Art
Dre Wilkin Inverts Paintings in ‘When the Air is Blue’
SummaryMontreal-based painter Dre Wilkin showcases inverted paintings that blend figuration and abstractionThe exhibition 'When the Air is Blue' touches on moments of focus and stillnessMontreal-based Foil Gallery recently highlighted the work of emerging contemporary painter, Dre Wilkin. Entitled When the Air is Blue, the presentation featured a bold selection of inverted paintings of everyday scenes.From a mysterious subject petting a dog to a cropped view of an individual breaking a lock, the collection offers a lens through the artist’s personal life rooted in interactions with close friends or passersby caught in “moments of focus or stillness.” The process of inversion is less of a spectacle, rather, the technique plays more into the themes introduced as the artist flips the composit...
Jean Jullien’s New NANZUKA Show Tends to the Inner Child in Us All
SummaryJean Jullien is set to unveil JUJU's Castle at NANZUKA ART INSTITUTE in Shanghai.Opening July 12, the exhibition will present over 80 paintings, sculptures, art objects and installations as viewers embark on an immersive, imaginary quest through the depths of Jullien's pastel maze.In just a few days, French artist Jean Jullien will open JUJU's Castle at Shanghai's NANZUKA ART INSTITUTE, marking his first solo exhibition in China. Equal parts art show and "dungeon crawl," as Jullien describes, the showcase features over 80 new paintings, sculptures, objects and large-scale installations, immersing viewers in the artist's whimsical inner worlds.Staged in a pastel-hued maze, visitors are cast as players in an imaginary quest, starting their journey by selecting one of four original cha...
Olympia’s ‘CAKE’ Indulges in the Sweeter Side of Life
SummaryLast month, Olympia in New York hosted CAKE, a one-night-only show of edible works.Part fundraiser, exhibition and community event, attendees were invited to indulge in the spread of works, ranging from traditional tears of yellow cakes, massive sculptural displays, vibrant mounds of meringue and frosting-printed poems.As evenings grow balmier, and New York’s art scene eases into its seasonal slowdown, a crowd spills out onto the streets outside of Olympia, fork and plate in-hand, for a CAKE, a special one-night-only exhibition of edible artworks. Taking cues from Marie Antoinette’s infamous – if apocryphal – quip, “Let them eat cake,” the exhibition served up confectionery pieces by over 30 fine artists, transforming the two-floored Lower East side space into a pop-up dessert salon...
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 ...
