Four Floors of Feeling: Hospital of Emotions Transforms St. Vincent Medical Center
Hospital of Emotions transforms four floors of St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, with 70 artists interpreting themes from Resilience to Fear; highlights range from Guy “Dioz” Bloom’s graffiti-dense Room #20 to a moving film in Room #75 by Paul Anand and Veterans Stand Together. On view through July 31, 2026, the exhibition engages the building’s medical infrastructure and anticipates its planned shift to a center for behavioral health.
Philippine Artists Mobilize Against Pax Silicas 1,600-Hectare AI Hub
Artists Unite Against Pax Silica (AUPAX) is protesting a roughly 1,600-hectare AI manufacturing hub planned by the US-led Pax Silica initiative, with exhibitions and a rally at the proposed New Clark City site drawing hundreds. The coalitions actions coincide with calls from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Pope Leo XIV for greater oversight and global regulation of AI.
John Wilson Finds a Citys Soul in The History of Concrete
Filmmaker John Wilsons debut feature, The History of Concrete, opened in select U.S. theaters last Friday with a trailer that asks, Do you ever think about concrete? The documentary traces the materials ubiquity in sidewalks, buildings, and homes, using it as an unlikely lens on New York and its denizens.
Kanako Abes Paper Worlds Bridge Folklore and a Forthcoming Book
Kanako Abes intricate paper collages depict wolves, bunnies, and deer in relief, framed by foliage-filled portals, and extend into a forthcoming book with Caryl Lewis, The Paper Girl, published by Frances Lincoln Ltd. The book is slated for release on October 6, alongside upcoming presentations at Giant Robot Gallery and Childhoods End Gallery in Olympia, Washington.