Artworks

SummaryBritish designer Es Devlin erects "Library of Us" on Faena Beach for the occasion of Miami Art WeekAt 50-feet-long, the rotating installation houses 2,500 titles, reflecting an ardent ode to literature, collectivity and the environment's natural rhythmsFrom Leandro Erlich's underwater traffic jam to Pilar Zeta's iridescent beachside castle, off-site highlights from this year's Miami Art Week are barely on shore. If you're looking to catch a breather from fairground chaos, British designer Es Devlin's 50-foot rotating library is the perfect spot to catch up on some reading and views.Part of the Faena Arts program, "Library of Us" gathers 2,500 titles on its triangular bookshop, emblazoned with a 34-foot-long strip of LED text. Every 10 minutes, the structure spins on a metallic plint...

SummaryArtist duo and studio DRIFT has debuted three, large-scale immersive installations as a part of Manar Abu Dhabi light festivalOn view through January 4, “Whispers,” “Unfold” and “Wind of Change” fuses data, art and nature to foreground the raw landscape of Jubail IslandAmsterdam-based studio DRIFT has unveiled new, large-scale artworks as a part of Manar Abu Dhabi, the emirate's annual public light art festival, running through January 4, 2026. Now in its second edition, the event features a constellation of light-based sculptures and immersive installations planted within mangroves, tidal inlets and open sky, revealing the natural rhythms of Jubail Island through encounters of movement and scale.Debuts include “Whispers,” a living field of light made up of 500 glowing elements, dis...

SummaryFrida Kahlo’s self-portrait, El sueño (La cama), sold for a record-breaking $55 million USD at Sotheby’sThe 1940 painting, showing Kahlo in bed with a skeleton, reflects a period of the artist’s chronic pain and marital turmoilThe sale set a new auction record for a Latin American artistA deeply intimate self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has shattered the artist’s previous auction record, selling for a monumental $55 million USD at Sotheby’s in Manhattan. The piece, titled "El sueño (La cama)," or "The Dream (The Bed)," now holds the record for the most expensive work by any Latin American artist sold at auction.The canvas, created in 1940, is a powerful reflection of a period of great distress in Kahlo's life, coinciding with the deterioration of her health and her turbulent marriage. I...

SummaryJames James is releasing a collaborative "Frankenstein" print with director Guillermo del Toro on November 25The edition reimagines the film's poster with sculptural embossment, gloss effects and delicate foil embellishments featuring its main charactersJames Jean typically works solo, save for his collaborative posters with Guillermo del Toro. Over the last few years the Taiwanese-American illustrator and horror maestro have cultivated quiet the creative partnership after del Toro tapped Jane to design the leading poster for his 2017 film The Shape of Water, a fantastical, aquatic scene. The two later came together for a Pinnochio-inspired artwork, and now they are reuniting for the director's most recent film, Frankenstein.Jean revealed the collaborative project via Instagram, tho...

SummaryArts nonprofit World Press Photo commemorates its 70th anniversary with a limited-time print saleThe sale features works from 70 photographers across continents and eras, centering its photojournalistic focusFor seven decades, World Press Photo has celebrated the power of photojournalism, elevating images that deepen our understanding of the world. Founded in 1955, the organization has become a global touchstone for visual storytelling, and now, as it marks its 70th anniversary, it’s commemorating the milestone with a special limited-time print sale.The sale throws open the doors to World Press Photo’s extensive archive, offering the public a chance to own a piece of visual history. The collection brings together standout photographs from World Press Photo Contest's past as well as ...

SummaryKAWS: THE MESSAGE is now on view at Florence's Palazzo Strozzi through January 25The "Annunciation" reimagination stars beloved characters, COMPANION and BFFThe installation explores themes of technology, isolation and connection in the digital ageRenaissance decadence meets pop cultural play in “KAWS: THE MESSAGE”, a new large-scale installation at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. The New York-based artist, born Brian Donnelly, transforms the 15th-century loggia with two six-meter figures, bringing a tactile, wooden warmth to the cool geometry of the stone arcade.In this reworking of Fra Angelico’s late Gothic “Annunciation” (1433), we see two of KAWS’ beloved characters with smartphones in-hand, replacing the original angelic encounter with a meditation on the digitally divine. BFF st...

SummaryThe Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat has announced an upcoming “King Alphonso” screenprintThe edition will be available through Pace Prints starting November 5 at 11 AM EDTThe Basquiat family and estate is teaming up with Pace Prints and publisher Flatiron Editions to release a new screenprint, “King Alphonso, 1982-83,” on November 5.Part of Basquiat's famed Daros Suite, the original “King Alphonso” was created using acrylic and charcoal on paper. It showcases several hallmarks of his word-image expressionist signature, including schematic abstractions, scribbling text and a three-pronged crown resting atop one of his iconic head motifs.The title and eponymous label alludes to a string of Spanish monarchs, namely King Alphonso XIII, the last ruling monarch of Spain, reflecting Basquia...

SummaryJames Turrell will a new Skyspace installation, As Seen Below - The Dome, at the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark in June 2026The upcoming work will be the largest in the Skyspace series, measuring 40 meters wide and 16 meters tallLight and space legend James Turrell is set to unveil his largest, and "most ambitious," Skyspace installation to date.Measuring 16 meters tall and 40 meters wide, the work, entitled As Seen Below - The Dome, will premiere on June 19, 2026 at the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark, just in time for next year’s summer solstice.Much like all of Turrell’s Skyspace’s, the installation envelops the domed space in a wash subtly shifting fields of color, while a circular aperture at its apex opens up to the sky. Meditative, even monastic at times, a Skyspace rewa...

SummaryMagnum is partnering with Aperture for its ongoing Square Print Sale, centered around the theme of "Youth"The limited-edition sale features over 100 signed or estate-stamped artist printsThe 26th Square Print Sale is now available online through October 26Magnum Photos has teamed up with Aperture to launch a new edition of its storied Square Print Sale, offering up a fresh collection of works that delve into the tender mess of Youth.Featuring works by over 100 celebrated photographers, the sale captures what Magnum calls “the electric charge of growing up,” brimming with scenes of beauty, wonder and conviction. Among the roster of participating artists are Kwame Brathwaite, Larry Clark, Elliot Erwitt, Zanele Muholi, Martin Parr, Anastasia Samoylova, Shikeith, Alec Soth and Ed Temple...

SummaryBritish filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien opens his new work, “All That Changes You. Metamorphosis.,” at Palazzo Te in Mantua, ItalyShot and presented in the palace's frescoed halls, the film follows two goddess-like deities, Gwendoline Christie and Sheila Atim, as they journey through time and spaceAmidst the titanic frescoes of Palazzo Te, Mantua's 16th-century mannerist masterpiece, British artist Isaac Julien orchestrates a celestial symphony with “All That Changes You. Metamorphosis.,” his new 10-screen film installation.Set in the future, the piece follows Gwendoline Christie and Sheila Atim who play two space-traveling goddesses, as they venture through various eras and architectures: from the Palazzo's ornate chambers, to a glassy "spaceship" adrift in the Engli...

Awake NY is kicking off its Fall/Winter 2025 season with Silent Echoes, a new installation by artist Leyla Fischer. The show opens October 18, from 6 to 8PM ET, at Awake’s Orchard Street flagship, which will transform into a small, meditative gallery space for the occasion.At the heart of Silent Echoes are Fischer's signature dog figures, painted in thick layers of oil that imbue instinct and reflection. The canvases, titled "Guardians of Valor," "Hidden Identity," "Masters of Angels," "Downfall," "Yer Blues" and "She Loves You" will be displayed as well each carrying a quiet tension. Fischer’s work has long explored questions of faith, identity, and emotion, but rarely through direct storytelling. Instead, her paintings feel like moments of pause, balancing between strength and vulnerabil...

SummaryPerformance artist Millie Brown and White Label Editions launch a collection of signed limited-edition prints to support The Zaynab ProjectThe sale runs until October 24, with each print is priced at £250 GBPWhite Label Editions has joined forces with British artist Millie Brown to unite artists in an act of solidarity, launching a series of signed, limited-edition prints to raise funds for The Zaynab Project, a nonprofit providing emergency aid, medical support and education for children in Gaza.From Turner Prize winner Martin Creed and East Village legend Kenny Scharf to Patrick Martinez, Tali Lennox and Miles Greenberg, figures shaping contemporary art's new vanguard, the initiative collects an international roster of 18 names. Each print is priced at £250 GBP and is available on...