Art

German artist André Butzer has unveiled his latest paintings at Galerie Max Hetzler in Berlin. The show runs concurrent to a joint body of work between Butzer and Jinn Bronwen currently on view at the gallery's Bleibtreustraße 15/16 location. In the former, entitled Kirschmichel (which is a German cherry dessert), Butzer presents 12 new paintings and two drawings that orbit around the universe of characters he first began exploring back in the 1990s and early 2000s.Butzer's work operates between figuration and abstraction and touches on universal themes — from birth and death to hope and hardships. "In my Kirschmichel exhibition something is celebrated," noted the artist in a statement. "An autumn celebration in spring time. Fertility is an event of the seasons and of the colors. Colors ar...

French artist JR has unveiled a new solo exhibition that sheds light on the refugee crisis around the world. Housed at Perrotin's 130 Orchard Street location in New York, Les Enfants d'Ouranos (The Children of Ouranos) refers to the primordial Greek god of the sky who fathered the Titans.The latest work builds on JR's recent Déplacé-e-s series, which showcased aerial photographs of 120-foot-long banners of children playing. The massive art was purposefully unfurled by groups of people around refugee camps — giving sight to the often unheard and invisible. Similarly, the latest work was created by transferring the negatives of children playing on reclaimed wood and reinforced with black ink for contrast. The resulting depictions obscure the original context, while imbuing a holy aura to the...

Art has always shown to be an arena for self-exploration — from the earliest cave paintings to the avatars of the digital age. A new exhibition at The Whitney Museum of American Art showcases five artists who extend this thought and reinterpret the growing fascination between digital and physical materiality in attempt to define identity. Entitled Refigured, Morehshin Allahyari, Zach Blas, Jemima Wyman, Auriea Harvey, Rachel Rossin and American Artist present five installations that probe into new modes of self-representation, while examining a number of structures that shape them, such as systematic and technologic forms of racism and colonialism to AI and cultural myth-making. Morehshin Allahyari’s installation The Laughing Snake draws on Arabian folklore to dissect the myth of Jinn in r...

How can someone summarize the vast history of art in just one book? Austrian-British historian E.H. Gombrich did so in 1950 with his best-selling title, The Story of Art. Since then, over eight million copies have been sold and the book has been translated in over 30 languages. Phaidon is set to release a newly expanded edition in a small flexibound format that can fit in your pocket. Gombrich, who is also celebrated for similar titles, such as A Little History of the World, was a master storyteller and had an unrivaled ability to condense vast scopes of history and subject matter into insightful and whimsical prose. The upcoming edition will feature a new cover and a preface by Leonie Gombrich, who looks to continue her grandfather's work to instill history to a new generation of readers....

Last week at Design Miami/ Podium x Shanghai, Daniel Arsham unveiled the official East West Project exhibition, curated in collaboration with multi-disciplinary artist Oscar Wang.The project explored beyond the superficial and outdated notion of “east meets west”, which at first seems like an obvious naming as Arsham is an American artist, while Wang is Chinese. In fact, the East West Project is deemed as more of a “blueprint” for amalgamating traditional craftsmanship with contemporary aesthetics. The name of the project was also a play on words in Chinese, as “east west” or “东西“ (pronounced dōng-xī) is more often used in referring to objects, making this a fitting concept that encompassed the project’s limited series of collectibles.Adorned with a grid-like patterned design reminiscent o...

Last week at Design Miami/ Podium x Shanghai, Daniel Arsham unveiled the official East West Project exhibition, curated in collaboration with multi-disciplinary artist Oscar Wang.The project explored beyond the superficial and outdated notion of “east meets west”, which at first seems like an obvious naming as Arsham is an American artist, while Wang is Chinese. In fact, the East West Project is deemed as more of a “blueprint” for amalgamating traditional craftsmanship with contemporary aesthetics. The name of the project was also a play on words in Chinese, as “east west” or “东西“ (pronounced dōng-xī) is more often used in referring to objects, making this a fitting concept that encompassed the project’s limited series of collectibles.Adorned with a grid-like patterned design reminiscent o...

Last week at Design Miami/ Podium x Shanghai, Daniel Arsham unveiled the official East West Project exhibition, curated in collaboration with multi-disciplinary artist Oscar Wang.The project explored beyond the superficial and outdated notion of “east meets west”, which at first seems like an obvious naming as Arsham is an American artist, while Wang is Chinese. In fact, the East West Project is deemed as more of a “blueprint” for amalgamating traditional craftsmanship with contemporary aesthetics. The name of the project was also a play on words in Chinese, as “east west” or “东西“ (pronounced dōng-xī) is more often used in referring to objects, making this a fitting concept that encompassed the project’s limited series of collectibles.Adorned with a grid-like patterned design reminiscent o...

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 ...

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 ...