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Artnet to Go Private Following Beowolff Buyout of $65 Million USD
SummaryBeowolff Capital is acquiring Artnet for $65 million USD, offering €11.25 EUR per share—a 97% premiumThe deal includes a 29.99% stake from Weng Fine Art AG, ending a years-long control battleBeowolff Capital has announced a $65 million USD deal to acquire Artnet, with plans to take the company private. The investment firm has already secured 65% of Artnet’s share capital and is offering €11.25 EUR per share to the remaining shareholders, representing a 97% premium over the company’s closing price on March 3, the last trading day before rumors of the takeover surfaced. As part of the deal, Beowolff will purchase a 29.99% stake from Weng Fine Art AG for nearly €20 million, effectively ending a years-long power struggle between Artnet and the German art investment firm. The transaction...
Art, Americana and Absurdity Collide in Tyrell Winston’s ‘A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’
SummaryTyrrell Winston’s A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing explores a "Future Nostalgia" conceptThe exhibition features ten layered text-based works, blending Americana motifs and cultural critiqueHosted by Stems Gallery, it runs until June 22, 2025Tyrrell Winston has presented his latest exhibition, A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, at Stems Gallery. The exhibition explores a concept he terms "Future Nostalgia" — a future not yet realized, viewed through the lens of past and present.Rooted in Detroit’s industrial legacy, automotive history and Motown music, the collection embodies the artist's home city’s material and cultural imprint. Winston’s approach resonates with Mark Fisher’s hauntology, where artistic innovation often cycles back to the past, reinforcing the concept that alternative visions of...
Aryo Toh Djojo’s ‘Spectra’ Explores Multidimensional Reality Through Art, Sound & Atmosphere
SummaryPerrotin Hong Kong presents Aryo Toh Djojo's latest exhibition,SpectraThe show highlights new artworks, spanning thermochromic and abstract pieces explore hidden knowledge and inner consciousnessThe exhibition will run from May 24 through July 5, 2025Opening today, Perrotin Hong Kong will be unveil Aryo Toh Djojo’s newest exhibition, Spectra. Shaped by temperature, sound and atmospheric conditions, the LA-based artist transforms traditional painting into an evolving sensory experience. His latest body of work merges explores the interplay between inner clarity and cosmic revelation, inviting viewers to engage with perception as a gateway to expanded consciousness. Toh Djojo believes everyone exist within a multidimensional reality, where meditation, hypnosis and altered states can r...
HypeArt Visits: Ji Zou Paints a Portal Between the Digital and Divine
Looking at a Ji Zou painting is something akin to a haunting. Ancestral presence and personal stake unfold like bygone memories, with new meanings revealed one veil at a time. What’s left is an ever-evolving image — subtle, sublime, and like every good ghost story, bone-deep.This quality can be traced back to the Hmong ghost stories of their childhood. “In our culture, we don’t have fairy tales,” Zou told Hypeart, “so I’ve come to associate monsters with comfort.” It’s an inheritance that pulses through their immediate environment, from traditional costume fabrics that slink off chairs to paintings punctuated with silver shamanic emblems and the charms that bless the latticed fences on the walk to their studio in Ridgewood.Brought up in the sprawl of suburban Michigan, Zou, like many other...
Chiharu Shiota’s Woven Works Explore Life After the Body
Beijing’s Red Brick Art Museum is playing host to Silent Emptiness, a major solo exhibition by Berlin-based artist Chiharu Shiota. Curated by Yan Shijie, the show marks a defining moment in her career, expanding on her core concept of “presence in absence.” Through a host of newly-commissioned installations, Shiota captures the intangible with a divine, fibrous language, approaching the enlightenment in Eastern philosophy and confronting life and death head-on.In “Metamorphosis of Consciousness,” emptiness is imagined as ethereal curtains of wings and lights. Drawing inspiration from Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi’s dream of becoming a butterfly, the installation is grounded by a serene sense of transformation and a coexistence between body and consciousness. “While each time we slip into sl...
Nadya Tolokonnikova to Stage 10-Day Performance from Inside Prison Cell
SummaryPussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova will stage a 10-day-long performance inside a mock Russian jail cell, running from June 4 through 15 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.The installation explores themes of confinement, control and surveillance, and will be viewable via surveillance camera footage and peepholes.In 2012, punk rock band Pussy Riot took to Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour for a sub-minute performance of their song “Punk Prayer.” While the piece has since been heralded as one of the best artworks of the 21st century, the event landed Nadya Tolokonnikova, the group’s co-founder, in a Russian prison for two years on the grounds of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.” Now, over a decade later, Tolokonnikova is going back behind bars, bu...
Lorna Simpson’s Decade of Painting Gets a Met Spotlight
SummaryThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting the first museum survey of paintings by acclaimed artist Lorna Simpson.Now on view through November 2, the exhibition features over 30 of works from the last 10 years.For Lorna Simpson, images are always up for negotiation. A pioneer of conceptual photography, the New York-based artist is lauded for her ability to unravel the ways we reckon and wrestle with identity, challenging traditional narratives through text and image. Expanding on her impressive oeuvre of film, photography and collage, Simpson has spent the last decade delving into painting, building on her earlier themes while introducing new visual textures and techniques.The Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting the first museum survey dedicated to Simpson's painterly cha...
Gorillaz Commemorates 25 Years With Special “House of Kong” Exhibition
SummaryGorillaz celebrates 25 years with a "House of Kong" exhibition in LondonRunning August 8 to September 3, it offers band immersion and presale access to live Gorillaz showsGorillaz is celebrating their 25th anniversary with a special "House of Kong" exhibition.Set to take place at London's Copper Box, the exhibition will run for a limited time from August 8 to September 3. Visitors will immerse themselves in the band's "life of misadventures, musical innovation and ground-breaking virtual ways." Fans and attendees will take a deep dive into the journey of Murdoc, 2D, Russel and Noodle, starting from their introduction in the pre-digital world.In addition to access to the exhibition, ticket holders will also have presale access to four limited-capacity live shows. The standalone conce...
face oka Blends Art, Puppetry and Satire in ‘THE KIDDING HEADS’
Summaryface oka's THE KIDDING HEADS exhibition features his first puppet worksCollaboration T-shirts featuring designs inspired by the artworks are available for purchaseThe exhibition will take place Mister hollywood - the newly venue in HarajukuJapanese artist and illustrator face oka is set to present his solo exhibition, THE KIDDING HEADS, at Mister hollywood - the newly in Harajuku, following its earlier showcase in Osaka. THE KIDDING HEADS will focus on puppet-based works, marking face oka's first foray into the craft and medium, thus expanding his artistic repertoire beyond his signature satirical illustrations and sculptures.In tandem with the solo showcase, a collaboration T-shirt will be available for purchase, offering two distinct designs. One features the KIDDING HEADS logo in...
Wembley Stadium Gets an Olaolu Slawn Makeover
SummaryThe Emirates FA Cup came together with London-based artist and designer Slawn to create bespoke, stadium-wide designs for the 2025 final match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace.This marks the second collaboration between the Cup and the artist, following the artist's trophy redesign in 2024.The Emirates FA Cup tapped Olaolu Slawn for what may be his largest project to date. Last season, the London-based artist turned heads with a custom trophy design, which fused his caricature-style forms with a sleek, metallic elegance. For the 2025 final, the Cup welcomed him back for another creative takeover, this time, with the stadium itself as his canvas. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Emirates FA Cup (@emiratesfacup)Slawn's designs could be seen througho...
James Turrell Comes Full Circle in Upcoming Seoul Show
SummaryAcclaimed light artist James Turrell will open The Return at Pace Gallery in Seoul, on view from June 14 through September 27.The exhibition will feature recent and never-before-seen light installations alongside a collection of photographs and works on paper.A new James Turrell exhibition is set to hit Pace Gallery in Seoul next month, marking the artist’s first return to the Korean capital in 17 years. Titled The Return, the show features five recent installations — including a never-before-seen Wedgework piece — by the Light and Space luminary, transforming the tea house and all three floors of the galleries into dreamlike illusions.Like others in the series, Turrell's latest Wedgework presents a choreographed play of color, shadow and light. Light takes on a “thingness” in a low...
Officina Sculture Veloci Translates Racing Icons Into Sculpture
SummaryOfficina Sculture Veloci's sculptures are based on iconic racing and grand touring carsFrom the skeleton to the finished work, everything is made by handThe collective avoids digital tools in favor of manual shapingOfficina Sculture Veloci, based in Modena, creates sculptures based on iconic racing and grand touring cars. Rather than focusing on speed or performance, the atelier isolates form as they treat cars like the Ferrari and Porsche as art objects worth preserving. What's more, everything is made by hand.Each project begins with selecting a model which then pivots into a deep study of its lines, proportions and visual balance. Technical drawings and photo archives are used to understand how the car was originally shaped and how best to translate that into a sculpture as the c...
