inflatable rooms to mimic dream states
 
Penique Productions builds environments that feel as though they have slipped out of sleep and settled, temporarily, inside existing architecture. The Barcelona-founded collective works with air, plastic, and light to remake familiar rooms into sealed, glowing interiors where scale softens and edges lose their authority. Thus, their inflatable and interactive installations sit somewhere between architecture and atmosphere.
 
The group turns the volume of a room into something that can be felt, pressed against, and inhabited with a heightened awareness of the body.
Juhwangsaeg, Seoul, 2025. image courtesy Penique Productions
 
 
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Yesterday, on a gorgeous, unseasonably hot spring afternoon, a squad of us descended on MoMA PS1 in Queens for the press preview of Greater New York, which opens today, April 16. A survey of artists working and living in New York City, the quinquennial (that’s every five years) is back for the sixth time since its inception in 2000 — just in time for the museum’s 50th anniversary.This iteration includes the work of more than 50 artists who are currently in what the museum calls the “formative years of their career.” It’s a snapshot not only of their individual trajectories, but of our great city as it continues to evolve in a time of deep anxiety and cautious hope. Read some of our first...

Opening in September, the exhibition will feature works by 30 artists including Kent Monkman, Rebecca Belmore and Coco Fusco

Art Movements, published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other happenings in today’s chaotic art world.Dozens Laid Off at Artnet and Artsy A chipper announcement that Artnet had formalized its merger with Artsy earlier this week was quickly followed by somber news for staff. Dozens of workers at both companies have been laid off as of today, April 16. A spokesperson confirmed the cuts in an email to Hyperallergic, but declined to provide specific numbers. According to Artnews, senior reporters Sarah Cascone and Eileen Kinsella were among those impacted on Artnet's editorial side. The spokesperson told Hyperallergic that the cuts were part of...

Cardamom, a beloved restaurant at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, is no more following a controversial decision by the eatery to lay off its front-of-house workers and institute a QR code ordering system. The museum said on Thursday that such a move “does not align with our core values.” “We are committed to creating a welcoming environment for all of our guests at the Walker,” director Mary Ceruti said in a statement. “While we do not oversee the restaurant in our museum, our vision has always been to have a full-service dining option within the Walker to complement the museum experience.” She said that the museum leadership was “caught by surprise” by the layoffs, and that the Walker...

Editor's Note: This story was produced with the support of the Round Earth Media Program of the International Women Media Foundation.Rawya El Chab showed up to an interview in Brooklyn in February after teaching her performance class for children in Sunset Park. Many of her students have parents who are immigrants. In recent months, some have been uncharacteristically silent. When El Chab asked, they said they were afraid of ICE taking their family members.It reminded her of living in Beirut under Syrian and later Israeli occupation in the 1980s. “We could feel the presence of a force that was censoring our speech,” she said.That sense of being surveilled is all too familiar. It has become a...

For all their organizational necessity, the taxonomic practices of the art museum cannot fully articulate the flux, loss, and multiplicity that mark the lives of artists. Titles, dates, and cultural or geographic affiliations are affixed to the gallery wall in what museums aptly dub a “tombstone” — a little label commemorating the end of an informational lifespan. When an artist’s name is available, all the better. Yet while names can be powerful, the seductions of biography can also lead us astray, tempting us to project assumptions around intentionality and purpose where none can be discerned.In The Many Names of Anonymity: Portraitists of the Canton Trade (2026), art historian Winnie Wong embarks on...

Analyzing the Wichí artist collective's arc on the occasion of major presentations in São Paulo and Pittsburgh

Jurors from the Kunstfonds Foundation, a prominent German body that funds contemporary art projects, have publicly denounced the country’s top cultural policy official after he requested the names of its current members. In a statement first reported by Der Spiegel, the art fund’s jury described the initial request from Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer, made in March 2025, as “political interference” that had the potential to infringe on artistic freedom of expression. Weimer plays a key role in shaping Germany’s cultural policy and oversees the allocation of millions of euros in federal cultural funding to grants, awards, and projects. The selection of awardees, however, is traditionally...

Months after the Art Dealer’s Association of America (ADAA) terminated its longstanding partnership with the social services nonprofit Henry Street Settlement, the organization has announced a surprising new beneficiary for its fair at the Park Avenue Armory this fall: the Whitney Museum of American Art. ADAA’s announcement of a new philanthropic relationship with the Manhattan museum is the latest twist in the association’s sudden distancing from the Henry Street Settlement last summer. Last August, the ADAA, a membership organization of 200 art dealers from 40 cities, canceled the 2025 edition of its over three-decade-old fair, the Art Show in New York City. The event had been a source of about $1...

The Toronto Biennial of Art today revealed the theme for the event’s fourth edition, to run from September 26 through December 20, and unveiled a full list of participating artists and collectives. Curated by Allison Glenn, the exhibition will be called “Things Fall Apart,” echoing the titles of the Chinua Achebe 1958 novel (itself named after a line in W. B. Yeats’s […]

Renowned artist Lorna Simpson is still seeking a buyer for her light-filled Brooklyn home and studio, which has been on the market for months, reports Curbed, which notes that the price has been slashed. Located at 208 Vanderbilt Avenue in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, the property was listed with Corcoran as recently as August 2025 at $6.5 million, Artnet News reported at the time. The 3,300-square-foot townhouse, built by architect David Adjaye in 2006, features three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, and a backyard.  The Ghanaian-British architect was the subject of a Financial Times report in 2023 that included allegations that he sexually assaulted and harassed three former employees and created a...

President Donald Trump has said that tariff is “the most beautiful word,” and he has done his best to unilaterally impose these duties to correct what he sees as exploitative trade imbalances. In February, the United States Supreme Court struck down most of Trump’s tariffs on major trading partners Canada, Mexico, and China, ruling that Trump exceeded his authority when instituting sweeping tariffs under a 1977 law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Experts had told ARTnews that his tariffs would deeply affect the art industry, which breathed a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court ruling. But true to form, Trump, who has tried again and again to impose these duties, wants another...

NestOff micro-retreat integrates compact living with landscape
 
NestOff is a 20-square-meter prefabricated micro-retreat located in the forested hills of northern Hungary, near Romhány. Conceived as a compact hospitality unit within a sloped, secluded landscape, the project examines how small-scale architecture can accommodate a complete program while maintaining a low-impact relationship with its surroundings. The cabin is positioned to respond to the site’s topography and extended valley views, which become a central element of the spatial experience. A large panoramic opening frames the landscape, establishing a direct visual connection between interior and exterior. The project also functions as a...

For our fourth annual Photo Awards, supported by Format, we selected 5 winners for the following categories: Colour, Nature, Portrait, Street, and Student. It is our pleasure to introduce the winner of the Nature category: Sophie Altemus.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Sophie Altemus is a photographer currently studying at Oberlin College in Ohio. Working primarily in the realm of snapshot photography, she carries a camera with her everywhere she goes.
This year’s awards were sponsored once again by Format, an online portfolio builder specializing in the needs of photographers, artists, and designers. With nearly 100 professionally designed website templates and thousands of design variables, you can...

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum ceded to censorship requests issued by the Chinese firm that prints the institution’s exhibition catalogues, according to a new report from The Guardian, who unearthed the information via FOIA requests.  The Chinese printers, C&C Offset Printing, asked the museum to amend their publications based on the standards dictated by the Chinese government’s General […]

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The organizers of the Dak’Art Biennial of Contemporary African Art have announced art historian, publisher, and curator Morad Montazami as the artistic director of the event’s sixteenth edition, to take place November 19–December 19. Titled “(Anti)Fragility: Arts of Repair and Counter-Shock Strategies,” this year’s iteration will explore the notion of transforming fragility into an expressive and artistic strength via community and […]

a landmark for ‘music city’ planned by bjarke ingels
 
Plans for the Nashville’s upcoming Tennessee Performing Arts Center have been unveiled by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Located on the city’s East Bank, it will shape a 307,000-square-foot theater and arts complex along the Cumberland River and will act as a link between downtown and the city’s next phase of growth. The building will sit at the end of Broadway, facing the skyline and drawing attention across the water.
 
The facade forms a continuous, lifted profile. Aluminum tubes bend in broad arcs, catching light and giving the volume a shifting surface. Bjarke Ingels describes it as ‘an urban and cultural connection,’ tying together east...

It’s one thing to marvel at the inner workings of a transistor radio or a timepiece, but for artist Manabu Kosaka, that curiosity reaches a whole new level. Using nothing but paper, the artist makes scale replicas of cameras, watches, gaming consoles, shoes, food, and more with a preternatural attention to detail. Not only does a 35mm film camera include a strap and a back hatch that opens, the lever used to advance the film and other gears are also built into the top, some of which are even moveable. Around ten years ago, Kosaka faced uncertainty about the direction of his work. “During that time, I spoke with a friend who works in art direction, and they suggested that I try creating with simpler...

If you have been in the art world for a minute, you have probably attended a benefit gala or two for an art nonprofit. The expectations for these events are pretty well established. After a cocktail hour, attendees get their seat assignments and dine on fine cuisine while they get acquainted and exchange gossip with their neighbors. Remarks are addressed to a restive crowd. Photographers record flashy outfits for the society pages. Perhaps a celebrity auctioneer takes bids on artworks or experiences to raise funds. But artists are often great at subverting expectations, and the Renaissance Society, a beloved arts venue at the University of Chicago known for its brainy exhibitions, has for several years now...

Artnet, the digital auction price database operator, and Artsy, the online art sales and discovery platform, announced this week that they’ll be merging under a single leadership structure, while their respective platforms will remain distinct from one another. Beowolff Capital founder and CEO Andrew Wolff, who brought Artnet private in 2025 and acquired majority control of Artsy, […]

an inhabitable landscape along the lagoon
 
Grizzo Studio designs Casa Lomadas facing a lagoon outside Buenos Aires, Argentina. The house sits as a long, folded concrete bar, perched across two constructed mounds that reorganize the site into an artificial terrain. From the first view, the work reads as a negotiation between mass and ground, with the building and landscape operating as one continuous system.
 
The two mounds establish the logic of the plan. One begins at the street edge and extends outward, widening as it moves toward the water, carrying the main approach. The other starts as a vehicular entry and garage before slipping into the garden and reappearing as a planted ramp that leads back up to...

The David Geffen Galleries showcase the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s permanent collection, which is reorganised around oceans and seas, emphasising connection and circulation

The Angeleno academic and weaver has drawn on her family history to create a permanent artwork for LACMA

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Until just the past few decades, textiles were generally created with only practical applications in mind. Although fiber and cloth in its myriad forms had been produced for millennia around the globe, fabrics were woven for either domestic or industrial use, and crafts such as knitting, weaving, basket- and net-making, and more were considered purely functional. Think clothing or decor. Even ornate medieval tapestries were conceived as utilitarian objects, used in stone buildings like churches and large homes to soften sounds and insulate against the cold. Within the canon of Western art history, in particular, the hierarchy of fine art has long been quite definite: painting and sculpture were chief among...

Built during the 2nd century, the circular building found in northern Sinai may have been dedicated to the god Pelusius

braiding structures material and form in TRENZAR at Alcova 2026
 
TRENZAR is a collection presented by Barcelona-based furniture studio Marlot Baus at Alcova during Milan Design Week 2026, exhibited at the Baggio Military Hospital, Casa delle Suore C4. Developed by Laura García, founder of Marlot Baus, in collaboration with designer Natalia Ortega of Worn Studio, the project brings together contributions from nine Spanish artisans working across wood, iron, ceramic, silver, embroidery, blown glass, and wicker.
 
The collection examines braiding as both a construction method and an organizing principle. Through interlacing techniques, individual elements are assembled into structural compositions, where...

The shortlist for the Art Basel Awards spans artists, curators and collectors ahead of June ceremony in Basel

This year, CONTACT Photography Festival celebrates its 30th edition. The Toronto-based event is dedicated to exhibiting, analysing and celebrating lens-based media in all its forms. Over the past three decades, it has attracted over 20 million visitors and presented the work of over 8500 artists, Darcy Killeen, Chief Executive Officer, says: “this is a milestone for our organisation, and we are truly grateful to the thousands of artists who have participated and shared their work with the public in exhibitions and programs across Toronto and on our website.” This year, the featured lens-based and mixed-media artists employ practices variously incorporating themes of decolonization, community-building,...

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In the forest nothing stands still. Time layered through thoughts and feelings, leaves kicked and crunched as we walk. The trees talk to each other, sending mycelium messages, carbon gifts, and warnings of drought or illness. From ancient wisdom to popular culture, it’s all here.
If a tree falls in the forest and there’s nobody there to hear it, did it make a sound? Of course it did. And if Jo Stapleton was there to capture the moment, there would be a visual symphony of light, shape and form to follow.
Published by Shutter Hub Editions, this beautiful collection of 100 images by Jo Stapleton is an expressionist photographic account of her interactions with trees, forest and woodland, later remembered and...

In a world not so unlike our own, during a time not that long ago, a mother wolf sits comfortably upon an abandoned tree stump in a clearing in the woods. Surrounded by carefully rendered flora and fauna, the creature is positioned upright with impeccable posture and human-like mannerisms. Her hind legs are crossed at […]
The post The Drawings of Femke Hiemestra Depict Fairy Tales with Looming Consequences first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.

Artists Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni, who work as NEVERCREW, have a knack for bringing the immensity of nature to developed urban spaces. Their colorful, large-scale murals take a playful tack when it comes to portraying animals, often merging them with other objects such as instant photos or, most recently, a plastic punch-out toy. “Souvenir,” completed this year in Vienna, combines motifs of a large bear with other Arctic components, such as icebergs, a seabird, and a steamship. “The natural environment appears transformed, filtered, made artificial: it is no longer a space experienced through relationship, but a distant construction,” the artists say in a statement. The work is “almost a...

Where the blue sky breaks through the tree canopy or light reflects onto the surface of a pond, illustrator Masha Foya summons moments of joy and surprise. The Kyiv-based artist’s dreamlike illustrations often portray spaces and individuals in emotional or experiential states, as if the entire environment morphs into a single living being. Hands clasp over the arc of a foliage tunnel, for example, and a plane sails through an aperture shaped like a bird in flight. Seemingly enclosed spaces often converge with the sky or the cosmos, alluding to the boundlessness of imagination and feeling. The work shown here comprises both personal and commissioned projects. Foya is currently working on developing a number...

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La Belle Êpqoue – French for Beautiful Era – conjures up images of glittering theatres, excessive parties and flowing champagne. The term defines the years before WWI, when France experienced a period of economic growth that produced a wealth of artistic and cultural developments. In 1913, Galeries Lafayette unveiled its flagship department store, whilst architect Auguste Perret completed the Theatre des Champs-Elysees. The country was the world’s biggest exporter of cars, as well as leading the way in the skies, with Bleriot crossing the channel in 1908. Names like Gaumont and Pathe drove the flourishing cinematic industry forwards, whilst Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque captured this rapid...

Francesca Woodman’s (1958–1981) photographic career spanned less than a decade. Yet, during that time, she created some of the best-known self-portraits of the 20th century. The majority of Woodman’s scenes unfold within empty interior spaces, illuminated by shafts of natural light or mirrored surfaces. The artist is usually the sole subject; sometimes she appears nude, other times clothed or shrouded. She might be partially hidden by furniture, appear to be suspended in a doorframe, or lie on the ground. “Haunting” is one of the words most-used to describe her images: they are often blurred, employing long exposure techniques and a black-and-white palette. Woodman operated on both sides of the...

For our fourth edition of the Booooooom Photo Awards, supported by Format, we selected 5 winners, one for each of the following categories: Portrait, Street, Colour, Nature, Student. You can view all the winners and shortlisted photographers here.
It’s our pleasure to introduce the winner of the Colour category, Chanyoung Chung. Born in South Korea and raised in Montréal, Chung came to photography after seven years working as a nurse in Vancouver. Now back in Montréal, he creates still-life images in the studio while also photographing traces of contemporary life beyond it. His work invites reflection on peace, cooperation, and the quiet harmony that can emerge within society.
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For millennia, humans have navigated seas, rivers, and oceans as avenues for trade, exploration, conquest, and colonization. During the Age of Discovery—an era interwoven with what’s known as the Age of Sail—European explorers and traders embarked on journeys around the world to map previously uncharted continents, trade commodities, and establish new socio-political outposts. Imperial forces competed with one another to control as much as they could, all in the name of wealth and power, and individual landowners and traders profited immensely. But sustaining a presence in far-flung places would never have been remotely possible, nevertheless successful, without slavery. Well into the 19th century,...

Fanglin Luo is a London-based early-career artist and curator whose interdisciplinary practice moves between performance, painting and photography. Her work has a foundation in both art theory and fashion design, weaving together visual and conceptual languages to examine identity, feminism and the complexities of transcultural memory. Luo’s works have been exhibited internationally, from the UK and France to the USA and Japan. In 2025, she presented at the London Design Festival and won the Silver Award at the Light From The Other Shore: 2025 New York International Art Competition. One of Luo’s earlier works is video piece ME & GODDNESS & ME, inspired by the artist’s experience walking alone at night...

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In 1912, André Breton published his Surrealist Manifesto. The work described Surrealism as “pure psychic automatism, by which one proposes to express, either verbally, in writing, or by any other manner, the real functioning of thought. Dictation of thought in the absence of all control exercised by reason, outside of all aesthetic and moral preoccupation.” It was a statement that came to define a moment that, one hundred years later, continues to play a defining role in contemporary art. To consider Surrealism is to conjure up names like Breton, Salvador Salí or René Magritte, but many female artists pushed the artform forward in ways that have long been overlooked. VISU Contemporary, in Miami...

By Kristine Schomaker The work hits immediately. Not one piece — all of it, simultaneously. Large sculptural assemblages covering the walls, a freestanding sculpture in the middle of the room, a piece suspended from the ceiling. The whole gallery feeling like its own solar system, each work a satellite orbiting something enormous and unspoken. Last night, four humans splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after flying around the Moon for the first time in more than fifty years. Artemis II...

ABOVE: “Spatial Awareness”, 54″ x 250″, hand-knit with wool, 2025, photo by Chris Rettman From her dining room table in Oklahoma City, Kendall Ross knits brightly colored, intricately patterned sweaters and vests—some so large that referring to them as wearables is a bit misleading. Her textile pieces are often emblazoned with diary-like messages that speak […]
The post Kendall Ross Comments Directly on the Craft Vs. Art Debate first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.

In 2019, Kayla Mahaffey reached a turning point with her art. The Chicago-based artist had a solo show at Line Dot Editions in April of that year. Titled Off to the Races, the series of paintings centered around children ready to hit the road. Some sat with their growing legs crouched in tiny cars or […]
The post Child’s Play: The Paintings of Kayla Mahaffey first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.

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San Juan Capistrano Library #1 Amir Zaki No Dust to Settle Diane Rosenstein Gallery April 4 - May 9, 2026 by Jody Zellen The saying "waiting for the dust to settle" might refer to when things will calm down and return to normal. It could be said that "the dust never settles" and there is no state of definitive calmness because everything is in flux, both in life and in art. This might be taking the personal into account by reading too much into the title of Amir Zaki's current exhibition, his...

 
There’s just two weeks left to submit your work for The City Series: Cambridge!
An ongoing series of publications, The City Series sets out to explore the people, places, and cultures that shape cities around the world, showcasing images that respond to a place not as a fixed subject, but as an idea shaped by experience, observation, and interpretation.
The inaugural volume explores a city that has welcomed us, and been home to nearly a dozen Shutter Hub exhibitions – Cambridge.
Rather than defining Cambridge by landmarks or narratives, we invite photographers to approach the city openly, perhaps through people, atmosphere, details, routines, abstractions, or moments that feel personal or unexpected....

When Frode Bolhuis got his start as a sculptor, he worked classically, with monumental figures made of bronze and metal—the kind of thing you see in a public square or park. But then the Dutch sculptor discovered the simplest of mediums, polymer clay, and his art practice exploded into a technicolor world of hue and […]
The post For Frode Bolhuis, The Figure Contains Life’s Mysteries and Its Multitudes first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.

Limited Edition print by Gerhard Wichler It’s been a distinctly textured start to the year at THE GAZE, where invigorating artistic narratives emerge across forms and disciplines, threading their way through an unsettled climate. I’m delighted to share the completion and publication of a candid, close‑range interview with abstract artist Gerhard Wichler—an exchange that brought a refreshing clarity amid the mayhem of today’s world. You can read our fascinating interview here . We also mark an...

When the Bulls Fest—a raging celebration of the iconic and famed NBA team—first happened at Chicago’s United Center in 2022, Kyle Cobban was one of the contributing artists to The Art of the Game exhibition. It’s a piece that encapsulates Cobban’s aesthetic vision. Working with graphite and paper, the Chicago-based artist makes small, detailed drawings […]
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FEELING SEEN is guest curated by Jenna Eady as part of our Curate for the Community series.
Our sense of feeling goes beyond the physical – it’s emotional, atmospheric, and relational. It’s through these feelings that we connect with one another on a deeper level.
FEELING SEEN is about exploring how photography can express both internal and external sensations – whether it’s the rush of anticipation, the dis/comfort of the body, nostalgia of memory or tension of conflict. This project believes in photography’s power to evoke real emotional resonance. Its about creating the space for others to feel something.
The project aims to amplify diverse voices and create opportunities for new perspectives...

We are pleased to announce that DO YOU LIKE LOVE? is now available to order!
Do you like love? The question came from a conversation, recalled by a friend. Her elderly neighbour used to cry for ‘elp!’ and Jane’s husband Pip would rush to her aide. Sometimes she’d fallen, but rarely; although she was blind she had lived in that house for 60 years, she knew every inch of it. A house filled with memories of her husband, their life together, and her aloneness after his death. On this one day that she called out, she was found sitting with the television on, a black and white film playing out a romantic scene from the 1950s.
‘Do you like love, Pippy?’ she said, ‘I like love.’
Quiet gestures,...

Studio Loan wants to connect LA artists with the space they need — for free By Kristine Schomaker 60% of artists in Los Angeles don't have a studio outside their home. Or one at all. I think about that number a lot. Because space — or the lack of it — shapes everything. What you can make. How you can show it. Whether you can even invite someone in to see the work. Studio visits matter. Not in some abstract networking way, but in the real, tangible way where someone comes to your space, stands...

 
Who doesn’t love a good photo book? To flick through the pages, be enlightened, educated, distracted and absorbed into another world through another’s eyes? Totally fantastic!
We’re here to share our Photobook Favourites – a selection of our favourite photography books recommended by the Shutter Hub community, an archive of titles we’ve enjoyed, and a reference point for you to explore. Las Pelilargas, Irina Werning, GOST
For 18 years photographer Irina Werning travelled across Latin America to seek out those with long hair to uncover and understand its cultural significance. Her book Las Pelilargas (the long-haired ones) brings together this body of work in an exploration and celebration of...

Kristine Schomaker and Genie Davis at the Getty By Kristine Schomaker I've known Genie Davis for years. She shows up. That's the first thing you notice about her — and also the thing you never stop noticing, because she just keeps doing it. She's at openings, she's writing reviews, she's telling anyone who will listen about artists she believes in. For over a decade, her blog Diversions LA has been quietly, consistently documenting the Southern California art scene because she genuinely loves...