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The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has opened its major Yayoi Kusama retrospective, on view through 17 January 2027. Following her death in August 2026, the exhibition, developed with the artist and her studio, becomes both a survey of seven decades of practice and an unanticipated tribute. Over 300 works trace her visual world from a childhood drawing to the immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms.
On 9 May the 61st Venice Biennale opens with a phrase its late curator Koyo Kouoh left behind: In Minor Keys. We’ve picked seven pavilions that take her instruction to the letter — four first-time presentations, a stateless pavilion shaped by language, a Bulgarian fictional research lab, and a Finnish composition for wind. Pack good shoes.The 61st Venice Biennale opens on 9 May with a phrase its late curator left behind. “The minor keys refuse orchestral bombast and goose-step military marches,”
What happens when Harajuku fashion, retro J-pop, and artificial intelligence meet? Tokyo-born artist Emi Kusano shares how she’s redefining art in the digital age. Above: Pixelated Perception (2023) investigates modern ways of seeing through pixelated imagery, commenting on the nature of perception shaped by digital media. The series critically engages with how media influences personal […]
Explore how digital tools like ID.art are helping museums and artists preserve, contextualize, and share art for the future. Art history has always relied on preservation, documentation, and accessibility to survive across generations. Traditionally, this meant delicate conservation techniques, physical archives, and museum collections. But in the digital age, the way we preserve and experience […]
Christie’s hosts its first AI-exclusive art auction featuring .ART user Refik Anadol. Explore how AI is redefining fine art today. Artificial intelligence has rapidly transformed the art world, and its impact is now reaching the highest levels of the fine art market. Christie’s, one of the world’s most prestigious auction houses, is making history with […]
Following up on .ART’s 2023 conversation with Refik Anadol, world famous media artist, head of Refik Anadol Studio in Los Angeles, and lecturer at UCLA’s Department of Design Media Arts, the .ART team recently interviewed Anadol once again. The discussion delved into his artistic practice, the contexts of his artworks, issues of plagiarism in art, […]
The 60th Venice Biennale, titled "Foreigners Everywhere", was one to remember. Staff writer and curator, Daria Kravchuk, attended the 60th Venice Biennale, titled “Foreigners Everywhere”. Here is her curated list of the top five national pavilions at the Biennale: Austrian Pavilion Anna Jermolaewa, a conceptual artist based in Vienna, Austria, showcases her artistic practice at […]