Philippe Vergne appointed artistic director and chief curator of The BassArtReviewNewsartreview.comJune 5, 2026The position has been newly created at a transformative time for the museum
Nabil Nahas on Representing Lebanon at the 61st Venice BiennaleArtReviewVenice Biennale: Artist Q&Asartreview.comJune 5, 2026“Lebanon is often perceived through simplified images: sometimes as an extension of the West within the Middle East, sometimes as a place defined by conflict. But in reality it exists somewhere in between these projections”
Alexey Morosov on Representing Kyrgyzstan at the 61st Venice BiennaleArtReviewVenice Biennale: Artist Q&Asartreview.comJune 5, 2026“What people usually call nationalism today is more often a form of political manipulation”
Haitham Al Busafi on Representing Oman at the 61st Venice BiennaleArtReviewVenice Biennale: Artist Q&Asartreview.comJune 5, 2026“Difference matters, because without it the world becomes flattened into a universal language that usually belongs to power”
Faiza Butt on Representing Pakistan at the 61st Venice BiennaleArtReviewVenice Biennale: Artist Q&Asartreview.comJune 5, 2026“Art can be the ultimate handshake of humanity”
Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán on Representing Romania at the 61st Venice BiennaleArtReviewVenice Biennale: Artist Q&Asartreview.comJune 5, 2026“We are looking forward to slowing down a bit and simply watching the sea again”
CFGNY’s Social PuddlesNicole KaackReviewsArtReviewJune 5, 2026At Amant, New York, the collective articulates the subtle counterpoints between flux and stasis
‘Patchwork Dolls’ by Ysabelle Cheung, ReviewedFi ChurchmanBook ReviewsArtReview AsiaJune 5, 2026Ysabelle Cheung's debut collection of short stories asks what makes us human
Francis Picabia: Against Bad Breath and Cathedrals of ShitMartin HerbertFeaturesArtReviewJune 5, 2026A carefully crafted waywardness is what continues to make the work of Francis Picabia so relevant today
Venice Biennale artists to pursue legal actions over their inclusion in the Lions competitions against their wishesArtReviewNewsartreview.comJune 4, 2026As of today the ‘Visitors’ Lions’ ballots still include names of artists who had openly rejected being considered for the awards
