Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, a painter whose work dealt with racism and upheaval in an America riven by inequalities, died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday. She was 46. Jeffrey Deitch gallery, which will open a Dupuy-Spencer show in LA next week, announced her death on Saturday morning, but did not state a cause. Dupuy-Spencer moved freely between unflinching images of protests and tender pictures of intimacy. She was just as likely to paint a fallen Confederate monument as she was to capture sexually frank images of lovers in bed. All of the subjects she painted, she said, were “things that are meaningful to me.” In many cases, her subject matter was often explicitly political and highly legible. In 2021,...

Daring reimaginings of Cocteau and Wilde take the stage at the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

A house set between field and forest
 
In Hoengseong, South Korea, BRBB Architects’ Shin-Dae-Ri House is positioned between a cultivated foreground and a wooded slope, and stands as a transition from village to mountain life. Designed for an elderly couple leaving Seoul, the home reflects a shift in pace, where gardening and seasonal change guide the spatial experience.
 
The site extends gently upward toward the rear, with distant ridge-lines forming a layered horizon. The architects place the house close to the mountain edge, allowing the open front portion to remain available for a garden and small field. This decision establishes a clear foreground for cultivation while giving the house an elevated...

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Just a few days ago, the president of the United States threatened to annihilate Iran's "whole civilization." He was bluffing, of course, but some bluffs can leave lasting damage. When the cannons finally go silent, Americans may need to ask themselves: Which civilization should be more worried about its future?   In this edition, Ed Simon contemplates Salvador Dalí’s “Nuclear Mysticism,” John Yau reflects on Jasper Johns's decades-long career, Aruna D’Souza writes a fiery rebuttal to an essay by artist Josh Kline that made some noise in the local New York scene, Staff Reporter Rhea Nayyar interviews the duo behind Hilma’s Ghost, and Materials for the Arts Executive Director Tara...

Does this count as an art song?

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The 10th edition of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women is a remarkable intersection of creativity, place and dialogue. This year, the Prize has entered a nomadic phase, leaving its long-standing London base to partner with Museum MACAN in Jakarta. By focusing on Indonesia, the Prize acknowledges a vibrant art scene, where ancestral craft traditions coexist with contemporary experimentation. Five artists – Betty Adii, Dzikra Afifah, Ipeh Nur, Mira Rizki and Dian Suci – have been shortlisted, their work spanning painting, ceramics, installation, video and sound. Each practice navigates questions of identity, memory, environment and social justice, offering reflections that resonate both locally and...

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hemp and pineapple-leaf composites form a lightweight chair
 
Hemp Chair, developed in Thailand by Veronica Olariu, is a seating prototype that explores structural balance through plant-based materials and lightweight construction. The project combines hemp fabric with a pineapple-leaf fiber composite to create a system where stability is achieved through counterbalance and tension rather than mass. The chair supports two modes of use, upright and reclined, while its curved shells guide the alignment of the body.
 
The chair is constructed from renewable fibers and agricultural by-products. The seat shells are formed from a bio-composite consisting of layered hemp fabric and a core made from pineapple-leaf...

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The two Expo Chicago satellite fairs compliment the main event with accessible settings filled with ambitious presentations

Since attending the inaugural edition of the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair (BFAPF) at Powerhouse Arts last year, I've been eager to witness how this young event evolves in real time. Braving New York’s spring art fair season for a second year, BFAPF is anchored by a global community rooted in passion, partnership, and an inextinguishable fervor for pushing the envelope.Open through Sunday, April 12, the second iteration of BFAPF has expanded to include over 60 local, domestic, and international exhibitors including independent print shops, prominent publishers, academic printmaking departments and clubs, self-represented artists, and established galleries. A mix of returning participants and debut...

The upgrades, set to start in March 2027 and estimated to cost between $600m and $800m, will include a new tram from the parking structure to the museum’s hilltop campus

Marcel Duchamp, "L.H.O.O.Q." (1919), rectified readymade: pencil on reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (all photos Lisa Yin Zhang/Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted)Anyone who has taken an introductory art history class knows about Marcel Duchamp. Let me restate that, actually: Anyone who’s encountered contemporary art in any form knows about Duchamp, whether they realize it or not. In 1917, the French-born artist infamously flipped a urinal upside down, signed it, and called it art. As it’s often told, that single gesture forever changed the trajectory of aesthetic history. No longer was art judged by skill, craftsmanship, even beauty — it could be anything an artist called art....

There’s something special about visiting an art fair when New York is on the cusp of spring.On Thursday night, April 9, well-dressed patrons marched into the Park Avenue Armory for the newly renamed International Fine Prints and Drawings Association’s (IFPDA) annual Print Fair that kicked off the city’s spring fair season. The fair, which started in 1991 and returns to the Upper East Side fortress, has become a favorite among the city’s wealthy collectors and everyday print enthusiasts alike. IFPDA’s atmosphere is far more intimate than its counterparts at the autumn art fairs, but another main draw is the comparatively lower pricing. Hank Willis Thomas, "It’s yours" (2026), UV-printed and...

The American Library Association, together with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees–the nation’s largest union of cultural workers– has reached a favorable settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, thwarting the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). According to an April 9 press release from the American Library Association (ALA), the settlement ensures the agency will continue awarding grants, conducting research, and supporting the operation of libraries and museums. The agreement also requires that previously terminated grants be reinstated, staff reductions reversed, and that the administration refrain from...

Gabrielle Garland, "I tried to hate you. I wanted so much to hate you. —Megan Halsey, Re-Animator (1985)" (2026) at Expo Chicago (all photos Natalie Jenkins/Hyperallergic)CHICAGO — Between the scores of working artists, underpaid arts administrators, and wealthy, often well-meaning arts hobbyists with cash to burn on $40 tickets and $7 bottles of Dasani, the question burns: What does Expo Chicago (and its orbit of adjacent fairs) actually do for the local arts community? The obvious answer is the boring one. Art fairs sell art. But in actuality, that purpose fractures into something messier. Perhaps the most interesting way to experience fair week in Chicago is as a vivisection of the Midwestern arts...

a hidden season in the woods
 
In South Buckinghamshire, photographer Barry Webb tracks a fleeting cycle that follows rain. After an exceptionally dry summer across the U.K., the ground remained quiet for months, with slime appearing only once moisture returned in late September and October. These organisms surface briefly, often lasting just days, then recede again into the forest floor.
 
Working at a scale measured in millimeters, Webb approaches fallen branches, damp leaves, and decomposing wood with a 90-millimeter macro lens. The camera brings forward forms that pass unnoticed in real time to translate a thin film of life into something legible. A cluster the size of a fingernail begins to read as a...

The administration of President Donald Trump has revealed a plan for a proposed triumphal arch that would occupy a traffic circle between Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Monument. Intended to celebrate the United States’s 250th anniversary, the arch would be 250 feet tall, more than double the height of the 99-foot-high Lincoln Monument, which it would face from […]

ARTnews Top 200 Collector David Geffen’s short-lived marriage has come to an unceremonious end, with the billionaire entertainment mogul reaching a private settlement with his estranged husband, David Armstrong, capping months of unusually public legal sparring. According to court filings reported on by TMZ this week, Geffen, 83, and Armstrong, 33, have agreed to resolve their divorce, though the financial terms remain undisclosed. The split follows less than two years of marriage and, crucially, no prenuptial agreement. It’s that detail that helped turn the proceedings into a high-stakes dispute over money, lifestyle, and control that has generated much tabloid coverage.  The news also comes ahead...

Archaeologists discovered the site during salvage operations for the new Mexico City-Querétaro passenger rail line

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesCOLD COMFORT. A proposed bronze statue depicting a seated girl, intended as a symbol of wartime sexual violence, has sparked tensions between Japan and New Zealand, the Guardian reports. The sculpture, donated to the Korean cultural garden at Barry’s Point Reserve in Auckland by the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance, commemorates an estimated 200,000 women forced into sexual slavery in Japanese military brothels between 1932 and 1945, known as “comfort women.” Most were Korean, though victims also included Chinese, Southeast Asian, and a small number of Japanese and...

It’s Ash Wednesday in Brooklyn and two plainclothes detectives are getting coffee from a street cart. They continue walking down the street past a church. As they approach a museum, a commotion ensues. Someone has been shot, and the shooters are on the second floor of the museum, they are told. “Beyond Measure,” the 17th episode of Law & Order’s 25th season, was ripped from the many, many headlines related to the recent Louvre Museum heist, a story that dominated international news for several weeks last fall. In that heist, thieves made off with $102 million worth of jewels and escaped via a cherry picker, with a global manhunt ensuing. Though arrests have been made in the case, the jewels have yet to...

A three-year, $7 million restoration and preservation project at Fallingwater, the iconic Stewart Township home designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, has recently been completed, according to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Chief among the concerns that needed to be addressed were moisture degradation within the original interior finishes, general leaks and the conservation of doors and windows. A […]

According to Arkeonews, a 200-year-old hillfort has been freshly discovered at Köstrimägi in Tartu County, Estonia, providing new insights into the lives of the ancient Balkans.  What is a hillfort, you ask? Characteristic of the late Bronze Age or Iron Age periods of European history, hillforts generally refer to fortified, elevated settlements that were surrounded by barriers—usually made […]

Gen Z has made headlines recently for turning to analog media and the slower pace of life synonymous with a pre-internet world. Alongside DVDs and print magazines, snail mail has also been on the rise as more people flock to spaces untouched by an algorithm or AI. Even before the endless scroll subsumed much of our collective psyche, though, Gabriella Marcella was already combating digital fatigue through the design studio Risotto. Marcella founded Risotto in 2012, just after graduating from university, where she fell in love with risograph printing. She purchased her first machine secondhand and set up shop in her bedroom before moving to the Glue Factory, a former warehouse that still houses the studio along...

Blue-chip auction house Christie’s has announced that it will offer works from the collection of renowned dealer Marian Goodman at its spring marquee sales, to take place in May. Goodman, who died earlier this year at the age of ninety-seven, left behind a trove of artworks collectively valued at some $65 million.  Artnet News reports that guarantees will be in place for the […]

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 […]
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Brazil’s largest art fair showcases local identity as regional galleries capitalise on shifting international attention

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 […]
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VIP day of Art Cologne Palma Mallorca saw brisk sales at the lower end, while war in the Middle East boosts the Spanish island's position as a holiday and culture destination

handmade paper sculptures by zim & zou
 
Zim & Zou reimagines the vintage boombox and cassette tapes as vibrant handmade sculptures made entirely from paper. Designers Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann create these artworks with layers, cuts, and folds by hand, using colored paper. The series begins with a boombox, as the designers cut the paper to form the two speakers on each side and the central panel with buttons and controls. 
 
The surface shows lines and circles that copy the real speaker grid, and the middle section includes paper buttons, sliders, and a cassette slot. The handmade paper sculpture by Zim & Zou uses blocks of color to separate each function, even focusing on small details like the...

At Copenhagen Contemporary, Kengo Kuma and his team have honed in on the Japanese concept of komorebi, which reflects the unique interplay of light and shadow that occurs when the sun filters through the trees. The monumental, site-specific installation “Earth / Tree” harnesses this fleeting condition through a suspended canopy of wooden slats. Curved with a central opening, the diaphonous structure floats above a brick platform and a pile of rubble. These two organic materials bridge Nordic and Japanese cultures, which both value craftsmanship and continuity with the landscape. Kuma—who was recently awarded the bid to design the new National Gallery in London—often focuses on “soft architecture,”...

Golda Schultz casts darkness in an alluring light in an intimate recital at the New Orleans Opera Festival.

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Xi’An International Football Center
 
The Xi’an International Football Center is conceived as an open civic infrastructure, redefining the conventional role of the stadium within the urban environment. By reducing its perceived scale and introducing a more permeable interface, the project integrates public activity beyond matchday, positioning the stadium as a continuously active element of the city.
 
The project addresses the limitations of contemporary stadium design, where large-scale venues often function as isolated, event-driven structures with limited engagement in daily urban life. In contrast, the proposal considers the stadium as part of a broader urban system, shaped by the interaction...

Fashion, at its most daring, becomes an instrument of thought, a compelling medium that negotiates between material, imagination and culture. Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art explores this premise fully, presenting the work of Elsa Schiaparelli as a fusion of couture, Surrealism and performance. The exhibition situates her visionary designs alongside the artworks, stage costumes and collaborations that made the House of Schiaparelli one of the most radical forces of the 20th century. Over 400 objects, including 100 ensembles, 50 artworks, accessories, jewellery and archive material, trace the trajectory from her first Paris boutique to the present-day creations of Daniel Roseberry. “For me, dress...

I have always loved this recording of Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne sung by Dawn Upshaw and conducted by Kent Nagano.

The Getty Center in Los Angeles’s Brentwood neighborhood will shutter for a year while it undergoes a major restoration, its first since opening in 1997. The closure will begin March 15, 2027, with the institution expected to reopen on March 15 of the following year, ahead of the Summer Olympics, which are being held in Los Angeles. […]

“Wind carries away destinies,” reads the brief synopsis for a short film titled “Jour de Vent,” or “Windy Day.” The sweeping animation was created in 2024 by a team of six graduates—Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Élise Golfouse, Chloé Lab, Hugo Taillez, Camille Truding—from École des Nouvelle Images school in Avignon, France. A cast of characters—including a businessman, a picnicking family, a young couple, a cyclist, an old man and his dog, and a guitarist—spend a seemingly average day at the park. When a powerful gust of wind blows everyone’s day out of proportion, themes of change, acceptance, and connection emerge. Much like the film’s surrender to the flow of life, the team...

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 Street category: Victor Cambet.
Based in Montréal, Victor Cambet developed photography as a self-taught practice after relocating to Canada from Lyon, France. Drawn to vivid scenes, unusual characters, and the overlooked details of daily life, his work finds beauty in the ordinary.
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...

Lyric Opera of Chicago announces its 2026-27 season.

Galicia, Spain-based artist Abi Castillo continues to create iterative self-portraits through her evolving ensemble of ceramic personas. Her delicate yet emotive figures are an invitation to consider the inner self, transformation, and the beauty of the natural world. Femininity, nature, and symbolism play a central role within Castillo’s sculptures, contrasting with the notion of concealment. “This ambivalence between mysticism and drama, between monstrosity and beauty, is all very present,” she explains in an artist statement. Though each ceramic character is distinct, her body of work carries overarching formal motifs including colorful hairstyles and wide eyes with light blue irises. Organic...

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...

This April, galleries from around the world come together as part of The Photography Show, taking place at the Park Avenue Armory in the heart of New York. Now in its 45th edition, the Fair features 80 galleries, alongside a further 20 photobook exhibitors. The much-anticipated event, hosted by AIPAD, represents a longstanding commitment to deepening the collective understanding of photography’s history, whilst spotlighting some of the most dynamic examples of contemporary experimentation.   Visitors will encounter some of the most dynamic artists working today. Oscura Gallery presents the work of Rania Matar, a Lebanese artist whose portraits of Middle Eastern women explore issues of personal and...

In the little town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, a self-described “unusual artist” named L.V. Hull transformed her home and garden of three-and-a-half decades into an elaborate, continuous artwork. Through found objects and trinkets, paint, and glue she purchased at the local Walmart, the artist created an immersive art environment—a riot of color, patterns, and textures in which creativity merged with daily living. Many of Hull’s works are currently on view in the show Love Is a Sensation at the Mississippi Museum of Art, which celebrates the self-taught artist’s eclectic approach to materials and space. From vibrantly painted everyday objects to idiosyncratic assemblages, Hull’s creativity and...

We are living in uncertain times. The past 12 months have offered unprecedented political, societal and environmental shifts. Wildfires raged across Europe and America, destroying countless homes and habitats, leaving thousands displaced. The war in Ukraine entered its fourth year, whilst the United States conducted military strikes again Iran. A new Pope was appointed – the first to hail from America. The Artemis II mission saw humans travel further from Earth than ever before. Photojournalists have been there from every key moment, bringing hidden stories to light and documenting history as it happens – from warzones, revolutions and protests to quiet hospital wards and families around the breakfast...

 
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....

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This spring, Malta Biennale returns for its second edition. Launched in 2024, the event lies at the intersection of contemporary art and cultural heritage, marrying the two together through its exhibitions and historic venues. Across 11 weeks, museums and sites are transformed, adding new layers to the country’s already complex and colourful history, turning the Maltese Islands into a melting pot of international artistic activity. The 2026 theme is Clean | Clear | Cut, with 130 artists from 43 nations presenting work that tackles the topic. Mario Cutajar, Biennale President and Heritage Malta Chairman, says: “The second edition of the Biennale is going to cement the future of this international...

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 […]
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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...

In the process of painting someone, artist Jenny Morgan reveals not only what shows, but what doesn’t show. Her vibrant and emotional oil paintings of figures hover in a place that is between realism and abstraction, where many of her subjects confront their viewer with an electric stare that braves against the vulnerable moment in […]
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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,...