MoMA will bring Mondrian’s New York years together in a 2027 exhibition.
Next spring, MoMA will stage a focused look at the final, most energetic chapter of Piet Mondrian’s career, and the unlikely music that transformed it. Opening March 21, and running through July 31, “Mondrian Boogie Woogie” traces the Dutch artist’s four years in wartime New York, where a 66-year-old Mondrian arrived in 1940 having fled Europe and found himself captivated by the boogie-woogie pianists playing Café Society, the city’s first racially integrated nightclub. The improvisational rhythm of the music loosened his famously rigid grid structures, giving way to the vibrant, syncopated compositions that would define his legacy. The exhibition’s centerpiece is a reunion three decades in the making: Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942–43) and the unfinished Victory Boogie Woogie (1942–44), shown together for the first time since the early 1990s.
The ninth Zurich Art Weekend opens in advance of Art Basel.
Zurich Art Weekend, returning June 12–14 for its ninth edition, transforms the Swiss city into a convergence point for the international art world in the days before Art Basel opens its doors. This year’s program includes 70 venues, 75 exhibitions, and 150 events across a connected, walkable city. Free and open to the public, it brings together institutions, galleries, off-spaces, universities, and foundations in a format designed less around spectacle and more around encounter.
Washington, D.C.’s Phillips Collection has received a $15 million gift.
The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC has received a $15 million gift from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, the largest in the museum’s 105-year history. The donation, part of the institution’s strategic plan, directs $11.75 million toward the endowment, securing long-term stability for staffing, maintenance, and programming. The remaining funds will expand the museum’s community reach, with investment in Phillips@THEARC, its satellite space in southeast DC, where a new immersive installation series, Art-Play-Practice, will debut with a work inspired by Sam Gilliam’s 1972 Broad Cape.
Tyler, the Creator’s music festival, Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, announces its 12th edition.
Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival will return for its 12th edition, November 14–15, at the Dodger Stadium grounds in Los Angeles. Although no lineup has been announced yet for the music festival (last year’s featured A$AP Rocky, Childish Gambino, and GloRilla), ticket tiers are providing access to dedicated GOLF merch, as well as a custom Sony turntable, custom speaker, and more. As with previous years, amusement park attributes will be woven into the cultural festival.
The New European Bauhaus Festival returns to Brussels this week.
The New European Bauhaus Festival returns to Brussels this week for its third edition, running June 9–13 at the Parc du Cinquantenaire under the theme “Life. Spaces. Buildings.” Organized by the European Commission and inspired by the original Bauhaus movement, the five-day event brings together architects, designers, urban planners, and policymakers to explore how the built environment can serve people. On the ground, over 80 projects and prototypes occupy the NEB Academy Piazza, spanning material innovation, recycled construction systems, and immersive installations.
Today’s attractive distractions:
St. Regis London looks to the Sarabande Foundation to bring emerging craft and artistic vision into its spaces.
Van Cleef & Arpels invokes ancient Egypt for its latest high jewelry collection.
Illustrator Lily Li uses watercolor like snow to paint Northbound, a story about the persistence of struggling within a system.
T.ark Architects completes Laugarás Lagoon, a grass-roofed geothermal spa in Iceland.
