Art
Grace Wales Bonner Delves Into Howard University’s Archives For Limited Print Publication
Howard Universal is the limited-edition print publication by Grace Wales Bonner in honor of the legacy of Howard University, a highly-renowned HBCU (Historically Black College & University) in Washington DC. With archival imagery, alumni reflections, and student submissions, Wales Bonner's research project weaves a portrait that bridges the present and past of the historic institution.Sharing more in a statement, Wales Bonner said “At Howard University I felt the presence of an impressive intellectual lineage, one I had long been drawn to from afar. Writers, artists, poets, together on the hilltop. The campus as haven, as a shining reflection of black light. This tribute to the lineage reveals the phenomenon of everyday expression. The gesture of the student with eyes on the horizon, t...
Pace Gallery Unleashes ‘The Monsters’ of Contemporary Art in New Group Show
In the early 19th century, Mary Shelley shocked audiences with her cult-classic novel Frankenstein. Neither human nor animal, this creature, even 200 years later, continues to challenge our deepest fears. Its horror wasn’t just in its grotesque or garish appearance, but the unsettling suggestion that the boundary between man and monster might not be so clear after all.Now, that same chimeric idea takes shape in The Monster, a new group exhibition at Pace Gallery Los Angeles. Curated by Robert Nava, the show celebrates “monstrous bodies and fabulations of monstrosity” in contemporary art, focusing on "fantasy monsters" rather than those rooted in everyday life. Through a mix of paintings, sculptures and works on paper, the exhibition takes viewers into a world of mythical creatures, childho...
Khao Yai ‘Art Forest’ Shakes Up Thailand’s Art Scene
Nestled in the lush mountains of Pong Ta Long, just three hours away from the bustle of Bangkok, you can find the newly-opened Khao Yai Art Forest – a 210-acre arts sanctuary where creativity and ecology collide. The project, powered by Khao Yai Art, aims to transform Thailand’s art scene by providing expansive and fertile grounds for artistic vision through large-scale commissions, site-specific installations and exhibitions.After living in Hong Kong for 21 years, arts patron and Khao Yai Art founder Marisa Chearavanont moved back to Thailand in 2019 with the hopes of strengthening the country’s arts patronage and institutional infrastructure. She came across the unique site shortly after; drawn to its rich history and character, she envisioned an art forest as a kind of “reforestation pr...
Alessandro Furchino Capria’s ‘Limehouse Flowers’ Land at Saint Laurent Babylone
Italian photographer Alessandro Furchino Capria is making a solo debut at Saint Laurent Babylone, located in Paris’ 7th arrondissement. Based between Milan and London, Capria garnered the attention of the fashion world through his earnest style, defined by layered references, harmonious compositions and natural balance.Curated by YSL’s creative director Anthony Vaccarello, the exhibition showcases works from Capria’s 2020 series, titled Limehouse Flowers, where he returns to one of his most beloved subjects. The photographs look for meaning in urban landscapes and the very nature of photographic practice, as each flower appears as a hazy burst color.With, as Rive Droite notes, “a sense of organic succession,” the artist carefully tends to his subjects in ways that feel spontaneous and deli...
Paul Flores Explores Fragile Memories of Los Angeles in First Solo Exhibition
In his first L.A. solo exhibition, Good Morning Los Angeles, How Are You?, artist Paul Flores wrestles with the uneasy relationship between nostalgia and change. Opening at CONTROL GALLERY, the show sidesteps a “love letter to the city” approach, instead offering a layered reflection on LA in perpetual flux.Flores, a native Angeleno, doesn't romanticize the skyline or the sun-drenched boulevards. Instead, his sculptural paintings stitch together fleeting moments: the hum of a neighborhood in transition, the scent of grilled meat drifting down the street, the ghostly imprint of places that no longer exist. His work evokes the feeling of walking through a city that’s both familiar and unrecognizable. “These pieces are about the people, places, and experiences that have shaped my life here,” ...
Guerrilla Girls Makes Their New York Homecoming in ‘Discrimi-NATION’
In 1985, anonymous feminist-activist collective Guerrilla Girls shook the art world with just one question: “When Racism And Sexism Are No Longer Fashionable, How Much Will Your Art Collection Be Worth?” Figured in the group’s bold, graphic signature, the poster challenged the art world’s “mega-buck prices” spent on the likes of a single white male artist, ignoring the works of many artists of color and women artists.Now, the iconic collective brings their explosive posters to Hannah Traore Gallery with Discrimin-NATION: Guerrilla Girls on Bias, Money and Art, making their return to the Lower East Side, where it all began. Showcasing their street-smart critique and distinctive visual flair, the show traces four decades of “behaving badly,” shining a light on enduring inequities across race...
En Iwamura Lifts the ‘Mask’ on New Ross + Kramer Show
What if a single mask could capture centuries of cultures? This question lays at the heart of En Iwamura’s latest solo exhibition at Ross + Kramer Gallery in New York, now on view through March 22, 2025. Drawing inspiration from childhood memories and global influences, Mask showcases over 20 ceramic sculptures, including some of Iwamura’s first wall-hanging sculptures, each imbued with a sense of discovery and wonder.In this latest body of work, the Japanese artist explores the role of masks across time and cultures, recalling the enchanting mystery and curiosity he felt upon visiting museums in Osaka as a child. While examining the historical weight of the mask, Iwamura reflects on their significance in a post-pandemic world.Ranging in shape, color and expression, this body of work is a...
National & Regional Winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2025
This year’s national and regional winners of the Sony World Photography Awards have been revealed. The victors were selected from a massive pool of applicants in the Open Competition, which aims to discover standout imagery captured in the past year. Photographers from 56 countries took part in this year’s competition with over 400,000 images submitted to the contest.One of the highlights includes National Awards winner Rahsan Firtina from Turkey who captured a seemingly candid portrait of a man resting at a table with a soft, contemplative demeanor while two locals behind him play a game of ping pong. Another image, taken by Mohammed Muhtasib from Saudi Arabia, features an incredibly, crowded public space with hundreds of individuals rubbing shoulders on the street level while others are ...
Alex Israel’s ‘Noir’ Supports LA Artists Affected by Fires
Gagosian announces the opening of Noir, a new series of paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Alex Israel, debuting at the Beverly Hills gallery on February 6. Israel, known for his deep connection to LA, explores the noir aesthetic through images that evoke a cinematic and emotional resonance. His paintings, rooted in the city’s architecture, reflect a blend of nostalgia and contemporary perspectives, capturing scenes from the 1940s to the '80s in vivid colors and exaggerated perspectives.Noir began as Israel’s photographs and sketches, which were enhanced with reference materials and collaborated on with animators before being brought to life as acrylic paintings by Warner Bros.’ Scenic Art department. The series evokes a dream-like quality, portraying spaces like a deserted lingerie sho...
Alleged Graffiti Artist Behind “Pam the Bird” Arrested in Melbourne
Last week, 21-year-old Jack Gibson-Burrel, the accused creator of the infamous “Pam the Bird,” was arrested and charged with 50 offenses including criminal burglary, motor theft and around $100,000 worth of graffiti-related damage.Gibson-Burrel faced Melbourne Magistrate's Court following a string of cartoon-like murals that sprung up across Melbourne's cityscape over the last six months. Alongside him, 39-year-old Matthew Raoul White has also been charged for criminal damage linked to the “SROCK” tag often seen with the bird.Over the last several years, Pam the Bird gained a cult following on social media, rising to the status of a mascot in the city's western suburbs, with appearances sprawled across metro rails, road signs and towering landmarks, like the Channel Nine building, Flinders...
Adam Himebauch Trades Stunts for Stillness in ‘Serenity Now’
Jupiter Miami is set to unveil Serenity Now, a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Adam Himebauch, running from February 16 through March 20. For Serenity Now, Himebauch strips things down, presenting a series of monochromatic landscapes inspired by pre-urban Miami and a recent trip to Jamaica. It’s a stark departure from his usual theatrics, offering a quiet, meditative shift in his practice.Monochromatic landscapes aren’t entirely new territory for Himebauch. In 2020, the self-taught artist explored hyper-saturated, intricately rendered forest scenes as a way to challenge his own technical abilities. Those works later became integral to Back to the Future, a conceptual project that blended media and nostalgia, using a predominantly black-and-white Instagram feed punctuated by bursts...
American Artist Brings Science Fiction Into Reality in ‘Shaper of God’
Pioneer Works is currently showcasing a solo exhibition by American Artist inspired by the life and legacy of science fiction luminary Octavia E. Butler. With titular cues from her seminal, post-apocalyptic novel Parable of the Sower, Shaper of God circles similar ideas of climate change, unchecked power and corporate greed through a striking display of sculpture, installation, drawing and video.The exhibition interlaces Butler’s resonant, speculative worlds with intimate details of her life, tracing her radical, political imagination through lived experiences. In “Estella Butler’s Apple Valley Autonomy" (2024,) for example, Artist reimagines her grandmother’s chicken coop and explores how its burning gave rise to the prevalence of fire in her most famed stories. Complementing the sculptur...
