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Following up on the release of 2021's Pearl, otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSE have reunited with British Potter Steve Harrison for a second publication. Titled The Search For Everything, the second publication with the gallery serves to document Harrison's latest firing of evocative earthenware.With the release of The Search For Everything, otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSE and Steve Harrison will embark a long-term project celebrating the work of the potter. The project will see a dedicated publication published for every new firing of Harrison.Head over to the otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSE's website to learn more about The Search For Everything by Steve Harrison. To mark the release of the publication a selection of Harrison's exclusive earthenware pots will also be available on the website. ...

Perrotin's Paris flagship is playing host to a new body of work by the acclaimed Japanese artist, Izumi Kato. As his third solo show with the gallery, the eponymously named event comprises of assemblage sculptures, as well as paintings of his enigmatic characters.Sometimes disturbing, other-times enchanting, Kato echoes a spiritual world through his largely primitive markings, harking to revered Japanese painters, such as Kawanabe Kyosai and Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Like ancient cave art, Kato creates his featureless characters through a combination of intuition and a presence of mind of his home nation's long history of spirituality — from Buddhism to Shintoism. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Perrotin Gallery (@perrotin)Pervading each work is a feeling of absence and melancholy, s...

Ukrainian-American director David Gutnik is set to unveil a moving new film documenting artists who chose to stay in Ukraine amidst the ongoing war with Russia. Premiering tomorrow June 8 at Tribeca Film Festival, Rule of Two Walls documents a number of creatives, including anonymous artist Kinder Album, wearables artist Serhii Petrov, rapper Stepan Burban and Lviv Municipal Arts Center director, Lyana Mytsko.The latter figure would in effect act as a guide for Gutnik in Lviv as he chronicled the horrors brought on by the conflict. “This war changed creators," said Petrov in the film. "Since art is my life, my only source of living, I will definitely try to create something. If I don’t, I will be over.”The focus of the film doesn't solely rest on the artists themselves, but on the Ukrainia...

Fresh off a solo show at Almine Rech in Paris, American artist Aaron Johnson has released a new limited edition print with Avant Arte. Whether through painting or sculpture, there is a combination of childlike innocence mixed with eerie undertones in each of Johnson's work and Suburban Dreams is no different. As the title of the piece implies, the artwork pits many of Johnson's ghoulish characters all in one cartoonish frame. Some figures are sourced from pop culture, such as E.T., to various mutli-eyed aliens and monsters disguised as houses. “I’m thinking about the idyllic idea of wholesome American life in the suburban dream – we all know there’s weird stuff lurking behind the surface," said Johnson in a statement. While clearly discernible at final execution, his monster characters are...