Artist Kiki Smith, daughter of the American sculptor Tony Smith, had an unorthodox upbringing in New Jersey. “There was a gravestone with our name in front of the house,” she said in 2003. “The kids would say I was a witch.”

The high stakes of success for artists today are greater than ever. For contemporaries who remember the innocence of earlier days when the critical field could be encompassed by a single vision, certain affinities have aged. Ayşe Erkmen represents a perennial tendency to push the envelope of specificity, in which sites of curation, from the white cube to the open field, inclusive of all art spaces, are redrawn, expanded and turned inward in search of multidimensional engagement with society, nature and culture.

Protecting freedom of expression and media freedom in times of a pandemic is of vital importance. In almost all European countries people have been living in confinement for almost two months, a situation which has profoundly impacted on our communities, economies, families and daily lives.

The Guardian recently published an article on how art and theatres can be supported during the shutdown caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus.

One of the 12 suggestions was to “seek out virtual shows”. It’s a plea that has been taken up by many across the art world, including South Africa’s William Kentridge-created Centre for the Less Good Idea.

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov wrote to us for the project a strong, encouraging message regarding the COVID-19 virus pandemic and its impact on their daily life, and its impact on the world.

Galerie Templon in Paris will showcase signature woven works by celebrated Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota as part of a forthcoming exhibition entitled “Inner Universe.” These works expand upon the artist’s ongoing exploration of self-identity, the finiteness of existence, and eternity.

William Kentridge’s video series, Drawing Lessons and What to Do Alone with Oneself (Artwork), shows the South African artist happily devising and developing his complex mechanical structures.

As a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, major events and gatherings have been postponed world over, to be held in better times. An addition to the list is Extension.India, an extensive exhibition of Indian contemporary art, that was scheduled to open at The State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow in June 2020. It has been postponed to March 2021.

Get an inside look at a master painter at work in this feature-length documentary, streaming here for a limited time, premiering Saturday, April 11, 7 p.m.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition at The Met Breuer, Gerhard Richter: Painting After All, the film will remain available to stream through early July.

Ever wanted to visit Frida Kahlo’s home in Mexico City, stand before Old Masters at the Frick in New York, or admire the antiquities at the Getty? Well, you still can, thanks to the ingenuity of some of the finest museums in the Americas

Just like the ice cream dinners she imagined with her brother when they were hungry children, using “the powers of imagination to survive”, Grapefruit provided Ono her escape. She told Vogue in 1971, “At Sarah Lawrence, I was often very desperate and many of the Grapefruit pieces were written for my sake, to save me. They were my therapy in a way.”