Photo by Amid Farahi/the George Washington University.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Exquisite artworks created worldwide over the last two thousand years are on view in "Intrinsic Beauty: Celebrating the Art of Textiles" at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum through June 14, 2025, as The Textile Museum—a leader in the study and appreciation of textiles—celebrates its centennial year. George Hewitt Myers established The Textile Museum with his collection of some 275 carpets and sixty textiles in two historic buildings in Washington, D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood 100 years ago, positioning it as a world leader in the study and appreciation of textiles. Today, the museum with its affiliated collections constitutes a global reach of 25,000 textiles ranging in age from the third millennium BCE to the twenty-first century. For the past decade, the museum's partnership with the George Washington University has enriched research and education through deeper student and faculty engagement with its collections, which are now presented t ... More
Vladimir Kanevsky (b. 1951, Ukraine), Cascading Roses, 2024–25, installed in the Fragonard Room of The Frick Collection, New York, parian body, copper and terracotta, courtesy of the artist, photo by Joseph Coscia Jr.
NEW YORK, NY.- In honor of the reopening of The Frick Collection’s renovated Fifth Avenue buildings on April 17, 2025, the museum presents an installation of commissioned porcelain sculptures throughout its restored and newly built galleries. The display pays homage to a historical detail from the Frick’s original debut, which featured carefully curated floral arrangements—personally selected by Helen Clay Frick, daughter of the museum’s founder—that enhanced key galleries when they were unveiled to the public in December 1935. Inspired by her vision, this tradition is now reimagined with an installation of porcelain sculptures by artist Vladimir Kanevsky (b. 1951, Ukraine). Shown on both levels of the original Frick mansion, including in a suite of new second-floor galleries open to the ... More
Gregor Hildebrandt, April, 2025. Cut records, canvas, aluminium, wood, 228 × 174 cm | 89 3/4 × 68 1/2 inches.
TOKYO.- Perrotin Tokyo is presenting Cherries Bloom in April — the first solo exhibition in Japan by German artist Gregor Hildebrandt. The following is an essay authored by artist and curator Andreas Schlaegel on the occasion of this exhibition. “…And Yet Something Makes Cherries Blossom in April” is the full line which inspired Gregor Hildebrandt’s title for his first exhibition in Japan. It comes from a rather obscure early-eighties song by German singersongwriter Konstantin Wecker, in which the singer voices petty grievances that keep him from thinking outside the box and venturing into the realm of his imagination. But then, with emotional piano flourishes, the song takes an unexpected turn: suddenly, cherries blossom, rekindling a sense of life and opening a window for change, creativity, and new dreams. Gregor Hildebrandt’s passion for art, poetry, and music is as extensive as it is infectious. ... More
Mark S. Kornbluth, Music Box, 2020.
NEW YORK, NY.- Five years after the start of Broadway’s Great Intermission—the 18-month period when the Covid pandemic forced theaters to close—Mark S. Kornbluth has released new images in his historic portrait series DARK. DARK comprises large-format photographs of Broadway theaters that quickly became symbols of the resilience of New York City, and a poetic tribute to the power of the arts for healing and human connection. While the buildings themselves awaited the return of actors and audiences, Kornbluth saw the opportunity to shift the spotlight to these sentinels of Times Square, many of them architectural marvels who play understudy to the incredible talents they house. Trained as a professional actor, with close friends affected by the unprecedented interruption of live performances, Kornbluth began the series as his own artistic homage to the age-old mantra “the show must go on.” ENCORE is a reprise of Kornbluth’s 2023 solo exhibition ... More
LOS ANGELES, CA.- David Kordansky Gallery announced representation of Jared Buckhiester. Buckhiester’s work will be included in our upcoming presentation at Art Basel in Switzerland, and his next exhibition with the gallery will open in November 2025 at our New York location. Buckhiester’s art-making process is led—first and foremost—by intuition. Beginning with drawing in which certain forms, shapes, and gestures are revisited, Buckhiester moves to other materials. Working across mediums, often at the same time, an inherent relationship is forged between the ceramic sculptures, drawings, and paintings that are at the core of Buckhiester’s practice. The resulting images live as fragments of a larger story, one which is never complete. In this way, the installation and presentation of Buckhiester’s work are as important as each individual artwork so that the elements present in a sculpture can stand in for things left absent in a painting. His ceramic sculptures, which predo ... More
Mimmo Paladino, Lucumone, 2018.
PARIS.- At MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Mimmo Paladino presents Lucumone - a sculptural apparition that feels both excavated and invented. The word Lucumone refers to the highest magistrate in Etruscan society - a figure of power, ritual, and mystery. But Paladino doesn’t offer a historical portrait. Instead, Lucumone becomes a vessel - something between a relic and a presence, between myth and invention. The form is essential and totemic, echoing ruins, masks, or artefacts, yet defies direct interpretation. As in much of Paladino’s work, the form is pared down, almost elemental. The surface carries the weight of time: weathered, marked, expressive. It stands like a sentinel, enigmatic and still, holding within it echoes of the Mediterranean, of rituals half-remembered, of something sacred that resists definition. Paladino has always moved freely between mediums and meanings, blurring the lines between painting, sculpture, film, and theatre. Lucumone continues ... More
Ana Tiscornia, Behind the Steps, 2024, Acrylic on canvas and wood panel, 80 x 82 x 1.5 in, 203 x 208.3 x 4 cm
NEW YORK, NY.- Bienvenu Steinberg & C is presenting Neighbors, Ana Tiscornia's second solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will be on view until May 10, 2025. In Neighbors, Tiscornia explores the tension between opposing forces: loss and rescue, surrender and resistance, outrage and acceptance, ugliness and beauty. The exhibition is an exercise in perseverance. In her attempt to navigate inhospitable times, Tiscornia recovers traces of vanished architectures. Over the course of her gentle excavations, she sometimes stumbles upon the resilience of nature: destruction is then countered by the presence of cacti. Emerging between architectural remnants, their precarious silhouettes embody endurance and survival. From a painting to another, cacti push through the wreckage, stubborn and alive. For many years, Tiscornia’s work grapples with displacement, memory, uncertainty, ... More
FRIBOURG.- The board of the Association Fri-Art and the entire team are delighted to announce that Kathrin Bentele has been appointed new artistic director of Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, starting in October 2025. The board emphasizes Kathrin Bentele’s distinct curatorial practice, which she has developed over the past four years as director of the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Düsseldorf, testifying to a profound understanding of the institution as a site of production, mediation, collective exchange and dialogue. The board has particularly appreciated her overall curatorial concept for the Kunsthalle Friart, which develops across various artistic formats and fosters a dialogue between international and Swiss artists, as well as artists and cultural workers from Fribourg. “Since its foundation, the Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg has been distinguished by an experimental and independent exhibition making practice – developed ... More
TUCSON, AZ.- This spring, the Center for Creative Photography (CCP) at the University of Arizona reaches a milestone as it celebrates 50 years of leading exhibitions, programs, and scholarship that have shaped the field of photography. The CCP will mark the anniversary with Picture Party: Celebrating the Collection at 50, a playful and wide-ranging exhibition that revels in the depth and breadth of the CCP’s holdings. “Picture Party opens what promises to be a wonderful year for us here at the CCP,” said Todd J. Tubutis, director of the CCP. “Fifty years of a cultural institution is no small achievement—especially one dedicated to a single medium—and what makes this anniversary even more meaningful is that it comes at a time of great strength for the CCP. We have internationally touring exhibitions and loans from the collection, extremely popular programs serving both campus ... More
Tania Franco Klein, Dear Stranger (Self-portrait), from Proceed To The Route, 2020.
SANTA MONICA, CA.- ROSEGALLERY will exhibit works by Tania Franco Klein at the 2025 edition of The Photography Show, presented by AIPAD (The Association of International Photography Art Dealers). Tania Franco Klein is an artist based in Mexico City whose multidisciplinary practice investigates themes of modern anxiety, media overstimulation, and the pressures of self-optimization. With a background in architecture, Franco Klein constructs immersive installations that combine large-scale cinematic photographs, murals, and video. Her work engages with the fragmented nature of contemporary existence, exploring how individuals navigate identity, solitude, and performative behavior in a hyper-connected world. In her series Proceed to the Route, Franco Klein reflects on the disorienting nature of modern navigation and progress. Inspired by the GPS command that urges users back on track, her work presents anonymous ... More
Kojo Marfo, Minds In Motion, 2025. Acrylic on canvas, 76 3/4 x 72 in. 195 x 183 cm.
DUBAI.- JD Malat Gallery Dubai is presenting its first Solo Exhibition by Ghanaian contemporary Afro-Surrealist artist Kojo Marfo, « HOME: Heart Of My Existence ». This marks Marfo’s inaugural exhibition in the United Arab Emirates, offering audiences a profound exploration of the concept of HOME through the lens of Afro Surrealism. Marfo’s journey began in Ghana, where he was deeply influenced by Akan artifacts, sculptures, and carvings. His passion for art led him to New York in the 1990s, where he immersed himself in the city’s dynamic graffiti scene and rich African art collections. Now based in London, Marfo has exhibited internationally, with notable shows in Paris, Tokyo, New York, Barcelona, Amsterdam and London. His previous exhibitions at JD Malat Gallery London, including the acclaimed Crucible of Hope in 2023, have solidified his reputation as a significant voice in the contemporary art scene. HOME: ... More
CALCA, 2025. Installation view at ADA, Rome.
ROME.- CALCA is a multimedia voice performance by Vittoria Totale, part of a series of toponymical dialogues with imaginary friends. Through mythopoesis, these conversations explore the experience of not belonging to any existing ‘home,’ shaped by continuous displacement. Adaptation is made possible by creating intangible, fantastical, and mobile shelters that manifest through language as form and sound. As Calvino says, “One can change a place by inventing a new name.” With each new city, an imaginary friend emerged—figures embodying the negotiation with the intrinsic an-other, uncensored and empowered. The might of collectivity—’we are many’— translates into an individual practice that embraces multiplicity as a condition of expression. For Vittoria, such friends have taken the form of Erme, multi-headed deities overseeing and protecting boundaries, as seen in the Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo or on the Ponte Fabricio. These ever-evolving fantastical ... More
Mutantes - divulgação disco Novo. Photo; Adriana Moraes.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) announces the fourth annual Summer for the City, welcoming all New Yorkers and visitors from around the world to a season grounded in the city’s global cultural traditions, innovative spirit, and deep sense of community—all for free or Choose-What-You-Pay. Now an anticipated summer tradition, the festival has served more than 1 million visitors since launching in 2022. The 2025 festival offers a bold lineup of multidisciplinary performances across the Lincoln Center campus, including world and New York premieres, participatory events, and more—all within transformed outdoor spaces that are destinations for a range of artistic experiences and spaces for respite for New Yorkers during the summer months. “The live performing arts are fundamental to who we are and to summer in New York City,” said Mariko Silver, President and CEO of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. ... More
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Lisson Gallery now representing Dalton Paula LONDON.- Lisson Gallery announced its representation of Brazilian artist, researcher, and educator Dalton Paula (b.1982). Known for his powerful engagement with Afro-Brazilian traditions, Paula foregrounds the lives of undocumented Black figures whose contributions to society have been overlooked. Through his practice in painting, photography, video, performance and installation, he helps preserve and continue bodies of wisdom and communities hidden or forgotten by official historiographies. The artist will present a new body of work for his debut exhibition with Lisson Gallery, opening in New York in September 2025. Lisson Gallery (London, New York, Los Angeles, Beijing, Shanghai) will represent Paula in collaboration with Martins&Montero (São Paulo, Brussels) and Cerrado Galeria de Arte (Brasília, Goiânia). Just as the Black personages he depicts were excised ... More
Sixth Asia Triennial Manchester unveils its curatorial assembly and theme MANCHESTER.- Since 2008, the Asia Triennial Manchester (ATM) has brought together international artists, audiences and institutions to celebrate Asia through different themes, and explore the complexity of the British Asian diaspora. ATM’s objective is to develop new collaborative curatorial models that share and create contemporary visual art, reaching new audiences and communities. The Triennial has a history of building diversity agendas, curatorial development initiatives, and producing new commissions across exhibitions, collaborations, experimental workshops and research projects. Past ATM themes include Protest (2008), Time and Generation (2011), Conflict and Compassion (2016), Who Do You Think You Are (2018), and Love Thy Neighbours (2021). The starting point of the sixth edition of the Asia Triennial Manchester (ATM6) is an urgent ... More
Handbags Online: The Paris Edit featuring Unlocking the Orange Dream Part II PARIS.- Christie's will present its Handbags Online: The Paris Edit Featuring Unlocking the Orange Dream Part II sale. Taking place from April 15 to 29, the sale will present more than 280 exceptional handbags, mainly by Hermès, as well as iconic pieces by Chanel, Vuitton and Dior. The sale will feature the second part of Unlocking the Orange Dream: Handbags from an Important Private Collection. Following last November's success with €2.6 million in total sales, this collection offers a new series of more than 50 Hermès handbags, including rare and iconic models. Unlocking the Orange Dream: Part II showcases genuine examples of Hermès craftsmanship and innovation. The handbags on offer include the Tropical Faubourg Birkin 35 (€32,000-38,000) which is alluring with its vibrant jungle-inspired colors, evoking adventure and freedom. The Kelly en Désordre is a bold ... More
Gallery Vžigalica presents Mischa Kuball: if walls could tell LJUBLJANA.- The transnational project if walls could tell, by artist Mischa Kuball, questions art institutions with regard to their permeability to broader social groups within a community. In various cities across Southeastern Europe, the walls will be installed in public spaces, symbolizing museum or gallery walls. Like a filter, these walls will collect all “traces” of cultural and urban expressions amid people’s urban lives, away from the cultural institutions to which they refer. Once marked by the environment and the people, the stage then returns to its institutional context; securing the traces left behind or for further inscription. Acting as a catalyst in this context, Mischa Kuball opens up the space to all citizens, who in turn become direct content producers, participants, and co-authors in the production of a collaborative artwork. They are thus regarded as political subjects who should ... More
Heritage Auctions unveils world's greatest Chanel handbag collection DALLAS, TX.- In Jeff Pryor's view, something good can come from something bad. In his case, the bad was a devastating illness that kept him bedridden for nearly a year, and the good was a quest that resulted in the World's Greatest Chanel Handbag Collection — an incomparable assemblage that Heritage Auctions will present on May 8. Three years ago, the lifelong musician and CEO of a California-based medical equipment company was fighting for his life. After surviving a cardiac aneurysm and open-heart surgery, Pryor developed a serious infection in his sternum. His condition was so dire that doctors told him his future was uncertain and that he should get his affairs in order. “In my mind, ‘getting my affairs in order' meant that I needed to do something with the creative, artistic part of my brain that made me a musician, that made me see things a little differently,” he says. ... More
Tony Walton's dreamscapes: Heritage Auctions unveils a designer's legacy on May 16 DALLAS, TX.- Tony Walton was an Oscar-winning scenic and costume designer whose work across stage and screen didn’t just decorate stories — it brought them to life. From the captivating streets of Mary Poppins to the bold Tony-winning sets of Guys and Dolls, Walton, who died in 2022 at age 87, left an indelible mark on both stage and screen. His five Oscar nominations, three Tony Awards and an Emmy only hint at the breadth of a career that spanned Broadway, Hollywood and beyond, earning him a reputation as a chameleon of design who never repeated himself. On May 16, 2025, Heritage Auctions will present the Tony Walton: Designer of Dreams Auction, offering collectors a rare chance to own pieces of his extraordinary legacy — sketches, models, costumes and more — while supporting a cause close to his theatrical heart with a portion of proceeds benefiting Broadway ... More
MUDEC - Museo delle Culture presents Travelogue: Stories of journeys, migration and diaspora MILAN.- MUDEC (Museum of Cultures, Milan) presents its new cross-cultural project, Travelogue: Stories of journeys, migration and diaspora. Dedicated to the theme of travel and curated by Katya Inozemtseva and Sara Rizzo, the exhibition highlights the genesis of MUDEC’s collections, made up of artifacts donated by enthusiasts, travelers and researchers. Starting from the “materiality” of travel (means of transportation, souvenirs, suitcases, etc.), the exhibition opens up a new perspective for a different understanding not only of tourism/travel, but also of the migrations and diasporas that have marked and continue to mark recent history. Migration is at the heart of the site-specific installation by Albanian artist Adrian Paci (b. 1969) that preceded the exhibition in November 2024. Il vostro cielo fu mare, il vostro mare fu cielo [Your sky was sea, your sea was sky] is set up in the Agora, the ... More
Adam Lerner to conclude tenure at Palm Springs Art Museum PALM SPRINGS, CALIF.- Palm Springs Art Museum announced today that Adam Lerner, JoAnn McGrath Executive Director / CEO, will conclude his tenure at the end of his current contract. After four impactful years at the helm, Lerner has made the decision not to renew his contract, marking the end of a dynamic chapter in the museum’s history. Since joining the museum in 2021, Lerner has led with vision, creativity, and a deep commitment to community and culture. Under his leadership, the museum has expanded its artistic reach, reenergized its programming, and strengthened its position as a vital and inclusive cultural institution in the Coachella Valley. “Adam’s tenure has been nothing short of transformative,” states Jane Emison, Chair of the Board of Trustees. “He brought fresh energy to the museum at a pivotal time. His leadership helped shape a more connected and ... More
Air de Paris opens 'Random Access Memory' PARIS.- Why are we drawn to the strange? What is it about being unsettled, haunted, or even outright disturbed that keeps pulling us back? From horror films, true crime and sci-fi to gothic novels, there’s a vast array of pop culture built around feeding our craving for unease. As these genres only seem to grow in popularity, it’s worth asking: is this simply catharsis, or is something else at play? Many have theorized the strange and its aesthetics, starting with Freud who in 1919 defined the Uncanny as the realm of the strangely familiar, that which brings us back to something that was once known1. More recently, Mark Fisher distinguished two main categories of cultural productions concerned with the strange, in The Weird and the Eerie2. The Weird is that which does not belong — a rupture in the familiar, something intruding that shouldn’t be there. The Eerie, meanwhile, is defined by absence ... More
"Teralyn Brown: Overgrown" exhibition of etchings now on view at Tandem Press MADISON, WI .- Tandem Press is hosting Overgrown, a Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Teralyn Brown, University of Wisconsin-Madison MFA Candidate and 2024-2025 Tandem Press Studio Curatorial Project Assistant. In an effort to make sense of life and the human experience, Teralyn Brown creates etchings of abandoned furniture found amongst nature and along roadsides. In these images that embody the essence of change, grief, and hope in the face of the unknown, Brown navigates uncomfortable themes through the familiar anonymity of typically comfortable furniture. Teralyn Brown is a printmaking artist and educator from Mountain View, California, currently residing in Madison, Wisconsin. Characterized by highly detailed linework and faceless portraiture, Brown’s work explores the shared humanity of messiness and the uncomfortable embrace ... More
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On a day like today, Mexican architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez was born
April 16, 1919. Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (April 16, 1919 - April 16, 2013) was a late twentieth century Mexican architect. He was born in Mexico City. He was persuaded to study architecture by writer and poet Carlos Pellicer. In this image: National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
