Numéro art

Numéro art heads today to Singapore, where the exhibition of the finalists of the 2026 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize @loewe @loewefoundation has just opened at the @nationalgallerysingapore . Marking the first edition under Loewe’s new creative directors, Jack McCollough @jackmccollough and Lazaro Hernandez @lazro , the Spanish house continues to champion a craft scene in constant reinvention, where ancestral techniques meet radical experimentation across generations and continents. This year’s winner, Jongjin Park @jongjinpark_ceramics , was awarded for Strata of Illusion (2025), a seat-like sculptural form balancing between control and collapse. Built from thousands of layered sheets of paper coated in coloured porcelain slip, the work transforms in the kiln as heat and gravity burn away the paper structure, allowing the piece to slump and distort into its final shape. The jury also awarded two special mentions. The collective Baba Tree Master Weavers @babatreebaskets alongside Álvaro Catalán de Ocón @alvarocatalandeocon were recognised for Frafra Tapestry (2024), a monumental woven work inspired by aerial views of traditional villages in Ghana’s Gurunsi region. Combining architectural plans developed in Madrid with weaving techniques transmitted in Ghana using elephant grass, the project was praised for bridging contemporary technology with ancestral knowledge while preserving the memory of endangered architectural traditions. Italian artist Graziano Visintin also received a special mention for Collier (2025), two necklaces composed of tiny gold cubes decorated with niello, an ancient metalworking technique. The jury highlighted the painterly delicacy of the work, where miniature compositions unfold across the surface of the jewellery with remarkable precision. All photos : courtesy of @loewefoundation

The new issue of Numéro art celebrates on its cover Stanislava Kovalcikova @queenstagrame , laureate of the Reiffers 2026 Prize. The artist has been photographed by @katjarahlwes at @reiffers_initiatives . Check out our new issue out now! Represented by @emalinofficial and @antennaspace and recently exhibited at the @kunstvereinfreiburg and currently on view at @reiffers_initiatives , Stanislava Kovalcikova unfolds theatrical worlds where mystery, sensuality and tension collide. Through painting and sculpture, the artist plays with light, mirrors, textiles and the very limits of perception, blending modernist references with traces of contemporary decadence. Exploring confrontation, fear and psychosexual impulses, Stanislava Kovalcikova strips painting down to its most visceral dimension, where the weight of history meets the fragility of the present moment. 1 : Numéro art 18 cover by @katjarahlwes . Grooming by @celineexbrayat at @callmyagent.fr 3 & 5 : Exhibition views at Reiffers Initiatives (@philippegarciaphotography ) 4, 6 & 7 : Exhibition views at Kunstverein Freiburg (Marc Doradzillo)

The new venue of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo on the island of Giacomo in Venice is finally open to the public! On the program: Fanfare/Lament, a solo exhibition by Matt Copson, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist (image 7); the group exhibition Don’t have hope, be hope!, featuring works from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection including Berlinde de Bruyckere (image 3), Danielle McKinney (image 6), or Matthew Barney (image 5); Isola di San Giacomo 2022–2026, A Story in Images, a selection of photographs from the campaigns by Giovanna Silva and Antonio Fortugno documenting the restoration of the site; and the garden, with permanent installations by Claire Fontaine, Mario Garcia Torres, Hugh Hayden (image 1), Goshka Macuga, Pamela Rosenkranz (image 8), and Thomas Schütte (image 2). “In this strip of land surrounded by water,” says Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (image 1), President of the Foundation, “I immediately recognized a special place, suited to hosting exhibitions, artworks, and residencies—perfect for accommodating the slower pace of artistic research and fostering dialogue and encounters among artists, theorists, and scholars from all disciplines.” Credit : Courtesy Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Photo: Jacopo Trabuio for the installation photography.

Numéro art celebrates today #SammyBaloji @twentyninestudioproduction , one of the most influential voices in the art world, as the new issue of the magazine is out today in kiosks featuring an exclusive story on the Congolese artist. The works of Sammy Baloji are not only on view at @labiennale this year, but will also be presented at the @rencontresarles later in July. From sculpture to photography and video, the artist uses images and archives to question and reveal the hidden strata of colonial history that continue to shape the world today, pursuing a powerful exploration of buried narratives and reactivated memory. Photographer @delaliayivi captured him for Numéro art 18 at @imanefaresgalerie , which represents him, alongside some of his works. Sammy Baloji at the Venice Biennale, on view from May 9 to November 22, 2026. Exhibition “Des mondes à relire”, on view from July 6 to October 4 at Les Rencontres d’Arles. Editor-in-chief : @thibaut.wychowanok Talent : @twentyninestudioproduction Photographer and retouching : @delaliayivi Light Assistant : @robinjeant Grooming : @khelainparis for @callmyagent.fr

Today, Numéro art celebrates the opening of the French Pavilion at the @labiennale , where @ytobarrada represents France with a major exhibition curated with @myriambensalah . From textile to film, sculpture to installation, Yto Barrada unfolds a practice where fragile memories, marginal narratives and modest gestures intersect. Conceived around the figure of Saturn, the exhibition weaves together mythologies, literary echoes and artisanal knowledge, in a rhythm that evokes both labour and the transmission of culture. Designed as a poetic and immersive environment, the pavilion is inhabited by micro-histories that invite us to slow down and attune to quieter voices, echoing the vision of Koyo Kouoh, curator of this edition of the Biennale, who sadly passed away in 2025. The project also reflects Yto Barrada’s longstanding commitment to preservation and sharing, notably through the @cinemathequedetanger and @themothership_tangier , her garden-residency dedicated to natural dyes. At once intimate and political, the exhibition echoes France’s engagement with environmentally conscious practices and affirms a vision of art as a space for connection, transmission and visibility. On view from May 9 to November 22, 2026. All photos : courtesy of the French Pavilion.

Today, Numéro art takes you to one of the most anticipated show opening of the @labiennale , at @fondazioneprada in Venice for “Helter Skelter: Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince”, on view at Ca' Corner della Regina. The outstanding exhibition forms actually an unofficial but so relevant US pavilion of the Venice Biennale. Curated by Nancy Spector @nespector , the exhibition brings together more than fifty works by Arthur Jafa @anamibia and Richard Prince, staging an unprecedented dialogue between two major figures of American art. Through photographs, videos, installations, sculptures and paintings, both artists explore a shared practice of image appropriation, drawing from the vast reservoir of popular culture. Installed across the Venetian palazzo, the show unfolds through a series of juxtapositions that reveal their mutual obsessions, from cinema and music to social media and subcultures, while exposing what Nancy Spector describes as "an unflinching exposé on America", shaped by history, mythologies and contradictions. On view from May 9 to November 23, 2026. All photos : courtesy of @fondazioneprada .

FASHION IS ART or ART MEETS FASHION? Numero art has been celebrating this encounter since its creation 8 years ago. Today, we are happy to do it again, in our own way, by unveiling an exclusive digital cover featuring the very first @dior Couture collection by jonathan.anderson photographed by @gabrielerosati_ for our upcoming issue, out May 7. In our pages, the mind-blowing look on the cover is in dialogue with a fantastic ceramic by artist @magdaleneodundo . Indeed, earlier this year, at @museerodinparis , Jonathan Anderson set his first Dior couture collection in dialogue with ceramic works by the artist Magdalene Odundo. In this new issue, Numero art prolongs this encounter in an exclusive series of diptychs that pair couture looks with clay vessels, setting forms in tension to the point where the body becomes an object and the object a living memory. As Anderson and Odundo tell us, what they have in common is the same obsession with form, viewed as a physical experience involving structure, gesture, and transformation. Editor-in-chief : Thibaut Wychowanok @thibaut.wychowanok Photographer and art direction: Gabriele Rosati @gabrielerosati_ Styling: Johanna Bouvier @johannabouvier_ Set Designer: Alice Jacobs @a_vaj Light Assistant: Riccardo Fasana @riccardo.fasana Digital Operator: Florian Debray @florian_debray Stylist Assistant: Lorenzo Priotto @lorenzophilippriotto Set Designer Assistant: Angelique Heidler @angeliqueheidler Production: Robin de Gélas @robindegelas for 1718 @1718production Ceramic photographs courtesy of Benjamin Pexton @benpexton Thanks to: Eve Lacheteau @evelache and Flavie Smilenko @flavie.smile Special thanks to: Kim Kyoung-Mi and Aline Kekejian, as well as all the Christian Dior Couture teams. #metgala #fashionisart

Numéro art unveils today a cover of its new issue, out May 7, featuring celebrated artist Michael Armitage @michael_armitage_studio photographed at @palazzo_grassi in Venice by Ola Rindal @olarindal . As the Biennale di Venezia opens this week, Michael Armitage’s exhibition at Pinault Collection museum stands out as one of its key highlights, affirming his singular place on the contemporary art scene. At Palazzo Grassi, Michael Armitage is showing paintings of a rare intensity, which immediately seduce the eye with their virtuoso compositions and handling of colour. Inspired by contemporary East African life, his scenes rendered in the grand European tradition constitute a world at once grounded in reality and entirely hallucinatory. Editor-in-chief: Thibaut Wychowanok @thibaut.wychowanok Photographer: Ola Rindal @olarindal Production: TheLink Mgmt @thelinkmgmt Numéro art 18, available in newsstands May 7. Installation views and works : courtesy of Pinault Collection #Numeroart #BiennalediVenezia #PalazzoGrassi #MichaelArmitage

Germain artist Georg Baselitz, leading figure of contemporary art, has died at 88. He was a brilliant voice of Expressionism, indifferent to the movements that dominated the second half of the 20th century in Europe and the United States. Tap the link in bio for to read the tribute by Numéro. © Getty Images #GeorgBaselitz

Today, Numéro art takes you to @thaddaeusropac galleries in Paris where has just been unveiled two major exhibitions: a new presentations by Anselm Kiefer in Pantin and a show of @adrian.ghenie in the Marais. In Pantin, Nymphäum brings together more than twenty new paintings by Anselm Kiefer, where layered surfaces and collaged materials reimagine narratives drawn from classical mythology. Referencing ancient sanctuaries dedicated to nymphs, the exhibition transforms the space into a painterly environment where myth and matter intertwine, extending a practice shaped over more than five decades. On view until October 25, 2026. In the Marais, the exhibition Roman Campagna presents new paintings and charcoal drawings by Adrian Ghenie, created following his recent move to Rome. Engaging with the tradition of landscape painting, the artist revisits the genre through his distinctive visual language, balancing pastoral references with a sense of contemporary tension. On view until May, 30. Portrait by : @maurizioannese for Numero art 17 2-5 : © Anselm Kiefer Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul Photos of the works: Nina Slavcheva Installation views: Pierre Tanguy 6-9 : © Adrian Ghenie Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul Photos of the works: Giorgio Benni Installation views: Nicolas Brasseur

Today, Numéro art takes you to the south of France to discover “Sea, Pop & Sun”, a new exhibition now on view at Villa Carmignac @fondationcarmignac . Inspired by the famous song by Serge Gainsbourg, the exhibition revisits the hedonistic pulse of the 1960s and 70s, when the Mediterranean became a stage for liberation, desire and new social codes. Curated by Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer, it sees pop art drift away from urban imagery to embrace sun, sea and sky, unfolding a more luminous and almost cosmic dimension. Bringing together nearly 80 works, the show creates a dialogue between major figures such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Martial Raysse, and contemporary artists including Derrick Adams and Cosima von Bonin. Between celebration and disillusion, “Sea, Pop & Sun” reactivates the pop spirit as both an ecstatic vision of freedom and a reflection on its limits in today’s saturated world. On view until November, 1st, 2026. 1. Marjorie Strider 2. Evelyne Axell 3. Jeff Koons, Martin Parr, Derrick Adams 4. Théo Mercier 5. Andy Warhol 6. Ed Ruscha 7. Roy Lichtenstein

PRIX REIFFERS INITIATIVES 2026 - HUIT ARTISTES DE LA SCÈNE ÉMERGENTE FRANÇAISE Venez découvrir l’exposition de la cinquième édition du Prix Reiffers Initiatives, « Trafiquer l’inconnu » jusqu’au 6 juin ! Huit artistes nommés par notre comité artistique présentent leurs œuvres, révélant une scène émergente riche de sa diversité. Tous ont choisi la France comme lieu de création et d’ancrage artistique, participant à son dynamisme culturel et à son rayonnement. Avec : Khaled Jarada, Mention spéciale 2026 @khaled.jarada Louis le Kim @louislekim Stanislava Kovalcikova, Lauréate 2026 @queenstagrame Arthur Marie @arthurmarieee Eva Helene Pade @evahpade Ibrahim Meïté Sikely @framboiselasalade Minh Lan Tran @minhlan.tran Manon Wertenbroek @manonwertenbroek Nos médiateurices et médiateurs vous accueillent au sein de notre espace pour une visite guidée. 📖 Informations pratiques À découvrir du 17 avril au 6 juin 2026 Du mercredi au samedi, de 13h à 19h 📍 30 rue des Acacias, Paris 17💫 Entrée libre Avec le soutien de @mazarinegroup @lamodeenimages @arter @numeroart - REIFFERS INITIATIVES PRIZE 2026 – EIGHT ARTISTS FROM THE EMERGING FRENCH SCENE Come discover the exhibition of the fifth edition of the Reiffers Initiatives Prize, “Tinkering with the Unknown,” on view until June 6! Eight artists nominated by our artistic committee present their works, revealing an emerging scene rich in diversity. All have chosen France as a place of creation and artistic grounding, contributing to its cultural dynamism and international influence. Featuring: Khaled Jarada, Special Mention 2026 @khaled.jarada Louis le Kim @louislekim Stanislava Kovalcikova, Prize Winner 2026 @queenstagrame Arthur Marie @arthurmarieee Eva Helene Pade @evahpade Ibrahim Meïté Sikely @framboiselasalade Minh Lan Tran @minhlan.tran Manon Wertenbroek @manonwertenbroek Our mediators will welcome you in our space for a guided tour. 📖 Practical Information On view from April 17 to June 6, 2026 Wednesday to Saturday, 1 pm to 7 pm 📍 30 rue des Acacias, Paris 17 💫 Free admission With the support of @mazarinegroup @lamodeenimages @arter @numeroart #reiffersinitiatives #reiffersinitiativesprize