Art

MIMA in Brussels is hosting a solo exhibition by Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto, known as Vhils. Renowned for his unique technique of removing surface layers from walls and other media, Vhils creates art that reflects on identity, the interplay between people and their environment, and contemporary urban life. Since 2005, he has exhibited his work in over 30 countries.Titled Multitude: Carving Memories in the Digital Age, the exhibition explores our relationship with cities, featuring wall carvings, billboards, cityscapes, videos, and installations spread across MIMA's ground, first, and second floors. This collection offers insights into Vhils' approach to urban life and human identity.In conjunction with the exhibition, Vhils has created a new permanent public wall in central Brussels...

The Armory Show, now part of the Frieze network, has revealed its exhibitors for the 30th anniversary edition, with American Express as the lead partner. This year’s event will feature over 235 galleries from more than 30 countries, hosted at the Javits Center from September 6-8, with a VIP Preview Day on September 5.The show will welcome back over 145 exhibitors from the previous edition, including notable names such as 303 Gallery (New York), Galeria Raquel Arnaud (Sao Paulo), and Victoria Miro (London, Venice). Additionally, more than 25 galleries are returning after a hiatus, including Marianne Boesky Gallery (New York, Aspen) and Jeffrey Deitch (New York, Los Angeles).Newcomers to the show include Corbett vs. Dempsey (Chicago), Commonwealth and Council (Los Angeles, Mexico City), and ...

Nxworries has enlisted Rhymezlikedimez to curate a handful of captivating visuals for Why Lawd?'s release, including a special iteration of the album's vinyl cover art, "86Sentra" visual and now, another limited-edition print. Dropping exclusively at the album's upcoming ‘X Records’ pop-up at Gold Line, Rhymez has translated the artwork from the special-edition Stones Throw vinyl cover into a vibrant holographic print.Printed on 220gsm holographic paper, the print is an expanded version of the vinyl – perfect for those looking to cop the collectible art but don't have a record player. Anderson .Paak dons his signature sunglasses and stands with a bra in hand, while Knxwledge posts up in the background engrossed in his phone. Why Lawd? is written in the clouds of smoke above the two musicia...

Ah, simulation theory, the idea that we’re living in a supercomputer controlled by a higher intelligence. It’s the kind of jargon you’d likely hear at the afters, cornered into a conversation with a stranger that you can’t seem to get out of or with that one uncle at a family gathering that your parents told you to be wary of. While shrugged off by religious and non-religious folk alike, simulation theory is also equally as un-dismissable as any creation story out there — adding to its intrigue.“I believe it,” laughs Gao Hang, the Chinese-born, Houston-based artist known for creating graphically-charged compositions that look like cropped-in Nintendo 64 graphics merged with a hard-edge abstract painting from the likes of John McLaughlin or the late Frank Stella. “It’s the other us,” Hang t...

The National Art Center, Tokyo, is hosting the first major retrospective of Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami. This exhibition, titled "Adventures in Memory," explores Tanaami's extensive and varied body of work, showcasing his impact on modern art and featuring his newest creations.For over 60 years, Tanaami has produced a wide range of art, including paintings, collages, sculptures, animations, videos, and installations. The exhibition delves into the theme of "memory," presenting new paintings, sculptures, and animations, as well as important graphic designs from the late 1960s and early 1970s, colorful wooden sculptures from the 1980s, and some of his early pop art pieces recently discovered in his studio.Tanaami began his career as a designer at Musashino Art University and became the f...

A selection of Keith Haring's Subway Drawings will soon be on view at The Modern Institute in Glasgow. The forthcoming exhibition will highlight the American artist's impact on art over the past 40 years, paying special emphasis on Haring's explorations into language and semiotics. Haring created hundreds of subway artworks with white chalk between 1980 and 1985, scribbling his now iconic visual lexicon that commented on gender, sexuality and the flux of urban life — which in New York at the time, had just began recovering from a destructive fiscal crisis several years prior. "I remember noticing a panel in the Times Square station and immediately going aboveground and buying chalk," Haring recalled. "After the first drawing things just fell into place. I began drawing on the subways as a ...

Los Angeles-based artist Steven Harrington will release four limited edition art toys of his alter ego, Mello the dog. The collectible coincides with his first ever museum solo exhibition, Stay Mello, which is currently on view at Seoul's Amorepacific Museum of Art. As the most comprehensive survey on Harrington's work to date, the show traces his early beginnings as a graduate of Art Center College of Design and his many collaborations in the streetwear world to his imprint in fine art. "A lot of artists are never given the chance to see their work in a museum like this within their lifetime," Harrington previously told Hypeart. "So it’s a tremendous honor. Overall, working with the team was a really big learning experience in not only how to look at the work, but how to organize it and l...

Londoners will be able to immerse themselves in one of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms through a new solo exhibition at Victoria Miro this September. The forthcoming show, the Japanese artist's 14th with the gallery, will also include a series of new paintings entitled Every Day I Pray For Love, an exploration into line, color and form.Locals don't have to wait to the autumn to get a first glimpse at Kusama's latest work, as she'll install her first ever UK public installation at Liverpool Street Station. Entitled Infinite Accumulation, the work showcases Kusama's affinity for polka dots as the art winds and expands "into linked forms that interact with and define public spaces outside the station," according to a statement. The installation is "designed in response to the architecture of th...

Ukrainian artist Daria Dmytrenko presents 'Journey to the Center of the Mind' at Stems Gallery in Paris, France. This exhibition explores the subconscious through intuitive and impulsive visuals that balance the familiar with the surreal.Dmytrenko, born in 1993 in Dnipropetrovsk, creates works that blend elements of pseudo-anatomy with abstract forms. Her practice shifted dramatically at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, moving away from the structured approach of Kyiv's National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture. This change allowed her to paint freely and intuitively.Her Parisian debut features small-scale pieces on wood, prepared with the traditional levkas method. She tints basswood, adds canvas, and layers gesso and glue to achieve a serene mindset. These pieces, reminiscent o...

In many respects, finding an artistic masterpiece at a thrift store is akin to winning the lottery. Seldom does it ever happen, but it does indeed happen from time to time — from a Yoshitomo Nara ashtray being sold at a Goodwill to an original Picasso ceramic being scooped up at The Salvation Army. There's more gold out there to be found in plain sight. Case in point: a Barcelona shopper spotted a pastel drawing labeled as a "fake" work by the French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas on an online auction site in 2021. The work had a starting price of €1 EUR, in which the undisclosed buyer — certain that it was an original, won by paying the equivalent of $1,000 USD. Measuring 19 x 24.5 inches and created with pastel on cardboard, the drawing belonged to a Catalonian seller who inherited the...

This summer, Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel in Paris, collaborates with THE SKATEROOM to blend creativity, skateboarding, and art. The exhibition, curated by architect Aline Asmar d’Amman with pieces selected in collaboration with THE SKATEROOM, celebrates skateboarding's debut in the Summer Olympics. Parisian fashion and culture figure Sarah Andelman spearheaded the project.From June, visitors can explore art installations in the hotel lobby, suites, and public spaces. Featured artists include Cindy Sherman, Juergen Teller, Jenny Holzer, Ai Weiwei, Jeff Koons, and Andy Warhol. Additionally, French artist Inès Longevial has created an exclusive limited-edition piece for the exhibition, priced at €185 EUR (solo) and €500 EUR (triptych).The exhibition not only showcases the synergy betwe...