Category: installation

“My newest exhibition, Golden Compass, explores the human struggle to find balance and harmony while combatting injustice and managing righteous rage and grief,” Shepard Fairey mentioned at the opening of his new exhibition at Over the Influence Bangkok. “Art is a perfect tool in this quest because it connects to the most compassionate core of our humanity.”

There isn’t a child in America, probably the wider world, that doesn’t have an experience with a Mattel toy. Hot Wheels, Barbie, Masters of the Universe, American Girl, Matchbox cars… I mean, UNO is a Mattel card game. Mattel and the visual identities they have created are weaved into the fabric of childhood and often adulthood. As we delve deeper into the universe of Mattel, we see a company that is keenly aware of its place in the shifting landscape of culture and art. By harnessing the power of nostalgia while embracing bold, new designs, Mattel has carved out a remarkable niche within the art world and the hearts of collectors. In this way, what began as simple toys has…

Even when seeing Barry McGee’s works and curated installations in other cities around the world (recently the backroom at The Hole in Los Angeles), he brings the Bay Area with him. It’s unmistakably the Bay, and if you haven’t lived there or haven’t been there in years, you know walking into a Barry show there is a language that is of a particular place that is present aand omnipresent in the room. And now Barry has curated Chitty Figures, a group exhibition showcasing paintings, sculpture, and works on paper that showcases the Bay Area in its contemporary (and historic) place in the art world. The show is hosted at Berggruen Gallery, where Barry had a solo show last year. 

In preparing for her exhibition at the Carpenter Center, Oakland-born, NYC-based Janiva Ellis reengaged with paintings that had remained unfinishable in her studio for years, floating in and out of her consciousness. The artist has called these “dust bunny ideas”—hard-to-resolve paintings that settle into corners of her studio to be continuously reworked, with long breaks in between. As a result, much has changed in the world during their long gestation. Fear Corroded Ape asks what it means to assemble a group of “unresolvable” images.  

NANZUKA ART INSTITUTE is pleased to present Hajime Sorayama’s solo exhibition, Light, Reflection, Transparency—a major retrospective showcasing the artist’s most significant works, spanning nearly half a century, from the late 1970s to the present.

In one of the early and major highlights of 2025, the Barbican Art Gallery in London is presenting a retrospective on the brilliant works of the late Noah Davis. It is the debut showing of this presentation of Davis’ work. 

I am an Afro-Dominican American artist, writer, and community organizer from the South Bronx, NY currently based in London, UK. In 2017, I graduated from the USC Roski School of Art & Design in Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. In 2024, I graduated with an MFA in Painting from the UCL Slade School of Fine Arts in London. I have shown my work internationally, participated in numerous artist residencies, and have received grants and awards for my practice (most recently the Adrian Carruthers Studio Prize for my Slade MFA Degree Show presentation.) I am currently an artist-in-residence at ACME’s early careers program in London. ​In my social practice, I serve as a creative collaborator for Honey and…