Art
Hypeart Visits: Maceo Eagle’s Paintings Are a Celestial Cosmic Dance
Maceo Eagle's studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is a luminous retreat that breathes life into his artistic endeavors. Bathed in sunlight streaming through generous windows, this space serves as a sanctuary where creativity thrives. At the heart of it all, a meticulously organized desk stands adorned with an array of watercolor materials, poised for Eagle's meticulous touch. Jars of pigments and an assortment of brushes populate this space, a testament to his dedication to the craft. Here, Eagle meticulously brings his visions to life, delicately weaving intricate details into each stroke, imbuing his artworks with a sense of meticulous precision.Around the studio, canvases adorned with a mesmerizing fusion of biological and futuristic elements stand as visual narratives in progress. Each can...
Must-See Booths at Art Jakarta 2023
Moving away from the usual Jakarta Convention Center in Senayan, this year’s edition of Art Jakarta will be taking place at the JIEXPO Kemayoran in Central Jakarta. Stretching 10,000 square meters of space, Art Jakarta 2023 will occupy both B3 and C3 halls at the new venue, allowing it will host its 68 art galleries both locally and from abroad. Amongst the lineup exhibitors, 28 are overseas galleries traveling from the likes of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, and Australia to showcase some of the latest works by artists they represent.Synonymous with format Art Jakarta editions, this year follows the traditional format with the inclusion of usual programs such as the main GALLERY section; the SPOT platform for special ins...
Must-See Booths at Art Jakarta 2023
Moving away from the usual Jakarta Convention Center in Senayan, this year’s edition of Art Jakarta will be taking place at the JIEXPO Kemayoran in Central Jakarta. Stretching 10,000 square meters of space, Art Jakarta 2023 will occupy both B3 and C3 halls at the new venue, allowing it will host its 68 art galleries both locally and from abroad. Amongst the lineup exhibitors, 28 are overseas galleries traveling from the likes of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, and Australia to showcase some of the latest works by artists they represent.Synonymous with format Art Jakarta editions, this year follows the traditional format with the inclusion of usual programs such as the main GALLERY section; the SPOT platform for special ins...
Takahiro Komuro Reinterprets the Mythic Sphinx in New Sculpture
Takahiro Komuro is back with a new sculptural edition made in collaboration with Avant Arte. Cute but simultaneously creepy, the Japanese artist has created his own universe of characters that reference familiar pop cultural icons — be it Godzilla, a zombie or a giant robot — but crafted in a way to reintroduce these stories in a fresh new way. Following the Ground Dragon he released in 2022, Komuro has followed up with his own take on the legendary sphinx. Kira, which takes its name from the Japanese word ‘Kirakira’ (meaning ‘sparkling’), is cast in bronze and finished with a purple iridescent paint. Notably inspired by Greek folklore, Komuro mixes past with present by fusing the sculpture with mythological limbs, such as that of lion and eagle, with more modern signifiers like the sculpt...
Erin D. Garcia Invites You Into the ‘GATES OF HEAVEN’ at HVW8 Gallery
Erin D. Garcia will unveil a new exhibition entitled GATES OF HEAVEN at HVW8 in Los Angeles. As his fourth solo show with the gallery, the self-taught artist presents a new body of work that oscillates between figuration and abstraction, pitting audiences into a strikingly chromatic series of paintings, that although static, feel alive. Over the course of his career, spanning KRINK-on-paper artworks to massive murals for the likes of adidas and Ace Hotels, Garcia has developed his own visual language. By deconstructing images to its constituent parts — line, color, and form — his abstracted works appear familiar and mysterious, each glance providing its own meaning. "There’s a play between ideals and imperfections," the writer Jimmy Jolliff noted on the show, "rollers, brush tips, and roug...
‘Inverted Jenny’ Stamp Fetches $2 Million USD at Auction
Folks, hold on to those stamps, they may be worth a massive sum one day. Case in point: an "Inverted Jenny" postal stamp, one of the rarest in the world, has just sold for $2m USD via Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries in New York. The stamp was originally printed in 1918 to commemorate the first regularly scheduled airmail route in the U.S., but the Bureau of Engraving and Printing misprinted the artwork — which depicted the Curtiss JN Jenny plane in the center, upside down. All but just one sheet of 100 stamps were destroyed, sparking a mythic interest for collectors around the world. “This is a historic moment for the hobby,” Siegel president, Scott Trepel, said in an interview with ARTnews. “The Inverted Jenny we sold today is the best example of the 100 stamps from the sheet. We have ...
Almine Rech Celebrates ‘The Echo of Picasso’ in New Group Exhibition
2023 is the unofficial year of Picasso, as galleries and museums around the world are celebrating the prolific artist on the 50th anniversary since his death. On view in New York, Almine Rech is hosting a group exhibition dubbed The Echo of Picasso, bridging a dialogue between Picasso's legacy and the contemporary artists working today.The exhibition is presented under two frameworks: a look at Picasso's career while he was alive and challenged by his peers, while the latter part of the show focuses on the living artists who echo the Spanish artist's oeuvre. Drawing from its roster, works include a bronze sculpture by Claire Tabouret, a frantic cubist painting by George Condo, as well as works by Urs Fischer, David Hockney, and Jeff Koons.Decades on, "Picasso became a voluminous encycloped...
Shigeto Koyama’s Extensive Animated World is a Perpetual Work In Progress
Shigeto Koyama’s professional credits span the Evangelion movies, Promare, Kill la Kill, Gurren Lagann, Star Wars: Visions and Big Hero 6. Though he’s renowned for his work on some of Japan’s most notable animated projects, the project closest to his heart is the “CCMS” collective, an “extracurricular” venture, with graphic designer Tsuyoshi Kusano (BLEACH, Fullmetal Alchemist, THE IDOL M@STER) and art director Ai Nonaka (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, WORKING!!, A Channel). What started entirely on a whim while Koyama and Kusano were working together on Stan Lee’s HEROMAN series in 2010 has expanded into its own universe completely independent of Koyama’s nine-to-five.Entitled SHIGETO KOYAMA CCMS experiment OBAKE, Koyama’s comprehensive “experiment” serves as his NYC debut display – as well ...
Shigeto Koyama’s Extensive Animated World is a Perpetual Work In Progress
Shigeto Koyama’s professional credits span the Evangelion movies, Promare, Kill la Kill, Gurren Lagann, Star Wars: Visions and Big Hero 6. Though he’s renowned for his work on some of Japan’s most notable animated projects, the project closest to his heart is the “CCMS” collective, an “extracurricular” venture, with graphic designer Tsuyoshi Kusano (BLEACH, Fullmetal Alchemist, THE IDOL M@STER) and art director Ai Nonaka (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, WORKING!!, A Channel). What started entirely on a whim while Koyama and Kusano were working together on Stan Lee’s HEROMAN series in 2010 has expanded into its own universe completely independent of Koyama’s nine-to-five.Entitled SHIGETO KOYAMA CCMS experiment OBAKE, Koyama’s comprehensive “experiment” serves as his NYC debut display – as well ...
Michelangelo’s Secret Drawing Room Set to Open for Public Viewing
According to legend, Michelangelo once hid in an underground corridor in 1530 to avoid persecution from Pope Clement VII, who was laying siege on Florence. Located under the Medici Chapels, the Italian polymath once used the walls of the space as a canvas to create a series of human figures scrawled in charcoal and chalk.Nearly five decades since it was first unearthed, Michelangelo's secret drawing room will be open for public viewing from November 15 to March 30, 2024. "This place allows today’s visitors the unique experience of being able to come into direct contact not only with the creative process of master," said Francesca de Luca, curator of the Museum of the Medici Chapels, "but also with the perception of the formation of his myth of divine artist, taken as a model by his contemp...
Through the Lens: Hassan Hajjaj
Home has always been a nebulous concept for Moroccan artist, Hassan Hajjaj. Born in 1961 in the fishing town of Larache, Hajjaj and his parents moved to London when he was 13 as a way for his father to find steady work. Like many immigrant children growing up in the West, the jarring cultural differences between the two regions have always left a persistent feeling of ‘otherness’ in him when he reflects on his identity. “There’s a bit of a complex,” Hajjaj tells us, “you become a misfit in both places.”Subconsciously informed by his upbringing, Hajajj’s graphically-charged photographs conjure a feeling of familiarity and mystery — sparking new dialogues between North Africa and the West, high and lowbrow fashion, as well as blurring the line between reality and fantasy. The subjects in his...
Pablo Picasso’s ‘Femme a la Montre’ Painting Sells for $139M USD via Sotheby’s
Pablo Picasso's 1934 painting, Femme a la Montre (Woman with a Watch), just sold for $139m USD via Sotheby's. The work shattered its prior estimate of $120m USD and has become the most valuable artwork to sell globally via auction this year. Created in his signature Cubist style, the painting depicts French model Marie-Thérèse Walter, who Picasso had an affair with from 1927 to 1935, as she's sat in a throne-like chair against a cobalt blue background. While still married to his first wife, Olga Khokhlova, Picasso saw Walter as a muse who would inspire numerous works during the height of his career. Femme a la Montre gave Picasso a âsense of release," wrote Julian Dawes, Sothebyâs head of Impressionist & Modern Art for the Americas, giving the Spanish artist "full painterly rein ...
