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museum exhibitions schedule May 25, 2026 visibility 1 link 19 artists, 1 gallery

Au Mémorial de Caen, les artistes africains font face à l’histoire de la colonisation

The Mémorial de Caen, a museum dedicated to World War II and the Cold War, has opened a new exhibition titled "(Dé)colonisations: des artistes africains interrogent l'histoire" (Decolonizations: African Artists Question History). Curated by Ayoko Mensah and Jean-Yves Marin, the show features 80 works by contemporary artists of sub-Saharan African origin, including Omar Victor Diop and Roméo Mivekannin. Swiss collector Jean Claude Gandur, who is building a foundation adjacent to the museum, lent 23 works, and his foundation's curator Olivia Fahmy helped organize the exhibition. The show is a prelude to a planned permanent section on colonial history at the memorial.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 24, 2026 visibility 4 link 5 artists, 2 galleries

Ukrainian art resists war

An exhibition titled "Still Joy" opened in Venice during the preview days of the Biennale, organized by the Pinchuk Art Center in Kiev, showcasing Ukrainian art that responds to the ongoing war with Russia. The show features works by artists including Kateryna Aliinyk, Piotr Armianovski, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, Zhanna Kadyrova, Alevtina Kakhidze, and Nikita Kadan, addressing themes of resilience, memory, and resistance. The Ukrainian Pavilion at the Biennale also centers on the conflict, with Kadyrova's work referencing the Budapest Memorandum. Many of these artists have chosen to remain in Ukraine despite the dangers, keeping the cultural scene alive.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 25, 2026 visibility 1 link 4 artists

“Paroles, Paroles” at Centre d’Art Contemporain—la synagogue de Delme

The article announces the group exhibition “Paroles, Paroles” at the Centre d’Art Contemporain—la synagogue de Delme, featuring six artists, performers, and poets (including one duo). The show examines how language—its words, accents, and expressions—reflects political, social, and technological shifts, and how linguistic hybridization, transformation, and adaptation reveal both freedoms and constraints.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 25, 2026 visibility 1 link 5 artists

Catharine MacTavish “High-Speed Eternity” at Shmorévaz, Paris

Mousse Magazine reports on Catharine MacTavish's exhibition "High-Speed Eternity" at Shmorévaz, Paris. The show spans six decades of the Canadian artist's work from 1974 to 2026, featuring drawings, prints, videos, holograms, three-dimensional paintings, and dollhouses brought together for the first time.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 24, 2026 visibility 2 link 1 artist

Feral Botanica | Hidenori Ishii

The HUB-Robeson Galleries at Penn State University will present “Feral Botanica,” an exhibition by visual artist Hidenori Ishii, from June 5 to October 31, 2026. The show features paintings, prints, and installations from Ishii’s “OTF-SL” series, including a diamond-shaped plexiglass window with gold tagging referencing a guerrilla art project in New York City since 2020. The installation explores the tension between civilization and nature, using reflective surfaces and green construction barricades to create a speculative botanical environment that blurs interior and exterior spaces.

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