Installation view: Sterling Ruby’s “Atropa” at Sprüth Magers in New York. Photo: Genevieve Hanson American artist Sterling Ruby has long engaged not only with the chaotic condition of…
Read more Sterling Ruby’s “Atropa” Is a Quiet But Profound Reflection on EntropyRahaal unfolded across three pavilions (an exhibition space, a salon and a library) in the historic nature reserve of Zekreet, Qatar, just miles from Richard Serra’s monumental East–West/West–East.…
Read more In Qatar’s Zekreet Desert, Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al-Thani Welcomes AllMia Westerlund Roosen’s Heat (background) and Conical (foreground), both from 1981, on view at Nunu Fine Art. Photo: Martin Seck, courtesy the artist and Nunu Fine Art Multidisciplinary…
Read more Mia Westerlund Roosen’s Ongoing Material InquiryInstallation view: “Nothing Still About Still Lifes” at the Deji Art Museum in Nanjing, China. Courtesy of the Deji Art Museum Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer…
Read more One Fine Show: “Nothing Still About Still Lifes” at the Deji Art MuseumAlberto Giacometti, Silsersee (Lake Sils), 1921-1922, Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm. / 19 5/8 x 24 in. © Succession Alberto Giacometti / 2025, ProLitteris, Zurich, Bündner…
Read more In “Faces and Landscapes of Home,” Hauser & Wirth Brings Giacometti Back to Stampa“Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets” is on view at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia through February 22. Courtesy of the Barnes Foundation Henri Rousseau is primarily known for…
Read more Henri Rousseau, the Performative Naïf Who Outsmarted ModernityTransitions (2012) by Joan Semmel at the Jewish Museum in New York. Photo: Fred Voon for Observer In 1973, when no gallery in New York would show her…
Read more At 93, Joan Semmel Continues to Assert the Female GazeInstallation view: “Aiza Ahmed: The Music Room” at Sargent’s Daughters. Photo: Nicholas Knight, courtesy of Sargent’s Daughters, New York In a year defined by market calibration—especially on the…
Read more Aiza Ahmed Exposes the Fragile Theater Behind the Male Gaze“Minimal” is on view at La Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection through January 19, 2025. Courtesy Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection Minimalism emerged as both an…
Read more An Exhibition in Paris Reconsiders Minimalism for a Hyper-Mediated AgePhong Bui with Meyer and Lillian Schapiro. c. 1994. Photo by Eyal Danieli Connection was and is of vital importance to both art historian Meyer Schapiro (1904-1996) and…
Read more Creating a Legacy with Love: Phong Bui’s Tribute to Meyer SchapiroThis exhibition offers a glimpse into the life of Madame Déficit through the lens of how she chose to look. Peter Kelleher, courtesy Victoria and Albert Museum, London…
Read more One Fine Show: ‘Marie Antoinette Style’ at the Victoria & Albert MuseumZoë Buckman’s “Who By Fire” is at Mindy Solomon through January 10, 2026. Photo: Zachary Balber Brooklyn-based Zoë Buckman has made her name through a bold approach to…
Read more Zoë Buckman’s Intimate Embroideries Claim Space for Memory, Grief and Jewish IdentityTatiana Trouvé, Hors-sol, 2025. Part of “Tatiana Trouvé. The strange Life of Things” in Venice. © Tatiana Trouvé, by SIAE 2025 Ph. Marco Cappelletti and Giuseppe Miotto /…
Read more Don’t Miss: Tatiana Trouvé’s Maps of Memory and Collapse at Palazzo GrassiJoseph Wright of Derby, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768. The National Gallery Photographic Department A white cockatoo is on the verge of death…
Read more Joseph Wright of Derby’s Theater of Enlightenment at London’s National GalleryInstallation view: “Samuel Sarmiento: Relical Horn” at Andrew Edlin Gallery in New York. Courtesy of Andrew Edlin Gallery The ability of a given artwork to resist being stripped…
Read more Samuel Sarmiento’s Ceramics Channel Universal Memory in His U.S. DebutCamille Pissarro, Apple Harvest, 1888. Oil on canvas, overall: 24 x 29 1/8 in. (60.96 x 73.98 cm.), dimensions: 33 1/2 x 38 3/4 x 4 in. (85.09…
Read more From Rejection to Revolution: Santa Barbara Museum of Art Charts the Rise of the ImpressionistsBalkan Erotic Epic is Abramović’s largest performance work to date, with a cast of more than 70 performers. Courtesy the artist More than two hours passed before I…
Read more Marina Abramovic’s Erotic Epic Spreads Wide (and Displays the Limits of) the Artist’s PsycheWorks from “Afrotopias” in Freedom Park Lagos. Courtesy of the AAF. Photo: Ariwodola Ifeoluwa Ayomide On the rails of a structure in Freedom Park Lagos—situated on what was…
Read more LagosPhoto Festival Confronts the Historical Weight of Incarceration“Eva Helene Pade: Søgelys” is at Thaddaeus Ropac in London through December 20, 2025. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul .…
Read more Don’t Miss: Eva Helene Pade’s Choreography of Color and Desire at Thaddaeus Ropac“The World as a Labyrinth” probes how Contreras’s work is attuned to a universal consciousness shared across eras and geographies. Courtesy the artist and Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris…
Read more Don’t Miss: Alejandro García Contreras in Dialogue with Bolesław Biegas and Gustave Moreau in Paris