ALBERTO CAIOLA UNIFIES THREE CINEMAZERO CULTURAL VENUES
 
Designed by Alberto Caiola, the phased renovation and expansion of arthouse institution Cinemazero unifies three distinct cultural venues in Pordenone, Italy: the upgraded cinema foyer, the newly constructed community pavilion SpazioZero, and an expanded Mediateca housed within the 16th-century Palazzo Badini. A cohesive material palette anchored by saturated ultramarine blue links the dispersed sites, juxtaposing heritage architectural elements with contemporary media infrastructure.
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ULTRAMARINE BLUE PALETTE anchors the 1950s RESTORATION
 
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Scilla & Cariddi wall mirrors translate sea myths into design
 
Presented at SaloneSatellite during Salone del Mobile Milano 2026, Scilla & Cariddi by Marlisa Marasco is a pair of collectible wall mirrors that translates the Mediterranean mythology of the Strait of Messina into layered, functional objects. Sited conceptually between the Calabrian and Sicilian coasts, the pieces reframe the ancient sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis through a mixed-material assembly of hand-modeled glazed ceramic, multi-scale reflective glass, timber substrates, and textile accents.
positioned at opposite shores of the Strait of Messina, Scilla & Cariddi evoke the mythical guardians who warned travellers of the dangers of...

Installation view of Glenn Ligon's “Rückenfigur” (2009) in Glenn Ligon at the Brant Foundation in New York, 2025 (photo Natalie Haddad/Hyperallergic)Midterms are tomorrow, marking the first nationwide election since President Donald Trump started his second term in the Oval Office. In the wake of Trump’s financial and ideological crackdowns on Smithsonian, unapproved pet projects around the US Capitol, devastation to cultural landscapes through border construction, and dozens of other policies targeting history and heritage, many will be lining up at the polls with arts and culture policies on their minds. Because Congress ultimately decides appropriations for federal arts entities, such as the...

Pace Gallery’s CEO Marc Glimcher is looking ahead and washing over the headlines over the last week regarding the gallery’s financial accounts. “We’re all off the bottom, we just had a record art fair at Art Basel Paris, and we’ve had sellout shows of primarily young artists—everything is turning,” he told ARTnews in a phone interview on Monday, noting that the business is already back in the black and will open a new location in Europe “fairly soon.” Pace Gallery has been shifting its real estate portfolio recently. Back in June, Pace’s London property was put on the market, with the gallery saying it was seeking a “less corporate” space in the British capital, while in September, Pace...

The publishing industry is already preparing for spring, but we're still stuck on all the delights and challenges of this fall's slate of art books. Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara recommends an exploration of Marxist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg's secret garden of pressed plants, an art form in its own right; critic Natalie Weis sinks into painter Celia Paul's kinetic prose. Catalogs on Salman Toor, Roy Lichtenstein, and more to discover below. —Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editorRoy Lichtenstein: Like New, edited by Alex Da Corte and Meg Onli | Whitney Museum of American Art, November 3In this publication, the Whitney frames its Roy Lichtenstein show as a “radical” picture as...

MTPEAK’S THREE-WHEELED SPORTS CAR HEADS TO EICMA 2026
 
Four wheels are generally considered a good starting point for a sports car, but MTPEAK has other ideas. The emerging automotive brand is preparing to unveil the One All, an open-top, three-wheeled sports car, at EICMA 2026 in Milan. Featuring two wheels at the front and a single wheel at the rear, the vehicle combines the proportions of a classic roadster with a decidedly unconventional mechanical layout. Its public debut marks the introduction of MTPEAK’s first model, ahead of a limited production run planned for 2027.
 
Visually, the One All looks to an earlier era of motoring. Its retro-inspired silhouette, sculpted carbon fiber body panels and...

Dutch art historian, critic, and curator Rudolf “Rudi” Fuchs died in Amsterdam on October 25 at the age of eighty-four. A former director of the Stedelijk Museum and one of the Netherlands’ most influential museum leaders, Fuchs was an early proponent of placing works of different periods and styles in conversation with one another. Refreshingly […]

The US embassy in Moscow warned of a “credible threat of a mass casualty event” involving the popular Tsaritsyno Museum and Nature Reserve

In a dreamy development for the fall auction season, another Surrealist standout has resurfaced on the market. After seven decades out of public view, Leonora Carrington’s Fil d’Or (1953) will appear at Heritage Auctions in New York on November 10, with an estimate of $250,000–$350,000. Its title translates from the French to “gold thread,” a term traditionally referring to the delicate metal wire used to ornament luxury textiles. The cosmic bird Carrington depicts appears to be composed of intersecting threads, all emanating from a single source: the golden galaxy pulsing in place of a heart. She employed a technique developed by her former partner, the artist Max Ernst, known as grattage, in which...

A new museum devoted to design legends Charles and Ray Eames in the Bay Area of Northern California received more than $25 million in initial funding from Joe Gebbia, an Airbnb cofounder who is currently a Tesla board member and previously worked with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to a report by SFGATE. “Gebbia is an unexpected benefactor behind the museum in Marin County,” the publication wrote, after citing the $25-million figure from the North Bay Business Journal. “After co-founding Airbnb in San Francisco in 2007, which helped him to eventually earn over $9 billion, Gebbia turned to politics and joined DOGE last year. President Donald Trump later tapped Gebbia...

A Bogotá judge ordered that the 63 objects, many related to LGBTQ+ rights and feminism, be put back in their places in the museum’s permanent galleries

Through abstract, prismatic acrylic paintings to garment-like sculptures and textile collages, Jeffrey Gibson explores questions of identity, lineage, and cultural translation. Working across media, the artist intricately beads monumental works and incorporates a wide range of fabrics and materials. Jeffrey Gibson: A Real Love Thing at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center delves into the cross-disciplinary breadth of the artist’s practice throughout the past decade. Fifteen works amplify his interest in pattern, queer iconography, and his Indigenous Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee heritage. Drawing on the early and continuing influence of music, the artist often integrates song lyrics into...

As autumn unfolds across the East Coast, people around the United States are visiting the polls. May we strip the monsters of power and steer this nation out of its ghoulish ambiance and toward soulful care, not continued scare. In step with the changing times, a robust round of exhibitions in Upstate New York invites you to experience the treats of the season. At Ipso Facto Gallery in Hudson, artists explore creative modalities for surviving the technological hellscape of contemporary life, while Public Private Gallery presents outrageous sculptural works by legendary artists Judy Pfaff and Michael David. Ann Street Gallery features dynamic works by the three artists chosen for their 2026 Emerging Artist...

Participating exhibitors at Art Basel Paris are demanding compensation for the fair closing two days early on October 23 due to security concerns over planned protests the next day. The fair was scheduled to take place from October 23-25 with VIP previews occurring in the days leading up. As per Artnet News, the Comité Professionnel […]

Fans of both body art and the Dutch Golden Age have one more week to book an appointment for a Rembrandt-themed tattoo at the Rembrandt House Museum. The museum—located in the artist’s former canal-side home in central Amsterdam—is halfway through a two-week public event called “The Poor Man’s Rembrandt Project,” organized with the renowned 74-year-old Dutch tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher and his studio. (The Rembrandt House Museum held a similar event with Schiffmacher in 2023.) This fall’s event wraps up on November 7, and at press time, slots are still available with Schiffmacher or one of the six other tattoo artists who have opened up a temporary studio in the museum. Clients can book...

Czech archaeologists working at Saqqara have re-excavated a group of tombs belonging to high priests and senior officials of Egypt’s Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BCE). The news was first reported by Ahram Online following an announcement by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Located 20 miles south of Cairo, the Saqqara archaeological site was the main necropolis for the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, which was founded around 3100 BCE and abandoned in the 7th century CE. The excavations were made as part of a project by the Czech Institute of Egyptology to locate, excavate, and document tombs partially explored in the 19th century and buried again over time. These tombs were first discovered...

In a scene that might be this century’s most faithful depiction of 1980s bohemian New York, a ragtag ensemble crowds around a cluttered dining room table. A mishmash of stemware gleams below the revelers, each importuned to perform a few bars of a song. One self-consciously croons “Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah,” another vibratos a Jehovah’s Witness spiritual, while yet another gamely stumbles through the verses of “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” from Finian’s Rainbow (1968). As gloriously languid as it is insistently idiosyncratic, the tableau readily summons nostalgia for those who remember and those who do not alike. There are no screens; there are no smartphones. There are instead...

Five days after Art Basel Paris announced it would prematurely terminate its 2026 edition on October 23, the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art (CPGA), an industry group representing over a quarter of the fair's exhibitors, issued a letter demanding fair compensation and accusing event organizers of poor communication and mistreatment. In the letter addressed to the new director of Art Basel Paris, Karim Crippa, the association demanded “concrete proposals for compensating exhibitors," stated that the galleries were never consulted about the event's early closure, and accused organizers of "disrespect, even contempt," according to Monopol. Along with CPGA President and Mon Charpentier...

The Vilcek Foundation has announced the twelve recipients of its 2026 grants, totaling $212,000. Founded in 2000 by Czechoslovakian immigrants Jan and Marica Vilcek, the New York–based nonprofit to date has awarded more than $9.6 million in prizes to individuals and over $7.6 million in grants to organizations in its drive to promote the arts […]

Matteo Thun reimagines a Milan landmark’s interiors
 
Matteo Thun & Partners has unveiled the interiors of 72 residences inside Milan’s Torre Velasca, the postwar skyscraper designed by Italian architecture studio BBPR. The project occupies floors 19 through 26, and introduces suites and apartments for short- and long-term stays. This includes duplex penthouses overlooking the city. Set to open in phases beginning in fall 2026, the renovated interiors bring rich colors and Italian design classics into one of Milan’s most iconic buildings.
 
Completed in 1958, Torre Velasca was designed by BBPR on a site heavily damaged during World War II. Its unusual silhouette, with a broad residential volume...

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Adobe brick with dog paw print KÜTAHYA PROVINCE, TURKEY—La Brújula Verde reports that 4,000-year-old paw prints have been found in adobe brick at Tavşanlı Höyük, a settlement mound in western Anatolia that dates back some 8,000 years. The sun-baked bricks were part of a wall that collapsed during a fire in the Bronze Age. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Turkey’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, said that the prints had been made by a dog. Erkan Fidan of Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University and his excavation team have also uncovered ceramics, adobe, bone, burnt wood, and flint at the site. To read about other ancient canine prints preserved in brick, go to “They’re Just Like Us.”
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STANFORD, CALIFORNIA—Science Alert reports that Alexander Ioannidis of Stanford University and his colleagues analyzed the genomes of more than 1,000 people who live in French Polynesia; 12 genomes from individuals on the island of Rapa Nui; and the genomes of people native to Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti. First, the researchers isolated segments of Polynesian ancestry with machine learning, and then they applied an identity by descent method, which can identify common ancestors of living people and people from the past. The study shows that people traveled across Polynesia in small populations, sometimes resulting in a genetic bottleneck of reduced genetic variation that can increase the odds of the...

On October 30, culture workers at the Venice Biennale went on strike in solidarity with a national general strike in Italy, and similar protests by dockworkers at over 110 ports all across the world. According to reporting by Ocula, the global strikes called for an end to the use of ports for transporting arms—art workers […]

Bronze razors, sword, and vessel recovered from Lake Mezzano ROME, ITALY—A bronze sword, axes, arrowheads, daggers, spearheads, pins, and a razor have been recovered from central Italy’s Lake Mezzano by researchers from Italy’s Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape for the Province of Viterbo and Southern Etruria and the Carabinieri Underwater Unit of Rome, according to a Gizmodo report. The sword, which is still sharp, has been dated to the thirteenth century B.C. on the basis of its design. The collection of objects suggests that a settlement made up of dwellings set on piles may have occupied the area during the Bronze Age. The inhabitants may have deposited the objects in the lake...

JAN-MICHA GAMER DISMANTLES ARMCHAIR INTO NINE DOMESTIC OBJECTS
 
Designed by Jan-Micha Gamer, Raw Material: Armchair, or Armchair as Resource, is a circular design study that deconstructs a single discarded leather armchair into nine distinct functional objects forming a domestic ensemble. Salvaged from municipal bulky waste, the multi-component seating typology serves as a material test case, investigating how complex, heterogeneous consumer goods can be comprehensively repurposed to replace virgin resources without downcycling.
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FAD Magazine reports that a previously unknown drawing of the Bloomsbury artist Vanessa Bell by the Scottish painter Duncan Grant, also a member of the Bloomsbury Group, has been discovered at Charleston, the former home and studio of Bell and Grant in East Sussex, England. The portrait is thought to be his last drawing of […]

The Shrine of King Taharqa at the Ashmolean will be recoloured through a digital projection

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An eye peers from a goblet. A disembodied finger creeps from beneath a curtain. A supine figure, lost in a dream, envisions an uncanny array of game and fruit. For GaHee Park, landscapes, figures, and still lifes merge into seamless, surreal tableaux. Her signature glassy-eyed female characters move through spaces where the boundary between reality and fantasy blurs. Park’s new solo exhibition, Soft Shell at Jessica Silverman, delves into a realm where protection and a sense of security are nebulous. Although she nods to domestic spaces and symbols of comfort and sustenance, such as bowls laden with fruit, there is always something… else. “Woman and Moth in Eclipse” (2026), oil on linen, 35 x 40 x 1...

DC Lab will provide a platform for international artists and galleries

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Richard Lynn provides a comprehensive introduction to the surprisingly wide and unsurprisingly wild world of opera podcasts.

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The quinquennial curatorial team expands with the appointments of Osei Bonsu, Raven Chacon, Timea Junghaus and Noam Segal

San Diego Opera's Rigoletto, starring a persuasive Michael Chioldi, veers traditional—without the mothballs in tow.

There are Bohèmes and Bohèmes, and it is almost a joke word these days, but the French show us how it is properly done.

This performance by Marilyn Horne has always stunned me and everyone I play it for.

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Silver coin of Antonius Pius SOMOGY COUNTY, HUNGARY—More than 700 coins were discovered at three sites near the Drava River in southwestern Hungary by archaeologists from the Rippl-Rónai Museum, Hungary Today reports. Most of the coins have been dated to the rule of the emperor Constantine (A.D. 307–337), but silver coins dating to the reigns of the emperors Antoninus Pius (A.D. 138–161), Severus Alexander (A.D. 222–235), Aurelian (A.D. 270–275), and Probus (A.D. 276–282) have also been identified. One coin, known as a “consecration coin,” is thought to have been minted to mark the death of Claudius II (reigned A.D. 268–270) and his deification. Pottery, brooches, and fragments of a scale...

Gall wasps, also known as cynipids, have a unique mutual relationship with plants. Their name is derived from the deposits, called galls, which they induce on host plants to support their larvae. The benign growths are created by chemicals that the larvae insert into the plant, drawing on its resources. These phenomena are often very tiny, occasionally appear in clusters, and can range from ruddy brown to vibrant pinks and yellows. Nature photographer Timothy Boomer can’t get enough of them. “Galls can be brought about by many different organisms, but I tend to focus on the ones induced by cynipid wasps because they are the most visually stunning (at least in my opinion),” Boomer tells Colossal. Striped...

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA—China Daily reports that Australian officials have repatriated the looted heads of two statues dating to the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 960–1127) to China. The sculptures, which depict a civil official and a military official, were taken from imperial mausoleums near Kaifeng, the Song Dynasty capital in central China. Chinese Ambassador to Australia Liu Jinsong said that the statues once stood guard at ancient tombs—the civil official at the Yongchang Mausoleum and the military official at the Yongyu Mausolem. The National Gallery of Australia acquired the sculptures in 1995. China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration requested their return in 2025. “The return of these...

“Everything Twice” is a quiet meditation on disability and the ways we orient ourselves in the world. Since childhood, Cy Kuckenbaker noticed that one of his eyes drooped, something he attributed to a snowboarding accident. But doctors quickly dismissed that theory, and after innumerable tests and many, many years, the photographer learned he was born with a rare disease. Kuckenbaker chronicles this realization alongside a slow, analog process he began to combat burnout. Utilizing homemade cameras crafted from cardboard boxes and drugstore magnifying glasses, he captured a variety of landscapes and sights on the West Coast. Pairing both the slow processes of labor-intensive photography with that of...

Ominous backrooms? Echoey abandoned spaces? nope. These are the carefully explored and brilliantly captured photographs of instruments by Charles Brooks. Symphonic music can be epic. Grandiose in scale. It sweeps and pans through an architecturally tuned performance space, connecting our brains with the shared resonance of sound. And simultaneously, it can be intimate, reverberating through […]
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In the second half of the 17th century, when early American colonists were well into producing their own furniture, makers drew upon the motifs and techniques common in England. Chests and cabinets were chunky, and chairs and tables often incorporated spool-like legs. In Boston, a particular interpretation of the high-backed Windsor chair emerged, inspiring furniture-maker and artist Aspen Golann to create uniquely sculptural, contemporary iterations as a nod to this heritage. “Meeting Bench,” made in collaboration with chairmaker Peter Galbert, and “Union Settee” pay tribute to the unique early style while also celebrating furniture’s role in how we convene. Golann has long been interested in the...

Two Philadelphia institutions present delectable performances of sex and filth (of the best kind).

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Credit: Márcia Falcão I was invited to attend two of the opening days of Frieze London and, arriving in my home city, I was immediately reminded of its extraordinary energy, gathering pace around the nucleus of the Regent's Park venue. The art on display was more than equal to the occasion. A-listers and icons from across the wider cultural landscape, including film, music and fashion, mingled with professionals and enthusiasts from London’s eclectic art scene, all seemingly loving, living...

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By Lorraine Heitzman There is a meticulous elegance to everything Phyllis Green makes, a quality that is immediately apparent in her brilliant fifteen-year survey show at the Laband Art Gallery. Phyllis Green: Of My Own Making is a diverse yet cohesive exhibit, both imaginative and grounded in the textures of commonplace materials such as wood, clay, cloth, and metal. She masterfully applies her vision across multiple disciplines making sculptures that appear simple despite her extraordinary...

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By Victoria Thomas Classical music is rarely the currency of activism. We generally turn to less patrician, more hard-edged forms to voice protest and dissent against fascism, tyranny, racial violence, and other sociopolitical ills. But SYZYGY, a new three-movement concerto composed by Courtney Bryan celebrating three visual artists — all women, all women of color — defies this expectation. Bryan's 18-minute composition makes its world premiere on The American Concerto, Volume One, performed...

Photos provided by 21c, with additional photos by Atta Hi-Fructose co-founder Atta visited three 21c Museum Hotels in four days to explore their galleries and the towns around them. Here is his report! 21c locations combine actual contemporary art museum gallery exhibitions which are free and open to the general public (whether you stay there […]
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By Kristine Schomaker I keep thinking about Nomadland. Fern driving her van across that enormous American landscape. Not running from something. Moving toward something she could not quite name yet. That feeling of needing less. Of being, as Dominique Moody says, at home in the world. NOMAD: Dominique Moody and the Assemblage of Home is on view at the Armory Arts Center in Pasadena through January 16, 2027, part of the year-long city celebration for the centennials of Route 66 and the...

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

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

To celebrate the retrospective exhibition Future Pastime featuring the work of futurist Syd Mead opening at the Transamerica Pyramid Annex Gallery in San Francisco this evening, we are showing previews of paintings from the show as well as the full article which Silke Tudor wrote on the late legendary industrial designer in Hi-Fructose Issue 33. […]
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The women look concerned, and weary. They are ready to repel an attack. The women look in love, but bored. “When are you leaving,” they might wonder. The women are only half-present. Matted hair, two eyes, a hand, and the rest have either turned inward or run away. The women are multifaceted. Their eyes are […]
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