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Hypeart Project (#HAP) is a new social series that spotlights prompt-specific work from a range of established and emerging artists. Each month, we announce unique art-focused prompts that serve as both challenges and opportunities for our brilliant creative community to tap into their inner frequency. Examples includeClick here to view full gallery at Hypebeast

Research has always played a central role in the exhibitions at Fondazione Prada — from Human Brains to Recycling Beauty. The latest endeavor follows suit and is an eerie but nonetheless gripping exploration into anatomy, history and art. Made in collaboration with Florence's La Specola, one of Europe's oldest science museums, alongside Canadian director and screenwriter David Cronenberg, Anatomical Waxes is a two-part exhibition that seeks to offer new and unexpected interpretations of cultural heritage, by sparking a dialogue between a historical collection and a contemporary figure or institution. The show comprises of thirteen 18th century wax models from the Florentine museum, as well as 72 anatomical drawings in nine showcases. Amongst the work on view, the so-called "Venus", a rare ...

Update:The Florida Department of Education (DOE) has declared that it will not prohibit the teaching of Michelangelo's David sculpture, following a grade school principal's forced resignation for not disclosing the lesson plan to parents ahead of time. News of the incident garnered worldwide attention, even prompting Florence mayor Dario Nardella extending a personal invitation to the ousted principal Hope Carrasquilla, along with the parents and children of the art class to come see the 16th Century masterpiece in person.David has artistic and historical value," said Alex Lanfranconi, communications director at the DOE in an interview with Florida's Voice, adding that "Florida encourages instruction on the classics and classical art, and would not prohibit its use in instruction."The cont...

At London's Design Museum, a new exhibition, titled Ai Weiwei: Making Sense, marks the first showcase to present the legendary artist's work as a "commentary on design and what it reveals about our changing values," per the museum. Developed in collaboration with Ai Weiwei, the show hosts a mix of recent works with commissioned pieces, with central themes including humanity and activism.Inside the space, five field works, housed inside rectilinear arrangements, feature an assortment of discovered items that Weiwei has collected over the last three decades. Among them, Still Life features thousands of flea market-found Stone Age axe heads, knives and spinning wheels laid neatly side-by-side, and an untitled work unites more than 20,000 Wing ware porcelain cannonballs that were created durin...

"Escape to B-Roll" is an exhibition of 10 paintings by Stacy Leigh, a New York-based artist, which is currently on display at the WOAW Gallery in Hong Kong until April 19, 2023. This show marks Leigh's debut exhibition in Hong Kong.The paintings in this exhibition were created this year by Leigh during her stay at the WOAW Gallery's location at 9 Queen's Road Central in Hong Kong. The paintings in this series were inspired by Leigh's fantasy of leaving her apartment and moving to a house somewhere away from the noise and chaos of the city. These unplanned and freestyle paintings showcase her imagination and creativity and have resulted in a series of beautiful and thought-provoking works of art.The paintings in "Escape to B-Roll" feature bright, bold colors and have whimsical titles such a...

Marian Goodman Gallery is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the late writer, artist, and curator Dan Graham. Housed in New York and curated by fellow artist and longtime friend, Peter Fischli, Is There Life After Breakfast? presents over 30 years of work highlighting Graham's impact on the world of sculpture and video installation, as well as his lifelong interest in music and film. Most immediately present is a room-encompassing installation dubbed Hedges and Two Way Mirror Glass Labyrinth (1991). Constructed with two way mirrors, aluminum, glass and living plants, the installation taps into the visual lexicon of architecture to unearth humans' relationship with the natural world. In the North Gallery, Fischli arranges CD's and greatest hits that he and Graham exchanged over the years, r...