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The Japanese pop artist Keiichi Tanaami passed away on August 9 after a two-month battle with myelodysplastic syndrome (a rare blood cancer). The news was announced by Tokyo-based art gallery Nanzuka Underground, which revealed that the 88-year-old had been receiving medical treatment since June, but was ultimately unable to recover
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Feb 18–June 1 Fever Dream The UP Vargas Museum University of the Philippines Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Fever s are our bod ies’ biological defense against illness. They also serve as a metaphor for the calenture of overwrought passion, the heat of the city, or the need to
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Korakrit Arunanondchai nostalgia for unity Bangkok Kunsthalle Bangkok May 31–Oct 31 A cavernous, chamber-like structure eclipsed by traces of black soot and nebulous amber haze stood wide open. Within the immersive work, titled nostalgia for unity (2024), an omnipresent, atmospheric chant echoed throughout the abandoned space of what was
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New Ruling in Artists Versus AI Lawsuit California district court judge William H. Orrick ruled that a group of ten artists may proceed with copyright claims against companies that have used their artworks to train AI technologies. However, the decision also granted appeals from the defendants—major text-to-image providers such
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New York-based Art Projects International (API) announced the passing of its founder and director Jung Lee Sanders, who died on August 6 after a year-long battle with cancer. Sanders founded API, a contemporary art gallery and art advisory in New York, in 1993, to support artists from diverse international backgrounds
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Observing My Distant Self: Kang Chunhui INKstudio Beijing May 25–Aug 30 A vivid childhood dream persisted in the subconscious of painter and multidisciplinary artist Kang Chunhui (b. 1982, Urumqi, Xinjiang) for over three decades, resurfacing with renewed urgency in 2023. “Observing My Distant Self 73°40′E～96°23′
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German curator, co-founder of the Skulptur Projekte Münster, and former Museum Ludwig director, Kasper König, whose groundbreaking work helped shape contemporary art discourse for more than half a century, passed away in Berlin on August 9 at age 80. The news was announced on Saturday by the Museum Ludwig in
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Hejum Bä I want to buy unseen eyes Massimodecarlo Hong Kong July 7–August 24 The visual landscape of our digital world is meticulously designed to capitalize on our instinctual response to colors, as research shows that up to 90 percent of our initial impressions of consumer brands are influenced
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The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) has received a donation of 193 Aboriginal artworks by the former New Zealand media tycoon Michael Horton, who assembled the collection with his late wife, philanthropist Dame Rosie Horton. The Horton bequest added to the AGNSW’s already extensive collection of Indigenous
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The Berlin-based painter reflects on the impact of the seasons, the inspiration of Chinese poetry, and visits to the Mediterranean. Camilla Alvarez-Chow
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Amid investigations into the authenticity of two paintings at the Tokushima Modern Art Museum and the Museum of Art in Kochi, Japan, the infamous German art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi has claimed both works as his own. The museums announced the possible forgeries in mid-July, after an art official informed them
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Community of Images: Japanese Moving Image Artists in the US, 1960s–1970s Philadelphia Arts Alliance Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 14–August 9 Curated by the collective Collaborative Cataloging Japan (Go Hirasawa, Julian Ross, and Ann Adachi-Tasch) and the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia, the exhibition “Community of Images: Japanese Moving
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London Welcomes New Public Artwork Yayoi Kusama’s new sculpture Infinite Accumulation (2024) has been unveiled at London’s Liverpool Street rail station, marking the first permanent public installation in the UK by the 95-year-old Japanese artist. Around 10 meters tall and 98 meters long, Infinite Accumulation is her largest
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The iconic Korean artist explores the fabric and textures of life’s experiences. Camilla Alvarez-Chow
