Cordy Ryman is in an unenviable position. He is the youngest son of the artist Robert Ryman, who was married to the esteemed critic Lucy Lippard, with whom he had a son, Ethan. After that marriage ended in divorce in 1966, he married the painter Merrill Wagner and they had two children, Will and Cordy. All three sons are artists. Despite this formidable legacy, he has developed his own visual language, transforming aspects of his parents’ work, and Minimalism, into something recognizably his. I came to this conclusion while spending the afternoon in Ryman’s Brooklyn studio, discussing his work, all of which he constructs from either 4-by-8-foot sheets or 2-by-4-inch wood boards. From there, he uses every...

Every artist knows the feeling of emptiness that follows the completion of a project, especially a big one. You feel deflated, exhausted. You can’t imagine doing it again, but you also can’t imagine leaving art behind. A newly published study in The Journal of Positive Psychology now has a name for this sort of artistic whiplash: “creative hangover.”Researchers tracked 355 adults over 13 days using daily diary surveys and found that professional artists tend to experience negative emotions the morning after their most creative days, even though creativity, while in the process of making art, reliably improves their moment-to-moment feeling states.The study, led by researchers Kaile Smith and Jennifer...

The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto has named Nicholas R. Bell as its next director and CEO. Bell, who was selected via an international search, will start in the role on July 6. He succeeds Josh Basseches, who stepped down at the end of last year after a decade in the role. Bell is currently president and CEO of Glenbow, an art museum with a collection of more than 250,000 objects in Calgary, Alberta. There since 2019, he has focused on developing the institution’s strategic plan, which “prioritized financial sustainability, increased inclusion and accessibility, and furthered Indigenous community engagement and reconciliation,” according to a release. He also established an endowment that made the...

THE LEGACY OF CLAUDE PARENT (1923–2016) is one of spatial insurrection, a realm in which architecture is reanimated as a medium of resistance to passivity in urban life. Although trained in the orbit of Le Corbusier, Parent emancipated himself from established models and norms, devoting his life to demonstrating the physicality of freedom. He developed […]

Sam Gibbons isn’t letting you off the hook. Sex, violence, religion, ego—everything comes together in colorful palettes unrestricted by shape or form. His rare, vibrant paintings are teeming with images both familiar and grotesque, and they’re demanding some careful attention Read the full article form our archives by clicking above.
The post Organized Chaos: The Art of Sam Gibbons first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.

The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg is planning a major expansion expected to begin construction in 2026, with the new facilities slated to open in 2028. The museum said the approximately 35,000-square-foot addition will cost an estimated $65 million and is intended to grow the exhibition spaces, create a dedicated learning center, and introduce new immersive experiences combining art and digital technology. The project will be designed and built by the Beck Group, which also constructed the museum’s current building that opened in 2011. Founded in 1982, the museum holds one of the largest collections of works by the Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí outside Spain. According to the institution, it has...

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has acquired a prized copy of Captain America Comics No. 1, famous for its cover depicting the titular hero punching Adolf Hitler in the face, the museum announced Tuesday. The issue was published in December 1940, nearly a year before the United States entered World War II, and entered the museum’s holdings courtesy of Riot Games cofounder Brandon Beck. Jack Kirby—who, with Joe Simon, created a host of iconic Marvel superheroes—was the son of Austrian Jewish immigrants and later served in the US Army during the war. According to the museum, Kirby conceived the now-famous Captain America cover as a not-so-veiled rebuke of the nation’s isolationist stance...

The sentencing hearing for a man convicted in a sweeping art fraud scheme involving forged works attributed to the late Anishinaabe painter Norval Morrisseau was abruptly disrupted this week after allegations surfaced that members of the artist’s estate may have been complicit in the forgery operation, according to CTV News. Jeff Cowan, who was found guilty in November on four counts of fraud related to the sale of fake Morrisseau paintings, appeared in court in Barrie, Ontario, for what was expected to be the continuation of his sentencing hearing. Instead, proceedings became contentious after a lawyer representing the Morrisseau estate unexpectedly intervened. Jason Gratl, a British Columbia–based...

Among African elephants, “Big Tuskers” refers to bulls that grow tusks so long they sometimes scrape the ground. Each one can weigh well over 100 pounds. These giant, ivory incisors continually grow throughout an elephant’s life, and males typically have much larger tusks than females. The bigger the tusks, however, the more vulnerable these gentle giants are to poachers who harvest and traffic the ivory for trade. There are only a couple dozen left in nature preserves like Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park and Amboseli National Park. “Together Forever” For wilderness photographer Johan Siggesson, a fascination with animals and their habitats led to a series of striking black-and-white photographs...

A former British Museum staffer who worked in the prints and drawings department in the 1970s stole more than 350 artworks and sold some of his haul at an antiques market, according to a new book. As reported by the Independent, “The story of the thefts is recounted in Barnaby Phillips’s forthcoming book, The African Kingdom of Gold—about stolen treasure—and states that Peverett’s thefts were recorded by the museum after they came to light, and an effort was made to recover the stolen artworks.” The crimes were perpetrated by Nigel Peverett, who was caught after his time on staff in 1992, when he was stopped while leaving the British Museum with 35 prints worth £5,000 (around $6,700). Police...

US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran have severely damaged Tehran’s four-hundred-year-old Golestan Palace, according to reports first released by Iran’s ISNA and Mehr news agencies. Photos of the Safavid-era palace, the Iranian capital’s only UNESCO-listed site, showed glass and debris scattered across its floors following a March 2 missile strike on nearby Arag Square, a buffer zone. […]

Kostas Stasinopoulos, the longtime director of live programs at London’s Serpentine contemporary art gallery, has been appointed director of exhibitions and programs at Kyklos, the Renzo Piano–designed center for art and culture set to open in 2028 in Piraeus, Greece. Established by the Dinos and Lia Martinos Foundation, the private institution will be the first […]

Chenhu Wetland Art Center opens outside wuhan
 
The Chenhu Wetland Art Center stands on a triangular slip of land where the natural shoreline of Wuhan meets an artificial road fork. Designed by Trace Architecture Office (TAO), the museum occupies a site enveloped by China‘s Tonghu Provincial Wetland Park, located approximately one hour from the city center. This region remains remote, and defined by a mixture of farmlands, water bodies, and woodlands. The architecture responds to this context, where wind and water have long shaped a meandering waterline.
 
The design process began with an inquiry into the wall as a primary generative element. In this instance, the wall serves as the sole design driver,...

In the competitive world of social media growth, credibility is everything. Platforms offering Instagram followers are constantly evaluated based on... Read More

disc-shaped cartridges for modern, portable audio player
 
ENSA P1 aims to restore the physical form of music by becoming a modern, portable audio player that uses disc-shaped cartridges. Designed by Vladimir Dubrovin, the concept project imagines bringing back the CD feel to the digital tracks, but in the most modern way possible still. The designer plans to make the device run on C-NAND systems, which are disc-shaped solid-state cartridges, each one holding a full album. 
 
It’s similar to a vinyl record, but the tracks are in a USB drive. It has no moving parts inside, so it’s totally digital in how it stores sound. But it has a physical shape users can hold, flip over, look at, and collect, so in a...

The art historian is cementing his legacy in the form of a catalogue raisonné and a home for his vast collection

In 1898, Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum staged an exhibition of paintings by renowned Dutch Golden Age artist Rembrandt (1606-1669). Included in this show was a 23-by-19-inch oil painting titled “Vision of Zacharias in the Temple,” which was completed in 1633, relatively early in the artist’s career. Fast-forward to 1960, and the work was deemed to have not actually been made by Rembrandt. Despite that in the past it had been catalogued as part of his oeuvre, that was no longer the case. So, a private collector purchased it in 1961, from which point on, it remained out of sight—until now. Experts and conservators at the Rijksmuseum, which was recently granted the opportunity to reassess the painting by...

Array

£231M renovation plan approved for london’s brutalist icon
 
London’s unmistakable Brutalist colossus, the Barbican Centre, secures planning approval for a £231 million renewal program. The building is set to to pause its regular operations and close its doors for a full year beginning in June 2028 as part of an ambitious renovation program, led by Allies and Morrison, Asif Khan Studio, and Buro Happold.
 
The Barbican, a Grade II-listed cultural powerhouse designed by Chamberlin, Powell & Bon and built between 1965 and 1982, has since stood as an iconic mixed-use development with residential, recreational, and cultural facilities. It houses one of Europe’s most celebrated multi-arts portfolios,...

Parterre Box previews an upcoming performance of Hercules with Ann Hallenberg in some very unique Baroque repertoire.

Alice Angelini  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Alice Angelini’s Website
Alice Angelini on Instagram

Strong performances at Opera Naples can't overcome the cringey nostalgia of Derrick Wang's Scalia/Ginsburg.

Overpainting of the genitals of a figure in the relief panel “Te Fare Amu”—once described as a “serious editorial suppression of Gauguin’s original concept”—is expected to be removed at the Brooklyn Museum

It is estimated that by 2030, 1 in 6 people worldwide will be over 60. Meanwhile, 1 in ten children in the UK are now expected to live beyond 100. Yet, as people globally are living longer, many face health and social inequalities that impact later life. A new exhibition at Wellcome Collection, London, asks how societies can adapt to ensure everyone ages better. The Coming of Age is the first major museum show to explore experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to the elderly, through art, science and popular culture. More than 120 artworks and objects are featured in the exhibition, including Sebald Beham’s medieval woodcut depicting elders rejuvenated by the mythical fountain of youth, and...

Array

ART PARIS 2026 RETURNS TO THE ICONIC GRAND PALAIS
 
Following its triumphant return to the Grand Palais in 2025, Art Paris is set to reclaim the majestic nave and balconies of this Parisian monument from 9-12 April 2026. As the premier spring event for modern and contemporary art, the 28th edition promises a vibrant dialogue between 165 French and international galleries, showcasing a curated selection that is both regional and cosmopolitan. This edition’s ambitious program invites visitors to navigate the complex intersections of linguistics and the restorative power of art within one of Paris‘ most historic architectural landmarks. Get your tickets here!
banner: Art Paris 2025 by night; above: Art Paris...

Balloons crafts Biodegradable flower balloons 
 
Meet Ballooms, Canada’s first balloon florist whose bouquets of garden flowers are made from natural and biodegradable latex. Each flower is made using balloon twisting or sculpting, where long, thin modeling inflatables are folded and locked into shapes. Making a single flower takes time and skill because these materials don’t behave so well when twisted tight. In Ballooms’ case, they’re flexible and sturdy, enough to hold onto like a bouquet.
 
The color palette Ballooms uses can catch eyes. It’s not the loud, primary colors seen at a kids’ party. It’s softer: dusty orange, pale blue, cream, and bright yellow-green. These colors bring the...

The exhibition, held in Burgos's Gothic cathedral, brings together 44 works spanning six decades of the artist's career

The Whitney Biennial, a leading survey of American art, opened to the press yesterday. This one is different: moody, contemplative, and with a proclivity for immersive experiences. We're still taking it all in, but you can read our first impressions today: What we liked, didn't like, or feel ambivalent about. Also today, we asked arts leaders in New York City for their thoughts on Diya Vij's appointment as culture commissioner, and what they think her priorities should be. The billion-dollar question: Can she help make one of the world's most expensive cities more affordable for artists? —Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief Installation view of works by Emilio Martínez Poppe (photo Hrag...

The one, the only Fyodor Chaliapin, singing Massenet's "Elegie" (with, I believe, a young Piatigorsky on the cello part).

Danh Vo talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work

Picture featuring his sons, husband David and their dogs goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery in London

Array

The Black Arts Movement emerged as a profound cultural awakening and radical reimagining of representation, galvanised by mid-20th century civil rights struggles and sustained by a belief in art’s transformative power. Writers, musicians, visual artists and performers sought not merely to reflect the world but to remake it, centring Black identity, dignity and autonomy within a cultural landscape that had long marginalised these voices. At its core, the movement insisted that creative production was inseparable from political engagement, asserting that culture could not remain neutral in the face of systemic oppression. Themes of self-definition, collective empowerment and the reclamation of history resonate...

Array

Array

La mostra Converging Trajectories: Ettore Spalletti meets Gino De Dominicis and Franz West indaga i punti di tangenza tra artisti che, pur attraverso linguaggi differenti, hanno condiviso un’idea di arte come esperienza totale. Un percorso che coinvolge sia il piano poetico sia quello storiografico, mettendo in evidenza il legame tra le personalità indagate e la città di Pescara, centro dinamico di sperimentazione nella seconda metà del Novecento. Oltre alla Galleria Vistamare, che ospita la mostra nella sua sede milanese, si ricorda il fratello di Ettore Spalletti, Vittoriano, appassionato collezionista, e Mario Pieroni, che nella sua galleria romana propose nel 1969 un primo confronto tra l’artista...

The Whitney Biennial bills itself as the pulse-check of what American art looks like now. This year’s edition, curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, with Beatriz Cifuentes and Carina Martinez, consists of the work of 56 artists, duos, and collectives. It's themeless, but spotlights ideas of "relationality," including family, technology, and mythology. I appreciate a non-pretentious biennial that doesn't come with a PhD dissertation. This one feels like that: moody, sensorial, contemplative. Whether that's enough to meet the moment is a different question.Below, our editors walk you through first impressions of this year's Whitney Biennial, which opens to the public this Sunday,...

“Warriorhood is an act of living an awakened life,” says Rupy C. Tut, referencing the continual battles that emerge from being a person in the world. Tut has long invoked her family’s history of migration and Punjabi heritage to consider kinship, a theme that has more recently evolved into a recurring warrior character. “The privilege of belonging and being seen as a part of a place, without needing explanations, is not available to my characters, who are finding ways to navigate and battle that out-of-place-ness,” she adds. Depicting suited figures floating amid translucent jellyfish, the dream-like “Battle Ready” is one such work. The creatures’ tentacles trail across the composition,...

PARIS — “The organicity of the human body we’re born inside of is encoded in us,” the Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz once said in an interview. This concept of our organic nature as the source of elemental knowledge, at once direct and mysterious, permeates the textural abstractions exhibited in her survey Magdalena Abakanowicz: The Thread of Existence at Musée Bourdelle.Around 80 of Abakanowicz’s works are on view in Paris, spanning large textiles, sculptures, and drawings, dating from the 1960s through the early aughts. At the time, they were censored in Communist Poland as too formalist. Nevertheless, her renown grew. She was included in the 1960s Lausanne Tapestry Biennials and won the...

Array

For Masayoshi Matsumoto, also known as Isopresso Balloon, a simple dog-shaped balloon animal is utter child’s play. His elaborate constructions combine a range of colors and can take on virtually any shape. From meticulously textured squids to demure gophers to stout tropical birds, the artist conjures playful and expressive animals from stretchy rubber and air. Lately, he’s been particularly interested in birds, expertly twisting beaks and tail feathers into recognizable species like mallards, swans, and a bright kingfisher. See more on Instagram, and try your hand at balloon art of your own with a range of tutorials on YouTube. He’s currently working on a few new videos geared specifically toward...

Early March brings another sharp run of openings across London

Spanning four decades, the show brings together fourteen works installed across the pavilion and surrounding landscape — a focused survey

Critic, poet, and publisher Giancarlo Politi, founder of the influential contemporary art journal Flash Art, one of the first international publications of its kind, died on February 24. He was eighty-nine. Politi, over a career spanning more than five decades, shaped the global contemporary art scene through the establishment of a publishing house, an art-world directory, a […]

A painting that has gone unseen by the public since being deauthenticated more than fifty years ago has been determined to be an early work by Rembrandt van Rijn and will go on view at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam this week alongside twenty-five others by the renowned artist. Titled Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, […]

What began as a pile of dirt, rubble, and cement in rural Niland, California, just east of the Salton Sea, eventually became one of the most beloved landmarks and roadside attractions in the region. “Salvation Mountain,” Leonard Knight’s vibrantly painted, three-story mound made of adobe and straw, stands as a tribute to one man’s tenacity and desire to spread a message, topped with its instantly recognizable slogan, “God Is Love.” “Salvation Mountain” is just one of countless artist environments around the U.S., illustrating the unique style, drive, and vernacular of creative builders. Often driven by religious or spiritual fervor, these self-taught artists use whatever materials are at hand,...

Grey Cube Projects has announced an open call for its Living Systems Residency in Bogotá

Will Liverman and Kiera Duffy brought an eclectic program to their jovial post-blizzard recital at Rhode Island College.

An exhibition of new and recent work by Somerset-based artist Fiona Campbell comes to a close this Sunday, 8th March

Fyodor Chaliapin is considered one of the greatest basses ever because he combined a dark, flexible, and instantly recognizable bass voice with extraordinary musical intelligence and nuance.

L’ingannevole equivalenza visiva tra un’immagine fotografica e il frammento di realtà in essa immortalato si fonda su una serie di riduzioni successive: il volume degli oggetti collassa sulla superficie del negativo, la materia si dissolve in traccia ottica e la profondità spaziale si traduce in graduazioni di luce e ombra. Nataly Maier (Monaco di Baviera, 1957) inizia alla fine degli anni Ottanta a interrogarsi su cosa accade a livello visivo e concettuale quando si tenta di restituire alla fotografia quella consistenza fisica e volumetrica che essa può soltanto suggerire attraverso codici rappresentativi. Alla Fondazione Sabe per l’arte di Ravenna la mostra Immagini nello spazio si concentra su un...

Costanza Starrabba aka Starrenco  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
Starrenco on Instagram

In an era dominated by constant scroll and shrinking attention spans, documentary has emerged as one of the most vital languages in contemporary culture. From the political urgency of Navalny to the cultural resonance of Beckham and the environmental meditation of David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, non-fiction storytelling has become central to how audiences engage with politics, identity and collective memory. Viewers are increasingly drawn to works rooted in truth yet shaped with cinematic precision. Documentary today is not merely reportage; it is authorship, immersion and, often, an act of listening. Across platforms and festivals, audiences are seeking stories that move, challenge and...

Contemporary design today is as much about narrative as it is about form. At the Design Museum in London, Simone Brewster’s first museum show PLATFORM makes this clear, presenting objects that are functional, sculptural and rooted in cultural memory. Spanning four sections: Passages, Everyday Ornaments, Scales of Emotion and Body Narratives – the exhibition interrogates identity, heritage and value. Brewster combines the precision of architectural thinking with the fluidity of sculpture, suggesting that design must engage social histories and formal innovation. This is design that asks why objects exist, what they communicate and who benefits from their creation. Within the museum’s programme,...

Since 2011, multidisciplinary artist Peggy Weil has been working on what she calls “extended landscapes”: artworks which “visualise the unseen but critical processes of climate change.” This month, two of her video installations, 88 Cores and 18 Cores, are on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Here, Weil reformats scientific archives – including ice and rock cores from the Greenland Ice Sheet and Salton Sea Scientific Drilling projects – into scrolling moving-image portraits that reveal invisible layers “beneath our feet, above our heads, and back in time.” The exhibition, titled Core Memory, takes audiences on a downward journey, showing how climatic and geological events are...

A Bologna, presso Fondazione MAST, le opere fotografiche complesse, articolate ed emblematiche di Jeff Wall raffigurano situazioni evocative, suggestioni profonde ed eventi mai accaduti. Con la mostra Living, Working, Surviving, la fotografia diventa pittura, la documentazione diventa interpretazione e l’ambiguità diventa il punto di partenza per analizzare i temi più profondi della nostra società.
Jeff Wall, “Dressing Poultry”, 2007, transparency in lightbox, ©: Jeff Wall, Courtesy: Cranford Collection, London
Si potrebbe dire che la mostra Living, Working Surviving di Jeff Wall presso la Fondazione MAST di Bologna non abbia una vera e propria tematica principale. Le fotografie si mostrano ambigue...

Il CRAC Puglia di Taranto ospita la mostra “Paesaggi”, con le opere di Aldo Damioli e Giovanni Pulze, a cura di Roberto Vidali, e accoglie in contemporanea la donazione di trenta opere che l’Associazione Juliet consegna agli archivi del CRAC, in occasione delle celebrazioni per “JULIET 45 YEARS”. La mostra mette a confronto due pittori italiani di impianto figurativo e concettuale che rimandano a un pensiero che va oltre la superficie della tela dipinta.
Aldo Damioli, “Venezia New York”, 2013, acrilico su tela, cm 80 x 100, courtesy l’Artista
La traccia di fondo che unisce questi due autori si incentrata sul ruolo che il loro lavoro ha avuto nella pittura del nuovo millennio e sui rapporti che...

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!
The post The Cross-sectioned Paper Sculptures of Lisa Nilsson first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.

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...