TURIN.- Musei Reali di Torino is presenting the exhibition titled “From Botticelli to Mucha. Beauty, Nature, Seduction”, a journey through beauty depicted in its various facets. The exhibition’s 11 rooms and 10 sections present, from a completely fresh perspective, more than one hundred works originating from the immense holdings of Musei Reali di Torino, from the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, and from other prestigious institutions and Italian and international collections. Masterpieces of different eras, types, and origins dialogue with one another on the theme of beauty interpreted through myth, the allure of the antique, and the wonder of nature – as well as the wonder inherent to the world of women and depicted with exemplary grace and sensuality. Starting from the glorious Renaissance and through the years of the Belle Époque, the exhibition features works by Sandro Botticelli – creator of timeless female figures like his famed Venus (1485- 1490) now in the Savoy ... More
LONDON.- Gagosian opened I Do Not Come to You by Chance, an exhibition of new work by Amoako Boafo. Titled after Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s 2009 novel, it marks the artist’s debut at Gagosian London and his first solo presentation in the United Kingdom. The exhibition incorporates paintings into a transformative and involving design conceived by the artist in collaboration with architect Glenn DeRoche of DeRoche Projects—who previously worked with Boafo on dot.ateliers | Ogbojo, the writers’ and curators’ residency program he established in Ogbojo, Ghana, in 2024—and extends his exploration of space and community. Boafo’s portraits celebrate the Black figure in a spirit of authenticity and joy, countering the flawed narrative of stereotypes through images that elevate their subjects. Focused on Black identity, his paintings prompt a reexamination of the Western understanding of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora, exploring intimacy, ... More
HONG KONG.- Christie's announced Baby Boom by Jean-Michel Basquiat as the top highlight of the 21st Century Evening Sale taking place on May 14 at Christie’s New York during the Spring Marquee Week (estimate: $20 – 30 million). With a title referencing the rise in birthrates post-World War II, the work is a triple portrait believed to depict the artist alongside his parents—from left to right the figures are Basquiat, his father Gerard and his mother Matilda. Baby Boom was executed in 1982, known as Basquiat’s annus mirabilis, both a pivotal moment in his career and a highly coveted year for collectors, during which he created seven of his top 10 priced artworks. Isabella Lauria, Head of 21st Century Evening Sale, Christie’s, remarks: “First shown in the Fun Gallery in 1982, this is an exemplary Basquiat stretcher bar painting ... More
Emma Webster, Woodside, 2025. Oil on linen. 243.8 × 182.9 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. Photo: Marten Elder.
HONG KONG.- Perrotin is presenting Vapors, an exhibition of paintings by British-American artist Emma Webster, marking her solo debut in Hong Kong. The 11 canvases, painted during the Los Angeles fires this January, show ethereal, empty landscapes imbued with an unsettling, atmospheric calm. Some paintings suggest the arrival of unfathomable calamity, while others impart the cool surrender of catastrophic aftermath. In these works, Webster invents a wholly new genre of painting that blurs the boundaries between plein-air landscape, still-life, and virtual reality. Last year, California—where the artist currently works and resides— experienced a record-breaking dry season, which ultimately contributed to the recent wildfire in LA, wiping out entire ecosystems and neighborhoods. The world watched online as Pacific Palisades, the neighborhood where Webster’s maternal family is from, burned to the ground. Despite the urgency to ... More
ROME.- Something in the Water is the title of the exhibition by the MAXXI Art Department, curated by Oscar Tuazon (Seattle, 1975) with Elena Motisi as associate curator. The exhibition explores water as a metaphor and as an element that resists all attempts to be shaped: an essential medium for artists, a pure mirror. Featuring a new, previously unseen work produced in Rome, the exhibition at MAXXI marks a new chapter in Tuazon’s broader Water School project: a public art initiative that also explores the dynamics and politics linked to access and control over land, water and infrastructure, a holistic practice aimed at creating spaces for gathering and collaboration. Tuazon’s artistic practice, situated in the dialogue between public and private space, moves along fluid boundaries between architecture and activism, privileging relationality over formal purity. His works, born from the interplay between industrial and natural materials - wood, concrete, glass, ... More
Exhibition view of “Satellites” by Nicolas Winding Refn with Hideo Kojima. Courtesy Prada. Photo: Yasuhiro Takagi.
TOKYO.- Prada presents the exhibition “Satellites” conceived by Danish movie director Nicolas Winding Refn with Japanese game creator Hideo Kojima at Prada Aoyama Tokyo from 18 April to 25 August 2025. The fifth floor of Prada Aoyama Tokyo, the iconic building designed by Herzog & de Meuron, hosts “Satellites,” a new collaboration between Refn and Kojima, that highlights their elective affinities, allowing the two authors to transcend the individual dimension and overcome language barriers. These dissolve into a connection fueled by shared thought processes cultivated together for more than a decade, hinting at a future common territory made possible by technologies that blur the boundaries between media. The show transports visitors to a cinema-inspired interior set where suspended images of Refn and Kojima appear, locked in a contemplative conversation as they investigate ... More
VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery is presenting the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of works by Jean Paul Riopelle (1923–2002) in Vancouver’s history. A towering figure in Canadian art, Riopelle remains one of the nation's most significant artists of the twentieth century. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada to mark the centenary celebration of the artist's birth, Riopelle: Crossroads in Time brings together almost 100 works drawn from 20 Canadian and international private and public collections, including two paintings from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s permanent collection. Guest curated by art historian and independent researcher Dr. Sylvie Lacerte, this extensive exhibition offers an original take on Riopelle’s creative output, highlighting his commitment to freedom of expression, his experimental ways ... More
JESOLO.- Following a successful run with "Banksy & Friends: The Art of Rebellion," the JMuseo in Jesolo is set to host a significant exhibition dedicated to the intricate relationship between Pablo Picasso, one of the 20th century's most influential artists, and the women who shaped his life and work. Titled "LOVING PICASSO," the exhibition, opening to the public on April 19th, offers an unprecedented look into the intimate aspects of the Spanish artist's life through the lens of his connections with the female universe, a dimension that profoundly influenced both his personal experiences and his vast artistic output. The exhibition at JMuseo delves into the complex interplay between Picasso's personal life and his creative process, asserting that women were far more than mere aesthetic subjects for the artist. Curated by Piernicola Maria Di Iorio, "Loving Picasso" navigates the multifaceted roles women played – as muses, companions, and even fellow creators – in the artist's journey, ... More
ARLES.- The Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles is hosting a major exhibition devoted to one of the great artists of our time, Sigmar Polke (1941–2010), featuring paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures and films. This exhibition highlights the complexity of the artist’s work, which is tinged with a wicked, unconventional sense of humour, driven by the pleasure of experimentation, and always underpinned by a keen observation of the world and a strong belief system. The featured pieces date from 1963 to 2009 and focus on the medium of painting with which the artist expresses truths about our world, while exploring the idea of a new kind of beauty beyond the conventional. Polke was always a keen analyst and commentator of his time. In France, recognition of his work became significant from the early 1980s onwards. Before Suzanne Pagé presented a major retrospective at the Musée d’art moderne de ... More
Andro Wekua, Wait to Wait (2006). Collectie Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Bruikleen Han Nefkens H+F Mecenaat / Fotografie Bob Goedewaagen.
ROTTERDAM.- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents The stories we tell, a new exhibition in the Depot, opening on April 19th, 2025. This exhibition features large-scale contemporary artworks from the museum’s collection that offer various interpretations and perspectives on history. Curated by Amira Gad, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art—who joined the museum in 2024—the exhibition includes works by artists Anselm Kiefer, Anne Wenzel, Mike Kelley, and Susanna Inglada, amongst others. Through their work, stories are unravelled that help us navigate the past, reflect on the present, and imagine possible futures. The exhibition explores how history is not fixed, but one that is dynamic, and continually being rewritten. The artists in this exhibition offer diverse perspectives on society, crafting narratives about the human condition that expose its complexities, contradictions, and possibilities. They unravel hidden structures and challenge us to rethink what we ... More
Clara, Petrus Camper, 1742-1745. Purchased with the support of the Johan Huizinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and a private donor.
AMSTERDAM.- Clara the rhinoceros was an absolute superstar in the 18th century. Unfamiliar and impressively large, this strange looking animal inspired awe in everyone who saw her. For 17 years she and her Dutch owner toured Europe, visiting royal courts, markets, fairs and carnivals. From Vienna to Paris and from Naples to Copenhagen, royalty, farmers, townsfolk and artists would all come out to admire her, and to capture her likeness. The Rijksmuseum has added to its collection a rare 18th-century terracotta statue of Clara. This exceptional 50-centimetre-tall work, attributed to the Dutch scientist and artist Petrus Camper (Leiden, 1722 – The Hague, 1789), captures the rhinoceros in accurate, naturalistic style. Until now, the only works in the Rijksmuseum collection featuring Clara were drawings. This acquisition at TEFAF was made possible by the support of the Johan Huizinga Fondsvia the Rijksmuseum Fonds, and a private donor. "Having this impressive statue ... More
The sale is led by 45 lots from Stories in Time: A Collection of Exceptional Watches, a collection that represents the culmination of 30 years of passion and dedication to acquiring the rarest of horology timepieces.
DUBAI.- Christie’s announces its bi-annual Watches Online: The Dubai Edit comprising 129 lots, a curated Middle Eastern horology sale offering the finest timepieces in the secondary market from the most desirable and sought-after references in Swiss watchmaking and independent brands. The online auction is live for browsing on 17 April and for bidding 22 April – 1 May. The sale is led by 45 lots from Stories in Time: A Collection of Exceptional Watches, a collection that represents the culmination of 30 years of passion and dedication to acquiring the rarest of horology timepieces. Curated by a distinguished private collector with a discerning eye for excellence, this extraordinary collection features notable names such as Greubel Forsey, Ferdinand Berthoud, Gerald Genta and De Bethune. Notwithstanding their diversity, the watches in this collection are united in one aspect - they represent the very ... More
With a diverse background in curatorial practice and gallery management, Diallo Simon-Ponte is an emerging leader in the contemporary art community.
LOUISVILLE, KY.- The Speed Art Museum announced the appointment of Diallo Simon-Ponte as the institution's inaugural Sam Gilliam Assistant Curator of Artist Programs. This new role will lead the Museum's Gilliam Visiting Artist Program, which creates opportunities for transformative connections between visiting artists, local creatives and the broader community. The Gilliam Visiting Artist Program brings two nationally recognized artists to Louisville each year to connect with local artists, students, and community members. Made possible by the generosity of the Sam Gilliam Foundation, the program honors the legacy of the late artist, who spent his formative years in Louisville. “This program honors Sam’s lifelong commitment to Louisville and Kentucky artists. It provides a meaningful opportunity for the Speed to deepen our relationships with artists by offering time, space, and support for creative exploration—and for meaningful connection with our community,” said Raphaela Platow ... More
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KP Projects Gallery presents J. Otto Seibold : Famous Paintings LOS ANGELES, CA.- The internet has rendered a miraculous similitude to all kinds of images. News pours over us, atrocities, memes, rest in peace posts, Father’s Day pictures (hi, dad!), infographics, food pics… And it all comes in like a soft wash, a gauzy nothing. If a feeling is managed at all, it lasts only a few seconds, then gets obliterated by excess. The “fucks” in J. Otto Seibold’s paintings render a response to such overstimulation, grafting comments onto the barrage of posts. It’s explicit, not for what it says, but because the paintings are, themselves, a representation of time online seeping into the time offline: a rear-view image of the scroll. “I think I paint,” Seibold dm’d me, “to make the clock disappear…” The works are, it follows, hyper-flat, full of 2D architectural renderings, blocks of landscape, broken geometries — all suspended in depthless plains. Populating ... More
Joan Nelson presents "New Mountains," her first New York solo exhibition in nearly 25 years NEW YORK, NY.- Adams and Ollman is presenting New Mountains, an exhibition of works by Joan Nelson with Chapter NY, the artist’s first solo show in New York in nearly 25 years. The exhibition’s title references a 1986 quote by Ursula K. LeGuin: “…if you’re underneath, if you’re kept down, you break out, you subvert… all the maps change. There are new mountains.”1 For both LeGuin and Nelson, speaking truth to power can be a seismic event that forges, however glacially, new foundational terrain for change. Featuring new paintings alongside a selection of Nelson’s intricate miniatures from 2013-14, the show will be on view at the gallery through May 24, 2025. Nelson is known for her ongoing exploration of landscape painting rooted in an engagement with feminism, spiritualism, science fiction, and environmentalism since the 1980s. Her works depict fantastical vistas filled ... More
STRAAT Museum enriched with two new, large-scale works by South African artist family AMSTERDAM.- On the occasion of the exhibition ORIGINS: Family & Legacy, the STRAAT Museum collection has been enriched with two new, large-scale works. They are the artwork Seven by multidisciplinary artist Faith XLVII and a joint father-son canvas titled Seldom Told by Tyler B. Murphy and Keya Tama. These canvases join more than 180 other large-format works, continuing to grow STRAAT's vibrant and diverse collection. Faith XLVII (1979) started her artistic journey in the streets of South Africa in 1997 under the moniker Faith47, she quickly gained international recognition for her evocative graffiti. Over the years, her work has expanded beyond public spaces, from iconic murals to sculpture, video installations, tapestries, and drawings. Her artistic language is an exploration of the spaces where spirit, nature, activism and the ritual intersect, often imbued with a sense of reverence ... More
Exhibition at Drawing Room Hamburg explores tension between global crisis and hope HAMBURG.- The title of the exhibition references a shade of colour that is distributed across the walls of the exhibition space in repetitions of a large-format, monochrome poster; it could equally be a sound that, as a matrix and a background, lies behind and over everything else on display, making it appear in a different, more complex light. Another repeated poster motif, showing several reports from the Los Angeles Fire Department documenting operations since 2021, takes the open-ended character of the colour into a more concrete field: the dystopian and disruptive situation in which our world finds itself right now. Although currently the self-destructive dynamics of our modern, industrialised society and the evident ransacking of our basis for life may no longer be the ‘leading’ issue of concern for society as a whole, the current uproar hardly demonstrates ... More
James Benning announced as 2025 Hoffman Visiting Artist for Documentary Media EVANSTON, IL.- The Block and MFA in Doc Media welcome the groundbreaking American filmmaker for two nights of screening and conversation. James Benning (born 1942) is an influential American experimental filmmaker known for his meditative, landscape-driven films that explore time, space, and perception. A pioneer of structural and slow cinema, Benning has created a distinctive body of work marked by long static shots and minimal editing. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, James Benning has created over 40 films, ranging from 16mm structuralist works in the 1970s to digital landscape meditations in the 21st century. His prolific output and rigorous approach have made him a seminal figure in American avant-garde cinema. He has taught at CalArts since 1987 and continues to shape the field through both his films and mentorship. The Hoffman Visiting ... More
Finalists for the 2025 Young Lions Fiction Award announced by The New York Public Library NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library announces the five finalists for the Young Lions Fiction Award, honoring the work of exceptional young and early-career authors. The finalists are: • ‘Pemi Aguda for Ghostroots • Eliza Barry Callahan for The Hearing Test • Alexander Sammartino for Last Acts • Santiago Jose Sanchez for Hombrecito • Karla Cornejo Villavicencio for Catalina This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Young Lions Fiction Award. Founded in 2001, the Award is given each year to an American writer aged 35 or younger for either a novel or a collection of short stories. Five young fiction writers are selected as finalists by a committee of writers, editors, and librarians. A panel of award judges will select the winner of this year’s $10,000 prize. The winner will be announced during an award ceremony on June 12, 2025 at 7 PM in the Celeste Bartos Forum ... More
PinchukArtCentre and Ukrzaliznytsia unveil Oleksiy Sai's Volya at Kyiv Central Railway Station KYIV.- The sculpture is made from letters that remained from the welcome sign of Liubymivka, a frontline village in the Kherson region. The village was occupied by Russian forces in March 2022 and later liberated by the Ukrainian army on October 3 of the same year. The sign, once a symbol of civic identity, was heavily damaged by artillery and close combat. “We are developing our railway stations. Alongside launching useful services — from bookshops and children’s rooms to bakeries — we are filling them with cultural life: organising exhibitions, installing art pieces, transforming the space into a venue for film shoots and live music, a space that inspires faith and meaning. Oleksiy Sai’s installation Volya is about the resilience of the Ukrainian spirit and the iron character that resonates with every railway worker. This is already our second joint project with the ... More
"Symbiotic Struggles" exhibition at Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art explores nature's delicate balance CHICAGO, IL.- The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents a new exhibition titled Symbiotic Struggles: Lichen and Coral, which brings together the distinctive visions of Sandra Wilcoxon and Margot McMahon. Their work explores the parallels between two of nature's most remarkable symbiotic organisms. The exhibition examines the complex relationships within lichen and coral communities—organisms that survive through cooperation yet face increasing threats in our changing environment. Through their paintings, both artists capture the intricate textures and delicate structures that define these often-overlooked life forms. Wilcoxon's detailed watercolors reveal the subtle color variations and complex patterns found in lichen formations, while McMahon's expressive works interpret coral ecosystems with bold strokes and dynamic compositions. The exhibition invites ... More
Explore the unsung creativity of endpapers at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art AMHERST, MASS.- A new exhibition at The Carle explores the often-overlooked creativity of endpapers—the decorated pages inside a book’s covers—which have become an expanded artistic canvas in contemporary children’s publishing. Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers features art from more than 50 books, ranging from classics such as Blueberries for Sal and The World of Pooh, to three decades of contemporary works by Sophie Blackall, Yas Imamura, Eliza Kinkz, Grace Lin, Jessica Love, Jerry Pinkney, Paloma Valdivia, and others. Endpapers are the pages pasted inside the front and back covers of hard-bound books, helping to bind the rest of the pages to the cover. For artists and designers, endpapers can be a gloriously blank canvas, setting the mood for the story inside with images full of wit, surprise, and deep emotion. Open + Shut will explore ... More
Museum of the Moving Image opens major exhibition "Mission: Impossible-Story and Spectacle" ASTORIA, NY.- Museum of the Moving Image launched a major initiative celebrating the phenomenon of Paramount Pictures’ thrilling Mission: Impossible franchise, ahead of the Memorial Day Weekend 2025 release of the eighth film in the series, Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning. The exhibition spotlights star and producer Tom Cruise’s exceptional commitment to practical stunt work, and explore how the series combines technical ingenuity, personal discipline, and artistic commitment, all in service of storytelling, character development, and performance. The Mission: Impossible experience at MoMI is anchored by Mission: Impossible—Story and Spectacle, an exhibition that immerses visitors in the breathtaking stunts and key dramatic moments of the series, pulling back the curtain to allow insight into story and character development and the planning ... More
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On a day like today, German sculptor Otto Piene was born
April 18, 1928. Otto Piene (18 April 1928 - 17 July 2014) was a German artist specializing in kinetic and technology-based art. He lived and worked in Düsseldorf; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Groton, Massachusetts. In this image: MIT List Visual Arts Center exhibition "Otto Piene: Lichtballett." October 21, 2011 - December 31, 2011.
