Art

Later this month, Tomoo Gokita will present his debut solo exhibition with Petzel Gallery at its Chelsea location in New York.Known for his boundary-pushing and highly-characterized grayscale paintings, the show will mark a new era for the Japanese artist, who will be presenting a collection of new paintings that serve as an expanded study of new and innovative artistic techniques, as well as bolder color palettes.The inspiration for this new body of artwork derived from a rather mundane encounter, where the artist picked up a booklet with simple illustrations of everyday objects near his studio. Turns out, the booklet was created for dementia patients as mnemonic exercises.From there, Gokita experimented with the physicality of layered paper on canvases, which became the basis of the pain...

While Art Basel has long been the poster child for the Miami art fair circuit, the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) has equally shown to be a haven for artists, galleries and nonprofit organizations over the past 20 years. The 21st edition of the fair will be held downtown at the Ice Palace Studios and will showcase 139 galleries, art spaces, and nonprofit organizations, including 34 first time exhibitors from over 50 cities across the globe. Fans can also enjoy the return of the Curated Spotlight, a special section highlighting select galleries.“The 21st edition of NADA Miami comes on the heels of a very exciting year: we rang in the 20th anniversary of New Art Dealers Alliance, celebrated the fifth edition of NADA House, opened a new exhibition space, organized programs and exhibitions in...

THE SHOPHOUSE recently launched "Trioque," a group exhibition featuring three Korean female artists: Claire Chey, Yoonjoong Cho, and Debbie Kim. This exhibition brings together their diverse artistic journeys exploring urban life, spirituality, and societal metaphors.Claire Chey's artwork critiques cultural metaphors, especially regarding gender, using metaphorical paintings that reveal socio-economic patterns imprinted on our civilization. On the other hand, Yoonjoong Cho captures the essence of cities through her paintings, highlighting the struggle of city dwellers to adapt to urbanization. Lastly, Debbie Kim merges Eastern and Western philosophies in her art, revealing hidden depths in ordinary objects and transcending cultural and temporal boundaries."I hope this exhibition allows vie...

Refik Anadol's algorithmic installations are a fitting encapsulation of the craze around artificial intelligence. Made using millions of publicly sourced images, each artwork undulates at such breakneck speed, that in many ways, the work reflects the unnerving pace of social media, along with both the creativity and uncertainty ushered in by AI technology. Following his ongoing residency at Scorpios Mykonos, the Turkish new media artist will soon present work at the premier of the Sphere in Las Vegas.The orbital structure features a 580,000-square-foot programmable LED screen that will serve as a giant billboard for touring artists and musicians, including U2 and Darren Aronofsky. As the inaugural artist enlisted, Anadol will debut a hallucinatory algorithmic installation specially made fo...

Drawing inspiration from the forbidden baseball technique of moistening the ball with saliva as well as the concept of raw, unfiltered exchanges of ideas, artists Richie Culver and Tyrrell Winston present their first duo exhibition, "Spitball," at Stems Gallery Paris.Fittingly, saliva takes center stage in both artists' respective works. Culver's artwork features watermarks suggestive of saliva behind his expressive graffiti-style sayings -- with his pieces stretching beyond the canvas boundaries, often spilling onto walls, doors and street corners. A notable work reads, "I wanna do as little as possible but still get that mad money," while another challenges the old adage "Less is more" with the phrase "Less is less."On the other hand, Winston's works display saliva traces more prominentl...

The sun and the moon serve as the conceptual framework for Rachel Rose's latest solo exhibition, Good Morning Midnight. Housed at GL Strand in Copenhagen, the American visual artist, known for her kaleidoscopic films, paintings, and sculptures that contemplate themes of mortality and the way in which changing landscapes shape belief systems, will showcase two films that revolve around the passage of time and humanity's relationship with nature.In the first film, Enclosure (2019), Rose sets the scene to 17th century England, in which a group of mischievous travelers scourge farmland from villagers, slaughtering their livestock in the process, while a black orb replaces the sun as "a symbol of the future," according to the artist. The film alludes to the Enclosure Act, ratified around the 17...

The British Museum is currently undergoing a landmark investigation into one of its longtime curators, Peter Higgs, who allegedly stole priceless artifacts from its collection. The case has sent shockwaves across the world of art, particularly in many countries and institutions who have long fought to have their cultural artifacts repatriated from "The World's Museum." In particular, Nigeria and China have emerged as a vocal proponents of the British Museum's security breach, which resulted in a number of gold jewelry and gemstones, dating back 2,000 years, being sold on e-commerce site eBay for as low as $51 USD.“It’s shocking to hear that the countries and museums that have been telling us that the Benin Bronzes would not be secure in Nigeria, have thefts happening there,” said Abba Isa ...

At 89 years of age, Peter Saul is still working at a relentless pace. Over the past seven decades, the American artist has become globally recognized for his surreal comic depictions of political figures and pop cultural phenomena, always created in a graphically perverse aesthetic that humorously addresses social paradigms.Housed at New York-based gallery, Venus Over Manhattan, Saul's latest self-titled show presents paintings created between 2022 and 2023. His latest works probe into a number of pertinent issues: from Global Warming (2022 & 2023), where he satirizes the global communities neglect of the climate emergency, to Last Dime (2022) and Rain (2023), in which Saul makes humorous critiques on capitalism, in relation to society's relationship with money and natural phenomena. ...

Japan's southern island of Kyushu may not be the first destination travelers think of when visiting the Land of the Rising Sun. But it is home to some of the nation's most storied cities. Located roughly 530 miles away from Tokyo, Kyushu is known for its slow pace, natural beauty, and having the most onsens of any city — thanks to the nine active volcanoes in the area, including Mount Aso in Kumammoto, as well as the constantly grumbling Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima. The island's cultural impact shouldn't be overlooked either, with cities like Fukuoka boasting some of the best food in the nation, along with birthing world famous labels, such as nanamica. David Abrahams grew up far away in England's northern city of Leeds. Like many, however, the British photographer fell in love with th...

Hauser & Wirth has unveiled the latest location in its global lineup of galleries, and it is arguably its most beautiful. Housed on Menorca's Illa del Rei Island at an 18th century naval hospital, the 16,145-square-foot space was recently renovated by Argentinian architect Luis Laplace with a surrounding garden helmed by Dutch designer, Piet Oudolf. Speaking on the outdoor space, visitors will first have to take a 15-minute ferry from Menorca's capital Mahón, through a sculptural garden featuring works by Paul McCarthy, Hans Josephsohn, Stefan Brüggemann, and Eduardo Chillida.To inaugurate the new location, the gallery is hosting two separate exhibitions. The first, a group show called After the Mediterranean, which will showcase works by local artists, including Ghanaian artist Adjoa ...

The Baltimore Museum of Art and Saint Louis Art Museum recently concluded a monumental exhibition chronicling the cultural impact of hip hop. For those of you who missed the show, however, creative studio Pacific has chronicled the experience in a book showcasing the over 100 artists and brands who brought the event to life. Entitled The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, the catalog comprises of a 50 year deep dive into hip hop's global influence over the past two decades of the genre mapped across six themes: language, brand, adornment, tribute, ascension, and pose. Highlights of the show included a spotlight on Virgil Abloh's indelible legacy at Louis Vuitton, paintings by Joyce J. Scott and Tschabalala Self, as well as texts and interviews from a range of artist...