Exhibitions

“Madame d’Ora“Neue Galerie, New York What the museum says: “Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), better known as Madame d’Ora, was an unusual woman for her time with a spectacular career as one of the leading photographic portraitists of the early 20th century. This exhibition, the largest museum retrospective on the Austrian photographer to date in the United States, […] More

In Kara Walker’s new show at Sikkema Jenkins & Co., there’s a drawing of former President Barack Obama as Othello, the titular Moorish general of Shakespeare’s 16th-century tragedy, holding the head of his enemy, Iago—who looks a lot like Donald Trump.  It’s one of several recent drawings by the artist depicting Obama in allegorical scenes […] More

Anicka Yi has created giant kelp pods filled with animatronic insects, injected live snails with oxytocin, and developed soil whose environment is governed by A.I. Later this year, her unique brand of oddball technology-infused art will receive its largest stage yet. The Korean-American artist has been chosen to create the next Turbine Hall commission at […] More

In the winter of 2017, an exhibition of contemporary Iranian art opened at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, drawing special attention because it coincided with President Trump’s then-recent travel ban targeting Muslim-majority countries. The show would travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston that same year, playing an important role as cultural ambassador during a […] More

What does Anish Kapoor have to show for his controversial monopoly on Vantablack, the self-proclaimed “blackest material in the universe”? The world will find out during next year’s Venice Biennale, when Kapoor unveils a series of works made with the technologically-advanced substance at the Galléria dell’Accademia. When London aerospace company Surrey NanoSystems announced that they had invented a “super […] More

“The male body is under the spotlight,” says Alona Pardo, a curator at the Barbican Art Gallery in London who has organized a hit show on masculinity in its many guises and meanings. The exhibition has struck a nerve in the wake of the #MeToo movement. The spectacular downfall of toxic alpha-male film producer Harvey Weinstein, […] More

Every museum in Italy is closed now that the entire country is in a lockdown in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. That includes the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition in Rome on Raphael, which marks the 500th anniversary since the Renaissance master’s death. The remarkable exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale celebrates the brief life of […] More

Looking for a way to mark International Women’s Day on March 8? Look no further. From a London exhibition that examines patriarchal power structures, to a German show paying tribute to the women of the Surrealist movement, here are nine shows around Europe not to miss. Joana Vasconcelosat Yorkshire Sculpture Park Joana Vasconcelos, (2016). © […] More