Glenn Ligon, “Blue (for JB) #12” (2025), carbon ink and acrylic on torinoko paper (all photos Daria Simone Harper/Hyperallergic)I became acutely aware of my own body as I stepped into Hauser & Wirth on a particularly frigid afternoon in January and met a blast of that stifling, artificial warmth. Even as I was thawing out, a chill ran through me as I peered at a selection of works on paper by Glenn Ligon. I was swallowed up in the pits of blue.As my gaze cascaded over these resplendent works, I was drawn immediately to “Blue (for JB) #18” (2025). Made of carbon ink and acrylic layered atop a pulp-based torinoko paper, it is almost purely abstract, save for the faint outline of black letters blotting...

s house: a pavilion among the trees
 
Huddled within a site defined by mature trees, S House by PL.architekci stands in the wooded outskirts of Poznań, Poland. The residence occupies the landscape sensitively, and takes shape as a contemporary home that humbly settles into its surroundings.
 
From the outset, the architects set aside the idea of a compact, centralized mass. Instead, they proposed a low pavilion that traces the existing vegetation. The house reads as a horizontal presence filtered through trunks and branches, its perimeter adjusting to preserve the character of the plot. The building frames the existing trees on-site, allowing them to remain the main spatial markers.
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The area, known as a “graveyard of the Atlantic”, is the site of thousands of shipwrecks waiting to be discovered

You’ve probably heard the idiom, “the elephant in the room,” to describe when there’s some uncomfortable and obvious problem that no one is addressing—the kind of issue that feels as though it’s taking up all available space. But what if yet another megafauna came stampeding onto the scene? That’s where Berlin-based artist Itamar Gov’s large-scale installation comes in. The Rhinoceros in the Room is a towering, inflatable sculpture that fills a medieval church nave at Kunstmuseum Magdeburg in Germany. Gov draws inspiration from Renaissance engraver Albrecht Dürer’s iconic rhinoceros woodcut, which the artist created in 1515 without having ever seen one of the animals himself. His rendering...

As of press time, some 250 cultural figures from around the world have signed an open letter in support of Devyani Saltzman, the former director of London’s Barbican Centre. Saltzman left abruptly earlier this week, just a few weeks after Abigail Pogson was appointed chief executive. Notable signatories include artists John Akomfrah and Isaac Julien, filmmaker Mira Nair, curators Mark Sealy and Zoé Whitley, writers Salman Rushdie and Kiran Desai, and Saltzman was named director of arts and participation in February 2024, and was tasked with reimagining the future of the institution. Her mandate, according to a post on LinkedIn, was to build a “future-facing programme that reflects the complexity and...

Bard College has launched an “independent review” of its president’s ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after newly released emails from the Department of Justice revealed close links between the two. The liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, made the announcement in a statement from its board of trustees on Thursday. The board said it had retained the outside law firm WilmerHale to review the email correspondence. The New York Times reported that Dr. Leon Botstein, the college’s president since 1975, had long maintained that his relationship with Epstein was strictly philanthropic, aimed at securing a sizable donation to bolster Bard’s flagging finances....

Isaiah Zagar, an artist who created one of Philadelphia’s great public art attractions, died on February 19 due to complications from heart failure and Parkinson’s Disease, which he had been diagnosed with in 2023. His death was confirmed by Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG), the nonprofit organization that tends to the eponymous artwork. His creations “defined the spirit of Philadelphia,” writes the Philadelphia Inquirer. Zagar’s work is included in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Fabric Workshop and Museum, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and the Brandywine Workshop and Archives. He received grants from the National Endowment...

Children's book author and illustrator Andie Powers's ode to baby Punch and his snuggly stuffed orangutan (screenshot via Instagram)In case the current state of the world isn't enough to make you cry, a Japanese zoo has introduced its own tearjerker: Punch, the abandoned baby macaque who's emotionally attached to a stuffed orangutan that keeps him company. From the Ichikawa City Zoo, Punch has stolen hearts and launched fan art internationally as the internet observes him cuddling his plushie in various photo and video updates. Artist Chantal Strasburger (@read_receipts) proves how embroidery floss is the perfect medium to convey the fuzziness of both baby Punch and his toy orangutan....

When I interviewed Squeak Carnwath in 2006, she told me that painting “can take on any form.” Her desire to make “something expansive” within the legacy of painting has interested me because it rejects the notion that the medium inevitably becomes exhausted, incapable of making something, however broken it may be. It is why I went to her latest exhibition, Goddess of All, at Jane Lombard.Carwath, whose work was the subject of an in-depth examination, Painting Is No Ordinary Object, organized by Karen Tsujimoto at the Oakland Museum of California in 2009, has long flown under the radar in New York City. Neither the Whitney Museum of American Art nor the Museum of Modern Art has anything in their...

For residents of the Upper Midwest and Canada—the land of lakes—ice shanties are ubiquitous winter fixtures. From the huge temporary villages that emerge on Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago for sturgeon-spearing season to ramshackle, hand-built huts dotting Ontario’s Lake Simcoe, these vernacular structures are designed around openings or hatches in the floors so that hardy northerners can fish through holes drilled in the ice. It’s this unique tradition, combined with artistic flair, that serves as the inspiration for Art Shanty Projects. Every winter, the Minneapolis-based program initiates an interactive series of projects on the lima bean-shaped Lake Harriet, located a few miles southwest of downtown....

Frida Kahlo’s art is now firmly established in the art historical canon, hanging on the walls of some of the world’s most illustrious museums. But it’s also inspired a sundry of wares the world over—from notebooks and coffee mugs to earrings and dolls—that bear her image, both licensed and not, and this appears to have rankled some her descendants. In an interview with the Times of London, published this week, Cristina Kahlo, another great-niece of the artist, said she has mixed feelings about just how exposed Kahlo has been in the past few decades, since the publication of Hayden Herrera’s 1983 biography on the artist. “It’s been a double-edged sword,” Cristina Kahlo told the paper. “On...

A one-page document contained in the Department of Justice’s release of files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein connects billionaire art collector Leon Black with potentially looted Cambodian art and artifacts, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Formerly CEO of Apollo Global Management, Black is known to have paid Epstein for financial advice after his criminal offenses were public knowledge. He was formerly chair of the Museum of Modern Art’s board and remains a trustee there. The inventory, dating to 2014, shows that Black held artworks from Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The spreadsheet is titled “Leon Black/ Narrows South East Asian Art Inventory,” with Narrows referring to an...

bialetti’s stovetop icon reimagined
 
A speculative Hermès x Bialetti Moka Pot revisits one of the most familiar objects in domestic design and filters it through an equestrian lens. The project has been conceived by designer Jane Morelli as a speculative collaboration and imagines how the Parisian house and the Italian coffee maker might converge.
 
The concept’s core is the classic Bialetti Moka Pot, iconic for its compact build of faceted aluminum. In this proposal, the upper chamber is recast in Hermès orange with a sculpted horse forming the lid’s finial and body. The animal’s legs extend down the sides of the upper chamber to transform the pot into a small stovetop design...

The letter's signatories have criticised the Barbican's communication around Devyani Saltzman's departure

In this week’s episode, Ben Luke heard about surprise cuts at the National Gallery, a new exhibition at the Mauritshuis, and the Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi

la città degli oggetti takes over spazio unifor for museocity 2026
 
Until March 15th, 2026, Spazio UniFor at Viale Pasubio 15 in Milan hosts La città degli oggetti: Aldo Rossi e Francesco Somaini (The City of Objects: Aldo Rossi and Francesco Somaini) as part of the In Vetrina program promoted by MuseoCity. Curated by Studio Klass with Fondazione Francesco Somaini Scultore, the installation brings into dialogue iconic furnishings designed by Aldo Rossi for UniFor and a selection of 1970s sculptures by Francesco Somaini. The exhibition takes place in the central hall of Spazio UniFor, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and reflects the city as object, memory, and constructed idea.
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While balancing atop a precarious stack of bolsters and tables, a young juggler sends four bright balls up into the air. A fellow performer stands on the floor nearby, observing the skillful toss against the backdrop of a wall-mounted tent in bright, primary colors. Veiled in a warm glow, the photo by Constanze Han offers a rare glimpse into a practice session at Escuela Nacional de Circo, Havana’s center for circus performance. “Founded after the Cuban Revolution, the school was part of a broader effort to make professional arts education accessible to young people across the island,” Han shares. “With Soviet support in the late 1970s, it blended technical rigor with Cuban creativity and style,...

In his continued exploration of color, shape, and scale, American painter Mitchell Johnson presents 25 intimate paintings in a solo exhibition at Galerie Mercier in Paris, only a five-minute walk from painter Edward Hopper’s former residence at 48 Rue de Lille in the 7th arrondissement. Influenced by the works of Hopper and Hans Hofmann, Mitchell Johnson: Personal Color (Selected Small Paintings 1988–2026) is shaped by decades of visits to Paris and Cape Cod, two places that have anchored and evolved Johnson’s painting over the course of his career. Hofmann, through his teaching, transported the aesthetics and concerns of the School of Paris across the Atlantic, eventually creating a group atelier...

Winter exhibitions from CAC Brétigny to Le Crédac

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Caitlin Vincent's new book Opera Wars paints a persuasive picture of the problems facing opera today, though her solutions leave something to be desired.

The announcement comes after a court dismissed Gabrielle Goliath’s attempt to have her project reinstated—a ruling that has been met with anger by members of South Africa’s art world

“The pictures from The Last Resort still hold very well. When I get to the Pearly Gates, those are the ones I’d probably get out first.” Martin Parr died at home in Bristol on 6 December 2025. He was an icon of British documentary photography, driving the popularisation of colour images in the mid-20th century and turning an astute and humorous lens on the nation. This spring, the Martin Parr Foundation honours his legacy with an exhibition of his renowned series, The Last Resort. Shot around the English seaside town of New Brighton between 1983 and 1985, the body of work confirmed Parr’s international reputation as a titan of photography. The show includes a full set of images from the original...

“Sunflowers” is the star of an Amsterdam exhibition exploring the use of the colour yellow by Van Gogh and a range of artists

In 1922, type designer William A. Dwiggins coined the term “graphic design” in his newspaper article New Kind of Printing Calls for New Design. The phrase reflected the rapidly expanding worlds of branding, commerce and advertising in Europe and the USA. More than one hundred years on, graphic design is a ubiquitous part of modern life, delivering information and entertainment to mass audiences. Rong Jia is a part of this thriving industry, working as a visual communicator across a range of cultural, commercial and digital contexts. Her extensive and impressive list of clients include Houston Grand Opera, SWA Group, Small Door Vet, Sky Zone Trampoline Park, City of Sugar Land, Vortex and more. Her...

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Datça Summer Workshop Reinterprets the Vernacular Çardak
 
Datça Summer Workshop 2025, titled Lightweight Structures in Vernacular Agroscapes II, was organized by Istanbul Bilgi University, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, and İzmir Ekonomi University, in collaboration with Erazo Pugliese and Erginoglu & Çalışlar Architects. The two-week design-build program resulted in a lightweight timber structure installed in the village square of Hızırşah on the Datça Peninsula, Turkey. The intervention references the vernacular ‘çardak,’ a temporary agricultural structure once common across the region, and repositions it within a contemporary rural public setting.
 
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Among the most mind-bending revelations of the recent trove of Epstein files is not only who was implicated and to what extent, but the mental gymnastics performed by the so-called tastemakers of our day. Years after his conviction, leading figures in the arts, politics, and business went to incomprehensible lengths to paint Epstein as a misunderstood and even virtuously transgressive character rather than what he really was — a depraved criminal, a serial abuser, and not especially intellectually gifted. In an urgent read today, Ed Simon traces the mechanisms that normalized Epstein's immorality to the era of Marquis de Sade, who was similarly absolved by history in a web of entangled power and...

Concept stickers with ink-based seeds regenerate snow
 
Tanay Wadodkar conceptualizes stickers with cloud seeding technology to help regenerate snowfall in the mountain regions as the athlete’s board glides through. Embedded with modified ink, the woven-like material forms snow when it touches the surface. It doesn’t need any high-grade equipment, but just the help of an athlete as they plaster the stickers with snow seeds onto the rear part of their board so they can touch the ground while they cruise down.
 
The industrial designer chooses stickers because they’re easy to use, as they can be put on any surface that touches snow, such as ski slopes, equipment, or buildings. They also tend not to be...

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Geological time spans Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history – a scale so large that it’s difficult to imagine. Measured against the brevity of a human being’s 73-year-on-average lifespan, it’s a number that can feel almost impossible to grasp. Glasgow-based artist Ilana Halperin (b. 1973) is hoping to change that. Her exhibition What Is Us and What Is Earth, opening at Fruitmarket in Edinburgh, “seeks to map the incomprehensible vastness of geological time” through sculpture, drawing and photography. When Halperin turned 30, the artist realised she shared her birthday with the Eldfell volcano, which formed off the coast of Iceland during a surprise eruption on 23 January 1973. The coincidence...

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The Sony World Photography Award is one of the most prestigious competitions for lens-based artists. Now in its 19th year, the Open competition recognises the best single images taken in the last year, celebrating the power of an individual photograph to pique curiosity, spark imagination and reveal a wider narrative. The winners and shortlists across 10 categories have now been announced, spanning architecture, landscape, portraiture and travel, and offering a vivid cross-section of contemporary photography from around the world. From meticulously composed cityscapes to fleeting moments of human connection, the selected works highlight both technical excellence and compelling storytelling. Liping Jiang |...

Nella pittura di Alice Neel, il volto non coincide mai con un luogo di riconoscimento, ma diventa territorio di attrito simbolico. Le figure rifiutano adesioni immediate e sfuggono a qualsiasi convenzione rappresentativa, mostrandosi come campi attraversati da incongruenze politiche e relazionali. Alla Pinacoteca Agnelli, I Am the Century riattiva questo dispositivo metodico, sottraendo le opere ad appropriazioni storicizzanti e proponendole come strumenti di esplorazione visiva. La ritrattistica di Neel non celebra la stabilità dei caratteri né organizza ciò che appare secondo gerarchie prestabilite. Ogni creazione nasce dall’incontro irregolare con il soggetto, talvolta conflittuale. Il volto si...

"I want to do with carpets anything that I can with all the instruments that exist, so no one can even do anything with them in the coming 100 years,” boldly declared Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed in an email, as if penning his personal manifesto... Read the full article on the artist by clicking above!
The post Faig Ahmed Redfines the Traditional first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.

A South African court ruled against artist Gabrielle Goliath in her effort to reinstate her pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale after it was abruptly canceled by South African Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie earlier this year. Judge Mamokolo Kubushi of the country’s North Gauteng High Court issued the verdict without explanation following a February 11 hearing, and […]

“For me, it always starts with joy,” explains Aunia Kahn. The Detroit-based artist uses a handful of materials—gouache, pastels, pencils, and gold ink—to create rich, velvety portraits that evoke folk art patterns, surrealist themes, and celestial iconography. Reclaiming the importance of play in the creative process has been a powerful catalyst for Kahn, who had previously experienced a loss of joy in making amid life-threatening health challenges. “That playfulness led me straight back to my roots, to growing up in Michigan and spending time in Canada, to the German and Polish folk art that filled my grandparents’ home,” she says. “I realized that world of bold color, rich pattern, and...

The organizers of Art Basel today named the 290 galleries slated to participate in the Swiss fair’s flagship edition, to take place June 18–21 with preview days June 16 and 17. The exhibitors represent forty-three countries; twenty-one galleries will make their inaugural appearances at the event. The fair will unveil two major commissions: a work by Nairy […]

From his monumental, meditative installation of 100 million hand-painted porcelain sunflower seeds on the floor of Turbine Hall at Tate Modern to architectural columns wrapped in 14,000 salvaged life vests worn by refugees, artist-activist Ai Weiwei has long tapped into the power of scale, repetition, and symbols to plumb cultural heritage and expose societal issues. Ai is known for his wide-ranging practice that encompasses large-scale installations, video, architecture, photography, public art, and more. This spring, TASCHEN releases a fully revised monograph titled Ai Weiwei. Updated Edition, building upon the initial volume published a decade ago. “Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola Logo” (1994,), Western...

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In Modena, Teodor Currentzis's Ring ohne Worte foregoes words but not gimmickry.

While the three leads do sing the material well, there has been a glut of recordings since then which are more complete and at least as well sung.

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La pratica artistica di Yichun Yao, in mostra fino al 25 febbraio 2026 nella collettiva Rose Jail[1] alla Tache Gallery di Londra, fonde videoarte e narrazione episodica in modalità mockumentary e art comedy. Ricco di idee immaginative e di un’autoironia che ricorda Woody Allen, il suo approccio alle nuove tecnologie oscilla tra lo sviluppo di app all’avanguardia e performance interattive a bassa fedeltà che svelano la “scatola nera” degli algoritmi dell’amore. Utilizzando se stessa come medium sperimentale, l’artista indaga l’ansia diffusa nella società contemporanea di sfuggire alla condizione di single. Di recente, in veste di curatrice, ha organizzato la mostra collettiva online Coded...

As part of Shutter Hub OPEN 2026, we’re pleased to be hosting the Shutter Hub OPEN 2026 Curator’s Talk and Tour alongside a series of in-person portfolio reviews at the Alison Richard Building, University of Cambridge, on Thursday 26 March 2026.
We’re starting off the day at 10.30am with the Shutter Hub Portfolio Review – a small number of one-to-one portfolio review sessions with Shutter Hub Founder and Creative Director Karen Harvey MBE.
These focused sessions provide photographers with constructive, practical feedback on their work from an industry professional with extensive experience of curating exhibitions, publishing books, judging international awards and reviewing portfolios across the UK,...

Gordon Parks understood the camera as a weapon, a tool for justice and revelation. Born in 1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas, he transformed the lens into an instrument capable of exposing both brutality and beauty, inequality and resilience. His photographs chronicled the daily lives, struggles and triumphs of Black Americans, insisting that their stories be seen and remembered. We Shall Not Be Moved, now at Alison Jacques in London, presents these works in a powerful dialogue with the present, reflecting Parks’ capacity to bear witness while demanding accountability. The exhibition coincides with the 20th anniversary of The Gordon Parks Foundation, celebrating a legacy that continues to shape contemporary...

Around the inaugural edition of Art Basel's latest outpost in Doha

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Ahead of his performance in Les pêcheurs de perles with Washington Concert Opera, Parterre Box features the unusually elegant Anthony León performing Mozart.

Il maestoso Palazzo de’ Toschi, luogo che durante Arte Fiera era già stato deputato a ospitare precedenti mostre di Art City, torna a farsi scenario espositivo anche in questa edizione 2026, accogliendo un progetto di stampo concettuale che ragiona sulla nozione di realtà, rappresentazione e illusione, all’interno del campo dell’arte, utilizzando gli strumenti che le sono propri.
Francisco Tropa, “Miss America”, installation view at Palazzo de’ Toschi, ph. Carlo Favero, courtesy Banca di Bologna
La mostra dal titolo Miss America curata dal direttore di Arte Fiera uscente, Simone Menegoi, è la prima personale in Italia di Francisco Tropa, uno degli artisti portoghesi più significativi...

Prolific director Frederick Wiseman, whose pathbreaking documentaries shed light on aspects of society hitherto in shadow, died on February 16 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was ninety-six. News of his death was announced by his family through his distribution company, Zipporah Films. First gaining wide acclaim for his 1967 film Titicut Follies, which exposed the […]

3D Drawing has been at the core of Morling’s artistic practice for roughly a decade. Read all about the artist's work by clicking above.
The post Black & White, Ceramic, And Totally Personal: The sculptures of Katherine Morling first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.

“The world I build has no constraint, no logic. Everything is possible,” says Pontiroli. “My objective is to shake our imagination by developing a universe based on the absurd and the senseless.” Read the full article on the artist by clicking above!
The post Sometimes You Just Have To Hug That Walrus: The Humorously Surreal Paintings of Bruno Pontiroli Twist Our Relationship with the Animal World first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.

A Parigi, presso lo spazio espositivo Parliament Gallery, figure e immagini si dissolvono e sfumano senza scomparire. Tramite il colore a olio e diversi altri media l’artista Helmut Stallaerts crea una rappresentazione visiva che interpreta il nostro tempo. Lo spazio è qualcosa che viene meno, si dilata e si assottiglia, è una variabile. Ciò che rimane è la nostra presenza, che perdura anche senza il riferimento tangibile della nostra figura aprendosi alla rappresentazione più intima e profonda di noi stessi.
Helmut Stallaerts, “The Return”, 2025, olio e cera su tela, courtesy Parliament Gallery
La tecnologia adatta, connette e manipola l’uomo, creando una struttura comunicativa che lo estrania...

Their presence is implied. They’ve built gravity-defying structures from shopping carts, stacked newspapers, and plywood. They’ve hung laundry and left crushed beer cans scattered across surfaces, and yet the real subjects of Alvaro Naddeo’s paintings are never seen. Read the full article on the artist by clicking above!
The post The Price of Everything: The Art of Alvarro Naddeo first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.

Il lavoro di Jonathan Lyndon Chase si costruisce attorno a una riflessione sulla memoria come esperienza incarnata, sull’identità come processo relazionale e sull’appartenenza come spazio vissuto. Philadelphia, città d’origine dell’artista, diventa il luogo da cui osservare e restituire una geografia affettiva fatta di case, fisicità e relazioni.
Jonathan Lyndon Chase, “Keep thinking nobody does it like you here comes the sunset”, installation view at Gió Marconi, Milan, photo: Fabio Mantegna, courtesy the artist and Gió Marconi, Milan
In Keep thinking nobody does it like you here comes the sunset, personale dell’artista alla Galleria Gió Marconi, la dimensione domestica emerge come motore...

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What does love look like? Sometimes it comes with lust and desire, sometimes with deep-rooted care from the heart, and other times it’s a disguise for something that isn’t love at all.
Love can be found in the quieter gestures of everyday life. It can look like kindness, the people and places you hold dear, moments of care and support, or the small comforts that bring you peace: a cup of tea, a single flower, a familiar corner of home.
DO YOU LIKE LOVE? is a metaphor for the things that bring us joy and comfort, and for what we offer others to help them feel the same. Within the pages of DO YOU LIKE LOVE?, photographers answer the question – do you like love?
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