ART As the World Cup Looms, Qatar Unveils an Array of Public Art Since winning its bid for the FIFA World Cup over a decade ago, Qatar has been eager to bolster its
ART This New York Development Has an Artwashing Problem A proposal to transform an industrial area of Queens into a sprawling mixed-use development and...
ART An Artist Giving Historic Statues the Trash Compactor Treatment With an acclaimed show at The Hole in L.A., the American artist cheekily questions how we approach...
Art Artist Derrick Adams is Building a Retreat for Black Creatives The artist spoke with 'Surface' about how he partnered with Tiffany & Co. and Artsy to support the...
ART When Art Censorship Backfires A censorship scandal is sweeping Documenta 15, overshadowing the artwork and calling the German...
Event Recap Art for Change Artists Launch a New Series of Prints at the Rockaway Hotel The artists, whose prints are now included in the hotel's contemporary art collection and available
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ARTIST STATEMENT A Vivid Robe Empowers Zadie Xa’s Ancestral Past The Sobey Art Award winner explores the Korean peninsula’s pervasive pagan spirituality before...
ART Two Countries, Two Diverging Paths on Crypto The crypto market may be simmering down, but remains a key issue as governments seek to tighten...
ART “Stay In Your Limited Lane”—Basquiat Drama Erupts in Orlando The Orlando Museum of Art recently wrapped up an exhibition of paintings they attributed to...
ARTIST STATEMENT Paola Pivi Weaves Landscapes of Reverie Delivering a welcome dose of whimsy during turbulent times, the Anchorage-based artist transforms...
ART How Women Artists Are Responding to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Marilyn Minter, and more weigh in on the Supreme Court’s...
ART Piet Mondrian Painted Masterpieces Under His Masterpieces A two-year-long project undertaken by Fondation Beyeler and La Prairie to preserve four late Piet...
CULTURE CLUB Sotheby’s and Equinox Shine a Spotlight on Queer Intimacy On June 21, Sotheby’s and Equinox hosted an intimate cocktail to celebrate “Forms of...
ARTIST STATEMENT Cara Despain Excavates the Buried Injustices of Cold War Artifacts Reckoning with the reverberations of uranium mining and atomic weapons testing in her home region...
SURFACE 7 A Palatial Members Club Devoted to Fine Wines and Dining Stuns in Hong Kong Plus, Kelly Wearstler’s Giobagnara collaboration, a Swedish streetwear label lands in New York,...
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ARTIST STATEMENT In the Oeuvre of Terence Ntsako Maluleke, Storytelling Runs Deep With Jackson Hlungwani’s Gift II, the Johannesburg-based painter immortalizes a cherished...
CULTURE CLUB The World’s Most Famous Artists Fêted the Hirshhorn’s 50th Anniversary To mark the 50th anniversary of Washington, D.C.'s, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 50 of...
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