Art
Maker’s Mark Hosts Stunning Chihuly Exhibition of Towering Glass
SummaryThe Chihuly exhibition at Maker's Mark connects the distillery's brand to art and sustainability.The "Summer of Sours" program is a new marketing strategy that uses cultural collaborations to sell a lifestyle, not just a product.Last week, I got on a plane and flew to Louisville then hopped in a car to Bardstown, Kentucky. My destination was Maker's Mark, where glass artist Dale Chihuly has an exhibition running through December with tours available here.Chihuly's glass installations amplified the place, mounted across the brand's Star Hill Farm. In the main cellar, a massive chandelier of twisted glass hung above rows of barrels. The work was a sharp, powerful piece and though its colorful forms contrasted with the cellar's pared-down atmosphere, the artist picked a commanding spot...
New York’s JFK Airport Is Upping Its Art Game
New York's powerhouse art institutions are teaming up to give travelers a welcome like no other. As part of the $4.2 billion redevelopment of John F. Kennedy Airport’s Terminal 6’s, a new list of names have joined Port Authority and JFK Millennium Partners’ $22 million USD public art initiative, which will transform the arrivals corridor into a miniature New York arts district.The project brings together four of the city's most celebrated cultural establishments — the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts — each contributing major installations drawn from their collection and creative partnerships.Highlights include a new project from MoMA in collaboration with Yoko Ono, expanding on her ...
Sasha Gordon’s ‘Haze’ is Coming to David Zwirner New York
SummaryNew York-based artist Sasha Gordon will open Haze, a solo exhibition of new paintings, at David Zwirner's 19th street Chelsea Gallery on September 19The first showcase with the gallery since the announcement of her co-representation with Matthew Brown Gallery, Haze will explore chronological storytelling and the origin myths behind her lush worldsBreakout artist Sasha Gordon is gearing up for Haze, a new solo exhibition opening at David Zwirner next month. Staged at its 19th street Chelsea gallery, the showcase marks the artist’s first with Zwirner since the announcement of her co-representation with Matthew Brown Gallery, and will debut a new suite of paintings that push her exploration of form and lore.Lush and luminous, Gordon’s compositions commonly feature the artist herself as...
Bad Bunny, Through STILLZ’s Lens
SummarySTILLZ has shared a photobook focused on Bad Bunny's career and rise from 2019 to 2025Bad Bunny by STILLZ is an intimate look into the singer's life on tour, shot fully on Polaroid film from the 1970sThe book is solely available to purchase in Puerto Rico through the rest of Benito's residencyAs Bad Bunny continues his Puerto Rico residency, photographer STILLZ has lifted the veil on his photobook chronicling the rise of the global superstar.Shot on rare, expired Polaroid film from the 1970s, Bad Bunny by STILLZ spans glimpses of backstage moments, on-stage performances, and authentic tour life from the years 2019 through 2025. STILLZ is also a close friend of Benito's, making for an even more intimate and raw collection of photos. View this post on Instagram A post ...
Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s ‘Happy Victims’ Photo Book Gets a Re-Release
SummaryApartamento Publishing re-releases Kyoichi Tsuzuki's Happy Victims photo bookIt documents 87 individuals in Tokyo whose lives are shaped by their fashion brand devotionThis new edition adds an updated foreword, introduction and redesigned coverMore than 15 years after its original 2008 publication, Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s Happy Victims photo book returns in a newly reissued hardcover edition from Apartamento Publishing. First serialized between 1999 and 2006 in the fashion magazine Ryuko Tsushin, the series documents 87 individuals in Tokyo whose deep devotion to specific fashion brands shapes both their wardrobes and their living spaces. Tsuzuki’s portraits - one “happy victim” per spread - are accompanied by concise commentaries detailing each subject’s daily routine, revealing the pers...
Andy Warhol’s “Serial Portraits” Is Coming to Espace Louis Vuitton in Tokyo
SummaryEspace Louis Vuitton Tokyo is hosting an exhibition of Andy Warhol's serial portraitsThe free exhibition runs from October 2, 2025, to February 15, 2026Part of Fondation Louis Vuitton’s global Hors‑les‑murs programOpening on October 2, Andy Warhol: Serial Portraits – Selected Works from the Collection will be presented at Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo as part of the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s Hors-les-murs program, which brings works from its Paris collection to audiences worldwide.The exhibition focuses on Warhol’s exploration of the portrait format, showcasing a curated selection that spans from his most recognizable images to lesser‑known works. Drawn from the Fondation’s holdings, the display includes pieces such as "Self‑Portraits" (1977–1986), highlighting the artist’s fascination...
The Slow Death of the Contemporary Art Gallery
The contemporary art gallery as we know it is dying. In cities like New York and Los Angeles, dedicated spaces that once buzzed with foot traffic and formal openings are now struggling with rising rents and changing expectations. The old model, where a gallery does everything for its artists, feels like it's falling apart.Big gallery chains, the ones built on endless art fairs, multiple cities and huge rosters of artists, are losing their grip. Last month, Tim Blum announced he would close his Blum & Poe galleries in L.A. and Tokyo and even stop plans for a new one in Tribeca. He was blunt about the reason: "This is not about the market. This is about the system," he told ARTnews, pointing out that collectors have more power than ever to negotiate. His decision echoes a wider feeling a...
Ai Weiwei Subverts the Swoosh in “Colored Vase” Edition
SummaryAi Weiwei and Avant Arte have teamed up on a “Colored Vase,” a five-piece sculptural edition that probes the tension between tradition and commercializationPriced at $1,554 USD each, the works will be available for a one-week window starting August 28Ai Weiwei has built a career on turning tradition inside out, consistently returning to ancient Chinese pottery to confront politics of value, heritage and power. In his provocative 1995 piece “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn,” Weiwei did just that, reframing destruction as its own act of preservation. In other works, centuries-old vases are graced with a logomaniac touch, weaving symbols of commercial emblems into objects of deep cultural heritage.The iconic artist and activist builds on this dialogue in a new five-piece collaboration with ...
HUF and Mia Scarpa Go Acidic Americana in New Capsule
Mia Scarpa keeps her grip on the compressor, delivering dreamy airbrushed works that sit at the forefront of a 21st century digital folk sensibility. The Los Angeles-based artist is teaming up with skate-streetwear label HUF for a new capsule collection, distilling her unmistakable visual world into a range of wearables, fittingly grounded in a West Coast edge.The lineup spans heavyweight tees, webbed belts and denim shorts, each emblazoned with Scarpa’s hand in the details. True to her practice, the designs tap into ideas of memory and nostalgia through plumes of color, pattern and composition, as the artist recalls fond memories from her RISD stint.Highlights include a five-piece run of one-one-one Cromer shorts, each graced with a unique airbrushed design — a deer frozen in night vision...
Anish Kapoor and Climate Activists Take Over Gas Rig with “BUTCHERED”
SummaryClimate activists from Greenpeace installed Anish Kapoor's “BUTCHERED” on a Shell gas rig in the North SeaThe piece references the violence, loss and destruction wrought on by titanic oil and gas extraction initiatives and corporationsActivists from the climate organization Greenpeace have unveiled a new artwork by Anish Kapoor on a Shell gas platform in the North Sea. Titled “BUTCHERED,” the artwork arrives as the UK records its fourth heatwave of the summer, and in the words of Kapoor, is “a reference to the destruction – the bleeding – of our globe of our state, of being.”On the morning of August 13, seven Greenpeace members scaled Shell's Skiff platform, located 45 nautical miles off the coast of Norfolk before mounting a 12-by-8 meter canvas to the side of the rig. The activist...
Marguerite Piard Turns a Tender Lens on Female Nudity in ‘Les Veilleuses’
SummaryFrench artist Marguerite Piard is set to open Les Veilleuses at Stems Gallery in Brussels on August 14Through her work, Piard urges audiences to challenge perceptions of female nudityStems Gallery is set to open a new solo exhibition by Marguerite Piard at its Brussels flagship. In Les Veilleuses, which translates to The Night Lights, paintings of friends, family and lovers find home in intimate settings, awash with warm, humane hues — “Les Veilleuses is about our loved ones,” as the gallery described.Piard's tender, often tightly-framed, captures transport us to an emotional limbo akin to the silence shared between two friends. Echoing this sentiment is her unique choice of canvas, opting for sculpted wooden panels or smooth slabs of stone. Here, the artist presents bodies in an et...
Bobby Mills’ ‘Charred’ Exhibition Presents a Dialogue Between Fragility and Mass
SummaryBobby Mills' "Charred" exhibition features furniture and objects made from charred English burr oakInspired by North Devon’s landscapes, each salvaged piece fuses natural form with craftsmanshipOn view at otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSE until August 20, 2025otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSE is currently hosting Bobby Mills' solo exhibition, Charred. This showcase marks the craftsman and designer's second solo exhibition, featuring his latest body of work in charred English burr oak -- a rare and visually striking timber whose swirling grain patterns evoke the turbulence of a fossilized storm.Created in Mills’ small studio in North Devon, each piece reflects the surrounding environment from the vast dunes to the west and ancient oak valleys to the north, infusing the work with a deep connect...
