Art

Ventura has always been a popular surf destination along California's coastline without the business of Los Angeles and the college atmosphere of Santa Barbara. Art, however, isn't the first thing that is thought of when visiting the area. Matt Titone and Ron Thompson saw this as an opportunity. As artists, designers and co-founders of Indoek, the two partners looked to bridge this gap through their studio's namesake gallery, that also doubles as a publishing house. In the past, Indoek has worked with Gestalten to chronicle the best Surf Shacks around the country, as well as showcasing shows by artists Ty Williams, Jim Olarte and Mark Cunningham.To join the list, Filipino-American artist D.J. Javier is showcasing a new solo exhibition entitled Sari Sari. Pronounced "sah-ree – sah-ree", mea...

Pedro Hoz, represented by Villazan Gallery, is presenting a striking series of works at the CEART Museum in Madrid as part of an exhibition entitled Undivining Divinity. Blending traditional with contemporary art, Hoz is known for his surrealist, anthropomorphic figures and creations that captivate with their sensuality, humor and historical art references.The artist's fascination with delicate, minuscule objects is evident in his work, where he infuses memories from his past, reminiscent of medieval manuscript borders. These elements enrich his symbolic world, with eyes serving as ornamental jewelry for his anthropomorphic forms.Highlighted pieces include “Retrato holandés formado por antropomorfos sin rostro” and “La Princesa Felicia,” which reference Flemish painting, and the still life...

Like a writer journaling their thoughts, Inès Longevial is constantly doodling across Post-it notes and cafe napkins. The French painter is known for her intimate self-portraiture that veers in the realm of abstraction in the way she projects feelings and emotions on the skin through color. Born in the South of France and now based in Paris, Longevial has unveiled a new exhibition at Almine Rech in Shanghai.As her first show in Mainland China, Les Silences du Désir (The Silences of Desire) comprises of a series of new paintings and works on paper that celebrate the female form and the ephemerality of emotion she experiences from season to season. "Inès Longevial gives life to a giant," wrote curator Elise Roche, "a brute yet fragile force, evoking a repressed desire that is expressed throu...

Yorgos Lanthimos has released a new photo-book chronicling BTS shots of his 2023 award-winning film, Poor Things. Produced in collaboration with Athens-based publisher Void, Dear God, the Parthenon is still broken offers fans a closer look at one of cinema's most intricate, kinky and eerie visual displays in recent memory. The God in the title of the book alludes to what Bella (Emma Stone) calls Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) throughout the movie, whose decrepit face mirrors the likes of Frankenstein and to which Void co-founders João Linneu and Myrto Steirou replicate in appearance through the publication's graphic cover. Linneu and Steirou recalled being "amazed" when being invited to see the sets during the film's production. "Everything was there: good photography and an artist we felt c...

Paris+ par Art Basel has been renamed to Art Basel Paris. The switch should come as a no-brainer, as it falls succinctly in line with the organizer's existing events in Basel, Hong Kong and Miami Beach — the name having initially stumped visitors from its initial fair in the French capital back in 2022. The rebrand isn't the only big news surrounding the forthcoming fair, which is now going on its third edition, as the event will also move to Paris' historic Grand Palais, offering roughly 26 percent more space for brands and galleries. “Art Basel as a global brand could be even more of service to the city of Paris if we transition to Art Basel Paris,” said Art Basel Paris director Clément Delépine in a statement. “It is a way to reinforce our commitment to the city and the local cultural e...

Think of any superstar over the past four decades and it’s likely that David LaChapelle has photographed them. David Beckham and David Bowie, Bjork and Lady Gaga, Tupac and Travis Scott — the list continues to grow. Though other notable photographers whose careers and resumes have extended the length of LaChapelle’s — the late Chi Modu and Janette Beckman being several — rarely has anyone replicated the zeitgeist in the surrealist and hyper-saturated manner as him.LaChapelle wants his subjects to feel larger than life and in over the course of that lifelong mission, he has (inadvertently) come to prophesize the legacies of some of pop culture’s biggest names — from framing Ye with a crown of thorns long before Yeezus (2013); showing Tupac Shakur as the saintly figure he’s posthumously reme...

ABYSSICIDE, a groundbreaking site-specific installation by designer Sruli Recht in collaboration with the RMIT Architecture Tectonic Formation Lab, explores the intersection of art, technology, and environmental sustainability. The installation features bone-like sculptures grown from seawater using a biomimetic technique that mimics coral accretion. This innovative process transforms seawater into solid material, envisioning a future where garments, integrated with the body, evolve into coral as ocean levels rise.The installation consists of three suspended sculptures, created through computational design and robotic fabrication. It represents a fusion of ancient techniques and futuristic visions, emphasizing the potential of renewable materials. Supported by Melbourne Design Week, RMIT U...

Human connection is at the core of JR's multi-disciplinary practice. Through massive photographic displays, he looks to transform the places ingrained in collective memory by superimposing the images of everyday people amongst historical sites, such as the Pyramids of Giza and Milano Centrale, to form new dialogues and spark social change. Over the years, the French artist has also created moving documentaries, most recently with Robert de Niro spotlighting the story of the actor's late father, as well as a film on Tehachapi, one of California's most dangerous maximum security prisons.The latter film debuted last year at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado and showcases 48 prisoners serving life sentences without parole. Shot in 2019, JR sat down with each inmate to learn their stories...

The artist collective Troika presents Terminal Beach an immersive installation at the MAK in Vienna, as part of the Klima Biennale Wien 2024. This exhibition, Troika's first solo show in Austria, explores non-human intelligence, climate change adaptation, and the digital afterlife of human culture and myths.Central to the installation is a four-minute video loop on a giant LED wall, showing a black fur-covered robot arm chopping down the last tree on Earth. This scene unfolds in a desolate, flooded landscape filled with 3D-printed digital twins of museum objects, dubbed "Grenzgänger" or "crossers."Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer, and Sebastien Noel of Troika aim to explore the liminal spaces between artificial and natural, living and non-living, digital and physical realms. The installation featur...

Michael Kagan is a Brooklyn-based artist who explores the limits of human potential. His dynamic paintings are meticulously layered with rapid strokes of paint as he visualizes the emotional journeys experienced by those who live life on the edge, from Formula 1 drivers zipping by a narrow motorway to astronauts traversing the final frontier. On view at Almine Rech's Monaco location is a new solo exhibition in which Kagan explore's the city-state's connection to motorsports. Emblematic of its title, Victory Lap features various paintings that capture the sensations of the final stretch of a race. "The subjects of his spectacular paintings and sculptures are superhumans who brave all obstacles and fears in their obsessive and passionate pursuit of records, speed, excellence, and victory," w...