Shows & Exhibitions The Venice Biennale Has Announced the Highly Anticipated Curatorial Theme of Its 2024 Art Exhibition The show's first-ever Latin American curator has revealed the concept of his upcoming edition. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 22, 2023
Reviews With Ceremonies and Rituals, the Liverpool Biennial Takes an Unflinching Look at the City’s Participation in the Slave Trade Some 35 artists installed works at arts institutions and former sites connected to Liverpool's troubling colonial past. By Precious Adesina, Jun 22, 2023
On View Artechouse’s New Immersive Show Weaves NASA Imagery Into a Psychedelic Journey Through the Cosmos. See the Eye-Popping Art Here The experience includes never-before-seen artistic interpretations of images captured by the James Webb telescope. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 21, 2023
On View In Pictures: Georg Baselitz Pairs His Paintings With Old Masters—Especially Nudes—for a Museum Show in Vienna To celebrate his 85th birthday, Baselitz shows five decades of his own work with that of 40 Old Masters. By Artnet News, Jun 21, 2023
Reviews At the Sustainability-Focused Helsinki Biennial, Art, Tech, and the Environment Attempt to Coexist Can art events like biennials ever be truly sustainable? By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 20, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions Bernie Krause’s Revelatory Touring Sound Exhibition ‘The Great Animal Orchestra,’ Highlighting the Plight of Species, Touches Down in San Francisco The exhibition, commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, is on view at the Exploratorium through October 15. By Lee Carter, Jun 19, 2023
On View Takashi Murakami Channels His Love for NFTs in a New Show of Pixelated Portraits and Anime Avatars. See Them Here The artist gifted free NFTs on the exhibition's opening day. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 16, 2023
On View Artist Jim Hodges on Why He Wants to Keep the Secret of His Powerful New Public Memorial The bronze and granite sculpture is on view now in New York’s AIDS Memorial Park. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 16, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions Banksy’s First ‘Official’ Exhibition in 14 Years Opens in Glasgow, With Never-Before-Shown Stencils—and the Artist’s Toilet 'Cut and Run' opens at the Gallery of Modern Art this weekend and will run through August. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 15, 2023
On View The Louvre Has Displayed Sacred Treasures Rescued From Ukraine as Part of Its Partnership With Local Museums The display also offers an opportunity for new analysis and research into the remarkable Byzantine icons. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 15, 2023
On View David Bowie Crossed the Soviet Union on the Trans-Siberian Express Train in 1973. Fascinating Photos Document a Historic Voyage Bowie’s friend and band member Geoff MacCormack documented the journey by the rock legend. By Brian Boucher, Jun 14, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions 13 Must-See Museum Exhibitions in Europe This Summer, From Modernist Rediscoveries in Scandinavia to a Kusama Blockbuster in Bilbao Plus: Picasso in Malaga, Basquiat in Riehen, Mueck in Paris, and more. By Daniel Jameson, Jun 13, 2023
On View In Pictures: A Series of Paintings Basquiat Made During an Italian Residency He Loathed Have Been Reunited at Switzerland’s Beyeler Foundation Basquiat later described the arrangement in Italy as "a sick factory," and it ended after his gallerists had a dispute. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 13, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions A Portuguese Biennial Staged an Exhibition About the Country’s Legacy of Slavery. Then Its Host Venue Dismantled It The show by Brazilian artists Dori Nigro and Paulo Pinto was presented across 10 rooms of a psychiatric hospital. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 13, 2023
On View A New Show Pays Tribute to Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund With Works by Titus Kaphar, Faith Ringgold, and More The exhibition at the Ford Foundation Gallery wraps up six years of Gund’s project against mass incarceration. By Brian Boucher, Jun 12, 2023