Beauty has never been more visible, or more exhausting. At Bozar in Brussels, Picture Perfect gathers more than sixty artists to question the faces, bodies and fantasies we have been taught to desire. From rhinoplasty clinics in Tehran to queer portraiture, bodybuilding,…
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In Delhi, art does not whisper; it collides, transforms, negotiates with history. At the heart of this restless city, Pristine Contemporary has quickly become one of its most agile platforms. Founded by Arjun Butani and his partner Arjun Sawhney, the gallery moves…
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In New Orleans, artist Leonard Martin followed the movement of Carnival the way one follows a river. An experience of the city, of history and of the collective that profoundly transformed his way of painting, now on view at Galerie Templon in…
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In the vibrant, unsettling world of Olivia Sterling, laughter and pain walk hand in hand. Her paintings, with their bright surfaces and flat, confident lines, peel back the comforts of everyday life to reveal the deep, persistent absurdities of race, identity, and…
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This summer, Nigerian artist Ken Nwadiogbu presents a major solo exhibition in London, offering new works that push the boundaries of figuration, memory, and black identity. Known for his hyperrealistic yet conceptually rich portraits, often marked by cut-out gazes, fragmented figures, and…
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At just 27, Franco-Japanese artist VictorTakeru is emerging as a quiet force in contemporary painting. Trained in graphic design, self-taught in fine art, he’s developed a delicate, introspective visual language he calls “ambient music painting.” A conversation with a soft-spoken painter whose…
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At London’s National Portrait Gallery, an exhibition reveals a master of mise-en-scène obsessed with beauty and haunted by what it conceals. At the National Portrait Gallery, the exhibition devoted to Cecil Beaton feels less like a retrospective than a slow drift. A…
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