The artist Leandro Erlich has installed the first phase of Reefline, a submerged installation that aims to regenerate coral and marine biodiversity along South Beach A large installation by the Argentine artist Leandro Erlich, consisting of 22 submerged marine-grade concrete cars on the ocean floor that seem to drift towards nowhere as the current flows through...
Ahead of their presentation at Art Basel Miami Beach, we catch up with creative director, Kiya Tadele Yatreda (ያጥሬዳ) is an Ethiopian art collective led by creative director, Kiya Tadele, known for merging traditional craftsmanship with digital practice. Building handmade sets and costumes, Yatreda reinterprets historical figures, cultural knowledge, and myth through a distinctly Ethiopian...
Bashofu textiles have kept Okinawans cool and comfortable for more than 500 years. New study catalogues the science behind the craft. For as long as humans have been around, we have been using our hands and senses to create beautiful and useful objects from the natural environment around us. While the artisans of old may...
Trani, Puglia, where stone is more than material—it is memory. Walls and courtyards, carved centuries ago, stand as silent witnesses to lives once lived. For artist Valerio Galati, these same stones have become both his canvas and his calling, a medium through which he translates a life shaped first by the sea, and now by...
New AI robo-advisor start-ups, shippers save hundreds of workdays, but most dealers remain wary. Is technology transforming the art world, or stuck at the margins? Almost everyone working in the art market uses AI on a daily basis – but since AI-powered tools became widespread in 2023, how much have they really been embraced by...
Forget the studio: today’s artists are working with algorithms, particle colliders, and glass furnaces It was during their art-and-tech residency at CERN, Switzerland, in 2022, that the artist duo Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė first noticed how closely their approach to making art mirrored scientific practice. ‘In our work, there’s always a need to question...
From Paris and Rome to Jakarta, Indonesia, and New York, a curious banner has appeared in protest squares. With hollow cheeks, a broad grin and a straw hat with a red band, the figure is instantly recognizable and has been hoisted by young demonstrators calling for change. In Kathmandu, Nepal, where anger at the government...
Amid a shifting cityscape, artists, cultural workers, and the Continent’s oldest art fair have forged an inspiring path forward Johannesburg’s art scene is a picture of paradox. It is gritty and resilient, but also filled with energy and excitement. It has continuously thrived in the absence of institutional support and infrastructure. While facing the same...
In a bold double act with longtime collaborator Chiara Parisi, the serial provocateur rewrites the museum rulebook at Centre Pompidou-Metz In the world of art, certain alliances transcend mere professional collaboration, entering a territory where complicity and shared vision lead to outcomes that defy expectation. Like the legendary pairings of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...
President Donald Trump’s first term saw a record-high rate of turnover among his Cabinet members and chief advisers. Trump’s second term has, to date, seen far fewer Cabinet departures. But some political commentators have observed that the president this time around has primarily appointed loyal advisers who will not challenge him. As Thomas Friedman pointed...
