This text is not a cop out; this year’s Art Basel | Basel was a poor show, except for one artwork
17 June 2026 • Toby Üpson
Art Basel | Basel – this year’s edition of the fair was rather subdued
Tag: Sculpture
two”sooo fucking good”at Liste 2026
16 June 2026 • Toby Üpson
Among the discoveries at Liste Art Fair 2026, two artists stood out. Kemil Bekteši and Coco Klockner
Interview: Ashley Cluer on sculpting with carbon-captured near-zero cement
16 June 2026 • Tabish Khan
An artist bringing sustainability to sculpture.
Beasts, Couples and Geometry: Lynn Chadwick Takes Over Houghton Hall
15 June 2026 • Mark Westall
30+ sculptures spanning 40 years of Lynn Chadwick’s career at Houghton Hall, one of the most significant British sculpture exhibitions of the summer.
Anish Kapoor Returns to the Hayward with a Monumental Exploration of Mystery, Scale and the Sublime
15 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Nearly three decades after his landmark Hayward survey, Anish Kapoor returns with a major exhibition that transforms the entire gallery
Birdy to Perform at Charlotte Colbert’s Venice Biennale Exhibition During Regata Storica
12 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Charlotte Colbert’s Venice exhibition Possible Landscapes hosts a special event featuring a live performance by Birdy
Alex Israel to suspend surf culture above Mayfair in new Gagosian Exhibition
11 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Alex Israel transforms the surfboard fin into a monumental sculptural form in Upside Down at Gagosian Davies Street
Bridging the Gap to Explore Connection and Repair Through Sculpture at Hypha South Bank
11 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Bridging the Gap is a show of sculpture that draws inspiration from its immediate environment, using the proximity of Southwark Bridge as a metaphor
Sculpture, poetry and plenty of chairs: Phyllida Barlow and Daisy Parris at Wolterton
11 June 2026 • Tabish Khan
The teetering sculpture of Phyllida Barlow meets the textile poetry of Daisy Parris.
Ophelia Arc talks to Phillip Edward Spradley
5 June 2026 • Phillip Edward Spradley
Ophelia Arc discusses crochet, compulsion, care, violence and vulnerability
Mike Nelson returns to Modern Art Oxford this Autumn.
4 June 2026 • Mark Westall
Mike Nelson returns to Modern Art Oxford for the first time since 2004 with a major new exhibition exploring memory, displacement and politics
A Brief, Brilliant Flash: Review of Arch Hades’ Return/Ritorno
2 June 2026 • Paige Miller
In Return | Ritorno, Arch Hades combines sculpture, poetry and installation to explore memory, mortality and human existence
David Zwirner now represent the Robert Therrien Estate
29 May 2026 • Mark Westall
David Zwirner has announced exclusive global representation of the Robert Therrien Estate following the artist’s landmark retrospective at The Broad.
Anne Imhof exhibition to open for London Gallery Weekend
28 May 2026 • mark westall
Anne Imhof opens Citizen at Sprüth Magers during London Gallery Weekend, presenting new paintings, sculpture, film and installation.
Inside Elsa Sahal’s Studio, Following Her Art Prize Win
28 May 2026 • Olena Yara
Following her Her Art Prize win at Art Paris 2026, French sculptor Elsa Sahal speaks about clay, movement, fragility and pushing the limits of ceramics.
Between memory and myth: inside WITH MY ROOTS Iranian Contemporary Art Biennale
27 May 2026 • Mark Westall
REVIEW: WITH MY ROOTS, where painting, sculpture and installation navigate memory, identity and contemporary experience.
Waddesdon’s Art in Nature returns with a new 70-metre land artwork by James Brunt and Jon Foreman
26 May 2026 • Mark Westall
Waddesdon Manor’s Art in Nature returns with a new 70-metre collaborative mandala by James Brunt and Jon Foreman.
Ruth Ewan to unveil The Dagenham Agates, new public sculptures honouring Ford sewing machinists’ fight for equal pay
26 May 2026 • Mark Westall
Ruth Ewan’s The Dagenham Agates will honour the Ford sewing machinists whose historic strikes helped shape the Equal Pay Act.
Proudfoot, Piasecka and Ormston bring history and discomfort to life in a performance exploring the female voice and body
26 May 2026 • Beth Primrose
Paloma Proudfoot’s Glass Delusion combines performance, sculpture and sound in an unsettling exploration of femininity and control.
Maintenance Work Brings Together Artists Examining Care as Process
21 May 2026 • Mark Westall
Maintenance Work: Practices of Care, brings together artists working across installation, performance, video and sculpture.
Christo’s Unbuilt 1968 Vision Finally Takes Shape at Gagosian
19 May 2026 • Mark Westall
Gagosian presents Christo: Air, featuring rarely seen works alongside the first-ever realisation of Air Package on a Ceiling
Barbara Hepworth’s relationship with colour to take centre stage at The Courtauld Gallery
18 May 2026 • Mark Westall
The Courtauld Gallery will present Hepworth in Colour, the first exhibition dedicated to Barbara Hepworth’s use of colour
5 very different art fairs throughout two days in New York City
15 May 2026 • Rayya Fadlo Khuri
After crawling through these 5 fairs (Frieze, NADA, Independent, 1-54, Esther III) during New York Art Fair Week, I found larger themes..
FAD News: Sarah Lucas unveils new public sculpture commission for New Museum plaza
12 May 2026 • Mark Westall
Sarah Lucas has unveiled VENUS VICTORIA a monumental work drawn from her iconic Bunny series.