Art
Invisible Currents Take Shape in Yuko Mohri’s ‘Falling Water Given’
SummaryYuko Mohri’s Falling Water Given explores unseen forces through an immersive installationNotable works include new pieces from her Moré Moré (Leaky) series, where dripping water animates found objects and structuresOn view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in NYC until April 19, 2026Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York is currently hosting Falling Water Given, the first solo exhibition by Japanese artist Yuko Mohri with the gallery.Mohri is celebrated for her ability to transform everyday materials into self-contained ecosystems that explore "invisible forces" such as gravity, magnetism and humidity. The exhibition features a range of kinetic and site-responsive installations, most notably from her Moré Moré (Leaky) series, which was inspired by the makeshift water-leak solutions found in Tok...
Gagosian Spotlights Roy Lichteinstein’s ‘Brushstrokes’
SummaryGagosian in New York will open Painting with Scattered Brushstrokes, an exhibition dedicated to Roy Lichtenstein's prolific brushstroke workFeaturing paintings, works on paper, watercolors and sculpture, the exhibition arrives ahead of the artist’s Whitney exhibition, slated as a major New York momentGagosian is set to unveil a major ensemble of works by Roy Lichtenstein at its Chelsea gallery later this month. Titled after a 1984 canvas, Painting with Scattered Brushstrokes features an array of significant paintings, sculpture, watercolors and works on paper by the pop art pioneer, all while paring it all down to painting’s bare bones.“I’m never drawing the object itself,” Lichtenstein once said. “I’m only drawing a depiction of the object — a kind of crystallized symbol of it.” Fo...
At 91, Rose Wylie Is Still Britain’s Rebel Artist
SummaryBritish painter Rose Wylie is presenting her largest painting survey at the Royal Academy of Arts in LondonRunning through April 19, The Picture Comes First features over 90 pieces, including previously unseen paintings and drawingsRose Wylie has always had a taste for the unruly. Having received her big, art world break in her seventies, the celebrated late bloomer is firmly in her prime, with her largest-ever show, The Picture Comes First, now up at London’s Royal Academy of Arts.Wylie, a British painter, draws from life as its lived. She culls inspiration from her immediate surroundings, like the flowers in her garden, as readily art history, celebrity, cinema and sport. She renders subjects with a childlike immediacy — a figurative disobedience against the expected pretentiousne...
Zanele Muholi Takes Home 2026 Hasselblad Award
SummarySouth African photographer and visual activist is the recipient for the 2026 Hasselblad Award, the world’s top photo prizeMulholi is known for their bold portraits which speak to Black queer visibility and challenge historical representations of Black bodies in visual cultureThe artist will be the center focus of an upcoming exhibition at Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg, Sweden this fallZanele Muholi has become one of the most important artists working today. Striking and sublime, their images shape the arc of contemporary photography, making legible the complex codes of identity, belonging and being human. To honor this impact, the South African artist has been named this year’s Hasselblad Award winner, widely regarded as the most prestigious prize in photography.Based between Joha...
Sasha Gordon, Jerry Saltz and KAWS Among 73 Artists Joining The Sketch Project
SummaryFree Arts NYC presents The Sketch Project, a benefit auction, featuring work by 73 leading namesSpanning painting, illustration and works on paper, bids for each lot starts at $1,000 USD, closing on March 12Free Arts NYC recently launched The Sketch Project, a special, benefit auction to empower New York's next artistic generation through fostering mentorships, professional pathways and youth education programs.Up for grabs are relics by 73 artists, writers and creatives shaping the city's cultural landscape, including original sketches, notes, works in progress and works on paper. With bids starting at just $1,000 USD, The Sketch Project also offers budding collectors the opportunity to cop pieces by some of contemporary art's most sought-after names.Among the lots is a brooding wa...
The Monsters 10th Anniversary World Tour Lands in Paris
Summary"THE MONSTERS 10th Anniversary World Tour," co-curated by POP MART and How2work, is officially heading to Paris for its highly anticipated and exclusive European stopTitled "MONSTERS BY MONSTERS: NOW AND THEN," the immersive exhibition celebrates a decade of artist Kasing Lung's beloved universe, featuring original manuscripts, oil paintings, and an extensive collection of LABUBU figuresThe expansive retrospective is divided into six major themed zones and is open to the public from March 4 through March 29, 2026, at the historic Hôtel du Grand VeneurFollowing highly successful stops in Shanghai, Taipei, and Hong Kong, Labubu and The Monsters are officially heading to the City of Romance. Co-curated by POP MART and How2work, "THE MONSTERS 10th Anniversary World Tour" is bringing its...
Bonhams to Auction Salvador Dalí’s Largest Masterpiece in Paris
SummaryBonhams has announced that it will offer Salvador Dalí's Bacchanale at its annual Surrealist sale in ParisThe artwork is a 13-panel stage set measuring more than 20 by 30 meters, making it the largest painting ever created by the iconic Spanish surrealistThe masterpiece, which features Dalí's signature dreamlike and paranoiac-critical motifs, is estimated to fetch between €200,000 and €300,000 EURA staggering piece of surrealist history is officially heading to the auction block. Bonhams has announced that Bacchanale, the largest painting ever created by legendary Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, will headline its annual spring Surrealist sale in Paris later this month.Coming from an important private collection, Bacchanale was meticulously executed in 1939 as a stage set for the epony...
The 2026 Whitney Biennial Courts Chaos and That’s a Good Thing
SummaryThe Whitney Museum of American Art in New York presents its 82nd Biennial, running through August 23Featuring the work of 56 artists, the showcase centers themes of relationality and connectionOn March 8, the Whitney Museum of American Art will welcome to the public to the 82nd edition of its landmark Biennial, with 56 artists in tow. As critic Holland Cotter noted, the show has a reputation for dividing audiences, and as early reactions to this year's showcase trickle in, it seems the tradition continues. Love it or hate it, however, the art world appears to unite on one front: it's weird. And with one glimpse at the world nowadays, there's little room to disagree.The label suits a show that bills itself as a pulse check on the state of American art, revisiting the question: what d...
Alberto Giacometti Gets a Museum
SummaryMusée & École Giacometti, the first Alberto Giacometti museum will open in Paris in late 2028The museum will house over 10,000 items, marking the largest collection of works by the Swiss sculptorA new museum dedicated to the life and legacy of Alberto Giacometti is coming to Paris. Set to open in the second half of 2028, the Musée & École Giacometti will take over the former Gare des Invalides, said the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, housing the world’s largest collection of work by the Swiss sculptor.At 10,000 items, the museum features “thousands of drawings, over 400 sculptures, 100 paintings, a whole collection of decorative object d’art, prints, everything that was in the studio, all the archives,” the foundation’s director, Catherine Grenier, told The Art New...
Dozens of Artists Bring Their Studios to Hauser & Wirth New York
SummaryArtists Anicka Yi and Josh Kline open a new group exhibition Studio Visit at Hauser & Wirth in New YorkThe show gathers work and early studio reflections from over two dozen international artistsAn exhibition and curatorial project, the works on view explore ideas of labor, technology, community and privacyAn artist's studio is never just a physical workspace, but a psychological and conceptual site for identity, creation and economy. Artists and co-curators Anicka Yi and Josh Kline unpack the many studio's many lives in a new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in New York. Presented by the gallery and arts nonprofit Performance Space New York, the aptly-titled Studio Visit invites 27 artists to reflect on the innermost places and practices that made their career.Dancing between t...
JOOPITER Brings “Trey,” the 66-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skeleton, to the Global Auction Block
SummaryJOOPITER has announced the auction of "Trey," a rare Triceratops skeleton dating back to the Late Cretaceous periodDiscovered in 1993, the specimen has been on public exhibition for nearly 30 years, viewed by over one million visitorsOnline bidding opens in March, with proceeds supporting the Co-MuseumPharrell Williams' digital auction house JOOPITER is pivoting from contemporary culture to prehistoric history with the sale of "Trey," a museum-exhibited Triceratops skeleton of "exceptional completeness". Dating back more than 66 million years, the sale represents a rare opportunity for collectors to acquire one of the most recognizable dinosaurs to ever walk the Earth.Excavated in 1993 from the Lance Formation in Lusk, Wyoming, by legendary paleontologist Allen Graffham and Lee Camp...
Tomihiro Kono’s ‘Space Creatures’ Sends His Sculpturesque Wigs Into Orbit
SummaryJapanese wigmaker and hair artist Tomihiro Kono's latest book Space Creatures is now availableThe 368-page book documents his new series of "creature wigs," spanning 2022 to 2025, exploring celestial and extraterrestrial formsIf anyone understands the transformative power of hair it's Tomihiro Kono. The Japanese wig maker and artist name has made a name off his beautifully surreal "creature wigs," wearables that are more alive than mere adornments. From resident avant pop- priestesses Björk and Grimes to fashion heavyweights like Junya Watanabe and COMME des GARÇONS, Kono has gained the reputation of culture's go-to hair guy, and his latest book, Space Creatures, cements that title.Following his previous edition, Fancy Creatures in 2023, which featured a constellation of nature-insp...
