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Brooklyn-based artist Austin Lee is known for creating surreal abstract paintings that appear as if Gumby were to roam through a hallucinatory N64 video game. He utilizes AR and VR like a drawing pad to envision these bizarre environments to comment on the continuous story of art history, as well as probe into the positive and adverse effects that have resulted through the hybridization of technology with daily life. If gazing at his work wasn't enough immersion, Lee announced that fans will now be able to traverse his uncanny worlds through a new online video game called "Sculpture Park."The digital realm was a way for Lee to showcase all his work in one place, where prickly colored spires, lounging figures and sprouting tulips appear as users journey across the chromatic landscape. "I th...

New Zealand artist Francis Upritchard has unveiled her first Scandinavian exhibition at Copenhagen's Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Any Noise Annoys an Oyster presents over 100 eccentric figures that the London-based artist created that look to challenge ideas of the past and society's visions of the future. Curated by Henriette Bretton-Meyer, Upritchard's spindly beings are inspired by ancient art, Asian folklore, 20th century European sculpture and science fiction literature. But while they may appear to represent a different muse from a bygone era, she doesn't really see them as "personalities," Upritchard explains. “Instead, I kind of see them as costumes, almost like a coat hanger. And it’s much more for me about playing with texture and color and shape. I often think about tropes of how fi...

Art Basel's Paris edition has introduced a playful initiative called Oh La La! at its new venue, the Grand Palais. This program invites 35 exhibitors to showcase unusual and thought-provoking artworks during the fair’s first two public days. The concept centers on surprise and excitement, encouraging galleries to present rarely seen works across diverse themes like love, Surrealism and queer identity.Galerie Templon highlights Fluxus artist Ben Vautier’s work, "Je peut tout me permettre" (1971), as a humorous nod to his legacy. Galerie Layr takes a different approach, featuring Käthe Kollwitz's historical artwork in a contemporary setting. Meanwhile, Paris’ galerie anne barrault exhibits Roland Topor’s "Oh la la" (1973), a mysterious drawing by the French avant-garde artist.Oh La La! also ...

There are few cities that capture the charm and imagination like Paris. Sure, the French capital is much more grittier and unapologetic than the typical picturesque images seen across social media. But there's something about Paris that has drawn and cultivated some of the biggest artists across centuries. It comes as no surprise then, that Art Basel chose to nestle a fair in the City of Light, joining its flagships in Switzerland, Hong Kong and Miami Beach.While the Paris iteration had previously opened in 2022 under the name Paris+ by Art Basel, this year's edition is the first at the monumental Grand Palais. The inaugural Art Basel Paris will feature 194 galleries, including 51 first-time participants from across the globe, split into the Galeries, Emergence, Premise, Conversations and ...

To coincide with the upcoming Art Basel Paris, Almine Rech has unveiled a new solo exhibition of works by legendary Light and Space artist James Turrell. Path Taken will comprise of a new light work from Turrell’s Glassworks series, first started in 2004, but whose research dates as far back as the 1960s. Deceptively simple, the central work on view challenges viewers' perception of space through a translucent rectangular piece that gradually changes in hue through an LED over the course of an hour. "When people speak about light they use for description a ‘vocabulary of light’: near death experience, religious transformation, spiritual journeys…" Turrell recalled in a 2004 interview. "My work is about the thingness of light itself, feeling the light, there is no religious message! Gold ha...

Los Angeles-based artist Robert Moreland will soon release the sequel to his print series with Detroit gallery Louis Buhl & Co. Following the large-scale work Red Rectangle (2023), the forthcoming print will also incorporate a similar geometric sensibility that has led Moreland to transpose the same three-dimensional effect in his wall works to the printed surface.Blue Switchback with Curve distorts the eye through a cobalt hue that appears to give way to a cylindrical passage in the middle, thanks to calculated shapes and a spot varnish that Moreland employed to imbue a sense of depth. "By mimicking the dynamic interplay of light on his sculptural works, Moreland successfully translates the tactile experience of his physical constructions onto paper, bridging the gap between two and t...

Superblue Miami will debut Lightfall, a new installation by Studio Lemercier with music by Murcof, on October 28, 2024. The multisensory experience immerses visitors in darkness, where mist and shifting volumes of light are projected through water droplets. The installation highlights natural elements like air, water and light in constant motion, creating a dynamic, ever-changing environment.Studio Lemercier, known for blending technology with nature in their works, uses Lightfall to focus on the raw power of these elements. The Brussels-based duo, led by Joanie Lemercier and Juliette Bibasse, aims to create an immersive experience that forces viewers to pay attention to the subtle forces around them.Lightfall is part of Superblue’s ongoing series of experiential art installations. Known f...