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Fondation Beyeler has set the stage for an unprecedented transformation with its latest exhibition, ‘What Time is Heaven?’—a dynamic, ever-changing display that pushes the boundaries of contemporary art. For the first time in its 25-year history, the museum and its surrounding park will become a living artwork that evolves over time, featuring an impressive lineup of artists including Michael Armitage, Anne Boyer, Federico Campagna, and Ian Cheng.Key highlights include Philippe Parreno’s “Membrane 2” (2024), a towering, techno-futuristic totem in the garden that reacts to its surroundings with elaborate technological effects. Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculptures, which have enchanted viewers since the '60s, create a hauntingly soft atmosphere that turns the museum into a ghostly realm. Inside, R...

The two Just Stop Oil (JSO) protestors who hurled soup at Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers (1888) painting are expected to be sentenced to prison, according to a BBC report. Held at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, 22-year-old activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland "came within the width of a pane of glass of destroying one of the most valuable artworks in the world," said Southwark Crown Court Judge Christopher Hehir. In the two years since the incident, both Holland and Plummer were prohibited from visiting any museums or galleries, as well as carrying glue, paint or adhesive materials in a public setting. Holland and Plummer had initially unfurled a can of tomato soup on the glass encasing the centuries-old painting, stating: “What is worth more, art or life? Is it worth more than food...

Maurizio Cattelan once remarked, "It’s not about art, it’s about life, and that’s what interests me." In 'The Third Hand' exhibition at Moderna Museet, Cattelan brings this philosophy to life, twisting and shifting power in his dialogue with the museum’s collection. In 'The Third Hand,' he uses each gallery to dissect and reimagine the concept of power in society, infusing the exhibition with his familiar wit and sharp critique. With a keen eye for precision, Cattelan dismantles power structures and exposes human weaknesses. The show hinges on art's intrinsic power to ignite the imagination. While Cattelan champions the power of art, he remains skeptical of institutional power. Curator and Museum Director Gitte Ørskou dives into this intersection. Cattelan's belief that all power expires i...

Designer Joseph Robinson, known as Joe Freshgoods, channels a sense of community in his exhibition 'A Friend Named Cousin,' held during the Paris Olympics. Inspired by the camaraderie among Black artists like James Baldwin and Nina Simone, the exhibition delves into themes of friendship, love, and authenticity, showing that family in the Black community often extends beyond blood ties."Depending on the family you have, your friends become your family as you get older," Robinson said to Essence. "Blood is just a fluid; people from different parts of the world can become family." In his curatorial debut, Robinson unveiled his first art piece, a quilt titled "Looking Over Me," inspired by Faith Ringgold. The quilt honors his great-grandfather and grandfather, featuring Pan-African colors and ...

Preserving the past is no easy task. Take a work as celebrated as Michelangelo’s iconic Sistine Chapel (1512) fresco held at the Vatican. Centuries since its completion, teams of conservators have had to devise meticulous ways to remove grime that has accumulated across the mural, without compromising the artwork beneath. Sometimes this is achieved through special gels that remove the soot, without damaging the paint itself. Other times, researchers will use technology to discern what types of paints and materials Michelangelo once used to reapply his technique again. When done right, artworks can be seen anew for generations to come, just like originally intended. When done wrong, such as in the case of an 18th century church in the Spanish city of Soria, disaster ensues. Originally built...

American artist Clotilde Jiménez is the latest figure to join the Olympic craze that has hit the art world. His latest exhibition, The Long Run, explores notions of movement, identity, community and competition in the artist's signature collage aesthetic. On view at Mariane Ibrahim's Paris location, Jiménez, who was born in Honolulu and currently based in Mexico City, dismantles the constructs of sport — probing into the collective markers that manifest through each individual athlete — from gender and personal experiences to the communities and nations they represent. By juxtaposing various figures and materials, Jiménez' collages expand on the togetherness at the heart of sports. He also simultaneously raises the contradiction that many minority athletes face, who are marginalized back h...