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Ed Ruscha’s nostalgic ode to Oklahoma
‘Ed Ruscha: OKLA’, the pioneering American artist's first solo exhibition in his home state, explores the impact of Oklahoma on his storied career
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Sean Scully delivers sermon of stripes at Venetian church
The Irish-born painter and printmaker will transform every corner of the 16th-century San Giorgio Maggiore church with new paintings, sculptures and drawings during the Venice Biennale
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Franco Grignani’s paintings reveal a hidden side of the graphic design legend
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Amoako Boafo’s gestural portraits exude strength in times of crisis
In a new show at Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo explores self-reflection, self-celebration and seeks to challenge existing beliefs about Black identity
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Friedrich Kunath on pushing paint and why he loves the ‘empty promise’ of Los Angeles
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Van Gogh’s The Potato Eaters inspires architect Julius Taminiau’s Dutch monument to rural life
The Potato Shed, a family house built on the site of a former farm, is a contemporary response to agricultural architecture and the landscape of The Netherlands, inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s austere 1885 painting
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Sarah Crowner binds painting and performance in her vibrant stitched canvases
Hong Kong’s Simon Lee Gallery debuts new works by the Brooklyn-based artist in ‘Paintings for the Stage’
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Never-before-exhibited watercolours by Steven Holl go on display in Milan
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How American legend Ellsworth Kelly mastered colour and shape
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Cecilia Vicuña unveils monumental Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
As Cecilia Vicuña opens her long-awaited Hyundai commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, (titled Brain Forest Quipu and on view until 16 April 2023), we revisit our recent interview with the Chilean artist, poet and activist
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Jeff Koons is putting a new shine on the Ashmolean
The opinion-dividing master of the modern readymade is at the centre of a newly opened exhibition at the Oxford museum
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At home with Calder: the artist’s hidden knack for domestic design
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NFT and IRL art worlds collide in female-led Christie’s auction
In an auction history first, on 14 May 2021, Christie's will offer traditional paintings accompanied by original NFT artworks by anonymous digital feminist collective Rewind
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Artist turns iconic football shirts into abstract art
Can football shirts be art? Namibian-German artist Max Siedentopf tackles the worlds of painting and football in a new book, Paintings League, published by Hatje Cantz
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Five African artists demonstrating creative resilience in challenging times
As the world is forced to embrace new social distancing measures, we look at how five very different African artists are finding creative solace in solitude
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NY’s Jewish Museum spotlights the creative legacy of Roberto Burle Marx
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‘Mother!’: artists interpret the many facets of motherhood in Denmark show
Fertility, sacrifice and surveillance are just some themes examined in the group show ‘Mother!’, at Denmark’s Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, coinciding with Mother’s Day 2021
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The hidden Le Corbusier connection in Peter Doig’s landmark painting
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How a hashtag caused a surge of optimism for artists on Instagram
The #artistsupportpledge movement was created just two weeks ago but has since helped thousands of artists to sell their work in a landscape of instability. Here's how it happened, and why it might be here to stay
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Frank Bowling cements his status as a modern master with Tate Britain retrospective
After six decades, the British artist is finally getting his dues as a gently dazzling survey of his paintings opens in London
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A new 60s-inspired book captures the rarest colours in the world
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Hsiao Chin and Mark Rothko: a meeting of minds
A major retrospective of pioneering Chinese abstract artist Hsiao Chin's work has opened at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Latvia. A new film exploring the artist’s practice and global influences can be found on the Wallpaper* Instagram
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Julian Schnabel riffs on Rodin at his first West Coast show in three decades
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‘I just didn’t fit’: feminist icon Judy Chicago on revolutionising art history
At the de Young Museum, San Francisco, American feminist artist Judy Chicago staged her first ever retrospective. We spoke to the artist about her epic career, filled with patriarchal battles, fierce self-belief, and a lot of smoke
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In Brussels, Titus Kaphar recasts the figures in Renaissance Christian art
In a deconsecrated church in Brussels, American painter Titus Kaphar confronts representation in Renaissance iconography. Here, we offer a virtual walkthrough of the artist’s solo show, ‘The Evidence of Things Unseen’
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Jean-Michel Basquiat meets Egon Schiele in parallel Paris retrospectives
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As Paris begins to reopen, Perrotin introduces a series of spirited cooperative exhibitions
In the name of solidarity, Perrotin has invited 26 Parisian galleries to take part in four consecutive presentations in its Saint-Claude space
