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For his latest solo exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch, Alfonso Gonzalez Jr. is bringing a slice of Los Angeles to the East Coast. Through a suite of street and signage paintings, This Was Here presents a still-life tribute to the city's people and places, animated by the artist’s tender appreciation for his hometown.Constructed from photographs and memories, Gonzalez's paintings do not feature people yet they resonate with a palpable sense of humanity. Amidst a network of sprawling highways and traffic jams, he brings focus to the wide grins of insurance brokers and accidents lawyers on billboards and posters. Where one might see a broken car on the side of the road, the artist searches for the owner that abandoned it.Gonzalez’s first foray into painting was not on canvas, but on the walls and ...

A new exhibition at the Bata Shoe Museum is placing a spotlight on the age-old question: what is art? Now through March 2026, Art/Wear: Sneakers x Artists offers a glimpse into the growing trend of artist and sneaker collaborations, featuring a selection of drops by 48 venerable artists including Takashi Murakami, Virgil Abloh, Futura and Javier Calleja. In a massive display of works, the exhibition charts through the past and present of commercial collaborations, highlighting new dimensions of footwear, art and above all, creative expression.“Sneakers and artist collabs are increasingly finding their way into conventional art venues such as museums and auction houses with some elevated to a status similar to limited edition artist prints,” says BSM director and senior curator Elizabeth Se...

Italian police have uncovered a pan-European forgery ring responsible for producing and selling counterfeit artworks attributed to dozens artists including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí and Banksy. As of November 11, the Carabinieri art squad and Pisa’s prosecutor’s office have announced that 38 individuals are currently under investigation for forgery, handling stolen goods and illegal art sales.The investigation, codenamed “Operation Cariatide,” began in March 2023 when Italy’s art police confiscated 200 fake pieces, which included a Modigliani caryatid, from a businessman in Pisa. More recently, a string of suspicious online auctions led investigators to uncover the forgery network and six of their workshops – two in Tuscany, one in Venice and three abroad – where the replic...

Ur Kasin is making his London debut with a new solo exhibition entitled All Is Blurred. Staged at JD Malat Gallery, the exhibition features six large-scale oil paintings that transform everyday moments into richly layered surrealist scenes. Echoing the tender messiness of a coming of age, each work depicts a slice of life in an unforgiving world.Coursing through euphoric highs and descents into numbness, the exhibition takes viewers on the thundering, psychological journey that is growing up, a time where every emotion is rich in its own right. The works are anchored by themes of self-discovery and existentialism as Kasin’s character hopes to find himself in plumes of smoke, McDonald’s drive-through meals and ice-cold bottles of Asahi. Seeking refuge in indulgence, the figure brings light ...