Exhibitions

Summary'Love, Queen' is Adam Pendleton’s first solo show in DC, featuring new paintings and a major video work.The exhibition blends abstraction, language and protest history.The Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC is hosting Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen, the artist’s first solo exhibition in the city. On view through January 3, 2027, the show features new and recent paintings, along with a large-scale video installation, in the museum’s second-floor galleries.Pendleton is known for blending painting, drawing, and photography. He starts his pieces with ink, shapes, and text on paper, then photographs and layers them using screen-printing. The result is a bold visual language that mixes abstraction, minimalism and conceptual art.The exhibition includes Pendleton’s signature "Black Dada," "Day...

SummaryGreg Ito transforms Rockefeller Center with vibrant works exploring renewal and memory'The Enlightenment' runs through August 29 and includes a free kids’ workshop on June 26Los Angeles-based artist Greg Ito has taken over Rockefeller Center with The Enlightenment, a vibrant public exhibition presented in partnership with Art Production Fund as part of the Art in Focus program.On view from June 2, the multi-site installation features paintings, sculptures, dioramas and photographic works that draw from personal memory and themes of transformation. Ito began many of the featured paintings during the California wildfires, layering symbols like flames, flowers, doorways and the setting sun to reflect cycles of destruction and renewal.At 45 Rockefeller Plaza, Ito transforms street-facin...

SummaryMicki Meng in San Francisco is currently presenting For Sport by Amanda Ba through June 27.In a showcase of seven figurative paintings, Ba examines the cultural mythos embedded in sports, spectacle and athleticism.As the NBA Finals heats up, a new exhibition in San Francisco invites us to consider the stories that empower our beloved games. At Micki Meng, Chinese American painter Amanda Ba presents For Sport, her debut solo exhibition in the NorCal hub, turning to the language of athleticism — bodies in motion, muscles under tension – as a means to explore deeper themes of identity, spectacle and power.The works on view build off the ideas in Ba's Developing Desire exhibition staged at Jeffrey Deitch last fall, this time zeroing in on the psychosexual drama of high-performance sport...

SummaryETERNO, a new phygital gallery, has opened in Marvila, Lisbon.The gallery is currently hosting Threshold, a new exhibition by acclaimed Portuguese artist Vhils, now on view through August 2.Spanning two floors, the show features a selection of physical and digital works to view and collect, marking a new era in the artist's “LAYERS” project.ETERNO is the latest digital-first art addition to Lisbon’s up-and-coming Marvila district, and to celebrate the gallery is playing host to a new phygital exhibition by the acclaimed Alexandre Farto, better known as Vhils.Titled Threshold, the exhibition marks a new chapter in the Portuguese artist's ongoing “LAYERS” project. Unfolding across two floors, the exhibition toes the line between destruction and creation, visibility and erasures – just...

SummaryKenny Scharft presents his largest solo exhibition Emotional at MAM Shanghai on June 28It features artwork spanning five decades of his career and an immersive "Beach Club" installationThe exhibition will run until October 8, 2025Kenny Scharf’s largest solo exhibition to date, Emotional, has opened at Modern Art Museum (MAM) Shanghai, marking his China debut with a sweeping showcase of over five decades of work. Featuring more than 120 multidisciplinary pieces, the exhibition explores Scharf’s playful yet intricate depictions of emotion, expressed through his vivid, cartoonish iconography. Spanning three floors, the show invites visitors into Scharf’s world, culminating in the immersive Beach Club installation, a space designed to transport guests into the artist’s West Coast-inspir...

SummaryThe 2025 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize has been awarded to Japanese sculptor Kunimasa Aoki for his terracotta work “Realm of Living Things 19,” which embodies the raw beauty and stillness of earth through ancestral and innovative techniques.In addition to the winning title, Aoki was awarded €50,000 EUR prize and have his work displayed at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid as a part of the annual Craft Prize exhibition, alongside the other 29 finalists.Since its inception in 2016, the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize has spotlighted artisanal excellence from around the globe. Founded by Jonathan Anderson, the prize was launched to reaffirm the Spanish house’s ardent devotion to craft, celebrating makers and artists that champion traditional and innovation in their respectiv...

SummaryThe Rule of Three exhibition is currently on view at otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSE in Hong KongA multi-sensory exhibition, it features new ceramics by Karena Lam, paintings by Hilarie Hon and music by Olivier CongThe Rule of Three, presented by otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSE, explores the symbolic and structural significance of the number three in art. Featuring new works by Karena Lam, Hilarie Hon and Olivier Cong, the exhibition examines how triadic principles manifest across different artistic mediums. Each artist contributes a distinct perspective, expressed through ceramics, paintings and music, yet their works intertwine in a unified dialogue, highlighting the interplay between form, material and perception.Throughout history, the number three holds deep cultural, religious as we...

Next month, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles will debut NOX High-Rise, an immersive installation by London-based artist Lawrence Lek. Unfolding across multiple galleries, the exhibition fuses video, sound and sculptural elements to explore the evolving role of artificial intelligence in contemporary urban life, raising urgent questions about agency, empathy and the ethics of living alongside sentient technology.The installation revolves around NOX — short for “Nonhuman Excellence” — a fictional clinical facility run by tech giant Farsight Corporation, that aid autonomous vehicles after they start exhibiting signs emotional instability. Mirroring the mental health troubles of humans, the cars undergo therapeutic treatment before returning to their jobs on the streets. This latest iteration ...

SummaryNew Peter Sutherland exhibition 'Cloud Painting' features mixed media works created between 2024 and 2025Collage art, abstract painting and sculpture inspired by skate culture and natural landscapesFor Dries Van Noten's latest show at its Little House Gallery, Peter Sutherland presents Cloud Painting which is a body of work made between 2024 and 2025. Following a move from New York City to a mountain town in Colorado, his practice expanded from photography to include painting, collage and sculpture. The result is a series of works that explore the space between the natural and the manmade, the polished and the raw.“I want it to be a chaotic celebration of life,” Sutherland said to Dries Van Noten. His work draws from everyday scenes, graffiti and the cultures that shaped him, like s...

SummaryPan Daijing opens Sudden Places, her first museum solo exhibition, at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.On view through July, the show features a range of sound and sculptural installations alongside new paintings.The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis presents the first U.S. solo museum exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Pan Daijing. Born in Guiyang and based in Berlin, Daijing is known for crafting immersive, emotionally charged environments that span sound, sculpture, video, architecture and, above all, performance. A self-taught composer, she's drawn attention in recent years for her bold explorations of experimental and industrial sound, earning her a place among the inaugural medalists of the Art Basel Awards.In Sudden Places, the artist transforms the white-walled Burnet...

SummaryteamLab Biovortex Kyoto opens Fall 2025 as a permanent immersive art museumIt will feature interactive installations such as "Massless Amorphous Sculpture" and "Massless Suns"The museum will showcase a rotating selection of worksOpening this fall, teamLab Biovortex Kyoto will be the latest permanent immersive art museum by the acclaimed collective teamLab. Located near Kyoto Station, the museum is part of the city's broader urban revitalization initiative. This project aims to establish a dynamic cultural and creative hub, fostering a new synergy around art, youth, and innovation.The concept behind "Biovortex" suggests a swirling center of life and interconnectedness, themes deeply resonant with teamLab's artistic philosophy. Among the highlighted installations, "Massless Amorphous ...

SummaryRoss + Kramer has extended Kenny Scharf’s Look Both Ways exhibition until June 28The show includes an array of artworks that span Scharf's expansive career from the 1980s to the presentRoss + Kramer has extended Kenny Scharf’s Look Both Ways exhibition. Originally scheduled to run until May 24, 2025, the exhibition now remains open beyond its initial closing date. Featuring a dynamic mix of paintings and sculptures, this significant showcase spans Scharf's expansive career from the 1980s to the present.Coined as the "father of street art," Kenny Scharf gained prominence in the '80s amidst the vibrant East Village art movement. His signature use of spray paint on canvas reflects his street-art origins, translating into a bold, vibrant and "candy-coated" visual universe that humorousl...