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‘Common ground for me is everywhere I step’: Mohammad Omer Khalil on his five-institution show

Mohammad Omer Khalil, a 90-year-old Sudanese artist and master printmaker, is the subject of a five-institution exhibition titled "Common Ground" spanning New York, Philadelphia, and Michigan. The show brings together six decades of his prints and paintings, along with ephemera from his travels, oral histories, and cultural influences. Khalil, who has lived in the US since 1967, learned printmaking at the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and has taught at Pratt Institute, the New School, Columbia University, and New York University. He also produces editions with notable artists and has maintained a long connection to the Asilah Cultural Moussem in Morocco.

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Blanche Lazzell (1878–1956), a pioneering American Modernist artist and printmaker largely forgotten today, is featured in the exhibition “Herself: American Artists of the 20th Century” at New York’s Lincoln Glenn Gallery. The show brings together 30 women artists spanning roughly 90 years, including Alice Neel, Grace Hartigan, Barbara Kruger, Sheila Hicks, and March Avery. Lazzell, who earned her fine arts degree at West Virginia University in 1905, studied at the Art Students League alongside Georgia O’Keeffe, traveled to Paris, and cofounded the Provincetown Printers, the nation’s first woodblock print society. She is credited with developing the white-line woodcut technique known as the Provincetown Print, and her work is held by major institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Paying tribute to storied printmaker Kenneth Tyler at the IFPDA Print Fair

The International Fine Prints and Drawings Association (IFPDA) Print Fair at the Park Avenue Armory is honoring the legacy of master printer Kenneth E. Tyler. A central highlight of the event is the presentation by the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) of a new three-volume catalogue raisonné documenting Tyler Graphics from 1986 to 2001. The 94-year-old Tyler, a foundational figure in American printmaking, collaborated with titans of Modern art including Robert Rauschenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, and Roy Lichtenstein across his storied career at Gemini GEL and Tyler Graphics.

parties ifpda 2026 benefit gala

The 2026 IFPDA Foundation Benefit Gala took place on the Upper East Side, honoring Christophe Cherix, Director of The Museum of Modern Art. Held in the historic Veterans Room at the Park Avenue Armory, the event gathered notable figures including artists Hank Willis Thomas and Yashua Klos, collectors Sharon Coplan, Stewart Gross, and Jordan Schnitzer, dealers Carolina Nitsch, Jill Newhouse, and Joni Moisant Weyl, and curators Nadine Orenstein, Freyda Spira, and Andrew Weislogel. A new print edition by Stanley Whitney, produced with Universal Limited Art Editions, was released to support the IFPDA Foundation’s grantmaking initiatives.

Must-see art exhibitions in Hong Kong right now! (2025)

Hong Kong is hosting a vibrant array of must-see art exhibitions in December 2025, as highlighted in a curated guide. Key shows include 'Zao Wou-Ki: Master Printmaker' at M+, focusing on the artist's lithograph prints; 'Violet Veil' by Laura Zhang at The Extension, featuring meditative violet-hued works; 'Guan Yu vs. Wilson Shieh' at JPS Gallery, blending traditional gongbi painting with AI technology; and 'The Villepin House' at Villepin, celebrating the gallery's fifth anniversary with works by Zao Wou-Ki and Myo.

At 90, Printmaker Mohammad Omer Khalil Gets His Due

Mohammad Omer Khalil, the 90-year-old Sudanese-born printmaker based in New York, is the subject of a multi-city retrospective titled "Common Ground." The anchor exhibition runs through May 31 at the Blackburn Study Center in Manhattan, with satellite events at venues including Twelve Gates Arts in Philadelphia, the Arab American National Museum in Michigan, the New York Public Library, and Anthology Film Archives. Curated by Amina Ahmed and Jenna Hamed, the show spans Khalil's entire career, from his first etching made in Florence in 1964 to large-scale works inspired by Bob Dylan songs, poetry by Adonis, and films such as "The Chalk Garden."

Must-see exhibitions in 2026: APAC

The article highlights a curated selection of must-see art exhibitions across the Asia Pacific region in 2026. Key shows include Zao Wou-Ki's printmaking retrospective at M+ in Hong Kong, a major Cartier jewelry exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, and a survey of Western landscape art from the Centre Pompidou collection. Other notable exhibitions feature ancient Egyptian treasures at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, as well as shows dedicated to Klimt, Van Gogh, and Vermeer in Taipei and Japan.

Spencer Museum’s spring exhibitions explore richness of Japanese and Asian American art

The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas is opening two major exhibitions on February 19: 'Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani' and 'Brush, Block, and Blood: Three Generations of Yoshida Women Printmakers.' The Mirikitani exhibition is the largest assembly of the Japanese American artist's work, featuring 145 pieces that document his life of displacement, incarceration, and homelessness, created using traditional Japanese techniques with found materials. The Yoshida exhibition presents prints by three generations of women from a renowned Japanese artistic family, marking the first U.S. display of their work together.

Art Review | Impressionist Field Day

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) is hosting a major traveling exhibition, "The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of Art," alongside its own companion show, "Encore: 19th-Century Art from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art." The exhibition features works by Monet, Matisse, Pissarro, Berthe Morisot, and others, including rare pieces from SBMA's permanent collection such as Monet's "Villas in Bordighera." The show marks the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition and includes related movements like Post-Impressionism, Pointillism, and Fauvism.

The first US solo exhibition of late Japanese artist Yoshida Chizuko comes to Portland Art Museum - Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Portland Art Museum has opened the first solo U.S. exhibition of late Japanese artist Yoshida Chizuko (1924-2017), featuring over 100 woodblock prints and paintings, many never before displayed publicly. The exhibition, curated by Asian art curator Jeannie Kenmotsu, highlights Yoshida's avant-garde work that pushed the boundaries of painting and printmaking within Japan's male-dominated postwar art world.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Visions of Grandeur

Middlebury College Museum of Art presents 'Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Visions of Grandeur,' an exhibition showcasing the 18th-century Italian printmaker, architect, designer, and antiquities dealer. The show features prints, drawings, a book, a map, and a recently acquired sculpture drawn from Middlebury's collections, augmented by loans from the Yale University Art Gallery, the Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, and private collections. Curated by architectural history professor Pieter Broucke, the exhibition includes label texts researched by Middlebury students in a January 2025 curatorial lab course.

Elizabeth Catlett: “A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies”

The Art Institute of Chicago announces a major retrospective of Elizabeth Catlett, titled “A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies,” on view from August 30, 2025, through January 4, 2026. The exhibition brings together over 100 works spanning Catlett’s career as a sculptor, printmaker, feminist, and social activist, highlighting her enduring influence and her commitment to addressing poverty, racism, and imperialism through art and activism.

One Fine Show: “In Creative Harmony, Three Artistic Partnerships” at the Blanton Museum of Art

Observer's "One Fine Show" column highlights "In Creative Harmony: Three Artistic Partnerships" at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas. The exhibition examines three distinct artistic duos: José Guadalupe Posada and Artemio Rodríguez, Arshile Gorky and Isamu Noguchi, and mother-daughter team Nora Naranjo Morse and Eliza Naranjo Morse. Spanning different eras, geographies, and mediums, the show explores how creative kinship and mutual influence shape artistic output, from Posada's Day of the Dead imagery to Gorky and Noguchi's Surrealist-inspired abstraction and the Morses' work in Pueblo ceramic and graphic traditions.

Yoshida Chizuko

The Portland Art Museum is hosting the first major museum retrospective of Yoshida Chizuko (1924–2017), a pioneering Japanese modernist painter and printmaker. The exhibition features over 100 works, including early oil paintings, monotypes, woodblock prints, lithographs, and mixed media pieces, many never before exhibited. It traces her career from avant-garde abstraction in the 1940s and 1950s through op art and photoetchings in the 1960s and 1970s to nature-inspired late works, and includes a planned major acquisition from the Yoshida family estate.

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Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis is hosting a return exhibition of American printmaker Tom Huck, known for his large-scale satirical woodcuts. Huck, who works from his studio Evil Prints in Park Hills, Missouri, draws inspiration from Northern Renaissance masters like Albrecht Dürer, as well as José Guadalupe Posada, Honoré Daumier, and William Hogarth. His intricate carving and cross-hatching technique creates works that blend festive celebration with social criticism, which he describes as "rural satire" based on life in small-town southeast Missouri.

MMoCA acquires major work of former UW professor, will hold exhibition

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) has acquired a significant work by artist and former University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, Warrington Colescott. The museum will present a solo exhibition of Colescott's work in the fall of 2025, featuring the newly acquired piece alongside other works from its collection.

The Denver Art Museum presents Southwest Impressions: Prints from the Barbara J. Thompson Collection

The Denver Art Museum has announced the upcoming exhibition "Southwest Impressions: Prints from the Barbara J. Thompson Collection," opening June 29, 2025, and running through June 14, 2026. The show features works on paper by artists who lived or traveled in the American Southwest between the late 1800s and mid-1900s, drawn from a collection of over 100 prints gifted to the museum's Petrie Institute of Western American Art in 2024 by Barbara J. Thompson in honor of her grandfather, printmaker C. A. Seward. The exhibition will be presented in two rotations of about fifty prints each, covering intaglio, block printing, lithography, and serigraphy, with interpretive videos and a digital publication.

Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center presents Annual Juried Exhibition 2026

Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center on Maui is presenting its Annual Juried Exhibition from January 16 to February 20, 2026. The open-theme show features works in ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, photography, painting, digital media, jewelry, Hawaiian cultural arts, wood, fiber, and more, juried by Denise Karabinus, Executive Director of Honolulu Printmakers. The exhibition opens with a juror walkthrough and reception on January 16, and artists from Maui and beyond were invited to submit work created within the past two years.

UM Museum Announces Fall 2025 Exhibitions

The University of Montana's Montana Museum of Art and Culture (MMAC) will present three solo exhibitions by Montana artists this fall: Sara Mast's "Standing in the River" (opening Oct. 16), Manette Rene Bradford's "Unsettled Lands" (opening Nov. 13), and a posthumous show for Rand Robbin (opening Dec. 4). The exhibitions span painting, glass sculpture, collage, drawing, and printmaking, with each artist offering a distinct perspective on landscape, nature, and Montana's artistic traditions.

Art Vibe: June 2025

The article surveys notable art exhibitions in Kenya for June 2025, highlighting a range of venues and artists. Key shows include 'The Print Press' at Alliance Française de Nairobi (June 13–29), featuring printmakers such as Michael Soi, Mari Endo, Dennis Muraguri, and James Mbuthia, and 'The Promise' by Moses Nyawanda at Talisman Restaurant in Karen (May 27–June 27). The piece also covers exhibitions by Jonathan Sölanke Gathaara Fraser at Circle Art Gallery, Michelle Nyambura at Tafaria Castle, Annick Mitchell in Rosslyn, and Khalid Shatta and Onesmus Okamar, emphasizing both established and emerging voices across media.

Light on the water

The Victoria Art Gallery in Bath has announced 'The Transience of Light,' the first posthumous exhibition dedicated to the celebrated British printmaker Norman Ackroyd CBE RA. Opening on May 22, the retrospective features over five decades of etchings, ranging from his early 1980s works to his final pieces. Co-curated by the gallery’s senior curator Nathalie Levi alongside Ackroyd’s family and studio manager, the show includes archival material and a diverse range of subjects including his iconic remote coastal landscapes, cityscapes, and interiors.

A unique chance to immerse yourself in the world of engravings at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery

Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery is hosting "A Simple Line," a specialized exhibition dedicated to the history and craft of engraving. The show features a prestigious selection of works ranging from 17th-century Dutch masters like Gerard Douw to 18th-century Italian printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi and the celebrated English landscape painter J.M.W. Turner. Visitors can view rare pieces such as Turner’s mezzotint of Dunstanburgh Castle and architectural etchings of Pompeii, alongside a concurrent "Festival of Arts" showcasing local regional talent.

Hunterdon Art Museum exhibition explores the wonder of … paper

The Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, New Jersey, presents "Pulp: The Fluid and the Concrete," a group exhibition featuring 26 artists who explore the artistic potential of handmade paper. Curated by Gail Deery and Cynthia Nourse Thompson, the show transforms the museum's second floor into a celebration of paper as a versatile, sculptural medium, with works ranging from Joan Hall's marine-inspired "Red Tide Returning" to Michelle Samour's intricate paper installations and Marc Rosenquist's pulp sculptures.

David Krut Projects showcases artist’s latest exhibition | Rosebank Killarney Gazette

Artist Pebofatso Mokoena opened his latest exhibition, "Diamond Dust Apostrophes," at The Blue House in Parkwood on July 19, hosted by David Krut Projects. The show draws on his recent residency in Oranjemund, Namibia, where the landscape, history, and soundscapes influenced his creative direction. During the residency, Mokoena began creating ink drawings on A4 paper while waiting for oil paints, a limitation that shaped the exhibition's meditative tone. He also collaborated with fellow resident Ericke Tjiueza, using music—particularly the album "Floating Points" by Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra—as a tool to understand the town. The exhibition marks a shift from his 2020 solo show "Internal Probes," which focused on Johannesburg's urban chaos, toward stillness and reflection.

Printmaker creates poster for Fort Wayne Ballet show; exhibition set for Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Renowned American printmaker Chuck Sperry has collaborated with the Fort Wayne Ballet to create a limited-edition poster for their upcoming production of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." This partnership coincides with the announcement of Sperry’s solo exhibition, "Archetypes," which is scheduled to open at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art on August 25. The exhibition will showcase over 100 wooden panels depicting the Greek Muses, all of which will be inducted into the museum’s permanent collection as part of the Chuck Sperry Archive.

Printmaking exhibition opens

The Estuary Arts Centre in Ōrewa is hosting "Pressing Matters – Printmaking in Focus" throughout March, showcasing over 150 works by contemporary New Zealand printmakers. The event features a daily pop-up print lab for live demonstrations and a family-oriented open day on March 14, including a talk by letterpress specialist Tara McLeod.

Gail Mabo leads new exhibition round at Umbrella Studio

Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts in North Queensland will present three new exhibitions next month, led by Meriam artist Gail Mabo's 'Wer Wer (Boundaries)'. Developed during a residency with master printmaker Dian Darmansjah, the exhibition reinterprets boundary maps drawn by Mabo's father, land rights pioneer Eddie Koiki Mabo, through four unique drypoint etching and collagraph prints. Also opening are 'Neural Architecture' by Geoffrey Schmidt, exploring memory and consciousness through oil, string and rocks on aluminium panels, and 'Scattered' by Barbara Pierce, a site-responsive installation made from found materials addressing global displacement and survival.

Printmakers carve their place at Art Museum of Southeast Texas

The Art Museum of Southeast Texas is hosting a new exhibition focused on printmaking, highlighting the work of contemporary printmakers who are carving out a distinct space in the art world. The show brings together a range of techniques and styles, from traditional woodcuts to experimental mixed-media prints, demonstrating the enduring relevance and innovation within the medium.

Artists Noah Bonesteel and Katie Langford Featured in LARAC Lapham Gallery Exhibit May 22-June 24

The Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) will present a two-person exhibition titled "Show IV: Meet Me in the Woods" featuring artists Noah Bonesteel and Katie Langford at the Lapham Gallery in Glens Falls, New York, from May 22 to June 24. The show includes an opening reception on May 22 and an Artists Talk on June 4, both free and open to the public. Bonesteel, a painter and printmaker, uses abstract, layered compositions inspired by Adirondack ecology, while Langford, an oil painter, brings a narrative, plein air approach to the region's landscapes.

The power of ‘print as protest’ in new exhibition at Chicano Park museum

Multidisciplinary artist and printmaker Irie Zepeda has curated a new group exhibition titled “Print As Protest/Grafica En Resistencia” at the Chicano Park Museum & Cultural Center in San Diego. The show highlights printmaking as a vital medium for solidarity and community storytelling, drawing on Zepeda’s deep roots in Barrio Logan and their work with Por La Mano Press y Arte. The exhibition features works that position the craft of printing as a tool for visibility and collective action within marginalized communities.