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Looking back at 2024, it’s clear this year has seen artists creating interesting works. Among them is Cynthia Karalla, who weaves the personal and political into her practice. With roots in architecture and photography, Karalla’s journey has been one of constant reinvention. Her work transcends categories, dismantling traditional barriers and reimagining art as a lens through which we examine ourselves and the systems around us. Karalla’s pieces invite audiences to question entrenched assumptions and explore themes often left unspoken, such as power, identity, and taboo. One of her most daring projects, The Baby Grand Piano, exemplifies her approach, forcing a confrontation with…

Years without Venice Biennales tend to be quieter affairs, but that’s not the case for 2025, which is shaping up to be a particularly busy period for the art world, with long-anticipated museum openings across the globe and experimental biennials staged on nearly every continent. With 2025 finally here, it’s time to start planning. Below, we’ve created a list of 20 art happenings to look forward to next year. Three New York Museums Return, Bigger and Better Image Credit: Albert Vecerka/Esto The New York museum landscape has looked a bit sad lately, no doubt in part because three notable institutions—the…

There are several ironies at play in Hauser & Wirth’s presentation of Gary Simmons’ paintings. thin ice. The focus of the exhibition is the artist’s drawing of the character Bosko, a blatantly racial film created in 1928 by animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. racist comics by saying “Hmm! That’s good!” (Respect to H&W for using the word “racist” when describing black comics, rather than the more analgesic “racialized.”) The six black-and-white oil paintings featuring Bosco’s skates look almost like studies for later works, given Simons’s signature blurring and partial erasure of figures. But in this series, the daubing of…

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, passed away at the age of 100, the Carter Center in Atlanta announced on Sunday. While Carter was known for his tireless advocacy of human rights and world peace, he also left a long legacy of support for the arts and free speech. Carter’s association with the art world began during his successful 1976 presidential campaign. That year, in an effort to position the then-Georgia governor as a new-faced progressive, the Democratic National Convention commissioned Andy Warhol to create a portrait of Carter at his home (and peanut farm) in the…

Art inspired by Luigi Mangione has moved beyond the digital screen and into the streets. Pacific Northwest street artist subSpace, who declined to reveal his real name because the artist also works as a commercial graphic designer, shared a public art wall on Post Alley in Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, earlier this month. Charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. “While I do not condone murder of any kind, I feel a connection with Luigi because we both see and bear witness to the lack of empathy and humanity in our current healthcare system,” subSpace wrote allergy. “I wanted…

In museums and alternative spaces Photo credit: Maximiliano Durón/ARTnews Latinx artists have been featured in multiple museum group and solo exhibitions surveying their artwork, demonstrating that institutions across the country increasingly continue to embrace the work of Latinx artists. This year, three mid-career artists went on high-profile outings. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, has dedicated a stunning exhibition to Firelei Báez, showcasing the breadth of her artistic practice, from captivating paintings to immersive installations. At the Dallas Contemporary Art Fair, Patrick Martinez displays his recent work as well as pieces made specifically for the exhibition, such as his seven-part…

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, art news Newsletter about the art market and beyond. Register here Receive it every Wednesday. At the end of the year, it’s easy to look back at the events, large and small, that have occurred over the past 12 months and try to draw some grand conclusions about these events that seemed to have moved the art market forward in some way. December is a good time for reflection, but it’s important to see the past as part of a continuum, whether in the art world or elsewhere. Unless something catastrophic…

As committed chroniclers of the proverbial “art world” — an imperfect term denoting the ecosystem of artists, institutions, and other entities that make the visual art planet go ’round — we at Hyperallergic have noticed a few patterns emerge over the years. For example, why are museums getting so expensive? How come exhibition lighting is so offputting? And for God’s sake, what’s with all the soil art?!In the spirit of ringing in the new year — and bidding adieu to 2024 — we’ve compiled our Dos and Don’ts for 2025, listing the trends and habits we’d like to leave behind…

There were times in 2024 when it felt as though an entire chapter of art history was being lost. Crack open a modern art textbook, and note how many figures from the section on Minimalism died this year alone: Frank Stella, Carl Andre, Richard Serra. Stella and Serra’s deaths, plus those of artists working at the same time like Faith Ringgold and Jackie Winsor, recently moved critic Barry Schwabsky to ask if an entire New York scene had died this year as well. It wasn’t just artists in New York who died this year, of course. Giants of other countries…

Looking back at 2024, it’s clear this year has been filled with artists who have created intersting works. Clint Imboden, a 3D artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is one of those voices. His work transforms everyday objects into layered narratives, blending nostalgia with sharp social and political commentary.Clint’s childhood in St. Louis, shaped by his parents’ love for collecting Americana and kitsch, laid the foundation for his artistic journey. Today, he scours flea markets for forgotten items—rusty tools, vintage toys, and other relics of the past—and brings them to life in his Oakland studio. Through his sculptures…