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by Designboom - about 58 minutes
Bird feeder transforms into a rope swing for children
 
Designers Seyeon Park and Yejin Hong conceive Birddy, a rope swing that turns into a bowl feeder for birds when the wooden seat flips. When children use Birddy, it works like any normal playground or rope swing. The round seat is designed to be safe and comfortable, and its size is just about the width of a dinner plate, so the young users can sit on it securely. The seat curves slightly inward to help prevent slipping when kids swing higher or faster. The handle can also be adjusted up or down, so children of different heights can hold it safely.
 
But Birddy has a secret. On rainy days, the swing can be flipped upside down. When this happens, it...
by Designboom - about 1 hour
HOAA adds a looping terrace to brighten a dense tokyo home
 
House in Nakano by Hiroyuki Oinuma / HOAA, a 96.38-square-meter urban dwelling set within a tightly packed residential district in Tokyo, doubles as the architect’s own residence and workplace. With buildings pressed up against the property line on three sides, the only opening was to the north, usually the least generous orientation for daylight in Japan. Instead of treating that limitation as a flaw, the project turns it into a defining gesture through a looping, elevated terrace called the Kazari Garden, which arcs toward the street to catch sunlight and frame a borrowed view for the interior.
 
The Kazari Garden stretches outward from a large...
by Parterre - about 2 hours
I am sure many of us will post the Fledermaus gala, but it doesn't get better than this, even in a Fledermaus gala
by Hyperallergic - about 2 hours
I must confess something: I’m a grinch. The holiday season makes me morose. I dislike the pressures of gift-buying and the ever-present din of Christmas music, and I find red and green to be a regrettable color combination. But I adore the New Year. Like a true Aries, I live for fresh starts and new beginnings. Growing up, back-to-school shopping was my jam. Is there anything quite as hope-inducing as an unmarked notebook or a perfectly plump pink eraser? Also in classic Aries fashion, I’m fueled by new challenges, adventure, and the excitement of the uncharted — all of which are in generous supply here at Hyperallergic, where there’s never a dull moment. Yes, 2025 was filled with pain. The people...
by Designboom - about 2 hours
bottega veneta lands in new york’s meatpacking district
 
Bottega Veneta has opened a new store at 58 Gansevoort Street in New York’s Meatpacking District. The 312 square-meter interior occupies a ground-floor footprint within the low-rise fabric of the neighborhood, maintaining direct visual contact with the street through a restrained storefront and generous glazing.
 
The plan reads as a sequence of open rooms rather than a single continuous floor. Sightlines extend from the entry toward the rear of the store, where shelving structures and freestanding furniture establish depth without enclosure. Circulation remains lateral and slow, shaped by furniture placement rather than partitions.
Bottega Veneta...
by The Art Newspaper - about 2 hours
Collector David Walsh says budget for long-awaited extension is more than AUS$100m
by ArtNews - about 3 hours
2025 has felt especially unrelenting. January brought devastating wildfires to Los Angeles, my hometown. Dozens of artists lost their homes and their work. Altadena, a creative hub of Black creativity for decades and, more recently, a home to many artists, was hit particularly hard.  The third Monday of January brought something much worse and more insidious: the start of the second Trump administration, which has targeted both communities of color and the art world. ICE raids have intensified across the country, especially in predominantly Brown and Black communities, with the president emboldening immigration agents to abduct first and ask questions later. The toll this has taken...
by Designboom - about 3 hours
top 10 design Products and material applications of 2025
 
We continue our annual roundup series with a look back at some of our favourite design projects of 2025. Design objects increasingly prioritized recyclability, sustainability, and sensory assistance, while material experiments shifted toward biology, technology, and innovation. Across disciplines, designers tested how materials could do more than shape form, carrying identity, function, and environmental responsibility. This year, we saw projects like BioHybrid, a biodegradable gaming controller made from living bacteria and yeast, and Yamaha’s digital piano crafted from unused rare wood extending the life of precious materials, to a modular pen,...
by The Art Newspaper - about 3 hours
Dib Bangkok museum boosts Thai capital as burgeoning art destination
by The Art Newspaper - about 4 hours
National Trust chief Hilary McGrady is awarded a CBE while curator Ekow Eshun bags an OBE
by Aesthetic - about 4 hours
Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens opens with unmistakable force. The Brooklyn Museum draws visitors into the charged atmosphere of mid-century Bamako, where political transformation and personal aspiration met in the intimate space of a studio. More than 280 works build a world of surfaces and sensations, from elaborately patterned cloth to gleaming accessories and the quiet poise of sitters who understood the camera as a tool of self-realisation. Here, tactility becomes a crucial narrative thread, revealing how material choices shape identity in a moment of development and social change. Keïta’s portraits were made during a period when Mali was moving towards independence and urban life was in rapid evolution....
by The Art Newspaper - about 5 hours
The Three-Legged Cat exhibition organised by Christine Tohmé was due to last three years
by Juliet - about 7 hours
Molto spesso si pensa che mettere troppa carne al fuoco sia un errore. Creare mostre con numerosi artisti esposti può disturbare l’atmosfera che le varie opere esprimono, influenzandosi a vicenda. Sebbene questo sia vero per la maggior parte delle esposizioni, il caso della mostra Microcosmi, presso Studio la Linea Verticale è di certo un’eccezione. Le sedici opere esposte, tutte di piccole dimensioni, spingono l’osservatore ad avere un contatto ravvicinato con l’oggetto artistico. L’intimità del dettaglio richiama la grandezza che queste opere esprimono. «È nella piccola dimensione che l’infinito a volte si lascia osservare con maggior chiarezza».
AA.VV., “Microcosmi”, installation view...
by Designboom - about 8 hours
joint high-wheel bicycles face opposite directions
 
Content creator Seth Alvo welds two penny-farthings to create a tandem bike that lets two riders pedal it at the same time. At its core, the custom ride is exactly what its name suggests: two identical high-wheel bicycles joined at their frames, facing opposite directions. Each side has its own large drive wheel, pedals fixed directly to that wheel, handlebars, and saddle. The result is a vehicle with no clear front or rear, and either rider can be the pilot, either direction can become forward motion, and steering inputs can come from both ends at once. 
 
Because both riders can steer, the tandem penny-farthing bike supports rear steering,...
by ArtForum - yesterday at 23:24
The UK Treasury will rely on the taxpayer-backed Government Indemnity Scheme to insure the Bayeux Tapestry for an estimated £800 million ($1 billion) while it is on loan from Normandy to the British Museum next year, the Financial Times reports. The scheme, which is administered by the UK department for culture, media, and sport, is […]
by ArtForum - yesterday at 23:23
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of the African Diaspora, also in San Francisco, have announced Cornelia Stokes as inaugural assistant curator of the art of the African diaspora. Stokes brings more than a decade of experience as a curator, educator, and researcher focused on the African diaspora. She will take […]
by Hyperallergic - yesterday at 23:16
Tell me what you collect, and I’ll tell you who you are. Art acquisitions can say a lot about a person, but what can they say about an institution, where such decisions are often influenced by trustees and big-money donors? A great deal, it turns out.For instance, the Louvre did not own a single video artwork until this year, when Mohamed Bourouissa's piece documenting the Tuileries Garden made its way into the collection. Acquisitions also illustrate networks of power and exchange in the art world. One of Tate Modern’s big gets, a stunning Joan Mitchell triptych, came from none other than Miami-based developer and museum founder Jorge Pérez and his wife Darlene. We rounded up 15 museum acquisitions...
by ArtNews - yesterday at 22:33
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a 4,500-year-old valley temple belonging to a sprawling solar complex built by Pharaoh Nyuserra, ruler of the 5th Dynasty. Announced earlier this month by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the find offers a rare glimpse into the architecture and ritual life of a period defined by the ascendency of the cult of the sun god Ra. Archaeologists from the University of Turin collaborated with the University of Naples L’Orientale on the excavation of the temple complex at Abu Ghurab, a site located southwest of Cairo, near the Nile. Ancient Egyptian sun temples were typically divided into two connected sections: an upper temple, positioned on...
by The Art Newspaper - yesterday at 20:02
Jaune Quick-to-see-Smith, David Lynch and Koyo Kouoh were among those who passed away this year
by ArtNews - yesterday at 19:50
When actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie took over a Manhattan studio building in 2023 with a plan to offer clothes shopping, Turkish coffee, and Syrian mini pies, and workshops for under-represented tailors and artisans from around the world, part of the cachet was that 57 Great Jones Street, now called Atelier Jolie, had once been occupied by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. But now it turns out the brand name for the operation was also previously taken, by artists and artisans who are very much alive—and not happy about the actress’s use of the name.  The pre-existing Atelier Jolie, in Easton, Pennsylvania, was established in 2021 by Omnaia Jolie Abdou, an artist, curator, and entrepreneur,...
by ArtNews - yesterday at 18:43
The Imperial War Museum (IWM) is facing criticism from Lord Ashcroft after the institution closed its long-running gallery of Victoria Cross medals and launched a new virtual tour focused on LGBTQ+ histories. The upper floor of the museum previously housed what was described as the world’s largest collection of Victoria Crosses—more than 200 medals owned by Ashcroft and loaned to the institution for 15 years. The gallery, opened in 2010 after a £5 million donation from the Tory peer, was permanently closed in June. The collection has since been returned to Ashcroft, who said he had not been informed in advance of the museum’s decision.  Ashcroft accused the museum of sidelining stories of military...
by ArtNews - yesterday at 16:53
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesSTITCHED UP. UK ministers will underwrite up to £800 million ($1 billion) of potential damage to the Bayeux Tapestry during its loan to the British Museum next year, making the British taxpayer the ultimate guarantor, the Financial Times reported. The indemnity values the 230-foot-long, nearly 1,000-year-old embroidery at more than twice the price paid for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, which sold for $450 million in 2017. The loan was agreed during President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the UK earlier this year, and...
by Thisiscolossal - yesterday at 16:52
As we reflect on 2025, we’re taking a peek into our archive to spotlight some of the stories we’re still thinking about. It’s a joy and a privilege to share so much creativity with you each day, and we’re grateful to know you’re out there reading. In case you missed it, check out our favorite art books of the year. —Christopher, Grace, Kate, and Jackie “Bosch Beast No. 14” (2025), paper, paperboard, glue, wire, and crepe paper, 33 × 19 × 14 inches Uncanny Papier-Mâché Creatures by Roberto Benavidez Mingle in ‘Bosch Beasts’ For Los Angeles-based artist Roberto Benavidez, the art of the piñata is a central tenet of a practice exploring intersecting themes of race, sexuality, humor, sin,...
by booooooom - yesterday at 15:00
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by Aesthetic - monday at 14:00
As the year draws to a close, we take a moment to reflect on the extraordinary visionaries who shaped our pages in 2025. From evocative portraiture to daring conceptual work, these cover images capture the spirit of contemporary creativity and artistic exploration. Across the past 12 months, each artist has brought their unique voice to the fore, inviting us to see the world anew through colour, form and imagination. Here are the six remarkable photographers that made it onto our cover this year.  Sarah Doyle | The imaginative contemporary photography of Dublin-based Sarah Doyle plays with shapes and colours, to offer up a joyful viewing experience. Maria Svarbova | Simplicity, detachment and symmetry are...
by Parterre - monday at 12:00
If you've ever been to Juan Diego Flórez's recitals, you'll know the part most of the audience is waiting for is when he takes out his guitar.
by Hyperallergic - monday at 12:00
This past summer, Participant Inc., a Lower East Side art nonprofit, hosted an exhibition on Chloe Dzubilo, a trans woman who became an AIDS activist after contracting the disease. The show, curated by Alex Fleming and Nia Nottage, was immensely rich and important for both its historical and personal insights into the artist’s life. Through text-based works and drawings, the artist painted an intimate and sometimes painful picture of her experience living in subsidized housing for people with AIDS and discrimination at the hands of medical professionals. I reviewed the show with the hope that it would strike a nerve with readers from all walks of life who have experienced subpar healthcare, housing...
by Aesthetic - monday at 10:00
Aesthetica recommends one standout UK exhibition for every month of 2026, spanning art, design, fashion, film, installation and photography. Next year brings major retrospectives of Catherine Opie, Chiharu Shiota and Tracey Emin, alongside ambitious group shows that celebrate Black music‑making in Britain, revisit the 1990s and trace the evolving history of the catwalk. Here are twelve shows to add to your list. January | Marshmallow Laser Feast: Of the Oak, Yorkshire Sculpture ParkUntil 15 March A single oak tree can support more than 2,300 species: lichens clinging to bark, birds nesting in branches, butterflies drifting through leaves and a vast underground network of fungi. In Of the Oak, experiential...
by Juliet - monday at 6:53
«Gli artisti sono sempre più paragonabili a degli sciamani, perché gli sciamani sono individui che cercano di stabilire dei contatti con altri mondi». Nicolas Bourriaud
La dimensione relazionale dell’arte, ovvero l’idea che l’opera esista e si attivi nel rapporto con lo spettatore, è sempre esistita. Ne parla, già nel XIX secolo, Eugène Delacroix nei suoi diari, dove descrive la triangolazione artista-opera-pubblico servendosi di una metafora metereologica in cui il pittore viene paragonato alla pioggia e il quadro alla nuvola che si forma dalla sua evaporazione, destinata a piovere di nuovo sullo spettatore. Su questo concetto è imperniato il saggio Estetica relazionale, pubblicato nel 1998...
by Aesthetic - sunday at 14:00
As we approach the end of 2025, we’re taking a chance to look back on a fantastic year of art. Here, we’re sharing an insight into the photographers and artists who were part of Aesthetica Magazine this year, from stunning portraiture to striking landscapes. Together, their works trace a vivid narrative of contemporary image-making, revealing the ideas and influences that continue to shape our visual world. Issue 128: Reflection The final issue of the year featured an interview with the inimitable Brooke DiDonato, marking the release of her debut monograph. We chatted all things surrealism and how images can subvert the everyday. We also sit down with Andoni Beristain, whose poignant publication, now...
by Aesthetic - sunday at 10:00
Dance once belonged to the stage – a fixed rectangle of floor, audience in fixed seats, the shimmer of spotlight, the expectation of entrance, exit, return bow. But in the hands of Wayne McGregor, it has quietly begun to outgrow architecture. With Infinite Bodies at Somerset House and its companion installation On the Other Earth at Stone Nest, McGregor invites us to witness not a retrospective but a radical transformation: dance becomes habitat, body becomes data, memory becomes algorithm – and the audience becomes participant in a living choreography that moves, breathes and evolves around them. This is not theatre. It is not performance in the traditional sense. It is a new topography of the body,...
by Juliet - sunday at 6:40
Nel lavoro Il prato del vicino, presentato all’interno di EDICOLA480, Vega Flux – pseudonimo di Chiara Panunzio, pittrice pugliese nata nel 1997 – costruisce un’immagine che non si esaurisce nella dimensione pittorica, ma si apre a una rete di rimandi storici, simbolici e percettivi. Lo spazio espositivo – pensato come soglia permeabile tra opera e città – amplifica il carattere diretto e interrogativo del lavoro, che si impone allo sguardo come una presenza ambigua, capace di attivare letture stratificate senza mai chiudersi in una narrazione univoca.
EDICOLA480, 2025, Vega Flux, “Il prato del vicino”, olio su tela, 120×100 cm, 2023, ph. Danilo Donzelli, courtesy Edicola480
La figura...
by ArtForum - saturday at 21:57
Thoughts on the future during festive times
by Hyperallergic - saturday at 12:00
Happy last Saturday of the year. We've spent the past few weeks rounding up the best of the best of 2025 — our favorite exhibitions and artworks, the books and films that moved us, memes that made us laugh and helped us process an increasingly dystopian reality. We also published our annual 20 Most Powerless list, a Hyperallergic tradition dating back to our founding days that parodies the market-driven media's arbitrary “most powerful” rankings. Our first-ever Powerless list, published in 2009 (!), included “assistant curators living off $27,000 salaries,” and we're afraid not much has changed ... This year, we shout out undocumented immigrants, artists who've been censored, and...
by Parterre - saturday at 12:00
Eileen Farrell could sing in all genres. I call her the queen of crossover, especially in her bluesy albums. Eileen Farrell, like Miami, you've got style!
by Juliet - saturday at 7:53
È la prima metà del 2003 quando la Peggy Guggenheim Collection di Venezia organizza una mostra dal titolo “Kandinsky e l’avventura astratta”, in cui l’unica donna presente è un’artista italiana. Veneziana di origine e deceduta nel 1981 (quindi due decadi prima), Bice Lazzari è da tempo ormai ricordata come la prima pittrice italiana dell’astrazione, colei che ha respinto “ogni forma pittorica immobile e socialmente accettata”, come scritto nella presentazione del curatore di questa mostra milanese che ha, tra i suoi meriti, soprattutto quello di volgere il proprio sguardo su un’artista (molto) ingiustamente poco conosciuta. “I linguaggi del suo tempo” è, infatti, il titolo di una...
by Hyperallergic - friday at 22:28
Homes on fire as fossil fuels burn. Pro-Palestine protesters jailed. Migrants disappeared from the streets of the United States. Trans individuals persecuted and denied life-saving care. Indigenous people's rights under threat.There was no shortage of injustices in 2025. Refusing to be desensitized by the perpetual scroll of tragic images and news headlines, artists and creative activists mobilized their mediums in pursuit of change, sometimes risking their own lives and livelihoods. Below are 10 works that spoke truth to power in 2025, a decidedly non-comprehensive list of murals, protest actions, museum exhibitions, and other artistic gestures to carry us with intention and courage into the new...
by Parterre - friday at 12:00
Lovely Christmas carol by Pietro Yon, "Gesù bambino" as sung by The Greatest Thing Ever at a Christmas concert in Ravello in 2021. Beautiful!
by Juliet - friday at 6:22
Nel trentennale della scomparsa dell’artista, Martina Caruso, la nipote che aveva un rapporto stretto con Turcato e l’archivio, e Giuliani Adrienne Drake, curatrice della Fondazione, hanno pensato a questa mostra, rispettando la ricerca dell’artista, chiedendosi perché l’opera di Turcato ha ancora una grande importanza in questo momento storico e perché è ancora un punto di riferimento per tantissimi artisti e curatori. Diversi lavori di diverse serie incentrati su un tema: il monocromo che è fedele alla sua ricerca sui colori ma anche sulla materia. La mostra doveva rispettare questo tema e anche il depliant è stato pensato come una narrazione con cinque opere riprodotte e lasciando alcune parti...
by Parterre - thursday at 15:00
Grand Tier Grab Bag anticipates Elina Garanca's upcoming Zwischenfach pivot by sharing her in some other not-quite-mezzo repertoire opposite Brian Jagde.
by Shutterhub - thursday at 9:00
 
Over the past year we’ve worked hard to make Shutter Hub more accessible than ever. Our community has grown stronger, and we’ve created the greatest number of opportunities in Shutter Hub history.
Here are a few milestones from 2025 that we’d love to look back on with you…
A New Chapter
 2025 was a year of important, meaningful change. To celebrate a decade of Shutter Hub, we completely relaunched our platform as a membership-free, open, and inclusive resource for photographers worldwide.
There was no doubt in our minds that this was the right thing to do and the natural next step, but we didn’t know how people would respond. Your response was incredible! We received so much support from our...
by hifructose - wednesday at 2:18
“I don't aim for my art to be political, but because I have my own perspective and worldview, that inevitably comes through in the art,” says Shyama Golden. Read Silke Tudor's full article on the artist by clicking above.
The post The Nature of Life: Shyama Golden on Art, identity, & The Not So Elusive Catsquatch first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.
by hifructose - wednesday at 1:59
Max Seckel's paintings are all about the details. His landscapes come alive with the messy signs of humanity: a traffic cone standing in a puddle surrounded by a weedy yard; a utility pole teetering behind a dumpster; streams of yellow tape banding around trees. Read more about the article by clicking above!
The post Cracks In the Levee: The Paintings of Max Seckel first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.
by hifructose - 2025-12-24 01:35
Sean Norvet has long been described as a Renaissance-inspired satirist, a mish-masher of photorealism and cartoons into goofy–gruesome critiques of consumer culture or social media habits or other twenty-first-century concerns. Read the full article by clicking above..
The post Tropical Flavored Nightmare: Sean Norvet’s Paintings Are Reflective Mountains of Disgusting Excess first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.
by ArtForum - 2025-12-23 23:16
The Ruth Foundation for the Arts has revealed the five winners of its Ruth Award: Yuji Agematsu, Ranu Mukherjee, Will Rawls, Ellen Sebastian Chang, and Anna Martine Whitehead. The prize was inaugurated in 2024 and is given in recognition of North American artists who “are accelerating the field forward, building deeper relationships and connections across […]
by ArtForum - 2025-12-23 20:21
The Trump administration, which this past August announced that it would review current and forthcoming Smithsonian exhibitions “to assess tone, historical framing and alignment with American ideals,” has reiterated its threat to pull funding if the Smithsonian does not comply. Although the Smithsonian provided the White House with documentation in September, Domestic Policy Council director […]
by Thisiscolossal - 2025-12-23 16:57
What is the value of knowledge? A coffee shop latte easily costs six dollars or more these days, but peruse any used book sale and you’ll find classics of literature and science for mere cents—published works that have had an indelible impact on culture. In many cases, mass production has rendered the value of books—as objects—at pennies. Used bookstores with buy-back policies often play a vital role in simply being able to properly recycle or dispose of volumes that are no longer salable. Hundreds of millions of books are tossed each year, whether due to overstock, age, or damage, which is an ongoing problem for the publishing industry. “The New American” (2021), hardcover book, acrylic varnish,...
by booooooom - 2025-12-22 20:00
A year-end post highlighting our favourite pieces from every art feature this year. This compilations represents the wide array of talent and perspectives that have come to make Booooooom the community that it is.
We want to thank everyone who took the time to share their work with us this year! Whether you’ve been following us for a while or participated in your first open call with us, you’re presence here means a lot to us.
You can also check out our year-end posts of photography/photographers here, if you haven’t already!
Which artwork was your favourite discovery this year?
by Thisiscolossal - 2025-12-22 19:27
From inexpensive, ubiquitous, and utilitarian materials, virtually endless forms and narratives can be created with a bit of imagination. That’s exactly what the show Cardboard: Infinite Possibilities, opening next month at Wönzimer Gallery, aims to highlight. The group exhibition is curated by Ann Weber, whose work Colossal readers may recognize, along with that of Narsiso Martinez and Shigeru Ban. The show also highlights an iconic chair design by Frank Gehry, who died this month at the age of 96, plus contributions from Jodi Hays, Edgar Ramirez, Leonie Weber, Samuelle Richardson, Jabila Okongwu, and more. Frank Gehry, “Easy Edges Wiggle Chair” (1972), corrugated cardboard and hardboard, 34 x 24 x 17...