Art

April 8, 2026

New Exhibition at Mexico City’s Jumex Museum Draws Parallels Between Soccer and Art

Contemporary art and soccer come across as two entities that couldn’t be more different from each other, particularly outside the U.S. The former is seen as upscale, highbrow, and usually within a museum setting among scholars. The latter is a popular pastime (whether being played or viewed), players can be aggressive, viewers can be rowdy, and people from all walks of life partake in it. But despite their differences, there are some surprising similarities.

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April 6, 2026

Artist Fashions Cardboard Into Incredible Sculptures Inspired by Family and the Chinese Community

For many of us, cardboard is something we give little thought to. Once it’s served its purpose, it’s time to recycle it. But not for artist Warren King. He works with the ubiquitous material and creates incredible sculptures of figures, often inspired by his family history. The three-dimensional pieces feature free-standing people, busts, and relief sculptures, each telling a story.

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April 4, 2026

Artist Creates Multi-Layered Paintings Steeped With Personal Memories That Build on Each Other

Shaped by her personal history, Japanese artist Nana Funo creates paintings that capture her memories and experiences in their layers. Each complex work is built with overlapping motifs in acrylic paint, evoking the depth of woven tapestries, where each textile tells a story. Funo starts with an initial base image, which she then covers with layers of paint depicting recurring motifs like figures, animals, flora, and fauna.

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March 29, 2026

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s Groundbreaking Art Collection to Land on the West Coast

For cultural icons Alicia Keys and Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, collecting art is about more than just taste or style. Above all, it’s about the artists themselves, or, in Keys’s words, about the “giants on whose shoulders we stand.” This philosophy has guided the couple and their relationship with artists for years, allowing them to amass some of the world’s most innovative pieces by Black American and diasporic artists.

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