Hassan Hajjaj‘s takeover at Sotheby’s Story Café in London later this month is his personal love letter to the new class of Londoners in line. The show, titled My London Rockstars, End to Estates, will run at the Bond Street outpost from July 13 through August 7, taking shape as …
Lose Yourself in Taiki Yokote’s Liminal Dreamscape at Tokyo’s CON_ and parcel
Summary Japanese artist Taiki Yokote is currently presenting a two-venue solo exhibition (to make today lovely, too and to make today lonely, too) at CON_ and parcel in Tokyo The show runs until July 26 and features an array of installations, sculptures, videos, and photography, enchanting the overlooked moments of …
Ai Weiwei Relives His Detention in 24-Hour Long Performance
Summary Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is staging his first durational performance, “Sewing a Button,” in Manchester on July 3 Ai reenacts the conditions of his 2011 detention in the 24-hour-long live piece, where he will eat, sleep, work, wash, and write inside a replica cell The piece takes part …
Lucy Sparrow is Opening Another All-Felt Supermarket
Summary British artist Lucy Sparrow will present her first U.S. museum exhibition, The Beginning of Convenience, at The Momentary in Arkansas from July 18, 2026 through July 11, 2027 The show takes shape as another one of her renowned grocery store installations, and will feature over 20,000 handmade felt replicas …
How Mia Scarpa and Grace Horan Made Friendship the Medium
Puppies sleeping easy in piles of 100’s, lucky rocks, affirmational text, tattooed bellies, devilish Hello Kitty, joint-slinging gremlins — a similar circus of images swarms the shuffle of paintings and sculptures in Mia Scarpa and Grace Horan’s new duet show, Kinda True. Standing inside the space, it’s hard to imagine …
Mattia Guarnera Finds Meaning in Football’s Quietest Moments
As the World Cup takes over New York City this summer, Hypebeast Cup is bringing its global tour to SoHo for its final stop. Running from June 26 through July 19, the month-long activation will transform the neighborhood into a hub for football culture, creative collaboration and community, hosting a …
Anish Kapoor’s Hayward Gallery Retrospective Is Bloodier Than Before
Summary Anish Kapoor returns to the Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre in London for the first time in 28 years for a new retrospective Running until October, the show gathers new and iconic works, including three gallery-wide installations, paintings, and sculptures The exhibition centers on recurring themes, like space and …
Romero Britto Painted the World, Now He’s Painting Skechers
Romero Britto has built a decades-long career around a simple idea: art should make people feel good. The Brazilian-born, Miami-based artist has turned his signature mix of bold colors, graphic patterns and optimism into one of the most recognizable visual languages in contemporary art, bringing his work far beyond gallery …
Visualizing the Void: Singapore Art Museum Explores Five Decades of Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness, marks the internationally acclaimed Japanese artist’s first major survey exhibition in Southeast Asia. Born in Tokyo in 1948, Sugimoto is a multidisciplinary artist whose five-decade practice spans photography, sculpture, installation, and spatial design, continuously exploring the nature of time, perception, and human consciousness. Running from …
James Turrell’s Largest ‘Skyspace’ Touches Down at ARoS Aarhus in Denmark
Summary James Turrell unveiled a new Skyspace installation, “As Seen Below – The Dome,” at the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark The artwork turns sky-gazing into a surreal act, altering one’s perception of light and the color spectrum It marks the 100th in the artist’s landmark series and inaugurates …