At The Broad, Yoko Onos restless Yes arrives with hammers, gauze, and memory
The Broads Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind (May 23October 11, 2026) is the artists first LA museum show, mixing participatory works, historic performances with REDCAT and LACO, and key pieces from across her career, from Half-a-Wind to Apple and FLY.
Curators named for Islamic Arts Biennale 2027, a historic Philippine honor, and more this week
Diriyah Biennale Foundation names four lead curators for the Islamic Arts Biennale 2027; Imelda Cajipe Endaya becomes the first woman National Artist for Visual Arts in the Philippines; Creative Australia announces 16 Fellows; Yona Lee receives PICA’s 2027 Judy Wheeler Commission; Alicja Kwade’s Tai Kwun installation is restored after vandalism.
From Halberstadts note change to L.A.Mark Swed signs off with John Cage in mind
At Halberstadt’s St. Burchardi Church, Mark Swed witnessed a new pitch added to John Cage’s 639-year Organ2/ASLSP performance, then reflected on stepping down as Los Angeles Times music critic and the Cage-inflected threads linking Disney Hall, LACMA and the coming Colburn Center.
In Sarah Lee’s ‘Deeper,’ landscapes glow, crack, and quietly resist
Sarah Lee’s solo exhibition Deeper at Albertz Benda gathers dreamy, uncanny landscapes—moons, fissures, and diffused lightning—to explore ecosystems and the tension between clarity and concealment. Works like “Emerald Sky” (2026) and “Before Dark” (2026) anchor the show, on view through October 10 in New York.
Taehyoung Maria Jeons Plant Series Turns Houseplants into Uncanny Digital Worlds
South Korean artist Taehyoung Maria Jeons digital Plant Series transforms apartment flora into uncanny compositions with purple veins, red outlines, and starry accents. Dozens of works appear in Folium, her first monograph from Volume, a publisher that asks readers to back projects before printing.