Art
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Finally Gets an Opening Date
SummaryAbu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism announced that Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will open on December 11, 2026The museum was 20 years in the making and designed by the late architect Frank GehryArchitectural highlights include a cluster of stainless steel, onyx, and glass cones, alongside 30 galleries spanning nearly 25,000 square metersGuggenheim Abu Dhabi is set to open its doors on December 11. The grand opening of the museum has become one of the most anticipated of its kind since its initial announcement in 2006, and now, after two decades, it’s gearing up to welcome the public.The build-out, totalling 80,000 square meters, instantly commands. Designed by the late Frank Gehry, also behind Guggenheim Bilbao, the Abu Dhabi outpost is the largest of Guggenheim’s four locations, ...
Jack Coulter Translates the Music of Elton John, Amy Winehouse and More Into Abstract Paintings
SummaryJack Coulter returns with his first public exhibition in three years, presenting 25 new abstract paintings in London.Inspired by his synaesthesia, the works translate music by artists including The Beatles, Amy Winehouse and Olivia Dean into color, texture and movement.The exhibition follows Coulter’s recent collaboration with Elton John and runs at Gallery 8 through August 9, 2026.Jack Coulter is back in London with With Every Light and With Every Song, a new solo exhibition featuring 25 previously unseen abstract paintings.Presented by Winsor Birch at Gallery 8 in St James’s, the show marks Coulter's first public showcase in three years. The collection continues the artist's exploration of the relationship between sound, color and emotion, with works inspired by musicians ranging ...
Charli XCX ‘Brat’ Portrait Joins London’s National Portrait Gallery
SummaryThe National Portrait Gallery in London acquired a portrait of Charli XCX shot by photographer Harley WeirOne of the defining images of the singer's Brat era, the artwork is now up at the new History Makers Now galleryCharli XCX is the latest to join the ranks of the National Portrait Gallery in London. One of the defining images of her Brat era, a 2024 portrait shot by British fashion photographer Harley Weir, has just been acquired by the historic institution, which called Charli “one of the defining artists of our time.”The untitled piece sees the pop singer leaning against a wall, donning a white crop top and unbuttoned black jeans. It’s one of several images shot by Weir for the double-platinum 2024 record, all of which embody the confessional, club girl cool that lyrically def...
Felipe Pantone and Etai Turn Furniture Into Kinetic Art
SummaryFelipe Pantone and Etai debut their first collaborative exhibition at albertz benda Los Angeles.The show pairs Pantone’s kinetic artworks with reworked mid-century furniture and custom textiles.Together, they explore the intersection of optical art, craftsmanship and functional design.Felipe Pantone and Los Angeles designer Etai Drori have joined forces for Parallel Practices: Tailored Structures & Kinetic Surfaces, their first exhibition together, now on view at albertz benda’s Los Angeles gallery.Installed inside the gallery’s mid-century modern home, the presentation brings Pantone’s kinetic wall works into conversation with a new series of collaborative furniture pieces. Rather than blending their practices into a single style, the project allows each artist’s methods to rem...
Pace Gallery Berlin Explores the Art of Nightlife in New Group Exhibition
SummaryPace Berlin is currently hosting a new group exhibition, Goodbye Sadness, Hello SadnessThe show features 27 artists whose work explores the emotional terrains of night and nightlife, spanning immersive installations, sculpture, painting, and photographyA highlight of the show is “Bar Va Bene” (2026), a functioning recreation of Friedrich Kunath’s studio bar in Los AngelesA bar is the unlikely centerpiece of the ongoing Goodbye Sadness, Hello Sadness. But it is Pace Berlin after all. You can expect the unexpected when it comes to settings and interiors from the mega-gallery’s German outpost, itself housed in an ex-gas 1950s station in Schöneberg.The gallery is exploring the euphoric and melancholic landscapes of nightlife in its latest group exhibition, running until August 23. Ancho...
Apollinaria Broche’s Super Cute Sculptures Are Taking Over Acne Studios Aoyama
SummaryAcne Studios celebrates one year of its Aoyama flagship with another Apollinaria Broche collaborationThe moment includes a rooftop and in-store installation of new ceramic characters by the French-Russian artist, alongside a three-piece tee capsuleAcne Studios’ Aoyama flagship is ringing in one year with sweetness, courtesy of Apollinaria Broche. As the Swedish fashion house celebrates its Tokyo flagship's first birthday, it's reuniting with the French-Russian artist for an adorable full-store takeover of installations and wearables.A rooftop installation of nine whimsical large-scale works anchors the occasion. Each piece, reminiscent of antique figurines, introduces a new darling character; there's Suisui the three-legged horse; Emru the sleepy white bunny; Daisy cat, “dreaming sh...
Founding Guerrilla Girl Unmasked as Artist Joyce Kozloff
SummaryAcclaimed pattern and decoration artist Joyce Kozloff revealed herself to be a Guerrilla Girl in a recent interviewShe helped establish the anonymous feminist art collective in its early days and left in 1991The group, still active today, is known for its radical "guerrilla"-style interventions that expose misogyny and racism in the art worldWhether it's in the streets or the halls of the world’s greatest museums, you can always trust the Guerrilla Girls to make a scene. Since 1985, the feminist art collective has been rallying against racism and misogyny in the art industry through surprise exhibitions, takeovers, and general, well, “guerrilla”-style tactics.The true identities behind the group have long been one of the industry’s biggest mysteries. But 40 years later, founding mem...
A Major Roy Lichtenstein Show Is Bound for Whitney Museum
SummaryWhitney Museum of American Art will unveil Roy Lichtenstein: Like New this OctoberThe exhibition features over 130 paintings, sculptures, drawings, films, and installations by the artist, spanning his most iconic paintings to early worksYou could argue that Roy Lichtenstein helped lay the groundwork for today's culture of unstable images. His most recognizable works – taken straight from comic books, enlarged, painted over, and Ben Day-dotted – feel like primers to the endless acts of cropping, reposting, and memeing, even, that define contemporary visual culture.The Pop Art pioneer will be the star of a major survey presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art this fall. Opening in New York on October 11, Like New gathers over 130 works, including painting, drawing, collage, pri...
Okuda San Miguel Brings ‘Ancestral Futurism’ to W1 Curates
SummaryOkuda San Miguel presents his first major immersive exhibition at W1 Curates in London.Ancestral Futurism reimagines his signature geometric figures, bold colors and hybrid creatures through large-scale digital environments.The free exhibition runs on Oxford Street through August 5.Okuda San Miguel has transformed W1 Curates on London’s Oxford Street with Ancestral Futurism, his first major immersive exhibition.The show reimagines key works from the Spanish artist’s career as large-scale digital environments filled with his signature geometric figures, hybrid creatures, bold colors and recurring symbols. Together, they trace the evolution of his practice from graffiti and painting to sculpture, installation and digital art.At its core, Ancestral Futurism is about coexistence. Okuda’...
Devin Troy Strother Opens ‘B M W (A Black Man’s Wish)’ at Ruttkowski;68 Cologne
SummaryAmerican artist Devin Troy Strother has unveiled a new exhibition at Ruttkowski;68 in Cologne, GermanyTitled B M W (A Black Man's Wish), the show gathers new paintings and mixed-media works that explore narratives of fantasy, ambition, and access, told through the aperture of a bygone status symbolIronic and introspective, provocative and deeply personal, Devin Troy Strother’s artworks aren’t so easy to contain. The artist has built a following from pieces that deconstruct the social codes that rule over us, subverting racial stereotypes with critical sincerity, often using humor as the entry point. It’s an approach perfectly embodied by the Paid in Full line that inspired his latest solo exhibition: “BMW stands for Black Man’s Wish, because I wish I had one."In B M W (A Black Man’s...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s 100 Defining Moments Immortalized in Vhils’ Print Editions
SummaryCristiano Ronaldo, artist Vhils, and Al Nassr just released a mystery box art print series, titled “Knight of Najd”Each individual box contains one hand-signed print depicting one of 100 defining moments from the footballer’s career, distributed at randomCristiano Ronaldo is closing out his record-breaking World Cup run with an art drop. The footballer came together with Portuguese artist Vhils and Saudi Pro team Al Nassr once again for a 100-piece “Knight of Najd” print release, offering fans a chance to take home a piece of his career history.A mystery box edition makes up the trio’s second go-around. Priced at €199 EUR, each individual box includes a hand-signed 20 x 20 cm print by Vhils depicting one of 100 defining moments from Ronaldo’s career, and while every print stands alo...
Tomás Saraceno Looks Back and Beyond in Immersive ‘Ancestral Futures’ Exhibition
SummaryArgentinian artist Tomás Saraceno unveiled a new exhibition, Ancestral Futures, at Haus der Kunst in Munich, GermanyRunning until February 2027, the showcase explores humanity's entangled relationship with plants, animals, and atmospheresTwo of the artist's research initiatives, Aerocene and Arachnophilia, alongside a new land art commission created with Indigenous communities in Northern Argentina ground the presentationTomás Saraceno invites us to conjure up new ways of living in his new exhibition at Haus der Kunst. For Ancestral Futures, running until February 7, 2027, the Argentine artist transforms the Munich museum into a breathing landscape, alive with art, architecture, science, and Indigenous knowledge.The artist has spent the last two decades cultivating an interdisciplin...
