Art
Perrotin and Claire Tabouret Collaborate on Ceramic Plate Artworks
When seeing the sums that float around at auction, it can feel daunting to enter the world of art collecting. Especially considering blue chip lots and works from rising stars in the making. French artist Claire Tabouret is certainly in the latter camp and has been one to watch over the past decade as one of the premier figurative painters in the world. While her intimate portraiture and abstract landscapes fetch anywhere from $100,000 to over $800,000 USD, there's still ways to own unique works from the Los Angeles-based artist, including a new ceramic plate by Galerie Perrotin.Portrait with Curls and Portrait with Stripes feature two expressive depictions of young girls — a prominent theme that the artist extrapolates within her practice. Whether shown singular or in a group, Tabouret's ...
New Exhibition in Germany Dives Into the Rise of Glitch Art
Most people have experienced a glitch at some point in their lives. Whether through a malfunction on their smartphone, an unusual lapse within a video game or the classic freeze-frame on a video call. But a new exhibition on view at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich spotlights how artist's have utilized the theme of interruption within their respective practices. Glitch: The Art of Interference draws attention to one of the youngest art forms, signaling a focus on the productive side of error. Going back to its roots, the German word “glitschen” (to slide, let slide) or Yiddish “gletshn” (to slip, slide away) was first coined in the 1950s as a response to describe programming errors in early computers. The exhibition includes sculpture, painting and mixed-media applications, including w...
French Artist JR Opens Participatory Installation at Superblue Miami
Massive multimedia presentations seem to be a hallmark for JR. While perhaps best known for his large-scale photographic murals that have displayed across New York City and amidst the Pyramids of Giza, the French artist constantly shrugs off categorization by constantly reinventing his practice through collaborative projects, that have recently included Paris' Palais Garnier and a documentary recounting the life of Robert De Niro Sr. For his latest endeavor, the creative polymath created a colossal mural featuring 1,048 portraits of Miami residents and visitors, as part of his Chronicles series. Currently on view at Superblue, the artwork invites participants to take a portrait in one of three photo booths, which results in oversized prints of the sitter that displays on the exterior of th...
Proposal to Include New Stained-Glass Windows at Notre Dame Cathedral Comes Under Fire
To cap off 2023, French authorities lifted a new golden phoenix atop Paris' Notre Dame to signal that the building's restoration is close to completion. However, not everyone is excited with how the nearly thousand year cathedral will be re-presented. Namely, there is a proposed plan to install new contemporary stained-glass windows, which has been met with heavy criticism. French publication La Tribune de l’Art created an online petition demanding that architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc's original windows be kept at Notre Dame. While undamaged in the 2019 fire, French president Emmanuel Macron proposed a competition on December 8 calling contemporary artists to submit designs for six of seven windows in the cathedral's south aisle. Macron outlined that the original windows would be on view a...
Virtual Exhibition Celebrates 30 Years of ‘The Real Ronaldo’
For those too young to witness, hearing the name Ronaldo instantly conjures up the chiseled Portuguese winger who now (predictably) scores relentlessly in the Saudi league. But for older generations, Ronaldo Lima was the original phenom who catapulted both the Brazilian National Team and Nike within the world of football.A group of emerging artists are showing their love for O Fenômeno ('The Phenomenon') though a new virtual exhibition to celebrate 30 years since R9 burst on the scene with Cruzeiro. Curated by A Store Like 94, the show includes a variety of one-off hand-painted artworks and giclée prints from the likes of Dan Draws, Jean Joao, 45 RPM, Iosone Kaba and many more. The premise of the show was centered around the founder's desire to bring 30 male and female modern artists who e...
Leaked File Shows the Thousands of Artists Midjourney Has Allegedly Used to Train Its AI Models
It's no surprise to hear that AI image generators rely on the work of real human beings to churn out content at blink-fast rate. But exactly which artists? According to reports, a Google Sheet revealed via X (formerly Twitter) and Bluesky contained a list of thousands of artists, time periods, styles, genres and techniques that Midjourney has allegedly been mining for its services. Names include Yayoi Kusama, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Banksy, HR Giger, and countless others. Even outside the traditional realms of art, card and video games like Magic: The Gathering and Riot Games have also noted of a breach in IP. The list stems from a complaint originally filed a year ago against Midjourney, Stability AI and DeviantArt, which accounted 16,000 artists that the AI platforms ha...
AllRightsReserved and KAWS Release New Bronze Edition ‘CALM NIGHT’
First revealed at the "KAWS:HOLIDAY" launch in Indonesia last August, AllRightsReserved and KAWS have now come together to release a new bronze edition titled CALM NIGHT. The latest addition to the limited KAWS bronze edition series serves to continue the long-term partnership between KAWS and ARR. Each sculpture celebrates the success of previous global launches, ranging from the first KAWS:PASSING THROUGH in 2010 to the latest KAWS:HOLIDAY Indonesia in 2023.The AllRightsReserved x KAWS Bronze Edition CALM NIGHT is crafted of bronze and features dimensions of L165 x W67 x H39mm. Limited to 250 editions with 50 artist proofs, the sculpture expresses a bunny-like figure lying down with its hands covering its eyes.A portion of the release will be made available to the public January 3, 10 p....
Nicolas Party Unveils First Museum Solo Exhibition in Germany
Nicolas Party is showcasing his first institutional solo exhibition in Germany. On view at Museum Frieder Burda in Baden, When Tomorrow Comes encompasses the Swiss artist's practice across painting, sculpture and massive site-specific installations.The relationship between humanity and nature, more specifically the climate emergency, continues to play a thematic role within Party's latest work. Following his latest exhibition at Hauser & Wirth, the New York-based artist invites audiences into an immersive display of burning forests, surreal portraiture and meditations on prehistoric species. “It’s interesting for me to think about the apocalypse and art history," noted Party, "of Sodom and Gomorrah, and other historical paintings of fires that represent the end of the world." Sieh dir ...
Louis Buhl & Co. Announces New Detroit Headquarters
Long under-appreciated , Detroit is reemerging as a cultural epicenter within the US thanks to a growing list of artists and organizations calling the Motor City home. Contemporary art galleries Louis Buhl & Co. and Library Street Collective have been an integral member of this list who continue to lead the charge on curatorial projects and exhibitions, that have featured the likes of Robert Moreland, Tyrrell Winston, Geoff McFetridge and many more. To kick off 2024, Library Street Collective and Louis Buhl & Co. co-founders Anthony & JJ Curis have announced plans to launch a new headquarters in Detroit's East Village. The forthcoming building will be designed by Los Angeles-based architecture firm Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects, and will include a new gallery space, along with it...
Explore West Kowloon, a captivating blend of historic and modern aspects of Hong Kong. Enjoy a different pace of the city that is rich in culture.
A somewhat new way for travelers to get to see another side of a foreign city, the Citywalk trend grew out of a saturation of seeing the same photos of common attractions when traveling abroad. Feeling tired of the same tourist destinations, groups began to form and travel together to explore the offbeat attractions of a city, and eventually the #Citywalk hashtag became a movement. A Citywalk has its advantages as it takes you out of the textbook “must see” locations that are usually overly crowded, it is a intimate experience with the city at a slower pace, and because most of the locations involve places that are part of locals’ daily lives, you walk away with a deeper understanding of the the culture.West Kowloon is one of those places that often gets overlooked when compared to some of...
New Banksy Stop Sign Art Stolen Less Than an Hour After Unveiling
A new Banksy artwork recently popped up in London. Fans were made aware of the piece after the artist uploaded a photo of the piece on Instagram on December 22. The anonymous artist confirmed that the traffic stop sign with three aircrafts that seem to resemble military drones, was a unique piece of his own. A video and Getty Images captured two men seen taking down the sign less than an hour after its unveiling on the intersection of Southampton Way and Commercial Way in Peckham, South London. Authority have been alerted of the incident and said that the stop sign would be replaced. It is understood that Banksy himself is not behind the removal and there are currently two men arrested on suspicion of theft of the Banksy artwork. The two thieves appeared to use bolt cutters and Lime bicycl...
Pen & Paper: Dan Howden and the Process Behind His Meticulous Linocut Prints
In a social media-driven age that moves frantically fast, artist and printmaker Dan Howden likes to work slow. How slow? His process always begins with taking a photograph, fine tuning that image via Photoshop, projecting it on a wall, then redrawing the core parts with a marker. Finally, he cuts the base elements and assembles them back together, one by one in separate registrations which he rolls over with paint and ink to finish off. Sounds intensive? That’s because it is, but Howden, who’s based in England’s northern city of York, loves his unintended career path.“I occasionally feel like a photographer who’s bizarrely embraced linocut rather than an illustrator who’s adopted photography,” he tells Hypeart. In terms of subject matter, Howden takes a maximalist approach to presenting or...
