To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning! Peter Max, whose cheerful graphic images helped define 1960s hippie culture, has died at age 88. Sotheby’s Paris is auctioning a rare Monet painting of irises from the Jeanne Schlumberger collection, expected to break the country’s auction record. The Interior Department has detailed plans for 12 signs to be installed outside the National Museum of American History, which will warn the public that the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibitions are inaccurate. The Headlines IN MEMORIAM. Peter Max, whose cheerful graphic images helped define 1960s hippie and Summer of Love culture, has died at...

With San Francisco Opera's orchestra on strike and bass Andrew Potter retiring at 43, Miles Greenberg sees opera's ethics and economics of impracticality at a breaking point

Peter Max, the psychedelic pop art artist who came up in the 1960s with the likes of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Keith Haring, died at 88 years old on Monday. The artist’s death was confirmed by his son Adam Max. In a statement, he said that his father will be remembered for his “extraordinary creativity, his warmth, his curiosity, and the way he saw beauty and possibility everywhere. His art became part of American culture, but the man behind that art—the father we knew and loved—is the person we will miss most.” Max had long suffered from dementia. Max’s DayGlo trippy graphics were globally recognized. He designed MTV’s logo in the 1980s and the official poster for the 1994 FIFA World...

It’s been half a century since Time magazine has splashed a living painter on its cover, and Amy Sherald’s face, photographed by Tyler Mitchell, graces that coveted spot on the issue that hits newsstands Thursday and includes the inaugural Time 100 Art list, including artists, museum directors and curators, art lawyers, dealers, and more art world professionals. “We have been seeking out the leaders who shape art, with an eye to find those who are writing the field’s most important headlines,” writes editor in chief Sam Jacobs in press materials (but don’t get too excited, art journalists and critics: none of you is featured, so apparently they mean making headlines, not actually writing them)....

The expansion will house more than 360 contemporary artworks donated or on loan from the TBA21 Collection, led by Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza

Panoramic views of the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi in central Italy’s Umbria region can be viewed on the Preserving Assisi platform

Provocateur performance artist Santiago Sierra’s latest project is a work called Israeli State Crimes in Palestine Since 14 May 1948, a piece that will involve the recitation of the names of “Palestinians killed in historic Palestine by the Israeli state, its forces and settlers since the establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948,” to quote the piece’s announcement. Staged beginning on September 22 and organized by the London-based nonprofit A/POLITICAL, the piece will be spread across the British capital’s Bacon Factory art space as well as museums in Rua Red in Dublin and the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with screenings of the performance set to appear at additional...

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Before the Crystal Palace existed in Hyde Park, it appeared in the newspaper. Joseph Paxton sketched his proposal in June 1850 and sent a view to the Illustrated London News while the scheme was still awaiting approval. It appeared on July 6th. The Royal Commission accepted his design nine days later. Thousands of panes of glass and miles of iron structure still had to follow, but the public had already seen the building in the form of that image.
 
This sequence still happens now. We regularly meet architecture first as an image, often long before visiting it, and sometimes without ever visiting at all. But this second existence developed over centuries. Buildings occupy...

The images in the British-Indian artist’s retrospective at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge, England, are both tender and powerful

MUSHLUME RETHINKS MATERIAL APPROACH INSIDE MADE: BUSH TERMINAL
 
MADE: Bush Terminal, a revitalized public landmark, reopens its historic doors as a productive workspace designed to fuel local innovation and economic growth. Inside the renewed space, designboom speaks with Danielle Trofe, founder of MushLume, one of the resident studios shaping the hub, who combines a biofabrication laboratory and production. Awarded for its sustainable lighting and acoustic panels, MushLume grows its collection using living mycelium and agricultural hemp, pioneering a design approach that treats nature as a true partner rather than a simple material resource.
 
‘The story of how I came across this material really shaped...

Wondering what art shows to see in the Windy City this fall? Local writer Natalie Jenkins has some recommendations, along with existential observations such as this: "Chicago’s residents are in a perpetual state of fall, bracing themselves for what’s to come."Here in NYC, we're bracing for the art fairs and shows of the upcoming Armory Week. Read our handy guide, plus a quick roundup of shows to see in Tribeca, Manhattan's new-ish art mecca. This is a good opportunity to remind you of our other fall guides to exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, DC, and elsewhere in the country as well as the rest of the world.Also today: A Florida family says it was cheated out of $6.7 million for what turned...

I guess it’s no secret here that I LOVE contemporary operas.

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When Argentine real estate developer and collector Eduardo F. Costantini founded the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) in 2001, he did so with a mission. “The global perception of Latin American art [at the time] was still far behind, and I felt it deserved greater recognition and visibility,” he recently told ARTnews. He wasn’t sure he could make it happen—but he had the desire to do so. “It was a long journey, step by step, over many years,” he recalled. “That is why my strategy was always public: I never bought a work anonymously; I did it openly, on purpose. I would go to auctions, raise my hand, and make the price public, so it would become news.” MALBA’s 25th...

JEFF KOONS PUTS BALLOON DOG ON THE WRIST
 
Hublot and Jeff Koons unveil four watches across two new models: the Classic Fusion Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons and the MP-14 Origin by Jeff Koons. Unveiled in New York on September 16, 2026, the collaboration moves between two familiar threads in the American artist’s work: turning ordinary objects into immaculate, oversized icons, and using reflection to make the viewer part of the object. One watch shrinks his most recognizable balloon animal into 42 millimeters; the other attempts something only slightly more ambitious — fitting the birth of the universe into 44.
 
The Classic Fusion Balloon Dog draws directly from Koons’ Balloon Dog works, produced between...

The exhibition, which explores the passage of time across Monet’s oeuvre, is partly sponsored by Anthropic, which sponsored another Monet show earlier this year

Property moves by the largest galleries may signal adaptation rather than retreat in an unsettled art market

CCA Tashkent opens its doors to the public
 
Studio KO transforms a 1912 former tram depot and diesel station in Old Tashkent into the Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent (CCA Tashkent), Uzbekistan’s first permanent institution dedicated to contemporary art. Led by Gayane Umerova, Chairperson of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF), the center combines exhibition spaces with a library, workshops, public programming, and artist residencies, using the existing industrial structure as the framework for a longer-term cultural program (find designboom’s previous coverage here). The center opens with Hikmah, an exhibition of contemporary works and historic Uzbek and Karakalpak art...

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Hand stitching translates geometric systems into textile relief
 
Ceren Muftuoglu transforms digitally constructed geometric systems into tactile surfaces through meticulous hand stitching. The project explores repetition, rhythm, and subtle disruptions. Working at the intersection of painting, textile and relief, the artist creates highly ordered compositions that shift between visual precision and the irregularities inherent in making by hand. Each work begins digitally, where Muftuoglu constructs geometric patterns and establishes the underlying system of repetition. The composition is then transferred onto cotton canvas, which is painted with acrylic to create a carefully controlled ground. Using cotton...

Tutto inizia da un pastello a cera color salmone, il Caran d’Ache Neocolor II numero 7500.051, che Nicola Toffolini ha steso in maniera uniforme su un foglio senza aggiungervi nient’altro: nessun segno, nessuna figura, solo la campitura di quella tinta aranciata, opaca e sorprendentemente regolare nella texture, nonostante l’esecuzione manuale. La chiama Matrice, ed è proprio da questo singolo colore reso oggetto autonomo di contemplazione che si sviluppa Roseo, il progetto che l’artista presenta allo Spazio Kappa-Nöun di San Lazzaro di Savena (BO) dopo quasi due anni di elaborazione.
Nicola Toffolini, “Roseo”, installation view at Kappa-Nöun, courtesy the artist and Kappa-Nöun
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Ticket sales for the National Gallery’s forthcoming Renoir exhibition have topped twenty-two thousand, setting a record for the London institution. Bookings opened to members on August 4, and to the general public on August 25. The museum’s previous best-selling show was 2024’s “Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers,” which booked 15,654 tickets in the same amount […]

Dear Reader, The New York Times recently asked dozens of 10-year-olds what the world will be like in 2050. Some are hopeful: a woman will finally be president of the U.S., people will be more kind, and everyone will have a pet fox. Others, though, feel as if they’ve been plucked straight from a dystopian hellscape: world wars, monarchic rule supplanting voting, embedded brain sensors that send your thoughts straight to an app, and the end of human civilization entirely. Whether optimistic or not, these children mention A.I. again and again. In their futures, it’s an inextricable fixture of life. A.I.’s exponential growth has accelerated fears about its power, prompting numerous executives and...

The art world is back up and running this September, and Tribeca is the place to be for big art in small places. Walking down Broadway and across Walker and White Streets, I am struck by how many new galleries are popping up, and even more so by how impactful and story-driven most of the exhibitions are. Many of these shows spotlight young artists, like Giuseppe Francalanza at Chapter NY, whose dreamy, ethereal paintings remind me of High Renaissance Italian masterpieces; he's only 26, and this is his first solo exhibition in the United States. Or there's Mia Goldstein, who's even younger (born in 2001!), at Journal Gallery. Her work follows the ethos of "paint what you know," and for her, that...

A Florida family was sold over 200 forged Andy Warhol artworks by an international network of suppliers, authenticators, dealers, and distributors, as alleged in a civil racketeering lawsuit filed on September 9.Real-estate investor Richard Perlman filed the suit in a Miami-Dade county court, stating that he, along with his wife and son, spent over $6.7 million between 2023 and 2024 on fraudulent Warhol prints of Superman, Queen Elizabeth, and other famous figures. First reported by the Wall Street Journal, the complaint alleges that the works were painted in Peru, smuggled into the United States, and falsely authenticated as genuine pieces by a network of art dealers."This case involves a multi-million-dollar...

It’s been said that Chicago is an October kind of city. The sentiment feels just as true now as it did when Nelson Algren wrote it 75 years ago; Chicago’s residents are in a perpetual state of fall, bracing themselves for what’s to come. Shifts in longstanding labor arrangements, like the Art Institute’s recent outsourcing of its entire custodial staff, and ominous meteorological changes (summer rainfall levels 28% higher than usual) point to trouble brewing. But art in the city is well-equipped to respond, making space for moments of solidarity, reflection, and imagination. Whether it’s building communities with incarcerated people at Walls Turned Sideways, reckoning with the post-natural world at...

In Memoriam is published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world.Cat Frazier (1991–2026)Champion of a retro-maximalist internet aestheticThe graphic designer revolted against minimalistic trends in contemporary design and visual culture, revamping the aesthetics of the wilder, rawer early internet through AnimatedText, a 2010s Tumblr page that showcased text-based GIFs and eventually garnered half a million followers. Her work kickstarted an era of web aesthetics we are arguably still in, defined by pop graphics, intentionally "bad" design, and a nihilistic irony. “I think she was one of the great pop artists of the 21st-century internet culture,” writer and critic...

Visiting “Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions” at the Morgan Library & Museum

At 33 feet wide and 52.5 feet high, an ancient mosaic recently unveiled to the public may be the largest in the entire Roman world. It sits within the recently opened Museum of the Baths of Trajan in central Rome, which preserves a monumental, early 2nd-century bath complex built by Emperor Trajan covering about 15 acres. To construct the baths on the Oppian Hill, builders repurposed elements of a previous structure, Emperor Nero’s Domus Aurea, or “Golden House,” originally erected between 64 and 68 C.E. It’s unclear if the mosaic originated in that building; archaeologists think it could have also been part of a lavish dwelling that was later incorporated into the compound. But many of the monumental...

Unionized employees of the Brooklyn Museum, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, all in New York, voted overwhelmingly to strike if they do not receive fair contract offers. Local 2110 UAW, which represents organized staff at all three institutions, announced the vote results on September 15. Unionized workers at […]

On September 15, the Metropolitan Museum of Art broke ground on the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing, a long-awaited addition that will house the museum’s collection of modern and contemporary art. The new wing is scheduled to open to the public in 2030. The five-story, 126,000-square-foot extension will include 69,500 square feet […]

The prized Russian icon Trinity, painted by Andrei Rublev in the fifteenth-century, has possibly been damaged after the climate-control system in which the work is housed broke down. The icon is currently kept in the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra monastery near Moscow, a Unesco World Heritage site. The work was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church […]

Inspired by shapes and movement found in nature, Pablo Luna Studio conceives of hospitality spaces, wellness retreats, and homes that sympathize with their surroundings. Rather than creating a barrier between outside and inside, the airy structures welcome foliage and the natural landscape into the overall experience, blurring the boundary between structure and environment. The firm, based in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, is dedicated to building with nature, incorporating sustainable materials and taking a climate-responsive approach. “Imagine a home that stays cool in summer without constant air conditioning, or warm in winter with minimal heating, simply by virtue of its design,” the studio says. “This...

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There may be frozen giant erections and psychedelic projections galore — but there's also a surprising degree of emotion in Kirill Serebrennikov's latest theatrical experiment in Berlin.

Parterre Box draws your attention to another Macbeth taking the stage this month, the triple-threat baritone Luca Micheletti.

La prima edizione di Astoria Artshow, appena conclusa, non ha cercato di replicare la scena galleristica viennese concentrandola in un unico luogo, ma si è impegnata ad aprire uno spazio di confronto e scoperta. L’assenza di alcune gallerie storiche viennesi non indicava disinteresse, ma semplicemente una questione di tempistiche: erano già impegnate altrove.
Board VAU – Vienna Art United: Isabell Kisling-Steinek, Karoline Bartosch-Hilger, Markus Peichl, Antonia Lia Orsi, Maximilian Thoman, Thomas Krinzinger (v.l.n.r), ph. Carmen Alber, courtesy of Astoria Artshow
Organizzata da VAU, Vienna Art United, in soli tre mesi dai galleristi stessi, la fiera ha coinciso con una stagione culturale eccezionalmente...

If you find yourself feeling impatient at the slow, meditative opening scenes of “The Spectacle,” just wait. The short documentary from The New Yorker visits a slew of stunning vistas primarily across Norway, showcasing star-dappled night skies and awe-inspiring mountaintop views. We’re witness to landscapes that appear untouched by humanity, until director Yasmin van Dorp plops us down amidst hordes of tourists. What was a serene environment is suddenly a chaotic display of phones and cameras. A parent attempts to coax their child out atop the famous Norwegian boulder Kjeragbolten for a photo, assistants fluff formal gowns so their wearer appears windswept, and selfie sticks and drone controls abound....

Although Hew Locke’s practice revolves around geographically bound objects—superimposed drawings of Guyanese homes and his suspended flotilla among them—the artist traces the reaches of empire that extend far beyond any singular era or point on a map. How people, capital, cargo, and ideas traverse the globe has long been central to Locke’s work, an investigation he continues in The Wanderers on view at P·P·O·W. Returning to the artist’s Odyssey series, the solo presentation hangs a fleet of miniature ships from the gallery ceiling. The flotilla features a wide array of boats, from tankers and fishing vessels to the towering galleons of the 16th century, which Locke embellishes with tiny pennants...

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GR gallery is pleased to present Excavation Record I – Sayonara, the first solo exhibition in the United States by Japanese artist Kosuke Ajiro. The exhibition introduces Ajiro’s distinctive practice through the figure of the archeologist, who ventures into a whimsical and enigmatic imagined realm known as the “Kingdom of Sally.” Across the exhibition, each work reveals a fragment of this mysterious world, uncovering earthbound creatures and curious details before opening onto a vast, fantastical expanse. Moving between the familiar and the otherworldly, Ajiro’s works invite the viewer on a journey of mystery, magic, transformation, and discovery. As the story gradually reveals itself,...

Countertenor Carlo Vistoli shows he's got the goods across the repertoire at the Park Avenue Armory.

C’è un angolo della Biennale in corso in cui il confine dell’opera d’arte sfuma fino a confondersi con la realtà. Alcuni cartelli mettono in guardia visitatori e addetti ai lavori: «Non buttare, opera!», «Do not put trash here please». Tutto il perimetro dell’installazione è circondato da questi cartelli che cercano di evidenziare un confine, tra arte e reale, che di regola in uno spazio espositivo istituzionale non viene messo in discussione. L’installazione in questione è Postscript to the Arabic Edition (1938-2025) dell’artista libanese Walid Raad (Chbanieyeh, 1967) e ciò che può trarre in inganno è la presenza di rifiuti abbandonati tra un dipinto e l’altro.
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Che cosa accade quando un’immagine ci è familiare e, nello stesso istante, sfugge al riconoscimento? Quando un luogo sembra custodire qualcosa che abbiamo già visto, pur senza riuscire a collocarlo nella nostra esperienza? La pittura di Marina Rheingantz nasce dentro questa zona instabile, dove la percezione precede la certezza e il ricordo si forma attraverso frammenti, atmosfere, tracce.
Marina Rheingantz, “Miope”, installation view at White Cube Seoul, courtesy White Cube Seoul
In Míope, la mostra presentata da White Cube a Seoul, l’artista costruisce paesaggi in cui il visibile appare sempre sul punto di dissolversi. La materia pittorica conserva una forte presenza fisica, mentre forme,...

Il genere delle impressioni di viaggio ha una lunga e complessa storia che, sin dal diciassettesimo secolo, ha svolto un ruolo significativo nel plasmare l’immaginario occidentale dei paesi non-occidentali. Artisti e studiosi hanno viaggiato nel mondo per spedizioni coloniali, scientifiche o archeologiche producendo schizzi, disegni, dipinti e letteratura che ritraevano le civiltà che incontravano. Le culture del passato e del presente erano comunicate attraverso rappresentazioni di frammenti architettonici e rovine, ornamenti, oggetti, abbigliamento, costumi e tradizioni. Il mondo naturale, inoltre, era registrato in pubblicazioni botaniche e zoologiche. Nel loro insieme, queste impressioni di viaggio...

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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...

By Jody Zellen Eileen Cowin's thoughtful, intimate, and arresting retrospective Between Panic and Paradise prompted me to take Roland Barthes' Camera Lucida off the shelf. His complex reflections on the essence of photography resonate with Cowin's exhibition. Cowin stages intimate private moments and frames them with precision and exactitude. Blending reality and fiction, she seeks to document the emotional connection that forms with her subjects — be it her family, herself and her twin...

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For three decades, Harriet Mena Hill has been a resident of South East London. This area is known in the art world for its schools, such as the esteemed Camberwell College of Arts. But Hill and others who lived there for some time remember it as a historically working-class and, at times, impoverished area of […]
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By Barbara Patterson Trans femme artist Pau Pescador's latest exhibition, Amor Prohibido, at Tyler Park Presents explores the volatility of becoming visible in a public space that criminalizes the existence of queer people. As anti-transgender legislation increases and security technologies evolve, the visibility of gender-nonconforming individuals becomes more precarious. A 2015 report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology describes how "intruders" in gender-segregated areas...

Marigold Santos’s spectral forms are as layered with detail as they are with metaphor. Swirling amid marbled backgrounds in a feverish dance, they serve as critical examinations of cultural injustice. Their textures materialize their celestial properties as they become fierce teachers of colonial violence, problematic histories, and forgotten ancestry. Covertly, her haunting figural silhouettes aim […]
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By Betty Ann Brown "What is Art, monsieur, but Nature concentrated?"—Honoré de Balzac "Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning."—Miguel de Unamuno Hiroko Yoshimoto's paintings concentrate nature into radiant and dynamic beauty, distilling visual sensation into poetic and environmental significance. Throughout the 2020s, Yoshimoto has worked on two series of paintings about nature: Biodiversity and Of Infinite Variety. Both series are based on observation of the natural...

By Julie Faith There is something strange about returning to a place you once knew well after being away for a long time. You recognize the architecture before you recognize what the years have done to you. As I passed through the gate at Corey Helford Gallery, crossed the lot, and headed up the stairs, I felt ridiculously, wonderfully giddy. Kid-in-a-candy-store giddy. I have been away from the gallery and much of the Los Angeles art world, but somewhere between the gate and the stairs, I...

By Victoria Thomas Altadena-based artist James Griffith greets me at his studio, located in a refurbished 1920s firehouse diagonally across the street from the gleaming silver lagomorph of the restored Bunny Museum, by saying "Hi, I just started putting a galaxy in the armpit of a penguin." Great cities announce their identities through their monuments. New York City has the Statue of Liberty, St. Louis the Gateway Arch, Chicago the Cloud Gate, Philadelphia the original LOVE sculpture. And...

 
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...

Skeletons, tombstones, and serpents. These are just a few of the iconic images pre-v ailing throughout the works of Morgan Sorensen—all relating to the themes of struggle, sadness, pain, and death. While anyone might agree that these graphic designs would all make for killer band T’s, there’s quite a bit of depth surrounding the artist’s […]
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