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Biennale Arte 2026 – Rose Salane

Rose Salane details her project for the 61st International Art Exhibition "In Minor Keys" (Venice, 9 May - 22 November 2026).

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August 27, 1:55 AM
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Palestinians honour Sliman Mansour, artist who painted their identity and hopes

Renowned Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour has died aged 79, prompting hundreds to gather in Birzeit for his funeral. Born a year before Israel's creation, Mansour became known for works such as ‘Camel of Hardship’ and often used soil, henna and straw instead of Israeli-bought materials. He co-founded a gallery raided by Israeli forces and campaigned for a Palestinian art school, a field once banned by Israeli authorities. His final major piece, ‘On the Wing of an Angel’, is now displayed at the Palestinian Museum.

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August 25, 10:11 AM
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Vasily Kandinsky’s "Winter Landscape with Church" (1910–11)

A canvas that captures the possibilities of place. ❄️

Curator Megan Fontanella (@meganfontanella) shares the story behind Vasily Kandinsky’s "Winter Landscape with Church" (1910–11) and the details that bring the work to life.

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August 25, 10:01 AM
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Carol Bove | The Importance of Aimlessness And Pointlessness

Artist Carol Bove makes a case for pointlessness. She argues that a genuine art experience requires relaxation and a release of goal-directed thinking. Bove advocates for an aimlessness that puts people in direct contact with the present moment, and positions this as far more meaningful than any to-do list.

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August 25, 9:01 AM
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Biennale Arte 2026 – Ayrson Heraclito

Ayrson Heraclito explains his project for the 61st International Art Exhibition "In Minor Keys" (Venice, 9 May - 22 November 2026).

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August 25, 8:50 AM
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A contagion in the middle class.

“I made a series of life-sized portraits. Each one is a portrait of a real unemployed person who had worked in fields predicted to be eliminated by AI and automation.”

In our latest episode, artist Josh Kline investigates worsening labor conditions that characterize the twenty-first century, highlighting the urgent need for change.

“I knew I wanted to make sculptures that took the form of a virus. Unemployment's spreading like a contagion through the middle class.”

Watch Josh Kline in “Human Nature” free on Art21.
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August 25, 8:43 AM
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The art that actually hurts to look at (Sable Elyse Smith) | Art21

Episode 303: This documentary short follows artist Sable Elyse Smith as she transforms the language and materials of institutional power structures, like the carceral system, into a body of work that highlights systemic harms that are often overlooked.

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August 25, 8:17 AM
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"I want people to feel devastated."

The child of two South Florida attorneys, artist Jordan Strafer’s elaborate video artworks often center the US legal system.

Watch “Jordan Strafer’s True Stories” for free on YouTube and Art21.org.
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August 25, 8:11 AM
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City Stories | Tokyo

Three Tokyo creatives reveal the neighborhoods, rituals, and communities that make Japan’s capital one of the world’s most compelling art cities

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August 20, 8:11 AM
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Jordan Strafer’s True Stories | Art21 “New York Close Up”

This documentary captures artist Jordan Strafer and her cast and crew on the set of her latest video work, “TALK SHOW,” which premiered at the 2026 Whitney Biennial. It traces the development of Strafer’s idiosyncratic sensibility, following the artist on deep dives into 1980s “Inner Child” pop psychology and 1990s erotic thriller aesthetics.”

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August 20, 8:51 AM
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This video tours "Giuseppe Penone: The Reflection of Bronze" at Gagosian, New York.

"Giuseppe Penone: The Reflection of Bronze," an exhibition of new bronze sculptures by the artist, was presented from April 22 to July 17, 2026, at Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York. This is the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery in New York and marks the debut of two major bodies of work. Curated by Adam D. Weinberg, "The Reflection of Bronze" is rooted in Penone’s late-1960s exploration of trees, which led to his celebrated carved tree works and now culminates in sculptures that render the same subject permanent in metal.
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Installation video, "Giuseppe Penone: The Reflection of Bronze," Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York, April 22–July 17, 2026; Artwork © Giuseppe Penone/2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Video: Pushpin Films
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August 20, 8:43 AM
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Biennale Arte 2026 – Marcia Kure

Marcia Kure describes her project for the 61st International Art Exhibition "In Minor Keys" (Venice, 9 May - 22 November 2026).

Find out more → https://bit.ly/BiennaleArte_2026

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August 20, 8:39 AM
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The Surrealist Couple History Forgot Is Finally Getting Its Due

The Surrealist Couple History Forgot Is Finally Getting Its Due | Art resources for teachers | Scoop.it

Late Surrealist couple Wolfgang Paalen and Alice Rahon are reuniting next month—in the white cube, at least. On September 10, San Francisco-based Gallery Wendi Norris will unveil “Wolfgang Paalen and Alice Rahon: Worlds Gone and to Come,” an exhibition of about a dozen artworks by Austrian-Mexican artist Paalen and French painter Rahon, largely focused on their 13-year marriage.

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August 27, 7:59 AM
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Artist Janaina Tschäpe: "Paintings create longing."

“Painting creates longing.”

We visited Brazilian-German artist Janaina Tschäpe in New York and found a passionate painter with endless energy for discovering the world.

”Painting makes you dive into a universe that is not linear. It’s not an illustration of something,
but it makes you dream. It makes you question certain things. It makes you want to go places and discover.”

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August 27, 1:51 AM
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Graffiti: A tool of resistance | Inside Latin America

Across Latin America, street art isn’t decoration graffiti – it’s raw social protest with deep roots in social struggle, resistance and revolution. From Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Brazil graffiti/street art is transforming large swaths of large cities and smaller town walls into active canvases and open-air galleries for marginalized communities to protest inequality, dictatorship violence, gender-based violence, archive the disappeared and preserve collective memory in a demand to be seen. A look at three distinct movements in Mexico, Argentina and Chile and one shared belief that street art is a voice of raw social protest that can change societies.

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August 25, 10:04 AM
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Maris Hutchinson On Photographing "Carol Bove" (Exhibition Closing Soon) #art #exhibition #nyc

Meet Maris Hutchinson, one of Carol Bove's longtime collaborators. Maris documents Bove's practice through photography, capturing everything from monumental industrial steel sculptures to intimate studio works. Her photographs also appear throughout the "Carol Bove" exhibition catalogue, offering another way to experience the artist's work beyond the gallery walls.

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August 25, 9:28 AM
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What if art was explored through color instead of time? 🎨

"The Art of Color" Pocket Gallery groups artworks by palette rather than period, connecting artists, styles, and emotions across centuries. Each space evokes a distinct feeling—from the calm and serenity of the blue room to the energy and warmth of yellow and orange.

Which color room speaks to you most?

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August 25, 8:53 AM
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Artist builds a universe

Sin Wai Kin builds a universe.

“Before I put on the makeup, I am performing in ways that I'm unconscious of and sometimes conscious of. And after I put on the makeup, I am performing in a way that is, like, very intentional. So this moment in between is almost like the only time that's not performative.”

In the quiet solitude of their studio, artist Sin Wai Kin (@sinforvictory) carefully applies makeup to their face amid a collection of colorful wigs, brushes, and jars, slowly shapeshifting into one of the many personas they inhabit in their work.

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August 25, 8:47 AM
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Why teddy bears are at the heart of this artist's work (Precious Okoyomon) | Art21

This documentary short follows the artist’s unique creative trajectory from childhood experiences gardening with their grandmother and collecting stuffed toys to exhibiting immersive botanical installations and stuffed bear sculptures at celebrated arts institutions.

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August 25, 8:42 AM
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A Ferris wheel made from prison furniture

Through pieces resembling playground structures and Ferris wheels, artist Sable Elyse Smith depicts the criminal justice system as an unwinnable game and endless cycle.

Watch "Sable Elyse Smith: Turn Things Over" free on YouTube and Art21.org.
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August 25, 8:17 AM
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Fair favorites at Art Basel!

Let's follow #ArtBaselAwards medalist Kulapat Yantrasast to some of her favorite works on view at our Basel show 💫

Thank you to David Kordansky Gallery for sharing the work of Huma Bahbha and Ugo Rondinone with us, and stay tuned for more #FairFavorites from our Awards medalists.
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August 20, 7:23 AM
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This video tours the exhibition "Christo: Air" at Gagosian in London.

An exhibition of works by Christo, and a large-scale indoor installation conceived by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in 1968, is on view at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, through August 21. Archival materials—including the original 1968 model of "Air Package on a Ceiling (Project for the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)," preparatory drawings, and collages—are presented alongside the installation, offering insights into the evolution of the project from a freestanding, balloon-like form to its final, hanging configuration. The second gallery is devoted to "Wrapped Automobile—Volvo, Model PV-544" (1981), which has not been exhibited for thirty years.

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Gagosian is presenting new sculptures by Kathleen Ryan at TEFAF New York.

Gagosian is participating in TEFAF New York 2026 with a presentation of new sculptures by Kathleen Ryan. The works are the latest additions to Ryan’s "Bad Fruit" series (2018–), in which chunks of decomposing fruit are enlarged and embellished with swathes of gems and semiprecious stones, their rinds ripped from salvaged vehicles and granted new life.
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Gagosian's booth at TEFAF New York, 2026. Artwork © Kathleen Ryan. Video: Lance Brewer

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This Painting Was An Act Of Revenge

This piece is called Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi. It depicts the biblical story of Judith, a jewish widow from the town of Bethulia. When Bethulia is under siege by the Assyrian army, Judith decides to save her people by charming her way into the enemy camp where she goes into the tent of the Assyrian General Holofernes, gets him drunk, and cuts his head off with his own sword.

The story of Judith slaying Holofernes was one of the most popular subjects in 17th-century European art. But Artemisia was especially obsessed with it. Because she made 7 different paintings featuring Judith. And it’s because for her, this wasn’t just some old testament tale of vengeance. This was personal.

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August 20, 8:42 AM
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Biennale Arte 2026 – Nina Katchadourian

Nina Katchadourian explains her project for the 61st International Art Exhibition "In Minor Keys" (Venice, 9 May - 22 November 2026).

Find out more → https://bit.ly/BiennaleArte_2026

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