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SummaryCrystal Bridges is opening a massive 114,000-square-foot expansion this weekend in Bentonville, Arkansas, designed by Safdie ArchitectsThe new galleries debut with a Keith Haring 3D retrospective and Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room14Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas is unveiling its Safdie Architects expansion this weekend, finally opening the doors to its long-awaited expansion on June 6 and 7. Designed by Safdie Architects, the 114,000-square-foot addition completes the building's original circulation into a figure-eight across two stream-fed ponds, introduces a north entrance and wraps the whole establishment in exposed southern yellow pine, copper cladding and floor-to-ceiling glass that looks out over 134 acres of Ozark woodland.The first big swing in the ne...

SummaryPrada is bringing the 14th iteration of its Prada Mode cultural series to New York City's historic Hotel ChelseaTitled "Satellites II," the immersive event is a collaborative exhibition curated by director Nicolas Winding Refn and game creator Hideo KojimaThe multi-day activation features private performances and public art installations that explore human connection through a sci-fi lensPrada has officially brought its traveling cultural series to New York City with the launch of Prada Mode New York "Satellites II." Hosted at the historic Hotel Chelsea, the 14th iteration of the luxury house's immersive event reunites Danish film director Nicolas Winding Refn and Japanese game creator Hideo Kojima for a multi-day exhibition that runs concurrently with the Tribeca Festival.Serving a...

From Debut to Nature Manifesto, Björk never misses and she’s only getting better with time. After a surprise appearance at the Venice Biennale in a head-to-toe fiberglass fit, the avant-garde artist-songstress returns to her homeland a massive museum takeover (and solar eclipse rave) at the National Gallery of Iceland in Reykjavik.Presented by Bottega Veneta, the show, titled Echolalia, brings together three monumental installations: two immersive reworks of songs from her Fossera era, alongside an exclusive preview of “Nerve Bloom,” a new track from her upcoming album.“Ancestress” and “Sorrowful Soil,” both drawn from her 2022 album, take shape as deeply personal audiovisual works created in memory of her mother, environmental activist Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir. In the first piece, the arti...

SummaryDavid Zwirner in Paris presents French Paintings, a new solo exhibition by Belgian artist and filmmaker Michaël BorremansThe show gathers new oil paintings in the artist’s signature surreal style, each inspired Frances lineage of classical image-makers and pictorial traditionsBelgian artist Michaël Borremans arrives at David Zwirner for French Paintings, his first solo outing in the country 20 years. Running from June 5 to July 22 at the gallery’s 19th-century Marais outpost, the exhibition brings a fresh suite of oil-on-canvas works into the spotlight in an “ironic homage” to France’s art historical traditions.Borremans’ art unsettles the mind, but it’s hard to turn away. He’s best known for surreal subject matter rendered in luminous, subdued palettes, all tender and existential i...

SummaryJack White presents These Thoughts May Disappear, his debut art exhibition, at Damien Hirst's Newport Street GalleryRunning through September 13 in London, the show features new and archival installations, sculptures and design pieces, spotlighting White's lesser known upholstery and sculptural practiceBefore The White Stripes or the founding of his label, Third Man Records, Jack White had an upholstery shop. Opened at just 21, the space was steeped in yellow, white and black — a tightness of palette that would later define his career.At Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery in London, the multidisciplinary White invites audiences to explore the full scope of his artistic universe. On through September 13, These Thoughts May Disappear marks his first public art outing and features a...