Art

After teaming up with ACU for an immersive exhibition in Chengdu, Jahan Loh returns to Singapore to unveil his latest solo show, POSTCARDS FROM SPACE.Featuring a new body of large-scale paintings, the center of the piece on an “interplanetary diaspora” concept, Loh artistically envisions a distant future where humans become inhabitants of exoplanets or other celestial bodies. His signature blend of Eastern iconography, pop culture motifs and sci-fi tone is fully embraced in this exhibition, with every painting not only being visually striking but also exuding a sense of unsettling surrealism that feels almost digital-like.In-line with the predominant space theme, the artworks are all named after actual celestial bodies. In “天宮星:: GLIESE 667CC,” Loh depicts a youthful boy-girl duo clad in v...

With his Spirited Away solo exhibition just days away, Kai Clements of Kai and Sunny has revealed another aspect of the awaited showcase. Clements has teamed up with Element Skateboards to collaborate on two hypnotic skate decks.Dipped in a captivating all-blue colorway, the decks are accompanied by a limited-edition silkscreen print. Different hues of blue compile the body of the deck, with Clements' signature fine lining spiraling around the silhouette. The design Clements has been using for his Spirited Away work reappears throughout the decks, while the back side is all-white and comes complete with cobranded hits and signage from Clements. Take a closer look at the detailing in the gallery above.Per an Instagram post from Clements, Spirited Away has been in the works for years, and is...

TASCHEN has released ‘David LaChapelle: Lost and Found. Good News,’ a two-volume art edition with three signed prints. It’s David LaChapelle’s first major release in a decade, capturing the chaos and beauty of his career.‘Lost + Found’ kicks off in 1980s New York, where LaChapelle sharpened his teeth under Andy Warhol and ‘Interview’ magazine. He quickly became a force in fashion photography, blending sex, celebrity, and surrealism in a way only he could. ‘Good News’ covers his rebirth after stepping out of the spotlight in 2006, retreating to Hawaii to rediscover his creativity. What emerged was a mix of high-gloss, consumerist critique and spiritual exploration.“This is an intimate tour through LaChapelle’s thematic evolution, narrated by the world-class photographer himself. Throughout,...

John Baldessari, a leading figure in American Conceptualism, consistently challenged artistic conventions, recontextualizing art through painting, photography, and mixed media. Drawing from various sources like film culture and philosophy, his work is both absurd and accessible. As part of Berlin Art Week 2024, Sprüth and Magers presents Ahmedabad 1992, a solo exhibition showcasing Baldessari's mixed-media assemblages from his residency in India.In early 1992, Baldessari stayed at the Sarabhai family compound in Ahmedabad, India, where he was inspired by local culture and rapid societal changes. His collages, featuring his own photographs, found imagery, and materials like rubber mudflaps and printed handmade paper, document this dynamic environment. The works reflect motion, technological...

Bobbi Essers' paintings are akin to an optical illusion, it’s hard to tell where bodies end and begin. Unexpectedly cropped forms are puzzled together by auratic symmetry, only to be superimposed by a new image completely. Echoing the cohesive and fragmented nature of memories, her compositions are much more than the sum of their parts.Unit London presents The World at Our Command, a new solo show by the Dutch rising star. In a song of skin and cloth, the exhibition channels the ethos of contemporary youth. Bearing intensity and intimacy in equal breath, the artist captures tender friendship in a collage of candid moments.By keeping subjects anonymous, Essers' work welcomes compositional overlap, giving universal resonance to personal emotions and experiences. “The face doesn’t hold much p...

Fondation Cartier is gearing up to unveil its new Paris location near the Louvre in 2025, transforming a historic Haussmannian building with the help of architect Jean Nouvel, who also designed its current glass-and-steel headquarters on Boulevard Raspail. Originally a luxury hotel and later an antiques gallery, this 19th-century site will offer over 21,000 square feet of exhibition space, blending historic charm with modern design. The space features mobile platforms that allow for flexible layouts, giving artists more freedom to shape their exhibitions.As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Fondation Cartier continues to push the boundaries of contemporary art. Known for showcasing talent like Sarah Sze, Ron Mueck, and Matthew Barney, the foundation has a reputation for embracing both es...

For able-bodied audiences, navigating through a museum or exhibition can be a straightforward experience. For those with disabilities, however, the barriers they face are often overlooked.The Zimmerli Art Museum has unveiled a new group exhibition featuring the work of artists with disabilities from around the world. Titled Smoke & Mirrors, the show conceptualizes access through ideas of transparency, antagonism, and humor as each artist brings institutional inequity to the surface.“The exhibition really comes from the perspective of a disabled person or a disabled artist specifically. It's trying to make transparent this idea of something that we ordinarily would not notice or take for granted,” says guest curator Dr. Amanda Cachia. “That's why I use that turn of phrase, ‘smoke and mi...

In the hum of Milan fashion week, photographer Talia Chetrit reveals her most comprehensive exhibition to date. Bearing the intimacy of its title, Gut evokes the visceral and vulnerable at once. The show gathers works from 1994 to 2023, creating a dialogue between Chetrit's personal and public worlds in a lyrical display of images.In the crescendo of her artistic career, Chetrit’s instinctive approach to composition is made evident. Through a series of self-portraits, family scenes, still lifes, and street photography, each image invites viewers to reflect on the nature of human relationships in its own light. Blending emotional intensity with daring pictorial structure, Chetrit captures what it means to be both behind and in front of the lens.Presented by 10 Corso Como at their concept st...

Danielle Mckinney suspends the domestic into the atmospheric. Her compositions begin with all-black canvases, as subjects reveal themselves in a wash of chiaroscuro. For Haven, the artist’s first solo show at Galerie Max Hetzler, Mckinney brings visual poetry to Berlin in a display of oil paintings and new watercolor works on paper.Trained as a photographer, Mckinney cinematically captures moments of introspection. As her protagonists lounge leisurely on couches and read magazines, the aura of Haven extends beyond its frames. Drawing imagery from social media and vintage magazines, the artist summons a timeless quality in her intimate arrangements, as subjects revel in physical and psychic interiority.At the heart of the show is its eponymous piece. The painting imagines a woman, clad in b...

This past weekend, contemporary artist Cj Hendry brought an immersive installation of blooms and blossoms to FDR Four Freedoms Park located in New York’s Roosevelt Island. Housed in a 120-foot by 40-foot greenhouse, Flower Market conjures childlike wonder and joy in its display of 100,000 handcrafted flowers. In collaboration with French skincare brand Clé de Peau Beauté and the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, the artist invites viewers to stop and smell the roses.For the exhibition, Hendry references a quote from American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it." Bringing this idea to life, viewers were invited to take a walk amongst the blooms, touch their plush petals, and take one home as a keepsake.Among the 21 different species of...

The MadeIn Art Museum is currently presenting Wang Xin's solo exhibition ‘Head Swapping Games’ through October 15, 2024. This exhibition highlights Xin's exploration of nature, bodily structures, and internal spaces, expressing the fluid relationship between these elements. Showcasing works from 2021 to 2024, Xin's art plays with the concept of transformation, using materials like pastel dust to juxtapose themes of death, rebirth, and universal particles.Inspired by childhood games, the exhibition blurs the lines between animals, humans, plants, and abstract forms. Xin reimagines creatures by swapping heads and bodies, blending insect limbs, decaying organisms, and natural elements to challenge traditional notions of form. The works dissolve boundaries between the physical and spectral, me...

Friedman Benda presents a new body of work by South African artist, healer, and spiritual leader Andile Dyalvane. In a series of textural and vibrant vessels, the exhibition renders a visual language of strength and courage. Imagining tradition and possibility through craft, Dyalvane weaves collective history and contemporary narrative to make anew.Each vessel of OoNomathotholo: Ancestral Whispers tells a story. The title conjures generational knowledge, highlighting Xhosa connections to land through the vessels, a nod to pots used to store memories in a display of rich textures and vibrant colors. Each piece is made from clay drawn from the rivers near the village of Ngobozanza, the artist’s birthplace in the Eastern Cape.Punctuated with knobs and scores, the artist joins Xhosa practices ...