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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 23, 2025 visibility 17 link 15 artists, 1 gallery

Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art

The Ford Foundation Gallery in New York presents "Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art," opening September 10, 2025. The exhibition features over fifty works across ceramics, film, photography, and archives, bringing together three generations of Black women artists. It highlights the legacy of Nigerian potter Ladi Dosei Kwali (1925-1984) and traces how Black women artists have transformed ceramics over seventy years. Curated by Dr. Jareh Das, the U.S. debut includes new works by Adebunmi Gbadebo, Simone Leigh, and Anina Major, following critical acclaim at Two Temple Place in London and York Art Gallery in 2022.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 27, 2026 visibility 5 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

Larger than life | Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy, The Box, Plymouth

The article reviews the exhibition "Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy" at The Box in Plymouth, the first major survey of the late British painter Beryl Cook (1926-2008). The show features over 40 years of her work, including iconic scenes of working-class women, drag queens, and LGBTQ+ nightlife, drawn from private and public collections. The author recounts a personal visit, noting the communal joy of viewers sharing memories sparked by Cook's vibrant, voluptuous characters.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 22, 2026 visibility 6 link 1 artist, 3 galleries

Three Dinosaur Fossils Are Up for Grabs at This New York Art Gallery

Amanita, a New York art gallery, is presenting three Maiasaura dinosaur fossils alongside a John Chamberlain sculpture in an exhibition titled "Land Before Time: Three Dinosaurs and a Gondola" at its Bowery location through August 9. The fossils, sourced from Tucson-based Granada Gallery, include an 85 percent complete adolescent, a 68 percent complete adult, and a 62 percent complete juvenile—marking the first time a full Maiasaura growth cycle has been displayed. The Chamberlain piece, "Gondola Marianne Moore" (1982), was procured with help from Hauser and Wirth. Only the fossils are for sale, with prices undisclosed.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 11, 2025 visibility 17 link 17 artists

Cosmos: The Art of Observing Space Art and Science Symposium

A symposium titled "Cosmos: The Art of Observing Space Art and Science Symposium" will take place at the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) headquarters in Burlington House, London, celebrating the major exhibition "Cosmos: The Art of Observing Space" at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Bristol (24 January–19 April 2026). Curated by visual artist Ione Parkin RWA, the exhibition features over 30 contemporary artists alongside loan items from public collections, all inspired by astronomy, cosmology, astrophysics, and space exploration. The symposium includes talks by astronomers, archivists, and exhibiting artists, with a catalogue published by Sansom & Company featuring contributions from Professor Chris Lintott, Professor Amaury Triaud, Dr Sian Prosser, and Ione Parkin RWA.

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