President Donald Trump rang in the New Year with an amateur art auction at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, where a freshly painted portrait of Jesus Christ sold for $2.75 million. He even shared his New Year’s resolution: “Peace on Earth.” The painting was created on stage by Vanessa Horabuena, a self-described Christian “worship artist” whom the president described as “one of the greatest artists anywhere in the world”. “To me, she’s one of the greatest. In fact, she did something last night that was incredible. She can paint, slowly, a beautiful portrait for the White House, or she can paint the most incredible painting in literally 10 minutes,” he said on video of the event broadcast...

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines POWER TO THE PEOPLE. British museums are increasingly handing the compass to the public, inviting ordinary citizens to help chart future policy, priorities, and even funding decisions through citizens’ assemblies, The Art Newspaper wrote. The National Gallery’s newly launched NG Citizens panel is emblematic of this shift, following similar experiments at Birmingham Museums Trust, the Imperial War Museum and the Migration Museum. For the gallery, this is not a token consultation but, as it puts it, a culture-shaping collaboration designed to keep the institution relevant, inclusive...

SANDSARA mini: an alternative timepiece that draws time in sand
 
SANDSARA mini is a kinetic desktop timepiece designed by Eduardo Cano that translates programmed motion into physical patterns drawn in sand. Referencing the spatial logic of Zen gardens, the device combines robotics, material restraint, and sensory design to create an object focused on slow movement and visual rhythm rather than screen-based interaction.
 
At the core of the device is a SCARA (Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm) mechanism, a system typically used in industrial automation. In SANDSARA mini, the robotic arm is calibrated to control a magnet positioned beneath a sealed bed of fine white sand. A single ferritic stainless...

Dan Johnson gives an inside look at the creation of Sarah Kirkland Snider's rapturous new opera Hildegard which opens at New York's PROTOTYPE Festival next week.

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Fine music-making meets a clunker of a production in La Monnaie's revival of Norma

The New Year has begun, and Aesthetica is looking forward to 12 more months of exciting opportunities for artists, creatives, filmmakers and writers. Whether highlighting standout work in art, design and photography or creating space for emerging voices in literature and film, the year ahead is set to be a great one. With fresh programmes and events on the way, Aesthetica remains dedicated to fostering and uplifting creative talent across a wide range of practices. This is a moment to seek out new ideas, connect with the creative community and continue expanding the boundaries of artistic expression. Aesthetica Magazine The acclaimed bi-monthly magazine invites readers into the constantly shifting landscape of...

The event, which runs 22-31 January, will include a presentation of the innovative travelling exhibition Wan Hai Hotel, the Singapore Biennale, the art fairs Art SG and S.E.A. Focus, shows about the convergence of technology and art, and hundreds more events across the city

Sculptural PLOTTER Flagship emerges in Tokyo
  Designed by MET Team Architects, the Tokyo Flagship Shop for Japanese stationery brand PLOTTER occupies a narrow urban site, where the store’s sculpted facade emerges as two interlocking volumes. The brand is known for its minimalist leather binders that reinterpret the traditional notebook, and this dual-volume composition, one symbolizing the past and the other the future, anchors both the architectural concept and the brand narrative. Strict height regulations further shape the compact building, requiring the design to articulate identity through form rather than scale.
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MET merges Past and future within a compact vertical...

Children’s drawings translate into vibrant chair designs
 
Chair for Kids is a participatory design project developed by designer Taekhan Yun in collaboration with students from an English school in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The project focuses on translating children’s ideas and drawings into functional seating, while introducing fundamental principles of design and making.
 
The process began with the children drawing stools and chairs, using these sketches as an initial exploration of form and function. They then measured their height and body dimensions, incorporating basic ergonomic considerations into the designs. This step informed the scale and proportions of each chair while encouraging an...

Another year has come and gone with what feels like record speed. If you’re like me, January is a time to slow down and ease into the new year with quiet reflection, soft music, and silent reading. One of my favorite reads this time of year is A View From the Easel, our weekly column that spotlights artists’ working spaces. Nothing sounds cozier to me right now than curling up in artist Maxine Davidowitz’s upstate barn studio with some hot cocoa. Games go great with winter days, too. We’ve got Hyperallergic’s monthly Art Crossword today, with a special Art Deco theme, plus Required Reading, which rounds up can’t-miss articles, essays, and videos from the past week. Here’s to a hopeful 2026,...

schemata architects reworks the machiya typology in japan
 
Jo Nagasaka-led Schemata Architects completes the head office for Uchida Shōten, a hardware manufacturer with a 160-year history in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The team roots the two-story wooden structure in the spatial logic of the historic town that surrounds it. The site sits along the former Tōkaidō road, once Fujisawa-juku, the sixth post town of the Edo period, where narrow, elongated plots shape a distinctive townhouse culture that still structures the area today.
 
The building draws from the machiya model, an architectural style of traditional Japanese wooden townhouses, characterized by their narrow, deep layouts, wooden...

Milwaukee show explores how the Queen of Chicago and her friends offered a different vision of the Midwest

Aleksa Milojević’s US cultural center shaped by Balkan traditions
 
Rhapsodist’s Tea Room is a design proposal by New York–based architectural designer Aleksa Milojević for a rural town in the American West, conceived as a cultural archive and public gathering space for a historic Balkan community. Planned for a site opposite a historic church and cemetery, the project extends an existing landscape of remembrance into a new civic commons that combines library, meeting spaces, and areas for cultural exchange.
 
The proposal draws from South Slavic epic poetry, a longstanding tradition of oral composition structured through performance, collective memory, and communal listening. Early twentieth-century...

While 2026 has barely even begun, the year already looks to be a busy one. The world’s biggest art festival, the Venice Biennale, is returning, headlining a year that will also see many more biennials staged from New York to Sydney. Long-awaited museums are finally set to arrive, and new fairs are launching. And that’s to say nothing of monumentally scaled retrospectives for some of art history’s biggest stars. What should you look forward to most this year? To help you plan, we’ve selected 20 art happenings to look forward to in 2026.

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Huge cohort studies prove it, says professor at University College London, but you have to actually engage with the art to see results

The National Gallery and Imperial War Museum seek public’s views on purpose and priorities

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Con Fantastica, la Quadriennale d’arte del 2025 si presenta come un progetto che assume l’immaginazione non come fuga dal reale, ma come strumento critico capace di riformulare il presente. Ideata da Luca Beatrice, scomparso improvvisamente a gennaio nell’anno dell’inaugurazione, questa edizione porta con sé il peso e la responsabilità di una visione che non si è potuta misurare direttamente con l’esito espositivo, ma che rimane leggibile come struttura concettuale diffusa. Beatrice aveva immaginato Fantastica come un campo di forze, non come una mappa ordinata: un luogo in cui l’arte italiana contemporanea potesse mostrarsi nella sua capacità di generare mondi, immagini e narrazioni...

AN ARTIST AND PEDAGOGUE of powerful originality with a personality to match, Ken Jacobs saw the full equation. Like his generational peer Stan Brakhage, and such earlier nonpareils Dziga Vertov and Oscar Micheaux, he reinvented the motion picture medium to suit his interests, which extended well beyond conventional cinema: not montage, but bricolage; not film […]

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What makes a year? The Earth's orbit around the sun, with shifting light shaping our days, weather, and seasons. Boris Acket and Studio Airport's "Five Studies on Light" is part film, part interactive exploration — a mesmerizing meditation on how light bends, scatters, and defines what we see, in Emergence Magazine: It is light, in its many permutations, that gives form to the cycle of Earth’s seasons. As our planet tilts and orbits around the Sun, the shifting angles of light create rhythms that shape temperature and weather, and beyond that, entire ecosystems, human cultures, and our deepest sense of time and place.Variation—and its absence—is central to our experience of these rhythms....

Welcome to the 318th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists recall working furiously in their basement and dance when an artwork is going especially well.Want to take part? Check out our submission guidelines and share a bit about your studio with us through this form! All mediums and workspaces are welcome, including your home studio.Maxine Davidowitz, West Shokan, New YorkHow long have you been working in this space?Three years.Describe an average day in your studio.I get to my studio by 10-ish via a very easy commute (it’s at the end of my driveway). I start my Spotify “painting music” playlist with over 2,000 songs, a wildly...

This week, Parterre Box shares Quinn Kelsey and Jennifer Rowley in a duet from a Verdi opera rumored to be returning to New York this time next season.

In 2022, woodland covered 13% of the UK’s land. Only 2.5% of this is ancient – defined as woods that have existed since at least AD 1600. Today, 1,225 of the country’s ancient woods are current under threat from development, overgrazing, air pollution and the spread of invasive species such as rhododendron. They’re irreplaceable, complex ecosystems that are home to communities of plants and animals not found elsewhere. They are also the site of stories and legends, the spaces where folktales begin. There’s a unique kind of atmosphere, almost as though knights or mythical creatures could step out from behind a tree. Here are five photographers who put the magic of the forest front and centre. Joanna...

Nella fotografia di Santi Caleca c’è una donna bionda quasi quarantenne che sorride con un paio di infradito in mano in via Giulia a Roma: è Letizia Battaglia e siamo nel 1972. Può sembrare una semplice fotografia ed è invece un’immagine che reca in sé un elemento che contraddistinguerà le vicende umane e professionali di Letizia Battaglia: un coraggio tipicamente femminile (nomen omen). Santi Caleca è in quegli anni il compagno della fotografa che aveva (primo atto di coraggio) divorziato dal marito e anche, in via temporanea, da Palermo, per iniziare una nuova vita sotto il segno dell’ottava arte (secondo atto di coraggio che ripeterà sempre: «sono diventata fotografa a trentanove anni» e...

In the spring, The English Concert completed a three-city tour performing a concert version of Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto.

It’s a glorious New Year’s Day in New York, and today Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor of our fair city. This moment marks new beginnings — grounded in the past and prepared for a world we can imagine and build anew.We’re reminded, too, that none of what we do is guaranteed. Everything we create requires hard work and collective effort to ensure that justice, truth, and peace prevail. Each of us contributes in our own way. At Hyperallergic, we know that every story, every reporter, and every investigation depends on the generosity and trust of our community — your community. Yesterday, we surpassed our 8,000 paying member goal, and provided more proof that people are willing to support art...

Born in 1984 in the quiet Dutch village of Wamel, Iris van Herpen has long been recognised as one of the most pioneering figures in contemporary fashion. Her fascination with the transformative possibilities of clothing began in her grandmother’s attic, a trove of garments and costumes from past eras that revealed the potential for clothing to tell stories and evoke emotion. After completing her studies at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem, she honed her craft under the tutelage of Alexander McQueen in London and Claudy Jongstra in Amsterdam. By 2007, Van Herpen had launched her own label, presenting her first collection during Amsterdam Fashion Week, a debut that heralded a new era in haute couture....

 
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. The inaugural volume explores a city that has welcomed us, and been home to nearly a dozen Shutter Hub exhibitions – Cambridge.
We’re inviting international photographers to capture Cambridge – a city of contrast and continuity. Along the river, historic stone buildings and quiet courtyards stoically reflect centuries of tradition while the streets around them pulse with movement as fleets of bicycles and pedestrians move between libraries, museums, galleries, and cafés.
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On architecture’s turn toward deep time 

Three times a year—September, January, and May—Artforum’s editors look ahead to the coming season of institutional exhibitions, identifying those that are likely to affect the trajectory of contemporary art and art history. In this issue, we preview twenty-four exhibitions opening around the world between January and April; also included is a list of notable annuals, […]

CAROLYN CHRISTOV-BAKARGIEV retired as director of Castello di Rivoli in Italy in 2023, where she previously served as chief curator from 2002 to 2009. She was the artistic director of Documenta 13, 2012, which took place in Kassel; Kabul and Bamiyan, Afghanistan; Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt; and Banff, Canada. In a wide-ranging conversation for this […]

“MIAMI’S A SUNNY PLACE for shady people!” observed Iggy Pop in a 2008 interview with CNN, just a few years after Art Basel landed on the sandbar that is South Beach and forever altered the landscape of both Miami and contemporary art. “I’m practical, where this place is moody [. . .] and I’m materialistic […]

Archeologists have begun to uncover frescoes in the Hall of the Mask and the Peacock at the Villa di Poppaea at Oplontis, near Torre Annunziata, just outside Naples. Their discovery is part of an ongoing excavation and renovation project that began nearly a year ago, according to a release by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. These recently recovered frescoes, done in the Second Style, reveal the Hall’s “true dimensions and decorative richness” and give the “first glimpses of exquisite frescoes, including vibrant peacocks and masks,” per the release. Built during the middle of the first century BCE, the villa is believed to have been the residence Poppaea Sabina, Nero’s second wife. It was known...

Bad Bunny struck a nerve, rather than a chord, after touching an artifact on display at a Mexico City archaeology museum. On Saturday, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) issued a public scolding of the musician for allegedly placing his hands on a stela, a type of carved stone sculpture central to Mayan culture. According to INAH and fan accounts, the Puerto Rican singer, whose full name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, posted an image on Instagram showing a hooded figure—presumably himself—touching the artifact at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. As first reported by Hyperallergic, the post appears to have since been deleted. “As it is public...

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as industrialization swelled and advances in science and health paralleled social and economic transformation, artists searched for ways to express the changing times. Fatigued with the traditions and values of conservative society, which increasingly felt at odds with the way the world was heading, artists began to seek new visual languages in painting, architecture, and design. What started as dalliances with non-academic painting in the late 1800s—think Vincent van Gogh and the Impressionists—burgeoned into a full-throttle movement, especially after World War I. Kasimir Malevich’s “Black Square” (1913), for one, marked a turning point in Western art when...

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Two weeks remain for you to submit your thoughts for this spring's The Talk of the Town.

As the year draws to a close, we look back on a dynamic twelve months across Aesthetica’s platforms, celebrating creativity in all its forms. From the Aesthetica Art Prize and Film Festival to the New Music Stage, Aesthetica Future Now Expo and the pages of Aesthetica Magazine, 2025 has been defined by bold ideas, emerging talent and ambitious work that responds to the world around us. Together, these highlights reflect our ongoing commitment to championing innovation across art, film, music and design, while creating space for new voices shaping the future of contemporary culture. Aesthetica Art Prize The 2025 Aesthetica Art Prize brought together 25 shortlisted artists, whose works span painting, drawing,...

When Chen Chuanduan (b. 1994) was a child, he often dreamt of the stars – traversing space, drifting through bubble universes, weightlessly floating towards celestial bodies. Yet, as he grew older, these visions faded – giving way to adult routines and reality. Now, with a camera in hand, he’s recapturing these lost memories through an extraordinary work of docu-fiction: the Everett’s Notes series. This body of work is central to his latest solo exhibition at Fotografiska in Shanghai, The Tacit Measure: Caves, Comets, and Dreams Uncollapsed. Here, Chuanduan takes inspiration from physicist Hugh Everett, whose ideas gave rise to the concept of “multiverses.” This theory – of endless stages where...

La storia artistica di Carmine Rezzuti non devo certamente presentarvela io: Rezzuti è un artista che ha saputo raccontarsi, nel tempo, con genio raffinato e una profonda e simbolica narrazione iconografica. Le sue scelte hanno sempre attraversato l’immaginifico, sia quando ha lavorato in esperienze site-specific, sia quando tutto è nato spontaneamente nel silenzio del suo studio, immaginando spazi da contaminare e luoghi da percorrere con estro e originalità.
Carmine Rezzuti, vista d’insieme della mostra “…Di Notte” alla Galleria Frame Arts et Artes di Napoli. Foto di Rita A. Fusco
C’è qualcosa di primitivo e apotropaico nelle opere di Rezzuti, qualcosa che ci appartiene, un’intimità che...

Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthly Opportunities Newsletter. Get Published in Artistonish Magazine and Astonish Art Lovers with Your Art!FeaturedThe 66th issue of Artistonish Contemporary Art Magazine will feature contemporary artworks from around the world on vibrant glossy pages in print and online. It offers a chance to share your work with art lovers, curators, and collectors and join an international conversation on creativity and expression. Jury-selected artists will be published in the January 2026 issue, featured on Artsy, receive a certificate of achievement and...

Blurring the boundaries between architecture, social space, and sculpture, a new bar has arrived on the scene in Rome. Bar Far reimagines a traditional gallery, which happens to be the new location of Villa Lontana, into a visually mesmerizing meeting spot. The name of the show and temporary libations pop-up is a play on the name of Villa Lontana itself, which translates to “faraway villa,” and it’s the latest from artists Clementine Keith-Roach and Christopher Page. From the neon sign on the facade to tables held up by legs and sconces in the form of hands holding candles, the exhibition celebrates the legacy of illustrious art bars like Cabaret Voltaire—the birthplace of Dada in Zurich—or the...

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».
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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,...

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«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...

 
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...

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“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.

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.

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.

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,...

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?