The lobby of the Whitney Museum in New York became the site of a protest by arts and culture workers on Friday (May 23) following the institution’s recent cancellation of a pro-Palestine performance. The protest, which was announced on Instagram by the group Writers Against the War on Gaza, began around 8 p.m. during the Whitney’s “Free Friday Night” event, which offers a pay-what you-wish admission between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. From the mezzanine level, protestors quietly unfurled a Palestinian flag and a banner reading “Creativity Does Not Have to Rely on Death.” On the ground floor, activists distributed brochures with text printed in the Whitney’s house font that demanded “the removal of...
Ulf Mejergren and Travis Child reference larval structures
Timber Twist is a work created for Virserum Konsthall Art Museum in Sweden by Ulf Mejergren Architects (UMA) and Esperöd Art Team’s Travis Child, invited as part of the Träkraft (Wood Power) exhibition. Its inspiration comes from the Bagworm moth, whose larvae build protective cases from twigs, moss, and gravel, woven with silk into camouflaged shelters. When mature, the larva fastens its case to a branch and pupates. Only the male emerges with wings; the female remains in the case for life, lays eggs, and dies. These tiny architects build remarkable homes, yet lead restricted lives—a paradox that invites reflection on the shells we build:...
Timber Twist is a work created for Virserum Konsthall Art Museum in Sweden by Ulf Mejergren Architects (UMA) and Esperöd Art Team’s Travis Child, invited as part of the Träkraft (Wood Power) exhibition. Its inspiration comes from the Bagworm moth, whose larvae build protective cases from twigs, moss, and gravel, woven with silk into camouflaged shelters. When mature, the larva fastens its case to a branch and pupates. Only the male emerges with wings; the female remains in the case for life, lays eggs, and dies. These tiny architects build remarkable homes, yet lead restricted lives—a paradox that invites reflection on the shells we build:...
Ediz Demirel Works. builds small cabin along dry stone wall
Located in the Kozak Plateau near Pergamon in Turkey, the Cabin in Woods by Ediz Demirel Works. is a small-scale structure intended for short-term rental. The project, resting on the existing dry stone terrace walls of an old vineyard, is designed to minimize disturbance to the surrounding landscape while establishing a defined architectural presence through its contrasting materials and construction techniques.
The architectural form is defined by a prefabricated steel frame and corten steel cladding, which distinctly contrasts the natural terrain and stone foundation. A horizontal opening in the metal shell provides panoramic views,...
Located in the Kozak Plateau near Pergamon in Turkey, the Cabin in Woods by Ediz Demirel Works. is a small-scale structure intended for short-term rental. The project, resting on the existing dry stone terrace walls of an old vineyard, is designed to minimize disturbance to the surrounding landscape while establishing a defined architectural presence through its contrasting materials and construction techniques.
The architectural form is defined by a prefabricated steel frame and corten steel cladding, which distinctly contrasts the natural terrain and stone foundation. A horizontal opening in the metal shell provides panoramic views,...
Tristan transcriptions for violin, piano, and orchestra.
Dal 12 al 15 giugno 2025 ReA! Art Fair si terrà presso la nuova sede OPOS, in via Ermenegildo Cantoni n 3, a Milano, nel cuore di Certosa District. La fiera, che tocca il traguardo della quinta edizione, si rivolge ai giovani artisti emergenti e si sviluppa senza intermediazione di gallerie o musei. Questa kermesse, organizzata da ReA! Arte, associazione culturale no profit fondata da Maryna Rybakova e Pelin Zeytinci, rappresenta un’occasione unica per scoprire nuove voci dell’arte contemporanea nazionale e internazionale e si pone come punto d’incontro tra gli artisti emergenti e i diversi attori operanti nel settore dell’arte contemporanea.
Carla Giaccio Darias, “Julian en su patio”, 2025, olio...
Carla Giaccio Darias, “Julian en su patio”, 2025, olio...
a Beacon of Solar Architecture for taiwan
MVRDV‘s solar panel-clad Sun Rock has topped out at the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park in Taiwan, revealing a presence that feels like both architecture and landscape. Designed for Taipower, the state-owned utility company, the operations storage facility is set to play a major role in Taiwan’s renewable energy transition, expressing its purpose through form and material. On site, the building appears to absorb sunlight from every angle, expressing its function through a geometry tailored for efficiency. The design for Sun Rock was first unveiled in January 2022 — see designboom’s previous coverage here.
The Sun Rock responds directly to its solar-rich...
MVRDV‘s solar panel-clad Sun Rock has topped out at the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park in Taiwan, revealing a presence that feels like both architecture and landscape. Designed for Taipower, the state-owned utility company, the operations storage facility is set to play a major role in Taiwan’s renewable energy transition, expressing its purpose through form and material. On site, the building appears to absorb sunlight from every angle, expressing its function through a geometry tailored for efficiency. The design for Sun Rock was first unveiled in January 2022 — see designboom’s previous coverage here.
The Sun Rock responds directly to its solar-rich...
casa yume perches above costa rica’s coastline
Casa Yume by QBO3 Arquitectos is a residential project located in the Papagayo Peninsula of Costa Rica, designed to harmonize modern architectural expression with the dramatic natural beauty of its site. As part of the broader context of high-end developments in this pristine coastal region, Casa Yume stands out for its bold geometries, refined spatial composition, and a deep sensitivity to its surroundings. The house embodies an architectural narrative that draws from the terrain and topography while embracing expansive views of the Pacific Ocean.
It is positioned on a sloped plot overlooking the horizon, and the design takes advantage of this topography...
Casa Yume by QBO3 Arquitectos is a residential project located in the Papagayo Peninsula of Costa Rica, designed to harmonize modern architectural expression with the dramatic natural beauty of its site. As part of the broader context of high-end developments in this pristine coastal region, Casa Yume stands out for its bold geometries, refined spatial composition, and a deep sensitivity to its surroundings. The house embodies an architectural narrative that draws from the terrain and topography while embracing expansive views of the Pacific Ocean.
It is positioned on a sloped plot overlooking the horizon, and the design takes advantage of this topography...
There’s a tendency when it comes to MFA shows to apply a different set of standards — it’s good “for student work”; it’s a showcase for burgeoning talent that’ll be fit for the galleries with a touch of tailoring, a bit of scaling back. So let me just say this up front: The work at the Hunter College MFA Show is excellent. Across five different group shows running for approximately 10 days each at the college’s gallery in Tribeca, these artists hold their own. Each iteration has a particular DNA. The first, titled Look Both Ways, is something of a funhouse: trick mirrors, hallucinatory colors. Meredith Bakke’s oil-on-canvas “Doom Addict” (2024) depicts a cartoonish figure whose eyes...
Some 1,200 faculty members at the School of Visual Arts in New York unionized on May 22 following a vote that saw 77 percent cast their ballots in favor of doing so. Operating under the aegis of the United Auto Workers—which also represents teachers at Columbia University, New York University, and the Parsons School of […]
Works by Group of Seven members Franklin Carmichael and Arthur Lismer, plus Emily Carr, topped the Canadian auction house’s two-part evening sale
Sebastiao Salgado, a photographer whose memorable images of worker exploitation, environmental destruction, and human rights abuses gained him widespread acclaim, has died at 81. His death was announced on Friday by Instituto Terra, the organization he cofounded with his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado. The New York Times reported that he had health issues since contracting malaria in the 1990s. Salgado was considered one of the most beloved photographers working today. His lush black-and-white pictures were taken in seemingly every corner of the world, from the Sahel desert to the Amazonian rainforest to the farthest reaches of the Arctic. In bringing his camera to places many hear about but rarely see, Salgado...
Art Basel announced this week that it will host a new fair in the Qatari capital city of Doha, partnering with the state-operated Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) and creative and hospitality agency QC+. The forthcoming and inaugural edition of Art Basel Qatar is set to take place at the M7 Cultural Forum of the Qatar Museums in Msheireb Downtown Doha next February.The development comes as the Gulf state leans into its cultural, entertainment, and hospitality sectors in accordance with a plan to diversify its oil-heavy economy and stimulate foreign investments, among other socio-economic priorities. The nation’s cultural forays are not without criticism, though, especially since the FIFA World Cup 2022...
BMW unveils concept speedtop in lake como
The BMW Concept Speedtop debuts at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Lake Como, Italy, with its moonstone white seats. Inside the concept car, it’s a two-tone world. First, the Moonstone White for the chairs. Then, the Sundown Maroon for the rest: the steering wheel, the dashboard, and even the central console. This shade of maroon extends to the outside. It’s not per se the same shade because it’s glossy, rightfully named Floating Sunstone Maroon. This is BMW’s way to connect the inside and the outside for the Concept Speedtop unveiled in Lake Como. The exterior’s roof spline, or the line that runs along the top of the ceiling, is the same...
The BMW Concept Speedtop debuts at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Lake Como, Italy, with its moonstone white seats. Inside the concept car, it’s a two-tone world. First, the Moonstone White for the chairs. Then, the Sundown Maroon for the rest: the steering wheel, the dashboard, and even the central console. This shade of maroon extends to the outside. It’s not per se the same shade because it’s glossy, rightfully named Floating Sunstone Maroon. This is BMW’s way to connect the inside and the outside for the Concept Speedtop unveiled in Lake Como. The exterior’s roof spline, or the line that runs along the top of the ceiling, is the same...
Built on the traditional homeland of the Sauk, Fox, and Potawatomi peoples, Chicago is a city of immigrants. Just 13 years after the city was incorporated in 1837, more than half of its residents were born overseas, having flocked to the region from across Europe and Asia alongside tens of thousands of others. Today, Chicago is home to 1.7 million immigrants, totaling 18 percent of the population. The inaugural exhibition at the newly renovated Intuit Art Museum celebrates this history by bringing together 22 artists with ties to the city. Comprised of 75 works across mediums, Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago highlights those who worked in the Midwest and established their practice...
The new film by Kelly Reichardt, which just premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, centres on the theft of four paintings from a fictional Massachusetts museum in 1970
The Texas museum was the underbidder on “The Cut Melon” last June at Christie's, but was ultimately able to acquire it directly from the consignor
An art historian who chaired Louisville’s public art commission said he would leave his post amid plans to restore a statue of King Louis XVI graffitied by protestors in 2020 following the police killing of Breonna Taylor. In an op-ed published in the Courier-Journal, Chris Reitz, a scholar who has published two books on painter Martin Kippenberger, accused the city of Louisville, Kentucky, of attempting to “erase all evidence” of those 2020 protests on their five-year anniversary. He raised concerns about the cost of restoring the sculpture, which he described as being “beyond repair,” and questioned the true motivation for paying the sum. “There are legitimate reasons to care for this statue,...
Nikolai Chesnokov, chancellor of Moscow’s State Academy of Physical Education, died on Thursday at the site of a World War II–era monument in the Russian city of Volgograd, according to reports in the local media. He was 68. Chesnokov had traveled to the city to attend a national sports event associated with the school and took part in an unofficial visit inside a 279-foot Soviet-era statue, which stands atop Mamayev Kurgan, the site of the Battle of Stalingrad. According to local outlets, he collapsed while while touring the statue’s interior. After being pronounced dead at the scene, authorities launched a preliminary investigation, but no foul play is suspected. The cause of his death has not been...
The new union, formed under the United Auto Workers, will represent around 1,200 instructors at the school
A new museum dedicated to the life and art of Frida Kahlo will open in Mexico City’s historic Coyoacán district this September. The museum will be set in the Casa Roja, a private residence purchased by Kahlo’s parents and passed down through the family over generations; it has been turned into an art institution by the Rockwell Group, a New York–based architecture firm. The house was gifted by the artist’s grandniece Mara Romeo Kahlo, whom the Kahlo family said was the artist’s closest living relative and heir. “This is a dream long held by our family,” said Mara Romeo Kahlo in a statement. “Frida’s legacy belongs to the world, but it begins here—on this land, in these homes, and in the...
In a room bigger than most at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, a group of men has volunteered for a creative project that stretches beyond prison walls. For about 40 hours each week, they cut and stitch quilts for children in foster care or with disabilities, sewing vibrant, patterned patchworks and finding joy and camaraderie while doing so. A short documentary from Netflix visits the men and showcasAt South Central Correctional Center, a group of men has volunteered for a creative project that stretches beyond prison walls.es their brightly lit space, complete with machines and a wall overflowing with soft fabrics. Peering into their beloved enclave for expression and solidarity,...
Creative Australia’s chief executive has said Morgan’s decision is unrelated to the scandal over the artist Khaled Sabsabi being dropped from the nation’s 2026 Venice Biennale team
George Benjamin‘s opera live from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome
Bradford’s year as UK City of Culture is proving to be a landmark moment for the district – one that is not only transforming the perception of a place but also illuminating the power of creativity to connect, uplift and reimagine. From public artworks to intergenerational dance, site-specific theatre and participatory projects on an ambitious scale, the city is demonstrating how culture can act as both mirror and catalyst. At Aesthetica, we are proud to support our northern colleagues and champion this moment. As Cherie Federico, Director of Aesthetica, notes: “Bradford 2025 shows the transformative power of culture at every level. It’s a celebration of heritage, innovation and community – exactly...
All’interno della programmazione di 480 Site Specific, Myrtus di Elisa Selli – pittrice romana, classe 1992 – si impone come un progetto pittorico capace di coniugare radicamento e trasformazione, immagine e rivelazione, in un processo di ascolto che si sviluppa nella dimensione silenziosa della materia. Selli, giovane artista la cui ricerca si muove tra memoria, ritualità e paesaggio, costruisce qui una mostra che si fa spazio di soglia, dove il visibile è sempre sospeso su ciò che sfugge.
Elisa Selli, “Myrtus”, installation view at 480 Site Specific, Napoli, photo Danilo Donzelli, courtesy 480 Site Specific
Le opere in mostra sono pitture che non gridano, ma trattengono. La loro forza non sta...
Elisa Selli, “Myrtus”, installation view at 480 Site Specific, Napoli, photo Danilo Donzelli, courtesy 480 Site Specific
Le opere in mostra sono pitture che non gridano, ma trattengono. La loro forza non sta...
Over 1,000 faculty members at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in Manhattan are officially unionized as of Thursday, May 22, after a two-thirds majority vote in favor. Organizing under United Auto Workers (UAW), the SVA faculty union is prioritizing scheduled pay increases in accordance with inflation, compensation for out-of-classroom labor, and protecting and expanding benefits. “I’d like to emphasize that this was a 100% grassroots effort — faculty organizing ourselves to gain collective bargaining, with a focus on improving the school and upholding democratic principles,” key organizer Justin Elm, an adjunct professor in the Art History and Visual and Critical Studies departments who once held a...
Several dozen New York City arts and culture advocates — including unionized museum workers, public school educators, community nonprofit leaders, visual artists, theater performers, and musicians — rallied in the rain outside City Hall in Manhattan yesterday morning, May 21, to call for increased funding for the sector. Coordinated by the advocacy organization New Yorkers for Arts and Culture (NY4CA), the action was held ahead of City Council hearings on Mayor Eric Adams’s $115 billion executive budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year. The mayor’s expense plan draft, dubbed the “Best Budget Ever” in a not-so-subtle echo of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” comes amid...
O‘AHU and HAWAI‘I ISLAND, Hawai‘i — Since mid-February, Honolulu’s city hall has hosted Meleanna Aluli Meyer’s “‘Umeke Lā‘au: Culture Medicine.” The sculpture, which enlarges the curving form of a calabash to room-sized proportions, holds its own within the airy space. An opening allows people to enter, and inside, an audio track speaks the names of 38,000 people who signed an 1897 petition opposing Hawai‘i’s annexation by the United States. In addition, the sculpture was designed to host small gatherings, an invitation that has been taken up by groups including Mongolian shamans, leaders of Honolulu’s police department, and descendants of those 1897 petitioners. “‘Umeke...
Bill Horrigan, who helped shepherd time-based art from the cinema to the gallery by establishing Columbus, Ohio’s Wexner Center for the Arts as a major destination for film and video long before mainstream institutions welcomed such work, died on May 15 following a lengthy battle with amyloidosis. He was seventy-three. Horrigan joined the Wexner in […]
It takes a real knack for design to make something as hefty and industrial as steel and bricks appear weightless or even playful. But British artist Alex Chinneck (previously) is no stranger to monumental projects that reimagine urban infrastructure and buildings into striking public installations. As part of London’s Clerkenwell Design Week, Chinneck unveiled “A week at the knees,” a new sculpture in Charterhouse Square that takes its cue from an iconic predecessor. The artist installed the “From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes” in 2013 on a dilapidated townhouse in Margate, appearing as though the entire front of the building had simply slid right off. On view through June in London,...
A new museum devoted to Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is set to open on September 27 in Mexico City. Museo Casa Kahlo will be housed in Casa Roja, a private home purchased by Kahlo’s parents and handed down to the artist and her sisters; the residence was donated to the museum by Kahlo’s closest living […]
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, last week canceled a performance by a group of participants in its prestigious Independent Study Program that had taken Palestinian mourning as its subject. Titled No Aesthetics Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance, the work featured a score of texts by Natalie Diaz, Christina Sharpe, and […]
In one of the foundational texts of Taoism, Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zhou recalls a dream in which he was a butterfly, soaring through the sky with no recollection of his human form. Upon waking, though, he finds himself firmly in a bipedal body, prompting an important question: is he a butterfly dreaming he’s Zhuang Zhou or a man dreaming he’s a butterfly? This ancient story of transformation and the thin line between states of mind informs a dazzling new installation by Chiharu Shiota (previously). “Metamorphosis of Consciousness” suspends glimmering lights and faint butterfly wings above an iron-framed twin bed topped with a white blanket and pillow. Rejecting the strict separation between body...
Brendon Bell-Roberts catches up with Zak Ové at the Louvre in Adu Dhabi to discuss the early influences on his work, his retrospective exhibition at Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno and some recent projects Zak Ové, […]
A significant new chapter for the region’s cultural future, in partnership with QSI and QC+ Courtesy of Art Basel. In a landmark announcement that underscores the Gulf’s growing stature on the global art map, Art […]
Led by Jabulani Dhlamini, the initiative empowers Moroccan youth to explore storytelling through the lens Courtesy of Of Soul & Joy. Of Soul & Joy (OSJ), the Johannesburg-based photography programme dedicated to empowering youth has […]
A collaborative studio-based exhibition offers rare public access to the creative spaces of Ellis House, bridging private practice and public engagement Amohelang Mohajane, Untitled, 2025 . Mixed media, dimensions variable. Installation. Courtesy of the artist. […]
There’s only one week left to enter your images for our next book, HOME!
Home can be found in a person or a memory, in a place or a feeling.The holding of hands, the warmth of a smile, a sentiment, or sense of belonging. The comfort of home doesn’t always come with four walls.
Home can be anything, anywhere.
We’re revisiting some of our favourite themes of the last decade, and our next stop is 2019’s HOME exhibition at Gallery at Home in Wales. We’re inviting photographers to submit their work for our next Shutter Hub Editions publication and answer the wide-reaching question – what does home mean to you?
Shutter Hub Editions is the publishing house from Shutter Hub – creating a...
Home can be found in a person or a memory, in a place or a feeling.The holding of hands, the warmth of a smile, a sentiment, or sense of belonging. The comfort of home doesn’t always come with four walls.
Home can be anything, anywhere.
We’re revisiting some of our favourite themes of the last decade, and our next stop is 2019’s HOME exhibition at Gallery at Home in Wales. We’re inviting photographers to submit their work for our next Shutter Hub Editions publication and answer the wide-reaching question – what does home mean to you?
Shutter Hub Editions is the publishing house from Shutter Hub – creating a...
A Palazzo Bollani, in dialogo con il Padiglione Giappone alla 19. Esposizione Internazionale di Architettura – La Biennale di Venezia 2025, la fotografa e regista giapponese Mika Ninagawa (Tokyo, 1972) presenta “INTERSTICE”, la sua prima personale europea realizzata in collaborazione con il collettivo EiM (Eternity in a Moment). La mostra, curata da Eriko Kimura e sostenuta dal programma filantropico anonymous art project, si configura come un’esplorazione fenomenologica del concetto di confine, inteso non come limite invalicabile, ma come zona liminale di scambio e trasformazione. La nozione di interstizio, centrale nella riflessione contemporanea sul rapporto tra identità e alterità, richiama il...
Completed in 1940, California Highway 17—now Interstate 880—bulldozed a vast swath of Oakland’s African American community to make room for the route. Cut off from downtown, these neighborhoods were stripped of their economic connections to the commercial center, disrupting social cohesion and among other policies and attitudes at the time, setting in motion an era of increased unrest. One of these damaging policies took the form of the Federal Housing Administration’s systematic program of discriminating against people of color in a process known as redlining. During this time, Black people were prohibited from purchasing homes so that white, middle- or lower-class families could do so instead, and...
Amsterdam’s Eye Filmmuseum has announced Indian artist Sohrab Hura as the eleventh winner of the Eye Art & Film Prize, an annual €30,000 ($33,000) award established in 2015 to support artists whose practices span film and the visual arts. Previous recipients of the honor include Francis Alÿs, Meriem Bennani, Wang Bing, Kahlil Joseph, and Hito […]
From a courtyard in Accra to Gagosian Mayfair in London, Glenn DeRoche and Amoako Boafo reimagine space as memory, blending personal history, ancestral craft, and collective presence into a living, breathing exhibition. DeRoche Projects. Installation […]
“We live between reality and illusion.” This statement forms the foundation of Plásmata 3: We’ve met before, haven’t we?, a show that invites audiences into a world where the boundaries between the real and the imagined blur and the everyday becomes magical. The emergence of artificial intelligence in recent years has dramatically changed the creative and social landscape. A recent YouGov survey found that 81% of people are worried about the trustworthiness of what they see online, and 76% report apprehension about photoshopped images and edited videos. Meanwhile, more than 48,000 creators have expressed their opposition to the UK government’s proposals to let artificial intelligence companies use...
The first newspaper to publish a photograph was L’illustration. In 1848, the Frech periodical ran an image that depicted barricaded Parisian streets caused by a workers’ strike. In the 150 years since, the function of pictures has developed significantly, from an enhancement of a written piece to a journalistic pursuit in their own right. Many pivotal historical moments have been documented by those with a camera. Robert Capa’s pictures of the Spanish Civil War and D-Day landings brought the realities of conflict to mass audiences for the first time. Meanwhile, Don McCullin, one of the most respected photojournalists of the 20th century, captured the Vietnam War with unflinching honesty. His most...
In questa conversazione, l’artista americano Ryan Sullivan parla della necessità di esplorazione attraverso la pittura e il disegno, riflettendo sulla storia della pittura in occasione della sua prima mostra personale italiana a Palazzo Degas a Napoli, nell’ambito di Zweigstelle Capitain, il format espositivo itinerante targato Galerie Gisela Capitain di Colonia, giunto alla sua settima edizione.
Ryan Sullivan solo show at Palazzo Degas, Napoli, © Ryan Sullivan, courtesy the artist and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne. Photo Alwin Lay
Concetta Luise: Puoi parlarci del nuovo corpo di lavori realizzati per la tua mostra personale a Napoli e spiegare se ci sono riferimenti diretti alla città che li...
Ryan Sullivan solo show at Palazzo Degas, Napoli, © Ryan Sullivan, courtesy the artist and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne. Photo Alwin Lay
Concetta Luise: Puoi parlarci del nuovo corpo di lavori realizzati per la tua mostra personale a Napoli e spiegare se ci sono riferimenti diretti alla città che li...