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Remember back in 2013, 2014, thereabouts? You'd be at a party, and someone would mention Game of Thrones, and the conversation would bubble along for a bit, but you'd already stopped paying attention because you were girding your loins, knowing what was about to happen, because it always happened? Like clockwork? Namely: Someone in the group would snort with outsized, performative derision.

Drawing inspiration from the Renaissance atmosphere of Palazzo Grimani, Boafo turns his gaze to the rich Venetian portrait tradition. The artist is creating a series of new works specifically for the exhibition, directly referencing this historical context and the unique architecture of the palace.

I don't want to be Botero or only a lady who paints,

, the hit play at Studio 54, is writer and director Robert Ickes' modern - and riveting - version of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Since that play was written around 425 B.C., I'm not spilling the beans by telling you it's about the King of Thebes (Oedipus) who unknowingly fulfills his destiny by killing his father and marrying his mother. When he discovers what he has done - what he can never "unsee" - he gouges out his eyes.

Created for the company in 2016, Kahn's Giselle is imbued with inventiveness (this is a daring, dystopian dance-drama like no other), integrity (in the way themes are transposed from the nineteenth-century Romantic-era classic to this reimagining) and impressiveness (the level of commitment from the dancers, whose embodiment makes the work a formidable entity, is outstanding). You can't just watch it. You exist inside it, breathe it in, let it get under your skin.

After 13 years leading the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India, the artist and curator Bose Krishnamachari will step down from his roles as president of the Kochi Biennale Foundation and member of its board of trustees. In a statement, Krishnamachari cited "pressing family reasons" for his decision. His departure is not expected to impact the sixth edition of the biennial, For the Time Being, which opened last month and will run as scheduled until 31 March.

If, like me, you'd rather be in Puerto Rico slathering mashed banana on your semi-nude body than braving the forthcoming cold front in New York City, just know you're not alone. "TROPICALIZE ME!" (2025), pictured above, was performed by Matthieu Laurette at the 3rd Gran Bienal Tropical in December, where the artist took home one of five "Golden Coconuts" along with Poncili Creación, Ángela María Domínguez, Miguel González, and Aldo Álvarez Tostado.

I want to make tiny little movies that then don't seem tiny.

Migration is a thing that transforms a human into a different type of human ... the self being transformed into this being that doesn't exist there, and doesn't exist here

This is the site of the Florida state historical marker commemorating Arthur Lee McDuffie, a Black insurance broker and former US Marine whose 1979 beating death at the hands of Miami police ignited one of the most consequential uprisings in the city's history. A plaque unveiled in February 2024 at the site of his attack finally acknowledged the violence that fractured McDuffie's skull and the community-wide outrage that followed.

The red sphere, originally associated with the ritual of celebration and the expectation of magic, is stripped of its function and returned to the landscape as a heavy, vulnerable form without foundation. Suspended by a hemp rope from a bare century-old tree, the object exists between ground and space; neither in fall nor at rest, but in a prolonged state of uncertainty.

In January, we all have to put in a little extra effort to keep sane. With the dark evenings, cold stormy weather and our bank accounts drained from December's festivities, it's easy to just stay home and rot. But don't give in to that temptation - there are loads of things going on across London this month that help make these winter months a little less miserable.

It's never too late to pick up a new hobby. Shop our top picks for easy things to try, and you may just discover something you love. BAISITE Paint by Numbers Kit for Adults Beginners This paint-by-numbers kit is a fun way to get creative and relax. It comes with a canvas, brushes, and paint pots, everything you need to get started. When you finish, be sure to showcase your new skill by displaying your artwork at home.

The very things we value, education, art, culture, are disappearing at a rapid rate,

There's a particular magic in discovering the worlds created by the late prescient author Ursula K. Le Guin, from the Earthsea archipelago to the planet of Gethen. The former series was one of the first I encountered as a young reader that centered non-White characters. Even her carefully drawn maps reveal a mind with gears always turning, swirling with storylines that defied linearity and conventions of science fiction - and the way writers speak to their readers.

"I'm retiring from the gallery, but I'm not retiring," Augustine told . "I leave on very good terms and with a sense of immense gratitude."

Donald Trump envisions his pet project as a sculpture park with 250 life-size, "realistic" statues made of marble, granite, bronze, copper and brass depicting a hodgepodge of historical figures-George Washington, Frederick Douglass, Kobe Bryant and Alex Trebek are all on the list. The president has said that the project will be completed in time for the US's semiquincentennial in July, but this seems increasingly unlikely, especially given that the sculptors who will create the garden's statues have not yet been announced.

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For one year, beginning on 30 September 1978, Tehching Hsieh lived in an 11ft 6in x 9ft wooden cage. He was not permitted to speak, read or consume any media, but every day a friend visited with food and to remove his waste. The vital context here is that this incarceration was voluntary: Hsieh is a Taiwanese-American artist whose chosen practice is performance art, undertaking durational actions for long periods. Marina Abramovic has called him the master of the form.

From figures with multiple legs and noodles for arms to frolicking trees, Paco Pomet summons the absurd. Known for his uncanny oil paintings rendered mostly in monochrome and enlivened by colorful details of overly stretchy limbs or celestial objects, a sense of nostalgia greets surreal scenarios. The artist often derives his imagery from vintage black-and-white photographs, adding an absurd dimension to history.

Modern Art is pleased to present Polygrapher, the first solo exhibition by Joseph Yaeger since announcing his representation by the gallery, and the inaugural exhibition at their Bennet Street gallery. Polygrapher denotes both the exhibition title and a text written by the artist, published in the exhibition's accompanying booklet. Taking the form of an interrogation the artist underwent attached to a Stoelting UltraScribe--and in which only the answers have been transcribed--it creates a framework for the experience of the subsequent paintings.

Celebrating its 20th year, the Chicago-based non-profit United States Artists (USA) has released the names of its 2026 fellows, each of whom will receive a $50,000 unrestricted grant. In addition to the monetary prize, fellows benefit from tailored support from USA, such as financial planning, career consulting and legal advice. Awarded in ten categories-architecture and design, craft, writing, dance, film, media, music, theatre and performance, traditional arts and visual art-