Since its founding in 2022, Civil Art has raised more than $755,000 to create over 140 opportunities for API artists. Photo: Bochun Cheng Asian Americans account for only 1 percent of reported cultural engagement, making them the least supported community in New York. Civil Art—an organization that supports API artists, art writers, and cultural professionals—was … Read more
Installation view: “Buried Shadow” by Francesca Mollet at Grimm New York. Courtesy Grimm Francesca Mollet quickly captured the attention of curators and collectors with her molten abstractions, which evoke and embrace the pure alchemical magic of painting to imitate the perpetual flow of matter and energy – the origins of everything. Her paintings create sensual, … Read more
They treat art as a personal storytelling tool For a generation raised in a world of visual communications and moving from the early Internet to technological control over almost every aspect of life, all the way to digital overload, art is an important source of meaning — a form of experiential and symbolic authenticity that … Read more
LGW’s 2026 edition brought together more than 120 galleries, including nine first-timers and several exhibitors with new or expanded spaces. Courtesy of London Gallery Weekend. Photo: Linda Nylind. October and June are probably the two best moments to assess the state of the London art market. Frieze holds the prime October slot, but the rapidly … Read more
Kameirah Johnson has gone from Doodle for Google finalist to national winner. Weeks after being named one of five finalists in Google’s annual student art competition, the Lakeside School senior was crowned the winner of the 2026 Doodle for Google contest during an appearance on NBC’s TODAY show. Speaking on the morning show, Kameirah said … Read more
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. Courtesy of Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Next week, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, Connecticut, will launch its inaugural Aldrich Decennial Exhibition, an exhibition modeled after other recurring surveys that are supposed to take place every 10 years. Aldrich has long been celebrated for his avant-garde flair, … Read more
Ernie Barnes’s Study of The Sugar Shack (4th Point of View) (1976-81) sold through La Finca Consulting Strategies at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale for $482,600. La Finca Consulting Strategies For the past decade or so, the rhetoric of art as an asset has progressively encouraged collectors to consider it as part of a … Read more
the beatles, Pictures of a woman. Courtesy BNPS Last year, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, mounted “This Is What You Get,” an exhibition of artwork by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke, the lead singer of Radiohead. Critic reactions were mixed. The Guardian said of the artwork, “Does it stand up to scrutiny when removed … Read more
London Gallery Weekend returns for its sixth edition on June 5, 2026. Photo: Linda Nylind Gallery weekends often grow up around major art fairs, but this offsite programming can easily be swallowed by the main event meant to catalyze it. Distributed art hubs, with their expansive cultural ecosystems and sprawling geographies, arguably need more of … Read more
The new expansion extends over an area of 114,000 square feet, increasing the total size of the museum to 314,000 square feet, with new spaces for hands-on learning and relaxation. © Tim Hursley Bentonville, Arkansas, may not be a top-list destination when it comes to art, but over the years, with its excellent programs featuring … Read more