Let It Work If It Works. In Conversation with Rose Wylie by David Kohn

Rose Wylie, the first female painter to receive a solo exhibition at London's Royal Academy of Arts, discusses her career and the RA show in an interview with architect David Kohn. Wylie reflects on the historic nature of the invitation, crediting artist Cornelia Parker for championing the opportunity, but emphasizes that she wants her work to be judged as painting first, not through the lens of gender. She explains her choice of large-scale canvases as a response to the male-dominated art world when she returned to painting, and describes her decision to paint the RA's gallery walls white to maintain architectural coherence and avoid what she calls 'fashionable' colored interiors.

Julio Le Parc, pioneer of kinetic art, has died at 97.

Julio Le Parc, the pioneering Argentine artist known for his explorations of light and movement in kinetic and Op art, has died at age 97 in Paris. His son Yamil Le Parc confirmed the news to Argentine newspaper La Nación, reporting that Le Parc passed away on May 30th after a period of declining health and a brief hospitalization. A major retrospective of his work is scheduled to open at the Tate Modern in London on June 11th.

Chloë Sevigny, Hari Nef, and Mickalene Thomas Just Partied at the Brooklyn Artists Ball

The Brooklyn Museum hosted its annual Brooklyn Artists Ball on Tuesday evening, serving as the opening celebration for the "Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses" exhibition. The event drew a crowd of artists, patrons, designers, and downtown figures, including event hosts Fabiola Beracasa Beckman, Sylvana Durrett, Jordan Roth, Lizzie Tisch, and Amanda Waldron; co-chairs Regina Aldisert, Megan Brodsky, Victoria Rogers, and Carla Shen; CULTURED Editor-in-Chief Sarah Harrelson; designers Iris van Herpen and Wes Gordon; musicians Peggy Gou and Swizz Beatz; artists Mickalene Thomas, Keisha Scarville, Paul Arnhold, and Miles Greenberg; writer Derek Blasberg; and gallerist Saam Niami. Highlights included a special performance by dancers from the New York City Ballet in winged costumes, an afterparty with DJs Swizz Beatz and Runna, and a site-specific photo booth by artist Keisha Scarville.

Blue mushrooms, shy trees and glowing seas: Beaker Street science photography prize – in pictures

The article showcases the 12 finalists of the Beaker Street science photography prize, featuring images of blue bioluminescent seas, shy tree canopies, native wasps, and glowing mushrooms. The photographs will be exhibited at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery during the Beaker Street festival from August 6 to 17.

The secret to enjoying an art gallery? Less is more | Letters

A series of reader letters respond to Isabel Brooks's essay about feeling overwhelmed by too much art in galleries. Correspondents share personal strategies for enjoying museums without fatigue: focusing on a single painting, using a "five paintings" method, asking staff for recommendations, or simply accepting that it's okay to skip most works. Examples include a grandfather who showed his granddaughter just Rembrandt's *Girl at a Window* at Dulwich Picture Gallery, and a visitor who abandoned the catalog at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition.

‘They are disturbing the dead’: reconstructing the site of the forgotten first genocide of the 20th century

The article reports on a new exhibition in Berlin, 'Fractured Lifeworlds', presented by Forensic Architecture and Forensis, which reconstructs the forgotten genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia) from 1905 to 1907. The exhibition, originally shown at Namibia’s National Art Gallery, uses films, geological research, and oral testimony to document the concentration camp on Shark Island, where at least 3,000 prisoners died, and to identify unmarked mass graves. It also highlights the ongoing Hyphen green hydrogen project, which threatens to disturb burial grounds as the Lüderitz port expands.

Studio 54 Fine Art Is Betting on a More Nimble Gallery Model

Studio 54 Fine Art, founded and directed by Gary Williamson, is pioneering a nimble gallery model without a permanent brick-and-mortar space, instead meeting collectors through rotating physical exhibitions and behind-the-scenes matchmaking. The gallery is currently presenting the exhibition “Empire of Silence: The Untamed Majesty of Rowan Blackwell” in Switzerland, featuring large-scale photographs of wild animals by artist Rowan Blackwell, on view through August 31. Williamson, who transitioned from luxury goods and property investment to founding the gallery in Milan in 2016, emphasizes a focus on quality, provenance, and long-term value, with a roster of artists selected for technical mastery and distinctive vision.

Emerging Zambian Artists Take the Spotlight at Imvelo Studios

Imvelo Studios, a Zambian gallery, has opened a group exhibition titled "Rise and Shine" featuring emerging Zambian artists across diverse mediums, including painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Curated by gallery founder Ng’onga Silupya, the show highlights artists such as Jeremiah Ludaka, Boyd Bishonga, Kaluba B. Chilawa, Hassan Yasini, Clare Chilemu, and Hezroth Simanda, whose works employ abstraction, Neo-Expressionism, and traditional techniques to explore themes of youth, cultural identity, and social commentary.

‘Surfers say, that board is so sick!’ The French artist redesigning the surfboard like you’ve never seen before

French designer and musician Lucas Lecacheur is creating wildly unconventional yet functional surfboards and skateboards, including a split board resembling crab pincers, a stingray-like shape, and a Brutalist board. Currently in Australia for Melbourne Design Week, Lecacheur is living and working out of At The Above gallery in Fitzroy, where he is crafting new boards like the cowboy boot-nosed Château Rouge. His designs, made with traditional materials like fiberglass, push the boundaries of surfboard norms while remaining rideable.

Ho Tzu Nyen Wins 2026 Fukuoka Grand Prize

Ho Tzu Nyen has been named the 2026 Grand Prize laureate of the Fukuoka Prize, becoming the first Singaporean artist to receive the JPY five million (USD 31,500) award. The prize, announced on May 22 by the Fukuoka Prize Committee, honors individuals who have made significant contributions to Asian studies and arts and culture. Ho, born in 1976 in Singapore, creates films, performances, and video installations that explore Southeast Asian history and the legacy of Japanese imperialism, often blending folklore with reality. He has represented Singapore at the 54th Venice Biennale and participated in major exhibitions including the Shanghai Biennale, Aichi Triennale, and Sharjah Biennial. He co-curated the Asian Art Biennial in Taiwan and is currently artistic director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale.

Louvre Heist Investigation Reaches Belgium

Nearly eight months after four thieves stole eight French crown jewels valued at €88 million from the Louvre, French authorities have traced new leads to Belgium. Investigators discovered photos of the Louvre's Galerie d'Apollon, geographical records, and contacts pointing to Belgium on suspects' cell phones, which also contained evidence from dating sites and call logs. At least 11 suspects have been arrested and five charged, but the jewels remain missing. French investigators are now collaborating with Belgian authorities, though officials have declined to confirm the partnership.

Turin's new art gallery is an apartment where works are displayed in the kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom

La nuova galleria d’arte di Torino è un appartamento dove le opere si espongono in cucina, bagno e camera da letto

The Italian branch of Paris-based gallery CiacciaLevi is relocating from Milan to Turin in September 2026, opening a new space that is an apartment where artworks will be displayed in the kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. Founders Antoine Levi and Nerina Ciaccia, who first met and began their careers in Turin between 2005 and 2010, describe the move as both a professional and personal life choice, deepening their ties to the city where they previously worked with Galleria Franco Noero and a.titolo.

FAD NEWS: Ugo Rondinone creates city-wide celebration of light

Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone is launching MORE LIGHT, a city-wide project in London this summer, spanning three chapters across Mayfair and the Royal Academy of Arts. The project includes a monumental rainbow poem suspended in the Royal Academy's courtyard, fifty-four flags along Bond Street featuring sunrise and sunset images, and a gallery presentation of new watercolour paintings at Sadie Coles HQ. Developed in collaboration with the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition, the installations explore light as a shared human experience through universal motifs like sunrise, sunset, sky, and horizon.

6 Standout Artists to See at Art Basel 2026

Art Basel 2026 returns to Basel from 18 to 21 June (Preview Days 16–17 June), bringing together 290 galleries from 43 countries and territories. The fair features ambitious large-scale commissions by Nairy Baghramian and Ibrahim Mahama, a newly expanded Premiere sector, and standout presentations across Unlimited, Feature, and Statements. Lee Sharrock selects seven artists generating particular excitement: Nicola Turner (Annely Juda Fine Art), Koray Ariş (Öktem Aykut), France-Lise McGurn (MASSIMODECARLO), Lily Bunney and Elleanna Chapman (Basel Social Club), and Timur Si-Qin (SOCIÉTÉ). Turner unveils three new sculptures referencing the cycle of life; Ariş debuts a suspended leather-and-wood environment; McGurn presents a pop-up exhibition DEE-TOUR at DOMUSHAUS; and Teaspoon Projects curates a collaborative presentation by Bunney and Chapman at Basel Social Club.

World Cup watch parties at the Getty, LACMA and more: L.A. arts and culture this weekend

Multiple Los Angeles museums and cultural institutions are hosting free public watch parties for the World Cup, which returns to the Southland for the first time since 1994. Participating venues include the Getty Center, LACMA, the Autry Museum of the American West, and the Music Center, each offering big-screen screenings, themed food and drinks, and family-friendly activities tied to specific matches.

Lubaina Himid Unveils Reading the Label Across Cork Street for 2026 Banners Commission

Lubaina Himid has unveiled 'Reading the Label', the 2026 edition of the Cork Street Galleries Banners Commission, transforming London's historic Cork Street into a public installation of painted male figures on banners. The works, drawn from Himid's paintings over the past twelve years, explore how clothing communicates identity, memory, and cultural meaning. The installation coincides with London Gallery Weekend 2026 and is commissioned by Cork Street Galleries, an initiative of The Pollen Estate.

Clear your calendar for London Gallery Weekend, a three-day art party in the capital

London Gallery Weekend returns as a three-day event across the capital, featuring over 120 galleries with free entry and a program of talks, performances, and drinks receptions. The article highlights standout exhibitions, including Alvaro Barrington's '92–01 ‘In Livin Color’' at Emalin, which examines the cultural impact of the crack cocaine epidemic on Black communities; Naotaka Hiro's exploration of perception and the body at Herald St; Jemila Isa's debut solo show 'Dreams Lost Upon Waking' at Maureen Paley's Studio M; a survey of British Surrealist Eileen Agar at Alison Jacques; and Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia's collage installation 'Grown: The Altering of Innocence and Experience' at William Hine.

Plan an Art-Filled Summer Weekend in the Hamptons

The article outlines a packed summer of art events in the Hamptons for 2025 and 2026, including the US debut of the Nomad collectible design fair at The Watermill Center (June 25–28), the Watermill Center's Summer Festival (July 24–25) honoring founder Robert Wilson, and the return of the Hamptons Fine Art Fair (July 9–12) for its 20th edition. Other highlights include East Hampton Art & Design Days (July 9–12) and a year-long series at the Parrish Art Museum celebrating America's 250th anniversary, featuring exhibitions by Sanford Biggers and Tony Bechara.

Mickalene Thomas solo show of new works in Detroit

Library Street Collective in Detroit presents "Beneath the Moonlight," a solo exhibition of new works by Mickalene Thomas at the Shepherd. The show marks a significant shift in Thomas's practice, introducing an entirely new body of work that explores masculinity and the representation of the Black male body through large-scale paintings, collage, and photography. The exhibition features works staged within her signature environments, including models who are non-binary and trans men, challenging dominant portrayals of Black masculinity. A catalog designed by artist Bob Faust accompanies the show, and Black Diamond Editions, a limited edition print publisher, launches in conjunction with the exhibition.

Artist Anne Imhof brings her avant-garde storytelling to London, with added ballet

German visual artist Anne Imhof discusses her multidisciplinary, avant-garde practice ahead of a new London performance incorporating ballet. Known for relinquishing control and allowing audiences to shape their own experience, Imhof works across performance, sculpture, music, painting, and installation. Her career highlights include winning the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the 2017 Venice Biennale for 'Faust', the immersive 'Sex' at Tate Modern in 2019, and 'Natures Mortes' at Palais de Tokyo in 2021. She describes her collaborative process, early experiments in Frankfurt, and the importance of instinct and the audience's energy in her work.

The Temporal and Geographical Ambiguity of Mark Manders

Belgian artist Mark Manders, known for his monumental half-bust sculptures that evoke classical art while appearing unfinished, opens a new exhibition at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York. The show features works like *Bonewhite Clay Head with Vertical-Cloud* and *Monument*, both cast in bronze with a dusty white patina, alongside stretched canvases incorporating newspapers. Manders describes his practice as a form of three-dimensional writing, where objects and spatial relationships create meaning, and his pieces often explore themes of hidden grief and frozen time.

Things to Do in June: Visual Art

This article is a curated guide to visual art events in Seattle for June, highlighting several exhibitions and openings. Featured shows include Lars Bergquist's first solo exhibition in a decade at Europa, featuring oil paintings and installations like hand-painted pigeons; Gabriel-Bello Diaz's multidisciplinary exhibit 'Ancestral Future: Taino Archives' at King Street Station, blending painting, augmented reality, and fashion; the second installment of the curatorial project ONCE REMOVED in a West Seattle house slated for demolition; and 'The Children of Shelly’s Leg: And Her Children Sang,' a trans/queer art activation in Pioneer Square honoring Seattle's first openly gay disco. Also noted is painter Andy DeLapp's exhibition 'Hang in There, Baby!' and his status as a Neddy Artist Award finalist.

Keith Jacobshagen, famed prairie painter, finds essential and eternal in endless Nebraska sky

Keith Jacobshagen, an 84-year-old Nebraska painter renowned for his depictions of Great Plains landscapes, is facing the end of his painting career due to early-stage Alzheimer's disease. For over 50 years, he has produced more than 2,000 paintings, drawings, and prints focusing on the vast skies, cornfields, and grain elevators of flyover country. A solo exhibition, "The Shape of the Prairie," will be held at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art from May 15 through Aug. 16, and the Museum of Nebraska Art is planning a retrospective for 2027.

Jenna Gribbon: Entwined | 2026 | Rose Art Museum

The Rose Art Museum will present "Jenna Gribbon: Entwined" in 2026, the first major solo museum exhibition of painter Jenna Gribbon. The show brings together over forty works from 2001 to the present, including new canvases, tracing the evolution of her figurative style. Gribbon is known for intimate portrayals of family, friends, and her wife, musician Mackenzie Scott (TORRES), exploring themes of love, desire, memory, and perception through luminous color and emotionally charged imagery.

Do you love contemporary art? Discover these exhibitions in Paris and the Paris region

This article, published by La Rédac with photos by Cécile de Sortiraparis, provides a regularly updated guide to current and upcoming contemporary art exhibitions in Paris and the Île-de-France region. It highlights several shows, including Serena Carone's exhibition at Perrotin Gallery, a retrospective of Leandro Erlich at the Grand Palais, a free LGBTQIA+ exhibition at an embassy garden for Pride Month, Javier Calleja's show at Almine Rech gallery, Chuck Sperry's exhibition at Art Generation Gallery, and Lélia Demoisy's forest-themed installation at Domaine de Chamarande.

Your Australian art guide for June 2026 is here

This article is a curated guide to must-see art exhibitions across Australia for June 2026, highlighting shows in New South Wales and beyond. Featured exhibitions include Art House at The EVE Hotel with new works by Louise Olsen, Ngununggula's 'New Religion' group show, Newcastle Art Gallery's 'The Mordant Family Gift', China Heights' 'Orbits', CHALK HORSE's 'Level Two', MCA's 'Not a Souvenir' by Tony Albert, COMA Gallery's 'Unfolding Fields' by Eleanor Louise Butt, and the Art Gallery of NSW's 'Avatar: Forms of Vishnu'.

Alexandria Galleries Celebrate America, Black Art, and Summer Culture

June exhibitions in Alexandria, Virginia, celebrate America's semiquincentennial, Black art, and summer culture. Del Ray Artisans presents "USA at 250," curated by Karen and TJ Feeley, featuring local artists' interpretations of the American spirit. Nepenthe Gallery hosts a series of events including a talk by collagist Darlene Taylor, a discussion by gallerist Kali Jones on Black artists Sarah Albritton, Richard Dempsey, and Gwen Knight, and a showcase of Romare Bearden's "The Piano Lesson" and "Conjunction" (1979). Galactic Panther Gallery opens "Nine Lives: New Works by Mike Egan," a solo show by a former funeral director exploring life, death, and religion.

12 Summer Art Exhibitions Worth the Trip in the Hudson Valley and Beyond

The article surveys 12 summer art exhibitions across the Hudson Valley and beyond, highlighting a diverse range of venues and artists. Shows include Site Seen's "Of Frame and Fallow" in a former Dollar General, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park's "Earthly Delights" sculpture exhibition curated by Hilary Greene, and The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum's decennial survey of 40 Connecticut-based artists. Other notable exhibitions feature Uman's career-spanning show at CCS Bard, Frederic Church as a global traveler at Olana, Melora Kuhn's reimagined Persephone myth at Private Public Gallery, and E. E. Kono's egg tempera paintings at Elijah Wheat Showroom in Beacon.

The fair is located in East Manhattan, a thriving gallery community.

Independent Art Fair will hold its 17th edition from May 14–17, 2026, at a new venue, Pier 36 on the Lower East Side, New York. The fair features over 100 artists across 76 exhibitors, with nearly half participating for the first time and more than a third of presentations marking artists' New York solo debuts through the Independent Debuts initiative. International galleries make up 42% of participants, hailing from cities including Colombia, Reykjavik, Cape Town, and Athens. The fair's design is led by D_P_S (Diogo Passarinho Studio) for interiors and SO-IL for exteriors, and includes site-specific installations by Francis Upritchard, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Kuniko Kinoto, and Gretchen Bender.

Boulder County guide to current area art exhibits

This article provides a comprehensive guide to current art exhibitions and galleries in Boulder County, Colorado, listing over 20 venues including 15th Street Gallery, Ana’s Art Gallery, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Dairy Arts Center. It details specific shows such as "We Choose Earth" by Jorge Vinent, "Tres Voces, Un Corazón" featuring Sylvia Montero, Tony Ortega, and Cipriano Ortega, and "Black Futures in Art – Genome Speaks What Erasure Cannot Silence" at Collective Community Arts Center, with run dates through mid-2025.