Art
New York Botanical Garden Announces Major KAWS Takeover
SummaryInternationally acclaimed artist KAWS will open a sprawling exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden.Set to open in spring 2027, the showcase will feature a range of large-scale sculptures and site-specific installations against the lush backdrop of the garden's 250-acre site.The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) has announced its exhibition lineup for the next few years, and leading the charge is none other than KAWS, who will stage a garden-wide takeover at the Bronx Park gem.Slated to open in spring 2027, the showcase will transform the 250-acre landscape, into a living canvas of KAWS' most notable characters, scattering large-scale sculptures and site-specific installations across its lush terrain. While the featured artworks have yet to be revealed, visitors will be immersed ...
Sterling Ruby Confronts Le Corbusier’s La Cité Radieuse
SummarySterling Ruby showcases two landmark works that touch on materialityThe exhibition is on view through September 28Le Corbusier’s La Cité Radieuse (Radiant City) isn’t easy to miss in Marseille, France with the towering housing complex featuring a constellation of primary colors painted on the facade of 337 residential units. The 20th-century building is also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and touted as a spectacular example of brutalist architecture or the “house of madness” as billed by the locals. Situated on top of the complex is MaMo by Ora Ïto, a contemporary art center that hosts exhibitions by artists from across the globe with its current show led by seminal American artist, Sterling Ruby. Ruby has installed two landmark works as part of a namesake presentation at Ma...
MSCHF’s ‘King Solomon’s Baby’ Sculpture Is Meant To Be Dismembered
SummaryArt-fashion collective MSCHF is set to unveil their latest artwork, “King Solomon's Baby,” at Pioneer Works on July 10.Priced at $100,000 as a single unit, the large-scale sculpture will be split and repriced in accordance to the number of buyers.The slicing will remain on view at Pioneer Works for a two-day durational performance, or can otherwise be viewed online.After turning heads with Material Values, hosted at Nanzuka Underground earlier this year, creative collective MSCHF makes a return to its Brooklyn roots with “King Solomon's Baby”, a large-scale sculpture bound for the butcher. Debuting on July 10 at Pioneer Works, the piece revives the biblical parable with a contemporary twist, placing its fate of dismemberment in the hands of its buyers.The premise is simple: if sold ...
Cindy Sherman Reconsiders Face Value at Hauser & Wirth Menorca
On the sun-drenched island of Menorca, Hauser & Wirth mounts Cindy Sherman. The Women, the artist's long-awaited solo return to Spain. Now on view through October 26, the exhibition traces her four-decade investigation into the performance of femininity, fame and the fractured mirror of identity, serving up a feast of eclectic characters of Sherman's own making.Like Clare Booth Luce's 1936 Broadway play, which the exhibition was named after, Sherman's The Women presents a barbed portrait of women’s relationships with one another, dissecting the ways her characters see and are seen by the world around them. Her work probes the roles women are asked to play, the images they inhabit and the many gaze(s) that shape their self-perception, disrupting the, often gendered, subject-object binar...
PBG Gallery To Host Okokume and Pol Segura’s ‘Two Voices, One Path’ Exhibition
SummaryPBG hosts Okokume and Pol Segura’s first joint exhibition Two Voices, One PathIt features new works by both artists, spanning the Cosmic Girl and abstract plant formsThe exhibition runs from July 18 to August 9, 2025PBG Gallery is set to host Two Voices, One Path, the inaugural joint exhibition by acclaimed Spanish artists Okokume and Pol Segura. Opening later this month, this show marks a significant moment in their two-decade-long partnership, spanning both their personal and creative lives. The exhibition deeply explores the theme of “sharing,” inviting viewers into a contemplative space where two distinct artistic languages not only coexist but actively converse.Okokume, known globally for her signature Cosmic Girl character, presents 23 new works that delve into themes of emoti...
Inside adidas’ Ode to Black Excellence
Under the roof of a former perfumery along Atlanta’s Westside Beltline, adidas gathered hundreds of artists, athletes, musicians, writers, designers and leaders for the final act of its Honoring Black Excellence (HBE) capstone – an ode to the cultural architects at the helm Black creativity, innovation and brilliance. The iconic three stripes have long understood the transformative power of teamwork and sportsmanship, and has taken its steadfast commitment to community and social impact off the pitch and into the wider cultural bloodstream.Launched in 2019, HBE initiative is a pivotal platform for the brand, honoring Black voices shaping today’s creative and social landscapes. A cross between experience and exhibition, this year’s edition unfolded as an embodiment of memory and momentum....
Aya Takano’s Ethereal Dreamscapes Head to Perrotin Los Angeles
SummaryPerrotin Los Angeles will open how deep how far we can go, a new solo exhibition by acclaimed Japanese Superflat artist AYA TAKANO, open through July 19 through August 30.Presenting a new body of paintings, installations and drawings the upcoming show will build on the artist's fascination with spirituality, biological interconnectedness and ancestral histories.Later this month, Perrotin Los Angeles will open its doors to how deep how far we can go, a new exhibition by renowned Japanese artist AYA TAKANO. A name synonymous with the dreamy, manga-inspired spirit of the Superflat movement, TAKANO is one of the few names on the roster of Kaikai Kiki Co., playing a pivotal role in the meteoric rise of the Murakami-founded art movement.The upcoming showcase beautifully builds on the arti...
Inside P·P·O·W’s Lana Del Rey-Inspired Group Show
Wherever you land on the love-hate spectrum of pop music, its melodic pull is hard to resist. Despite its critical reputation of being performative, overly sincere and, at times, all too much, it’s a genre that's always lived on a knife's edge — one that thrives not in spite of its many contradictions, but because of them.At P·P·O·W Gallery's latest group show, Hope is a dangerous thing pulls back the shiny curtain of pop curtain and revels in its darker, more introspective underbelly. Inspired by the closing track of Lana Del Rey's 2019 studio album Norman F*cking Rockwell, the exhibition draws inspiration from the album as an elegiac portrait of millennial youth, late-stage capitalism and the strange calm that sometimes follows despair.Curated by Eden Deering, the show assembles a fantas...
BLUM to Close Los Angeles and Tokyo Galleries
SummaryHeavyweight dealer Tim Blum has announced the closure of his eponymous Los Angeles and Tokyo art galleries following its current run of summer exhibitions.Blum cited burnout as a reason for his departure, and has plans for "a more flexible model” as opposed to the traditional gallery framework, with a focus on long-term visions, collaborations and slow-paced artist engagements.After 30 years at the helm of one of Los Angeles’ most influential contemporary art spaces, veteran art dealer Tim Blum is embarking on a new chapter. Following its current run of summer exhibition. BLUM will shutter both its Los Angeles and Tokyo locations, with the fate of its planned New York space still undecided.In a recent interview with ARTnews, Blum cited burnout as the reason for his departure. “This ...
At Sky High Farm’s New Biennial Show, Artists Rally Around Food Justice
SummarySky High Farm, an artist-founded food justice non-profit, has lifted the veil on its inaugural art biennial, TREES NEVER END AND HOUSES NEVER END.On view through October 2025 in Germantown, New York, the exhibition brings together a lineup of 50 international artists whose works explore themes of ecology, industry and memory.The exhibition celebrates the farm's expansion onto a new 560-acre site, and introduces a new artist-driven fundraising model which benefits Sky High's programming surrounding climate justice, sustainable agriculture and distributing nutrient-dense food.Sky High Farm is entering a new era with the debut of its first-ever biennial exhibition. Curated by artist and founder Dan Colen, TREES NEVER END AND HOUSES NEVER END marks a creative milestone for the artist-fo...
FUTURA Returns to Chicago for a ‘Family Affair’ at Anthony Gallery
SummaryThe exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of his mother’s passingSpotlighting new large-scale paintings, collages, a six-panel work and skateboard worksFUTURA is back with Anthony Gallery in Chicago for a solo exhibition called Family Affair. Though FUTURA is best known for his roots in New York City’s graffiti scene, the presentation marks his first solo show in Chicago. He shares a personal connection to the city through his mother Billie who was born in Chicago and FUTURA spent summers there throughout his childhood, visiting his grandmother who suffered from chronic illness. The exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of his mother’s passing, adding a deeply personal layer to the presentation.In a statement, FUTURA reflects on those summers in Chicago, rememberin...
Overcrowded Louvre Launches €270 Million Design Competition
SummaryThe Musée du Louvre in Paris has kicked off an international architectural competition, as a part of its massive five-year renovation plan.The winner will helm the design for a new Mona Lisa exhibition space, as well as a new entrance on the building's eastern facade.The announcement comes amidst rising concerns for the institution's ability to maintain operations, following unannounced staff strike and €10 EUR ticket for non-EU visitors.After weeks of mounting tensions and a sudden staff strike that left thousands queued outside its gates, the Musée du Louvre has launched an international architectural competition ahead of its much-needed restoration.The Parisian powerhouse opened the competition on June 27 with aims to expand its storied space and ease its visitor congestion throu...
