SummaryPace Gallery has unveiled a new solo exhibition by Chinese artist Zhang Huan at 125 Newbury in New YorkTitled Ash Paintings and Performances, the show features previously unseen documentation of Zhang’s shocking, body-based performances, alongside a selection of sculpture, painting and photographsThe body has no limits, according to Zhang Huan. One of the most extreme names in Chinese contemporary art, Huan made his name through performances that, often shockingly, tested the physical and conceptual boundaries of human form to explore memory, labor, impermanence and resilience.At 125 Newbury, Huan’s work reenters the New York spotlight in Ash Paintings and Performances, a new show by Pace Gallery. Curated by Arne Glimcher, the exhibition gathers never-before-seen documentation of Zh...
Hong Kong Art Month 2026 is in full force, transforming the city into a global hub for contemporary art and culture. Anchored by heavyweight fairs and a slew of high-profile gallery openings, this year's programming delivers an expansive roster of immersive installations, blue-chip masterpieces, and compelling cultural dialogues.Leading the charge is Art Basel Hong Kong, taking over the HKCEC from March 27 to March 29. The premier fair features a staggering 242 galleries from 40 countries and introduces the new "Echoes" sector, which is specifically dedicated to works created within the last five years. Running concurrently at the Central Harbourfront Event Space from March 25 to March 29, Art Central offers a robust multi-sector approach, highlighting its "Central Stage" and "Neo" segment...
SummaryAmerican artist Peter Saul has opened an exhibition of new and historic works at New York's Gladstone GalleryThe show features 20 works inspired by 20th century icons, including Salvador Dalí, Willem de Kooning, Marcel Duchamp and Pablo PicassoPeter Saul has carved out his own place among the greats with bold, cartoonish paintings that chew on absurdity of American life and politics. Now, in an art-history themed show at Gladstone Gallery in New York, the veteran artist turns his gaze toward the modern masters.The show, titled Peter Saul’s Art History marks his first solo outing since since joining the gallery last year. With 20 new and historic works on deck, the exhibition spotlights Saul’s irreverent style — somewhere between Pop Art, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism — as it...
SummaryYuko Mohri’s Falling Water Given explores unseen forces through an immersive installationNotable works include new pieces from her Moré Moré (Leaky) series, where dripping water animates found objects and structuresOn view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in NYC until April 19, 2026Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York is currently hosting Falling Water Given, the first solo exhibition by Japanese artist Yuko Mohri with the gallery.Mohri is celebrated for her ability to transform everyday materials into self-contained ecosystems that explore "invisible forces" such as gravity, magnetism and humidity. The exhibition features a range of kinetic and site-responsive installations, most notably from her Moré Moré (Leaky) series, which was inspired by the makeshift water-leak solutions found in Tok...
SummaryGagosian in New York will open Painting with Scattered Brushstrokes, an exhibition dedicated to Roy Lichtenstein's prolific brushstroke workFeaturing paintings, works on paper, watercolors and sculpture, the exhibition arrives ahead of the artist’s Whitney exhibition, slated as a major New York momentGagosian is set to unveil a major ensemble of works by Roy Lichtenstein at its Chelsea gallery later this month. Titled after a 1984 canvas, Painting with Scattered Brushstrokes features an array of significant paintings, sculpture, watercolors and works on paper by the pop art pioneer, all while paring it all down to painting’s bare bones.“I’m never drawing the object itself,” Lichtenstein once said. “I’m only drawing a depiction of the object — a kind of crystallized symbol of it.” Fo...
SummaryBritish painter Rose Wylie is presenting her largest painting survey at the Royal Academy of Arts in LondonRunning through April 19, The Picture Comes First features over 90 pieces, including previously unseen paintings and drawingsRose Wylie has always had a taste for the unruly. Having received her big, art world break in her seventies, the celebrated late bloomer is firmly in her prime, with her largest-ever show, The Picture Comes First, now up at London’s Royal Academy of Arts.Wylie, a British painter, draws from life as its lived. She culls inspiration from her immediate surroundings, like the flowers in her garden, as readily art history, celebrity, cinema and sport. She renders subjects with a childlike immediacy — a figurative disobedience against the expected pretentiousne...
Summary"THE MONSTERS 10th Anniversary World Tour," co-curated by POP MART and How2work, is officially heading to Paris for its highly anticipated and exclusive European stopTitled "MONSTERS BY MONSTERS: NOW AND THEN," the immersive exhibition celebrates a decade of artist Kasing Lung's beloved universe, featuring original manuscripts, oil paintings, and an extensive collection of LABUBU figuresThe expansive retrospective is divided into six major themed zones and is open to the public from March 4 through March 29, 2026, at the historic Hôtel du Grand VeneurFollowing highly successful stops in Shanghai, Taipei, and Hong Kong, Labubu and The Monsters are officially heading to the City of Romance. Co-curated by POP MART and How2work, "THE MONSTERS 10th Anniversary World Tour" is bringing its...
SummaryThe Whitney Museum of American Art in New York presents its 82nd Biennial, running through August 23Featuring the work of 56 artists, the showcase centers themes of relationality and connectionOn March 8, the Whitney Museum of American Art will welcome to the public to the 82nd edition of its landmark Biennial, with 56 artists in tow. As critic Holland Cotter noted, the show has a reputation for dividing audiences, and as early reactions to this year's showcase trickle in, it seems the tradition continues. Love it or hate it, however, the art world appears to unite on one front: it's weird. And with one glimpse at the world nowadays, there's little room to disagree.The label suits a show that bills itself as a pulse check on the state of American art, revisiting the question: what d...
SummaryArtists Anicka Yi and Josh Kline open a new group exhibition Studio Visit at Hauser & Wirth in New YorkThe show gathers work and early studio reflections from over two dozen international artistsAn exhibition and curatorial project, the works on view explore ideas of labor, technology, community and privacyAn artist's studio is never just a physical workspace, but a psychological and conceptual site for identity, creation and economy. Artists and co-curators Anicka Yi and Josh Kline unpack the many studio's many lives in a new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in New York. Presented by the gallery and arts nonprofit Performance Space New York, the aptly-titled Studio Visit invites 27 artists to reflect on the innermost places and practices that made their career.Dancing between t...
Teppei Ono is a celebrated Japanese contemporary ceramic artist whose practice is a powerful dialogue between raw, untamed energy and the quiet resilience of everyday life. Born in 1958, his path began with a deep rebellion against the constraints of modern society, driving him to seek freedom through the elemental medium of clay.After apprenticing in the historic pottery center of Tokoname under the legendary Ryoji Koie, Ono moved to the serene mountains of Kochi Prefecture in 1998. Living a disciplined, rhythmic life surrounded by nature, he kneads local Kochi clay by hand and fires it in wood-burning kilns he built himself. This intimate process is often physical and even "violent"; he has described his early work as an outlet for sharp, aggressive impulses. However, at the age of 40, h...
SummaryArt Production Fund presents Body & Soul for Frieze Projects, its collaborative public art program with FriezeThe exhibition debuts eight installations and performs staged around the city, prioritizing civic engagement over exclusivityFeatured artists include Dan John Anderson, Polly Borland, Cosmas & Damian Brown, Kohshin Finley, Shana Hoehn, Amanda Ross-Ho and Kelly WallFrieze Projects makes a return to Los Angeles with a fresh suite of artworks planted around the city. A collaborative platform between Frieze and Art Production Fund (APF), the initiative makes up the fair’s public art program, a way for it to broaden its typical art reach with new commissions by Angeleno artists. This year’s showcase, titled Body & Soul, gathers eight performances and installations, ea...
SummaryMartin Margiela is set to open his first large-scale exhibition in Japan at Kudan House, running from April 11 through 29The showcase gathers a gamut of collages, drawings, paintings, assemblages, sculptures and video, dispersed throughout the historic Tokyo residenceMartin Margiela has always been an artist at heart. After a sudden departure from his namesake label in 2009, he turned — or returned, rather — to art as his main creative outlet: “I needed a wider spectrum with total freedom in creative expression, and rediscovered my roots as a young boy in art school,” he said ahead of his debut exhibition at Lafayette Anticipations in 2021, “enjoying pure creation without boundaries.”This spring, Margiela will unveil a new solo show at Kudan House in Tokyo. Running from April 11 thr...