Who said parking garages were just for cars? British artist and color devotee Liz West has transformed a single floor of a typical concrete structure into an immersive chromatic environment fit for skating, dancing, and basking in a rainbow glow. To create “Our Colour,” West covered hundreds of existing lights in the Cabot Circus Car Park with pigmented theatre gels. Without its usual traffic, the space instead becomes an open canvas for the artist’s interest in experiencing color in a more direct and physical way. “Does colour change the way you feel? What does it feel like to be inside a rainbow? I was to invite visitors to drench themselves in the spectrum and allow them to question their individual...

The Birmingham Museum of Art is asking the public for help locating artworks by Corietta Mitchell, the first Black artist to have a solo exhibition at the museum during the city’s segregation era, according to local news outlet WVTM. The institution marks its 75th anniversary this year with a renewed effort to recover what it calls a missing piece of its history.  Founded in 1951 amid Jim Crow laws that restricted Black visitors to the museum to one designated day per week, the museum now openly acknowledges its segregated past as part of a broader institutional reckoning. In March 1963, four months before Birmingham’s segregation ordinances were repealed, museum leadership quietly staged the...

Detail from an illustrated Book of the Dead (c. 305–30 BCE), papyrus, ink, gold, and paper (photo courtesy the Brooklyn Museum; all other photos Greta Rainbow/Hyperallergic)I’m lucky: I haven’t been to many funerals. The ones I have experienced were not cinematic, weepy affairs in grand cathedrals with an organ and a procession out to the misty cemetery where a black-veiled woman dumps the first pile of dirt with a wrought iron shovel. Instead, military regalia and scuffed chairs and polite nods. I did not cry. Admitting to such detachment perhaps confirms my belonging to what Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently called the “godless left.” And it’s basically true that I go without god in my...

Surrounded in her Massachusetts studio by pins, glue, and piles of brightly colored paper strips, a visitor might initially mistake Lisa Nilsson for a reclusive arts and crafts teacher. But as her nimble hands purposefully curl the paper into shapes, and then magically weave the shapes into identifiable forms, a new impression emerges. Read the full article by clicking above!
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The 2026 edition of Frieze LA kicked off yesterday with an invitation-only VIP day. The art fair, held in a tent on the grounds of the Santa Monica Airport, features about 100 exhibitors from around the world and runs through Mar. 1. ARTnews attended the opening, where dealers excitedly reported a “frenzy” of sales. But! Frieze LA is not just about the sales. This edition of Frieze (which also hosts fairs in New York, London, and Seoul) is an easy draw for celebrities, whether to the main fair, satellite fairs like the Felix Art Fair and the Butter Fine Art Fair (new on the scene and spotlighting local Black artists), or any number of fashionable parties. Take a look at some of the celebrities—among them...

Seven years after being ousted by the nationalist government, Dariusz Stola will return as director of Poland’s premier Jewish museum, reflecting a broader cultural renaissance in the country. Sola led the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw from its founding in 2014 to steady acclaim, until the newly ascendant right-wing nationalist Law and Justice party began a purge of museum leaders unwilling to accept their revisionist history. Law and Justice’s eight-year rule was defeated by a centrist coalition in 2023, closing a bleak chapter for artistic expression in Poland. Stola has been reinstated by Poland’s new culture minister, Marta Cienskowska, who was appointed in 2025 by Prime...

The art world continues to be Hollywood’s new favorite setting. Following Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist, an art thriller released last month, and Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, a 2025 film about an art heist, comes The Christophers by director Steven Soderbergh. The new film, set to be released April 10 in the US and May 15 in the UK following its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival last September, stars Ian McKellen as a once celebrated artist who becomes the target of an art forger played by Michaela Coel. Coel is best known for creating and starring in the British sitcom Chewing Gum and the HBO/BBC series I May Destroy You, a dark comedy-drama about a young writer who tries to rebuild her life after...

The Vrindavani Vastra, a 350-year-old tapestry woven in the foothills of the Himalayas and depicting the life of the god Krishna, will make a six-month homecoming, as part of a loan struck between the British Museum and the state government of Assam in northeastern India. The London institution agreed to return the tapestry in 2027 after Assam’s chief minister pledged to construct a new facility at the Assam State Museum in Guwahati, the state capital, to house the fragile textile, which, for preservation’s sake, can be exhibited for only six months every ten years. The Vastra—Sanskrit for “textile”—is composed of 12 strips of lampas silk, measures nine meters in length, and depicts a devotional...

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, the genre-defying debut film from artist Kahlil Joseph, takes over 180 Studios

TELFAR introduces Modular, a unisex footwear system built around a single sculptural sole and designed for broad, real-world wear.

The space is conceived as both a production hub and public-facing gallery, strengthening long-standing collaborations with L.A.based artists

A member of the Dutch activist group Free the Filton 24 has claimed responsibility on social media

John Legend’s manager, a prolific collector of Black post-war and contemporary art, tells us about a recent acquisition and the artists he regrets missing out on

Paul&Albert examine history as a continuously revised construct
 
Writing History by Paul&Albert is an autonomous art installation developed for Museum aan de A in the Netherlands. The project examines history as a dynamic and continuously revised construct through a robotic system that writes and erases content directly onto glass.
 
At the center of the installation is an industrial robot arm housed within a custom-engineered glass and steel enclosure. The robot repeatedly inscribes text and images onto the glass surface using a marker, then removes them with a sponge. This cyclical action renders visible the process through which present events transition into recorded history, emphasizing the instability...

The Dutchman was “struck” by Seurat’s pointillist technique - and it influenced his own work

Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s Grammy-winning Intelligence makes a largely successful East Coast debut at Virginia Opera.

Ahead of their opening in Don Carlo in Dallas tonight, Christopher Corwin chats with Nicole Car and Étienne Dupuis — and offers a special edition of Chris's Cache!

From dramatic aquatic encounters to deep caves to fish and amphibians closely guarding their eggs, there’s an entire world below the surface that few of us ever really get to see. That’s where images like those in the annual Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) come in, glimpsing some of the darkest depths and most alluring and fragile ecosystems on the planet. The top prize of the 2026 competition, which has been running annually since 1965, goes to Matthew Smith for his capture of two young elephant seals in the Falkland Islands. Additional winning images include Natalie Yarrow’s tableau of hinge-beak shrimp inside a pink barrel sponge, Khaichuin Sim’s observation of the controversial annual...

In his pioneering book Face Time: A History of the Photographic Portrait, writer and curator Phillip Prodger states: “A great portrait is a psychological exploration, an artistic journey into a person’s heart and soul.” It’s a perfect summary of the power of the camera to go beneath the surface, going beyond a simple snapshot to explore representation, visibility and identity. The artists featured in the Aesthetica Art Prize 2026 longlist create works that undoubtedly make this journey into the very essence of the sitter. Some images reveal the complexities of the human psyche, making the invisible, visible, whilst others draw from distinct cultural ideas of belonging and selfhood, or play with the...

Pégard, a former advisor to the French president Emmanuel Macron, enters a ministry struggling with budgetary cuts and badly shaken by the stunning Louvre heist

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Colonialism, mental health, African folklore, Burma and Nordic prints.

INSIDE RABH-TE-RAS RESIDENCE BY SIMRAN BOPARAI
  Spanning over 2,300 square meters in Raipur, India, the Prabh-te-Ras residence by Simran Boparai follows a rigorous logic of scale and materiality. The architectural program is characterized by a high-contrast relationship between its exterior and interior identities. A geometric, modern facade composed of cantilevered stone-clad volumes gives way to an opulent internal environment defined by French neoclassical influences. Inside, the spatial sequence is organized around a double-height foyer and a central outdoor waterfall that acts as a primary cooling and atmospheric element. By utilizing these sky-high volumes and sculpted Greek pillars, Boparai...

Ben Luke speak to Jane Morris about the 2026 Biennale artists and framework, takes a tour of the late González's show at the Barbican. Plus, a conversation about a long-hidden Emin work

Remember when Berlin prided itself as a haven for persecuted artists and writers? Now, those artists and writers are scolded and silenced if they dare express their opinions about Gaza. It's also painful to watch cinema legends like Wim Wenders tarnish their legacy with unintelligent statements like, “We have to stay out of politics." He said that on the opening day of the Berlinale, the latest battleground between artists and pro-Israel groups and politicians. Staff writer Rhea Nayyar reports today on how Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle found herself in the eye of the storm, despite the festival's best efforts to keep everyone's mouth shut. —Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief Berlinale...

Salvaged Panels are reimagined as a light piece in a wood frame
 
KÖNIGSWINTER by Heilig Objects is a light sculpture constructed from reclaimed corrugated fiberglass panels sourced from an abandoned hillside hut in the forests above Königswinter, near the Siebengebirge nature reserve in western Germany. The panels, exposed to outdoor conditions for approximately fifty years, were selected for their structural integrity, translucency, and depth.
 
Designer Daniel Heilig spent five years identifying materials with the necessary qualities to support the intended spatial and luminous effect. Prolonged exposure to sun, frost, and rainfall resulted in amber tones, visible fiber networks, and subtle variations...

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Clearaudio’s tribute to jazz artist Al Di Meola
 
Clearaudio pays homage to the jazz artist Al Di Meola with the electric guitar-shaped turntable that spins vinyl records on frosted platter and wooden base. The main body of the turntable uses high-density wood fiber, following the outline of an electric guitar. The long neck-like extension holds the tonearm, while the wider body, extended compared to the traditional turntable designs, supports the platter and motor system. 
 
The chassis of the electric guitar-shaped turntable by Clearaudio also includes a bottom plate made from machining steel, which holds the player’s full system. Height-adjustable feet sit under the plate to help the device stay...

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equipo de arquitectura composes a forest in the house
 
In San Bernardino, Paraguay, Equipo de Arquitectura completes A Forest in the House, a 260-square-meter residence that takes the existing woodland as its primary framework. Architects Horacio Cherniavsky and Viviana Pozzoli allow mature trees to determine the geometry of the plan, inserting compressed earth volumes and shaded voids between trunks. 
 
The fixed perimeter of the roof establishes the limits of intervention. Inside that contour, solids and voids are distributed in response to the position of trees, replacing the conventional orthogonal grid with a more adaptive arrangement. The irregular disposition of pillars contributes to lateral...

Belarus-born, US-based hedge fund billionaire Igor Tulchinsky will sponsor the British Museum’s display of the Bayeux Tapestry

When it comes to themes of climate crisis and environmental destruction, Nick Brandt (b. 1964) is one of the most compelling photographers working today. Since the early 2000s, he has focused his lens on the progressive disappearance of the natural world, joining contemporary names like Edward Burtynsky, with his striking aerial views, and Mandy Barker, known for her arrangements of ocean plastic, in making the devastating impact of human activity on Earth plain to see. Now, Gallerie d’Italia, Turin, presents The Day May Break. The light at the end of the day, a “global series in four chapters” that focuses on animals, environments and people devastated by climate change. Brandt’s choice of locations...

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Nella sua seconda personale presso la Nicelle Beauchene Gallery di New York, intitolata The gifts, Quentin James McCaffrey costruisce un insieme di dipinti inseriti in ambienti orchestrati con cura, dove tappeti, bouquet, miniature, tendaggi e superfici riflettenti assumono un ruolo strutturale. Non si tratta di abitazioni, ma di configurazioni concettuali in cui ogni componente definisce proporzioni, angolazioni e traiettorie ottiche. L’ordine è essenziale e privo di ornamenti superflui, mentre l’illuminazione stabilisce legami e relazioni tra le forme.
Quentin James McCaffrey, “Mirror with Landscapes”, 2026, oil on canvas over wood panel. Center panel: 12″ x 16″ x 1 1/2″; Side Panels: 12″ x...

The DePaul Art Museum, the contemporary art museum of DePaul University in Chicago, will shutter permanently on June 30. The contemporary art institution’s closure comes as the school struggles with budget cuts forced by a steep decline in international graduate enrollment, a rise in demand for financial aid, and an increase in the cost of benefits. […]

Despite its desperate attempts to divorce art from politics, the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) sparked controversy yet again after multiple prizewinners' acceptance speeches included criticisms of Israel and Germany. Amid speculation that Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle could be ousted as the event executives navigate the next steps, hundreds of film professionals have come to Tuttle's defense in an open letter regarding the festival's institutional independence.During the closing ceremony on Saturday, February 21, Syrian-Palestinian filmmaker Abdallah Al-Khatib, whose 2026 film Chronicles from the Siege won the best first feature award, gave an acceptance speech that fervently...

Activist and painter Judy Baca, best known for her half-mile-long mural “The Great Wall of Los Angeles” (1983), has been accused of using a grant awarded to her nonprofit organization for her personal art business. The artist, however, denies any such wrongdoing.According to a new report from the Los Angeles Times, 10 former employees of Baca’s nonprofit, the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC), allege that she misused funds from a $5 million Mellon Foundation grant in 2021. The funding was specifically to be administered over three years for the expansion of “The Great Wall” mural, a portion of which went on view at Jeffrey Deitch gallery in Los Angeles last Saturday, February 20. However,...

Aaron Wile, the new John Updike Curator at the Frick Collection (photo courtesy Frick Collection)Art Movements, published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other happenings in today’s chaotic art world.Does anyone else remember that Jean-Antoine Watteau exhibition at the Frick Collection in 2016, or am I getting old? If you loved that show, you'll love this news: Aaron Wile, who organized that exhibition when he was a curatorial fellow at the institution between 2014 and '16, has just been appointed John Updike Curator at the Frick, starting on April 6. He's departing from his position as associate curator of French Paintings at the National...

The second cut on disc 39 of his most recent double album, “The Fall-Off Is Inevitable” unfolds J. Cole’s life and professional career through a backward-moving narrative. Directed by Palestinian-American filmmaker Ryan Doubiago, the track’s accompanying music video visually captures the feeling of reminiscence, as the rapper looks back on his journey thus far. Though each scene takes place within the same studio walls through a looping cycle, viewers move through a multitude of defining moments: a funeral scene, a wedding, writing music in solitude, and rewatching home videos from 1992. Because it’s shot on film, the grain and warm color grading strengthen the through line of nostalgia and memory....

For our second annual Illustration Awards, supported by Format, we selected 5 winners from each of the following categories: Editorial, Personal, Advertising & Promotional, Product & Packaging, Student. It is our pleasure to introduce the winner of the Student category: Bella Han.
Bella Han is a freelance illustrator from China and a first year student in the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program at the School of Visual Arts (Class of 2027). This work is part of a series illustrating one of the most famous Qing Dynasty stories in China, which depicts the opulent yet tragic life of Zhenhuan, a concubine of Emperor Yongzheng, who later became Empress Dowager after his death.
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After more than two decades as a commercial textile designer, often working digitally, Amy Gross was drawn to making something that felt more immediate and tactile. “I started making beaded jewelry, something I could hold and feel,” she tells Colossal. The beading techniques gradually merged with canvases, which over time became more three-dimensional. They were “less about adornment and more about personal stories I felt I needed to tell,” she says. These eventually became sculptural objects, representative of the natural world that has long been a source of wonder and curiosity for the artist. “Aggregating Vivarium” Gross’ imaginative compositions of flora, fungi, and sometimes even fauna tap...

The Undercurrent Surfaces There are moments in a country’s creative consciousness when the atmosphere tilts. For many of the designers showing at Zurich Fashion Week 2026, the seeds were sown during last year’s pre‑events. And so, after more than twelve months of preparation, this was the week their work stepped fully into the light — an undercurrent now rising into a transformative movement in modern style. As I walked into the Kongresshaus Zurich this February, the first edition of Zurich...

Elvira Dyangani Ose is leaving her role as director of the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) three months early. Dyangani Ose in 2021 became the first woman and the first person of color to helm the institution since its 1987 founding. Her five-year contract was to have expired in July, but she will leave in April.  In January, Dyangani […]

Just one day after Laurence des Cars resigned as director of the Louvre, Christophe Leribault has been announced as her successor. French daily Le Parisien reported that Leribault, since 2024 the director of the Palace of Versailles, was appointed to the role by President Emmanuel Macron, who announced the change at a February 25 Council of Ministers meeting. This […]

Following the announcement that she'll make her Met debut next season, Grand Tier Grab Bag brings Italian soprano Erika Grimaldi to your attention with a duet from Manon Lescaut.

Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthly Opportunities Newsletter. Emptiness 2026 Art Awards: Exhibition, Publication, Sales, and Global PromotionFeatured What is emptiness in your art? Is it solitude or serenity, absence or possibility, loss or quiet fullness? For the 5th edition of the Emptiness 2026 juried international art call, we invite artists worldwide to reveal the emotional and conceptual layers of solitude, serenity, and existential depth through meaningful artistic expression. Selected artists will be showcased in a smart exhibition and receive Artsy features,...

Donna Gottschalk (b. 1949) grew up in the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side in the 1950s, where she spent much of her time wandering the streets and observing her neighbours. This backdrop, often violent and homophobic, shaped her and the way she saw the world: raw, real and up close. She began photographing as a teenager, at the same time she became involved in the early lesbian, trans and gay rights movements. Here, she turned the lens on the daily lives of her chosen family – friends, lovers, siblings and fellow activists. The result is a tender portrait of people living on the margins, at a time when gay relationships were still illegal in the US. We Others, on display at The Photographers’...

 
The Colour Library is a curated series of photo books exploring the emotional, symbolic, and visual power of colour. Each edition is a visual exploration and celebration of one colour, showcasing its presence, symbolism, and emotional range across different photographic styles and perspectives.
Our first edition is devoted to blue. A colour of depth and distance. Vast as the sky and as still as water. Blue evokes calm, melancholy, serenity and sorrow. Delicate cornflowers, robust denim, precious jewels, and the deepest ocean.
From literal to abstract interpretations, and alternative processes, THE COLOUR LIBRARY: BLUE shares photographers’ wide range of creative expressions.
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La mostra Onion di Michael Beutler, ospitata negli spazi di Pinksummer all’interno di Palazzo Ducale, a Genova, si configura come un ambiente esperienziale che lavora per sottrazione piuttosto che per accumulo. Più che presentare un insieme di opere da osservare, Beutler costruisce una situazione in cui il visitatore è invitato a rallentare e a rinegoziare il proprio rapporto con lo spazio e con il tempo, trasformando la fruizione in un atto intenzionale, fondato su una relazione diretta e non mediata con la struttura.
Michael Beutler, “Onion”, 2026, installation view at PINKSUMMER, Genova. Photo © Federico Ghillino. Courtesy PINKSUMMER and the artist
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The women portrayed in Prudence Flint’s paintings are caught in moments of quiet, reflection, and impermanence. They appear fixed in a moment of repose ripe for interruption. Perhaps they are lying on the grass, or changing an infant’s diaper, or awash in warm water mid-shower. Regardless, there is a certain mood shared among her works. Read the full interview with the artist by clicking above!
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The Venice Biennale has revealed the 105 artists and collectives and six artist-led organizations participating in the main exhibition its sixty-first iteration, to take place May 9–November 22. Titled “In Minor Keys,” the show was conceived by Cameroon-born curator Koyo Kouoh, who died last summer as she was putting it together. The exhibition is being […]

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The Ralph Fiennes production of Eugene Onegin at the Paris Opera is just...fine.

London-based artist Faithe Yang can turn her hand to both photography and curation. On each sides of the curatorial line, her focus remains the same. The artist’s work explores queer intimacy and cross-cultural exchange, reinterpreting everyday gestures and relaxed scenes through an “othering” perspective. The result is a unique visual dialogue that often employs site-specific or unconventional settings to boost local relevance. Yang’s practice is rooted in challenging dominant narratives around visibility and migration, opening up vital conversations about what it means to truly belong in contemporary society.  One major curatorial undertaking is When the Monsoon Turns East. The exhibition featured...

George Frideric Handel (born 341 years ago on Monday) composed over 40 operas including many masterpieces, but his Giulio Cesare is the one that everyone knows best.

There were nearly 100,000 submissions to be part of the central exhibition at this year’s PhotoVogue Festival. Titled Women by Women, it highlights 45 artists, photographers and video makers who “explore what it means to see as women, examining the many forms, perspectives and lived realities that womanhood can encompass.” The sheer popularity of its open call underscores this statement. The event returns to Milan for its 10th anniversary in March (during the city’s fashion week), where it positions itself as a forward-looking platform. “At a time when women’s rights and identities are increasingly contested, this edition of PhotoVogue Festival affirms women’s vision as a powerful force in its...

Cosa accade quando il disegno rinuncia a fissare l’apparenza statica delle cose per inseguire la dimensione processuale di un’azione in corso? Il disegno come pratica di registrazione del movimento umano è il fulcro della ricerca di Morgan O’Hara (Los Angeles, 1941), artista che fin dagli anni Ottanta ha sviluppato un metodo per trasformare la mano in strumento sismografico capace di catturare in tempo reale i flussi gestuali attraverso cui si manifesta la vitalità dei corpi in movimento. La mostra che lo Studio la Linea Verticale di Bologna le dedica raccoglie un cospicuo nucleo di disegni recenti realizzati con questa tecnica, che l’artista definisce Live Transmission, un procedimento attraverso...

What have I been working on today?" Dustin Yellin considers over a recent phone call… "I wouldn't even know where to start." Read the full article on the artist by clicking above.
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The organizers of the Liverpool Biennial have named Aimee Harrison and Lucía Sanromán as cocurators of the event’s fourteenth edition, to take place June 5–September 12, 2027. Though no theme has yet been announced, the biennial will be influenced by the experiences of youth in Liverpool and around the world. Harrison has served as the Liverpool Biennial’s curator of learning […]