Art

White Cube New York will present the final series of work created by the late Korean artist Park Seo-Bo, before his passing in 2023. Entitled The Newspaper Écritures, 2022–23, Park's final studies involved painting repetitive gestures with oil directly on global newspapers, each selected to signify an important date from his life — wedding anniversaries and family birthdays to major events that he noted on the back of the canvas.Park's Écriture series stems back to the 1960s, as the artist began fusing Korean calligraphy with principles native to Taoist and Buddhist philosophy. The repetitive mark-making has no intrinsic narrative and is meant to reflect the state of mind the artist was in — Écriture translating to "writing" in French. “Like the Korean scholars and Buddhist monks who saw w...

Museum staff sometimes struggle to distinguish art from everyday objects, as seen in a recent incident at the LAM Museum in the Netherlands. An elevator technician, filling in for a regular worker, mistakenly threw away Alexandre Lavet’s All the Good Times We Spent Together (2016), thinking it was trash. The artwork, two hand-painted beer cans meant to evoke memories of friendship, had been intentionally placed inside an elevator shaft to mimic something casually left behind.LAM, known for its food-themed art and unconventional displays, places pieces in unexpected locations to encourage visitors to view ordinary objects differently. “Our goal is to make people see the mundane in a new light,” said museum director Sietske van Zanten in a statement. The technician, unaware of the museum’s a...

Trauma is sometimes the best teacher. For Frida Kahlo, her near-death bus accident and lifelong quarrels with partner Diego Rivera consistently informed themes of physical suffering and psychological pain she'd imbue within her self-portraits, such as in The Broken Column (1944). For Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui, who recently unveiled a towering bottle cap assemblage at the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, he continues to utilize discarded materials to symbolically probe into post-colonial legacies and the traumas inflicted by past empires. There is an invisible barrier within the mind that separates pain and creativity, a metaphysical state that serves as the theme for a new group exhibition at Compound in Long Beach. Curated by artist Tofer Chin and his partner, mindfulness writer and educato...

Mercer Labs is days away from opening the doors to their new haunting exhibition. The brainchild of co-founder and multidisciplinary artist Roy Nachum, Dark Matter: Nightmare Before Midnight faces fantasy and fear in an embark into the unknown. Staged at their 36,000 square foot space in lower Manhattan, the exhibition features 15 unique rooms, each an entrancing world of its own. Ahead of opening, Nachum gave HypeArt an exclusive look into the depths and darkness of his latest exhibition.By day, Mercer Labs will continue presentations of their inaugural exhibition Limitless. After the sun sets, however, the museum will explore a darker side. Across 4D soundscapes, infinity rooms, 360-degree projections and large-scale oil paintings, the show probes the presence of darkness in art, culture...

For the first time ever, the whimsical world of Wes Anderson is museum bound. Opening next year at London’s Design Museum, the exhibition will chronicle the evolution of Anderson’s iconic style, from his early projects in the 1990s to his most recent Oscar-winning films, as fans of the filmmaker will get the chance to take an up-close look at a comprehensive retrospective of his work.Produced in partnership with La Cinémathèque Française, Wes Anderson: The Exhibition will delve into Anderson’s unique cinematic universe, showcasing an array of props, costumes, and set designs from his films. Visitors will be treated to behind-the-scenes insights, as well as items from the director’s personal collection, offering an intimate glimpse into the creative process, narrative approach, and meticulo...

Apple launched its latest iPhone 16 series earlier this month and whilst, on first glance, it may not seem like much has changed on the outside compared to previous, recent generations of the device, the Cupertino-based brand is putting a lot of stock into what's on the inside – or, to be more specific, the device's cameras.To celebrate its flagship iPhone 16 Pro Max model, Apple enlisted Kathy Ryan to curate a trio of artists whose talents would help to best showcase the capabilities of its latest device's camera. The result, 'Chasing the Light', is a multi-city exhibition featuring the works of Prince Gyasi, Ryan McGinley and Chen Man that took placed in New York, London, and Shanghai last week. For Ryan, the exhibition also marked a public return to work after retiring earlier this year...

Ahead of October, Unit London presents a new group exhibition inspired by Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic Dante’s Inferno. The poem takes readers on a gripping journey through the nine circles of Hell, led by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. After 700 years, the story continues to leave an indelible mark in the worlds literature, fashion, music, and art.Titled Dante’s Inferno, the exhibition delves into a darker side, inviting viewers into the nine circles of Hell: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery. In a diverse array of paintings, sculptures, and mixed media works, 12 artists reinterpret the contrapasso in store at every level.The journey begins at Revision Line (the view), where Andrea Marie Breiling guides viewers into a state of perpetual lon...

Originally detested (at least visually) by the Parisians, the Centre Pompidou has become the premier destination for contemporary art in the French capital over the past 40 years. The institution is undergoing major expansion, both at home and abroad, as Pompidou looks to open a location in Seoul in 2025, as well as renovations to its flagship museum over the next five years. North America has also emerged as another likely destination for the museum, with Jersey City being thrown in the mix as a potential outpost. Located just a stone's throw from New York City, the satellite museum initially was cut short by New Jersey politicians but has seen new life over the past few weeks as a new plan has been set in place that would see the prospective arts hub open at 808 Pavonia Avenue in a 100,0...

Are We Allowed to Just Dream? is a new book published by David Adekoya of LadderBoyz that explores the impact Black footballers have had on the growth of the Beautiful Game and the wider throes of culture.Divided into five chapters — Beauty, Gift, Imagination, Action and Celebration — each section blends archival photography, art and design, mixed with poetic storytelling to celebrate the lives who’ve shaped football as we know it, as well as reveal the challenges that the Black community faces both on the pitch and in society. From John Barnes and Ian Wright, Pelé and Ronaldinho to modern superstars rewriting the playing script, this book is a "celebration of the champions who inspired us to dream, despite being publicly demonized, belittled, ostracized, abandoned, and ridiculed by those ...

Back in 2016, the late artist Matt Jay started a residency program in Portland that bridged a gap between East and West. Entitled End of Summer, each iteration included six artists from Japan who would live and work within the bustling Pacific Northwestern city.The initiative served as a springboard for each artist to explore their creative sensibilities, while gaining a mutual understanding of their peers' respective practices and the Portland area, gaining access to showcase work at local galleries and institutions. "End of Summer is in many ways a continued evolution of the basic impulse to share this place with others, and have an experience together in a fixed amount time," said Jay in a statement. Jay tragically and unexpectedly passed away on November 22, 2022, but his vision for a ...

Olafur Eliasson is days away from releasing his new video project around the world. The piece features a series of site-specific installations, spanning across New York, London, Seoul, and Berlin. Known for his thought-provoking installations, Eliasson slows things down and invites his audience to steep in their own blurry reflection.Lifeworld will trade the crystal-clarity of advertisement screens for ethereally unfocused footage of each city, beamed back onto itself. Amidst urban chaos, the piece puts the rat race on pause to present the world in a soft and ambiguous glow. As shapes and colors fold into one another, the artist makes room for a moment of introspection. “Slowing down is part of opening up,” Eliasson tells Artnet “It’s in slowing down your attention that you suddenly see mo...