Art

Phil Panza, a multidisciplinary artist from Brooklyn, is known for his surrealistic artwork such as life-size sculptures. Homeware, unconventional chairs, specifically, seem to be at the forefront of Panza's focus as of late, with his recent creations including a moss-covered furniture line and a massive hat chair – watch Panza as he builds an original and colossal Kansas City hat chair from start to finish. Panza starts with pen and paper, taking to it to craft a plan for the size-able yet fully functional structure. The hat chair shown on Panza's Instagram is a New York Yankees one, though this time around, Panza goes with a Kansas City Royals hat. He then cuts, shapes and labels each piece of wood, to then begin drilling them together to create the inner shape of the hat. View thi...

Back in 2018, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibited a massive show dedicated to David Hockney's many portrait paintings of his friends, family and acquaintances. Created in just a three day span in his Los Angeles studio, the acclaimed British artist sought to say thank you, and perhaps a final goodbye, to each of the people he has developed a relationship with over the past 50 years. At age 86, Hockney is still filled childlike curiosity and recently sat down with one of pop music's biggest superstars — Harry Styles. Dressed in a shaggy yellow cardigan with vibrant red stripes, the British singer and actor is seen donning a pearl necklace and gently smiles as the two phenoms chat throughout the session. “David Hockney has been reinventing the way we look at the world for decades,...

KAWS:HOLIDAY continues on a world tour, this time making Indonesia its home. AllRightsReserves presents the famous KAWS "Accomplice" character at the Prambanan temples, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The exhibit marks the 10th rendition of the KAWS:HOLIDAY.The worldwide exhibit tour first launched in 2018 and initially began in Seoul before making its way to Taipei, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bristol, Singapore, Changbai Mountain, Melbourne and even in the stratosphere. The world-renowned contemporary artist continues to partner with its long-time collaborator ARR to bring the monumental sculpture to Indonesia's largest Hind temple complex. The Prambanan was made an UNESCO World Heritage in 1991 and are adorned with some of the most stone relief sculptures in the world. A temple dedicated to Hindu d...

SFMOMA lifted the veil on a new group exhibition that celebrates the legacy of lowrider car culture. Entitled Sitting on Chrome, the show will present works by artists Mario Ayala, Guadalupe Rosales and Rafa Esparza, along the institution's second floor galleries, as well as a collaborative mural specially created for the exhibition. Rather than divide each room to one specific artist, the exhibition is laid out in a way to reflect the intersectional ideas and experiences between each artist. Wrapped in a series of connotations and histories, the lowrider has been a cultural icon since the second half of the 20th century, particularly in Latino communities in California, Texas and the Southwest and popularized in music videos and films, from Cypress Hill to Boyz n the Hood. View this post ...

TOILETPAPER magazine is known for its bold, vibrant and surreal photographic juxtapositions that throw the senses for a spin. Founded in 2010 by acclaimed visual artist Maurizio Cattelan and fellow Italian photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari, the cult publication unveiled a new exhibition at Mumbai's Nita Mukesh Ambani Centre entitled RUN AS SLOW AS YOU CAN. Characteristic of the photo publication, each element in the show, be it a wall, lamp or table fixture, is emblazoned with striking visuals that will rip apart any previous associations in place of paradoxical connections between reality and fantasy. When asked what constitutes a TOILETPAPER image, Ferrari previously noted that it would have to send a "shiver down the spine!" Mapped out across four distinct chapters, each section within the...

Artist Patrick Martinez is set to present his most expansive series of works yet as part of an exhibition named "Ghost Land," in partnership with the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF)."Ghost Land" is set to feature a major public artwork alongside a large-scale sculptural installation. The exhibition is designed to highlight Martinez's "landscape" paintings, which ICA SF describes as "works that evoke the topography of personal, civic, and cultural loss."Through these upcoming works, the artist intends to bring urban histories to life as abstractions of the LA landscape and will do so using familiar materials like distressed stucco, spray paint, window security bars, vinyl signage, ceramic tile and neon -- simultaneously putting on display his diverse practice and range....

Yu Nagaba is well-known for his simple doodle-like sketches that comment on a range of daily observations. Having worked with everyone under the sun, from Artek and Pokémon to UNIQLO and the Musée du Louvre, the Japanese artist typically reserves his creative expression for two dimensional surfaces. But for his latest collaboration with Avant Arte, Nagaba chose to reinterpret the classic bronze nude in his signature playful style.Entitled Toy Car, the limited edition sculpture features a woman melodramatically laying against her back with arms outstretched with Nagaba's minimal touch giving shape to the lifeless form, as an actual toy car lies beside her. As the artist's first figurative sculptural figure, the artwork revisits some of Nagaba's earlier works on paper, along with referencing...

New York-born and LA-based artist WhIsBe, whose moniker stands for "What Is Beautiful," has fixed his unique lens of social commentary on the issues of gun violence in the U.S. Particularly as it relates to the youth and mass school shootings.The artist describes his first LA solo exhibition, "Innocence Lost," as "a show utilizing the juxtaposition of how we used to see things as kids versus the reality of these things as adults. It’s not my responsibility to tell people what to think, more so to challenge what they believe and create a catalyst for their own true narrative."Known for his "Vandal Gummy" sculptures, which picture playful silhouettes that are often accompanied by powerful, provocative, or thought-provoking text -- WhIsBe has found himself in a unique position to keep difficu...

From touring massive eroded sculptures, collaborating with Pokémon on his very own mini episode to being appointed as the creative director for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Daniel Arsham hasn't left many boxes unchecked over the past 20 years. Throughout it all, gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin has played an essential role in nurturing the New York-based artist's growth to the meteoric status he's at today through a range of exhibitions at his global outposts. To celebrate their 20-year partnership, next month Perrotin will host a dual exhibition of Arsham's work at its Paris and New York locations. With space and materiality in mind, the show will explore many key moments within Arsham's career, particularly an upcoming collaboration with Star Wars, such as a series of new eroded sculptures made ...