Art

A Bird's Eye View

For Nikita Gale, the arena is an archaeological site that reflects deeper truths about human nature and the desire to dominate. At Petzel in New York, stadiums are broken open and exposed under the artist’s critical and curious eye.

Words by 
Meka Boyle

Light is the Binding Element

In a Venetian chapel, Wallace Chan’s titanium faces ooze with echoes.

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Osman Can Yerebakan

A Shine and a Song

Ming Smith has carried a camera with her for most of her life. Her New York exhibition at Nicola Vassell delves into her expansive archive with never-before-seen works from her early years.

Words by 
Meka Boyle

In the Waiting Room

Sung Tieu, who immigrated from Hải Dương, Vietnam, to East Berlin as a child, considers herself far more German than Vietnamese. The artist’s works, which often explore precarious aspects of the immigrant condition, are suffused with a sense of rootlessness.

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Evan Moffitt

The Eye of the Beholder

Set in a not-so-distant future, Sedrick Chisom confronts America's violent, racist timeline and redeems mythical antagonists such as Medusa—their traits reframed as projections and products of the society that cast them out.

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Alina Cohen

Her Body, Her Art

Huguette Caland turned to art to express her innermost thoughts and her own physical form. Now in Miami, works from the late Lebanese artist are now on view at her first-ever solo exhibition in an American museum.

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Anyu Ching

Nature or Nurture

In his first solo exhibition in New York in almost two decades, Alessandro Twombly pays homage to ancient Italian civilization, his heritage, and the Roman countryside.

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Anyu Ching

Matthew Brown Heads East

The Los Angeles art dealer opens the gallery’s first location outside of California with an inaugural exhibition by Croatian art collective TARWUK.

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Anyu Ching

NADA New York Turns Ten

For the milestone edition of its art festival, the nonprofit will showcase a unique lineup of contemporary art, highlight a wide array of emerging artists, and host not-to-be-missed cultural discussions.

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Elina Boeva

A Return to Dirt

Sculptor Gisela Colón carries the land of her childhood in Puerto Rico with her. At Efraín López in New York, the stuff it's made of materializes in cosmic shapes. 

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Meka Boyle

Skin Deep Secrets

While everything seems almost too perfect and too smooth, a disturbing smile hides behind the paintings of Chloe Wise’s new exhibition at Almine Rech in Brussels.

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Jade Féraud

Looking for Ernie Barnes

Ernie Barnes captured the beauty and perseverance of Black American life for over five decades. Until recently, the late painter was overlooked by the art world. Now his influence is on display at Ortuzar Projects in New York.

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Meka Boyle

Jeffrey Gibson Asks for a Closer Read

The artist’s representation of the U.S. at this year’s Venice Biennale still holds traces from his established rules to create an exhibition experience, including approaching the venue as a club and a church.

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Osman Can Yerebakan

Venetian Expectations

Ann Binlot had high hopes and a jam-packed schedule for the opening of the 60th Venice Biennale. Here’s what Family Style’s editor-at-large was actually able to see.

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Ann Binlot

Sum of its Parts

Idris Khan deconstructed a selection of Old Masters paintings by color. Then he created a symphony of geometric abstractions.

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Rachel Summer Small

Monuments of Home

Lauren Halsey’s hometown of South Central, Los Angeles has influenced nearly all of her works. The artist’s latest installation at this year’s Venice Biennale reframes this heritage through ancient Egyptian architecture.

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Anyu Ching

Everywhere and Nowhere

Nil Yalter has spent her career investigating lives in flux. Through her boundary-pushing work, this year’s Venice Biennale lifetime achievement award winner documents her own constant movement across mediums, borders, and identities.

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Ayşegül Savaş

Alex Katz, Close Up

A new exhibition in Venice, Italy underscores the abstract undercurrent within the artist’s figurative works with works depicting zoomed-in observations of nature and the late mid-century fashion designer Claire McCardell’s archive.

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Anyu Ching

Protective Measures

New Mexico-based Indigenous artist Rose B. Simpson unveils a tender public sculpture in New York City.

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Rachel Summer Small

The House is Alive!

Olivia Erlanger’s immersive, multi-part installation at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston marks the multidisciplinary artist’s first solo museum show. An unnerving short film about haunted appliances sets the stage.

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Meka Boyle

Free Association

Lynda Benglis has spent decades forging an unparalleled sculptural practice that nods to the inchoate and ever-enigmatic fog of distant memories. Revealing two new works here, the artist reconnects with longtime curatorial collaborator and veteran dealer Adam Sheffer.

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Rachel Summer Small

Frieze Keeps New Yorkers on Their Toes

The 12th edition of Frieze New York takes over the city with boundary-pushing immersive performances, film screenings, music, and more.

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Elina Boeva

Standing on Top of the Universe

Japan-born Saya Woolfalk constructs a thought–provoking moment of respite amongst the chaos of Hong Kong.

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Ann Binlot

Undercurrents

Elizabeth Glaessner’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, “Now you’re a lake,” unfolds in a series of imaginative and emotional confrontations between ambiguous figures and bodies of water.

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Salma Badr

How Rachel Rossin Took Over the Guggenheim

The 2024 Young Collectors Council Party at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum featured a transcendent one-night-only immersive installation by the artist.

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Rachel Summer Small

All is Fair in Love and Art

Long overshadowed by her 10-year relationship with Pablo Picasso, the works of the late French painter Françoise Gilot are now being celebrated in a solo exhibition in Paris.

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Anyu Ching

Project for Empty Space Takes Off

The nonprofit’s new Chinatown location marks its return to Manhattan and is inaugurated by a cosmic exhibition by Derrick Adams.

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Meka Boyle

The Secret Worlds of Toshiko Takaezu

This Hawaiian ceramist and painter spent five decades experimenting. Now, 13 years after her death, Takaezu’s life and work are being commemorated in a major retrospective that features pieces from public and private collections across the country.

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Anyu Ching

Highlights from Art Basel Hong Kong 2024

A bridge between the art world hemispheres, the fair is finally back at full speed, with a focus on flowers, figuration, and Hong Kong traditions as hundreds of thousands of visitors expected over its three-day run.

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Ann Binlot

El Renacimiento

Zélika García has spent her career supporting Mexican artists. Two decades after its debut, her homegrown art fair Zona Maco is the culmination of her life’s work.

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Meka Boyle