Some Fiction, Some Exposition: On Lynne Tillman’s Flaneurial Stories and Essays
Lynne Tillman’s 2026 releases – Thrilled to Death: Selected Stories (336 pages) and Paying Attention: Essays on Art and Culture (480 pages) – showcase a four‑decade span of fiction and criticism. Both volumes echo Stanley Fish’s dialectical model, where texts consume themselves and leave a lingering effect on the reader. Tillman arranges the stories associatively, rejecting linear progress, while her essays intertwine art analysis with narrative techniques. The pair positions her work as a bridge between literary fiction and contemporary art criticism.
Lucia Pietroiusti and Filipa Ramos Named Convenors for Norway’s Bergen Assembly
The Bergen Assembly announced Lucia Pietroiusti and Filipa Ramos as convenors for its 2028 sixth edition. Known for their interdisciplinary project “The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish,” they will integrate public research with city programming...
Hong Kong’s M+ And Centre Pompidou Announce Strategic Partnership
Hong Kong’s M+ museum has signed a multi‑year strategic partnership with Paris’s Centre Pompidou. The deal includes co‑organized exhibitions beginning in 2027 and a joint show to open Pompidou’s renovated space around 2030, followed by a presentation at M+. A four‑year...
Artists Spar Over Credit For A Dress Displayed In The Met’s ‘Costume Art’ Exhibition
London‑based artist Anouska Samms alleges that the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute displayed a dress, *Corpus Nervina 0.0*, that replicates her patented hair‑based textile without credit. The piece is attributed solely to Israeli designer Yoav Hadari, who says the dress evolved from his...
New York’s Neue Gallery to Merge with Metropolitan Museum of Art
The privately owned Neue Galerie, founded by Ronald Lauder, will merge with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2028, creating the Met Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie. The deal includes a $200 million endowment to preserve the collection and a donation...
Amy Sherald Dresses as Her Own Painting for Art-Themed Met Gala
Amy Sherald arrived at the 2026 Met Gala in a Thom Browne dress that mirrored her 2013 portrait "Miss Everything," turning the red‑carpet into a living artwork. The Costume Institute’s "Fashion Is Art" theme highlighted the new 12,000‑square‑foot galleries opening with the "Costume Art"...
Anish Kapoor Condemns Inclusion of US in Venice Biennale
British‑Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor has publicly urged the exclusion of the United States from the 2026 Venice Biennale, condemning what he calls the nation’s “abhorrent politics of hate and its incessant warmongering.” The call follows a mass resignation of the Biennale’s...
Siteless Athens Arts Institution NEON Closing After 14 Years
NEON, the sit‑less Athens arts institution founded by billionaire collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos in 2012, announced it will close after fourteen years of operation. The organization never owned a permanent venue, instead staging forty‑four exhibitions in museums, archaeological sites and public...
After the Afterparty: Berlin Art Tests Its Pulse During Gallery Weekend
Berlin’s annual Gallery Weekend proved the city’s art scene remains resilient despite recent funding cuts and heightened government censorship. Highlights included Alex Heide’s immersive photography at the new Klix space, a secret‑invite opening at CHB Fine Arts, and politically charged...
New Flagship Space for SAMoCA Announced As Part of Saudi Vision 2030
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, via the Diriyah Company, has pledged a $490 million grant to build a new flagship space for the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art (SAMoCA). The 77,000 square‑meter (≈19 acre) museum will be designed by Godwin Austen Johnson...
Hedwig Fijen to Depart as Founding Director of Manifesta
Founding director Hedwig Fijen will leave Manifesta on October 5 after guiding the nomadic biennial for more than three decades. She transformed the event from a pure art exhibition into an interdisciplinary platform that produced over 1,000 site‑specific works across cities such...
Remembering Ulysses Jenkins (1946–2026), Contemporary Griot
Ulysses Jenkins (1946‑2026) was a Los Angeles‑based artist who blended mural painting, performance, and video to make art part of everyday life. His 1976 DMV mural, the documentary Remnants of the Watts Festival, and the five‑minute Dream City video exemplify his...
Arts Collective to Open New Arts Center in Northampton England
Arts Collective will open a new arts center in Northampton, England on May 1, following a £5.2 million (≈$6.6 million) renovation of the town‑hall annex. The complex houses 17 artist studios, community spaces, a new gallery, and the centerpiece “The Northampton Rooms,” a...
“I Deny the Concept of Sole Ownership of Artwork”: David Lamelas on His Survey at Dia
David Lamelas’s retrospective, "The Machine," opened at Dia Chelsea, showcasing site‑specific installations that the artist re‑creates for each venue. Curated with deputy director Humberto Moro, the show features seminal works from the late 1960s, including the Vietnam‑war‑themed office installation, alongside...
Sharjah Art Foundation Announces 2027 Biennial Programming
The Sharjah Art Foundation unveiled its 2027 programming for the 17th Sharjah Biennial, titled “What remains, sits restive.” Curated by Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento, the exhibition will feature 109 international artists across two complementary sections. Harutyunyan’s 55‑artist segment interrogates...