Art

Tate Britain is showcasing a moving retrospective exhibition chronicling the career of acclaimed British filmmaker and installation artist, Sir Isaac Julien. Born in East London in 1960, Julien has spent the past 40 years investigating themes related to racism, homophobia, colonial legacies and desire through captivating documentary films that straddle fiction and reality. As the largest retrospective on the artist to date, What Freedom is to Me, was chosen as the title of the show as an homage to Nina Simone, who once used the phrase in a 1968 interview. The exhibition will feature a number of his most celebrated works, including five single-screen films, along with six floating installations, such as his seminal early films, Looking For Langston (1989) and Vagabondia (2000), as well as n...

Although far removed from Texas' major cities, the small desert town of Marfa has long inspired artists, writers and creatives of all backgrounds since Donald Judd first set up studio spaces in the area in 1971, by purchasing and reconverting a series of abandoned buildings. Adding to the lore that is Marfa nowadays, Los Angeles-based artist Matt Johnson has permanently relocated his massive Sleeping Figure installation to West Texas.Having debuted at the most recent Desert X biennial, Sleeping Figure is a 150-foot-long and 40-foot-tall installation entirely made of shipping containers that have been contorted in a balancing act to whimsically resemble reclining figures from art history. Think Rose from Titanic (1997), but made of shipping containers and sprawled out across the desert land...

Famed pro tennis player Andy Murray, renowned artist Refik Anadol and the Wimbledon Foundation have partnered to bring to life a living digital artwork, derived at the crossroads of art, sport and data science.Dubbed "The Exposition," the work acts as a gateway into 18 years of Murray's Wimbledon career data, brought to life visually through complex analysis and algorithms -- with each burst of color in the work said to represent "the drama, the rivalries and the Championship victories," seen over the course of the player's storied career.Collecting first became available for the time-limited edition on July 7, a significant date for Murray as it marked the 10-year anniversary of his first Wimbledon win. What makes the work especially unique is the fact that it will organically evolve, to ...

Last week, rising South Korean artist Surin Kim opened her first solo exhibition titled, "POWER OBJ." Taking over Seoul's REALATION SPACE, the digital-based artist shared her latest creations in varied media forms.Surin Kim's practice aims to give life to beautiful sculptures that do not exist in the world. Kim notes, "My sculptures dance in a way that they want to be recognized for their unique grammar. But I can save their data and implement them online and reproduce them. I play with contradictions, also capture the desperate gestures of sculptures seeking beauty."Kim's "POWER OBJ" exhibition notably features more than 20 sculptures in her signature dynamic forms created using 3D printing and UV printing technology. Inspired by the Seokgatap and Dabotap stone pagoda structures found thr...

Unveiling at NANZUKA next weekend is Julia Chiang’s new solo exhibition, “Remember That Time When What.” The exhibition will mark the Brooklyn-based painter’s third showcase at the gallery, and the first time in four years since “Pump and Bump.”A series of 15 new paintings, alongside a selection of watercolor pieces will be displayed at the gallery, all in Chiang’s hallmarked abstract aesthetics. The new body of paintings is described as “a world in which drops, splashes, and petal-like clusters and organic colors harmonize comfortably.“ Open for interpretation, the pieces can be viewed as maps that denote the flow of energy, or even as intriguing patterns of living organisms.The openness and unpredictability of Chiang’s works carry a level of uncertainty, which the artist clarifies as an ...

Angelina Jolie recently announced a new venture that would allow consumers to become designers, as they collaborate with a range of tailors and artisans from around the world. Dubbed Atelier Jolie, the platform seeks to democratize fashion by creating a more inclusive environment that would breathe new life in vintage and deadstock materials. Where will this atelier be based? None other than the old studio space once owned by legendary artist Andy Warhol and occupied by his contemporary, Jean-Michel Basquiat. According to a report by ARTnews, the actress and humanitarian recently closed in on a deal to purchase the 19th century building the two lived and worked in the 1980s, which she will rent out for up to eight years. Directors John Roesch and Garrett Kelly of Meridian Capital Group, wh...

Matthieu Blazy's Bottega Veneta is a prolific advocator of media formats, presenting everything from immersive art experiences in Brazil to printed dedications of Kate Moss and a resurgence of BUTT Magazine. Now, it welcomes Magma into its world, supporting the inaugural release of Paul Olivennes's new print publication.Magma is the restoration of revues d’art -- think of materials such as Georges Bataille’s Documents (1929), the surrealist Minotaure (1933), or the first issues of Andy Warhol'ss Interview magazine (1969). It is a societal, cultural resurgence; the documentation of works, words, art, and more that are seminal, epochal, and definitive of an era, crafting the foundations for what we have at our disposal today."These magazines offered direct access to artistic creation. They w...

Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris is currently playing host to a monumental exhibition showcasing the work of Pop artist Andy Warhol and Neo Expressionist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Shortly after, however, the institution will dial the history books back to present a comprehensive survey on American painter, Mark Rothko.As the first retrospective on Rothko in France since the 1999 show at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the eponymously titled exhibition will retrace the artist's early landscapes and lesser-known figurative paintings produced in the 1930s and '40s, to his moody color-field paintings following the post-war years. In total, the exhibition will feature 115 works sourced from major institutions, along with private collections from around the world, including Rothko's 19...

Tokyo is gearing up for one of the biggest art weeks in recent memory with the launch of the Tokyo Gendai fair, slated for July 7 to 9. As one of the preeminent players in the contemporary scene, NANZUKA will be ones to watch in the inaugural edition, but back at its flagship spaces, the gallery is also set to unveil a new solo exhibition by Stickymonger.Entitled D.D.D, the Korean-born, New York-based artist will present a series of uniquely shaped canvases that are conceptually inspired by the sound of a busy telephone signal. Stickymonger, whose real name is Joohee Park, chose to capture the excitement and anticipation of a telephone call through fuzzy spray-painted scenes that hark to some of her favorite movies — from Clueless, 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Royal Tenenbaums and Night on...

Mass Appeal and SUPIERBIEN are continuing hip-hop's 50th celebration with a special "Hip Hop Til Infinity" exhibit.Opening at New York City's Hall des Lumières, "Hip Hop Til Infinity" is produced in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment's Certified platform and promises to be "an immersive trip across 50 years" of the genre. The exhibit will utilize Hall des Lumières’ state-of-the-art audio-visual technology to deliver "interactive programming" such as virtual concerts, live panels and conversations, listening parties, artist meet and greets and more. Guests will be transported to hip-hop's different eras and regions during the experience, promising an innovative way to celebration hip-hop's 50th anniversary.“Hall des Lumières is honored to host this commemorative installation celebrat...