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Catalina Rivera standing in front of Gustav Klimt, Life and Death, 1908-1915. Oil Paint on Canvas. Leopold Museum, Vienna
The Leopold Museum: Vienna’s modernist heart
Encountering Schiele’s raw intensity and the brilliance of Austrian fin-de-siècle art
An artist creating graffiti on a wall
What we really mean by “street art”
How a simple label quietly shapes legitimacy, value, and the way we see art in public space
The Sunday Courier, Issue No. 36, September 3–10, 1911. The theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre on August 21, 1911, quickly became a global media sensation, transforming the painting into a world-famous icon. Newspapers around the world, including The New York Times, covered what was widely described as the “art heist of the century,” publishing dramatic headlines and detailed reports on the investigation, the search for suspects, and the painting’s eventual recovery in 1913
The Mona Lisa: a timeless encounter
From Renaissance mastery to modern wonder, exploring the mystery behind the world’s most famous painting
Skilled hands carefully shaping wet clay on a pottery wheel, representing the craftsmanship that has sustained African artistic traditions
Evolution of African art
Why African art was created to be lived, experienced and shared rather than simply displayed
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21. (1978) Gelatin silver print. Approx. 20 × 25 cm. New York: Collection of Museum of Modern Art. Courtesy and copyright the artist
After the death of the author and the reader
From Roland Barthes to AI-generated culture, a reflection on what happens to meaning when both authorship and readership begin to disappear
Turquoise and Gold, Sutomore Bay, Montenegro (2022), oil on board, 27.5 × 36 cm. © Barry John Raybould
The Virtual Art Academy and modern art education
A personal journey that evolved into a comprehensive online approach to teaching painting
Antony Gormley, 2026 © the artist and Galleria Continua, Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
Antony Gormley and what holds us together
An exploration of body, architecture, and the fragile foundations of human connection
Chernobyl Vegetable Garden at Full Moon, watercolour, 16 × 12 cm, Mark Weighton, 2026
Art at the altar
Pisces Full Moon
Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirror Room, The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013)
Come and have a go if you think you’re art enough
From Beuys to Cattelan, this essay explores why the question “Is it art?” says less about the artwork than about our need for certainty
Michael Joo's Concatenations (1991/2026) is a large-scale mixed-media installation measuring 513.1 × 412.8 × 289.6 cm (202 × 162½ × 114 in). Characteristic of Joo's interdisciplinary practice, the work brings together diverse materials and conceptual references to explore connections between nature, culture, history, and systems of knowledge. Courtesy of the artist and Kukje Gallery. Photograph by Genevieve Hanson
Directionless and the art of uncertainty
At Hauser & Wirth Menorca, Rashid Johnson explores disorientation as a creative force in contemporary life
Installation view from the “Art of Manga” exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, featuring works from Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series. The exhibition showcases hundreds of original drawings and large-scale installations by major Japanese manga artists from the 1970s to the present, including Eiichiro Oda (One Piece), Junji Ito, and Tite Kubo (Bleach). Araki’s featured artwork includes life-sized characters and their Stands, designed to align with viewers’ eye levels for an immersive experience, highlighting manga as a recognized art form in a museum setting. Photo: © İdil Burkutoğlu
Hirohiko Araki and color without rules
Rethinking identity, composition, and expression in "JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure"
Entangled roots and floating forms, solo exhibition, 2026. Courtesy of the artist
Yilin Rebecca Sun on Vessel
The artist and curator reflects on clay, collaboration, and the connections that shape our shared future
The Nukus Museum of Art, officially known as the State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after I. V. Savitsky, Uzbekistan
The Savitsky State Museum of Art
Art, resistance, and cultural memory in the heart of the desert
The bottom tier depicts gods seated on their respective vahanas, while the upper tier features a band of musicians playing instruments, Virupaksha Temple, Hampi, India
The ceiling murals of Virupaksha Temple
How myth, kingship, and devotion were immortalized in Hampi’s 16th-century temple art
Sustainability Award for my final exhibition, photo by Denisa Ilie, featuring indigo-dyed, upcycled textile collections alongside Jade Guiraud’s guidebook Footprints in the Fells and Louise Keddy’s steel structures
The contemporary art market as oligopoly
Concentration, gatekeeping, and institutional power leave most artists subsidizing a system that rewards only a select few
Kim Nam-joon, known professionally as RM, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is the leader of South Korean boy band BTS, under Big Hit Music
Kim Nam-joon and the art of attention
A transnational curatorial vision bridging Korean and Western art through contemplation, theory, and cultural dialogue
Jean-Marie Appriou (born 1986 in Brest, France) is a French sculptor whose work combines mythology, symbolism, and material transformation. He lives and works in Paris, portrayed by Claire Dorn
Jean-Marie Appriou and the art of passage
From Dante and ancient Egypt to fire and bronze, the artist reflects on sculpture as a threshold between worlds
Installation view of ID.exe / the human patch, featuring the artwork Habitat no. 6 (2025, Diasec print, 140 × 80 cm, Ed. 3+1, solo exhibition by Ecem Dilan Köse, Art On Istanbul, 2025. Photo © Kayhan Kaygusuz, courtesy of the artist and Art On Istanbul
Ecem Dilan Köse: architectures of emergence
Digital environments, artificial life, and the ethics of perception
An auctioneer leads bidding during Hessink’s landmark contemporary art sale in Tbilisi, an event that marked a major turning point in the international recognition of Georgian modern and contemporary art, Georgia
Tbilisi’s defining art market moment
Georgia’s first international contemporary art auction and the emergence of a new global cultural market
The Trustees in the Temporary Elgin Room, 1819, by Archibald Archer, depicts the Elgin Marbles at the British Museum surrounded by museum staff, a trustee, and visitors
Repatriation and the politics of cultural belonging
Colonial legacies, cultural justice, and the future of global heritage
Rebecca Horn, a German artist (1944–2024), created Unicorn, a seminal body-based work in 1970
Embodied practices in contemporary art
How living between London and Paris reshaped my understanding of art, fashion, and embodied expression
Rafael Luis Armengol Machí "Pebrot partit" (Catalan for "Split Pepper") (1985) by the Oil on canvas, presented as a diptych (two panels). 162 x 260 cm (approximately 63.8 x 102.4 inches). Contemporary art collection at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Alicante (MACA) in Alicante, Spain
Travels in Hyperreality at MACA
Spanish modern art, intensified perception, and the museum as a site where representation exceeds the real
Visual documentation of EMBERS / BRACI, a collaborative 2026 performance-installation by Nikhil Chopra and Uriel Barthélémi at Galleria Continua. Courtesy of the artists and Galleria Continua. © Francesco Raco
Embers / Braci: between fire and memory
Nikhil Chopra and Uriel Barthélémi explore rhythm, fragility, and endurance
Diana and Callisto (1637-1638) by Rubens
The power of purity
Artists’ fascination with virginity
Cover of the book Michelangelo and the dream of the Sistine Chapel co-authored by Valentina Ansuini and Jade Bajeot and Illustrated by Sabrina Gabrielli
Michelangelo and the Dream of the Sistine
An illustrated children’s book about Michelangelo and his challenging work in the Sistine Chapel
Artist Ellsworth Kelly recalls his first encounter with abstraction and reflects on how his decades-long fascination with line, form, and color shaped both his paintings and his creative process. This video was filmed shortly before his passing in 2015 by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
Ellsworth Kelly: monumental space
Shaping perception and movement through color, form, and scale
A watch makes time look eternal, circular, divorces time from the body and makes it completely external and putatively objective
"Four Twenty PM" at the National Gallery of Thailand
A.T. Apichart makes time look and feel benign, so that it doesn’t
Kristian Zara, Visual Meditation, ink on paper, 2022
The opening thought
On the transformative journey of thought in the creative process
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist
Who draws the line?
Artistic freedom, legal boundaries, and the ethics of offense
Jeff Koons: Jim Beam – J.B. Turner Train (1986) Courtesy of the artist/Gagosian
The future isn’t what it was
How markets, machines, and accelerated taste have shattered the old promises of contemporary art
The Şanlıurfa Museum, which includes both the Archaeology and Mosaic Museums, is located in the southeastern Turkish city of Şanlıurfa (historically known as Edessa). The museum houses important archaeological remains from Şanlıurfa itself, as well as from nearby ancient sites such as Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, and Harran, Türkiye
Urfa man: sentinel of the sacred past
Spiritual power of ancient art in the gaze of humanity’s oldest watcher
Digital art by Kerwin Williamson
The art of Kendell Kerwin in a distracted age
A New York artist reclaiming attention, humanity, and depth in a world where images disappear in seconds
An artist paints a wall while working on the street
Art as placing, displacing, transforming
Process, perception, and the artist within the relational field
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Events in Art

Yasuda Yukihiko, Camp at Kisegawa (detail), 1940/41. Courtesy of the National Museum of Modern Art
MOMAT collection
29 Sep 2026 — 11 Jan 2027 at The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, Japan
Gregory Rick, Dancing to the polls (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Johansson Projects
Night watch
30 Sep — 31 Oct 2026 at the Johansson Projects in Oakland, United States
Sun, moon and five peaks. Courtesy of British Museum
Korea
1 Oct 2026 — 31 Jan 2027 at the British Museum in London, United Kingdom
Lucas Blalock, Film-object (Mouth) (detail), 2025, from Tête-à-tête-à-tête-à-tête-à-tête. Courtesy of the artist and George Eastman Museum
Gag
2 Oct 2026 — 11 Apr 2027 at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, United States
Thierry Boutonnier, Comment expliquer les objectifs de la production laitière aux vaches (detail), 2005. Courtesy of Dom Museum
Animals and humans
2 Oct 2026 — 22 Aug 2027 at the Dom Museum Wien in Vienna, Austria
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Third family, 2011. Courtesy of Moderna Museet
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian's exhibition
3 Oct 2026 — 28 Feb 2027 at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden
Felicia Chiao, Slice of life (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Harman Projects
Not too sweet
3 — 24 Oct 2026 at the Harman Projects in New York, United States
Marshmallow Laser Feast, All that is unseen, exhibition view. Courtesy of Media Majlis Museum
All that is unseen
4 Oct 2026 — 21 Jan 2027 at the Media Majlis Museum in Doha, Qatar
Giovanni Chiaramonte, Via Dolorosa Gerusalemme (detail), 1988. Courtesy of Viasaterna
Giovanni Chiaramonte. Alight
5 Oct — 11 Dec 2026 at Viasaterna in Milan, Italy
Mary Cassatt, Fillette dans un fauteuil bleu [Enfant dans le salon bleu] (detail), 1878. Courtesy of Musée d’Orsay
Mary Cassatt: l'indépendante
6 Oct 2026 — 31 Jan 2027 at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France
Seba Calfuqueo, Itrofill mongen, opacidad del agua (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Seba Calfuqueo. Cautín
6 Oct 2026 — 17 Jan 2027 at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, Spain
Zurbarán. 1598–1664. Courtesy of Louvre
Zurbarán. 1598–1664
7 Oct 2026 — 25 Jan 2027 at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France
Sculpting colour. Courtesy of Louvre Museum
Sculpting colour
7 Oct 2026 — 25 Jan 2027 at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France
Swab’s 2025 edition, exhibition view. Courtesy of Swab
Swab’s 19th edition
8 — 11 Oct 2026 at Swab in Barcelona, Spain
Jordan Nassar, The bursting of shape, 2026. Courtesy of the Third Line
No history of shapes ( ﻻلﺎﻜﺷ ﻸﻟ ﺦﯾرﺎﺗ)
8 — 24 Oct 2026 at The Third Line in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Elizabeth Magill, I’ve never felt magic, crazy as this (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Kerlin Gallery
Northern sky
8 Oct — 14 Nov 2026 at the Kerlin Gallery in Dublin, Ireland
Romuald Hazoumè, Kongo, 2024-25. Courtesy of October Gallery
My blue period
8 Oct — 21 Nov 2026 at the October Gallery in London, United Kingdom
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