Lou Beneschs The Magicians Room Spins Tarot into Surreal Mixed Media
Paris-based Lou Beneschs solo exhibition The Magicians Room at Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco, on view through August 22, channels the tarots Magician into surreal mixed-media works on vintage board games, chalkboards, and antique paper.
Craig & Karls Under the Sun Lifts Summer into a Dubai Atrium
At ICD Brookfield Place in Dubai, Craig & Karl debut Under the Sun, a canopy of smiling inflatables—flowers, beach balls, inner tubes, and a radiant sun—suspended in the atrium as a new chapter of their Mateys universe. The duo, based in New York and London, describe their cross-continental process as a two-way conversation.
Who Signs Off on the Work Now? Verification, Closures, and Live Credibility
From Google’s new image-assessment tool and Harvard’s writing center closure to the L.A. Jazz Festival’s collapse, Ragtime’s record at Lincoln Center Theater, and Gia Kourlas seeing dance in a champion surfer, this roundup traces where trust in culture is won—or lost.
Grace Baldwin Builds a Monumental Junk Drawer of Everyday Memories
Grace Baldwin is constructing a lifelike junk drawer at monumental scale, filling it with hyper-real versions of everyday items and crowdsourced suggestions from social media. She plans to keep adding objects, hopes to find a place to display the work, and is exploring materials beyond her usual woodworking.
Sharbreon Plummers Stories in the Seams charts Black quilting from enslavement to now
Sharbreon Plummers richly illustrated book, Stories in the Seams: A Peoples History of Black Quilts and Their Makers (Chronicle Books), traces Black quilting from its roots in slavery through today, combining archival imagery, historical context, and works by artists including Ruth Clement Bond, the Quilters of Gees Bend, Bisa Butler, Basil Kincaid, and Faith Ringgold. The volume is slated for release on October 6.
A Year in Pieces: Damien Hoar de Galvans Daily Wood Assemblages Reach ICA/Boston
In 2024, Damien Hoar de Galvan created 362 daily sculptures from reclaimed wood in his Milton studio, a project that later earned him the 2025 James and Audrey Foster Prize and an ICA/Boston exhibition titled I dont think Im ever gonna figure it out.
Francesco Pirazzis Luminous Scenes Probe the Space of Absence
Turin-based artist Francesco Pirazzi paints atmospheric, dreamlike scenes where light organizes space and reveals absence, featuring recurring subjects like trees, street lamps, and houses. Works from 2024 and 2025 will be on view at Luce Gallery in Turin starting Octobe 28.
Alejandro Aguilar Canela Finds Clarity in the Shadows of Graphite
Austin, Texas-based artist Alejandro Aguilar Canela channels difficult emotions into graphite and mechanical pencil drawings on paper and vellum, embracing smudges and unplanned marks as part of his process. Several works appear in this year’s Critic’s Choice exhibition at Ki Smith Gallery in New York, on view through September 6.
When the past wont go away: how foreverisation is reshaping nostalgia
Research by Jonatan Sodergren suggests digital preservation, restoration and 0foreverisation keep the past so available that brands may be selling familiarity rather than nostalgia. Gaming illustrates the shift, with Nintendo, PlayStation and Nightdive Studios returning classics to everyday play.
Prismatic Portals in the Dark: Wiley Wallaces Night Bloom in Philadelphia
Phoenix-based Wiley Wallace conjures desert mystique in glowing acrylics for Night Bloom at Arch Enemy Arts, a solo exhibition of gem-like works that range from 16 inches wide to 6 x 6 inches and continues through August 30 in Philadelphia.