Exhibitions
The Slow Death of the Contemporary Art Gallery
The contemporary art gallery as we know it is dying. In cities like New York and Los Angeles, dedicated spaces that once buzzed with foot traffic and formal openings are now struggling with rising rents and changing expectations. The old model, where a gallery does everything for its artists, feels like it's falling apart.Big gallery chains, the ones built on endless art fairs, multiple cities and huge rosters of artists, are losing their grip. Last month, Tim Blum announced he would close his Blum & Poe galleries in L.A. and Tokyo and even stop plans for a new one in Tribeca. He was blunt about the reason: "This is not about the market. This is about the system," he told ARTnews, pointing out that collectors have more power than ever to negotiate. His decision echoes a wider feeling a...
Marguerite Piard Turns a Tender Lens on Female Nudity in ‘Les Veilleuses’
SummaryFrench artist Marguerite Piard is set to open Les Veilleuses at Stems Gallery in Brussels on August 14Through her work, Piard urges audiences to challenge perceptions of female nudityStems Gallery is set to open a new solo exhibition by Marguerite Piard at its Brussels flagship. In Les Veilleuses, which translates to The Night Lights, paintings of friends, family and lovers find home in intimate settings, awash with warm, humane hues — “Les Veilleuses is about our loved ones,” as the gallery described.Piard's tender, often tightly-framed, captures transport us to an emotional limbo akin to the silence shared between two friends. Echoing this sentiment is her unique choice of canvas, opting for sculpted wooden panels or smooth slabs of stone. Here, the artist presents bodies in an et...
Bobby Mills’ ‘Charred’ Exhibition Presents a Dialogue Between Fragility and Mass
SummaryBobby Mills' "Charred" exhibition features furniture and objects made from charred English burr oakInspired by North Devon’s landscapes, each salvaged piece fuses natural form with craftsmanshipOn view at otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSE until August 20, 2025otherthings by THE SHOPHOUSE is currently hosting Bobby Mills' solo exhibition, Charred. This showcase marks the craftsman and designer's second solo exhibition, featuring his latest body of work in charred English burr oak -- a rare and visually striking timber whose swirling grain patterns evoke the turbulence of a fossilized storm.Created in Mills’ small studio in North Devon, each piece reflects the surrounding environment from the vast dunes to the west and ancient oak valleys to the north, infusing the work with a deep connect...
Newcastle United’s Magpie Emblem Inspires a New Exhibition
Back in March, Newcastle United took home the trophy for the Carabao Cup, marking its first domestic cup win in 70 years – five months later, and the club isn’t done celebrating as it hosted a commemorative art exhibition in Seoul, Korea. Coinciding with its Asia tour, the free-to-attend exhibition aimed to give fans in the country a closer look at Newcastle United’s history through archival imagery and posters. Besides the historic display, it also delivered several specially commissioned works from Joonho Ko, a local concept artist known for his moody editorial cartoons and vibrant animations. In a unique blend of Korean culture and football spirit, Ko reimagines the club’s magpie motif through the lens of ancient folklore, where the bird is regarded as a symbol of good luck and prosperi...
Egypt’s $1 Billion USD Archeological Museum to Open This Fall
SummaryThe Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) opens November 1, housing over 100,000 artifactsLocated near the Giza pyramids, it's the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilizationIt will display King Tutankhamun's complete tomb collection for the first timeA landmark cultural project, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), is set to officially open its doors to the public on November 1, marking a new era for tourism and archaeology in Egypt. Located on the Giza Plateau just two kilometers from the iconic pyramids, the billion-dollar institution will be the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilization.The GEM is a monumental achievement, spanning 120 acres and housing over 100,000 artifacts, with more than 20,000 being shown to the public for the first time. The museum's m...
Immerse Yourself in ‘The City of Nam June Paik’
SummaryThe Nam June Paik Art Center in Yongin, South Korea is currently presenting The City of Nam June Paik: The Sea Fused with The Sun, now on view through October 19Featuring works by Paik, Yiyun Kang, Gijeong Goo, Hyewon Kwon, and Inhwa Yeom, the exhibition explores the departure of screens and video as reflections of our reality to reality itselfIn this day and age, the ubiquity of screen technology is less of a sci-fi dream than it is a fact of life. Just as Denis Villeneuve envisioned it in Blade Runner 2049, modern cities are something akin to seas of screens, plucking the internet-fueled image ecosystems from our personal devices and enmeshing it into the physical world.In this accelerated flood of media, video and moving image no longer simply reflects reality, but become it. It'...
Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez Conjure Twin Magic in ‘Speak of the Devil’
SummaryJoy Machine in Chicago will open Speak of the Devil, a duet presentation of artworks by Sydnie and Haylie JimenezOn view from August 9 through September 20, the exhibition brings together over 30 works rooted in the sisters's shared aesthetic sensibility and practicesJoy Machine is gearing up to present a duo show by Chicago-based artists and twins Haylie and Sydnie Jimenez, running from August 9 through September 20.Drawing its title from the tongue-in-cheek saying, Speak of the Devil brings to mind the strange magic of manifestation — say their name, and they will appear. For Haylie and Sydnie, art making summons a similar act of conjuring.With over 30 primarily ceramic works on view, the show spotlights the sisters's parallel practices and shared aesthetic, defined by rich narra...
Yancey Richardson Celebrates 30 Years with Artist-Curated Group Show
SummaryYancey Richardson gallery in New York currently showcasing its 30th anniversary exhibition through August 15Featuring the likes of Mickalene Thomas, Zanele Muholi and Tseng Kwong Chi, the works in Celebrating 30 Years are curated by the artists's peersNew York's Yancey Richardson is turning 30, and to celebrate, the gallery presents an exquisite artist-curated group exhibition, handing the reins to the very names who have defined its legacy.Yancey Richardson first opened the doors to her namesake Soho gallery in 1995 with an inaugural showcase by the legendary Sebastião Salgado. Now based in Chelsea, with over 290 exhibitions under its belt, the gallery has established itself as a force in contemporary photography, launching the careers of its artists, such as Salgado, Zanele Muholi...
Spencer Lewis Brings ‘La Noche De Día’ to Fundación La Nave Salinas in Ibiza
On view through August 8, Fundación La Nave Salinas presents La Noche De Día, a solo exhibition by American artist Spencer Lewis. Known for his bold, textured paintings, Lewis brings a new series of large-scale works to the historic space, a former 1940s salt warehouse in Ibiza. The show marks the tenth anniversary of the foundation and reflects its ongoing mission to present challenging, physical and emotionally charged work.Curated by La Nave’s founder Lio Malca, the exhibition has been four years in the making. Malca was immediately drawn to Lewis’ raw energy and saw how the artist’s work could create a powerful dialogue with the stone walls of the building. “Spencer’s work doesn’t just hang on the walls,” Malca said. “It becomes part of the building’s heartbeat.” The space’s height, te...
Landmark Kerry James Marshall Show Heads to the Royal Academy
SummaryThe Royal Academy of Arts in London presents Kerry James Marshall: The HistoriesOn view from September 20 through January 18, 2026, the expansive survey exhibition brings together over 70 works, including a new painting seriesNext month, London’s Royal Academy of Arts will lift the veil on The Histories, the most extensive European survey of celebrated painter Kerry James Marshall. Coinciding with the artist’s 70th birthday, the exhibition presents a stunning display of over 70 works, including a new series of paintings created especially for the show.Unfolding across 11 thematic and stylistic sections, The Histories guides visitors through the formal and conceptual evolution of one of America’s most influential living artists. Highlights include the early and enigmatic “A Portrait ...
New Show Explores the Past, Present and Future of Ryoji Ikeda
SummaryThe National Asian Culture Center in Gwangju is showcasing an eponymous solo exhibition by seminal Japanese artist Ryoji IkedaNow on view through December 28, the exhibition presents four new works alongside Ikeda's data-verse trilogy in its entiretyAs the National Asian Culture Center (ACC) in Gwangju, South Korea celebrates its 10th anniversary, it turns to Ryoji Ikeda, the seminal artist who helped defines its beginnings. His first return since the inaugural “test pattern [nº8],” the institution welcomes Ikeda back once again for a new solo exhibition, reflecting on a decade of artistic innovation and conceptual turns.For Ikeda, data is less of a means of information, than an aesthetic material. The artist has spent over three decades pushing the boundaries of perception by trans...
‘VHS Dreams’ Explores the Art of Ghana’s Mobile Cinema
SummaryVHS Dreams explores the art of Ghana's hand-painted movie posters through the work of 10 paintersNow on view at BEYOND THE STREETS, the exhibition presents one of the largest collections of its kindIn the 1980s, Ghanaian mobile cinema operators brought the magic of movies to rural villages with little more than a TV, VCR and gas generator. Without access to ample printing infrastructure, they turned to local artists to create hand-painted posters. More than promotional materials, what emerged was a figurative form in a lane of its one; a visual culture defined by exaggerated muscles, blood-splattered drama and imagined monsters.Now, BEYOND THE STREETS in Los Angeles is shining a light on this inventive art form with VHS Dreams: The Art of Ghana’s Mobile Cinema. Curated by Accra and ...
