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Opening this Saturday, Tyrrell Winston will be presenting his New Religion, True Religion, Better than the Pope solo exhibition at the Allouche Benias Gallery in Athens.The name of the show is partially inspired by a L’Equipe newspaper article from 1997. In that particular issue, the newspaper had declared Michael Jordan “bigger than the Pope” during the Chicago Bulls’ pre-season exhibition game in Paris. The official press release for the show notes that “Today, sports and celebrities are the new religions, and athletes and personalities are the new gods. Immortality seems more tangible than ever, so whose accomplishments will be remembered tomorrow?”Aside from the latest iterations of Winston’s signature basketball wall sculptures and calligraphic paintings, the artist also prepared a fe...

Erwin Wurm's anthropomorphic sculptures have caused the mind to laugh, to smile, to think for over 30 years. Characterized by his humorous approach to distorting everyday objects and decision-making, the Austrian artist prompts his audience to reconsider our relationship to the things that surround us and subsequently define us — from the clothes we wear, the cars we drive to the places we call home. On view at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), Erwin Wurm: Trap of the Truth presents 100 works, including 55 sculptures indoors and 19 sculptures across the promenade, along with paintings, photographs, videos and drawings he has created over the course of his career. Nothing is off limits for Wurm when it comes to subject matter. “At some point I came to realize that everything surrounding me ca...

Studio DRIFT's installations are big, bold and always effortlessly presented in a way to entice the senses. But unlike a lot of gimmicky experiential movements taking ahold of the art world, the Dutch duo seeks to address a number of real world issues spanning the climate emergency and our reliance on technology, in an attempt to spark reflection on the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature. Following the success of their recent show in Rio de Janeiro, DRIFT has unveiled a new exhibition entitled Vida em Coisas (which translates to 'Life in Stuff') at the CCBB São Paulo (Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil). Spread across sculpture and installations, DRIFT casts a vision of "nature and technology living together in harmony," according to Brazilian curator Marcello Dantas. "Be it thr...