Camille Henrot, Aria Dean, Diane Severin Nguyen, and more will headline the 2025 Performa Biennial.
From Nov. 1 to 23, the Performa Biennial will open in New York for its 2025 edition. The festival will feature eight newly commissioned performance works by established visual artists from around the world, including Camille Henrot, who will present a musical featuring anthropomorphic animals, while Aria Dean will reimagine a historic Harlem Renaissance meeting within a virtual reconstruction of Berlin’s Tiergarten Park. Other headlining artists include Diane Severin Nguyen, who will record an album with a new band, and Ayoung Kim, who will explore female relationships through martial arts choreography, alongside a lineup blending sculpture, sound, and AI-driven theater.
Analysts are optimistic that Hong Kong’s contemporary art market will be favorable for Art Basel.
Ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong, forecasts surrounding the city’s contemporary art market have been optimistic despite economic uncertainty in China and cautious collector spending. Hong Kong has strengthened its position as a cultural hub with major institutional expansions, high-profile gallery openings, and a growing network of collectors from Southeast Asia. While buyers are increasingly selective, favoring blue-chip work over speculative acquisitions, sustained investment from auction houses and a dynamic year-round arts calendar suggest resilience in the face of global market shifts.
Sculptor Fred Eversley, a pioneer of the Art and Space movement, has died at the age of 83.
Fred Eversley, a pioneering sculptor known for his mesmerizing parabolic resin forms that manipulate light and perception, has died at the age of 83. Though associated with the Light and Space movement, his deep scientific approach set him apart, leading to a decades-long career marked by both institutional recognition and relative obscurity compared to his peers. In recent years, renewed interest in his work brought major retrospectives and public commissions, including his 2023 Public Art Fund commission, “Parabolic Light,” which was displayed at Central Park’s Doris C. Freedman Plaza.
Almost 50 U.K. art galleries, advisors, and design studios have been fined by U.K. tax authorities.
Nearly 50 arts businesses based in the U.K., including advisories, galleries, and design studios, have been fined for failing to register under anti-money laundering rules, with penalties reaching up to $16,700. Some businesses admitted late registration but criticized the fines as excessive, particularly for small firms with limited high-value transactions. Industry leaders are calling for regulatory reforms, arguing that the current thresholds and classifications unfairly burden smaller market participants.
A German university has found that recycled concrete can absorb up to 30 percent more CO2.
A study from Universität der Bundeswehr München found that recycled infra-lightweight concrete (RILC) can absorb nearly 30 percent of the CO2 emissions generated by regular concrete—while maintaining comparable strength, elasticity, and thermal performance. The research highlights the potential of recycling strategies for lightweight concrete, which has traditionally been difficult to repurpose, by demonstrating that smaller particle sizes accelerate CO2 uptake. These findings suggest that RILC could play a crucial role in reducing construction-related emissions and promoting circular building practices.
Today’s attractive distractions:
A new documentary reveals how eight artists lived for years in a clandestine mall apartment.
The heyday of Berlin’s ‘90s techno scene informs this emergent label’s creative direction.
In Tokyo, children can scale an architect-made mini-mountain playground set.
Dominique Perrault’s “inverted skyscraper” Paris metro station has opened.
