Art
Amy Sherald Cancels Major Smithsonian Show Over Censorship Concerns
SummaryAcclaimed artist Amy Sherald withdraws her upcoming solo exhibition, American Sublime, from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after discussions surrounding her 2024 work of a transgender woman provoking President Trump.The artist cites the “culture of censorship” and the “broader climate of political hostility” as reasons behind her decision.Amy Sherald, the artist behind the iconic 2018 portrait of Michelle Obama, has pulled her upcoming solo exhibition, American Sublime, from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing concerns over potential censorship and political pressures linked to the Trump administration’s growing influence over the institution.According to the New York Times, the decision follows reports of internal discussions of the museum removing of “...
Visionary Painter Raymond Saunders Dies at 90
SummaryRaymond Saunders, the influential painter whose assemblage-style works explored the expansivity of Black artists in the modern and contemporary art landscape, has died at 90.The announcement comes just a week after the closing of Saunders' first major museum retrospective in his hometown Carnegie Museum of Art.Raymond Saunders, the radical American artist known for his radical approach to abstraction and assemblage, passed away at the page of 90. His death was confirmed in a joint statement co-published by his representing galleries — Casemore, Andrew Kreps and David Zwirner — earlier this week.Saunders' oeuvre is defined by his resistance to categorization. Through texture, symbolism and material he challenged the viewer to reconsider assumptions about Black identity and cultural e...
Art Basel Miami Beach Reveals 2025 Exhibitor Lineup
SummaryArt Basel has announced the exhibitors for this December's fair in Miami Beach.With over 250 galleries on deck, the upcoming edition will highlight the “the most urgent artistic currents shaping the American scene today” with an exciting roster of established names and 41 newcomers.Art fair season is just around the corner and as galleries around the world ready for this fall's Armory Show and Frieze Seoul, Art Basel is chiming in with the exhibitor lineup for its upcoming Miami Beach edition. Set to take place from December 5 through 7, 285 galleries hailing from 44 countries and territories will come together at the Miami Beach Convention Center for the 2025 iteration of Art Basel Miami Beach.Under the direction of Bridget Finn for the second year, the fair will spotlight “the mos...
Artists Reflect on LA Wildfires in opa projects Group Show
Summary'Out of LA: Contemporary Voices' highlights paintings, sculptures and mixed media works that touch on the LA wildfire disasterParticipating artists incldue Cleon Peterson, Ed Ruscha, Kour Pour and more notable namesMiami-based opa projects is showing a group exhibition featuring works by eight notable artists from Los Angeles whom were affected by the Southern California wildfires that took place this past January. Entitled Out of LA: Contemporary Voices, the group presentation features a range of diverse works, encompassing painting, sculpture and media, that channel themes of survival, renewal and resilience. Participating artists include Cleon Peterson, Ed Ruscha, Kour Pour, Emily Ferguson, Jessica Taylor Bellamy, Kenny Scharf, Nicholas Shake and Zoe Walsh.Highlights include a li...
New Show Traces the Love and Legacy of Marina Abramović and Ulay
SummaryCukrarna in Slovenia is set to open ART VITAL, the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Marina Abramović and Ulay's career as an artistic duo.Opening on November 30, the exhibition will feature documentation of seminal performances from the couple's 12-year run, alongside archival materials, letters and personal ephemera.For Marina Abramović and Ulay, their relationship was the medium. In 1988, they ended their personal and professional relationship with a final unforgettable act: walking from opposite ends of the Great Wall of China to meet and part for the last time as a duo. While the end of this era saw a rocky, bittersweet end, the shared spiritual synergy shared between the two continues to redefine the possibilities of contemporary performance art.Their life and legacy...
Offline Gallery Challenges Stigma Surrounding Digital Art
SummaryOffline positions itself as a response to the limitations of the post-NFT crash art landscapeUnlike typical galleries, Offline does not follow a fixed exhibition calendarSuperRare’s new physical gallery, Offline, has officially opened its doors to the public with Mythologies for a Spiritually Void Time, a group show featuring 15 artists working across digital and physical media. Located at 245 Bowery in New York, the exhibition runs through July 25 and marks a sharp shift in how digital art is presented in traditional spaces.Led by curator Mika Bar-On Nesher, Offline positions itself as a response to the limitations of the post-NFT crash art landscape. “Digital art is not a gimmick,” Bar-On Nesher told ARTnews. “It’s part of contemporary culture, and artists using these tools deserv...
Ai Weiwei’s ‘Zodiac Heads’ Land in the Hamptons After Global Tour
SummaryAi Weiwei’s "Zodiac Heads: Gold" is on view at BlackBook, Southampton through Sept 31The series reinterprets looted 18th-century zodiac sculpturesAfter traveling to more than 30 cities worldwide, Ai Weiwei’s "Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold" (2010) has returned to New York, the city where it first debuted. The celebrated sculptures are now on view at Mother Nature in the Bardo, a group exhibition presented by BlackBook in Southampton through September 31.Launched at the Pulitzer Fountain in 2011, Ai Weiwei’s largest iteration of the work, entitled Zodiac Heads:Large Bronze, drew acclaim when they were inaugurated by then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg alongside key art figures such as Julian Schnabel and Shirin Neshat. At the time, Weiwei himself was unable to attend the debut, as he ...
Maurizio Cattelan Can’t Keep a Banana on the Wall
SummaryMaurizio Cattelan’s banana artwork "The Comedian" gets devoured again, this time at Centre-Pompidou-MetzThe piece has been eaten multiple times from a viral act by artist David Datuna in Miami to a hungry student at Seoul’s Leeum Museum in 2023It was only a matter of time before someone took another bite. Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous banana artwork "The Comedian" has once again been consumed and this time at the Centre Pompidou-Metz in eastern France.The fruit, taped to a wall as part of the museum’s current exhibition Endless Sunday, was swiftly devoured by a visitor over the weekend. Security responded quickly. Within minutes, the banana was replaced, business as usual.Artnet reported: "In a characteristically tongue-and-cheek retort, the Italian artist-provocateur said he was dis...
Pipilotti Rist’s Hypnotic Landscapes Take Shape at UCCA Beijing
Pipilotti Rist has spent three decades reworking the relationship between video art and and the human body through hypnotic fields of touch and color. The Swiss artist recently landed at Beijing's UCCA Center for Contemporary Arts, where she unveiled Your Palm is My Universe, her latest immersive solo exhibition.Curated by Yan Fang, the exhibition presents an elaborate showcase of Rist's pioneering practice, from name-making pieces like, “I'm Not the Girl Who Misses Much” (1986) and “You Called Me Jacky” (1990) to never-before-seen works, including a new, large-scale video installation — the museum's largest commission to date. With roots in ecological thought and Taoist philosophy, her sensorial works offer poetic alternatives to the algorithmic logic of image culture.Grounding the show i...
XLARGE Supports Creative Expression with Limited-Run Long Beach Walls and Art Renzei Festival T-Shirts
The iconic Long Beach Walls have brought color and a sense of wonder to the coastal region since 2010 — the art movement even grew so popular that it circulated outside of California, bringing creativity to Honolulu, Seoul and beyond. OG West Coast streetwear label XLARGE shares the same vision of bringing artistic inspiration to the masses, which is why the culture-shifting brand has been a key supporter of the Long Beach Walls and Art Renzei Festival.For this upcoming edition, XLARGE will supply the official staff with a range of exclusive T-shirts. Festival-goers will have a chance to purchase the limited-edition tees, and they will also be available online.Following the festivities, XLARGE will continue to maintain its bold presence in Los Angeles by hosting a pop-up in Koreatown from ...
Photography Highlights From Les Rencontres d’Arles 2025
SummaryThe 2025 edition of Les Recontres d'Arles is now on view in France through October 5.Centered around the theme “Disobedient Images,” this year's festival features a packed lineup of exhibitions and events that explore the transformative power of photography.It’s that time of the year again, when photographers from all around the world head to the south of France for Les Recontres d’Arles. Now on view through October 5, the 2025 festival is themed around “Disobedient Images,” looking to the medium as a means of resistance, testimony and social transformation.Now in its 56th edition, this year's programming places special emphasis on projects based in Brazil and Australia, with standout shows that explore identity, history and the power of visual narrative. Among them is Construction,...
Yuan Fang Faces Illness with Quiet Power in ‘Spaying’
SummaryYuan Fang reflects on illness and identity through abstract forms and negative space in 'Spaying'Personal experience and emotional tension drive each paintingSkarstedt Chelsea presents 'Spaying', Yuan Fang’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The show draws from Fang’s recent breast cancer diagnosis, using painting to reflect on illness, identity, and the complexity of womanhood. Alongside large-scale canvases, she introduces smaller, intimate works she calls “subplots,” fragments of a broader personal story.The title points to both her medical experience and the physical act of cutting, a key part of her process. Through layering, erasure, and refinement, Fang reveals dominant abstract forms that resemble torsos. These central figures carry a strong, bodily presence, confront...
