SummaryPerrotin New York presents Collective Hallucinations through May 30, 2026, featuring Nick Doyle’s large-scale denim collagesThe exhibition critiques Americana and the "American Dream" through symbols like aviators and AI-powered data miningPerrotin New York is currently presenting Collective Hallucinations, a solo exhibition of new works by Brooklyn-based artist Nick Doyle. The showcase presents a provocative mix of denim collages and an immersive AI installation, interrogating the myths of Americana and the fraught relationship between land, technology and consumer culture.Born in Southern California, Doyle is widely recognized for his sculptural wall works created from collaged denim, a medium he uses to interrogate the overlapping legacies of Americana, capitalism, and toxic masc...
SummaryPhillips Hong Kong currently hosts Alexander James’ Dissecting the Square. Colours and BlackFeatures works include "Blue Pulse" and "Summit of Souls" which explore fragmentation, repetition and memory through the squareThe exhibition remains on view at the Phillips Asia HQ until May 31, 2026At Phillips’ Asia Headquarters in Hong Kong, British multimedia artist Alexander James is currently hosting his Dissecting the Square. Colours and Black exhibition. On view until May 31, 2026, the show highlights James’s ongoing exploration of the square as both a compositional device and a symbolic boundary. Notable works such as "Blue Pulse" (2025), "In a Place of Portrait" (2026) and "Summit of Souls" (2026) exemplify his expressive approach, where geometric rigor collides with psychological d...
SummaryJapanese Superflat artist Mr. opens We’ll Meet Again, his first major museum solo in Japan, at the Fukuoka Asian Art MuseumOn view through June 21, the exhibition features over 80 new and beloved artworks, spanning painting, installation, video and sculptureMr. keeps it forever young with We’ll Meet Again at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. Running through June 21, 2026, the exhibition delves into the Kaikai Kiki-backed artist’s chaotic and cute visual language with nods to nostalgia, video games, manga and the rebellious spirit yanki subculture.His first domestic solo in over a decade, the show gathers over 80 paintings, sculptures, installations and video works, immersing audiences into his distinct brand of “Japanese Pop.”Must-sees include an immersive installation taking shape as b...
Summary On view at the SWCAC museum in Shenzen, Sruli Recht's "LAIR" took 15 years to make. Recht uses a wild range of materials, including lava casting, lightning-formed glass and even bee-skin fur across the series of art objects.Now on view at the SWCAC museum in Shenzhen, Sruli Recht’s "LAIR" is an immersive exhibition 15 years in the making. The show ushers in a world where handmade objects were grown through the same raw processes that shape the Earth such as geological shifts and chemical reactions.The exhibition features 68 sculptures across 11 different installations. Recht uses a wild range of materials, including lava casting, lightning-formed glass and even bee-skin fur. Staged as "ceremonial artifacts," these pieces lure the audience through a mythic-like journey that blurs ar...
SummaryThe Metropolitan Museum of Art has officially announced the details for its spring 2026 Costume Institute exhibition, titled Costume ArtThe annual Met Gala will take place on Monday, May 4, 2026, tasking attendees with a highly anticipated "Fashion is Art" dress codeThe exhibition will inaugurate the newly designed, 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries, featuring nearly 400 objects that juxtapose historical garments with fine art to examine thematic bodily representations throughout timeThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is officially setting the stage for fashion's biggest night. The institution has announced the highly anticipated details for The Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition, Costume Art, alongside the accompanying Met Gala fundraiser. Tasking attendees with a "Fas...
SummaryAmerican artists Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince will share the stage in Helter Skelter, an upcoming exhibition at Fondazione Prada’s Venetian venue, timed with the Venice BiennaleThe show brings the two artists together for the first time and will present over 50 works across photography, video, sculpture, installation and paintingA collaborative zine reflecting the artists’s creative exchange will also be on viewWhen we talk about appropriation art, Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince are some of the first figures to come to mind. Known for their visual riffs, both artists get at the edges of American popular culture, embracing all of its myths and perversions.With the Biennale around the corner, Fondazione Prada will present a duet showcase of work by Jafa and Prince at its Venetian pa...
WePresent, the art platform from WeTransfer, has announced its upcoming Spring Show at the Copeland Gallery in Peckham, London, titled On Belonging.Taking place from May 8-10, the three-day event is open to all and spotlights the platform’s range of creative practices with curation exploring themes of identity and community.Turning the gallery into a multi-disciplinary public space, the all-encompassing programme brings together global artists from its WePresent Selects series as well as collectives and creatives from its wider network. Visitors of the show can expect to experience exhibitions, film screenings, talks, DJs and a pop-up shop across its duration.Exhibit highlights include artists like Chad McLean, Hashim Nasir and Hajar Benjida displaying new and acclaimed works, a purpose-bu...
SummaryVietnamese-French photographer Nhu Xuan Hua recently opened Of Walking on Fire, her first UK solo at Autograph in LondonOn view through September 19, the exhibition explores the fragility of communication and the slipperiness of diasporic memoryHighlights include works from Tropism: Consequences of a Displaced Memory, digitally altered images from her family's personal archivesNhu Xuan Hua’s photos are grounded in the gaps. The French-Vietnamese artist uses her practice to explore rifts in her family’s history and cultural roots. For her, art isn’t just a narrative vehicle, but a lingua franca. It’s a means to communicate when a common language isn’t on the table.Autograph in London is currently hosting Of Walking on Fire, Hua’s debut UK solo. Unfolding across both galleries of the ...
SummaryChinese artist Ai Weiwei and Italian fabric house Rubelli teamed up to open a show of silk artworks during Milan Design WeekAbout Silk weaves Weiwei’s most iconic motifs — including the middle finger, surveillance cameras and chains — into lustrous silk wrappings, bringing material warmth to Weiwei’s sociopolitical commentaryThe exhibition is open through May 15Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist known for giving oppressive power structures the bird, turns to silk for his new immersive exhibition, threading socio-political commentary into lustrous design.In About Silk, his ongoing Milan Design Week installation at Rubelli’s Milanese showroom, the medium is the message. The show wraps entire rooms in luxuriant sheets of gold, orange and red, emblazoned with some of Weiwei’s most iconic mot...
SummaryRuttkowski;68 in New York is presenting We the Structures, a new group show bringing together work by American artists February James, Baseera Khan and Andrew KassThe exhibition explores structure as a medium and subject, from personal and psychic life, family systems, urban infrastructure and the spiritualAs the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, art institutions across the country are offering up their own national state of affairs. From the 2026 Whitney Biennial to MONUMENTS at LACMA, exhibitions are looking to the past for answers for our future, and New York’s Ruttkowski;68 is taking part with its new group show.Running through May 9, We the Structures delves into the emotional and civic frameworks that define contemporary American life, bringing together works by ...
SummaryArtists Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood will present a new exhibition titled "No Go Elevator (not without no keycard)" in Venice from May 6 to June 7The show features fresh ink drawings and large-scale paintings, marking a striking evolution in the duo's three-decade collaborative partnershipLocated at Castello 2432, the project emphasizes cryptic textual elements and unnerving terrains that evolve from their iconic visual work for Radiohead and the SmileCoinciding with the atmosphere of the 2026 Venice Biennale, Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood's "No Go Elevator (not without no keycard)" will open at a dedicated gallery space on Fondamenta dei Penini. The highly anticipated show runs from May 6 to June 7, inviting attendees into a bleak yet captivating universe. The body o...
SummaryGagosian inaugurates its new gallery at 980 Madison Avenue with a showcase of replicated “readymades” by pioneering French conceptual artist Marcel DuchampThe exhibition runs parallel to a historic Duchamp retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, the first of its kind in over 50 yearsIt’s Duchamp spring in New York. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) recently mounted the first U.S. retrospective dedicated to the artist in half a century, and joining in on the momentum, Gagosian is christening its new Upper East Side space with a trove of the conceptual French artist’s most beloved readymades.On from April 25 through June 27, the exhibition, in the spirit of “Bicycle Wheel,” marks a full-circle moment for both the artworks. Through the years, many of Duchamp’s original bunch of maste...