Art

Photofairs is rolling the dice again, this time in Hong Kong. Just a month after pulling the plug on its New York show, the photography-focused fair is setting its sights on the bustling city during its high-octane art week. From March 26-30, against the backdrop of Art Basel, Photofairs Hong Kong will make its debut at the Central Harbourfront, the same turf as Art Central."Look, Hong Kong is a global art center uniquely positioned to welcome both regional and international art communities, making it the perfect location for Photofairs," says Scott Gray to Artnet.Fan Ni, the mastermind behind Photofairs Shanghai, will steer the ship for this new venture. Expect three distinct sectors: Main, showcasing the crème de la crème of modern and contemporary photography; Focus, a spotlight on solo...

Charlie James Gallery presents Vidas, the first exhibition by Erick Medel with the gallery. Medel’s art captures intimate portraits of immigrant life using thread on denim, much like painting with oils. His canvas of choice is deep blue heavyweight denim, setting a dark backdrop for his vivid threadwork. Drawing inspiration from the lively Boyle Heights neighborhood, Medel's pieces depict street festivals, everyday sidewalk scenes, and quiet, personal moments, celebrating the vibrancy of an immigrant community. The works in Vidas offer a window into Medel's community, finding beauty in everyday moments—whether it’s a tender handhold, a thoughtfully arranged bouquet, or a spirited block party. His technique on denim creates a dreamy, snapshot-like quality, with each piece resonating like a ...

Goldwin 0 worked with London-based design studio OK-RM to publish the latest installment in its Collective Study series. Launched in 2022, the Japanese label's 0 sub-brand takes on a far more conceptual approach to materials and processes, emblematic of its recent collection of technical outerwear made in Japan from various natural resources, such as plant seeds and flower buds. Serving as an incubator of thought, Enquiry #5 in the Collective Study series features an ecosystem of voices from various disciplines, from Lila Matsumoto to Karl Nawrot and Nur Abbas. No field is held higher than the other as the platform seeks to spark new dialogue to develop ideas, prototypes and practices. Each of the 384 color images are laid out in a poetic arrangement, acting as a primer to understand the s...

This article originally appeared in 'Hypebeast Magazine Issue 33: The Systems Issue.'I live day to day. I go to sleep having no clue what’s going to happen tomorrow. Days, hours, and pretty much any concept of time has disappeared. Everything feels like one long moment.I have long-term goals, but I like to approach each day as if it’s a fresh start. There are constant projects in rotation that I work on for months straight, but I like to flow with the wind. If a new idea comes along, let’s change directions and go with it. Let’s be malleable, let’s update in real time, in real life.Move with love, wake up with the right intentions, surround yourself with people who want the same thing—a dream big enough that there’s no clear path on how to even get there. So carve your own path, create you...

Cristin Tierney Gallery's latest exhibition feels less like an art show and more of a ubiquitous scene you'd find, well, on any street in the world. Stacks of boxes, many with Amazon's smiley logo, sit across the Nolita space — like totems dedicated to an all-encompassing life-force that governs society's compulsive spending habits. Presented by New York-born, Buffalo-based artist Joan Linder, Fulfillment interrogates the "hidden-in-plain-sight" landscape of the binding commitments tied to technological systems: from e-commerce platforms to crypto mining. Linder, who is regularly known for her painterly depictions of figures and objects, felt both a fascination and a horror at the tangible byproducts of digital consumerism. The artist parked outside of neighboring e-commerce sites around B...

On November 9, the MUSAC in León, Spain, will showcase Ai Weiwei: Don Quixote, one of his most ambitious projects. The exhibit spans 1,700 square meters and features 41 monumental works created over the past 20 years. Known for blending art and political activism, Ai Weiwei's show will be the first to extensively highlight his LEGO brick paintings. He likens LEGO to ancient mosaics, textiles, and Song Dynasty printing, citing its timelessness. A standout piece is La Commedia Umana, an eight-meter-tall chandelier made of 2,000 black Murano glass pieces, representing the cycle of life and death. This work took four years to create. The exhibition delves into Ai Weiwei’s central themes, touching on the refugee crisis, international politics, and the impact of AI on humanity. Curated by Álvaro...

British-Gujarati artist Hetain Patel is inviting the public to explore The Hobby Cave, an exhibition celebrating diverse hobbies across the United Kingdom. Open from 18 July to 20 October 2024 at Grants in Croydon, the event showcases creative passions of everyday individuals.Earlier this year, Patel called for hobbyists nationwide to share their pursuits, resulting in a display of cosplay costumes, handmade puppets, mosaics, pottery, My Little Pony collections, origami, miniature models, chainmail jewelry, and furniture from broken skateboards, as reported by Artnet.At the exhibition's center is a film by Patel, produced with high-end advertising aesthetics to highlight the creativity on display. Inspired by his own artistic journey, Patel collaborated with Mariam Zulfiqar from Artangel ...

Villa Navarra is presenting Faith by American artist Matt McCormick, running from July 13 to October 6, 2024 in Le Muy, France. For this presentation, McCormick dives deep into the digital age, revealing how algorithms subtly yet powerfully shape our beliefs and attitudes.In this new body of work McCormick challenges the digital age where conspiracy theories thrive yet somehow provide a semblance of order amid chaos. He recollects modern conspiracy theorists whom navigate the internet, crafting stories to make sense of their anxieties. McCormick's work captures these complex narratives, blending myth and reality, reflecting our current moment where the American dream's promise is both challenged and redefined.“In today’s America, we’re witnessing a descent into the rabbit hole of misinform...

The first ever Stegosaurus fossil just hit auction and it fetched a whopping $44.6m USD when it sold at Sotheby's New York — the largest sum paid for a dinosaur skeleton in history. The fossil was excavated in 2022 in Moffatt County, Colorado, widely described as Dinosaur National Monument, as the region is a goldmine for paleontologists. "Apex", as the Stegosaurus has been referred to as, shattered both its initial estimate of roughly $6m USD, and broke the record set by Stan, a well-preserved T-Rex fossil that sold in 2020 for $31.8m USD. What a gift it must have been for Jason Cooper, who discovered the specimen on his 45th birthday. The paleontologist worked closely with Sotheby's, which previously brought the first ever dinosaur fossil to auction in 1997, to document the entire proces...

There are few experiences that muster an equal level of excitement and angst as going to the airport. Unless you're spending thousands to fly business and indulge in a private lounge before take-off, then it's likely the latter experience will be more dominant. New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport, the sixth busiest in the US, will be funding an ambitious new art initiative to make traveling in-and-out of its terminals much more (aesthetically) pleasing. The $22m USD art initiative is part of the new Terminal 6 hitting JFK in 2026, which is estimated to cost $4.2b USD. Funded by JFK Millennium Partners, the same group that financed neighboring LaGuardia Airport's art transformation, the latest venture will include work from a mixture of 18 New York-born and international artists, includ...

Online Ceramics, a cult brand known for Grateful Dead bootleg tees turned philosophical art practice, is releasing its TRICKER’S CABIN: The Oral and Visual History of Online Ceramics today.Published by A24, this 348-page book as its name suggests, offers an oral and visual history of the brand. It features conversations with collaborators like John Mayer, Andy Cohen and Daniel Lopatin, a photographic timeline of their archive and insights into the founders' personal interests.The book also explores Online Ceramics' unique aesthetic, which combines bootleg tradition with punk aesthetics and pop culture references. It details their collaborations with A24, starting with bootleg Hereditary shirts that led to an official partnership. David Kordansky, who wrote the introduction, describes their...

Theft has become a recurring theme surrounding the British Museum, as the 270-year-old institution has been embroiled in a number of scandals in recent years. To start, there are longstanding repatriation efforts targeting the museum for the return of artifacts that have allegedly been looted centuries earlier, from the Benin Bronzes to the Parthenon Marbles. Just as notable is the case of Peter Higgs, the former curator of Greco-Roman art, who was caught stealing over 1,800 artifacts from the museum's collection and selling them on the black market and e-commerce sites, such as eBay. To add to this growing list, The Art Newspaper reported that Brazilian artist Ilê Sartuzi stole a historic coin minted in 1665 and later dropped it in the museum's donation box in a somewhat Oceans 12-like mo...