Melike Kara, Whispers, Installation view, Kunsthaus Hamburg-Hamburg, 2026, Photo: Jaewong Kim, Courtesy the artist and Kunsthaus Hamburg

PRESENTATION:Melike Kara=Whispers

Melike Kara is a contemporary German artist of Kurdish-Alevi heritage, born in 1985 in Bensberg near Cologne, Germany. Working across painting, installation, sculpture, photography, video, and archival collage, her practice explores themes of memory, migration, cultural identity, and the Kurdish diaspora. Central to her work is the relationship between preservation …

Tetsuya Ishida, Recalled, 1998, Acrylic on board, 57 3/8 x 81 1/8 inches (145.6 x 206 cm), © Tetsuya Ishida Estate, Photo : Robert McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian

PRESENTATION:Tetsuya-Ishida

In the brief span of a decade, Japanese artist Tetsuya Ishida (1973–2005) created one of the most unsettling and prophetic bodies of work in contemporary art. Producing just 217 paintings before his untimely death at the age of thirty-two, Ishida transformed the social and psychological anxieties of post-bubble Japan into …

Anish Kapoor, Tsunami, 2025. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved, DACS, 2026. Photo: Dave Morgan

ART CITIES:London-Anish Kapoor

Few contemporary artists have challenged our understanding of space, materiality and perception as profoundly as Anish Kapoor. Over the course of four decades, Kapoor has relentlessly experimented with form and substance, creating sculptures and paintings that oscillate between the tangible and the unknowable. From seemingly bottomless voids and reflective mirror …

Sinking World, Installation view, Sabi Gallery-Spetses, 2026, Photo: © & Courtesy Yiannis Kaminis

ART ISLANDS: Spetses-Sinking World 

Set against the historic Old Harbour of Spetses the group exhibition “Sinking World” invites visitors and art enthusiasts to explore thought-provoking works …

Juan Muñoz

Juan Muñoz (17/6/1953-28/8/2001)

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Juan Muñoz (17/6/1953-28/8/2001). Regarded as one of the most important sculptors of his generation, …

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

ARCHITECTURE: Elizabeth Diller

Elizabeth Diller (17/6/1954- ) is a founding partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), a design studio whose practice spans the fields …

Élise Peroi, Traverser, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou

ART FAIRS: Art Basel – Basel 2026

Each June, Basel becomes the gravitational center of the global art world. Museums recalibrate their programming, foundations unveil new commissions, and the …

John Baldessari (17/6/1931-2/1/2020)

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the American artist John Baldessari (17/6/1931-2/1/2020), a major figure in Contemporary Art, John Baldessari …

Richard J. Gluckman

ARCHITECTURE: Richard J. Gluckman

Since establishing his architectural practice in New York City in 1977, Richard J. Gluckman (16/6/1947- ) has occupied a special place in …

Jim Dine

Jim Dine (16/6/1935- )

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Jim Dine (16/6/1935- ). He created a vocabulary out of subjects that have a …

Jenny Saville, Drift, 2020-22, oil on canvas, © Jenny Saville, Photo: © & Courtesy Vicky Trochidou

ART CITIES: Venice-Jenny Saville 

Presented during the 2026 Biennale Arte, Jenny Saville’s exhibition at Ca’ Pesaro marks the first major exhibition dedicated to the British painter …

Karen Kilimnik, nature, 2025, Collage with adhesive stickers and acrylic on color xerox, Sheet 28 x 43 cm / 11 x 17 in, Frame 38.5 x 53 x 3 cm / 15 1/8 x 20 7/8 x 1 1/8 in, © Karen Kilimnik, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber

PRESENTATION: Karen Kilimnik

For more than four decades, Karen Kilimnik has occupied a singular position in contemporary art. Since the late 1970s, she has worked …

Kevin Roche

ARCHITECTURE: Eamonn Kevin Roche

Since the ‘60s, Eamonn Kevin Roche (14/6/1922-1/3/2019) has been central to the creation of a post-industrial architecture in the late 20th Century. …

David Hammons, White Cube

BOOK: David Hammons, White Cube

Few contemporary artists have cultivated mystery as effectively—or as deliberately—as David Hammons. For more than five decades, Hammons has challenged the conventions …

Christo (13/6/1935-31/5/2020)

Today is the occasion to bear in mind  Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (13/6/1935-31/5/2020). Whereas Land Artists usually made a point of blurring the …

Sterling Ruby, GHOSTS (9180), 2026, Watercolor, cyanotype, and mixed-media collage on paper, 16 1/4 x 26 inches (41.3 x 66 cm), © Sterling Ruby, Photo: Sterling Ruby Studio, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: Paris-Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby opened “TILL DEATH DO US PART” , presenting a new body of collages and cast-bronze sculptures that extends his ongoing …

David Hockney

David Hockney (9/7/1937-11/6/2026)

Today is the occasion to bear in mind David Hockney (9/7/1937-116/2026), Like other Pop artists, Hockney revived figurative painting in a style …