BY ALEX GREENBERGER July 30, 2020 8:15am The estate of Gustav Metzger, a pioneering artist whose work evinced an anticapitalist and anti-establishment spirit, is joining one of the world’s biggest galleries as it goes to Hauser & Wirth, which operates 10 galleries and a bookstore across three continents. A first exhibition with the Metzger estate is planned for… More Hauser & Wirth Gallery Takes on Estate of Gustav Metzger, Who Made Destruction an Art Form

BY CLAIRE SELVIN July 30, 2020 1:10pm With exhibitions by her at the New York Botanical Garden, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., and Tate Modern in London already delayed as a result of the pandemic, Yayoi Kusama is facing another postponement of a major presentation originally planned for 2020. The artist’s hotly anticipated retrospective at the Gropius Bau in… More Yayoi Kusama Retrospective at Gropius Bau Postponed Until 2021

Museums and galleries are starting to reopen across the UK, with safety measures in place. Aesthetica highlights recommended shows to visit – from the new Ai Weiwei commission in London to a celebration of Derek Jarman’s iconic garden in Dungeness. History of Bombs, Imperial War Museum, London Ai Weiwei’s new artwork explores international migration as part of… More UK Shows to See this Summer

“I think about photographs as being full, or empty. You picture something in a frame and it’s got lots of accounting going on in it – stones, buildings, trees and air – but that’s not what fills up a frame. You fill the frame with feelings, energy, discovery and risk, and leave room enough for… More Creating Space

What is it like to record a song during lockdown? Luka is a musician and singer/songwriter from London, whose dreamlike single Play Thing is released this month. Inspired by the likes of Bon Iver and Billie Eilish, the song taps into the complexities of human relationships through multi-layered sound. Luka is a Music Production and Performance graduate… More Layers of Sound