Art

Egyptian artist Ghada Amer has recontextualized the QR code in a new solo exhibition at London's Goodman Gallery. Born in Cairo and now based in New York City, Amer is typically known for creating striking mixed-media artwork that centers the female body as a "battleground" to explore themes pertaining identity, sexuality and Islamic culture. In QR CODES REVISITED, however, she tapped into the ubiquity of what has now become a common form of language to meditate on how we universally communicate across cultures in the present. Mapped across the gallery space are a series of new woven tapestries that appear like mazes made of patchwork lettering in both English and Arabic. Hidden beneath each geometric layer are messages of prominent feminist voices from Eastern and Western activists — such...

Known for his multi-colored contemporary art and signature smiley flower designs, Takashi Murakami is one of the most celebrated Japanese artists of the 21st century. In continuing his legacy, the artist has now announced a forthcoming exhibition entitled, “Takashi Murakami Mononoke Kyoto.”Taking place at the KYOCERA Museum of Art in Kyoto City, the large-scale exhibition will chronicle the extent of Murakami's work – also celebrating the museum's 90th anniversary. For the announcement, an introductory press conference was held at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo where Murakami offered a look at what's to come from the exhibition and why he focused on Kyoto for it.Aside from the conference, an iwai-maku (celebration curtain) celebrating the name succession of Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro XIII, who...

Want to win $1m USD? Australian artist CJ Hendry has a simple proposition for you: drain 34 consecutive shots in her new basketball HOOP sculpture and you can win one of her large-scale drawings and the big money prize. Made in conjunction with the City of Miami and the return of Art Basel Miami Beach, which officially opens to the public today, Hendry's latest project features a 20-foot-tall cobalt blue tree with 34 hoops that are made to mimic a chandelier. Located just by the water in the Wynwood District, the artwork was a refreshing change of pace to Hendry's drawing practice and temporary exhibitions. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry) View this post on InstagramA post shared by Cj Hendry (@cj_hendry)"This HOOPS concept is my first foray into a perman...

A year on from their collaborative chair sculpture, French artist Jean Jullien and Case Studyo are back with another (functional) edition called La Baleine (The Whale). Playing in line with his whimsical two-dimensional illustrations, the porcelain artwork features a cheerful blue whale with a scribbly hand-drawn vibe with an open blow-hole that can hold pens, colored pencils, flowers or whatever else that comes to mind. For Jullien, who frequently paints animals and scenes associated to the beach, the whale represents a symbol of grace, grandeur and unbounded creativity. The hybrid sculpture was made to play on the metaphor of a whale's blowhole, "an emblem of exhaling and releasing creative energy", according to Case Studyo, where he invites his collectors to fill the whale with their ow...

Art Basel Miami Beach is back for its 21st edition in what appears to be a not as sunny South Beach this year. Apart from the weather, which is actually fine (relative to rest of the country), the mega fair presents 277 galleries from 39 countries and a seemingly infinite amount of events and fairs orbiting the city — from NADA to Untitled to Scope. Two decades on and the fair's Miami Beach edition has unofficially become the key week within art and design calendars to showcase both the best the creative world has to offer, as well as a gathering point for brand activations, micro influencers seeking to escape the cold and all the debauchery in between. Housed at the Miami Beach Convention Center, the 2023 edition will be mapped out across seven sections. The main area, Galleries, consists...

Amsterdam-born, Paris-based artist and typographer Pieter Ceizer has readied a swath of new work for Art Miami: a wood sculpture dubbed No Tears and a quartet of steel paintings-slash-structures. The latest addition to Ceizer's ongoing Woody sculpture series after previous Amour and Good Vibes releases, No Tears is equal parts playful and poignant, while the metal artworks show Ceizer's unique blend of typography and industrial practices.Crafted by hand at Ceizer's Paris atelier, No Tears is a nine-inch-tall wood figure painted either peach orange or strawberry red and screen printed with a teardrop pattern and script and contour line detailing. Each is limited to 15 units, signed and numbered on the bottom of its feet, and packaged in a wooden box.Meanwhile, the four metal artworks are ti...

Spanish porcelain brand Lladró is taking its first steps into the fine art world with its first-ever art collection, Art Editions – a series of limited-edition collaborative releases with big-name and emerging artists. Kicking off the first installment of Art Editions is famed Spanish artist Javier Calleja; in a presentation dubbed “You Choose One,” Calleja has crafted three original wide-eyed designs."You Choose You" spans 25 hand-painted designs in “Boy,” “Devil Cat,” and “Angel Cat," iterations, each of which is complete with glossy glass eyes, evocative of Calleja's signature Pop Art-inspired style. Lladró’s in-house chemists physically created a custom palette of over 4000 color shades solely for "You Choose You." Each collectible is hand-signed by Calleja and comes complete with cust...

Spanish porcelain brand Lladró is taking its first steps into the fine art world with its first-ever art collection, Art Editions – a series of limited-edition collaborative releases with big-name and emerging artists. Kicking off the first installment of Art Editions is famed Spanish artist Javier Calleja; in a presentation dubbed “You Choose One,” Calleja has crafted three original wide-eyed designs."You Choose You" spans 25 hand-painted designs in “Boy,” “Devil Cat,” and “Angel Cat," iterations, each of which is complete with glossy glass eyes, evocative of Calleja's signature Pop Art-inspired style. Lladró’s in-house chemists physically created a custom palette of over 4000 color shades solely for "You Choose You." Each collectible is hand-signed by Calleja and comes complete with cust...

Easy Otabor, owner and curator of Chicago's Anthony Gallery, has joined forces with Nike to produce a group exhibition highlighting the Air Force 1's timeless influence, during Art Basel Miami. Titled Sole Perspectives, the showcase will platform 20 artists whose work pays homage to the signature sneaker across a wide range of mediums, including photography, painting, collage, sculpture and video.The featured artists, which include Andrew Park, Bradley Ward, Henry Swanson, Jewel Ham, Lindsay Dawn, Michael C. Thorpe and Okey Ofomata, among others, exist "at the intersection of fashion, sport, and contemporary art," per Otabor.The exhibition's official description reads: "Varied media and subject matter speak to a universal language of style that transcends time, geography, or utilitarian pu...

Easy Otabor, owner and curator of Chicago's Anthony Gallery, has joined forces with Nike to produce a group exhibition highlighting the Air Force 1's timeless influence, during Art Basel Miami. Titled Sole Perspectives, the showcase will platform 20 artists whose work pays homage to the signature sneaker across a wide range of mediums, including photography, painting, collage, sculpture and video.The featured artists, which include Andrew Park, Bradley Ward, Henry Swanson, Jewel Ham, Lindsay Dawn, Michael C. Thorpe and Okey Ofomata, among others, exist "at the intersection of fashion, sport, and contemporary art," per Otabor.The exhibition's official description reads: "Varied media and subject matter speak to a universal language of style that transcends time, geography, or utilitarian pu...