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23 minutes ago

sara ricciardi releases the chemistry of happiness inside milan's pinacoteca di brera

'Give them a smile, you know, something that can also be a deeper level of understanding,' Sara Ricciardi tells designboom, framing the installation as an immediate emotional trigger before it unfolds into something more layered.
SOMA, SF
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fromThe Atlantic
3 hours ago

Peter Hujar's Photos Are All the Rage. He'd Be Shocked.

Peter Hujar's work, characterized by its handmade quality and erotic portraiture, is gaining renewed attention decades after his death.
#milan-design-week
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 day ago

laila gohar spins a surreal carousel of fruits and vegetables for arket during milan design week

Laila Gohar's carousel installation at Milan Design Week 2026 introduces her first ready-to-wear collection, blending art and fashion with oversized fruits and vegetables.
Music production
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 day ago

ARY's 'DARKSTAR': A Journey Through Light and Darkness % - %

ARY's new album 'DARKSTAR' showcases her evolution as an artist, exploring deep personal themes and redefining her sound in the Nordic music scene.
NYC music
fromVulture
1 day ago

Jerry Saltz's '90s Art World

The end of the 1980s marked a shift in the art world, leading to new opportunities amidst a market recession.
Photography
fromThe New Yorker
4 days ago

David Armstrong's Probing Gaze

David Armstrong's retrospective at Artists Space showcases over ninety works, emphasizing portraits and desire, revealing his artistic evolution and impact.
fromBerlin Art Link
4 days ago

An Interview with Martina Yordanova | Berlin Art Link

This idea has been on my mind for some time, shaped by observing the political situation not only in Bulgaria but more broadly. In Bulgaria, we are going through a profound political crisis.
Berlin music
Berlin
fromwww.nytimes.com
3 days ago

Greta Lee on Her Favorite Performances, Films, Foods and More

Pablo Neruda's appreciation for simple objects inspires a love for cooking and art, emphasizing naturalism and emotional depth in various forms of expression.
#yerba-buena-center-for-the-arts
Mission District
fromFuncheap
4 days ago

Free Admission Day at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts offers free admission to galleries every Wednesday from 11 AM to 5 PM.
Mission District
fromFuncheap
4 days ago

Free Admission Day at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts offers free admission to galleries every Wednesday from 11 AM to 5 PM.
NYC LGBT
fromAnOther
4 days ago

The Scandalous "Naked Ballerina" That Inspired Florentina Holzinger

Trixie Cordua challenged ballet norms, embracing sexuality and unconventional life choices, while Florentina Holzinger confronts classical ballet and body manipulation in her art.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
19 hours ago

Leonardo Madriz's Monuments to the Precarity of Now

Leonardo Madriz's sculptures symbolize the fragile balance of American life through anthropomorphized forms made from everyday objects and intricate knots.
History
fromwww.amny.com
6 days ago

Rare Holocaust sketches found by couple now on display in the Bronx at Manhattan University | amNewYork

A hidden collection of Holocaust drawings was discovered during a home renovation and donated to Manhattan University for preservation and education.
#photography
Photography
fromAnOther
4 days ago

"We're Calling It a Future-Spective": Inez & Vinoodh on Their New Show

Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin are influential photographers known for their digital manipulation and exploration of photographic truth and beauty.
Photography
fromBerlin Art Link
4 days ago

Review of Peter Hujar and Liz Deschenes | Berlin Art Link

Peter Hujar's photography captures the intensity of impermanence and liveliness in 1970s and 80s New York, complemented by Liz Deschenes' contemporary works.
Podcast
fromArtforum
2 weeks ago

Schlock Jock: Joshua Citarella at the Whitney Biennial

Doomscroll podcast's live tapings at the Whitney reflect changing museum priorities and the evolving relationship between art and digital discourse.
Media industry
fromArtforum
2 weeks ago

Dialogues and Dreams

Artforum evolved to foster international dialogue and promote substantive commentary in response to contemporary challenges in the arts ecosystem.
fromwww.dw.com
1 day ago

Unpacking the Venice Biennale controversies and highlights

"In Minor Keys focuses on marginal or overlooked voices. Kouoh defined a restorative form of resistance, which calls for attentive listening amid the present chaos."
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Victoria Tentler-Krylov's "Parallel Lives"

"Most people don't stop to observe the crews' work or the infrastructure they uncover," Tentler-Krylov said. "But these unseen things keep the city going."
London
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

What Not to Miss at the San Francisco Art Fair

"I love the range in this booth, from large-scale ceramic totems to more intimate neon paintings. I'm always impressed by the artists Freeburg represents and the clarity of her program's mission."
Arts
#rama-duwaji
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fromArtnet News
4 days ago

Art Dealers Try Their Hand as Artists in This Unusual Exhibition | Artnet News

White Columns' new fundraising technique involves art dealers creating works for sale, challenging traditional norms of artist donations.
fromwww.nytimes.com
3 days ago

How Do Museums Care for Unconventional Acquisitions?

Knowles's performances, such as Make a Salad and Identical Lunch, showcased her unique approach to art through food, engaging audiences in the experience of preparation and consumption.
Arts
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 days ago

Tom Prochaska: Through the Open Door * Oregon ArtsWatch

Tom Prochaska distinguished himself in many mediums: He was a masterful printmaker, an intuitive painter, a builder of papier-mâché figures, a creator of fused glass panels, and graphite-on-paper drawings.
Arts
fromFast Company
1 month ago

How Yuval Sharon and Es Devlin are using cutting-edge tech to push opera forward-just when it needs it most

People all saw that there is something new is being attempted here that you've just got to see. I think that is its own reward. In an era where New York's storied Met Opera has faced layoffs, pay cuts, postponed productions, and a controversial financial agreement with Saudi Arabia, forward-thinking artistic direction becomes essential for survival.
Berlin music
Arts
fromwww.nytimes.com
3 days ago

7 Key Works of Avant-Garde Theater

Avant-garde theater originated in 19th-century France, emphasizing social reform and innovative artistic expression to critique mainstream culture.
fromBerlin Art Link
4 days ago

An Interview with Dafna Maimon | Berlin Art Link

The title came from starting to look at what would be in the show and realizing that most of the works dealt with people being symptomatic, whether psychosomatically or somatically.
Arts
fromForbes
1 month ago

The Peninsula New York's Spring Art Exhibition Celebrates The City's Evolution

The exhibit reflects the energy and evolution of the city's artistic scene across generations. Art is central to the experience of cultural immersion we offer at The Peninsula, and this exhibition invites guests and local residents to alike to participate in this distinctive aspect of our city's character.
Berlin
Arts
fromThe Verge
4 days ago

Ghosts in the machine

Rachel Youn creates kinetic sculptures from secondhand machines, exploring themes of domesticity, sexuality, and human-machine relationships.
fromTime Out New York
1 month ago

This free art show in the East Village spotlights awesome work from senior artists

The show features pieces by participants in JASA's programs. The organization, which serves more than 40,000 older adults every year, offers art classes and creative workshops designed to bring people together while encouraging self-expression. The results will be on full display here, from paintings and textile work to other handmade pieces that reflect the artists' personal stories and styles.
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fromHyperallergic
4 days ago
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Required Reading

Tania Bruguera's stained glass piece at V&A East Museum emphasizes safety and freedom of expression in civic spaces.
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago
Arts

In praise of upheaval: Women, art, and the refusal of stillness | amNewYork

Art emerges from upheaval, reflecting change as an inherent female quality and rejecting imposed stillness.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

In praise of upheaval: Women, art, and the refusal of stillness | amNewYork

Art emerges from upheaval, reflecting change as an inherent female quality and rejecting imposed stillness.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
5 days ago

Artist interview: Sarah Rosalena

I see myself first and foremost as a weaver working at the intersection of craft and technology. As an Angeleno, I grew up learning how to weave in the Wixárika tradition of my matriarchal bloodline by watching my mother and my grandmother.
Arts
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fromwww.nytimes.com
3 days ago

Artists on Their Favorite Artworks at the Met, the Louvre, the Prado and Other Museums

American art reflects diverse cultural values and personal connections through various mediums and styles.
fromArtnet News
6 days ago

Painting Has Entered Its Performance Era | Artnet News

Much of Instagram's video content is organized around transformation-the virtual magic of the before-and-after and clips that show cause and effect. A person makes pasta from scratch in 20 seconds via edits that compress time-intensive labor.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
4 days ago

MoMA PS1's "Greater New York" Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting

The curators of Greater New York really captured the energy of the city well - not the out-of-towner's New York with its glossy surfaces, brands, and trendy fare, but the gritty New York that's always in the process of formation, that rejects surface in favor of rawness.
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fromwww.amny.com
5 days ago

Self-Made at the American Folk Art Museum explores a century of artists inventing themselves | amNewYork

Self-taught artists create work that is deeply personal, immediate, and reflective of lived experiences, challenging conventional narratives of artistic authorship.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
4 days ago

In Surprising Twist, ADAA Art Fair Will Now Benefit the Whitney Museum

ADAA terminated its partnership with Henry Street Settlement and announced a new philanthropic relationship with the Whitney Museum of American Art.
fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

Tutto Boetti 1966-1993

The exhibition presents approximately 30 works by Alighiero Boetti, beginning with a core group from the museum's permanent collection, including early works from the 1960s.
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fromwww.berkeleyside.org
4 days ago

A Berkeley couple's collection of women artists showing at BAMPFA

Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser have created a significant art collection focused on women artists, now exhibited at BAMPFA.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
5 days ago

Marcel Duchamp: The mind above the hand | amNewYork

Abstraction in art emerges through radical recalibrations, with Marcel Duchamp exemplifying a shift from representation to conceptual exploration.
Arts
fromTime Out New York
4 days ago

This sprawling free NYC art show just opened at MoMA PS1

MoMA PS1's 'Greater New York 2026' showcases over 150 works from 53 artists, reflecting the current creative landscape of New York City.
fromArtnet News
5 days ago

7 New Art Books to Step Into Spring | Artnet News

Casa Kahlo offers an unprecedented look into the famed Mexican painter's family home, Casa Roja, which stands just blocks away from Casa Azul in Mexico City. Kahlo would retreat to Casa Roja when Casa Azul got crazy.
Arts
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fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

Art Problems: Do I Need to Go to Art Fairs?

Art fairs are optional; attendance depends on individual goals and networking strategies.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Designed to disorient': LA art museum unveils enormous concrete gallery, 20 years in the making

The David Geffen Galleries at LACMA represent a $724 million revitalization effort, showcasing a controversial design by architect Peter Zumthor.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
5 days ago

Art Without Walls: Inside the Public Art Fund Party | amNewYork

Public art engages communities, inviting them to see their city more honestly and expansively, embodying a sense of belonging and shared experience.
fromArtnet News
6 days ago

Artnet and Artsy Come Together Under Shared Leadership | Artnet News

Artnet was founded to bring transparency to the art world, and Artsy-to make discovering and buying art more accessible. Connecting the businesses opens up new possibilities, including modernizing and building upon the art world's most trusted pricing tools.
Arts
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fromArtnet News
5 days ago

Unseen George Condo Works Arrive at Auction From Anna Condo's Collection

Anna Condo is auctioning her ex-husband George Condo's artworks, marking a significant moment in her artistic journey.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

The Bennett Prize Opens Fifth Call for Entries

Women figurative realist painters can apply for The Bennett Prize, offering a $75,000 grand prize and a traveling solo exhibition.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Steve DiBenedetto's Cosmic Sense of the Absurd

Steve DiBenedetto's paintings serve as a functional structure to help viewers navigate collective trauma.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

Duchamp in New York

Marcel Duchamp's comprehensive solo exhibition at MoMA marks his return to New York after over 50 years, showcasing his revolutionary impact on modern art.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Required Reading

Compton's art center aims to support formerly incarcerated artists and promote rehabilitation through creative expression.
Arts
fromWallpaper*
1 week ago

One of our favourite London design galleries just opened a New York pop-up

Gallery Fumi has launched its longest US exhibition in New York, focusing on handcrafted pieces and deepening its presence in the American market.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Required Reading

Calida Rawles' art explores the duality of water as both healing and destructive within the Black diaspora's history.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Grimanesa Amoros and the architecture of illumination

Light is a powerful force in art, transcending culture and language, and is essential to understanding perception and truth.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

A fever dream in Chelsea: The Outsider Art Fair | amNewYork

The Outsider Art Fair 2026 showcases art that exists outside traditional narratives, emphasizing raw expression and instinctive creation.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

The Biggest Week of the Spring?

The New Museum reopened with mixed reviews, alongside various art fairs and Asia Art Week events in New York.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

LR Vandy Transforms Sculpture Park with Monumental Fiber Works

LR Vandy's exhibition 'Rise' explores themes of power, trade, and colonialism through immersive sculptures, primarily using rope as a significant medium.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

What Do We Really Think of the New New Museum?

The new New Museum is many things: contemporary, perhaps, but also a science, history, anthropology, and many other museums in one. It echoes the desire of its patron class to own the world and its affiliated courtier class to deliver it to them on a silver platter, or encased in perforated metal, in this case.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Veronica Fernandez Builds an Uneasy Monument to Childhood Imagination

There's this push and pull between feeling unease and discomfort, the nature of the spaces, and why they feel uncomfortable. But there is also tenderness and warmth, people adapting to these spaces and finding ways to make them comfortable.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Marina Abramovic Is the Unlikely Star of the New Balloon Museum

As a child, I imagined a place far behind our own sky. A planet with its own weather, its own atmosphere, its own logic entirely. It was my own version of science fiction. How did it feel on this planet? Was it snowy, windy, or could you sense the first green breath of spring-I called it Planet Z.
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fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Embracing Friction in the Art World

On Franklin Street in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, one non-commercial gallery fosters 'a small, stubbornly human space for friction.' Friction—the ubiquitous buzzword that captures the simultaneous delight and discomfort of doing things the slow way—is at the heart of artists Pap Souleye Fall and Char Jeré's current show at Subtitled NYC. It also reflects the overall spirit of this little exhibition space and of a burgeoning movement to reject our culture of optimization in favor of a bumpier, more intimate, less alienating experience.
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fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Blink and You'll Miss It! 3 New York Shows With Painfully Short Runs | Artnet News

Gallery exhibition runs have lengthened from weeks to five or six weeks due to increased competition and high mounting costs, though a countermovement of brief, limited-time shows is emerging.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Here's All the Art in the 2026 Whitney Biennial | Artnet News

The 2026 Whitney Biennial rewards extended viewing time rather than quick assessment, with curators emphasizing mood through subtle atmospheric qualities across multiple gallery spaces.
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month ago

Celebrate the Unconventional: Discover Fernando Carpaneda's Solo Exhibition at the Arkell Museum - KALTBLUT Magazine

Fernando Carpaneda's solo exhibition at the Arkell Museum showcases expressive portraiture celebrating LGBTQIA+ narratives and everyday urban life through vibrant acrylic paintings.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Alma Allen Joins Perrotin After Split With Previous Galleries | Artnet News

Sculptor Alma Allen joined Perrotin gallery and will represent the United States at the 2026 Venice Biennale after his previous galleries opposed the commission.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Art Movements: Anicka Yi Picks Up the Pace

Artist Anicka Yi now has gallery representation from Pace, Gladstone Gallery, 47 Canal, and Esther Schipper, while NYC appoints new culture commissioner and art institutions face closures and financial crises.
Arts
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

Vivian Chiu on Joyce Lin, Sylvie Rosenthal, Meg Callahan + More

Vivian Chiu combines precise woodworking and sculptural techniques to create optical forms through iterative deconstruction, reconstruction, and research-informed marquetry.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Whitney Biennial Sneak Peek

The Whitney Biennial features moody, contemplative art with immersive experiences, while arts leaders urge new NYC culture commissioner Diya Vij to address artist affordability amid federal funding cuts and museum closures.
Arts
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

In Berkeley, a major new exhibit for conceptual and performance art

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's work receives a major retrospective at BAMPFA, displaying over 100 pieces that explore memory, displacement, and language.
#performance-art
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fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Artists Pay Tribute to Alex Pretti

A 37-year-old nurse, Alex Pretti, was shot ten times by border patrol officers while filming; artists create tributes and gallerist Marian Goodman died at 97.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Yoko Ono's Art Is an Exercise in Hope

CHICAGO - With her iconic long dark hair curtaining her demure countenance, Yoko Ono has been in my personal pantheon of women makers for most of my life. When I was a distraught teenager in a midwestern suburb, she was there - singing discordant arias from my bedroom stereo. Her siren call couldn't quite be deciphered, but, like a feminist signal from afar, it cut through the fog of oppressive cultural forces.
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fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Required Reading

Sprouting from the roof of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, artist Rose B. Simpson's newly installed bronze sculpture "Behold" has its gaze fixed on the cityscape before it. The Tewa of Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh artist, herself a mother, crafted a tender portrait of an interconnected parent and child that "asks us to be human with each other, to change our narrative through wonder, witness and a foundation in the soft warmth of our humanity," she said in a statement.
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fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Required Reading

Lunar New Year festivities and California's new Historic South L.A. Cultural District underscore renewed recognition of local arts, community celebration, and plans for a monument.
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