Art

THE SKATEROOM has released their latest collection of skateboard artworks, this time with iconic pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. The collection consists of three individual skateboards and a skateboard triptych each featuring a famous Lichtenstein comic-style painting. The collection starts with Lichtenstein's "Girl in Mirror" artwork from 1964 which features a beautiful blonde woman smiling into a handheld mirror. The skateboard magnifies the artwork by cropping it significantly for the vertical, slender format. A version of "The Drowning Girl" from 1963 on a set of three skateboards is next and features the full painting including the iconic phrase “I Don’t Care! I’d Rather Sink – Than Call Brad For Help!”Another 1963 piece follows with "Varoom!" which depicts a comic book explosion to crit...

British contemporary artist Paul Insect will host a four-day pop-up event in East London to showcase works created over the expanse of his career. Presented in collaboration with Avant Arte, Insect, who also goes by the alias PINS, is occupying an unassuming shop that he has frequented numerous times over the past decade, intermixing his own eccentric artworks within the chaos of the space. To complement the event, Insect and Avant Arte will be releasing two new limited edition silkscreen prints in PINS' characteristic collage aesthetic. Details surrounding the upcoming release are still under wraps, but according to a teaser via Instagram, fans can also expect "one of a kind artworks and objects."Born in 1971 in England's Southeastern coast, Insect — whose chosen surname comes from the In...

Yoshitomo Nara, a name that now rings out in the art world, wasn’t always in the spotlight. Known for his bold, cartoonish images of children with large heads and expressive eyes, Nara’s work swings between menacing and melancholic, defiant and calm. His characters—kids, animals, and hybrids—are reflections of himself, capturing his innermost thoughts and emotions. Rooted in childhood memories, a love for music and literature, and enriched by his travels, Nara’s creations ooze humanism.At the Guggenheim Bilbao, a mid-career survey of Nara's work takes center stage. One standout piece, My Drawing Room (2008), is a tiny house-like installation replicating his studio, complete with a playlist of his favorite tunes. This exhibit, curated with a loose chronological touch, showcases his evolutio...

Having long played second fiddle to the Los Angeles Lakers, the neighboring Clippers are finally getting a home to call their own. An ambitious $2b USD home called the Intuit Dome. Nestled directly south of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the 18,000 seat arena looks to be a marquee sports and music destination within the U.S. in the coming years, boasting the latest in cutting-edge technology, as well as a suite of specially commissioned artworks from some of the leading contemporary figures today. For the opening of Intuit, six artworks have been created on the exterior of the building, from murals and sculptures to digital installations. LA-based artist Glenn Kaino tapped into the Clippers' forgotten history for his sculptural installation, Sails. Unbeknownst to most fans, the LA Clippers wer...

In March 2024, Christopher Wool's survey, See Stop Run, opened on the entire 19th floor of an empty space in the financial district. Wool picked this spot to break free from the sterile "white cube" galleries. The city's skyline, seen through expansive windows, becomes part of the exhibition.Curated with Anne Pontégnie, the show places Wool's work in a dynamic setting where art and environment meld. It highlights his intricate process and the interplay between painting, sculpture, photography, and mosaic. The show’s dark and gritty atmosphere harks back to Wool’s beginnings, evoking a time when much of the city was desolate and ripe for artists to reclaim as described by Spike Art Magazine.Walking through the expansive, raw space feels like stepping inside Wool’s bleak vision, sharing his ...

WeTransfer has named Icelandic–Danish artist Olafur Eliasson as the new guest curator for its creative storytelling platform, WePresent. Founded in 2018, WePresent serves as the file transfer company's editorial branch, inviting globally recognized artists to share stories and artworks that reflect on pertinent issues facing society. Past curators have included American singer Solange, Serbian conceptual artist Marina Abramović, as well as English actor Russell Tovey. Eliasson is one of the preeminent artists of the 21st century, having represented Denmark at the 2003 Venice Biennale, staging a towering faux sun in the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in the same year and casting a set of sculptural interventions at the Versailles Palace in 2014. At the core of his shape-shifting practice is an ...

Eli Russell Linnetz takes over the Los Angeles art world with his MONUMENTS exhibit at the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery. A contemporary, multi-hyphenate artist, Linnetz breaks the boundaries and continues to explore America's past and present for a new generation in the recent exhibit. Known for his ground-breaking music videos, sculptural projects, photography, live events and his critically acclaimed fashion label ERL, he brings his debut solo fine art exhibit to Los Angeles. The immersive experience has taken over the gallery with a bold splash of neon shock orange as the undertone of the project, giving his own reinvigoration and imagination of iconic American symbols and landscapes. He re-interprets American landmarks such as Mount Rushmore into a pizza oven as well as the Statue of Liberty...

For a city as dense as Tokyo, the most populous in the world, in fact, the Japanese capital is a model of excellence when it comes to general safety, robust transportation systems, spotless streets and parks, as well as the abundance of cultural hotspots across the metropolis. From Ginza to Shinjuku, every corner offers picturesque scenes that draw millions of visitors per year. But for Japanese artist Hisaya Taira, it's the overlooked moments of the everyday that offer the greatest points of inspiration. The Tokyo-based painter is showcasing his favorite encounters across Shibuya in a series of new compositions at NANZUKA 2G. Since the 1990s, Taira has created photorealist recreations of the urban landscape, placing special emphasis on elevators, subway platforms and backstreets — areas t...

This past May, Yayoi Kusama's previously unseen painting ‘INFINITY’ (1995) fetched an impressive $5.94 million USD at Bonhams’ Modern & Contemporary Art auction in Hong Kong. Following this record-breaking sale, the British auction house is set to host another highly anticipated event featuring the collection of renowned actor Jim Carrey. Known for his iconic roles in films like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'The Truman Show,' Carrey is now showcasing a diverse array of fine art and modern design objects at Bonhams LA’s upcoming auction on July 25.The Modern Design | Art auction includes 35 lots from Carrey’s collection. Highlights include Kenny Scharf’s 2014 graphic oil painting Ice Mont, estimated at $30-40,000 USD, and a David Hockney work on paper depicting one of his...

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has partnered up with JRP Editions to release a set of three new limited edition lithographic prints. Mirroring a recent release Weiwei created with Avant Arte, each iteration of Grass Mud Horse features a two-color palette with a medley of surveillance cameras spiraling in-and-out of the composition. Weiwei is perhaps one of the most subversive and outspoken artists in recent memory. From his middle-finger laden photo series, Study of Perspective (1995-2003), to once covering the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in millions of porcelain seeds — a commentary on the 'Made in China' phenomenon and the geopolitics of exchange of the present day — the Chinese dissident uses his practice to critique the global power imbalances in society. “Ai Weiwei is an inspira...

Shahzia Sikander's monumental sculpture "Witness" (2023) was found beheaded in the early hours of Monday, July 8, on the University of Houston campus as reported by the New York Times. Standing 18 feet tall, this striking piece depicted a female figure adorned in a hoop skirt and jabot, with braided hair twisted into ram horns and vine-like tendrils. It was installed earlier this year as part of a temporary exhibition.In February, the piece sparked controversy. Anti-abortion groups denounced the Pakistani-American artist's work, branding it a "satanic abortion idol," and threatened to protest its display. The uproar led the university to cancel Sikander's lecture scheduled for the opening reception.The vandalism occurred as Hurricane Beryl made landfall along the Texas coast, causing wides...

White Cube is showcasing a new solo exhibition on the American Abstract Expressionist Al Held at its Bermondsey location in London. About Space covers Held's 50 year exploration into the complexity between color, form and space. Held, who is widely considered as one of the pioneers of Abstract Expressionism, burst into the art scene following his military service in 1947, carrying an aesthetic similar to Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock, but also that of Hard-Edge artists Frank Stella and Ellsworth Kelly. Unlike his contemporaries, however, Held fused tenants used by each of the figures previously mentioned, resulting in massive wall-to-wall acrylic paintings occupying an almost hallucinatory altered dimension, where varying shapes contour across an endless void of colors — or lack of color...