the American Glass Studio | Exhibition Trailer
The trailer announces “Tough Stuff: Women in the American Glass Studio,” an exhibition that brings to light the overlooked contributions of female glass artists in the United States. It positions the show as a corrective to a male‑dominated narrative that...
Bonnard's Art
The video, hosted in a Montmartre studio, introduces Gill Gentil, a Nabis specialist, who explains the link between the district and painter Pierre Bonard, and previews the upcoming Christie's sale of the Claude Terrasse collection. Gentil emphasizes Bonard’s early immersion in...
Inside the World of Iznik: Ottoman Ceramics Explained | Sotheby’s
The video explores Iznik pottery, the signature Ottoman ceramic tradition that emerged in late‑15th‑century Turkey, tracing its roots to Chinese blue‑and‑white porcelain imported into the imperial treasury. Between 1480 and 1600, Iznik artisans expanded the palette beyond cobalt blue and white,...
Rothko, Lalanne, Picasso, Royere: A Look Inside Sotheby's Most Valuable Single-Owner Design Sale
Sotheby’s announced a landmark New York auction of a single‑owner collection that unites French 20th‑century design with modern masterpieces. The assemblage, built by Terry and Jean Ginsbourg, showcases over a hundred pieces ranging from iconic French furniture to works by Agnes Martin,...
A Celebration of John Wilson
The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted a celebration of John Wilson, a Black American artist whose six‑decade career pursued a "universal humanity" through figurative painting, drawing, and printmaking. Curated jointly with the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the show...
David L. Johnson | Audio Guide Teaser | Whitney Biennial 2026
David L. Johnson’s audio guide teaser for the Whitney Biennial 2026 introduces his project “Rule,” which interrogates the systematic removal of codes‑of‑conduct signage from privately owned public spaces in New York City. Johnson explains that city planning regulations obligate owners to...
New York City New Deal Art Tour
The video takes viewers on a walking tour of New York City’s surviving New Deal artworks, highlighting how the 1930s Works Progress Administration turned artists into essential workers and left a lasting visual legacy in public institutions. The narrator explains that...
For William Zou, Our MA Photography Was a Space of Freedom | Royal College of Art #Shorts
The short video spotlights William Zou’s journey through the Royal College of Art’s MA Photography program, emphasizing how the school’s culture of safety and non‑judgment shaped his transition from hobbyist to professional. Zou describes the studio environment as a “safe, non‑judging”...
Artist and Architect Liam Young: My Solutions Are Not Polite
Liam Young argues that today’s "before‑culture" technologies outpace society’s ability to comprehend them, demanding an architectural practice that moves at tech’s breakneck speed. He positions architecture as a rare interdisciplinary bridge, capable of translating between engineers, scientists, filmmakers, and policymakers,...
Black Raku, Green Matcha
The video takes viewers inside Washington, D.C.’s National Museum of Asian Art to examine a centuries‑old Raku tea bowl crafted by the 19th‑century potter Tannyū. Raku ware, the first Japanese ceramic created expressly for preparing and drinking matcha, combines...
Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón
The video traces the cultural trajectory from Jamaica’s dancehall halls to the rise of reggaetón, highlighting how both genres function as grassroots newsrooms, identity workshops, and protest platforms. It explains that dancehall began as a communal space where marginalized voices...
Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations
Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations opens at London’s Whitechapel Gallery from 1 April to 14 June 2026, presenting more than 100 works that span four decades of the Turner Prize‑winning artist’s career. The show weaves together sculpture, textiles and works on paper, illustrating Ryan’s...
A Carpet Used in Coronations and a Mamluk Enamelled Glass bowl...and More Highlights
Christie’s recent exhibition of Islamic and Indian art spans 1,500 years, featuring a handful of extraordinary objects that illustrate the region’s artistic breadth. The centerpiece is a circa‑1650 Mughal carpet woven under Shah Jahan, notable for its vivid red field, ivory...
When Basquiat Had Nothing—And Made Everything | Sotheby’s
The video examines Jean‑Michel Basquiat’s 1981 downtown New York piece “Law Offices Not Republic,” painted on a discarded window blind. At twenty years old, Basquiat used the blind as a literal and figurative screen, embedding a notary seal that would...
The Secret Life of Flowers: Reimagining the Persian Rose and Nightingale
The Metropolitan Museum hosted the annual Annemarie Schimmel memorial lecture, featuring Dr. Layla Diba’s talk “The Secret Life of Flowers; Re‑Imagining the Persian Rose and Nightingale.” The event highlighted the enduring gul‑u‑bulbul motif, tracing its development from Mongol‑era manuscripts through...
An Art Installation Inspired by Cats
The video introduces an immersive installation the artist developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, centered on a whimsical cat narrative rendered in indigo-dyed textiles. The work consists of a tent-like canopy of painted rugs where visitors can recline, surrounded by interior animation...
Inside Calligraphy that Breaks Out of the Page
The video showcases “Calligraphy Garden,” an immersive installation by the Yangjiang Group, a three‑artist collective based in Yangjiang. The work transforms a gallery space into a flowing river, complete with a waterfall, where hundreds of wax‑sealed calligraphy pieces appear to...
Saodat Ismailova: When the Water Turns to Wind / Portikus FaM
Saodat Ismailova’s first institutional solo exhibition in Germany opens at Frankfurt’s Portikus, titled “When the Water Turns to Wind.” The show centers on a newly commissioned film installation that follows the vanished contours of the Aral Sea, now the dust‑laden...
London Collections with Serena Williams-Ellis
Serena Williams partnered with Christie's for a private viewing in London, unveiling a curated selection from her personal art holdings. The showcase blended historic portraiture, iconic photography, and whimsical decorative objects, reflecting Williams’ eclectic taste. Among the highlights, Williams presented Joshua...
25 Years of Italian Art
The platform, launched as The Italian Sale in London, marks 25 years of championing Italian art and has recently relocated its flagship auction house to Paris under the Avant‑Garde(s) banner. It remains the world’s only auction platform devoted exclusively to...
Raymond Saunders: Notes From LA
Raymond Saunders’ solo show “Notes from LA” opens with a playful nod to a first‑grade painting, setting a tone that merges personal memory with his broader artistic practice. The exhibition draws on his long‑standing fascination with pedagogy, humor, and the visual...
First Look at Coachella's Radiohead Bunker Looking Back at 'Kid A' And 'Amnesiac'
Coachella’s 2024 lineup includes a brand‑new underground installation dubbed the Radiohead bunker, a 30‑ to 40‑foot deep space nestled between the Sahara Tent and the Dool Lab. The bunker houses a curated visual experience that stitches together imagery from the band’s...
Shamel Pitts Curatorial Interview
The interview centers on choreographer Shamel Pitts and the world premiere of his new piece, Marks of Red, marking the culmination of a three‑year partnership between his collective Tribe, the Walker Art Center, and the University of Minnesota’s Northrop. Pitts...
The Art of Conservation: Egon Schiele's "Portrait of an Old Man (Johann Harms)" #art #guggenheim
The Guggenheim’s Modern European Currents exhibition features Egon Schiele’s 1916 "Portrait of an Old Man (Johann Harms)" after a meticulous canvas repair. Conservator Diana Hartman Drumm used ophthalmic surgical needles—tools normally reserved for eye surgery—to stitch the tear with microscopic...
London Collections: Ardbraccan House
Christie's spring collection sale opened with a rare glimpse into the personal holdings of Serena Williams Ellers, the Irish collector who has curated a distinctive assemblage from her family estate, Artramon House. The showcase, staged in the gallery’s historic rooms, blends fine...
The Ultimate Cliché in Art History. #RagnarKjartansson #Art21
Ragnar Kjartansson recounts how, at 32, he was invited to represent Iceland at the Venice Biennale and chose to transform the historic palazzo into a functional studio rather than a conventional exhibition. Instead of mounting paintings on walls, he and a...
In Downtown LA, Dancer Lil Buck and Music Artist Ode Reflect on Choosing Change in a Shifting World
The video pairs renowned dancer Lil Buck with music artist Ode to explore the urgency of personal transformation in today’s fluid cultural landscape. Set against a rhythmic backdrop, the duo uses lyrical affirmations—“Going to change my life tomorrow” and “be the...
Treasure Hunt for a $50 Million Chinese Art Collection | Sotheby’s Stories
Sotheby’s Asia chairman Nicolas Chow recounts a five‑year “treasure hunt” that culminated in the sale of a $50 million Chinese seal collection, illustrating the firm’s role in repatriating cultural heritage. Chow discovered that a single West‑Coast collector had purchased roughly 80 % of...
Navigating Homesickness Through Sculpture (Do Ho Suh) | Art21
Do Ho Suh’s latest video delves into his lifelong quest to reconcile homesickness with artistic practice. By engineering lightweight, fabric‑wrapped replicas of his parents’ traditional Korean house, he literally carries his private space across continents, turning the act of...