Reading The Room | June 2026

We've compiled a list of a handful of articles we’ve read recently, unpacking the stories, people, and events shaping this month in the international art community:

 

 

1. Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of studio Formafantasma reflect on the practice of exhibition design with particular consciousness of time, labour, space, and ecological sustainability. Read it on Mousse Magazine.

 

 

2. Sarah Cascone writes on the recent passing of artist and writer Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, whose satirical online persona as ‘Jerry Gogosian’ pioneered humorous and effective critique of the art world. Read it on Cultured Magazine.

 

 

3. Sean O’Toole unpacks how to buy and collect South African art through a detailed but accessible breakdown of the market, fit for first timers. Read it on VISI Magazine.

 

 

4. Charlotte Burns discusses the rise of fluid approaches to materiality by artists and curators, as a response to the state of art eco-systems today. Read it on Financial Times.

 

 

5. Artist Raquel Maulwurf discusses her series ‘New Visions on Humanity’, presented in our 2026 edition’s SOLO section. The interview covers how her drawing approach is giving voice to continuously threatened natural landscapes. Read it on The Art Momentum.

 

What have you been reading lately? Let us know which discussions in contemporary art society have left a lasting impression on you recently by commenting on our Instagram post here.

 

Photograph 1 sourced from Mousse Magazine. Photograph 2 sourced from Cultured Magazine. Photograph 3 sourced from VISI Magazine. Photograph 4 sourced from Financial Times. Photograph 5 sourced from The Art Momentum.