Art
Christopher Barraja Discovers Desire In Mediterranean Landscapes at Saint Laurent Babylone
SummaryArtist Christopher Barraja opens Daydreaming of Him at Saint Laurent BabyloneThe collection of photographs explores desire, memory and identity in dreamy images of Mediterranean landscapes and queer subculturesThe exhibition is on view until September 13Saint Laurent Babylone is giving the stage to French-Australian artist Christopher Barraja in Daydreaming of Him, his latest solo exhibition. Curated by Anthony Vaccarello, the show gathers an atmospheric suite of photographs capturing queer scenes and cultural snapshots across the Mediterranean landscape in a poetic study on identity, memory, and desire.Barraja’s rise in fashion photography is fueled by an ability to immortalize the heat of the moment. Based between Paris and Nice, he was technically trained at Paris’ École national...
Casa Axis Turns the Tennis Court Into a Playable Artwork
SummaryArtists compete on a hand-painted court at Felipe Pantone's Casa Axis residency in Valencia, June 13–14The tournament winner gets commissioned to redesign the court for 2027Casa Axis, the artist residency and creative hub founded by Felipe Pantone outside Valencia, is launching the Casa Axis International Open (C.A.I.O.), a new annual event that brings together tennis, contemporary art, and design. The first edition runs June 13–14, presented by MRKA and ProShop NYC, with support from Lacoste.Setting the tone, artist MRKA has painted the hard court at Casa Axis with loose, hand-drawn white lines over a deep red surface. From above, the court lines look more like something drawn freehand than anything you'd find at a regulation tennis facility. Moreover, the format drops the usual to...
Meet the Women Artisans Behind the adidas x Someone Somewhere El Tri Collection
They say it takes 10,000 hours to master a craft, but for the artisans of Naupan, Mexico, perfecting their craft is a matter of generations.adidas dropped its new third kit for El Tri in the run-up to the World Cup, and a sleek Originals capsule was quick to follow. Created in collaboration with Mexican social impact label Someone Somewhere, the collection features seven pieces with hand-embroidered detailing, each carrying the beauty of team pride, culture and most importantly, the hands of its makers.To bring the collection to life, the duo partnered with over 150 women from Naupan, a municipality in Puebla’s mountainous Sierra Norte region globally known for its artisanal excellence. The lineup merges Mexican textile heritage with contemporary football culture through various embroidere...
Fujiko Nakaya’s Dreamy Cloud Sculpture Hits Bourse de Commerce
SummaryJapanese artist Fujiko Nakaya presents “Cloud #07156,” a new work in her Fog Sculpture seriesThe immersive piece is on view at Bourse de Commerce in Paris through September 14A monumental fog sculpture by Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya has touched down at Bourse de Commerce in Paris, enveloping the museum’s cinematic rotunda in a cloud.After pivoting from painting in the mid-160s, Nakaya has kept steadfast in her pioneering fog art practice. Part of the new Clair-obscur exhibition, the latest piece, “Cloud #07156,” takes shape as dense, vaporous sea, made possible through high-pressure pumps and custom-engineered nozzles. This mist reacts organically to air currents, ambient temperature and the body heat of its inhabitants, shifting as audiences move through it.While Nakaya’s sculptu...
Crystal Bridges Just Got a 114,000-Square-Foot Glow-Up
SummaryCrystal Bridges is opening a massive 114,000-square-foot expansion this weekend in Bentonville, Arkansas, designed by Safdie ArchitectsThe new galleries debut with a Keith Haring 3D retrospective and Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room14Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas is unveiling its Safdie Architects expansion this weekend, finally opening the doors to its long-awaited expansion on June 6 and 7. Designed by Safdie Architects, the 114,000-square-foot addition completes the building's original circulation into a figure-eight across two stream-fed ponds, introduces a north entrance and wraps the whole establishment in exposed southern yellow pine, copper cladding and floor-to-ceiling glass that looks out over 134 acres of Ozark woodland.The first big swing in the ne...
Prada Unveils “Satellites II” With Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima at Hotel Chelsea
SummaryPrada is bringing the 14th iteration of its Prada Mode cultural series to New York City's historic Hotel ChelseaTitled "Satellites II," the immersive event is a collaborative exhibition curated by director Nicolas Winding Refn and game creator Hideo KojimaThe multi-day activation features private performances and public art installations that explore human connection through a sci-fi lensPrada has officially brought its traveling cultural series to New York City with the launch of Prada Mode New York "Satellites II." Hosted at the historic Hotel Chelsea, the 14th iteration of the luxury house's immersive event reunites Danish film director Nicolas Winding Refn and Japanese game creator Hideo Kojima for a multi-day exhibition that runs concurrently with the Tribeca Festival.Serving a...
Inside Björk’s Monumental Museum Takeover
From Debut to Nature Manifesto, Björk never misses and she’s only getting better with time. After a surprise appearance at the Venice Biennale in a head-to-toe fiberglass fit, the avant-garde artist-songstress returns to her homeland a massive museum takeover (and solar eclipse rave) at the National Gallery of Iceland in Reykjavik.Presented by Bottega Veneta, the show, titled Echolalia, brings together three monumental installations: two immersive reworks of songs from her Fossera era, alongside an exclusive preview of “Nerve Bloom,” a new track from her upcoming album.“Ancestress” and “Sorrowful Soil,” both drawn from her 2022 album, take shape as deeply personal audiovisual works created in memory of her mother, environmental activist Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir. In the first piece, the arti...
The Chilling Seduction of Michaël Borremans’ ‘French Paintings’
SummaryDavid Zwirner in Paris presents French Paintings, a new solo exhibition by Belgian artist and filmmaker Michaël BorremansThe show gathers new oil paintings in the artist’s signature surreal style, each inspired Frances lineage of classical image-makers and pictorial traditionsBelgian artist Michaël Borremans arrives at David Zwirner for French Paintings, his first solo outing in the country 20 years. Running from June 5 to July 22 at the gallery’s 19th-century Marais outpost, the exhibition brings a fresh suite of oil-on-canvas works into the spotlight in an “ironic homage” to France’s art historical traditions.Borremans’ art unsettles the mind, but it’s hard to turn away. He’s best known for surreal subject matter rendered in luminous, subdued palettes, all tender and existential i...
Mexico’s Women Artisans Hit the Pitch in the adidas x Someone Somewhere Third Kit Collection
SummaryArtisan women from Puebla, Mexico front the rollout for Team Mexico’s adidas World Cup KitTo celebrate the jersey launch, the brand teamed up with Someone Somewhere for a seven-piece collaborative collectionThe collection features seven pieces with hand-embroidered detailing across eachAfter a triumphant Copa América collaboration in 2024, adidas and Someone Somewhere are back together, bringing indigenous craft to the World Cup stage. Coinciding with the launch of Team Mexico’s new jersey, the duo are spotlighting craft and community in a special hand-embroidered Third Kit Collection, elevating performance wear into literal works of art.Someone Somewhere is a social impact label that collaborates with rural artisans and textile workers across Mexico to translate traditional craft t...
Doug Aitken’s New ‘Lightscape’ Film Is a Californian Fever Dream
SummaryDoug Aitken will present his monumental Lightscape installation at The Shed in New York from June 25 through September 13Across seven screens, the piece blends architecture, film, performance and music in a cinematic ode to the shifting landscapes of the WestIt’s all Doug Aitken’s world and we’re all just living in it; if you don't believe it, consider his monumental cinematic artwork, Lightscape. The artist is bringing the cinematic gem for a summer-long run in New York, taking over a 12,000-foot gallery at The Shed.More than film alone, the piece, described as a "modern myth of hope, struggle and interconnection," blends architecture, music and live performance, unfolding as a "living project" across seven screens.Centered on the sights and sounds of Southern California, the piec...
Jack White Opens His Debut Art Show in London
SummaryJack White presents These Thoughts May Disappear, his debut art exhibition, at Damien Hirst's Newport Street GalleryRunning through September 13 in London, the show features new and archival installations, sculptures and design pieces, spotlighting White's lesser known upholstery and sculptural practiceBefore The White Stripes or the founding of his label, Third Man Records, Jack White had an upholstery shop. Opened at just 21, the space was steeped in yellow, white and black — a tightness of palette that would later define his career.At Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery in London, the multidisciplinary White invites audiences to explore the full scope of his artistic universe. On through September 13, These Thoughts May Disappear marks his first public art outing and features a...
Keith Haring’s Global Reach Comes Into Focus in ‘A World in Motion’
SummaryBrings together Keith Haring works created across New York, Tokyo, Paris, Milan and San Francisco, highlighting how the artist's practice evolved through international travel and cultural exchange.Features a full-scale recreation of San Francisco's iconic DV8 nightclub, emphasizing Haring's interest in making art accessible outside traditional gallery and museum spaces.The works reveal an artist who was constantly in motion, using public spaces as both canvas and conversation.Keith Haring may be synonymous with New York City, but a new exhibition at 60 White looks beyond downtown Manhattan to explore the artist's impact on a global scale.Now on view in Tribeca, Keith Haring: A World in Motion is curated by Carlo McCormick in collaboration with Sixty White founder Lio Malca. Spanning...
