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Annely Juda Fine Art opens an exhibition of works by Raku Kichizaemon XV Jikinyū
LONDON.- Following on from the landmark 2022 Annely Juda Fine Art exhibition of Kasimir Malevich and Raku Kichizaemon XV Jikinyū in London - which was also shown at the Sagawa Art Museum in Moriyama, Japan the year before – the gallery announced a second exhibition, conceived together with Raku Jikinyū, of a new group of 30 Black Rock and White Rock tea bowls which are being shown accompanied by the music of Alban Berg and Toru Takemitsu; composers whose music influenced and inspired him as he created the tea bowls. There is a continuity from the previous exhibition at Annely Juda Fine Art in the sense that Malevich and Berg were both early pioneers of the avant-garde – a subject very close to Raku Jikinyū’s heart. Of these stunning new tea bowls, he has said: “When I started working on my Rock tea bowls for this exhibition, my ... More

Venus Over Manhattan opens solo exhibition with artist and cultural activist Xenobia Bailey
NEW YORK, NY.- Venus Over Manhattan is presenting Paradise Under Reconstruction in the Aesthetic of Funk: The Second Coming, the gallery’s debut solo exhibition with artist and cultural activist Xenobia Bailey. This landmark presentation—Bailey’s first solo gallery exhibition in New York City in over two decades—explores her signature method of crochet, featuring some twenty recent and historic works that comprise an immersive installation. Notably, this presentation marks Bailey’s first gallery exhibition since the unveiling of “Funktional Vibrations” in 2015, the artist’s large-scale mosaic commissioned by the MTA for the 34th Street Hudson Yards subway station, one of the largest works ever commissioned by the authority. Staged in advance of Bailey’s participation in the Seattle Art Museum’s exhibition “Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture,” the exhibition f ... More

Kalfayan Galleries opens the second gallery solo exhibition in Greece of works by Slavs and Tatars
THESSALONIKI .- Kalfayan Galleries are presenting the second gallery solo exhibition in Greece of the internationally acclaimed art collective Slavs and Tatars. Titled “Simurgh Self-Help”. Slavs and Tatars’ exhibition at Kalfayan Galleries débuts work from Simurgh Self-Help, the collective’s first new cycle of work since Pickle Politics (2016-2023). Works from this new cycle are being featured in museum shows in 2025 in Germany (Kunsthalle Baden Baden) and France (Frac, Pays de la Loire). The exhibition at Kalfayan Galleries features new works of Slavs and Tatars in different media: vacuum-formed plastic panels or signs (‘Tranny Tease pour Marcel’ series), a woolen carpet-door, wall sculptures made of steel and glass and unique glass blown lamps in the form of melons. “Simurgh Self-Help” draws inspiration from Marcel Broodthaers’ ... More

The Vancouver Art Gallery opens the first major museum exhibition dedicated to artists' zines in North America
VANCOUVER, BC.- The Vancouver Art Gallery is presenting Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines, the first exhibition dedicated to the radical history and vibrant aesthetics of artists’ zines from North America. Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, this monumental exhibition offers a thrilling journey through counter- and subcultural movements of the twentieth century. Zines or “fanzines"—self-published booklets, often made with a copy machine—have been a potent tool for artists and activists since the 1970s, putting the power of print in the hands of everyday people. Artists have harnessed the medium’s essential role in communication and community building and its significance to subcultures, ... More

At Cannes, inspiration from ancient Romans and modern women
CANNES.- It must say something about the anxious state of the movie world that two of the hottest tickets at this year’s Cannes Film Festival draw inspiration from ancient Rome. In George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” Chris Hemsworth zips around a wasteland like a heavy-metal charioteer, while in Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” Adam Driver plays a guy named Cesar. That each movie offers a vision of a culture in decline seems too on the nose for this festival, where attendees celebrate the art amid nervous chatter about the state of the industry. This year’s festival opened Tuesday under gray skies, as if nature itself were mirroring all the gloom and doom. Yet while the opening-night movie, the unfunny French comedy “The Second Act,” was a dud, the hourlong ceremony that preceded it was unexpectedly touching. The show’s ... More

Torre delle Arti Bellagio opens a solo exhibition by Nancy Cadogan
COMO.- Nancy Cadogan's 'Stanza', a solo exhibition of new work, reflects her two decades of painting on Lake Como. With approximately 20 works, many painted specifically for this exhibition, ‘Stanza’ follows her 2021 exhibition in the Keats-Shelley House Museum, Rome and her critically acclaimed exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Cadogan’s paintings explore dreams and poetry, moments of stillness, contemplation and the infinitely changing landscape of Lake Como itself. This is the first international exhibition to take place in the historic Torre delle Arti Bellagio, a medieval tower relaunched as a public art space in the heart of the lakeside town. The artist sees this exhibition as a meditation on the many writers, artists and musicians who have found inspiration in the waters of Lake Como. 'This atmospheric landscape has provided ... More

The Momentary opens new photography-focused exhibition: 'Kristine Potter: Dark Waters'
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- On May 11, 2024, the Momentary opened Kristine Potter: Dark Waters, an exhibition of richly detailed black-and-white photographs inspired by the enigmatic terrain surrounding bodies of water that bear names of violence in the American South: places like “Murder Creek,” “Deadman’s Branch,” and “Bloody Fork.” The series of photographs, complemented by a video and sound installation, unravels the deeply held associations between land and a history of violence in this area of the nation. Kristine Potter: Dark Waters is accompanied by Potter’s second monograph, co-published by the Momentary and Aperture, which continues the artist’s engagement with the American landscape as a palimpsest for cultural ideologies. The exhibition is curated by Sarah Meister, executive director at Aperture; Alejo Benedetti, curator ... More

Michael Gregorjev Murn inaugural UK solo exhibition 'ECHOES' opens at Miart Gallery in London
LONDON.- Miart Gallery in Mayfair have opened the first UK solo exhibition of Slovenian multi-media artist Michael Gregorjev Murn. ‘ECHOES’ by Michael Gregorjev Murn is on view until 6th June, 2024. Set to be a defining moment in MGM’s artistic journey, the exhibition is the first stop on an ambitious eight-year global tour for the artist, which will involve art fairs around the world and culminate in a retrospective exhibition in New York. The exhibition showcases a curated selection of 35 artworks, emphasising MGM's prowess in abstract paintings and digital graphics. The curation of the exhibition provides an immersive insight into MGM’s creative evolution and thematic diversity, and also involves a presentation of his monograph, offering an in-depth look into his artistic endeavours and narratives. Miart Gallery London presents MGM’s ... More

Sutton Foster to star in 'Once Upon a Mattress' on Broadway
NEW YORK, NY.- Sutton Foster, a classic Broadway triple threat beloved for her comedic skills and her big belt, will star this summer and fall in a Broadway revival of “Once Upon a Mattress.” The production had a brief and exuberantly received run earlier this year as part of the Encores! program at New York City Center, where critic Elisabeth Vincentelli, writing for The New York Times, said Foster “makes a banquet of the material” and added that “Foster’s glee in taking possession of the stage creates an all-encompassing manic energy that both the audience and her scene partners feed off.” The musical, first staged in 1959, is loosely based on “The Princess and the Pea” fairy tale; Foster plays Princess Winnifred, a graceless minor royal who is a possible bride for a local prince. The role is a fun one for comedically gifted actresses — it was first ... More

Exhibition at Deichtorhallen Hamburg aims to present possible worlds beyond artistic practice
HAMBURG.- The exhibition project Survival in the 21st Century explores the fundamentals of life in the age of poly-crisis. The exhibition, developed by Georg Diez and Nicolaus Schafhausen in close coordination with the Deichtorhallen, incorporates fundamental questions of ecology, technology, and spirituality. The School of Survival will augment the works by some forty international artists featured in the exhibition and transform the museum into a learning space for the future. Survival in the 21st Century focuses on the basic questions of human existence and reflects on the radical changes ahead: climate change, the digital revolution, increasing injustice on national and global scales, democracy in crisis, and the necessity of community. This elaborate exhibition, featuring numerous multimedia installations and an exhibition ... More

Exhibitions in Milan feature Pino Pinelli's work
MILAN.- The A arte Invernizzi and Artra galleries in Milan will open a solo exhibition of Pino Pinelli’s work on Tuesday 21 May 2024. From the beginning of the 1970s, Pino Pinelli redefined the concept of pictorial space, bringing the colour of his monochrome canvases to overflow from the limits of the painting. This overflowing reaches extreme results in the middle of the decade when his works, created with painted material in which the arrangement of colours becomes body, physical and real presence become autonomous figures immersed in space. His work has always been conceived as a pictorial body, as an organism that occupies space thanks to the action of the gesture that builds its trajectories, concentrations and dilations, which contribute to the creation of a unified vision. As Pinelli himself states in the interview with Tommaso ... More