Artworks

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...

As the art world rolls into London for Frieze week, Prada joins in on the cultural conversation. For the thirteenth iteration of Prada Mode, the Milanese fashion house reunites with Elmgreen & Dragset, the acclaimed duo behind the cult Prada Marfa, for a new immersive installation, titled “The Audience”.Within a makeshift cinema inside the newly restored Town Hall in King's Cross, a hazy film loops on-screen. Peppered throughout the seats are five hyperrealistic sculptures of moviegoers, posed in expressions of fascination, frustration and distraction, while another sculpture, lounging in the mezzanine, wears an apathetic gaze with her phone in-hand.By redirecting the attention of visitors away from the screen and toward the immediate environment, the piece reconsiders what it means to...

SummaryInvader will create his first-ever pool artwork for the upcoming Ray Nashville building in TennesseeSet to open in early 2027, renderings of the artwork reveal a Space Invader-like figures inlaid across the pool floor and a frieze of characters along the rimIf you've ever wandered through Paris, you're likely no stranger to Invader, the street artist who's been slowly turning the French capital into his personal arcade. For the last two decades, Invader, born Franck Slama, has kept steadfast in his craft, leaving his 8-bit imprint on over 79 cities across 20 countries.In the wake of Triple Trouble, his ongoing show with Damien Hirst and Shepard Fairey, the artist announces his first ever Nashville "invasion": a rooftop mosaic at Ray Nashville, an upcoming residential space weaving f...

SummaryThe North Face and Johannes Offerhaus debut the HKe collection with a sculpture made from SPECTRA® fabricThe project highlights exploration, sustainability and the link between art and the outdoorsThe North Face has introduced the HKe collection through a collaboration with Dutch artist and designer Johannes Offerhaus. At the center of the project is a sculpture built with the collection’s new SPECTRA® fabric, carried on foot to its remote site by Offerhaus and his team. Once complete, every piece was carried back out, leaving the site as it was found.The collection itself leans on the same balance of performance and respect for nature. Pieces like the HKe Devils Thumb GTX Jacket and HKe Kalix Down Hoodie are designed for durability in the outdoors while keeping a clean, elevated lo...

SummaryA new book, ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Head – The Mind,’ highlights the artist’s portraits of heads, with text by Sophia Heriveaux and a foreword by Larry WarshPublished by No More Rulers, the oversize edition features Basquiat’s quotes and a design meant as a collectible editionAvailable on No More Rulers’ website for $49.95 USD, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Head – The Mind is a new release that focuses on one of the artist’s most enduring subjects: the human head. Edited with a foreword by Larry Warsh and text by Sophia Heriveaux, the book sized at 11 x 15” offers a curated look at portraits that remain central to Basquiat’s legacy.“As we dive into these heads created by Jean-Michel, let us remember that we are exploring a fellow human mind. Jean-Michel’s strengths are just as attain...