The last few months have seen a flurry of gallery space relocations and consolidations as owners seek more affordable locations to reduce overhead. Rising commercial rents, stiff competition from online platforms, and pressure to support artists have weighed heavily on the art market during recent years.
December 2025 Art News
A fascinating exhibition at the Tate Modern in London reflected on the history of art and electronics before the advent of the internet. Electric Dreams not only showcases multimedia works by more than 70 artists both well-known and obscure but also gives occasion to reflect on the relationship between art and science, creativity and computing.
At age 98, painter Lois Dodd celebrates her first major European retrospective at The Hague in the Netherlands. Open now through April 2026, Lois Dodd: Framing the Ephemeral reveals how this quintessentially American painter manages to imbue the quiet corners of everyday life with a sense of permanence, not unlike Vermeer.
It seems curious that artists’ books are often regarded as a separate species in the art world, considered merely illustrated texts. When in reality, they can be so much more.
After seven years of construction, the Studio Museum in Harlem reopened last month in a seven-story neo-Brutalist building designed by Adjaye Associates. The $160 million structure is reminiscent of the Breuer Building further downtown with its precast concrete façade and severe aesthetic.
Significance: One of the most influential sculptors working today, Ursula von Rydingsvard (American, b. Germany, 1942) is renowned for her monumental cedar sculptures and labor-intensive process. Ursula von Rydingsvard: states of becoming surveys the last 20 years of the artist’s five-decade career, revealing themes of vulnerability and open-endedness.
The Tampa Museum of Art presents a major survey of internationally acclaimed Japanese American artist Jun Kaneko, offering Florida audiences an expansive look at one of the most influential figures in contemporary ceramic sculpture. Jun Kaneko: Silence Before Sound, on view from December 18, 2025, through August 23, 2026, traces nearly six decades of Kaneko’s artistic development across large-scale ceramics, painting and drawing.
In the largest inscription round to date, UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage added 68 new elements to its international lists during the 20th session this December in New Delhi, India.
What happens to an artist’s work after they die? It’s not a new question, nor is it a simple one. The outcome is never guaranteed, even among those with megawatt careers and a flourishing market. And for those who are not at that privileged level, it is far less clear-cut.
CK Contemporary is proud to present "Reveries", a retrospective solo exhibition of celebrated American printmaker, Robert Kipniss, opening December 6, 2025 and on view through January 10.
