Dieter Schwarz, co-curator of a forthcoming retrospective of Richter’s work at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, shares his thoughts on a work offered in London on 15 October, and why he believes the artist ‘found the flowers too beautiful to be true’
Read MoreThe artist has had museum solo shows on three continents this year alone—but her outing at Japan Society was her first in New York.
Read MoreA cancer survivor, a mother and a woman: Japanese thread artist Chiharu Shiota reflects on her many hats that led her to create her latest work, inspired by blood, in Hong Kong.
Read MoreRosemarie Trockel’s outing this summer at Gladstone, “The Kiss,” one of two shows devoted to the artist in New York (the other at Sprüth Magers), “couches” itself quite literally in similar issues of virality, bemusement, broadcasting, and the tension between sex and politics—all perennial themes for the artist.
Read MoreBorn in 1932, Richter was featured in the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s inaugural presentation in 2014 with works from the Collection. Now, the Fondation will dedicate all its galleries to the artist with a retrospective, unmatched in scale and chronological scope. Covering 1962 to 2024, the exhibition of 275 works—oil paintings, glass and steel sculptures, pencil and ink drawings, watercolors, and overpainted photographs—offers, for the first time, a comprehensive view of Richter’s creation over six decades.
Read MoreThe Obama Foundation has commissioned ten more artists to make works for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, which is scheduled to open in spring 2026. Nine new site-specific pieces will be created by Nick Cave, Nekisha Durrett, Jenny Holzer, Jules Julien, Idris Khan, Aliza Nisenbaum, Jack Pierson, Alison Saar, Kiki Smith and Marie Watt.
Read MoreDirimart is opening its new London space with Ayşe Erkmen's exhibition titled “Persistence, Still.” The exhibition brings together seven new works created by the artist specifically for the space. Erkmen's works, which transform the gallery space into a physical and conceptual space for reflection, will be on view until October 4.
Read MoreThe newly announced cultural institution collaborations include a new project by Ono, inspired by PEACE is POWER, a permanent installation at MoMA that the museum commissioned for its 2019 expansion. The MoMA installation covers the walls and ceiling of a long corridor gallery on the third floor of the museum with a sky blue gradient and messages reading “Imagine Peace,” “Spread Peace,” “Act Piece,” and “Think Peace” in white capital letters. On the opposite wall, the work’s title is engraved on the windows in 24 languages.
Read MoreNeshat’s art transcends borders. It resonates emotionally and intellectually with viewers regardless of religion, gender or ethnicity. Her work has been featured in a retrospective at The Broad in Los Angeles, and has earned numerous accolades, including the International Prize at the Venice Biennale and the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival for her political drama Women Without Men (2009). This month, she adds yet another title to her list of accomplishments – creative director of Aida for the Paris Opera – a role that promises to merge her distinct visual world with the grandeur and history of one of Europe’s most storied cultural institutions.
Read MoreAlthough focused on politics, colonialism and the unreliability of historical narrative, particularly in relation to his native country, Kentridge's art is never heavy-handed or sloganeering: instead, it approaches these weighty subjects in "unexpected, culturally curious ways". His distinctive "fluidity" and playfulness are present and correct at this new exhibition, which foregrounds his less-well-known work as a sculptor. Bringing together more than 40 sculptures and films created between 2007 and the present, it takes place both indoors and outside, with "bold, sculptural works", some monumental in scale, spread out across the "lush acres" of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in a celebration of "form and scale".
Read MoreTeshima, Kagawa Pref. – Step off the ferry at Teshima’s Ieura port, 25 minutes from the nearest mainland city of Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, and life goes quiet. The odd car passes by; occasionally, a town bus. On the far side of the island, tucked away in a dilapidated house southeast of the port and southwest of the island’s titular art museum, Chiharu Shiota’s “Memory of Lines” waits for visitors.
Read More"Yoko Ono: Dream together at Neue Nationalgalerie is an exhibition featuring works from across Ono’s groundbreaking career. The exhibition invites viewers to move beyond passive observation and engage in active participation – both physically and mentally. Often beginning on an individual level, these actions evolve into broader collective efforts, demonstrating the transformative power of communal actions in working toward peace and imagining a different world."
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