From Sheila Hicks’s gemstone-like sculptures to Elizabeth Price’s video essay on modernist Catholic churches, 30 artists respond to the theme of this year’s Liverpool Biennial, ‘bedrock’.
Though titled after the hit television show about a resort hotel and the psychosocial relations of its guests and employees, White Lotus by Alex Katz bears no – or perhaps a mysterious – relation to HBO’s dark comedy.
Descanso Gardens debuted Roots of Cool: A Celebration of Trees and Shade in a Warming World, a vibrant new indoor-outdoor exhibition spotlighting the vital role trees play in climate resilience and urban livability.
In his 1863 essay “The Painter of Modern Life,” Charles Baudelaire emitted a clarion call to artists asking them to turn away from the heroic depiction of myths, grand historical figures and events.