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
Art & 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
Art & 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
Art & 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
Art & 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
On View A Dozen Drawings From Leonardo da Vinci’s 1,200-Page ‘Codex Atlanticus’ Will Go on View in the U.S. for the First Time Leonardo's drawings helped inspire modern excavating machines, diving mechanisms, and autonomous vehicles. By Artnet News, Jun 12, 2023
On View Don’t Call It Lobby Art: A Manhattan Development Is Livening Up the Street With Larger-Than-Life Works by Christopher Wool and Charles Ray Brookfield Properties installed major new public works by the artists at its new Manhattan West development. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 9, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Dive Into Environmental Artist Alexis Rockman’s New Show of Dazzling Watercolors Celebrating the Complexities of Ocean Life 'Alexis Rockman: Oceanus' is now on view at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut. By Helen Stoilas, Jun 7, 2023
On View The Noguchi Museum Paid Its Employees to Contribute to Its Summer Staff Art Show. See the Works Here 'A Living Mechanism' is on view through June 15. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 7, 2023