Kulapat Yantrasast Appointed Artistic Director of 2027 Bukhara Biennial
Kulapat Yantrasast, the Los Angeles‑based founder of WHY Architecture, has been appointed artistic director of the 2027 Bukhara Biennial, which will run from 3 September to 21 November in the historic Uzbek city. He succeeds Diana Campbell, who led the inaugural 2025 edition that re‑energized Bukhara’s cultural profile. Yantrasast, known for museum and science‑center projects in Riyadh, Bangkok and New York, says the 2027 program will treat caravanserais, madrasas and public squares as living rooms for interdisciplinary exchange. The biennial will continue the momentum of recent collaborations between international designers and Uzbek artisans.
Tarek Atoui’s Living Instruments
Paris‑based Lebanese artist Tarek Atoui transforms the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s Baroque chapel into an experimental sound arena with his large‑scale installations “Organ Within” and “Wind Houses.” The deconstructed organ, a network of air blowers, flutes, and serpentine tubes,...
What Arsenal’s League Win Tells Us About Britain – And Art
Arsenal clinched the Premier League on May 19, 2026, prompting a spontaneous celebration of tens of thousands around Emirates Stadium. The event coincided with two high‑profile murals – a portrait of Black winger Eberechi Eze and Reuben Dangoor’s “Found a Place...
Tess Jaray, Painter and Teacher Inspired by Architecture, 1937–2026
British painter Tess Jaray, celebrated for her hard‑edge geometric abstractions rooted in Renaissance architecture, died at 89. From the 1960s onward she blended painting with architectural precision, later expanding into laser‑cut acrylic installations such as the "Thorn" series. Jaray broke...
Matías Duville on Representing Argentina at the 61st Venice Biennale
Argentine artist Matías Duville will represent his country at the 61st Venice Biennale, installing the site‑specific work “Monitor Yin Yang” in the Arsenal pavilion. The piece transforms the space into a walkable landscape of salt and charcoal, extending drawing into...
Lionel Wendt: The Politics of the Male Nude
American Art Catalogues opened the first U.S. solo show of Lionel Wendt’s photographs, positioning the Sri Lankan modernist as a key figure in South Asian art history. The exhibition foregrounds his male nude images, interpreting them as coded expressions of...
Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Painter and Activist, 1942–2026
Renowned painter and civil‑rights activist Mary Lovelace O’Neal died at 84. A Howard University alum and Columbia MFA graduate, she pioneered the lamp‑black abstract series and later incorporated color inspired by California and Morocco. In 1985 she became the first...
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art 2026 Review: Up Close and Personal
The 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, titled *Yield Strength* and curated by Ellie Buttrose, showcases 24 artists across three venues, probing how materials and cultures endure political and social pressure. Highlights include Erika Scott’s 15‑metre assemblage of discarded domestic objects, Jennifer Matthew’s...
81 Artists Withdraw From Venice Biennale Competition
The 61st Venice Biennale opened amid a wave of protest, with 81 artists pulling their work from the Visitor Lion prize pool. The withdrawals span the central exhibition and 16 national pavilions, citing solidarity with the international jury that resigned...
Sung Tieu on Representing Germany at the 61st Venice Biennale
Sung Tieu, alongside Henrike Naumann, will represent Germany at the 61st Venice Biennale in the Giardini pavilion. In his interview, Tieu ties his installation to Gehrenseestrasse, a former workers’ housing block that now symbolizes Berlin’s layered memory. He denounces the...
Miet Warlop on Representing Belgium at the 61st Venice Biennale
Miet Warlop is representing Belgium at the 61st Venice Biennale, with the pavilion located in the Giardini. His project fuses performance, percussive music, sculpture and spatial design to create an introspective communal environment, inspired by Venice’s off‑tourist artistic circles. Warlop...
At Home at Hong Kong Art Week
Hong Kong’s Art Week, anchored by Art Basel, has spilled into unconventional venues, turning a suburban living room and The Peninsula hotel into immersive art‑design experiments. Lebanese composer Tarek Atoui re‑imagined a domestic space as a sound instrument, while Angel...
Nicholas Pope, Sculptor Whose Career Came in Two Acts, 1949–2026
Nicholas Pope, a British sculptor known for his organic wooden columns, died in May 2026. He first gained prominence in the 1970s alongside peers like Tony Cragg and Antony Gormley, culminating in a 1980 showing at the British Pavilion in...
Bugarin + Castle on Representing Scotland at the 61st Venice Biennale
Scotland’s national pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale is curated by Davide Bugarin and Angel Cohn Castle, who present the interdisciplinary project “Shame Parade.” The work draws on medieval charivari—public shaming rituals that used sound and cross‑dressing—and links them to...
25th Biennale of Sydney Review: From the Margins
The 25th Biennale of Sydney, titled *Rememory* and curated by Hoor Al Qasimi, presents 143 works by 83 artists from 37 countries that probe marginalised, fragmented histories. The exhibition arrives amid heightened scrutiny of Australian cultural festivals, with the curator...