Artworks

SummaryBeams America LA pop-up, open through September 26, shows Tadanori Yokoo colorful posters and Daido Moriyama black and white street photosExhibit includes rugs pajamas and wearable prints bringing their work into daily lifeBeams America is showcasing Tadanori Yokoo and Daido Moriyama: Legendary Contemporaries of Japan as part of its BEAMS JAPAN pop-up in Los Angeles. The presentation highlights two of Japan’s most influential artists: Yokoo, celebrated for his colorful posters and paintings and Moriyama, known for his stark black and white photography of Tokyo’s streets.“Yokoo and Moriyama embody the energy of Tokyo,” says Yoshiyuki Ogawa, director of TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS. Since its start 17 years ago, the platform has focused on artists who reflect the creative spirit of the cit...

SummaryEDITION spotlighted photography and culture with a two-week pop-up at El Silencio in IbizaThe program was anchored by a rare collaboration with renowned photographer Derek RidgersThis past August, EDITION spotlighted photography and culture with a two-week pop-up at El Silencio in Ibiza, anchored by a rare collaboration with renowned British photographer Derek Ridgers. Known for capturing subcultures and nightlife across decades, Ridgers presented images from his celebrated book KU Ibiza 1984. The work, published as a limited-edition zine for the occasion, lined the walls of the gallery space, framing the residency with the energy of the island’s golden age of hedonism.From August 15 to 31, the project transformed El Silencio’s pool deck into a reflection of EDITION’s signature aest...

SummaryThe Lucerne Festival in Switzerland is currently staging a music series housed within Anish Kapoor and Arata Isozaki's inflatable “Ark Nova” concert hallPart sculpture, part architectural intervention the piece, defined by its mobility and structural flexibility, was created in 2013 as a symbol of resilience“Ark Nova,” the first inflatable concert hall designed by Anish Kapoor and the late Arata Isozaki, has taken shape in Switzerland for the occasion of this year’s Lucerne Festival. For the next several days, the massive purple bloom will play host to a range of classical, jazz and folk concerts, for a one-of-a-kind experience of music and art.First unveiled at the festival’s Matsuhima edition in 2013, the project was born in the aftermath of the Fukushima earthquake as a symbol of...

SummaryPartnering with Paris’s historic Mourlot Editions on a limited edition printsHis first museum exhibition is planned for early 2027 at Museo Jumex in Mexico CityThirteen-year-old San Diego painter Andres Valencia has partnered with Mourlot Editions, the storied Paris print house founded in 1852 that once produced lithographs for Picasso, Matisse, Chagall and Miró. Known as one of the most respected studios in the history of fine art printing, Mourlot rarely works with contemporary names, making this collaboration a serious marker for Valencia’s young career.The release includes three prints, Woman, Samurai and Commander, each measuring 22 by 28 inches. The works are produced using Mourlot’s traditional techniques, carried on by generations of master printers. Editions are available i...

SummaryBanksy has revealed a new painting on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in LondonThe mural, which depicts a judge coming down on a protest with a gavel, is thought to be linked to the recent protests against the government's ban on Palestine ActionShortly after the artwork appeared, it was covered up by authoritiesA new Banksy piece has surfaced in central London and, in true Banksy fashion, is already drawing major controversy. On Monday morning, the anonymous graffiti artist took to Instagram to authenticate the work, simply captioning it with its location: the Royal Courts of Justice.Painted on the exterior of the Queen's building, the mural depicts a judge garbed in full regalia striking down on a protester with a gavel, blood splattering across the placard.While ...

SummaryGentle Monster's HAUS NOWHERE has unveiled its first art project created in collaboration with Namibian-German artist and director Max Siedentopf"More Is More" is now on view in Seoul, Dosan, Shanghai and ShenzenEven if you've never heard of HAUS NOWHERE, you know HAUS NOWHERE. The Gentle Monster brainchild behind this massive, two-faced cyborg for the eyewear label's Margiela collab or Nudake's crossaint-clad Shainghai store, the experimental project is on a mission to rewrite the rules of retail.For the launch of its new Seoul outpost, HAUS NOWHERE has unveiled its first major artwork, "More Is More," created in collaboration with artist and director Max Siedentopf. Lauded for his surreal, hyperrealistic sculptures, Siedentopf pushes the brand's "space unlike any other" mantra int...

SummaryAcclaimed artist Rashid Johnson is bringing his adaptation of Amiri Baraka's "Dutchman" (1964) back for a limited run of performancesThe performance's themes of race, violence and assimilation are heightened by its unusually immersive choice of venueRashid Johnson's "Dutchman" is making a highly-anticipated return to the Russian & Turkish Baths for a five-night run, starting September 24. Debuted 2013, the seminal Performa-commissioned performance marked the artist's directorial debut, setting him on a path beyond visual art. Over a decade later, he revisits Amiri Baraka's 1964, Obie-winning portrait of race and sexuality with renewed urgency.Baraka premiered his "Dutchman" in at the storied Cherry Lane Theatre in 1964, with its 2007 revival catching the attention of one Johnson...

SummaryLos Angeles-based artist Cleon Peterson is teaming up with Avant Arte to release a new sculptural edition, titled “Shame”The artwork will be available starting September 17 as a time-limited release via Avant ArteCleon Peterson has built a career off his exploration of society's often unsavory underbelly. Sex, corruption and the struggle for power take shape in scenes of unrest and clashes of monochromatic figures. In his latest sculptural edition with Avant Arte, the Los Angeles shifts his flat, graphic silhouettes into new gears, giving weight and permanence to this vision of conflict.Titled “Shame,” the resin-cast sculpture depicts a bowed figure, head in hands, grip tight on a sword pressed into the ground. Rendered in matte black, it's a posture thick with contra diction, gestu...

SummaryThe Chihuly exhibition at Maker's Mark connects the distillery's brand to art and sustainability.The "Summer of Sours" program is a new marketing strategy that uses cultural collaborations to sell a lifestyle, not just a product.Last week, I got on a plane and flew to Louisville then hopped in a car to Bardstown, Kentucky. My destination was Maker's Mark, where glass artist Dale Chihuly has an exhibition running through December with tours available here.Chihuly's glass installations amplified the place, mounted across the brand's Star Hill Farm. In the main cellar, a massive chandelier of twisted glass hung above rows of barrels. The work was a sharp, powerful piece and though its colorful forms contrasted with the cellar's pared-down atmosphere, the artist picked a commanding spot...

SummaryApartamento Publishing re-releases Kyoichi Tsuzuki's Happy Victims photo bookIt documents 87 individuals in Tokyo whose lives are shaped by their fashion brand devotionThis new edition adds an updated foreword, introduction and redesigned coverMore than 15 years after its original 2008 publication, Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s Happy Victims photo book returns in a newly reissued hardcover edition from Apartamento Publishing. First serialized between 1999 and 2006 in the fashion magazine Ryuko Tsushin, the series documents 87 individuals in Tokyo whose deep devotion to specific fashion brands shapes both their wardrobes and their living spaces. Tsuzuki’s portraits - one “happy victim” per spread - are accompanied by concise commentaries detailing each subject’s daily routine, revealing the pers...

SummaryAi Weiwei and Avant Arte have teamed up on a “Colored Vase,” a five-piece sculptural edition that probes the tension between tradition and commercializationPriced at $1,554 USD each, the works will be available for a one-week window starting August 28Ai Weiwei has built a career on turning tradition inside out, consistently returning to ancient Chinese pottery to confront politics of value, heritage and power. In his provocative 1995 piece “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn,” Weiwei did just that, reframing destruction as its own act of preservation. In other works, centuries-old vases are graced with a logomaniac touch, weaving symbols of commercial emblems into objects of deep cultural heritage.The iconic artist and activist builds on this dialogue in a new five-piece collaboration with ...

SummaryClimate activists from Greenpeace installed Anish Kapoor's “BUTCHERED” on a Shell gas rig in the North SeaThe piece references the violence, loss and destruction wrought on by titanic oil and gas extraction initiatives and corporationsActivists from the climate organization Greenpeace have unveiled a new artwork by Anish Kapoor on a Shell gas platform in the North Sea. Titled “BUTCHERED,” the artwork arrives as the UK records its fourth heatwave of the summer, and in the words of Kapoor, is “a reference to the destruction – the bleeding – of our globe of our state, of being.”On the morning of August 13, seven Greenpeace members scaled Shell's Skiff platform, located 45 nautical miles off the coast of Norfolk before mounting a 12-by-8 meter canvas to the side of the rig. The activist...