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  • The Best Booths at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, From Surrealist Fantasias to Afro-Brazilian Imaginings

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    The Best Booths at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, From Surrealist Fantasias to Afro-Brazilian Imaginings

  • Frick Inks Three-Year Partnership with Louis Vuitton, with Support for Exhibitions and Free Fridays

    The Frick Collection in New York has announced a three-year partnership with Louis Vuitton that will see the fashion house sponsor a number of initiatives at the museum. Louis Vuitton will be the lead sponsor of three of the Frick’s upcoming exhibitions: “Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450–1500,” which will look at the Italian city read more

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    Frick Inks Three-Year Partnership with Louis Vuitton, with Support for Exhibitions and Free Fridays

  • Birds Flock Amid Vibrant Blooms in Vasilisa Romanenko's Acrylic Paintings

    May is an incredibly busy time for migrating birds, as millions flock from their southerly wintertime feeding grounds back to northern climes, where they’ll nest and breed. Chances are, if you look and listen in your back garden or nearby nature preserves, a wide variety of unusual birds may be noticeable around this time as read more

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    Birds Flock Amid Vibrant Blooms in Vasilisa Romanenko's Acrylic Paintings

  • The Immersive Hairy Worlds of Shoplifter – Hi-Fructose Magazine

    “So I think that my inspiration is human behavior and the positivity of vanity.” Of the significance of hair, she adds, “We constantly try to tame it and we have to make conscious, creative decisions all the time on what to do with it.” With a background in drawing and painting, Arnardóttir didn’t know just read more

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  • Amy Casey: All The World Is Green – Hi-Fructose Magazine

    Casey grew up in the small city of Erie, PA, along a creek and pocket of woods ideal for a child to hide in, read in, or hang out with friends and chipmunks. Spending time outdoors played a huge part in her creative development, which began to ripen more fully in her teens. She confesses, read more

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    Amy Casey: All The World Is Green – Hi-Fructose Magazine

  • In 'Door to Life,' Pacita Abad Evokes Traditional Yemeni Architecture

    Throughout her illustrious 32-year career, Pacita Abad (1946-2004) traveled to more than 60 countries. Myriad experiences ultimately introduced her to a wide range of techniques, materials, and relationships, shaping the artist’s practice over time. Movement provided an enduring source of new ideas and inspiration, and as she put it, “For me, traveling is my art read more

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    In 'Door to Life,' Pacita Abad Evokes Traditional Yemeni Architecture

  • Bespoke Glass Studio's Sculptures Challenge Traditional Conventions of Stained Glass

    With a stained glass window, light filters through to illuminate narrative scenes or geometric patterns, but it’s primarily the window itself that draws our attention. For Lesley Green of Bespoke Glass, these vibrant compositions certainly aren’t limited to these traditional apertures. “One of my personal obsessions is trying to convince people to hang glass on read more

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    Bespoke Glass Studio's Sculptures Challenge Traditional Conventions of Stained Glass

  • Bubbles, Algae, and Plastics Go Haute Couture in 'Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses'

    Riding the coattails—or perhaps it would be more apt to say the gown trails—of the monumental retrospective exhibition in 2023 in Paris at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Brooklyn Museum is about to open the striking new edition of Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses. Building upon the previous presentation’s emphasis on the way read more

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    Bubbles, Algae, and Plastics Go Haute Couture in 'Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses'

  • Markus Brunetti's Monumental Photos Venerate European Ecclesiastical Landmarks

    For a little more than two decades, Bavarian photographer Markus Brunetti has scoured Europe for its most impressive basilicas, monasteries, duomi, and other striking ecclesiastical landmarks. Working closely with collaborator Betty Schöner, with whom he travels around the continent in a firetruck that has been converted to a photo lab, the pair snap thousands of read more

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    Markus Brunetti's Monumental Photos Venerate European Ecclesiastical Landmarks

  • Habib Hajallie's Meticulous Ballpoint Pen Drawings Examine the Depths of Emotion

    In ballpoint pen on found fragments of philosophical and historical texts, Habib Hajallie delves into the emotional realm of memory, connection, and loss. The Kent-based artist often celebrates Black cultural figures and beloved family members, along with examining his own personal experiences as a British man of Sierra Leonean and Lebanese heritage. In his current read more

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    Habib Hajallie's Meticulous Ballpoint Pen Drawings Examine the Depths of Emotion

  • Creative Thought Is Essential: A Letter from Our Editor

    Dear readers, In a collection of her published diary entries, Virgina Woolf wrote, “Thinking is my fighting.” This sentiment was a prominent theme in her 1940 essay, Thoughts on Peace In an Air Raid, in which the British writer framed the importance of individual thought as a crucial antidote to war and the rise of read more

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    Creative Thought Is Essential: A Letter from Our Editor

  • Hilary Pecis Paints Saturated Snapshots of West Coast Life

    In Love Letters, Hilary Pecis captures the mundane moments and under-appreciated views of daily life. The Los Angeles-based artist presents a suite of new acrylic paintings in her signature saturated style, focusing on snippets of a backyard pool, the corner of a studio worktop, and a friendly picnic complete with a radiant strawberry cake. Pecis read more

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    Hilary Pecis Paints Saturated Snapshots of West Coast Life

  • Collaged Denim Sculptures by Nick Doyle Unravel American Mythology

    Despite its name, the Canadian Tuxedo is a distinctly American look. The denim-on-denim getup dates back to the 1950s, when Bing Crosby sported a full Levi’s ensemble while in Vancouver, setting a sartorial trend that continues today. The national mythology woven into this utilitarian material is also the focus of Brooklyn-based Nick Doyle, who layers read more

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    Collaged Denim Sculptures by Nick Doyle Unravel American Mythology

  • In 'Reverence,' Three Decades of Paul Nicklen's Remarkable Photographs Exalt Nature

    Known for his stunning photos of wildlife and landscapes, as well as co-founding SeaLegacy alongside fellow conservationist and photographer Cristina Mittermeier, Paul Nicklen has traveled the globe to not only highlight our planet’s phenomenal biodiversity but also to shed light on its increasing vulnerabilities due to the ongoing climate crisis. Nicklen’s most ambitious project yet read more

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    In 'Reverence,' Three Decades of Paul Nicklen's Remarkable Photographs Exalt Nature

  • "Long Time Caller, First Time Listener" by Photographer Orpheus Acosta

    A body of work shaped by a sense of American dysphoria by photographer Orpheus Acosta. Born and based in New York, Acosta was adopted at two months old by a Puerto Rican family. At 16, Acosta went in search of information about his adoption. He began documenting his environments through photography and video, often exploring read more

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    "Long Time Caller, First Time Listener" by Photographer Orpheus Acosta

  • Art Movements: New Museum Names Its First Artist Studio Residents

    Community Plus, Forge Project’s 2026 fellows, the Robert Therrien Estate leaves Gagosian for Zwirner, and this year’s Frieze uniform. Left to right: New Museum Artists-in-Residence Yun Choi (photo Verena Blok), Alison Kuo (photo Da Ping Luo), and Korakrit Arunanondchai (photo Brad Trone) (all courtesy New Museum) Art Movements,published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of read more

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  • Radiohead Spectacle in Brooklyn Teems with World-Building Paintings, Sculpture, and Film

    Even after the recent addition of a Wegmans and Wells Fargo gave the entrance the sanitized shine of a suburban shopping center, it would be hard to overstate the strangeness and surreality of the inner parts of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The post-industrial buildings at eye-popping scale hiss and wheeze, and everything in the expansive read more

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    Radiohead Spectacle in Brooklyn Teems with World-Building Paintings, Sculpture, and Film

  • Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian Pavilions Stage Pro-Ukraine Procession During Venice Biennale

    Three Baltic pavilions at the 2026 Venice Biennale—Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia—organized a walk in solidarity with Ukraine on May 6, one of the exhibition’s preview days. A statement from the Lithuanian Pavilion explains that the procession was dedicated to cultural workers from Ukraine “who continue to create and represent their country in conditions of war, read more

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    Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian Pavilions Stage Pro-Ukraine Procession During Venice Biennale

  • Aspen Art Fair Names More Than 35 Exhibitors for 2026 Edition at Hotel Jerome

    The Aspen Art Fair will return to the Hotel Jerome from July 29 through August 1 with more than 35 exhibitors for its third edition, as the boutique fair continues to carve out a distinct presence during Aspen Art Week. The 2026 edition will be the first under director Kelly Cornell, who joined earlier this read more

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    Aspen Art Fair Names More Than 35 Exhibitors for 2026 Edition at Hotel Jerome

  • Here’s Why the Venice Biennale Main Show Lost One Artist During the Planning Stages

    When the Venice Biennale first announced the artist list for Koyo Kouoh’s main exhibition in February, the show included 111 participants. But when you visit the Biennale’s website now, you’ll find that Kouoh’s exhibition, titled “In Minor Keys,” now features 110 artists. ARTnews can reveal that the artist who was struck from the list was read more

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    Here’s Why the Venice Biennale Main Show Lost One Artist During the Planning Stages