LONDON — Yesterday, October 14, the international art world descended on Regent’s Park for the opening of this year’s edition of Frieze London, where they mingled, sipped on Ruinart champagne and spent lots of money. A visitor, coincidentally dressed to match an orange-and-black sculpture by Teresa Solar Abboud, reaffirmed that the preview day was as much about seeing art as it was about being seen.In many ways, the 2026 edition is a typical offering. There was the obligatory mirrored artwork-slash-selfie spot, this time in the form of Anish Kapoor’s stainless-steel “Green and Brandy.” There were indeterminate objects lying on the carpeted floors, which could either be works of searing...

"If the Biennale is to be read as a poem of sorts, it goes without saying that it favors the epic over the haiku, privileging length over precision"

Valerio Adami, "Auto-lavaggio (Car Wash)" (1964), pencil, watercolor and tempera on paper (all photos courtesy David Nolan gallery)The Italian artist Valerio Adami, who was born in Bologna in 1935, is not as well known in America as Giorgio Morandi, Alberto Burri, and Francesco Clemente, but he should be. His exhibition Alice in the Land of Violence at David Nolan Gallery, which inaugurates the gallery’s new spacious Tribeca digs, is his first in New York in more than 20 years. All but one of the 16 paintings and 15 drawings are dated between 1962 and 1967. The exception is “Hotel Pulitzer,” which the artist completed this year at age 91, and which shows no loss of acuity. The exhibition focuses on a...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan and the Musée du Louvre in Paris have joined forces to co-organize a major exhibition exploring Greco-Roman and biblical influences throughout Rembrandt's practice. As the first comprehensive presentation of Rembrandt at The Met in over 20 years, Rembrandt and the Ancients is set to open in November 2027 and will display multiple works by the Dutch master in the United States for the first time. Assembled from both institutions' collections and a variety of international loans, the exhibition brings together over 125 objects, including Rembrandt's paintings, drawings, and prints, along with a selection of influential historic reference materials....

The long list of grievous failures related to the ill-fated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has grown longer after a Washington Post exposé based on an inspection report obtained by the paper. The report, issued internally on August 6 after having been commissioned by the contractor in charge of repairs, documents far more problems than were previously known, and does not mention any vandalism of the kind that the Trump administration cited as a source of the troubles during the summer-long affair. As reported by the Post, “The 75-page ‘failure analysis’ by Atlantic Coating Inspection includes scores of photos documenting the liner’s deficiencies—ranging in severity and including blisters, peeling...

At age 90, collector François Pinault, founder of the Kering luxury conglomerate and the investment holding company Artémis, isn’t getting any younger. So it’s hard not to wonder how that may have factored into his latest announcement in a rare interview with Le Monde, stating he plans to mount a first permanent exhibition from his collection of over 10,000 artworks, opening in March, 2027 at one of his two Venice museums, the ornate Palazzo Grassi. The display will feature 106 major artworks by 54 artists. Typically, the 2006-founded Palazzo Grassi hosts temporary shows, just like Pinault’s two other venues: the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, and the Punta della Dogana in Venice. Pinault didn’t...

MYCELIUM MODULES ADAPT TO VARIED SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONS
 
Hypha-Lume is an adaptive modular pavilion that uses reconfigurable mycelium components, sensors, projection, and sound to translate human movement into spatial data. Conceived as a responsive system, the structure incorporates three block types with curvatures of 20, 40, and 60 degrees. These tapered biomaterial modules connect around vertical supports for structural stability, allowing the shell to be reassembled into varied configurations depending on site requirements.
by day, the lightweight mycelium modules create an open enclosure that balances shelter, visibility, and circulation
 
 
INTEGRATED SENSORS TRANSLATE HUMAN MOVEMENT INTO...

Each year at Frieze London, Tate gets to buy works on view at the fair through a dedicated fund, and this time around, the museum purchased just two pieces: an abstraction by Michaela Yearwood-Dan and a sculptural work by Luis Fernando Zapata. Prices were not supplied by Tate, but the Yearwood-Dan painting, titled Peace Unknown (2026), was likely the more expensive work of the two. Sold by the mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, the painting features bursts of yellow, blue, and green, along with text at the bottom reading: “IF THEY NOT PLAYING BY THE RULES, WHY THE F K ARE WE?” Its surface includes glitter, beads, a ribbon, and paper. Yearwood-Dan, one of the youngest artists represented by...

Federico Veronesi received the top honor of the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his poignant black-and-white image of a female elephant carrying her deceased calf. The portrait represents a rare insight into animals’ habits we have yet to fully understand and demonstrates the power of timing and persistence in photography. Veronesi had been tracking elephants in the Huab River Valley of Namibia when he encountered some unusual drag marks on the earth. He eventually caught up with the family, and the adult emerged with the calf’s leg wedged between her trunk and tusk. “Behaviours centering on death have been observed in both Asian and African elephants, including vocalisations, guarding the...

Last month, three New York City agencies unveiled a new $128 million multi-service center in Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood, featuring an extensive public art commission by local artist and community educator Jazmine Hayes.Through the Department of Cultural Affairs' (DCLA) Percent for Art program, Hayes's four-part commission, I Am Protected (2026), graces each entryway to the building with symbolically empowering designs that channel the cultural history of Brownsville's residents and carve out space for youth ambition and curiosity.“I genuinely want any child that walks through this door to be and feel protected,” Hayes said in an interview with Hyperallergic. “I want them to...

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A landowner in Behbeit El-Hagar, an Egyptian village in the Nile Delta about seventy-six miles north of Cairo, unearthed a head from a monumental statue believed to represent Ramses II. The discovery led archaeologists to find additional pieces belonging to two separate statues of the Egyptian king. According to Hisham El-Lithi, the secretary-general of the […]

Leather seating from London's National Gallery has crossed the Atlantic to Connecticut

This year’s edition of Asia NOW is centered around the idea of Sentimental Value: a form of value shaped by what we inherit, what we encounter, and what we choose to carry forward. It is this idea that informs the the 12th edition of Asia NOW, crafting a space not simply of transaction, but of relationships, community, continuity. For more than a decade, Asia NOW has worked to transcend the boundaries that have long defined Asia. Rooted in a vision of championing contemporary art from Asia and its diasporas, the fair continues to question the ways of unconventional art fairs, moving beyond its function as a marketplace or incubator. Instead, it creates a space for new perspectives to emerge, proposing Asia...

The Hong Kong- and Lisbon-based artist's work weaves tales of human frailty through textiles and performance

Vietnamese-born artist Danh Võ and Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto have been announced as the recipients of the thirteenth Isamu Noguchi Award. Inaugurated in 2014 by the Noguchi Museum in New York, the annual prize honors individuals who share Noguchi’s innovative spirit and commitment to creativity. The pair were presented with the award at an […]

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! François Pinault will install a permanent exhibition of 106 works from his collection at Palazzo Grassi, one of his two museums in Venice. The Louvre’s security coordinator said the museum is accelerating a “culture of safety and security.” An inspection has uncovered that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool liner failed in at least 85 places, far more than previously was known, due to a rushed renovation job. The Headlines THE SHOW MUST GO ON. Kering founder and Christie’s owner François Pinault plans to install a permanent exhibition of 106 works from his collection in Palazzo...

The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is requiring art galleries, museums, studios, auction houses to report and improve the sustainability of their packing materials

The operatically elusive Marianne Crebassa is in Parterre Box's spotlight this week ahead of La clemenza di Tito in Barcelona.

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Led by a Nazi-looted Kandinsky, the heavily guaranteed 20/21 Century evening sale made £178 in total

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in the 70s, a performance group took shape on Spetses
 
In the early 1970s, Leda Papaconstantinou returned to Greece during the military junta after studying and working in England. She settled on Spetses, where her parents had moved from Athens, together with her then-husband, the British artist and teacher David Hughes. She had already been working with performance in England and wanted to continue. The first step was to find people with whom she could work.
  The Spetses Players began to take shape around 1972, bringing together artists, teachers, professors, students, musicians and people connected to literature and philosophy. Many of them were from outside Greece. At the time, Spetses attracted people...

The photographer who documented the city’s subway art discusses what happens when underground culture becomes big business—and the importance of graffiti in the era of Donald Trump

Singing truly becomes a living thing in Jennifer Larmore's remarkable voice and personality.

IRIS CERAMICA GROUP’S SURFACES SHAPE INTERIOR ATMOSPHERES 
 
Fresh from its One Matter, Many Stories exhibition across Fiorano Modenese and Castellarano, 
Iris Ceramica Group reshapes the narrative around ceramic surfaces. More than simple cladding, ceramic material becomes an active architectural language. Through high precision fabrication, tactile three dimensional relief, and cross-industry collaborations, Iris Ceramica Group introduces a cohesive approach to spatial design where physical materials, light, and scent converge to engage sight, touch, and emotion. Iris Ceramica Group Surfaces | all images courtesy of Iris Ceramica Group
 
 
WHERE TACTILE MATERIAL AND SCENT CONVERGE
 
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UFO-shaped residence in california hits the market for $1.5 million
 
A UFO-shaped Futuro house in Idyllwild, California, is on the market for $1.495 million. Designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, the prefabricated dwelling was conceived as a portable ski cabin that could be transported by helicopter and installed in remote locations. With fewer than 100 Futuros built, the property offers a rare surviving example of a Space Age experiment in portable living.
  Its elliptical yellow fiberglass shell, circular windows and aircraft-style entrance reflect a period when space exploration and advances in synthetic materials fascinated designers, leading them to imagine radically different ways of...

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ESTUDIO GRIS SHAPES SOLID OAK INTO A LAMP RECALLING A BIRD AT REST
 
TUPI is a table lamp by Estudio Gris, the Medellín-based studio led by Gustavo Rodríguez and Estefanía Agudelo. The piece starts from a single observation: the stillness of a bird at rest, that moment when it stops moving and simply watches. The body is turned from solid oak in a local workshop in Medellín, Colombia, and assembled by hand. Its tapered silhouette rises to a rounded head, where a darker wooden beak extends forward, and a small turned eye completes the figure. The beak works as the lamp’s shade: the light source sits beneath it, so the glow falls softly down the oak body instead of reaching the eye directly.
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Nel Settecento la corte Qing accumulò nei palazzi imperiali migliaia di orologi meccanici e automi, importati soprattutto da Londra ma anche dalla Francia e dalla Svizzera, alcuni dei quali sono ancora oggi conservati al Palace Museum di Pechino. In quegli oggetti, uccelli canori, fontane di cristallo e figurine danzanti, azionati da complessi congegni a molla, celebravano il prestigio del sovrano assai più della misurazione del tempo. Molti uscivano dalla bottega di James Cox, gioielliere e orafo londinese che aveva intuito nel mercato cinese lo sbocco ideale per le sue macchine stupefacenti. Negli stessi decenni, Giuseppe Castiglione progettava per l’imperatore Qianlong i palazzi europei dell’Antico...

George Osborne, chairman of the British Museum, has expressed hope that a deal can be struck to share the Parthenon Marbles between Athens and London, despite the two-centuries-long diplomatic feud. “I’m still optimistic that we can reach an agreement,” Osborne told reporters in Athens on Tuesday. “If everyone enters into it with the spirit of we’re not going to get everything we want, as is always the case with a successful agreement, then there’s a deal to be done.” The Parthenon Marbles, made between 447 and 432 BCE by the Greek sculptor Phidias, depict gods and processions in marble relief panels, sculptures, and friezes. They’re also known as the Elgin Marbles, after the Scottish nobleman...

Artist Peter Nagy, whose Nature Morte gallery was instrumental in bringing contemporary Indian art to the attention of international audiences, died on October 13 in New Delhi following a long illness. He was sixty-seven. A charismatic force on the East Village art scene of 1980s New York before setting up shop in New Delhi, Nagy […]

New York’s Salon 94, a contemporary art gallery founded by Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn in 2003, will open a branch in Paris, Artnews reports. The new space, occupying a compact 323 square feet at 30 Galerie de Montpensier across from the Jardin du Palais Royal, will open on October 18 with an exhibition of work by […]

The imaginative, strange childhood dreams of twins Nikolai and Simon Haas materialize in a large-scale exhibition at Blanton Museum of Art. Working as the Haas Brothers, the siblings have been collaborating since 2010 and are widely known for their fantastical sculptures of flora and fauna with their signature cheeky, surreal twist. In Austin, the Los Angeles artists present a range of figurative furniture, plush cartoonish characters, and illuminated installations that showcase their idiosyncratic aesthetic. Previously on view at Cranbrook Art Museum and the Museum of Art and Design in New York, Uncanny Valley is the first mid-career survey for the duo, presenting a range of their quirky, genre-defying works....

The versatile American soprano, a staple at the Metropolitan Opera and one of the most important Black opera singers of the 20th century, has died at 89.

For centuries, Navajo/Diné weavers have created intricate, geometrically patterned blankets and rugs on upright looms, powered only by the artisans’ bodies. More than a millennia ago in Mesoamerica, which encompassed much of what today is Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and parts of Central America, the Mayans produced ornate ceramics decorated with natural motifs like birds. Utilizing materials that could be foraged or cultivated in the landscape—the Diné have herded the distinctive Navajo-Churro sheep since the breed was introduced by Spaniards in the 16th century—the techniques, motifs, and cultural customs continue to influence artists today. Through the lens of Indigenous interpretations of...

“I find that when I work from my emotions and experiences, I make a more powerful image,” Ann Toebbe writes. Meditating on the connection between physical spaces and the feelings and memories bound within them is central to the Chicago artist’s practice. In a review of Toebbe’s recent exhibition at Hyde Park Art Center, the writer Elisa Shoenberger teases out the distinction that grounds the artist’s work. “Space is the physical location, while place is the meaning we bring to it. It’s the difference between thinking about the physical location of your house (space) and the feelings, history and emotions tied up in your home (place),” Schoenberger writes. Rendering interiors and cross-cut...

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I’m an illustrator/ graphic designer currently based in Beijing. Through illustration, I make connections to everyday life, seeking out beauty in the midst of chaos. My work gives visual form to inner feelings and experiences. I see each creative process as an adventure, specializing in the translation of text into vibrant visual narratives.
This zine《Let’s go to the park》 is an experimental work on visual language, creating narrative solely through visual imagery. It came from some moments when I was just zoning out in the park: from the amusing interactions between a dog and its owner, the swirling ripples in the fountain, the sudden downpour of rain… I blended these unrelated moments...

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La crescente rivalutazione dell’arte tessile in ambito museale e curatoriale si manifesta nella sempre maggiore attenzione riservata a pratiche che intrecciano il tessile con i linguaggi dell’arte contemporanea e della ricerca interdisciplinare. Numerose istituzioni ne riconoscono oggi il potenziale poetico e politico, come medium non soltanto materiale e tridimensionale, ma anche capace di interrogare questioni sociali e culturali.
Katharina Büttgen, “Embroidering Dissent”, installation view, ph. Francesca Pari, courtesy Marignana Arte
In questa prospettiva, il tessile può diventare uno spazio di memoria, resistenza e dissenso. A Venezia, Marignana Arte ospita Ricamare il dissenso / Embroidering...

At first glance, the structure resembles a kind of elongated igloo or a giant, white snail. One one hand, it’s an immersive, pop-up room with a futuristic, bubble-like texture. It’s also a giant, walk-in camera (there are 221 lenses to be exact). Premiering late last month at MODE Festival, a celebration of global photography, “Compound Camera No.3” is the latest work by Pneuhaus, the Rhode Island-based studio known for its large-scale, architectural inflatables. Dozens of tiny cameras comprise the installation, which covers more than 700 square feet and invites visitors to walk around inside of a projection powered entirely by the sun. The images visible through the tiny apertures land on bulbous...

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Nick Cave (nato nel 1959 a Fulton, vive a Chicago) “Amalgam (Origin)” 2024, bronzo. Foto di R.Grisancich per Juliet. L’opera, installata nel percorso esterno dell’Arsenale, è inserita nel progetto “In Minor Keys” di Koyo Kouoh per la Biennale Arte 2026.
38 | Inchiesta sull’Intelligenza Artificiale – Potenzialità e limiti (XI) / Luciano Marucci
46 | L’altra realtà di Goffredo Fofi – Testimonianze (I) / Luciano Marucci
52 | Art Basel in attesa – Uno scenario di calma apparente / Loretta Morelli
56 | Galleria Planetario – Intervista a Livio Radin / Roberto Vidali
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In its third revival, Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Don Giovanni nails its predatory Don — but falls short dramatically with its donne.

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Ci sono luoghi votati alla trasparenza assoluta, spazi architettonici nati per celebrare il trionfo della ragione illuminista, la linearità geometrica e la fede incrollabile nel progresso visibile: ed è così, sotto la teca di cristallo e acciaio di Mies van der Rohe, che Berlino fino al 7 marzo 2027 si trasforma nel teatro di un’ombra collettiva. A pochi mesi dalla celebre chiusura e riapertura del tempio del Modernismo, Cattelan orchestra un’installazione totale e spettrale, dove il buio non è assenza di luce, ma il luogo in cui la coscienza contemporanea è costretta a fare i conti con i propri fantasmi. La Neue Nationalgalerie di Berlino, capolavoro testamentario di Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, è...

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Il termine «mediale» è più preciso di «digitale». Il digitale definisce un codice; il mediale definisce una condizione. Un’immagine mediale non esiste solo perché prodotta da una tecnologia: esiste all’interno di una rete di produzione, trasmissione, trasformazione e percezione. Il quadro diventa così una soglia tra codice e sguardo. In mezzo c’è il tempo. Segni Mediali, la personale di Davide Maria Coltro alla Galleria Andrea Ingenito Contemporary Art di Napoli, curata da Gabriele Perretta, si confronta con la condizione della pittura nel momento in cui il quadro non coincide più con una forma visiva stabile. Non si tratta di un semplice aggiornamento tecnologico, ma di una trasformazione...

By Kristine Schomaker I keep thinking about Nomadland. Fern driving her van across that enormous American landscape. Not running from something. Moving toward something she could not quite name yet. That feeling of needing less. Of being, as Dominique Moody says, at home in the world. NOMAD: Dominique Moody and the Assemblage of Home is on view at the Armory Arts Center in Pasadena through January 16, 2027, part of the year-long city celebration for the centennials of Route 66 and the...

 
When we say ‘think of the colour yellow’, what comes up for you? Our latest photobook, THE COLOUR LIBRARY: YELLOW, is bursting with inspiration, from delicate blossoms and ripe lemons to eye-catching clothing and sunny décor.
Across 100 photos, our photographers celebrate all things yellow: some chanced upon in the street or in nature, others meticulously planned. Of course, there are loads of different hues that count as yellow, from acidic brights to mustard, egg yolk, and canary. You’ll find them all in the book!
The cover image, by Jo Martindale, submerges us in a ball pit of yellow plastic balls: it’s immersive, fun, and hard to look away. The yellow we find around us definitely has multiple...

By Jody Zellen Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery September 3–November 22, 2026 Susan Silton has never been an artist attached to a single medium. Her practice, which spans more than forty years, interweaves photography, design, performance, sculpture, video, audio, and installation. Working as a graphic designer in the 1970s and ’80s shaped her visual acuity and formal sensibilities. Her production is conceptually strong and visually coherent and very little is left to chance. It is a delight...

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By Kristine Schomaker Friday night I stood at the AIDS Monument in West Hollywood and watched artists perform five-minute pieces in the open air as the sun went down. ACTION = LIFE, presented by LACE and the Performance Art Museum as part of Circa: Queer Histories Festival. A marathon of performances. So many friends. So much history in one place. I drove home still feeling it. Thinking about the first performance I ever saw that made me understand what my own work was actually about....

By Kristine Schomaker I learned yesterday that my friend Scott Froschauer died suddenly. I've known him for almost ten years, and I'm still trying to find a place to put this. Scott was a Shoebox artist, one of the early ones. We worked together on several projects, but the one I keep coming back to is an art salon we put together on consent, negotiation, and the male gaze, how the male posture of viewing women frames any sign of femininity as an invitation, and what it would mean to actually...

By Betty Ann Brown "In the end, photography for me is just an excuse to get to know the world."—Graciela Iturbide Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide creates haunting images that portray the people, places, and events of the extraordinary cultures and geographies of her home country. Iturbide has a unique artistic practice that involves living and working with the people she chooses to photograph. Her process has made possible the strange and wonderful depictions for which she is known. In...

Paris Design Week and Maison & Objet are two parts of the same September design ecosystem in the French capital.

 
Right now, it’s more important than ever to celebrate the natural world and preserve the biodiversity and habitats around us. Enter FLORA: our latest photobook, which celebrates growth, resilience and organic beauty in flowers, trees and plant life.
In 100 images, photographers around the world share what they see, from much-loved gardens and atmospheric woodland to eye-catching blossom, daffodils, cacti, and a glimpse of cowslips and gorse in hedgerows. It’s not just about the countryside – urban nature shots are also in the mix.
If you feel more relaxed after looking at floral images, you’re not alone. A Japanese scientific study, published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology (2020), found...

 
Exploring the people, places, and cultures that shape cities around the world, The City Series showcases images that respond to place not as a fixed subject, but as an idea shaped by experience, observation, and interpretation.
100 images of the city. Welcome to Cambridge.
Published by Shutter Hub Editions, and with a foreword by Alice Ryan, this beautiful collection of 100 images of Cambridge is a portrait of the city through the eyes of international photographers.
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The photographers featured in THE CITY SERIES: CAMBRIDGE are: Zaklina Anderson, Robert Barcia, Viktor Barkhatov, Catherine Breslin, Tara Bucklow, Tiina Burton, Alison Carter, steven chandler, Alice...

It is credited with ‘democratising photography’ on a global level – and now Shutter Hub is making its most democratic move yet. As of this month, the organisation will pass into the control of the community it was built for, in what founder Karen Harvey MBE describes as ‘a logical next step: to make things more equitable we need multiple perspectives.’ The announcement follows Karen’s decision to remove paid memberships last year, making Shutter Hub ‘fully open-access and available at no cost to all’. It’s a typically altruistic move from the social entrepreneur: also the founder of Toiletries Amnesty, the award-winning NGO. She was made an MBE in 2024 for services to people living in hygiene...