Through this piece, Blanco invites the public to reflect on the importance of caring for the environment, honoring heritage, and embracing the complexity of all of our identities.
ORLANDO, FLA.- Renowned American artist Mateo Blanco stands out for using unusual materials to create works of art. This time he’s using his artistic innovative approach to share his personal story through unconventional materials. Blanco’s Born of Two Lands Flag (2024–2025) will be on display at the Museum of Art – DeLand April 17 to August 31, offering visitors an opportunity to engage with a work that redefines national identity, personal history and cultural fusion. Crafted from textiles with natural dye from the Mata Raton Tree, Almendro Tree, coconut, cilantro and achiote, the flag is an organic palette that connects Blanco to his Colombian roots, exploring his unique identity as a Colombian-American. “This flag in Colombian textiles is me,” said Blanco. “The flag is one of the most recognizable symbols of the United States, a re ... More
Jose Dávila, The fact of constantly returning to the same point or situation, 2024. Silkscreen print and vinyl paint on loomstate linen, 35 x 28.3 x 3 cm. 14 x 11 x 1 in.
PARIS.- Almine Rech Paris, Turenne is presenting 'Half Empty, Half Full', Jose Dávila's first solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from March 15 to April 19, 2025. "My body is the pivot of the world." This is how French philosopher Maurice Merleau Ponty expressed the relative nature of thought, which is inextricably linked to our experience. From this gray area of subjectivity emerge countless possibilities held by objects once they have become the mirror of our perception. This is exactly what we find throughout the work of Jose Dávila, whose sculptures, paintings, and environments seek less to be seen than to sharpen the act of seeing by revealing the contextual dimension of the elements composing them. The artist’s titles are enigmatic and sometimes tinged with humor, already invoking the polysemy that is inseparable from reality with its inherent contradictions. This exhibition is about measure, with its title, 'Half Empty, Half Full,' embodying ... More
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), architect, Point View Residences for the Edgar J. Kaufmann Charitable Trust (Scheme II), 1952, Ink, pencil, and color pencil on tracing paper, 34-1/2 x 29 in., The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York), 5310.001.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Building Museum announced today that it will extend its Frank Lloyd Wright’s Southwestern Pennsylvania exhibition through Sunday, October 5, 2025. This exhibition is a journey into the famed architect’s mind, articulating—for the first time—his broader creative vision. Presenting both realized and unrealized projects Wright designed for the Southwest Pennsylvania region from the 1930s through the 1950s, the exhibition examines how Wright’s vision of the future might have impacted urban, suburban, and rural landscapes. Realistic animated films, created by Skyline Ink Animators + Illustrators, provide a virtual exploration of five unrealized Wright projects for Southwestern Pennsylvania including: 1. a monumental reimagining of the ... More
PARIS.- Marian Goodman Gallery is presenting Jongsuk Yoon's first exhibition in France. The presentation highlights her colorful pictorial work, with ten new oils on canvas and four gouaches on paper. Somewhere between abstraction and figuration, Yoon's 'landscapes of the mind' lie at the crossroads of Western Abstract Expressionism and the Asian pictorial tradition, and the title of the exhibition, Far East, subtly underlines the artist's deep connection with her native country, which she left thirty years ago. The Far East to which Yoon refers is both spatial and temporal, physical and mental. It is the Korea of her childhood, referencing in particular the countryside near Onyang where she grew up until age thirteen, living in close proximity to rivers and mountain ranges. The ethereal quality of her environs left an indelible impression that is reflected in her paintings, which do not convey faithful representations of her memories but rather vibrant and poetic visions of nature. Thus, the ... More
Vivian Maier, Chicago, 1962. Gelatin Silver Print; printed later. Image Size: 12 x 12 inches. Paper Size: 20 x 16 inches.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The majority collection of Vivian Maier’s negatives, film, and prints capture urban and domestic spheres, as well as more intimate moments through self-portraiture. As an unsuspecting nanny with a sharp wit and observant eye, the artist's work reflects a curiosity and keenness to interpret the world around her, and an unrelenting dedication to document everyday life from the vantage point of the streets using a medium-fomat Rolleiflex camera with waist-level viewfinder. Much of her work was shot outdoors or as she traveled with camera in hand, sometimes with the children she nannied in tow. Born in New York and raised in France, Maier spent some forty years working as a nanny in the Chicago area. Described as a ‘free-spirit’ and “quasi ‘Mary Poppins’ figure” by her former charges, Maier was a fiercely private individual. Though she could often be found out on the streets taking photographs, Maier appeared to outsiders as little more than a dedicated h ... More
Aristide Maillol, La Nuit, conceived 1ç08 / cast during the artist’s lifetime Patinated bronze, 6¹⁵⁄₁₆ × 4¹³⁄₁₆ × 4½ inches (17.6 × 12.2 × 11.5 cm). Edition 3 of 4.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lévy Gorvy Dayan opened an exhibition of sculptures by Aristide Maillol (1861–1944) in conversation with new paintings by Danielle Orchard (b. 1985), created on the occasion of the exhibition. Staging a dialogue between painting and sculpture that is beyond time, the exhibition represents visions of form, volume, and line, explored through the female figure. Central to the practices of both artists is the woman as muse. Here, in scenes domestic and natural, Orchard depicts physical and psychological insights gained in her experiences as a new mother—an infant shares each composition with her female protagonists. Maillol often said, “I invent nothing, no more than the apple tree can pretend to have invented its apples.” His works and those of Orchard are both marked by the impulse towards, in the words of art historian John Rewald, “the expression of truth and the balance of forms.” For Maillol, the pursuit of the female figure became the artist’s sole ... More
Installation view of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Picasso for Asia—A Conversation, 2025. Photo: Lok Cheng. Image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong.
HONG KONG.- M+, Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, presents The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Picasso for Asia—A Conversation. The special exhibition is a rich intercultural and intergenerational dialogue between more than sixty masterpieces by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) from the Musée national Picasso-Paris (MnPP), which holds the largest collection of works by Picasso in the world, and over eighty works by thirty Asian and Asian-diasporic artists from the M+ Collections and select loans from a museum, a foundation, and private collections. Co-organised by M+ and MnPP, this exhibition is a significant milestone in which masterpieces from MnPP are being shown alongside works from a museum collection in Asia for the first time. It is also the first major showcase of Picasso’s works in Hong Kong in over a decade, offering an unprecedented and unique ... More
Reza Derakshani, Tree of Life, 2024. Oil, enamel, and gold paste on canvas, 203 x 153 cm.
DUBAI.- Leila Heller Gallery is presenting 'I Paint Your Grace, I Paint Your Pain, I Paint Love', a solo exhibition of paintings by renowned Iranian-American artist, Reza Derakshani. A pivotal figure in the canon of contemporary art, Derakshani has established a legacy that spans decades, with works housed in major institutional and private collections worldwide (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; British Museum, London; Museum Gunzenhauser, Germany; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg). In this latest presentation, Derakshani presents a selection of never-before-exhibited works that engage with themes of memory, identity, and transformation. The exhibition features works from three of his celebrated series: The Hunt / Riders, Day and Night / Fig Leaf, and Migration / Grey Zone. Marking his first solo show in half a decade, these works offer a rare opportunity to experience the breadth of Derakshani’s artistic vision, where past and present ... More
Prayer of a Thousand Years by Junko Narita, H22 7/8 x W8 1/4 x D8 5/8 in, H581 × W210 × D219 mm
NEW YORK, NY.- Ippodo Gallery announced the grand opening of their new flagship location in New York’s historic TriBeCa district at 35 N. Moore Street, beginning a new chapter in the gallery’s history as a leading bridge to Japanese kogei art since 2008. The inaugural exhibition, Light and Abundance: Gold in Japanese Art, coinciding with Asia Week New York celebrates the immutable beauty of gold featuring a group of fourteen master artists’ latest pieces in lacquer, metal, Nihonga painting, and ceramics from March 13 to April 17, 2025. The pure material, never to tarnish nor rust, is the object of fascination and admiration for more than a thousand years in Japan. Gold represents divinity, the eternal, and symbolizes spiritual enlightenment since ancient times, serving to cover statues of Buddha, temples like Kinkaku- ji in Kyoto, and the feudal lord Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s famous Gold Tea Room. Under shadows the gold leaf adorned folding byobu screen thrives; “in the darkness, ... More
Fraser’s interventionist art is concentrated within several fundamental artistic and intellectual domains.
WARSAW.- The exhibition Art Must Hang presents a survey of the work of American artist Andrea Fraser, a leading figure in institutional critique within the art world, whose recent work also encompasses socio-political research, psychology, and the affective experience of increasingly polarized societies. Fraser’s oeuvre, comprising artistic works and numerous texts and publications, is pivotal in delineating the mechanisms of power and the ‘production of goods’ within contemporary art. For over three decades, she has examined the social, financial, and affective economies of cultural organisations, groups, and individuals. Her consistent artistic strategies draw upon Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of culture, psychoanalysis, and the principles of pluralism and democracy. Fraser’s writings are integral to her artistic practice. In the foreword to Museum Highlights (2005), a compilation of her essays and performance scripts from 1985–2003, which explores and reveals the ... More
Installation view. David Opdyke: Waiting for the Future at Cristin Tierney Gallery, 2025. Photo: Mikhail Mishin.
NEW YORK, NY.- Cristin Tierney Gallery is presenting Waiting for the Future, a solo exhibition of new works by David Opdyke. This is the artist's first solo show at the gallery and his first solo exhibition in New York since his 2022 presentation at the Climate Museum. The exhibition will be on view through April 26th, 2025. Characterized by its meticulous attention to detail and use of found objects, David Opdyke’s practice interrogates globalization, consumerism, and humanity’s fraught relationship with the environment. Since 2016, he has used hand-modified landscape postcards, transforming nostalgic imagery into pointed commentaries on climate change and its impact on the American landscape and politics. Through these carefully altered compositions, Opdyke merges the past and the future, presenting both urgent and inevitable visions of environmental upheaval. Sourcing hundreds of vintage souvenir postcards from eBay, Opdyke constructs large- ... More
LONDON.- "Geometries/Epiphanies" is the first exhibition of work by the Italian photographer Mario Cresci (b.1941) in the Uk. The selection shows Cresci’s experimental photography practice, which draws inspiration from Pop Art, Conceptual art and Industrial design, and his long-term artistic project documenting the southern Italian town of Matera. In the early 1970s, Cresci collaborated with the interdisciplinary research group Polis to produce an urban study of Tricarico, a village close to Matera, the territory had become a symbol of southern Italian 'backwardness' in the years following the publication of Carlo Levi’s memoir 'Cristo si è fermato a Eboli'. Cresci was encouraged to use his camera to open dialogues with local residents and give them an opportunity to represent themselves through their histories and traditions, such as farming and craftsmanship. The project ... More
Tomasz Kręcicki, Lifting, 2024. Oil on canvas, 159 x 117 cm.
BERLIN.- Esther Schipper opened Move, Tomasz Kręcicki’s second solo exhibition after his first one in the Seoul gallery in 2024. On view are all new paintings. Tomasz Kręcicki’s conceptual approach brings a cinematic dimension to the exhibition, where each painting functions as a storyboard frame, with details that invite viewers to construct their own narrative. The story of this exhibition is about a move that begins when we enter the space. Evoking an entire parallel realm of impressions and even sensations, Kręcicki’s paintings become stepping stones for our imagination: The monumentally enlarged details of seemingly ordinary objects amount to brief glimpses, in close-ups, of a narrative that extends into the past and, importantly, will continue. Events are foreshadowed, creating a viewing experience full of anticipation and suspense. At times, we can even imagine we are hearing a sound, smelling a characteristic scent, or indeed begin to ... More
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Emerging creative excellence on show in Top Arts 2025 MELBOURNE.- From a large-scale copper work embossed with Braille text to a series of paintings inspired by an Arctic Monkeys album, Top Arts 2025 returns in its 31st year to showcase the incredible creativity of Victoria's young emerging artists. Opening 14 March at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, this year's exhibition celebrates the exceptional talent and dedication of 40 students from across Victoria who have excelled in the VCE subjects of Art Making and Exhibiting and Art Creative Practice. The selected works span across diverse mediums from moving image and digital media to drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, textiles and sculpture. The works present compelling themes of cultural identity, as students explore their personal stories through art, while also examining the beauty of everyday life and broader themes of knowledge, and nature. ... More
Adelaide Festival draws to a triumphant close ADELAIDE.- The 2025 Adelaide Festival has truly fulfilled its promise, as Australia’s premier international festival. This year’s 40th edition showcased an extraordinary program, featuring breathtaking performances across all genres and a global lineup of world-class artists and creators. Together they celebrated the transformative power of art in its many forms leaving audiences inspired. In addition to its artistic triumphs, the Adelaide Festival has achieved a remarkable financial turnaround, combining artistic excellence with a strong fiscal performance. The Festival is proud to project a robust six figure surplus for this financial year. This success is the result of the vision, dedication and hard work of a talented and dynamic team, with meticulous financial planning, innovative partnerships, strategic marketing and an unwavering commitment to excellence. ... More
Cascadia Art Museum announces landmark financial gift and historic art collection donation EDMONDS, WA.- Cascadia Art Museum announced a transformative gift from Mike and Lynn Garvey. Their generous contribution includes a significant financial donation and a promised gift of more than 75 paintings, forming the largest collection of early American Northwest paintings ever donated to a museum from a private collection. This exceptional body of work features rare and historically significant pieces that have remained largely unseen by the public—until now. The collection includes masterworks by renowned artists such as Sydney Laurence, John Fery, Eustace Ziegler, and William Trost Richards, offering an unparalleled glimpse into the landscapes, culture, and communities of the Pacific Northwest. In recognition of their extraordinary generosity, the museum will name a dedicated space the Garvey Family Gallery and unveil the collection through ... More
OFF-Biennale Budapest 2025 to present: Poems of Unrest BUDAPEST.- This year, OFF-Biennale marks a decade of collaborative efforts as a grassroots organization, having established and maintained an independent platform that challenges the illiberal cultural status quo in Hungary. The 5th anniversary edition will take place across various venues in Budapest from May 8 to June 15, 2025, followed by events in several European cities—Vienna, Amsterdam, and Limerick—through various partnerships. This year’s theme revolves around the concept of “security”—a term often invoked and distorted in public discourse, largely shaped by populist right-wing rhetoric. The title of the Biennale, Poems of Unrest, references a work by artist and activist Robert Gabris, which introduces new techniques for collective productivity and imagination to help navigate the present. The Biennale comprises numerous projects at different ... More
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center presents Water/Bodies: Sa'dia Rehman POUGHKEEPSIE, NY.- The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar has collaborated with artist and researcher, Sa’dia Rehman on a new exhibition, Water/Bodies:Sa’dia Rehman, the centerpiece of which is a massive site-responsive wall drawing that engages critically with Vassar’s founding collection of Hudson River School art. Breaking with these nineteenth-century paintings’ idealized pastoral representations, Rehman’s drawing makes visible latent themes of empire, religion, and Manifest Destiny that undergird the Hudson Valley, as well as global histories of dam-induced displacement of water and people. “One of many remarkable things about Sa’dia’s work is their use of nontraditional materials, and how these connect to and advance their ideas and research. Materials like rebar, clay on burlap, repurposed cardboard boxes, gauze, ... More
Corpus Cosmos" explores the body's intersection with belief and knowledge UPPSALA.- The exhibition Corpus Cosmos seeks a dialogue on body experiences in the borderland between believing and knowing. The Latin word corpus indicates the body in medicine, and the Greek word cosmos indicates the idea of an organised universe. Uppsala Art Museum is located in a city centre very much defined by the presence of the university and cathedral. In Corpus Cosmos, the historical reflections range from mediaeval mysticism to Baroque anatomical demonstrations. The anatomical theatre at Gustavianum in Uppsala, initiated and built by Olof Rudbeck the Elder (1630–1702), became an important site, as a temple of science and of the Renaissance perspective on the body as a microcosm. The pious 17th-century man imagined that the soul existed in every part of the body: “The soul is found whole in our whole body and ... More
Eloise Hess' "Early Morning Tomorrow" opens at von ammon's new Georgetown location WASHINGTON, DC.- von ammon is presenting the inaugural show in its new location at 3210 Grace Street in Georgetown, a solo of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Eloise Hess. We are honored to debut the space with Hess’ first major solo exhibition in the United States. Early Morning Tomorrow is a sequence of twenty-seven small paintings: approximately five by eight inches, the common scale of the erstwhile tradition of one-hour photo processing.The number of paintings represents the number of photographs on a disposable camera. The content of the paintings is the colloquial stuff of a family home and its environs: sun-warmed window panes, mountain-lined lakes, the television, the pool, the playground, the dog. Surrounding each of these scenes is a bleary vignette of darkness, as if each resides at the end of a tunnel. This shadowy frame, we will find, ... More
"INDEX" at Casemore Gallery: NIAD artists join established names in exploration of form and color SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Casemore Gallery announces INDEX, a group exhibition featuring painting, sculpture, prints, and mixed media works by NIAD Art Center artists Karen May, Marlon Mullen, Maria Radilla, Shawn Sanders, Danny Thach, Jonathan Valdivias, and Arstanda Billy White alongside Theo Baransky, Alex Bradley Cohen, Michael Hall, Chris Johanson, Corita Kent, Sahar Khoury, Christopher Knowles, Michael Mangino, Alicia McCarthy, Ruby Neri, and Evelyn Reyes. In 1986, Marlon Mullen began practicing at NIAD Art Center, a progressive art studio for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Since 2012, his paintings have primarily employed covers and advertisements from glossy art magazines such as Artforum, ARTnews, or Art in America as source material. Mullen paints with his canvas flat on the table, and the publication he has ... More
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On a day like today, Romanian-French artist Constantin Brâncuși died
June 16, 1957. Constantin Brâncuși (February 19, 1876 - March 16, 1957) was a Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in France. Considered a pioneer of modernism, one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th-century, Brâncuși is called the patriarch of modern sculpture. In this image: The 1911 gilded bronze sculpture "Prometheus" by Constantin Brancusi is displayed during a preview of "Brancusi Serra" at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
