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The Corita Art Center (CAC), dedicated to artist and educator Corita Kent, officially opened its doors on March 8th in downtown Los Angeles. This new cultural space will house the artist’s archive while also functioning as an education facility and community space. Often referred to as the “Pop art nun,” Kent—also known as Sister Mary Corita—taught herself to make prints during her time as a nun in the Immaculate Heart of Mary religious order in Los Angeles. These prints initially focused on religious subjects and took inspiration from medieval prints. By the 1960s, as Pop art gained popularity and began to influence Kent’s…

Maja Malou Lyse has been selected to represent Denmark at the 2026 Venice Biennale, making her the youngest Danish artist to participate in the event. Appointed by the Danish Arts Foundation’s Project Support Committee, the 31-year-old artist is known for her digital art, which champions women’s sexual and media rights. “I think it’s amazing and overwhelming to be able to represent Denmark at the Venice Biennale as the youngest artist ever selected for a national pavilion,” Lyse said in a statement provided by Galleri Nicolai Wallner, which represents her. “It is absolutely surreal to be given this unique opportunity, and I am…

Meow Wolf, the art and entertainment company known for its psychedelic immersive installations, will open its seventh permanent exhibition space at Pier 17 in New York’s historic Seaport. The venture was revealed at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, where Meow Wolf’s mascot, Plotzo the rat king, interrupted the “Dada for Dada: The Power of Absurdity” panel to deliver the news. “The energy of New York City is unlike anywhere else, and it’s the perfect place for Meow Wolf, ” said Jose Tolosa, CEO of Meow Wolf. “This city has given the world so much groundbreaking art and culture,…

[ad_1] The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has agreed to suspend a controversial requirement that grant applicants certify they would not “promote gender ideology,” a condition imposed under an executive order from the Trump administration. The retreat comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of several arts organizations, arguing that the measure is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech. While artists can now apply for funding without signing the contested pledge, the NEA has not removed broader eligibility restrictions that continue to exclude projects deemed to “promote gender ideology.” The legal battle is far…

[ad_1] The outdoor balconies of Paris’s Centre Pompidou are one of the best places to take in the city’s iconic skyline. This past weekend, as the warm weather hinted at the arrival of spring, the balconies were full of families picnicking, taking in the sun, and this being Paris, couples embracing. Many were also there to bid farewell to the Centre Pompidou’s permanent collection, which closed Monday night. In September, the iconic building will fully close for five years of renovations. To mark the occasion, the museum—considered Paris’s top institution for modern and contemporary art—celebrated with a long weekend of festivities, along with free…

Cynthia Karalla, an American artist, blends activism, experimentation, and a no-nonsense approach into her craft. Starting as an architect-turned-photographer and refining her skills in fine arts, Karalla’s work defies convention, turning negatives into positives much like the process of developing film. Her mantra: What is photography if not a tool to shake up our view of the sensible in this chaotic post-digital reality? Karalla navigates through the City, both real and virtual, finding meaning in the everyday experiences that often go unnoticed. — The Love Story It all began on August 23rd, 2017. Seven and a half years ago. Love…

Francisco Merello is a visual artist from Chile whose work moves between abstraction, surrealism, and symbolism. He’s not pinned down by one school of thought, nor is he trying to be. His work lives in the tension between control and chaos—where color and gesture serve as both signal and mystery. Merello uses paint, drawing, and digital tools with equal ease. What ties his pieces together isn’t the medium, but the mood. His images often center on the human condition—how we relate to each other, how we hold our emotions, and how we live within society. The figures in his work are…

Pop Art didn’t just happen. It arrived with a bang—a colorful, ironic, and sometimes loud answer to the seriousness of modernism. Born out of a post-war world swimming in advertising, television, and celebrity culture, Pop Art held up a mirror to the times. It asked: What if art isn’t just about inner turmoil or abstract ideals? What if it’s about Coca-Cola bottles, comic books, and movie stars? The movement took shape in the mid-1950s in Britain before finding its full voice in the United States during the early 1960s. British artists like Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi were among the…

A coffee break in the United States and elsewhere is a short mid-morning rest period granted to employees in business and industry. An afternoon coffee break, or afternoon tea, often occurs as well. The coffee break originated in the late 19th century in Stoughton, Wisconsin, with the wives of Norwegian immigrants. The city celebrates this every year with the Stoughton Coffee Break Festival. In 1951, Time noted that “Since the war, the coffee break has been written into union contracts” The term subsequently became popular through a Pan-American Coffee Bureau ad campaign of 1952 which urged consumers, “Give yourself a…

A coffee break in the United States and elsewhere is a short mid-morning rest period granted to employees in business and industry. An afternoon coffee break, or afternoon tea, often occurs as well. The coffee break originated in the late 19th century in Stoughton, Wisconsin, with the wives of Norwegian immigrants. The city celebrates this every year with the Stoughton Coffee Break Festival. In 1951, Time noted that “Since the war, the coffee break has been written into union contracts” The term subsequently became popular through a Pan-American Coffee Bureau ad campaign of 1952 which urged consumers, “Give yourself a…