Art

After a stunning Desert X exhibition was presented the ancient Saudi Arabian city of AIUIa last year, the immersive art exhibition now returns to Coachella Valley, exhibiting works from eleven artists from Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.“Contrary to the archetype, a desert is not defined by the absence of water. The desert landscape is formed by the memory of water,” writes Desert X co-curator Diana Campbell.The temperate extremes of deserts around the world result in not just physical adaptations and structures of survival but also distinct social formations. The artl, presented in the landscapes of Coachella Valley that have inspired so many artists and architects over the years, aims to serve as instruments of self-awareness, allowing viewers to better realized the forces we ...

After a stunning Desert X exhibition was presented the ancient Saudi Arabian city of AIUIa last year, the immersive art exhibition now returns to Coachella Valley, exhibiting works from eleven artists from Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.“Contrary to the archetype, a desert is not defined by the absence of water. The desert landscape is formed by the memory of water,” writes Desert X co-curator Diana Campbell.The temperate extremes of deserts around the world result in not just physical adaptations and structures of survival but also distinct social formations. The artl, presented in the landscapes of Coachella Valley that have inspired so many artists and architects over the years, aims to serve as instruments of self-awareness, allowing viewers to better realized the forces we ...

Setting up in Hong Kong's BELOWGROUND, Canadian artist J.30000 recently opened his first solo exhibition. Titled "It’s a Dog’s World," the exhibition comes in collaboration with eclectic select shop and vintage purveyor ASTERISK. A description of the show reads, "Celebrating the idea of taking time for oneself, the Montreal-based illustrator and painter reminds everybody to slow down and prioritize self-care in a world where we’re all constantly on the move."J.30000's "It’s a Dog’s World" exhibition showcases the artist's work inspired by society and relationships. Scenes often depict moments of leisure that evoke emotions of happiness, nostalgia, and freedom. The whimsical and colorful aesthetics serve to uplift while providing a sense of relief and respite, crafted to be embraced in the ...

American conceptual artist Adam Pendleton and tennis phenom Venus Williams are working together on a charity auction that will raise funds to restore the childhood home of Nina Simone. There are a number of contemporary artists who will be donating works for the cause, including Julie Mehretu, Rashid Johnson, Mary Weatherford, Robert Longo, and many more. The project is led by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF) in collaboration with Sotheby's and Pace Gallery. "Artistic revolutionaries like Nina Simone remind us that art, in all its forms, has extraordinary power,” said Pendleton in a statement. “During her lifetime, her music reverberated across continents and generations. It continues to move and provoke people from all walks of life with its beauty, its sincerit...

Triennale di Milano is showcasing a new exhibition on legendary Italian architect and designer, Ettore Sottsass. Following two earlier shows, Structure and Color and Calculation, the third and final iteration in the series spotlights Sottsass' many uses of the written word. Entitled La Parola (The Word), visitors can get a glimpse into the mind of one of the brightest creative figures in design history through a selection of drawings, objects, writings and unpublished works — from to-do lists, diary confessions, magazine interviews to manifestos, speeches, stories and more. Despite being birthed in the Modernist movement, Sottsass rewrote the rules of design by imbuing a sense of color and life through his 'magical objects.' The exhibition aptly showcases a blueprint to Sottsass' thought p...

Sow & Tailor gallery in Los Angeles is playing host to a new solo exhibition by Canadian artist Kayla Witt. Born in Calgary and now based in LA, Witt moved with a number of existential questions in mind: "When will I find love? Will I be successful? Will I be well? Will I be happy? When will I know I am where I should be?" I Can and Will Make Life Better for You is a meditative reflection on what she has experienced since.From a distance, you would be forgiven to think Witt specialized in photography. While up close, her hyperrealistic scenes give way to meticulous oil on canvas paintings that were developed under the intense parameters ushered in by the COVID pandemic. Witt regularly drove across LA's sprawling streets to document the many psychic shops riddled across the city, which she ...

The Netherlands is currently hosting the largest retrospective exhibition on Johannes Vermeer to date. Housed at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, the Dutch master's Girl with a Pearl Earring is one of the many paintings on view, as institution's around the globe have loaned out works for the show. To fill the gap, The Hague's Mauritshuis museum has, rather controversially, briefly replaced Girl with a Pearl Earring with a series of AI counterparts. Created by Berlin-based digital artist, Julian van Dieken, the portraits were made using the Midjourney AI tool, which translates text prompts into artwork through a machine-learning algorithm. From a child to a senior to several unusual interpretations, the Mauritshuis selected five artworks out of a pool of 3,482. Dieken was naturally elated to be cho...

The Magic Show is an eclectic art exhibition that brings together the work of 18 talented New York City-based artists, including FANTACIA (comprised of Isaiah Barr and Gogy Esparza), Luke Barber-Smith, Joseph Cochran II, Armando Nin, Camille Rouzaud, Radimir, Melanie Luna, Eva Nelson, Maxwell Deter, Stephanie Perez (Vvutura), Ronald Baker, Phillip Leeds, Shawn Powers, Chris Lloyd, and Weirdo Dave. Each artist has contributed their unique perspectives and styles to the show, resulting in a diverse range of works that include paintings, sculptures, photographs, and mixed media installations.The exhibition's curator, Gogy Esparza, has brought together these works in a way that creates an immersive and sensory experience for the viewer. The exhibition space is designed to transport visitors in...

The reconstruction of Paris' Notre Dame cathedral is ahead of schedule, with organizers estimating that visitors will once again be able to traverse its halls in December 2024. The 860-year-old monument caught fire nearly three years ago, shocking onlookers and global broadcasts, as the building's spire and wooden roof were largely destroyed. After several years of funding efforts and careful planning, the actual rebuilding phase began in 2022 and will be made to mimic the exact look and specifications of the cathedral prior to the fire. “The return of the spire in Paris’ sky will in my opinion be the symbol that we are winning the battle of Notre Dame,” said General Jean-Louis Georgelin, who leads the project, in an interview with the Associated Press.While the interior has been closed of...

Donna Huanca, an artist of Bolivian-American descent, creates art that challenges the male gaze while exploring narratives that center on feminine and indigenous perspectives, as well as mark-making. Her installations, which often incorporate painting, sculpture, and live performance, are intricately woven into the specific architectural spaces in which they are presented. Huanca's art is deeply rooted in ritual practice and serves as a conduit for transcendence, meditation, and transformation.In 2022, Huanca created a captivating and immersive architectural environment for her commissioned exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, Washington. The space featured a vast stage of interlocking ovoid/cellular forms, landscaped with white sand and six mirrored "screen" sculptures, along w...

Gian Maria Tosatti is an artist for the people. Born in Rome and now based in Naples, he understands that the pretentiousness and spectacle that often orbits around some artists and works will not be tolerated by many pockets of society. Under this framework, Tosatti creates large-scale installations that are accessible to the public and confront real issues, be it the climate or refugee emergency, all the whilst maintaining a sense of beauty, mystery and intrigue. Having represented Italy at the 59th Venice Biennale last year, Tosatti unveiled a new exhibition at Milan's Pirelli HangarBicocca. Entitled NOw/here, which can be read as “now” and “here,” or sequentially, as in “nowhere", the Italian artist worked with curator Vicente Todolí and light designer Pasquale Mari to showcase two bod...

For those of you looking forward to the upcoming Yayoi Kusama exhibition at David Zwirner, there will likely be a line. The New York solo show will play host to a new "Infinity Room", which in past iterations such as at The Broad, has accrued lines as long as four hours from fans and social media users waiting to get a pic.Entitled I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, the show marks the tenth anniversary since Kusama first exhibited with David Zwirner and is being hailed as her "largest gallery exhibition to date." Apart from the "Infinity Room", the acclaimed Japanese artist will also present a series of new paintings and sculptures that ruminate on her career-long exploration into pumpkins and floral motifs. At 93, Kusama has been busy, as she currently has an ongoing exhibition at the Pé...