Art

AllRightsReserved has announced a new limited vinyl sculpture by Spanish cartoonist, Joan Cornellà. Titled “I Hate Everyone,” the new piece will be released later this week to coincide with Cornellà’s birthday.Similar to last year’s offering, “I Hate Everyone” arrives in the form of a young girl donning a preppy and pink outfit. While the previous piece featured a brunette holding a birthday cake, the new sculpture presents a grinning blonde-haired figure with open arms.Despite the welcoming gesture, the girl’s sweater suggests otherwise. Emblazoned at the front of her sweater is a bright red hard plastered with the words “I HATE EVERYONE.” The 7.5-inch-tall girl also comes with a hidden feature. A gentle tap on the heart-shaped pattern will emit a soft, reddish glow, allowing the sculptur...

Ceramic Brussels is back. From January 23–26, 2025, the Tour & Taxis exhibition center will host the second edition of this one-of-a-kind fair, dedicated entirely to ceramics. Sixty-five galleries from 15 countries, featuring over 200 artists, will gather to showcase the medium’s evolution, from ancient traditions to cutting-edge interpretations. With a 20% boost in new participants compared to last year, visitors can expect an even broader selection, including group exhibitions and 20 solo shows.This year’s highlights include a spotlight on Norway’s vibrant ceramic scene, marking the fair’s first country-specific focus. Five top Norwegian galleries will participate, supported by talks and panels on “Norwegian Day.” On the individual front, Elizabeth Jaeger, the 2025 Guest of Honor, wi...

The Climate Museum is finally getting a permanent home in New York’s Hudson Yards, set to open in 2029 at a 24,000-square-foot site on 11th Avenue. Known for six years of pop-up exhibitions across the city, the museum has drawn 150,000 visitors to venues like Governors Island and Rockefeller Center. Its exhibits, featuring artists such as Mona Chalabi and David Opdyke, tackle climate change head-on. Founder Miranda Massie, a former social justice lawyer inspired by Hurricane Sandy’s devastation in 2012, views the move as a step toward deeper climate engagement. “This permanent space will amplify our mission of fostering climate dialogue and action,” she said to Artnet.FXCollaborative, the architects behind the Statue of Liberty Museum, will design the space, aiming to merge sustainability ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near the Pyramids of Giza is transforming how Egypt’s history is shared with the world. After over a decade of development, the museum has partially opened, showcasing 12 thematic galleries and welcoming 4,000 visitors daily. At 500,000 square meters, it is twice the size of the Louvre and positioned as a cultural landmark.Visitors are greeted by the 3,000-year-old statue of Ramses the Great, restored after years of exposure to urban pollution and vibrations. This centerpiece stands in a modern atrium that blends heritage with contemporary design, featuring homegrown brands like El Kahhal Looms and Azza Fahmy to celebrate Egypt’s enduring craftsmanship.GEM’s exhibits span from prehistoric artifacts to monumental pieces from the reigns of pharaohs like Ramses...

Canadian artist David Altmejd has opened a new exhibition, titled Prélude pour un nouvel ordre mondial, filled with a body of new sculptures and drawings at the Xavier Hufkens Gallery in Belgium. The showcase marks the first time the artist has combined the two mediums, as he examines their connection through the lens of the natural world.In sculpture, Altmejd introduces his own army of hybrid, anthropomorphic creatures, all of which play on the idea that animals possess eclectic powers and belief systems through rich symbolism."Rams, an orca, snakes, a panther, birds, rabbits and swans have all made their way into the oeuvre, serving as metaphors and companions since time immemorial, with their wisdom often pointing the way to spiritual enlightenment," reads an official description of th...

Olympic skateboarder Yuto Horigome has teamed up with DDTStore by AllRightsReserved for a limited sculpture drop inspired by his signature move. Dubbed "Yutornado," the sculpture celebrates Horigome’s remarkable journey and will be released on the occasion of his 26th birthday.Crafted from vinyl and gold-plated paint, the piece captures a miniature Horigome in the action of one of his renowned tornado-like spins. With arms outstretched, the sculpture boasts a sense of motion, reflected in the skater’s twisting body and the folds that ripple throughout the clothing. The figure is supported atop a gold bar-like structure, which bears the piece’s title in large, bold lettering.Horigome debuted the “Yutornado” move – consisting of a 270° spin into a nose slide followed by another 270° spin to ...

Next month, Mudam Luxembourg will lift the veil on Time & the Tiger, a solo exhibition by Singaporean artist Ho Tzu Nyen. For over two decades, Ho has relentlessly pushed the boundaries of moving images through his films, installations and virtual reality artworks. His practice is animated by a deep interrogation of history in East and Southeast Asia: how it’s written, shared, and shaped by myths and narratives.At the heart of the exhibition is the tiger, a symbol with deep ties to notions of time and resistance. Having roamed Asia for two million years, the animal, once prevalent in Southeast Asian cultures, nearly became extinct under colonial rule, yet continued to resurface across various cultural forms. For Ho, this elusive creature embodies resilience and transformation, weaving ...

Pippa Garner, an artist celebrated for her witty critiques of consumerism and inventive performances, passed away on December 30, 2024, in Los Angeles at 82 after battling leukemia. Known for her provocative creations that blurred the boundaries of art, gender and humor, Garner left an indelible mark on contemporary culture.Her work, often playful and incisive, tackled topics like gender binaries and consumer culture. From a car that appeared to drive backward to imaginative "impossible inventions," Garner’s art inspired both laughter and introspection. Transitioning in the mid-1980s, she famously described her use of estrogen as an "art project" and "gender hacking," viewing her body as a canvas for transformation as per Stars Gallery.Born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1942, Garner's early fa...

The To Save and Project film festival returns to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for its 21st edition, breathing new life into old classics with a lineup of over 25 newly restored and preserved films. On view from January 9 to 30, this annual celebration offers a trove of cinematic treasures from archives around the globe.This year’s festival will open and close with the world premiere restoration of Frank Borzage’s silent masterpiece 7th Heaven (1927), and a rare reconstruction of Charlie Chaplin’s World War I comedy Shoulder Arms (1918). The program will also see standouts like Anthony Mann’s epic western Bend of the River (1952), James Bidgood’s underground classic Pink Narcissus (1971) and Anthony Harvey’s adaptation of Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman (1966), alongside international gems such ...

Even at 87, David Hockney’s appetite for new tools is ever-growing. Heralded as Britain’s most celebrated living artist, his works reframe conventional notions of technology and ways of being. Countering this cold, metallic reputation with vibrant expressions of humanity and wonder, Hockney reminds us that, sometimes, invention is as simple as seeing the world in a new light.This spirit takes center stage in a new retrospective exhibition on view at Palm Springs Art Museum until March 31, 2025. From his Xerox experiments in the 1980s to his more recent, pandemic-era iPad drawings, the show, fittingly titled Perspectives Should Be Reversed, presents nearly 200 works produced over the course of Hockney’s illustrious career, delving into his knack for the digital and boundary-pushing approach...

For more than two decades, Beijing-based artist Cao Fei has documented China’s rapid urbanization and digital revolution, channeling the energy of the vibrant metropolis through magnetic films, photography and large-scale, immersive works.Now, she is making her Australian solo debut with My City is Yours, now on view at the Art Gallery of New South Wales through April 13, 2025. Stepping beyond conventional gallery walls, the exhibition unfolds like a bustling, surreal cityscape where scaffolding replaces walls and a spectrum of installations compete for attention.Spanning the gallery’s 1300-square-meter space, the artist presents key works from her career alongside several new commissions. Visitors enter through a replica of the now-demolished Hongxia Theatre, animated by nostalgia and an ...