Figure Study
Against the Grain: Breadwoman's Benevolent Disruptions
Rachel Hahn breaks bread with Anna Homler, whose primeval persona is finally going on tour
By Rachel Hahn
Gossip
Scott Burton and Eduardo Costa's airmail confessions
By David J. Getsy
Books
Lena Dunham's Famesick and the Art of Never Growing Up
Hiji Nam on good girls, bad boys, and why Lena Dunham is too relatable—and not relatable enough
By Hiji Nam
On Site
Venice Biennale 2026: Disneyland on the Lagoon
Divertissements and demonstrations at the art world's theme park
By Rachel Wetzler
TOP TEN
No Silly No Fun: Josiane M.H. Pozi on Karaoke and Cartoons
The UK-based artist on her favorites from childhood to present
By Josiane M.H. Pozi
Previews
Fall Previews
Artforum editors on twenty-seven exhibitions opening between September and December
By The Editors
Features
Body Politics: Gabriele Stötzer's Art Against the State
Stötzer channeled her experiences of imprisonment in the GDR into explorations of freedom, autonomy, and self-determination
By Elisa R. Linn
Features
AI for Modernists
To understand the copy today, we have to leave Walter Benjamin behind
By Mario Carpo
Features
New Drone Gods: Cao Fei Follows the Tech to the Provinces
As smart farming gamifies the Chinese countryside, a youth movement mixes with ancient beliefs
By Pablo Larios
Features
Drawing with Both Eyes Closed: Bruce Nauman's "No Mistakes"
In stereographic videos, the artist attempts to see with his hands
By Jeffrey Weiss
Features
Artist Project: Tarwuk
By Alex Jovanovich, TARWUK
Features
REGRESSIONS AND REVELATIONS
George Baker on the vanguard atavism of Peter Zumthor's LACMA
By George Baker
Features
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Katy Barkan on LACMA and the creation of civic space
By Katy Barkan
Features
Peter Fischli Talks Cappuccinos and Clichés
Caitlín Doherty interviews the artist about his work inspired by the tourism industry
By Caitlín Doherty, Peter Fischli
Basel
What Does AI Dream Of?
Pierre Huyghe's Fondation Beyeler show imagines art after humanity
Fondation Beyeler
By André Rottmann
New York
Fundamental Fictions: David Lamelas Pushes the Boundaries of Sculpture
At Dia Chelsea, Lamelas' sculptures yoke historical forces to the smallest gestures
Dia Chelsea
By Mateus Nunes
Divinity and Sardonic Wit: Paul Thek's Hermetic Paintings at PACE
"For all the funny stuff there is a sincerity behind Thek's wit that won't ironize"
Pace Gallery
By Jonathan Odden
Reveling in Enigma: Emma Fineman's Paintings Reveal the Inner-Self as a Double
At Alexander Berggruen, Emma Fineman plays with wall-based figuration to evoke the "spiritual longing produced by modern disenchantment"
Alexander Berggruen
By Harmon Siegel
Male Art: Lily van der Stokker Spoofs the Manosphere
The artist's frilly wall paintings recast the canon as a "flowering necropolis of dudes"
kaufmann repetto | New York
By Lauren Guilford
Material Artifacts: Stephen Lichty Revisits a Site of Ecological Catastrophe
At YveYang, Stephen Lichty's sculpture queries "how desire can shape and, indeed, destroy a landscape"
YveYANG
By Nicole Kaack
Pumped-up Popeyes: Martin Wong's Mechanized Sculptures Queer the Cartoon Body
At P.P.O.W, Wong's animatronic sculptures prove that "the sacred could be reinvented through American pop"
P.P.O.W
By Ho Won Kim
Rococo Revival: Karla Black's Ornate Minimalism Raids the Cosmetic Kit
"Black conjures a world of abstract forms that are light as clouds and tangible as something you'd rub right on your body"
Rodder
By Barry Schwabsky
Ann Arbor, MI
American Sampler: An Archive of Protest Art Meets the Moment
University of Michigan Museum of Art spotlights "a long twentieth-century history of dissent"
The University of Michigan Museum of Art
By Rattanamol Singh Johal
Chicago
After the Flood: Alison Ruttan's Ceramics Translate Ecological Tragedy into Resonant Materiality
A post-disaster tableau at the Hyde Park Art Center restages a flooded suburban landscape
Hyde Park Art Center
By Susan Snodgrass
Los Angeles
Stone Pony: Charles Ray's Meditation on Animating the Dead
The life-size Fallen Horse is the latest in the artist's series of monumental equine sculptures
Matthew Marks Gallery | 1062 N Orange Grove
By Jan Tumlir
Metaphysical Mark Making : Mimi Lauter's Ethereal Works On Paper Manifest the Spiritual at Matthew Brown Gallery
Mimi Lauter's first exhibition at Matthew Brown Gallery showcases the Petaluma-based artist's highly textured works on paper
Matthew Brown
By Jessica Simmons-Reid
Ugly Truths: Celeste Dupuy-Spencer Depicts American Folly
The exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch, which was marked by the artist's untimely death, showcased the artist's unflinching ability to image the darkest of us
Jeffrey Deitch | 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard
By Andrea Gyorody
Tinseltown Terroir: Helen Molesworth surveys Los Angeles
At David Zwirner, a group show literalizes the imaging of light and space
David Zwirner | Los Angeles
By Suzanne Hudson
Lumber Labor: Hyperrealist paintings by John Hodgkinson represent reality without drawing directly from it
One-foot-tall paintings of slats of wood by John Hodgkinson at House of Seiko in Los Angeles are part of the artist's project to make paintings that are more real than real
House of Seiko
By Jonathan Griffin
London
Twist in a Ruin: Ângela Ferreira revives punk's activist spirit
At The Showroom in London, Ângela Ferreira bypasses punk nostalgia in favor of activist energy
The Showroom
By Michael Bracewell
In the Absence of Heirlooms: Ty Locke Creates a Heritage
At Cøpperfield, Locke's Art Reflects on Wealth and Class
Cøpperfield
By Oskar Oprey
Paris
Another Form of Abstraction: Vietnamese Art Flexes Its Freedom
"RE:FORM - A glimpse of abstraction in Vietnam since Đổi Mới" at galerie frank elbaz in Paris
galerie frank elbaz | Paris
By Joe Fyfe
Barcelona
Sign of the Hand: Asier Mendizabal Explores the Puzzle of Meaning
At Barcelona's ProjecteSD, cultural traces from the past are subject to speculation
ProjecteSD
By Max Andrews
Mönchengladbach
Breath and Metal: Grant Mooney Finds Evanescence Through Craftsmanship
At Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany, Grant Mooney brings fellow artists into his solo show
Museum Abteiberg
By Georg Imdahl
Antwerp
Aftermath: James Ensor in the Twentieth Century
An Antwerp exhibition makes an unconvincing case for the modern master's late work
Tim Van Laere Gallery
By Dominic van den Boogerd
Warsaw
Space Exploration: Barbara Kasten Between Painting and Photography
The American artist's retrospective in Warsaw traces her exploration of two- and three-dimensionality
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
By Marzena Jarczak
Hong Kong
Beyond Geography: "Stay Connected" Historicizes the Present
At Tai Kwun Contemporary, a two-part exhibition debates the meaning of "China"
Tai Kwun Contemporary
By Wu Jianru
Cosmic Ink: Bingyi's Monumental Ink Paintings Open New Spaces Beyond the Tradition
At Hanart TZ Gallery, Bingyi unites earth and performance, microcosm and macrocosm
Hanart TZ Gallery
By Sherman Sam
Tokyo
Angles and Slants: Kazuko Miyamoto's String Sculpture
Since the 1970s, the New York-based artist has been imagining wilder geometries
Take Ninagawa
By Dan Beachy-Quick
Lunch Break
A Trip to Empire Safe & Vault
"BATTERED. BLASTED. TORCHED. BUT EMPIRE NEVER CRACKED"
By Olivia Kan-Sperling
