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This Week in Art
The latest from the art world — curated from leading publications, matched to the WattsOS database.
Designboom
historic shipyard in china becomes walkable volcanic stone rooftop by kengo kuma
a slipway returns to guangzhou’s pearl river On the former Guangzhou Shipyard, a long incline cuts through Kengo Kuma and Associates ’ Shipyard 1914, carrying the memory of boats once launched toward the Pearl River. The project sits in a city known for its flat terrain, so the old slip
kat barandy I designboom · May 30, 2026
Kengo Kuma
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Artnet NewsMay 29
This Artist Just Gave a Hermès Store Window a Whimsical Makeover
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Artnet NewsMay 29
Seminal Lucian Freud Painting Comes to Auction for the First Time
Lucian Freud
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DesignboomMay 29
soft frequencies: amplifying sonic signals from plants, fungi and other beings
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ARTnewsMay 29
House Democrats Move to Block Trump’s Proposed Arlington ‘Triumphal Arch’
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HyperallergicMay 29
The Art Market Post-Pollock
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Cultured MagazineMay 29
At 101, the Chinese American Artist Ce Roser Is Finally Getting Her Big Break
Ce Roser, Ce Roser
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HyperallergicMay 29
Nicola Florimbi’s Paintings Are Unsettling and Necessary
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Cultured MagazineMay 29
Emma Copley Eisenberg Wrote a Book Designed to Create Friction in a World of A.I. and Ozempic
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HyperallergicMay 29
Patagonia Sues Drag Queen "Pattie Gonia" for Trademark Infringement
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Galerie MagazineMay 29
A Fashion Icon Lists His Fire Island Retreat
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HyperallergicMay 29
New Brooklyn Subway Mural Adds a Touch of Whimsy to Commuting
ruby onyinyechi amanze
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ColossalMay 29
Roda Medhat Subverts Traditional Kurdish Narratives Into Modern Tactile Experiences
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ArtforumMay 29
Lost Leonora Carrington Work to Make Public Debut
Leonora Carrington
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ArtforumMay 29
British Artist Iain Alexander Works With Trump on $250 Bill Design
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Artnet NewsMay 29
Alan Saret, Post-Minimal Sculptor of Spiritual Forms, Dies at 81
Alan Saret
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Galerie MagazineMay 29
The Most Enchanting Hotels to Book in Rome
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HyperallergicMay 29
Martha Cooper Captures How Urban Youth Made New York
Martha Cooper
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ARTnewsMay 29
Art Writer Anthony Haden-Guest Says Socialite and Collector Libbie Mugrabi Won’t Return His Cartoons
Anthony Haden Guest
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ColossalMay 29
June 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
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Cultured MagazineMay 29
Ryan O’Connell Made a Career Out of Vulnerability. He Wouldn’t Recommend It These Days.
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DesignboomMay 29
self-sufficient solar lighting installation by ttal transforms frankfurt’s riverfront
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ArtforumMay 29
Getty Center Reveals Renovation Plan: New Trams, New Entrance, New Green Spaces
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ArtforumMay 29
Work Ethics: Three New England Shows Look at Labor, Capital, and Incarceration
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HyperallergicMay 29
A View From the Easel
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ARTnewsMay 29
Leonora Carrington Painting Made Inside Spanish Sanatorium Resurfaces After 80 Years
Leonora Carrington
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HyperallergicMay 29
Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia
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ArtforumMay 29
ROYGBIV: Julio Torres’s Color Theories and the art of curatorial comedy
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HENIMay 29
Christie's 20th/21st Century Online Auction Totals $1.43m
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Artnet NewsMay 29
Newly Authenticated Whistler Portrait Sheds Light on His Formative Years
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Artnet NewsMay 29
The Rulers of Venice: In Thrilling Book, Biennale Curators Tell All
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Galerie MagazineMay 29
This Well-Appointed Sailing Vessel Is the Best Way to Explore Scandinavia This Summer
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ARTnewsMay 29
The Long-Sealed Vaults Beneath the Lincoln Memorial Are Finally Opening—and the Tickets Already Sold Out
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ARTnewsMay 29
This ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ Miffy Toy Is Officially an Internet Celebrity
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HENIMay 29
Six Artists in the Lisbon Spotlight
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ARTnewsMay 29
British Museum Reschedules Postponed Israel Lecture to June Following Fears of Protests
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Wallpaper*May 29
Alémais’ Menorca resort show was a lesson in summer dressing
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Galerie MagazineMay 29
Christian Dior’s Cherished Provence Estate Inspires Dior’s Newest La Collection Privée Fragrance
Christian Dior
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The Art NewspaperMay 29
Arts Council England abolishes beleaguered flagship strategy
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Wallpaper*May 29
Inside a quirky bubble-shaped house designed by Wallace Neff, now for sale in Pasadena
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ArtforumMay 29
Tess Jaray, Painter of Architectural Abstractions, Dies at 88
Tess Jaray, Tess Jaray
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Artnet NewsMay 29
A New Group Show Traces the Role of the Horse in Art History
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HENIMay 29
Vasudeo S Gaitonde Work with $1.6m Estimate Returns to Auction
Vasudeo S. Gaitonde
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ColossalMay 29
This Wood-Fiber Dress Was Made from a 17th-Century Shipwreck
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DesignboomMay 29
V taller proposes forest retreat around monolithic stone core for NOT A HOTEL in japan
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HENIMay 29
Video Killed the Radio Star Heads to Mudam
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HENIMay 29
Post-War & Contemporary Art including the Cluzel Collection Auction Could Realize $4.96m
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ARTnewsMay 29
Looted Colonial Artifacts in the Dutch Royal Family Collection, Exit Interview With Lonnie Bunch III, and More: Morning Links for May 29, 2026
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Wallpaper*May 29
Restore body and mind at this picturesque Portuguese guesthouse
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Wallpaper*May 29
Behind the scenes of Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘The Cure’ music video: ‘I cannot stress enough that the entire hospital is made out of arts and crafts’
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The Art NewspaperMay 29
Smithsonian Women’s Museum chaos, Oliver Beer and Rufus Wainwright, Jasper Johns in Bilbao—podcast
Jasper Johns, Oliver Beer
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HENIMay 29
Gerard Dillon's Auction Record Jumps 225% with $1.6M Sale
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Wallpaper*May 29
‘Backrooms’ and the sinister architecture of liminal spaces: the new movie redefining horror
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DesignboomMay 29
lisa yuskavage’s soft bodies and studio worlds are a colorful contemplation on painting
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The Art NewspaperMay 29
A century ago, Tate borrowed five Van Goghs to inaugurate its new 'modern foreign' galleries
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The Art NewspaperMay 29
Tbilisi show celebrates the life of Georgian sculptor Rusudan Gachechiladze
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HyperallergicMay 29
The True Crime Story of a Notorious Looter
David Humphrey, Fred Tomaselli
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DesignboomMay 29
gehry partners and WHY architecture lead sweeping transformation of los angeles’ getty center
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Galerie MagazineMay 29
Hotel of the Week: A Row of Georgian Townhomes Near London’s British Museum Is Reborn as a Stylish Boutique Hotel
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Artnet NewsMay 29
Pre-Raphaelite Masterpiece Expected to Rake in $1.3 Million at Auction
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HENIMay 29
Francis Bacon Work with $10.7m Estimate Returns to Auction
Francis Bacon
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Wallpaper*May 29
A modernist home in Montréal gets a renovation that stays faithful to its roots
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DesignboomMay 29
oscar magnuson on building a brand DNA that resists fleeting trends
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Wallpaper*May 29
What is a spomenik? Tour former Yugoslavia’s lost brutalist symbols of unity
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ARTnewsMay 29
Zohra Opoku, a ‘Woven Storyteller,’ Is Shapeshifting Her Way into Africa’s Biggest Museums
Zohra Opoku
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ARTnewsMay 29
What We Miss When We Flatten Georgia O’Keeffe Into a Feminist Icon
Georgia O’Keeffe, Georgia O'Keeffe
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ARTnewsMay 29
Time and Material Feel Alive in the Hammer’s “Several Eternities in a Day” Exhibition
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Wallpaper*May 29
Marc Newson and his team discuss the challenges and innovations of the Ferrari Luce
Marc Newson
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The Art NewspaperMay 29
Why artists' works held in storage can be seized when a gallery goes bust
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Wallpaper*May 29
Adam Albin is the new gastronomic destination to know in Stockholm
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DesignboomMay 29
tamagotchi and casetify launch custom device and nostalgic y2k accessories collection
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DesignboomMay 29
layered concrete facades and tropical vegetation shape maya tower by perkins&will in brazil
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Wallpaper*May 29
Tour Serifos, the wild child of the Cyclades
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Wallpaper*May 29
For artist and designer Talin Hazbar, every fragment of rock tells a story
Talin Hazbar
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Galerie MagazineMay 29
Editor in Chief Jacqueline Terrebonne Shares Highlights from the Artful Escapes Issue
Carla Accardi, Carla Accardi, Peter Marino
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Galerie MagazineMay 29
Peter Marino Shares His Affinity for Carla Accardi’s Bold Artwork
Carla Accardi, Carla Accardi, Peter Marino
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Galerie MagazineMay 29
Artful Escapes: The Vineta Hotel
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Galerie MagazineMay 29
Artful Escapes: Bayerischer Hof
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Galerie MagazineMay 29
Artful Escapes: Espacio Nagoya Castle
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Wallpaper*May 29
‘We hope it spreads some love’: Muuto and Spacon’s new chair wears its heart on its frame
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DesignboomMay 29
mimicking a glowing moonrise, this pavilion by THEVERYMANY lands in chattanooga
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Contemporary Art DailyMay 29
Kishio Suga at Mendes Wood DM
Kishio Suga
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Contemporary Art DailyMay 29
Will Stovall at DREI
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DesignboomMay 28
futurewave designs furniture-like home robot that communicates through movement
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HyperallergicMay 28
The Looter Who Built Your Favorite Museum
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HyperallergicMay 28
Art Movements: Wolfgang Tillmans Wins Europe's Richest Art Prize
Wolfgang Tillmans
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Artnet NewsMay 28
What the May Auctions Revealed About Art as an Asset Class
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Artnet NewsMay 28
Ken Griffin’s Other Copy of the U.S. Constitution Makes Its Museum Debut
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HyperallergicMay 28
Required Reading
David Adjaye, David Adjaye
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Galerie MagazineMay 28
In a New Book, Francis Kéré Unpacks the Collaborative Spirit Behind His Pioneering Work
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The Art NewspaperMay 28
Getty Center reveals details of upcoming campus renovations
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Artnet NewsMay 28
Arthur Jafa’s Radical Theory of Readymade Art
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Galerie MagazineMay 28
Thailand’s Royal Fashion Goes on View in Paris
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ARTnewsMay 28
After Viral Venice Pavilion, Florentina Holzinger Brings a 9-Hour Body-Art Spectacle to Vienna
Florentina Holzinger
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ColossalMay 28
Matte Marble Dust Glimmers Across Marin Majic’s Enigmatic Scenes
Elisabeth Bernstein, Marin Majić
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HyperallergicMay 28
David Humphrey Is Allergic to Style
David Humphrey
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HyperallergicMay 28
Figurative Expressionist Painter Jay Milder Dies at 92
Claes Oldenburg, Jay Milder
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Cultured MagazineMay 28
Yes, Kane Parsons Directed ‘Backrooms.’ Here’s How It All Went Down.
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HyperallergicMay 28
A Look Into Frank Stella's Mesmerizing Collection of Diné Textiles
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Artnet NewsMay 28
Lavish Gold Hoard Unearthed in Saudi Arabia’s Historic Desert City
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