Art
‘Hard Copy’ Gives the Humble Photocopier Its Due
SummaryThe International Center of Photography in New York presents HARD COPY, a group exhibition curated by Aaron SternOn view until May 4, the show expands on Stern's ongoing project centered on the creative potential of the photocopierThe exhibition features work by 15 artists, including Stephen Shore, Thomas Ruff, Ryan McGinley, Ari Marcopoulos and Shaniqwa JarvisBillions of photos are taken every day. Many are hardly precious and surely most were never meant to be seen again: rogue text screenshots; awkward, aspirational captures; things you forgot you wanted to buy. Faced with our growing pile of “digital detritus,” as Aaron Stern puts it, how do we sort out the good stuff? For Stern, the humble photocopier holds some answers.The International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York ...
Takashi Murakami Takes Over The Broad for a Birthday Milestone
SummaryTakashi Murakami is being honored with a birthday showcase at The Broad in Los Angeles, featuring the debut of a major new acquisition: Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo: Japonisme Reconsidered—Moon Pine, Ueno (2024–25)To celebrate the museum's 10-year anniversary, The Shop at The Broad has released an exclusive, limited-edition screenprint titled Superflat Sunshine: A Decade in Bloom (2025), priced at $2,750 USD and restricted to an edition of 100The showcase, which runs through February 8, bridges Murakami’s Superflat theory with classical Japanese Ukiyo-e, offering a dialogue between his iconic smiling flowers and the historical influence of master Utagawa HiroshigeTakashi Murakami is currently the center of attention at The Broad in Downtown Los Angeles as the museum celebrate...
Stone Island Unveils Limited-Edition T-Shirts for Frieze Los Angeles 2026
SummaryIn the next act of their longstanding Focus partnership, Stone Island and Frieze tapped Jamal Cyrus to design a limited-edition T-shirt collection for the upcoming Los Angeles art fairThe collection comprises of two designs: one sported by staff, and the other available for purchase at the Santa Monica Airport during the fair's run and the Stone Island La Brea storeFrieze Los Angeles is in the air, and building on its creative alliance with the mega art fair group, Stone Island returns as the official partner of Focus, the on-site platform dedicated to championing emerging galleries.Following a stellar run of staff uniforms designed by the section’s featured names, Frieze and Stone Island have enlisted Houston-based artist Jamal Cyrus for its first, limited-edition T-shirt collabora...
V&A East Tells the Story of Black British Music
Summary<The V&A East Museum will host The Music is Black: A British Story, marking its inaugural exhibitionThe show will brings together over 200 artifacts and artworks celebrating 125 years of Black British musicFeatures and appearances include the likes of Little Simz, Jorja Smith, Skepta, Sade and JME, alongside newly commissioned artworks by Frank Bowling and LR VandyFrom jungle and drum and bass to UK garage and grime, Black British music travelled far beyond home shores, making an indelible mark on the global sound stage. With the arrival of the new V&A East in Stratford, the museum’s inaugural exhibition sets out to chart the sounds and scenes that have come to shape this aspect of contemporary British life. Opening on April 18, The Music is Black: A British Story traces ...
Basquiat’s Heads Get a Museum Show
SummaryThe Louisiana Museum of Modern Art will open the first comprehensive showcase dedicated to Jean-Michel Basquiat’s depiction of headsFeaturing 45 works, the exhibition centers in on 1981-1983, key years of creation, and offers insight into this prolific motif while unpacking their role in his life and workAfter a childhood car accident left him hospitalized, a seven-year-old Jean-Michel Basquiat was gifted a copy of Gray’s Anatomy, a medical reference book, by his mother. Throughout his life and practice, the artist kept a deep fascination with anatomy and science close, so when Basquiat, 22 at the time, was asked how he typically began a painting, his answer was simple: “I suppose I would start with a head.”A new exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark puts a spo...
Ink, Paper, Power: Inside STPI’s Inaugural ‘The Print Show & Symposium Singapore’
In the midst of Singapore Art Week (SAW) 2026's champagnes and canvases, the inaugural The Print Show & Symposium Singapore reminded us of a power player that not only serves as a collectible medium, but as a primary for conceptual innovation. Organized by STPI — a cornerstone of the region’s national Visual Arts Cluster — as a core anchor of SAW the event transformed Robertson Quay into a sanctuary of high-concept ink and paper and offered a sophisticated dual experience: a curated exhibition of global icons and a rigorous intellectual deep-dive into the "politics" of the medium. Spanning from 22 January to 7 February, the showcase turned a spotlight on the "expanded field" of print, proving that in a world of digital saturation, the physical impress of ink on paper remains majestic.T...
AI Weiwei’s Next Act Is a 30-Ton Button Installation
SummaryRenowned artist Ai Weiwei turns his 30-ton button collection into eight massive flags for Button Up!, a new exhibition in ManchesterOpening this summer, the show features “Eight-Nation Alliance Flags,” a new body of textiles, alongside a 2D version of “History of Bombs,” composed of 3.5 million Lego bricksIn 2019, Ai Weiwei bought out the entire stock of A Brown and Co Buttons, a defunct South London textile factory, leaving many to wonder: what was the artist planning to do with 30 tons of buttons? After the standout “F.U.C.K.” installation at Lisson in 2024, Ai’s fascination with the everyday object continues to unravel, and is set to take center stage in the forthcoming, aptly-titled Button Up! exhibition at Manchester’s Factory International come July 2.The ex-warehouse venue wi...
Tino Sehgal Walks the Line Between Art and Life in Guadalajara
SummaryTino Sehgal opens his first solo exhibition in Mexico at the Museo de Arte de ZapopanThe exhibition features several live works, including the seminal “Kiss,” “Yet Untitled” and “These Associations,” a new work created for the venueTino Sehgal’s works are famously undocumented, save for the odd stray snapshot here and there. While based in sculpture, the Berlin-based artist has built a reputation around what he terms "constructed situations": fleeting encounters shared between visitors and performers; things to be experienced more than witnessed. You just have to be there.Sehgal has landed in Guadalajara for his first-ever solo show Mexico. Staged at the new Estación MAZ at the Museo de Arte de Zapopan, the eponymous exhibition gives the floor to these ephemeral exchanges in warm-bl...
‘Teching Hsieh: Lifeworks’ Traces 21 Years of Endurance
SummaryDia Beacon presents Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999, the first full retrospective of his durational performancesHighlights include "Cage Piece," "Time Clock Piece," "Outdoor Piece" and "Rope Piece," alongside the monumental "Thirteen Year Plan"Currently on view at Dia Beacon is Tehching Hsieh: Lifeworks 1978–1999, the first comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the Taiwanese American artist’s radical durational performances. Enacted over a 21-year period, Hsieh’s oeuvre consists of five iconic One Year Performances followed by his monumental “Thirteen Year Plan,” all of which collapsed the traditional boundaries between art and life. This long-term view marks a significant milestone as it brings together all five year-long works for the first time, including "Rope Piece" and ...
Dawn Ng Blooms at Singapore Repertory Theatre With ‘The Earth Laughs in Flowers’ Exhibition
SummaryDawn Ng’s solo exhibition, The Earth Laughs in Flowers, features 12 large-scale paintings at the Singapore Repertory TheatreWorks act as "time capsules" created using frozen pigments, sand and iceThe immersive show runs until February 1, 2026Singaporean artist Dawn Ng returns to her home country for a significant solo exhibition titled The Earth Laughs in Flowers, hosted at the Singapore Repertory Theatre. Representing a major homecoming after international presentations in cities like New York, London and Seoul, this showcase marks the first time an art exhibition has been held within the theatre’s dramatic black-box space.Presented by Sullivan+Strumpf, the exhibition is an evolution of Ng’s ongoing body of work, Into Air, which explores the intersection of time, color, and emotion...
Perrotin LA To Host Takashi Murakami’s Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme’s Genesis’
SummaryTakashi Murakami’s Hark Back to Ukiyo-e exhibition opens at Perrotin Los Angeles on February 14, 2026Featuring 24 new works, the show highlights large-scale reinterpretations of Utamaro and Kiyonaga’s bijinga, alongside Monet-inspired piecesPerrotin Los Angeles is set to present Takashi Murakami’s latest solo exhibition, Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme’s Genesis on February 14, 2026.Featuring 24 new paintings, the exhibition explores the historical dialogue between Japanese ukiyo-e prints and European Impressionism, particularly the influence of bijinga - pictures of beautiful women - on artists such as Monet. Inspired by a recent visit to Monet’s Giverny, Murakami advances his Superflat theory by tracing how Edo-period compositions, costumes, and sensual gestur...
Jana Frost on Building Worlds Through Collage
Jana Frost builds immersive, symbolic worlds through collage, animation and set design, moving between physical and digital space. Now based in London after years of relocating, her practice reflects that sense of movement and impermanence. She studied fine art at Tallinn University in Estonia, but her education has remained ongoing, shaped by continued research into symbolism, philosophy and psychology, which inform the layered visual narratives running through her work.Originally trained in ceramics and sculpture, Frost gradually shifted away from material-heavy processes as frequent moving made traditional studio practice difficult to sustain. Collage emerged as both a practical solution and a conceptual fit. Principles central to sculpture such as composition, balance and storytelling ...
