Art
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...
Antony Gormley and Tadao Ando Team Up for Meditative Sculpture Cave
SummaryBritish artist Antony Gormley is presenting Drawing on Space at Museum SAN in South Korea through November 30.At the heart of the 48-piece showcase is Ground, an architectural intervention conceived in collaboration with esteemed Japanese architect Tadao Ando.Ground, which takes the form of a meditative concrete cave, houses seven cast-iron figures from Gormley's seminal Blockworks series.For Antony Gormley, sculptor is not a single, idealized figure, but means of understanding space and form through a shared field of perception. The acclaimed British artist is currently presenting Drawing on Space, his largest exhibition in South Korea at Museum SAN. Unfolding across all three galleries of the museum's Cheongjo wing, the exhibition gathers an impressive array of 48 works, alongside...
Hypebeast Visits: Tequila Don Julio Unveils a Sensory Tasting Experience at Mercer Labs
Every sip of Tequila Don Julio tells a story — the story of Don Julio González and his dedicated approach to perfecting the spirit, while also championing his Mexican heritage. The luxury tequila brand invited audiences to experience that story for themselves at Por Amor: An Immersive Tasting Experience at Mercer Labs. González’s journey began at his first tequila distillery in La Primavera — and now, that legacy comes to life in a high-tech, multisensory takeover. Set within the museum’s art-meets-technology space, the experience transports guests to the nutrient-rich clay soils and warm climate of the Jaliscan highlands, where the story of Tequila Don Julio first took root. The sensory installation ran from June 12-15. While some parts of the activation revealed the spirit’s origin stor...
Beauty Bleeds Through Jenny Saville’s ‘Anatomy of Painting’
SummaryThe National Portrait Gallery in London is currently presenting The Anatomy of Painting, the largest UK museum solo exhibition of works by seminal British artist Jenny Saville.On view through September 7, the exhibition chronicles Saville's practice to date, bringing together 45 works from the early ’90s to today.There’s a hunger that pulses through Jenny Saville’s work — an almost primal curiosity about the body and its strange, fleshy beauty. Swathed in bruise tones and vibrant accents, her portraits border dream and our own reality, peeling back the surface of skin to unpack who, or what, lies beneath it.Staged at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting marks the most extensive UK museum solo dedicated to the artist, tracing her decades-lon...
Mohamed Bourouissa and the Invisible Powers That Make Us
At Bologna’s Fondazione MAST, Mohamed Bourouissa dares us to remember. In Communauté, his most expansive solo exhibition in Italy to date, the Franco-Algerian artist tugs at the seams of society through 20 years of artistic practice. The show brings together four of his most major projects, each a study in how individuals assert dignity within systems designed to overlook them.Bourouissa’s career is one largely shaped by the narratives of those living at the edges of visibility. Working across mediums, his pieces chart the undercurrents of power and identity that structure and shape everyday life. His breakout series Péripherique (2005-2008), for example, paints an honest portrait of post-riot Paris, gathering friends, family and other non-actors to stage scenes of tension and violence wit...
Jeff Koons’ 37-Foot ‘Split-Rocker’ to Blossom at LACMA
SummaryLACMA has recently announced the acquisition of Jeff Koons' Split-Rocker (2000), which will be house outside the freshly completed David Geffen Gallery building.Expected to fully bloom and open to the public in 2026, the sculpture will anchor the museum's new public art programming, taking place on its 3.5-acre, indoor-outdoor expansion.After stops at Versailles and Rockefeller Center, Jeff Koons’ 37-foot-tall Split-Rocker will call the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) its permanent home. Gifted to the museum by art collectors Lynda and Stewart Resnick, the large-scale artist proof will be planted outside the new David Geffen galleries later this year, and will anchor the new outdoor public art program integral to LACMA’s freshly completed expansion.Koons marries two halves ...
Dominique Fung Evokes Subliminal Romance in New Print
SummaryDominique Fung drops “Handheld Fan," a new print edition, created with Avant Arte.Limited to an edition of 60, the print takes root in her 2021 work “Bone Holding Fan,” revisiting and reframing colonial-era aesthetics in dreamlike veils of color.This past spring, Canadian-Chinese artist Dominique Fung turned heads with her monumental Hong Kong solo show, welcoming onlookers into her surreal, sublime world. Her oil paintings are harmonies of ancestral and contemporary elements, finding balance in the borderlands between the two.Now, Fung is teaming up with Avant Arte to launch a new print edition. Titled “Handheld Fan,” the release continues her exploration of colonial-era aesthetics through deft portraiture and dreamy washes of color. The artist collaborated with the printmakers at ...
Mowalola Expands the Mowaverse With THE SKATEROOM Collab
SummaryMowalola partnered with THE SKATEROOM to serve up five collaborative skate decksEntitled Cheetah, JC, Red, Moto, and Graffiti, the designs are available for purchase nowIt's Mowalola Ogunlesi's world, and we're all just living in it. The mastermind behind Mowalola, the Nigerian-born creative multihyphenate continues to expand her multimedium Mowaverse through new in-line clothing collections and collaborations, music offerings, innovative art endeavors, and now, her first-ever connection with THE SKATEROOM for a lineup of limited-edition skate decks.Serving up five designs that intertwine "Mowalola’s iconography, attitude, and sense of motion," the duo brings the designer's distinct visual language to decks dubbed Cheetah, JC, Red, Moto, and Graffiti."Each one is a piece of her lang...
Hamburg to Open UBS Digital Art Museum, Europe’s Largest Immersive Art Destination
SummaryUBS Digital Art Museum, Europe's largest digital and immersive art-focused museum, will open in Hamburg in 2026.A permanent, Hamburg edition of teamLab Borderless will inaugurate the expansive space.In addition to the art on view, the institutions furthers its ground-breaking vision with ambitions to become the largest carbon-neutral museum in Europe.Hamburg will become home to Europe’s largest institution dedicated entirely to digital and immersive art. Set to open doors in 2026, the UBS Digital Art Museum marks a major milestone in continent’s cultural landscape, debuting with a full-building takeover by the acclaimed Japanese art collective teamLab across its expansive, 6,500-square-meter space.Located in the waterfront district of HafenCity, the institution departs from the conv...
Hypeart Visits: Awol Erizku Is Shaping a New Cultural Canon
Awol Erizku is in a season of momentum. With his first solo museum show X on view and a major presentation at Sean Kelly Gallery, the artist is expanding his language across institutions, classrooms and city lines. At the same time, he’s navigating fatherhood, carving space for reflection between professional milestones and personal sacrifices.Erizku’s work has long challenged dominant narratives, pulling from ancient African symbolism, street culture and contemporary Black identity. He calls it "Afro-esotericism," a visual ideology that resists easy definition. Whether it’s a black disco-ball Nefertiti or a sports jersey reframed as relic, his practice refracts history into new forms. It’s not just about reclaiming symbols, but recharging them with layered, and often, spiritual intent.In ...
Milano Cortina Unveils Posters for 2026 Winter Olympics
SummaryThe Fondazione Milano Cortina has revealed 5 posters for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.The organization tapped 10 Italian artists for the upcoming games, spotlighting themes of competition, collaboration, resilience and joy through gouache, acrylic, oil, digital and mixed-media compositions.As Milano Cortina 2026 draws near, a new league of Italian artists present their take on the long-standing poster tradition. Triennale Milano and Fondazione Milano Cortina have unveiled the official art posters for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games next January. Helmed by Damiano Gullì and the international Olympic and Paralympic committees, the initiative invited 10 artists under 40 to reimagine the events through the lens of Italian contemporary art,...
