Exhibitions

Dan Friedman's Why Shouldn't I Have Fun All Day? marks the first gallery presentation of the late artist's work since 1994. Staged in Lower Manhattan's Superhouse, the exhibition arrives in honor of the 30th anniversary of Friedman's passing in 1995 and is an immersive imagining of the artist's Washington Square Park residence.In the late 1970s, Friedman transformed his one-bedroom apartment into what he called "a living sketchbook" for his art, using every surface as a canvas. "I created an extreme caricature of the beautiful modern American home to bring into question our notion of what is a beautiful modern American home," he stated at the time. The installation emulates the same energy of the pivotal Lower East Side artist's apartment as documented in his influential 1994 work Radical ...

Hannah Traore Gallery is lifting the veil on a new solo showcase by Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj. Through a collection of portraits taken over the course of two decades, Hajjaj presents a visual dialogue between North African heritage and Western iconography, breathing vibrant life into every aspect of his work – from the subjects' sartorial style down to the colorful, multi-patterned frames.People of My Time reflects the ethos of the artist’s practice. Hajjaj weaves traditional Moroccan traditions with British pop iconography, where the faces of Imaan Hammam, Che Lovelace, Honey Dijon, Sarah Perles and Afrikan Boy serve as his creative muses.Surrounding each portrait, frames created from repurposed floor mates, conjures the bustle of Medina, adorning the figures with a tactile real...

The Arts Club of Chicago presents The Mother’s Tongue, Pressed to the Grinding Stone, a solo exhibition by Jamaica-born, Los Angeles-based artist Cosmo Whyte, now on view through April 2. In a showcase of works across several mediums, Whyte finds clarity in the haze of memory, exploring the inescapable connection between the personal and collective through the idea of spectacle.Using his later father’s architectural archives as a point of departure, Whyte interrogates the act of seeing: “What makes a witness? And what does it mean to have become one?” Uncovering new layers of meaning along the way, the artist employs a postmodernist approach to imagery, reworking photographs to reveal to alternative contexts.Standouts include "4x4 Timing/Hush Now, Don’t Explain" (2023), a multi-fold steel ...

Back in June 2023, Pope Francis welcomed some 200 artists, writers and creatives to celebrate the Vatican’s contemporary art collection. Among the artists representing the United States were Barry X Ball and Andres Serrano whose 1987 work Immersion (Piss Christ) – a photograph of a plastic crucifix steeped in urine – scandalized the art world and U.S. senators alike. Despite the many works ripe for backlash from Christian protestors, the Pope applauded the arts for its ability to bring hope to the world, without shying away from the depths and darkness of humanity.At Patricia Low Contemporary in Gstaad, Switzerland, Serrano and Ball reflect on their Vatican visit in a new duet show. Titled Pious & Profane, the exhibition draws a connection between these two seemingly disparate concepts...

Maureen Paley presents a photographic showcase featuring Pati Hill and Wolfgang Tillmans as part of Air de Paris at Studio M for Condo 2025. The exhibition highlights both artists’ use of photocopiers as a creative tool, manipulating images to produce abstract compositions and portraits of inanimate objects—where the machine itself becomes both the subject and the means of production.“The principles on which the copier works—yes/no, multiplicity, instantaneousness—are those that govern much of modern life. Letting the copier impose rather than imposing on it may reveal something about our times and what lies ahead,” wrote Pati Hill in Letters to Jill, A Catalogue and Some Notes on Copying (1979), reprinted by Mousse in 2020.The exhibition features Hill’s distinctive xerographs from 1977 to...

Designer, entrepreneur and art collector Victoria Beckham is teaming up with Sotheby’s to showcase a selection of contemporary artworks at her boutique in Mayfair, London before they go under the hammer in London and New York.The exhibition follows Beckham’s 2018 project with the auction house, which centered around old masters’ portraits. This time, the collaboration shifts focus to some of her favorite names in contemporary art – including Yoshitomo Nara, George Condo, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Joan Mitchell, Gerhard Richter, Yves Klein and Richard Prince – displayed across the three-story Georgian townhouse.The curation revolves around works with commanding uses of color, texture and scale. Standouts include Nara’s cute and cunning “Cosmic Eyes (in the Milky Lake)”; “Red Joy,”...

Italian photographer Alessandro Furchino Capria is making a solo debut at Saint Laurent Babylone, located in Paris’ 7th arrondissement. Based between Milan and London, Capria garnered the attention of the fashion world through his earnest style, defined by layered references, harmonious compositions and natural balance.Curated by YSL’s creative director Anthony Vaccarello, the exhibition showcases works from Capria’s 2020 series, titled Limehouse Flowers, where he returns to one of his most beloved subjects. The photographs look for meaning in urban landscapes and the very nature of photographic practice, as each flower appears as a hazy burst color.With, as Rive Droite notes, “a sense of organic succession,” the artist carefully tends to his subjects in ways that feel spontaneous and deli...

Gagosian announces the opening of Noir, a new series of paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Alex Israel, debuting at the Beverly Hills gallery on February 6. Israel, known for his deep connection to LA, explores the noir aesthetic through images that evoke a cinematic and emotional resonance. His paintings, rooted in the city’s architecture, reflect a blend of nostalgia and contemporary perspectives, capturing scenes from the 1940s to the '80s in vivid colors and exaggerated perspectives.Noir began as Israel’s photographs and sketches, which were enhanced with reference materials and collaborated on with animators before being brought to life as acrylic paintings by Warner Bros.’ Scenic Art department. The series evokes a dream-like quality, portraying spaces like a deserted lingerie sho...

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled PROTOTYPE, an exhibition exploring the intersection of art and innovation at Studio Odeonsplatz in Munich from January 25 to March 22, 2025. Organized by the Mercedes-Benz Art Collection and curator Christopher Dake-Outhet, the exhibition showcases six international contemporary artists who challenge the concept of the prototype through both physical and digital mediums.Among the featured artists, Simon Denny blends blockchain technology with hybrid paintings inspired by Mercedes-Benz concept cars, while Salomé Chatriot integrates organic elements with digital renderings of her breath. Paul Seidler’s work examines alternative time systems and Sarah Friend merges digital security with automotive access through a Mercedes-Benz Smart Key. Meanwhile, Theo Triantafyll...