Framed between two decisive historical thresholds-the death of Emperor Hirohito in 1989 and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster- Prism of the Real: Making Art in Japan 1989-2010 re-examines two transformative decades in Japanese art. The exhibition challenges the idea of "Japan" as a fixed national entity, instead situating artistic practice within the fluid global exchanges of late capitalism.
Mother always said not to play with your food. But the containers the food is packaged in now, there's a loophole. On Nov. 14, an art event in Hayward will highlight that humble but culturally treasured packaging medium: the pizza box. Suitably, the venue is not a gallery or a museum but a pizza parlor, Rayo's Pizza on Mission Blvd., which has baked hot pies since 2022.
It speaks to the experience of a city like Lagos, and its origins as a land of mangrove-a tree that is synonymous with resilience and adaptability. The city has taken on those characteristics in ways that are less obvious to the undiscerning eye.
At this time, Louis Marchesano, deputy director of curatorial affairs and conservation, will lead day-to-day operations at the museum while we identify an interim director and chief executive. As this is an internal matter, we are limited in what we can say. The board of trustees is focused on fulfilling the museum's mission as we enter our 150th year. We are not providing further comment at this time.
9:00 am Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile FREE 10:00 am Asian Art Museum: Free Admission Day (Every First Sunday) FREE* *Special exhibitions may require separate admission surcharge 10:00 am Santa Skivvies 2025: Holiday Underwear Run Through the Castro (SF) FREE* *Free to watch, but register for the run and supports the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
In Asia, the "art week" model, which consolidates the three major magnetic forces of art-museums, biennials and art fairs-is rapidly proliferating. January brings Singapore, March sees Hong Kong, September features Seoul and October last year witnessed the inaugural Taipei Art Week. By having museums open major shows and host large-scale events alongside fairs, and synchronising biennial openings, these three magnetic forces are deepening their reciprocal relationships and creating powerful synergy.
Who will free us from the handsome British issue drama? Plays that float across the Atlantic on clouds of critical praise with sumptuous, starkly modern whizbang production design-lord how much funding you all have over us Americans-and which purport to tackle serious issues, but exhibit, once you scratch past the hard lighting and drum-forward soundscapes, a facile shallowness. Earlier this fall on Broadway, we had Will Graham's swing at masculinity in , and before that, his Rupert Murdoch in Ink;
One of the best Lego Ideas building sets in recent years is on sale for its best price yet. The 1,710-piece Tuxedo Cat is discounted to $80 (was $100). Released in June 2024 to much fanfare, Tuxedo Cat is a realistic kitty cat model that honestly should probably be in the Lego Icons collection. Considering Tuxedo Cat is a consistent bestseller, we wouldn't be surprised if this deal sold out.
There is an old joke that every woman should find a man who is a good cook; a man who is a good listener; a man who is a good lover; and a man who is good at DIY; and it is most important that these four men should never meet. Similarly, I think it's safe to say that most women
"I'm not so interested in the expression of something. I'm more interested in what the material can do. So that's why I keep exploring," said artist, educator, and civic leader Ruth Asawa, reflecting on a six-decade-long career. Featuring some 300 artworks, Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective charts the artist's lifelong explorations of materials and forms in a variety of mediums, including wire sculpture, bronze casts, drawings, paintings, prints, and public works.
In the uncanny world of Yuichi Hirako, the relationship between humans, nature, and the built environment plays out in vibrant color and unique proportions. The Tokyo-based artist creates large-scale sculptures, paintings, and installations that explore coexistence, often through compositions that appear crowded with domestic objects, food, cats, and figures whose faces are obscured by cartoonish head coverings shaped like trees or antlers.
Artist Meriem Bennani transforms the familiar flip-flop into a vibrating instrument of collective rhythm with her large-scale installation Sole Crushing, on view at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris until February 8th, 2026. The project fills the foundation's entire vertical space with 201 flip-flops animated by a pneumatic system and synchronized to a musical composition created in collaboration with musician and producer Reda Senhaji (aka Cheb Runner).
Roberts, who is forty-two and grew up in Miami, joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre at nineteen and danced there for nearly two decades, until 2021. He began to make dances in 2016, and his early choreography-astonishingly original and powerful-was inextricably tied to his own dancing and the ways he could morph his majestic six-foot-four body as if it were molten.
ASHLAND - The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has announced casting and directors for its 2026 season, unveiling the artists who will bring to life 10 productions ranging from Shakespearean favorites to modern American classics and new works. The announcement marks the next step in a season already previewed for its bold mix of voices and eras - one that Artistic Director Tim Bond says reflects theater's power to unite communities and "illuminate our collective humanity." The season opens in March and runs through late October across the Angus Bowmer, Thomas, and Allen Elizabethan theaters in Ashland. Tickets go on sale to the general public Dec. 2, with early access for OSF members beginning in November.
There was a separate HVAC system for the Nevelson Chapel, but it was tied to the larger building's HVAC, so when one was shut off, the other shut off too. This led to the chapel's relative humidity rising to levels of close to 90%. "It caused some of the paint to peel in this extreme way," Singer tells The Art Newspaper.
Artist Francis Bacon is known for his hell-raising antics in London, but the Dublin-born painter also had a soft spot for Paris. Following his hit exhibition at the Grand Palais in 1971 he took a a small studio apartment in the French capital. During this time Michael Peppiatt, the UK art historian who wrote Francis Bacon in Your Blood (2015), was his guide to the French capital, helping him navigate the City of Lights.
As global temperatures increase annually, communities across the world are facing the troubling fact that their infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists. Offering a glimpse of the potential issues to comae, residents of Phoenix, Arizona-the hottest city in the US, and fifth-largest-are grappling with life-threatening conditions, including recent reports of heatstroke and burns affecting its community of unhoused individuals.
