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Curators William Croghan, Benno Tubbesing and Matthieu Von Matt of American Art Projects mark their debut in Europe with America Unframed, a bold group exhibition in Berlin. On view through June 13, the show brings together a new generation of U.S.-based artists whose works reflect the evolving visual language of American culture.Rather than focusing on medium or style, the exhibition centers on a cultural thread that binds the featured artists: a shared vocabulary shaped by Pop Art, American Realism, commercial sign painting, Hollywood, and the ever-expanding influence of the Internet. America Unframed is the first in a planned series of transatlantic shows intended to foster deeper dialogue between the American and Berlin art scenes. “This is not a manifesto,” the organizers note, “but a...

The Miami Art Society presented Tropical Brainstorm, a solo exhibition by Gustavo Oviedo at The Goodtime Hotel a Tribute Portfolio Hotel by Marriott Bonvoy. The show featured over 20 new works spanning paintings, ceramics and collages, alongside the debut of Oviedo’s latest art book of the same name.Rooted in his experiences as a diver and underwater videographer, Tropical Brainstorm captured the tension between natural ecosystems and human debris. Oviedo drew from biomorphic forms and marine life observed during deep-sea expeditions, using recurring visual motifs, what he called "form families," to mirror nature’s organized chaos.At the core of the exhibition were his “Brainstorms,” cloud-and-lightning forms that served as visual meditations on improvisation, evolution, and interconnected...

In a cultural moment marked by censorship and retrenchment, Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 presents a bold counternarrative: The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869–1939. Spanning more than 300 works from 125 artists across 40 countries, the exhibition traces the emergence of queer identity. The show brings together pieces from major institutions including the Tate in London and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, alongside rarer finds from small private collections in countries like Spain and Sri Lanka.Curated by scholar Jonathan D. Katz and eight years in the making, the show rewinds to 1869, the year the term "homosexual" first entered public discourse. Through provocative works—drag portraits, two-spirit celebrations, early same-sex unions—the show dismantles the myth of ...

Iván Argote made waves in New York last fall when his 16-foot pigeon made a home for itself on the High Line in Downtown Manhattan. Now, the Colombian artist and filmmaker is back, just in time for Frieze Week, with a new special solo exhibition at Perrotin.Spanning nearly two decades of practice, Breathings arrives on the heels of three major international projects: Descanso, a central outdoor installation at the 2024 Venice Biennale; Dinosaur, his High Line Plinth commission (2024–2026); and Air de Jeu, part of the Prix Marcel Duchamp exhibition at the Centre Pompidou (2022–2023). Employing a deeply reflective lens on power and history, these works position Argote as one of the most resonant voices interrogating the role of monuments in both preserving and challenging dominant narratives...

SummaryDIRTY TEDDY GALLERY's Hong Kong exhibition explores psychological collapse and irrationalityNatural materials are crucial in shaping the exhibition's unsettling breakdown of perception and emotional controlThe exhibition runs until May 11 at otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSEDIRTY TEDDY GALLERY presents There’s a Strange Looking Man at My Door, their first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Hosted by THE SHOPHOUSE at its otherthings space. The exhibition examines psychological collapse, exploring the disconnection from reality and the irrationality that arises despite intelligence. Drawing inspiration from Michel Foucault’s theories on madness, the works reshape familiar forms into surreal, fragmented structures that blur the boundary between perception and illusion.Through artwear, masks and ...