Art
Refik Anadol Rewires Frank Gehry’s Legacy With AI at Guggenheim Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao launches its new in situ series with Living Architecture: Gehry, a digital installation by Refik Anadol. Using a custom AI model trained on Frank Gehry’s sketches, photos and blueprints, the work transforms the architect’s designs into shifting audiovisual landscapes. The installation explores the intersection of architecture, technology and machine learning. Developed by Refik Anadol Studio, the Large Architecture Model (LAM) uses generative AI to create new forms inspired by Gehry’s style. The piece unfolds in six chapters, showing the evolution of data into abstract, dreamlike structures. A soundscape by Kerim Karaoglu is also introduced which blends AI-generated audio with recordings from the museum. What's more, the immersive experience is built with ethic...
Butterflies Take Flight in Damien Hirst’s New Print and Painting Series
Damien Hirst is partnering with HENI to unveil The Dreams, a series of 40 original works on canvas and eight limited edition prints, blending butterflies and spin paintings – two of his most iconic motifs.“These dream prints are like capturing a star or a heartbeat,” the artist explained. “It’s the same explosion of color and movement, trapped in time and space.” Navigating the tension between nature, artifice, motion and stillness, a sense of curiosity and childlike play threads throughout the collection.Hirst began his first spin painting experiments in 1992, the same year as his first Turner Prize nomination, a move toward mechanized art and the aesthetics of randomness. Butterflies, on the other hand, act as a "universal trigger" for love, beauty and the ephemerality of life. A recurri...
Arnaud Adami’s ‘Scéne De Genres’ Opens at Paris’ Stems Gallery
French artist Arnaud Adami has opened a new exhibition titled Scéne De Genres at the Stems Gallery in Paris.Per the show's official exhibition, Adami's latest work explores the "paradox of the bodies of sex workers, both visible and invisible, exposed and concealed.""On one hand, the central perspective and theatrical lighting, almost reminiscent of Ribera, emphasize them; on the other hand, the female figure is always absorbed in her reverie or activity (embracing a plush toy, applying makeup, photographing her feet)," the gallery detailed.Adami's paintings encompass the "intimate environment of sex workers." Some canvases spotlight latex, plush, and satin scenes, while others feature neon "Bad Bitch" signs and feather boquets. His intention is not eroticism; instead, Adami's body of work...
Francesco Vezzoli Brings Karl Lagerfeld’s Memphis Vision Back to Life
Karl Lagerfeld, the late fashion icon known for his avant-garde vision, left an indelible mark not only in fashion but also in the realm of design. His fascination with the bold, geometric aesthetics of the Memphis design movement is the focus of an upcoming exhibition at Almine Rech Monaco. Titled Francesco Vezzoli presents: KARL GOES TO MEMPHIS Tribute to a historic encounter in Monte Carlo, the exhibition will showcase Lagerfeld’s extensive collection of Memphis furniture alongside archival imagery and personal artifacts that illuminate his unique aesthetic sensibility.Founded in 1981 by Ettore Sottsass, the Memphis Group disrupted conventional design with its vibrant colors, asymmetrical shapes and playful irreverence. Lagerfeld, captivated by its radical departure from traditionalism,...
Perrotin Hong Kong Presents Emma Webster’s ‘Vapors’ Solo Exhibition
Emma Webster’s solo exhibition, Vapors at Perrotin Hong Kong marks her debut in the city and features 11 ethereal landscape paintings, created during the January wildfires in Los Angeles. Through misty grays and delicate brushstrokes, her work explores themes of impending disaster and aftermath, blending plein-air landscape, still life and virtual reality into a new artistic genre. The title draws on the fleeting nature of vapor itself, symbolizing the transient qualities of change and the collision between the inner and outer worlds.Webster’s artistic process merges traditional methods with advanced technology, combining sculpture studies, virtual reality and digital rendering. She begins by crafting wax and plaster objects, which are scanned and incorporated into digital dioramas to crea...
For ‘The Garage,’ Toxic Arts Embraces the Beauty in London’s Grit and Grime
London-based Toxic Arts is on a mission to shake up the contemporary art experience. Helmed by Harry Barratt and Alex Isthikhar, the online gallery is trading traditional white walls for something grittier, more immersive and delightfully raw. Housed in an old industrial space, just blocks beyond London’s financial district you’ll find their latest group exhibition, The Garage, showcasing an international lineup of 20 emerging voices, each as provocative, thoughtful and electric as the next.Much like their debut show, Public Life, which transformed the former public toilet-turned-nightclub into an exhibition space, The Garage embraces its industrial backdrop — something akin to a "disused Underground station" — as an extension of the work on display. “It’s got a really factory kind of feel...
Lyric Shen Reflects on the Power of Material Memory in ‘There is an occlusion’
For hand papermakers, an “occlusion” describes when strands of hair or flecks of dust find their way onto a sheet, disrupting its otherwise clean existence by an unexpected obstruction. In Lyric Shen’s latest solo presentation at Silke Lindner, the artist delves into this concept as a metaphor for how (often unintended) experiences become embedded in the greater fabric of life, exploring exile and transference through intricate veils of ink and paper.There is an occlusion pairs the ancient craft of porcelain and stoneware with contemporary techniques like inkjet printing and digital media. Underscoring ideas of memory, privacy and the passage of time, the exhibition culminates in the heart of the gallery with a poignant reconstruction of a room from a Japanese colonial house that once belo...
Mastery Collides: Wing Shya Showcases Hong Kong’s Innovation and Technology Masterpiece Through an Artistic Lens
As an embodiment of curiosity and creativity paired with skills and technology, innovation celebrates the fruition of artistry and mastery. We often forget that the seamless collision of the two is explored in both the arts and the integral foundation of scientific inventions, where theoretical concepts and experiments parallel an artisan’s craftsmanship with the same level of dedication and evolving creative vision. When we photograph an invention and crystallize a scientific transformation into a still frame, we rediscover the often-overlooked liveliness that holds the magic to transcribe each photo from the documentation into an intimate portrait of energy and movement. In this series, “Mastery Collides,” co-curated by Hypebeast and Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation ...
Closer Look at the Galleries Exhibited During Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
Art Basel madness has descended upon Hong Kong, bringing the international art world together to experience some of the most sought after works of art. Famous galleries from Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, Gagosian to Almine Riche, Nanzuka and Pearl Lam Galleries brought in major pieces for the Art Basel Hong Kong.Kicking off Art Basel was an exhibit from Louis Vuitton. Bringing in Takashi Murakami to celebrate the second drop of his coveted collaboration with the French luxury house, team displayed archival pieces like a never-before-seen signature floral print rug from the artist as well as his own sculptures. A nod to local artworks, Kasing Lung's Labubu phase takes over Basel, with several of his paintings from his series of monsters appear both international and homegrown galleries...
Rodrigo Ramírez Explores the Anxiety of Existing in ‘While Being Plastic Membranes’
Fresh off his sold-out run at Zona Maco last February, Mexico City-based artist Rodrigo Ramírez is heading to New York to make his U.S. solo debut at Swivel Gallery. Titled While Being Plastic Membranes, the exhibition explores the visceral tension between body and psyche, pushing the boundaries of embodiment through a suite of dreamlike paintings and sculptures.Taking cues from Baroque religious iconography, “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch and Oswald de Andrade’s Manifesto Antropófago, Ramírez delves into the idea of “cultural cannibalism” with play and intensity in hand. Just as societies absorb and reconfigure subcultures, his figures consume and mutate, existing in a liminal state of perpetual flux.A knack for the unsettling sings through Ramírez’s flesh-colored fo...
Keita Morimoto’s Cinematic Vignettes Take Shape in ‘To Nowhere and Back’
Japanese artist Keita Morimoto is taking center stage at Almine Rech’s Tribeca outpost in his latest solo exhibition, now on view through April 26. Known for his dreamlike vending machine paintings, Morimoto transforms the everyday into a subtle neon-noir tableaux, poised between reality and fantasy. Between quiet meditations and tender memories, the artist captures the ephemeral allure of urban life, finding fleeting beauty where you least expect it.At the heart of To Nowhere and Back is an exploration of the ordinary. A phone booth's fluorescent hum, the warm red glow of car headlights or the final lights of a shop ready to close for the night – the exhibition is threaded by an interplay of light and shadow. Each frame a portal, Morimoto's use of liminal space evokes a nostalgia for a s...
Art Central Hong Kong 2025: A Celebration of Contemporary Art and Experimentation
Art Central has returned with its 10th edition at Hong Kong’s iconic Central Harbourfront, solidifying its reputation as a cornerstone event of Hong Kong Art Week and a vital contributor to the region's arts ecosystem. Launching with previews led by its partner UOB, the fair opens to the public from 26 to 30 March 2025 at its iconic Central Harbourfront location.Renowned for pushing boundaries in contemporary art and experimentation, the fair serves as a platform for both established and emerging artists, offering museum-quality works alongside cutting-edge creations across various mediums. Supported by the Mega Arts and Cultural Events Fund under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of Hong Kong SAR, the fair continues to be a key destination for art enthusiasts during Hong Kong's annua...
