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The architectural studio Peterson Rich Office (PRO), founded by husband-and-wife team Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich in 2014, is designing cultural spaces that blend art, commerce, and community. Their recent projects include converting a Romanesque church into the Shepherd in Detroit—a space for exhibitions, a community library, and performances—and redesigning the MoMA Design Store in SoHo to draw more visitors and link it to contemporary artists like Nina Chanel Abney. PRO's most ambitious commission is for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, involving a special exhibition gallery, dining and retail spaces, and a new entrance at 83rd Street.

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CULTURED magazine's November gallery guide for New York highlights five exhibitions across Manhattan galleries. Aiza Ahmed's debut solo show "The Music Room" at Sargent's Daughters draws on Satyajit Ray's 1958 film, featuring paintings, sculpture, and a musical composition. B. Wurtz's "13 Works" at Garth Greenan presents assemblages of everyday objects exploring consumption and waste. Ali Banisadr's "Noble/Savage" at Olney Gleason responds to visual overload with paintings, bronzes, and works on paper. Brock Enright's "I AM SO PRETTY" at Club Rhubarb showcases diverse mediums from his collecting habit. Jay DeFeo's "Garnets on the Boulder" at Paula Cooper focuses on her post-"The Rose" abstract expressionist works from the 1980s.

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A new generation of young gallerists is revitalizing the art market by specializing in historical art forms—from ancient jewelry and Old Master drawings to Art Deco and overlooked women Impressionists. The article profiles seven dealers who launched their businesses between ages 22 and 41, with half based in London. Notable figures include Pauline Pavec and Quentin Derouet (co-founders of Pavec, focusing on 19th- and 20th-century women artists), Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza (Kallos Fine Jewellery, ancient jewelry), and Maxime Flatry (20th-century art and design). Two of the dealers will exhibit at Frieze Masters this October, directed by Emanuela Tarizzo, who emphasizes that collectors and institutions increasingly seek cross-century narratives.

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Brian Droitcour curates a guide to navigating the current media landscape through the work of tech-savvy artists and writers, focusing on exhibitions in Brooklyn and Queens. The guide highlights Porpentine's show "Xrafstar World" at Haul Gallery in Gowanus, which features poster-prints of drawings depicting characters from their stories and games, made with different digital brushes. Droitcour contrasts this DIY, performance-driven work with major institutions' engagement with AI, such as Sasha Stiles' "A Living Poem" at MoMA, which he criticizes for echoing technology's promises of polish rather than probing its complications.

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A major survey of the work of Vaginal Davis, spanning five decades of her contributions to drag, queercore, experimental film, and fine art, is opening at MoMA PS1 in New York on October 9. Titled "Vaginal Davis: Magnificent Product," the exhibition debuted at Moderna Museet before traveling to New York. In an interview, Davis discusses her lifelong performance practice, the blurring of her public persona and private self, and the unlikely survival of her archive, much of which was preserved by a high school student in the 1980s.

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Cultured magazine profiles a cross-section of Atlanta art collectors as the Atlanta Art Fair returns for its second edition, highlighting the city's growing art scene. The article features Esohe and George Galbreath, who discuss their collection of about 200 works focused on emerging Atlanta artists, their annual art party ARTiculate ATL, and how their tastes have evolved from figurative works responding to cultural moments to smaller pieces that allow for greater diversity.

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The article, written by an art critic for Cultured, opens by describing recent U.S. government actions under Executive Order 14253, including the National Park Service's restoration of a monument to Confederate General Albert Pike and a White House letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III ordering a review of Smithsonian programming to align with a directive to "celebrate American exceptionalism." The critic notes Bunch's balancing act of cooperating while asserting the Smithsonian's independent authority. The piece then pivots to the state of art criticism, referencing Domenick Ammirati's essay on the perpetual "crisis in criticism," and highlights Marco Brambilla's exhibition "Limit of Control" at bitforms gallery as the year's most under-appreciated show, praising its use of AI to explore political violence and protest.

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Cultured magazine publishes an interview with French conceptual artist Sophie Calle, conducted by a journalist who navigates Calle's characteristic conditions for the conversation. The article recounts the process of securing the interview—including a preliminary phone call from Calle to set rules—and describes Calle's home in the South of France, her tan arms, black sleeveless top, and signature glasses. The journalist references Calle's early photobooks published by Siglio, her "Unfinished" series displayed at the Musée Picasso in Paris (2023–24), and her project "The Address Book," which involved interviewing acquaintances of a stranger whose address book she found on the streets of Paris. The interview also touches on a companion catalog of moldy works after a flood in Calle's storage space, and a large photograph of dried flowers from architect Frank Gehry.

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Alex Foxton presents his latest exhibition, “Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance,” at New York’s Salon 94 in partnership with Galerie Derouillon, opening September 10. The show features a new series of monumental canvases exploring modern masculinity, inspired by moments such as Volodymyr Zelensky’s suitless visit to the White House, British royalty, fascist armies, and prep school students. Foxton, trained in fashion design at Central Saint Martins and formerly at Louis Vuitton, Bottega Veneta, Maison Margiela, and Dior, employs a limited color palette drawn from military and 19th-century male dress norms, balancing desire and discipline. The exhibition includes works referencing figures like Yukio Mishima and bullfighter Manolete.

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Fran Tirado, editor-in-chief of Them, has launched Doll Invasion, a series of fundraising parties and an online auction supporting trans rights. The auction, held in partnership with Queer|Art and Advocates for Trans Equality, features works by artists such as Martine Gutierrez, Jeffrey Gibson, and Zackary Drucker, along with pop culture items from Chappell Roan and a cooking experience with Alison Roman. The event runs through Labor Day, with a companion party on Fire Island in late August.

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Collector Amitha Raman shares her journey into art collecting, which began with late-night classes at MoMA under art historian Agnes Berecz, where she explored empty galleries after hours. Her first acquisition was Mary Beth Edelson's "Hounds of Hell" (1973), and she now serves as co-chair of MoMA's Young Patrons Council and a member of its Black Arts Council. Raman's collection includes works by Rashid Johnson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Tracey Emin, Jenny Holzer, and Jeffrey Gibson, and she actively loans pieces to major museums worldwide.

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The article compiles personal anecdotes from several art collectors—Laurent Asscher, Suzanne Syz, Rob and Eric Thomas-Suwall, Toby Milstein Schulman, and Danielle Falls—who share mistakes they made while building their collections. Asscher recounts buying a lesser Basquiat at Christie's before quickly reselling it to acquire a superior work at Phillips; Syz regrets buying a piece because others wanted it; the Thomas-Suwalls missed out on a Dominique Fung diptych; Schulman accidentally bought a work attributed 'after Keith Haring' at a charity auction; and Falls reflects on her early eagerness as a young trustee of the Bronx Museum.

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Aspen's summer 2025 art scene is packed with exhibitions and fairs. Highlights include a mini-survey of photographer Anastasia Samoylova at Casa Tua Aspen, a major Sherrie Levine retrospective at the Aspen Art Museum (June 6–Sept. 29), Enrique Martínez Celaya's 'The Pale Threshold' at Baldwin Gallery (June 20–July 20), the Intersect Aspen Art + Design Fair (July 29–Aug. 3) featuring Shepard Fairey and Michael Stipe, Anderson Ranch's Summer Series with talks by Issy Wood and Titus Kaphar, and the Aspen Art Fair (July 29–Aug. 2) at Hotel Jerome.

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Tia Tanna, a 24-year-old London-based collector and curator who serves on Tate's photography acquisitions committee, discusses her collecting journey in an interview with Cultured. She began collecting with a Sterling Ruby ashtray and now actively builds a collection that includes Middle Eastern contemporary art, textiles, fashion photography, and couture. Her father sparked her interest by starting a collection on her behalf when she was a child, and she now manages around 70 loans for exhibitions.

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Conceptual artist Jill Magid has turned her dealer Esther Kim Varet's campaign for U.S. Congress into the subject of her latest solo exhibition, "Heart of a Citizen," at Various Small Fires in Los Angeles. The show features a replica of the White House Briefing Room platform, which Magid offered for Varet's political use, leading to complex negotiations around campaign finance law. The campaign plans to host a political debate on the platform in July, and a collector purchased the sculpture to donate to Varet's campaign, intertwining art, law, and politics.

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Amy Sillman, a 69-year-old abstract painter based in New York, is preparing for a new solo exhibition titled "Alternate Side (Permutations #1–32)" at Dia Bridgehampton, opening June 28. The show will feature a series of recently completed silkscreen and painted works, which Sillman describes as being like Sol LeWitt's line forms but less structured. She plans to paint the gallery walls herself, creating an improvised backdrop for the works. The article also discusses her recent institutional survey "Oh, Clock!" at the Kunstmuseum Bern and Ludwig Forum Aachen, where she curated selections from their collections and painted the walls on a whim.

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Rodrigo Padilla, a hairstylist who built his career at Sally Hershberger and now serves on the Whitney Museum’s Drawing and Print Acquisitions Committee, discusses his art collection with his husband Elliott Trice. The couple’s Midtown flat features works by Latin American and diaspora artists including Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Amy Bravo, Verónica Vázquez, Angel Otero, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Dagoberto Rodríguez, and others. Padilla credits Whitney trustee Brooke Garber Neidich with inspiring his collecting journey by advising him to “see everything.”

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This article from Cultured magazine covers multiple art-related stories, including a profile of restaurateur Keith McNally's memoir, a list of must-see museum exhibitions in New York for spring, a review of Mary Abbott's overlooked Abstract Expressionist work now on view at Schoelkopf Gallery, a feature on Salman Toor's major new exhibition "Wish Maker" at Luhring Augustine, and a discussion on designing more empathetic museums. It also includes a beauty and fashion trends piece with creative nominations.

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The Rose Art Museum held its first-ever New York benefit gala, marking its return to the fundraising circuit after two decades. Co-chaired by advisor Abigail Ross Goodman and Christie’s Sara Friedlander, the event honored sculptor Hugh Hayden and philanthropist Lizbeth Krupp, the longtime chair of the museum’s board of advisors. The evening raised $900,000 toward a new $2 million Exhibition Endowment Fund, with Krupp making the first gift. Guests included artists Salman Toor, Leilah Babirye, Ali Banisadr, and Ilana Savdie, as well as gallerist Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Public Art Fund’s Nicholas Baume.

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Berry Campbell gallery in New York is presenting "Across the Bering Strait," a comprehensive exhibition of the late sculptor Mary Ann Unger, featuring the full 34-part installation of the same name for the first time in the city. The show, on view through May 17, 2025, revives Unger's meditation on human migration and includes an interview with her daughter, artist Eve Biddle, who discusses growing up in a family of artists and her mother's legacy.

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Salman Toor's largest exhibition to date, "Wish Maker," opened May 2 across Luhring Augustine's Chelsea and Tribeca galleries in New York. The Chelsea space features new paintings, while the Tribeca show is the artist's first dedicated presentation of works on paper. The two-venue presentation is Toor's first major New York showing since his solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2020, which launched him to art stardom. The article includes an interview conducted by CULTURED contributor Adam Eli, where Toor discusses his creative process, his attachment to finished paintings, and how his need to come out as queer through painting drove the development of his distinctive style.

Perna, Cruz-Diez, Otero, Barboza: Venezuelan Focus at ISLAA

PERNA, CRUZ-DIEZ, OTERO, BARBOZA: ENFOQUE VENEZOLANO EN ISLAA

The Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA) in New York has launched its 2026 exhibition program with a major focus on Venezuelan modern and contemporary art. The season features a significant solo exhibition of Claudio Perna—his first in New York—alongside a showcase of Carlos Cruz-Diez and digital 'Spotlight' presentations on Diego Barboza and Alejandro Otero. The Perna retrospective, titled 'Idea como arte,' gathers over forty works including photography, photocopies, and conceptual cartography created between the 1960s and 1990s.

OSCAR MURILLO: PAINTING AS A WELL OF ACCUMULATION

ÓSCAR MURILLO: LA PINTURA COMO POZO DE ACUMULACIÓN

The article profiles Colombian-born artist Oscar Murillo and his expansive, socially-engaged practice. It details his rise to international prominence in the early 2010s with large-scale paintings that incorporate text, textiles, and studio detritus, and highlights his ongoing, collaborative project 'Frequencies,' which involves students from over thirty countries creating works on canvases attached to school desks. The piece also references his major solo exhibitions, including 'El pozo de agua' at kurimanzutto in Mexico City (2026), 'Masas' at WIELS in Brussels (2024), and 'The flooded garden' at Tate Modern (2024).

Expo Chicago art fair returns with a ‘refined’ floor plan and Obama Center ties

Expo Chicago, the city's major international art fair, has opened its 2024 edition at Navy Pier with a redesigned floor plan intended to improve visitor flow and gallery visibility. The fair features over 170 galleries from 29 countries, with a notable contingent of Chicago-based exhibitors and a special section dedicated to art from the African diaspora.

"A Radical Change": Art Brussels Reinvents Itself for Its Collectors

« Un changement radical » : Art Brussels se réinvente pour ses collectionneurs

Art Brussels, the Belgian art fair, is implementing a significant strategic overhaul for its 42nd edition. The fair is reducing its size by 18%, featuring 136 galleries, and consolidating into a more compact layout to prioritize visitor experience and quality over quantity. It is introducing a new artistic advisory desk to guide collectors and launching a curated section for monumental works.

Death of Artist Fabien Verschaere

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The French contemporary art world is mourning the sudden death of artist Fabien Verschaere at the age of 50. Represented by Galerie Brugier-Rigail since 2012, Verschaere was known for a prolific and singular body of work that blended childhood imagery, fairy tales, and pop culture icons like Mickey Mouse and Batman into a complex personal mythology. His career was marked by significant exhibitions at major institutions including the Palais de Tokyo, the Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, and the Grand Palais.

Jury Convicts Daniel Sikkema in Killing of New York Dealer Brent Sikkema

Daniel Sikkema, the estranged husband of murdered New York art dealer Brent Sikkema, was found guilty in Manhattan federal court on charges related to a murder-for-hire plot. Prosecutors proved that Daniel orchestrated the killing of Brent Sikkema, founder of the Chelsea gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co., at his vacation home in Rio de Janeiro in January 2024, amid a bitter divorce and custody dispute. Daniel was convicted on three counts for conspiring to hire Alejandro Triana Prevez, a Cuban former security officer, who stabbed the dealer 18 times. Daniel faces a mandatory life sentence.

‘You look at it and you just feel better’: this year’s Photoville festival highlights

The 15th annual Photoville festival in New York features over 90 photographic exhibits, ranging from whimsical subjects like cosmic-looking apples in "Old Apples" to hard-hitting reportage on wildfires, water access inequalities, and ICE's impact on communities. Notable exhibits include "Special Girls," showcasing 1990s photos of trans women from the Remsen Wolff archive, and "Point of View," pairing self-portraits by Dutch college students with Rijksmuseum artworks. Other highlights include Lexi Parra's "The Avillas," documenting a family after a matriarch's self-deportation, and "Puppies Behind Bars," a photo series on incarcerated men raising service dogs at Green Haven prison.

The Netherlands is confronting its history of Nazi occupation – but many stolen objects remain unreturned

Arthur Brand, a Dutch art detective, was contacted by a man who discovered that his family descended from Hendrik Seyffardt, a high-ranking Nazi collaborator, and that a painting looted from Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker remained in their possession. The painting, Toon Kelder's *Portrait of a Young Girl*, had hung in a relative's home near Utrecht for years. The family, who changed their name after WWII, handed the painting to Brand after the story broke in Dutch media, expressing shame and outrage over the silence surrounding their history.

Independent art fair makes the most of more spacious digs

The Independent art fair in New York has relocated from Spring Studios in Tribeca to Pier 36 on the East River, doubling its footprint while slightly reducing the number of exhibitors from 87 to 76. The move creates a more spacious, single-level layout with larger stands and improved circulation, allowing for more ambitious installations. Dealers report strong early collector turnout, with over a third of exhibitors presenting solo stands by artists showing in New York for the first time, including Omar Mismar and Julia Maiuri. Notable presentations include Charles Moffett’s revival of late textile artist Silvia Heyden, James Fuentes’s cross-generational downtown New York showcase, and a large-scale installation by Gretchen Bender.