Installation view: “Legacy” by Kelly Akashi in Leeson, New York. © Kelly Akashi, courtesy of Leeson Following her Los Angeles debut with Leeson Gallery, Kelly Akashi presents a new body of sculptural works in New York that reflect on how loss and memory are endured and transformed over time. What Akashi creates in the West … Read more
francisco de zurbaran, Agnus Deic. 1635-1640. Oil on canvas, 37.3 x 62 cm. Otero Herranz, Alberto © Museo Nacional del Prado Photographic Archive The latest book by the late New York art critic Peter Schjeldahl, The art of death (2024), starts with a bang. Upon being told that he is dying of cancer, Schjeldahl has … 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
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
(From left to right) Kobe, Valentina and Kwame Mintah. Courtesy Effie Gallery “A lot of our artists are happy that we represent them because we are similar. As Africans, we understand the story they are telling and who they are talking to,” Kwame Mintah, Ghanaian cultural entrepreneur, art collector and co-founder of Ife Contemporary Gallery … Read more
Begum’s post-minimalism replaces the cold certainty of those early practitioners with a version that is more precise, provisional, and more representative of our times. Photo: Arik Atas, courtesy of the gallery at Windsor Critics were divided over Cady Noland’s show at New York’s Gagosian at the end of last year. It was filled with its … Read more
Welcome back to Make It Nice, Defector’s best interior design advice column. Today, we have an unused spare room, a crowded gallery wall, and a (partial) resolution to my ugly bathroom sink. Sean asks: We just de-Christmased the front room of our 125-year old bungalow in Denver and are kinda stuck on how to make … Read more