Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami’s psychedelic color schemes and cartoonish surrealism display a kind of eye-popping sensory overload, so it figures that at the opening of Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art on Saturday, the art was just one of several sources ... More

The Andy Warhol. Dark Star exhibition will be on display at the Museo Jumex in Mexico City from June 2 to September 17. It is the first survey of its size to be organized in Mexico and will explore the first decade of Andy Warhol’s ... More

The works that will be featured at New York City’s Allouche Gallery beginning May 24 were started before the 2016 presidential election. Nick Georgiou ... More

On Saturday, L.A.’s just-completed Marciano Art Foundation had its first major unveiling with a party heralding the museum’s official opening on May 25th. Founded and entirely funded by Guess co-founders Paul and Maurice Marciano, the museum is housed in a Koreatown manor once occupied by the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple.  In ... More

Every year, New York Design Week brings an increasingly massive wave of design and tech-related events, conjuring big crowds and high-concept ideas. But for the casual consumer of everyday design, the week also brings more user-friendly activations, like those for Sight Unseen Presents, a platform emphasizing the intersection of ... More

Every two years, the world-renowned Venice Biennale opens to the public from May to November and highlights some of the most innovative genres of contemporary art including dance, cinema and theatre. The Biennale Foundation first hosted the exhibition in 1895 in order to establish a new market for contemporary art. Today, ... More

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake which hit Haiti in January 2010, actor Sean Penn made headlines by almost immediately showing up in the island nation, hoisting supplies and delivering hands-on aid to those affected. Days later, he founded J/P Haitian Relief Organization, ensuring support ... More

HG Contemporary will host artist Laura Kimpton’s solo exhibition from May 4 through May 26, 2017. The multimedia exhibition, called If WORDS could SPEAK, will focus on the importance of words within text, speech and sculpture.  Different installations will be presented as a complete and cohesive show, including a new series of "Word ... More

To Austrian craftsman and designer Robert Stadler , a couch is never just a couch. “Is it liquid or is it solid? It’s in the middle,” says gallerist Julien Lombrail of one of Stadler’s earlier works, an ultra low-rise leather sectional that looks like a sofa crossed with an oil ... More

Before opening Masseria, Chef Nicholas Stefanelli initially found his passion for food through his love of fashion. At 18-years-old, the Maryland native first worked for a master tailor before eventually visiting Italian design schools, and it was there that he fell for the culinary arts. “Food was always a ... More