Art
Alma Allen to Represent the U.S. Pavilion at 2026 Venice Biennale
SummaryAlma Allen will represent the U.S. at the 2026 Venice BiennaleThe artist will fill the pavilion with Call Me the Breeze, a 30-work exhibition curated by Jeffrey UslipThe selection closes a contentious search for a U.S. Pavilion artist with mounting political pressure surrounding the presentationAlma Allen has been selected to represent the U.S. at the 2026 Venice Biennale. The announcement confirmed recent rumors on Allen's pick and marks the end of months-long speculation over whether the country would even lock in a representative for art world Olympics.Born in Utah and now based in Mexico, Allen, a largely self-taught artist, will fill the Palladian-style U.S. Pavilion with Call Me the Breeze, a 30-work exhibition curated by Jeffrey Uslip, consisting of existing works and new com...
Nadia Lee Cohen Reckons with Fragmented Memories in ‘Holy Ohio’
SummaryNadia Lee Cohen's newest book Holy Ohio, serves as an intimate photo series documenting her visit to her family in Ohio after 20 yearsCreated in collaboration with WePresent, the book is limited to 1,200 copies; releasing on December 12Nadia Lee Cohen’s Holy Ohio marks one of the artist’s most personal projects to date, produced in collaboration with WePresent, the arts platform of WeTransfer. The monograph documents Cohen’s return to Ohio after more than 20 years, revisiting her extended family and reflecting on her earliest introduction to America. Through candid yet unsentimental photography, she captures the rhythms of rural heartland life, weaving together fragmented childhood memories with the present-day reality of four generations living side by side.Designed to physically r...
The Modern Brit, According to Reuben Dangoor
SummaryBritish artist Reuben Dangoor unveils This Lime Green and Pleasant Land in LondonThe showcase features a range of paintings, sculptures and art objects that explore contemporary British identity through play and humorReuben Dangoor, the London-based artist remixing modern British culture, is stepping into the solo spotlight for the first time with This Lime Green and Pleasant Land, running until November 23. A cheeky riff on William Blake’s famed words on the English landscape, the showcase trades pastoral serenity for contemporary chaos, perhaps best embodied by Lime bikes littered across an otherwise idyllic countryside.Gathering new works and archival favorites, the exhibition takes a tour through the nation, guided by Dangoor’s tongue-in-cheek gaze. Rich oil paintings of Grime i...
Frida Kahlo’s “El sueño” Portrait Sells for Record-Breaking $55 Million USD at Sotheby’s Auction
SummaryFrida Kahlo’s self-portrait, El sueño (La cama), sold for a record-breaking $55 million USD at Sotheby’sThe 1940 painting, showing Kahlo in bed with a skeleton, reflects a period of the artist’s chronic pain and marital turmoilThe sale set a new auction record for a Latin American artistA deeply intimate self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has shattered the artist’s previous auction record, selling for a monumental $55 million USD at Sotheby’s in Manhattan. The piece, titled "El sueño (La cama)," or "The Dream (The Bed)," now holds the record for the most expensive work by any Latin American artist sold at auction.The canvas, created in 1940, is a powerful reflection of a period of great distress in Kahlo's life, coinciding with the deterioration of her health and her turbulent marriage. I...
Matt McCormick Charts the Evolution of His Charcoal Cowboys in New Book
SummaryMatt McCormick is releasing a new monograph, What I Feel I Can't Say, spotlighting his charcoal drawings under his publishing imprint, Highway LiaisonReleasing November 28, the forthcoming book features nearly 200 drawings created over the last decadeLos Angeles-based artist Matt McCormick is releasing a new book tracing the quiet evolution of his charcoal practice. Released under his publishing atelier, Highway Liaison, What I Feel I Can't Say assembles nearly 200 drawings created over the last decade in a personal record animated by the artist's cool, cinematic restraint.The collection began in 2013, when McCormick got serious about his art practice. “I’d always squeezed it in around everything else, but the noise was starting to quiet,” he reflected in a recent post. “Felt like I...
Slawn and Opake Swing Back Hard in ‘Heroes, Villains and Violence’
SummaryBritish artists Slawn and Opake team up on Heroes, Villains and Violence, an upcoming showcase at The Art of Hip Hop, coinciding with Miami Art WeekFeaturing a range of new works, the artists muse on childhood dreams and future directionsFresh off their TABOO drop, London’s new iconoclast duo Slawn and Opake are back together for an immersive showcase at Wynwood’s Art of Hip Hop, just in time for Miami Art Week. Running from December 3 through 31, their new exhibition, Heroes, Villains and Violence, pushes deeper into the chaotic, self-mythologizing universe the two have been building together, taking heavy cues from both pop cultural spectacle and personal narrative. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Opake (@opake_art) This new suite of collaborative works delve into the ...
$236M USD Gustav Klimt Painting Becomes the Second Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold
SummaryGustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” (1914–16) sold for $236.4 million USD at Sotheby’s inaugural Breuer Buildin sale, making history as the second most expensive artwork and the most expensive modern artwork ever sold at auction.Bringing a total of $706 million USD, the two-part auction saw the highest single-evening sale in the house’s history.Sotheby’s christened its new New York Breuer Building headquarters last night with a record-breaking debut, delivering the highest single-evening total in the company’s history. Tallying an astonishing $706 million USD — more than twice the sum achieved at its comparable sales last year — the sale signaled signaled momentum in a previously shrinking art market.Headlining the sale was Gustav Klimt’s six-foot-tall “Portrait of Elisab...
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Comes Alive in New James Jean Print
SummaryJames James is releasing a collaborative "Frankenstein" print with director Guillermo del Toro on November 25The edition reimagines the film's poster with sculptural embossment, gloss effects and delicate foil embellishments featuring its main charactersJames Jean typically works solo, save for his collaborative posters with Guillermo del Toro. Over the last few years the Taiwanese-American illustrator and horror maestro have cultivated quiet the creative partnership after del Toro tapped Jane to design the leading poster for his 2017 film The Shape of Water, a fantastical, aquatic scene. The two later came together for a Pinnochio-inspired artwork, and now they are reuniting for the director's most recent film, Frankenstein.Jean revealed the collaborative project via Instagram, tho...
World Press Photo Celebrates 70 Years With 70 Prints
SummaryArts nonprofit World Press Photo commemorates its 70th anniversary with a limited-time print saleThe sale features works from 70 photographers across continents and eras, centering its photojournalistic focusFor seven decades, World Press Photo has celebrated the power of photojournalism, elevating images that deepen our understanding of the world. Founded in 1955, the organization has become a global touchstone for visual storytelling, and now, as it marks its 70th anniversary, it’s commemorating the milestone with a special limited-time print sale.The sale throws open the doors to World Press Photo’s extensive archive, offering the public a chance to own a piece of visual history. The collection brings together standout photographs from World Press Photo Contest's past as well as ...
Tribute Portfolio’s Recoleta Grand Brings Porteña Culture Into Focus
Recoleta Grand, Buenos Aires, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, sits in the center of the city's storied Recoleta district and builds its identity around the neighborhood's deep art history. The hotel leans into Porteña culture with interiors by Lucas Gashu that mix local textures, custom art and early 20th century influences. Books fill the rooms and common areas, turning literature into a consistent element that runs through the sprawling space.The food and drink program follows the same creative spirit. Executive Chef Maximiliano Matsumoto blends Argentine ingredients with contemporary technique shaped by his time in some of the city’s most respected kitchens. Café de Prensa nods to Buenos Aires’ historic literary cafés while Mansión Mihura unfolds across restored rooms filled with visual refe...
A2Z Art Gallery Debuts Jono Toh’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’
Summary'Thinking Out Loud' is Toh’s most focused and confident abstract work to dateThe show marks a major career jump, backed by strong collector interest and a recent Louis Vuitton Paris acquisitionAfter working in fashion across New York, Hong Kong and Sydney, Jono Toh has shifted his focus to painting. His work explores the space between conscious thought and intuition, using bold shapes to translate personal memories and emotions into visual form. Thinking Out Loud, his new exhibition at A2Z Art Gallery makes that internal process visible through a series of clear, graphic compositions."These visual expressions move through the uncertainties of my life with clarity and optimism,” he said in a press release. “They invite the viewer into a space where thought becomes visible, and where ...
Stickymonger’s New Surrealist Suite Heads to NANZUKA UNDERGROUND
SummaryStickymonger is set to open her latest exhibition, See Through, at NANZUKA UNDERGROUNDRunning from November 22 through December 27, the 21-piece showcase explores the curious act of seeing and a tender, self-reflective gazeBrooklyn-based artist Stickymonger returns to NANZUKA this season with a new solo presentation at its Tokyo flagship gallery. Entitled See Through, the exhibition introduces a new body of uniquely contoured canvases that channel nostalgia through snapshots of everyday life, blending whimsy and introspection with a deft, spray painterly hand.The girls that enliven these surreal scenes draw their charm from a multicultural blend of pop sensibilities, reminiscent of the artist’s inspirations and creative upbringing. From growing up in Korea in the 1990s to carving ou...
