First shown in 1998, Public Figures has only grown in significance as artists and protestors contest the valorisation of powerful individuals. Do Ho Suh, Public Figures (1998–2023). Jesmonite, aluminium, polyester resin. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London. Hundreds of resin figures...
Jesse Darling won the prize in 2023 over fellow nominees Ghislaine Leung, Rory Pilgrim, and Barbara Walker. Who's in the running this year? Nominees for Britain's most prestigious contemporary art award, The Turner Prize, were announced at London's Tate Britain this morning. They are Pio...
The museum hopes its way of accounting for the environmental impacts of exhibitions will be replicated by partner institutions in Southern California and by others around the world. Mark Dion, Studies for Excavations (2023). Illustration. Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los...
Adriano Pedrosa's Stranieri Ovunque—Foreigners Everywhere (20 April to 24 November 2024) has an inclusive remit. The Brazilian curator's exhibitions at both the Central Pavilion and the Arsenale privilege historically marginalised artists—whether queer, outsider, folk, Indigenous, and/or from the Global South—some of whom have never previously...
A preview exhibition of the auctions' most prized lots takes place in the Big Apple from 3 May 2024. Leonora Carrington, Les Distractions de Dagobert (1945). Tempera on Masonite, 74.9 by 86.7 cm. Estimate: U.S. $12–18 million. Courtesy Sotheby's. Works by Francis Bacon, Lucio Fontana, and...
On a sunny afternoon in April at the Spazio Ravà in Venice, Maria Madeira brought a dark period in Timor's history into the present, activating the space and shining a light on the experiences of women during the Timorese fight for independence. Madeira is one of...
The prizes for the best presentations at the 60th Venice Biennale went to indigenous artists from the other side of the world—New Zealand and Australia. Mataaaho Collective receiving the Golden Lion for Best Participant in the International Exhibition. Photo: Andrea Avezzu. The Venice Biennale's jury named...
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Seoul's latest international art fair Art OnO, which opened on 18 April with a VIP preview at the Seoul Trade Exhibition and Convention (SETEC), is now open to the public from 19 to 21 April 2024. Art OnO at SETEC, Seoul. Courtesy Art OnO. The modest...
New Zealand's leading art fair changed venues under new ownership this year. How did it go? Aotearoa Art Fair 2024 at Auckland's Viaduct Event Centre. Photo: Sam Gaskin. There's a one-armed hug you sometimes see at art openings. It's the embrace of two people who want...