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ArtReview April and May 2026

ArtReview April and May 2026

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In the April & May issue, ArtReview takes a look at boundaries and limitations in the context of the Venice Biennale, opening in May amid multiple international conflicts, and asks, what, really, one can expect from such high-profile exhibitions. Japanese-American performance artist Ei Arakawa-Nash, representing Japan, puts babies front and centre. Tuguldur Yondonjamts, one of four artists representing Mongolia, incorporates the viewpoints of snakes, mosquitoes, crocodiles and falcons into performances and drawings. Amanda Heng, for Singapore, brings quieter works that engage with the position of women in society. Also in Venice, filmmaker Amar Kanwar speaks with ArtReview about his two installations on shown at Palazzo Grassi. Plus features on Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince, whose work is on view at Fondazione Prada, and Beverly Buchanan, an artist receiving attention in Biennale curator Koyo Kouoh’s posthumously presented In Minor Keys. Meanwhile, artist and war correspondent Zehra Doğan writes from Rojava about how artists are responding to and surviving in a war zone. And critics from around the world review the latest exhibitions and books.

What's inside the issue?

 
Art Observed

The Interview Amar Kanwar by David Terrien
Elvis, the Beatles and Me by Sam Jacob
Nancy Holt’s Tunnel Vision by Jenny Wu
Lionel Wendt’s Political Bodies by Qingyuan Deng
American Inquisition by Zoé Samudzi
New Typologies by Adeline Chia

Art Featured

Ei Arakawa-Nash by Taro Nettleton and Noriko Yamakoshi
State of the Nations: the Politics of the Venice Biennale by Oliver Basciano
Tuguldur Yondonjamts by Max Crosbie-Jones
Beverly Buchanan by Chris Fite-Wassilak
Amanda Heng by Adeline Chia
Arthur Jafa and Richard Prince by Jenny Wu
Kurdish Artists on the Front Lines by Zehra Dogan

Art Reviewed

Exhibitions

Ralph Lemon, by Marcus Civin
Amelia Barratt, by Tom Morton
Aileen Murphy, by Ramona Heinlein
Basel Abbas & Ruanne AbouRahme, by Jenny Wu
Whitney Biennial, by Jenny Wu
Tarek Atoui, by Declan Long
Marianna Simnett, by John Christopher Vaughan
Rafał Zajko, by Sonja Teszler
Yu Ji, by Qingyuan Deng
La Alegría de Vivir, by Gaby Cepeda
Paper Gardens: Art, Botany, and Empire, by Deepa Bhasthi
Shanghai Biennale, by Mark Rappolt
Biennale of Sydney, by Naomi Riddle
CFGNY by Nicole Kaack
Sue Webster, by Stephanie Gavan
Franco Vaccari, by Martin Herbert

Books

Love Magic Power Danger Bliss: Yoko Ono and the Avant-Garde Diaspora, by Paul Morley, reviewed by Chris Fite Wassilak
Snow, by Sohrab Hura, reviewed by Fi Churchman
Transcription, by Ben Lerner, reviewed by Julieta Caldas
The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial, by Izabella Scott, reviewed by Oliver Basciano
Correctomundo, by Bruce Hainley, reviewed by Martin Herbert
My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein, by Deborah Levy, reviewed by Mia Stern

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