Francesco Messina
In 2022, the city of Rome hosted a comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Francesco Messina at Villa Torlonia. Titled Francesco Messina. Novecento Contemporaneo, the show brought... Text by Dannik Curran.
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“The Sleepcentre 2000” by Slumberland 1978.
TRIBECA—A new exhibition at the Corman Gallery brings the late designer Syd Mead to New York for the first time in a solo show. Titled... Text by Cici Thompson.
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Slip House, the brand new gallery opened at the base of a 19th-century, three-story former carriage house at 246 East 5th Street.
EAST VILLAGE—Every two decades is a response to the previous two. After decades of irony, the purposeful ugliness of the 80s and 90s (“Anything that’s... Text by Cici Thompson.
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Richard Hawkins. New Paintings at Greene Naftali in New York
NEW YORK—Between fairs and the official listings and the soft-launches in someone’s cousin’s Chinatown loft, May represents an upward swing. Skip the overload and go... Text by Marguerite de Ponty.
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Image courtesy of Gucci.
MILAN—Italy’s long affection for bamboo can be glimpsed beyond fashion and design. Franco Maria Ricci’s Labirinto della Masone, the sprawling bamboo maze outside Parma, stands... Text by Cici Thompson.
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Detail of 'Louhi' (2024) by Yasmin Bawa. Hemp, lime, natural pigments. 96 x 83 x 10 cm.
BERLIN—In a studio tucked into Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, Yasmin Bawa is reshaping the language of sculpture—literally. Working primarily with hempcrete, a natural material composed of... Text by Marguerite de Ponty.
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Photo: Villa Necchi Campiglio.
MILAN—Tucked into the garden of Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan, surrounded by manicured hedges and filtered light, rests a figure barely noticed: The Sleeper, a... Text by J. Octavian.
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Pol Taburet, Desire and Stones (detail), 2025. Acrylics, alcohol-based paint, and oil pastel on canvas, 250 × 190 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM. Photo: Romain Darnaud.
MADRID—French-Guadeloupean artist Pol Taburet makes his Spanish debut in Oh, If Only I Could Listen, a site-specific exhibition staged inside Madrid’s historic Pabellón de los... Text by Edward Bellow.
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Exhibition view, Stanislava Kovalčíková, ret rie vers, at Emalin London.
LONDON—Slovak artist Stanislava Kovalcikova is redefining figurative painting in a way that feels both deeply personal and historically loaded. Her latest exhibition, ret rie vers,... Text by Liora Ashwood.
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