Contemporary art

The Spinoff’s top pick of events from around the motu. Here’s the best for the week January 29–February…

Collectives centred on craft often manoeuvre between preservation and reinvention, carrying the weight of tradition while responding to…

“Hope.” For Stanley Ejike Nwite, pencil isn’t simply an artistic medium or a means to an end. It…

Nicole Eisenman Aruna D’Souza Art in a time of war: an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and collages…

Last year, 14-year-old artist Andres Valencia was particularly busy—more so than the average teenager. In April 2025, the…

Installation view of “Grottesco,” currently open at le Grand Palais in Paris, France. (Photo: Courtesy le Grand Palais)…

The Gihanga Institute of Contemporary Art (GICA), which opened this week in Kigali, Rwanda, is a first for…

Mimosa Echard Beatrice Loayza A material girl in a material world: hyperfeminine stylings commingle with industrial structures and…

ECHO DELAY REVERB Laura McLean-Ferris French theory’s influences ripple through the development of American art in a show…

The Studio Museum in Harlem Aruna D’Souza In the newly reopened museum, a balancing act between extravagant architecture…

The Spinoff’s top pick of events from around the motu. Here’s the best for the week December 11–18.…

In a city alive with the hum of contemporary art, Sefa Çakır’s latest exhibition, “I Closed the Door…

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Summer Actually and Opera in the Park: The Spinoff event guide