Shows & Exhibitions Elizabeth Neel Grew Up Painting With Her Famous Grandmother. Now, Her New Abstractions Are Getting Attention in New York and London The artist returns from a prolific period in lockdown with double-header gallery shows. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 23, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions See the Modernist Masterpieces That Have Returned to View at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin After a Six-Year Hiatus for Renovation A landmark exhibition dedicated to Alexander Calder is on view, as well as a major rehang of its permanent collection. By Kate Brown, Aug 20, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Duchess Kate Middleton’s Intimate Portraits of Holocaust Survivors Are Part of a Touching Tribute Exhibition in London The show is organized by the Royal Photographic Society. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 18, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions A Major Survey on Swiss Surrealist Meret Oppenheim Is Coming to MoMA—Take a Sneak Peek Here The show will also travel to the Kunsthaus Bern and the Menil Collection. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 13, 2021
Reviews Abandoned for Decades, a Small and Ecologically Marvelous Island in Finland Is Home to the First-Ever Helsinki Biennial The show's curators and artists began from the premise that the show's carbon footprint should be minimized. By Hili Perlson, Aug 13, 2021
On View KAWS Wants His New 18-Foot-Tall Cartoon Couple at Rockefeller Center to Make You Feel Good—See Images Here The piece, commissioned for the occasion, features KAWS's Mickey Mouse-like "Companion" character carrying a miniature "BFF" figure. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 11, 2021
On View The Late Artist and Psychic Paulina Peavy Communed With a UFO to Create Her Work. A New Show Revives Her Otherworldly Legacy "The Etherian Channeler" at Beyond Baroque in Venice Beach reintroduces the West Coast to this singular artist. By Katie White, Aug 11, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Tomás Saraceno Convinced His New Art Gallery to Shorten Its Hours for His Debut Exhibition to Save Electricity Spurred by the health and climate crisis, the show at his new gallery Neugerriemschneider will focus on air's most intimate aspect: breath. By Kate Brown, Aug 9, 2021
On View In Her First Major U.S. Exhibition, French-American Sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle’s Vision of the World Shines at MoMA PS1 The show is sponsored by Swiss skincare house La Prairie, whose signature cobalt blue brand iconography was inspired by the artist. By In Partnership With La Prairie, Aug 6, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Marina Abramović’s Latest Immersive Installation Will Take You on a Journey Through Her Life Story The pop-up show will be broken up into five rooms, each inspired by an object or idea that has influenced her work. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2021
On View The Sistine Chapel (Experience) Is Coming to a City Near You, Letting You See Michelangelo’s Work (Or, Um, Images of It) Up Close Here's your chance to get personal with (pictures of) Michelangelo's work. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 4, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Grimes, Bon Iver, and Other Musicians Are Creating Immersive Art Experiences to Draw Attention to the Climate Crisis The installations will appear in a pop-up exhibition in Brooklyn. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 3, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions An Artist Just Transformed Berlin’s Berghain Nightclub Into an Eerie, Immersive 3D Swamp—See Images Here Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen drew on gaming software for the high-tech installation. By Kate Brown, Jul 30, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: See Inside the Italian Futurist Painter Giacomo Balla’s Apartment, and Works From His Long-Awaited Retrospective in Rome Casa Balla, the apartment where the artist and his family lived for 30 years, is a work of art in itself. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 29, 2021
On View LACMA’s Game-Changing Partnership With Mega-Collector Budi Tek Will Kick Off With a Show of Contemporary Chinese Art The Chinese-Indonesian collector forged the partnership with LACMA in 2018. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 26, 2021
