Can contemporary art heighten our awareness of the natural world, bringing the beauty and jeopardy of what surrounds us into sharper focus? The curators of the recently completed Wild Eye coastal art and nature trail in North Yorkshire, England, believe so.
Olafur Eliasson
LOS ANGELES The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA In “OPEN,” Eliasson encouraged careful looking as a means to “sense our way into” larger systems. That he mostly missed these goals didn’t dampen the possibility for enjoyment of his often spectacular installations, or his commendable ambition.
Freedom Is Never Really Free: A Conversation with Ai Weiwei
To say that “Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei,” the artist’s current retrospective at the Seattle Art Museum, is timely would be an understatement.
Olga de Amaral
PARIS Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain Olga de Amaral’s long overdue survey exhibition (on view at ICA Miami through October 12, 2025) reflects a recent wave of renewed interest in fiber art, as U.S. and European museums re-evaluate the ties between abstraction and woven textiles.
Kazuo Kadonaga
LOS ANGELES Blum Gallery Kazuo Kadonaga’s work seduces almost instantly. There’s a palpable glow coming off the waxy surface of wood, the matte sheen of washi paper, the tonal gradations of scorched bamboo, and the glossy finish of melted glass.
Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes
SEATTLE Koplin Del Rio The satire and sharp wit of the “Pelts” are welcome, though they forsake the resonant power of the “Terra Nada” sculptures, with their aura of generative potential.
Monika Zarzeczna
KINGSTON, NY 68 Prince Street Gallery Zarzeczna explores the “trans-state” of objects—items that have lost their original function but persist as memories, embodying an in-between realm where meaning shifts and systems evolve.
Chiharu Shiota
BOSTON Institute of Contemporary Art Watershed Ilan Natan Magat of Israel College has said that home “can be a structure, a feeling, a metaphor, and a symbol,” and one senses the truth of that statement in Shiota’s work.
Continentes de experiencias sensibles: Una Conversación con Federico Roldán Vukonich
Nacido en Paraná, Entre Ríos, el joven escultor Federico Roldán Vukonich es Licenciado en Artes Visuales por la Universidad Nacional de las Artes de Buenos Aires, y complementó su formación con programas, clínicas y talleres junto a diversos artistas del ámbito nacional.
Twisting Reality: A Conversation with Erwin Wurm
Every time Erwin Wurm produces a sculpture from a real object—cars, shoes, pieces of clothing—he creates something strange and wonderful, inviting us to consider different possibilities for the ordinary and familiar.
