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Are We Allowed to Just Dream? is a new book published by David Adekoya of LadderBoyz that explores the impact Black footballers have had on the growth of the Beautiful Game and the wider throes of culture.Divided into five chapters — Beauty, Gift, Imagination, Action and Celebration — each section blends archival photography, art and design, mixed with poetic storytelling to celebrate the lives who’ve shaped football as we know it, as well as reveal the challenges that the Black community faces both on the pitch and in society. From John Barnes and Ian Wright, Pelé and Ronaldinho to modern superstars rewriting the playing script, this book is a "celebration of the champions who inspired us to dream, despite being publicly demonized, belittled, ostracized, abandoned, and ridiculed by those ...

Back in 2016, the late artist Matt Jay started a residency program in Portland that bridged a gap between East and West. Entitled End of Summer, each iteration included six artists from Japan who would live and work within the bustling Pacific Northwestern city.The initiative served as a springboard for each artist to explore their creative sensibilities, while gaining a mutual understanding of their peers' respective practices and the Portland area, gaining access to showcase work at local galleries and institutions. "End of Summer is in many ways a continued evolution of the basic impulse to share this place with others, and have an experience together in a fixed amount time," said Jay in a statement. Jay tragically and unexpectedly passed away on November 22, 2022, but his vision for a ...

Olafur Eliasson is days away from releasing his new video project around the world. The piece features a series of site-specific installations, spanning across New York, London, Seoul, and Berlin. Known for his thought-provoking installations, Eliasson slows things down and invites his audience to steep in their own blurry reflection.Lifeworld will trade the crystal-clarity of advertisement screens for ethereally unfocused footage of each city, beamed back onto itself. Amidst urban chaos, the piece puts the rat race on pause to present the world in a soft and ambiguous glow. As shapes and colors fold into one another, the artist makes room for a moment of introspection. “Slowing down is part of opening up,” Eliasson tells Artnet “It’s in slowing down your attention that you suddenly see mo...

Acclaimed Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama is working with NANZUKA ART INSTITUTE to unveil a new public art sculpture at The Summit, a burgeoning complex in Shanghai's Pudong New District. Produced in collaboration with Poly Group, Space Traveler presents Sorayama's familiar femme bot in 13 feet of stainless steel as it hovers suspended above the ground surrounded by a concaving wall that mirrors the neighboring environment. Space Traveler speculates into a future in which technology has transcended humanity. Sorayama's sleek "Sexy Robot" carries the semblance of the species that created it, but is lifeless, only a reflection of the urges and sensibilities that dictate the changing states of human nature. Underpinning the erotic veneer of Sorayama's work is an exploration into the commodifi...

Galerie Tanja Wagner presents a new solo exhibition by German artist Grit Richter on view in Berlin through November 8, 2024. The exhibition explores the warmth of human relationships in eight new large-scale artworks. A veteran of Hamburg’s underground music scene, Richter channels the sensorial power of sound in her visual work, welcoming viewers into her electric fantasy.Evoking a meditation in its title, Breathe Out gives full attention to emotion, sensation, and memory. Across a confluence of bright and bulbous forms, the artist’s narrative ability takes flight, capturing characters in gentle scenes of affection.Animated by irony and play, the exhibition takes thematic inspiration from (mis)connection. For instance, “The Broken Hearts Society” shares a moment between two round, facele...

A new exhibition staged at The Map House brings the history of the iconic London Underground to the surface. Located in Knightsbridge, Mapping the Tube: 1863–2023 charts the many evolutions of the world’s first underground railway. An ode to urban history, the exhibition celebrates the cultural and cartographic impact of the Tube map, as cities around the globe would follow in its footsteps.Mapping the Tube chronicles 160 years of cartographic development, spanning from the opening of the Metropolitan Line in 1863 to the present day. Designer and draftsman Harry Beck published the first version of the pocket map in 1933, and while he only received £5.25 GBP (approximately $22.26 USD today) for his creation, that financial road block didn’t hinder his passions for tinkering on the maps for ...