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Bridgeport Gallery Hosts Emerging Artists, Brings in ‘Big Deal’ Curator for October Show

Artist Linda Colletta has transformed her studio practice within Bridgeport’s historic American Fabric Arts building, a former lace factory, by blending painting with labor-intensive weaving. Drawing inspiration from the site’s industrial history and the teachings of Bauhaus artist Anni Albers, Colletta repurposes drop cloths and tears apart her own canvases to weave them back together. Her recent work explores the materiality of paint and the concept of "Thought Forms," a visual language for emotions influenced by early 20th-century Theosophy.

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Multimedia Art Exhibitions

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, has launched "Perfect Nonsense," a comprehensive survey of Harmony Korine’s multidisciplinary career. Curated by Alex Gartenfeld, the exhibition features a vast array of works spanning film, painting, installation, and digital media, marking the artist's first major museum survey in the United States. The presentation highlights Korine’s experimental visual language, blending analog techniques with gaming aesthetics and contemporary digital culture across several gallery spaces.

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The Asian Art Museum's jaw-dropping new exhibition weaves together the contradictions of the human condition.

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has opened "Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries," a major exhibition featuring the Japanese-German artist’s signature large-scale yarn installations. The show centers on immersive works like "Diary," which utilizes 20 miles of red thread to suspend historical documents and personal ephemera, and the title installation which explores the artist's dual identity between Japan and Germany. Through sculptures and performance videos, the exhibition navigates themes of memory, trauma, and the biological realities of the human body, including Shiota’s personal battles with cancer.

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Harmony Korine’s First U.S. Museum Show Is ‘Perfect Nonsense’

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Miami is set to host 'Perfect Nonsense,' the first U.S. museum survey dedicated to the multidisciplinary work of director and artist Harmony Korine. Opening April 15, the exhibition features over 50 works spanning Korine’s career, from early collages and notes following his 1995 film 'Kids' to his recent infrared 'post-cinema' project 'Aggro Dr1ft.' The show includes a diverse array of media, including 'Twitchy' paintings, collaborative works with Rita Ackermann, and a dedicated 'Florida Room' exploring his current home in Miami.

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Portland Japanese Garden debuts stunning new art exhibition through June 15th

The Portland Japanese Garden has launched its first major exhibition of 2026, "Enduring Impressions: Contemporary Woodblock Prints," running through June 16th. This showcase explores the evolution of mokuhanga, a traditional Japanese woodblock printing technique that originated in the 17th century as an accessible art form for the masses. The exhibition features a diverse array of works ranging from historical masterpieces to contemporary interpretations by artists from Portland, Japan, and across the United States.

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Exhibition Tour—Raphael: Sublime Poetry

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting "Raphael: Sublime Poetry," the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the Italian Renaissance master in the United States. Featuring over 170 masterpieces and rarely seen treasures, the exhibition traces Raphael’s meteoric career from his origins in Urbino to his transformative years in Florence and his final decade serving the papal court in Rome. The show highlights his unique ability to blend intellectual rigor with emotional lyricism, positioning him as a peer to Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

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PRESS RELEASE: ‘Paul Reed: A Retrospective’ closing April 12 at OKCMOA

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) has announced the final weeks of its comprehensive exhibition, ‘Paul Reed: A Retrospective,’ which is scheduled to conclude on April 12. This exhibition marks the first major museum retrospective of the Washington Color School painter since his death in 2015, featuring a wide array of works that span his career from early experiments to his signature shaped canvases and late-career explorations.

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Harn Museum to present ‘Florida in the Frame’ exhibition starting on Friday

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is launching a major exhibition titled "Florida in the Frame: A Century of Artists’ Reflections on the Sunshine State." Drawing from the extensive Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers Collection, the show features over 65 artists including American masters like Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and Thomas Moran alongside Florida Highwaymen painters. The exhibition is organized into three thematic sections that explore the state's natural landscapes, the development of its urban centers, and its evolution into a global tourism destination between 1850 and 1950.

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America’s First National Art Museum Honors the Country’s 250th

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced a comprehensive suite of exhibitions and programs to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026. The programming centers on the museum's unique history as America’s first national art museum, founded through the 1906 bequest of Charles Lang Freer. Key highlights include the exhibition "A Museum in the Making," which examines the institution's Detroit origins, and three major shows dedicated to the collections of American women philanthropists featuring Indian paintings, Chinese textiles, and Japanese lacquerware.

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Brion Gysin, the last museum: the original retrospective exhibition at the Paris Museum of Modern Art

The Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is hosting the first major Parisian retrospective of the multi-disciplinary artist Brion Gysin, running from April 10 to July 12, 2026. Titled "Brion Gysin, the Last Museum," the exhibition features over 140 works spanning the artist's career, including his pioneering "Cut-up" literary techniques, calligraphic paintings, and the immersive "Dreamachine." The show also contextualizes Gysin’s legacy by featuring works from his contemporaries and those he influenced, such as William Burroughs, Patti Smith, and Keith Haring.

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Gallery is showing works by Britain's most influential artists

The Little Gallery in Marlborough is hosting a three-week exhibition featuring a prestigious collection of 20th-century British art. The show spans the evolution of modernism from Impressionism to the 1960s Avant-Garde, showcasing works by iconic figures such as David Hockney, Elisabeth Frink, and Sandra Blow. Highlights include Anthony Whishaw’s 1967 painting inspired by Pink Floyd and a curated selection of increasingly collectible British studio ceramics.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 8, 2026 visibility 18 link 5 artists

Brandywine Museum of Art Collaborates with Maine Museums to Highlight Overlooked Wyeth Designer

The Brandywine Museum of Art is partnering with the Colby College Museum of Art and the Farnsworth Art Museum to launch a major exhibition series titled “By Design: The Worlds of Betsy James Wyeth.” Opening in June 2026, the multi-venue showcase highlights the creative legacy of Betsy James Wyeth, who was a prolific landscape designer, architectural restorer, and interior designer. The exhibition will feature archival materials and physical design elements that illustrate her profound influence on the environments that served as the primary subjects for her husband, Andrew Wyeth.

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Famous “Walk” by Marc Chagall to be exhibited in Minsk

The National Art Museum of Belarus in Minsk has opened a special exhibition featuring Marc Chagall’s 1917 masterpiece, "The Walk." On loan from the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the painting is being showcased alongside a VR tour developed by students from the Minsk Hlebau Art College. The exhibition, which runs until July 6, focuses on this singular programmatic work that depicts the artist and his wife, Bella Rosenfeld, in a gravity-defying expression of love.

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rate_review review schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 15 link 7 artists

Review: “Canvas to Clay” at the San Antonio Museum of Art

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has launched "Canvas to Clay," an exhibition that pairs the modernist paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe with the black-on-black pottery of Maria Martinez. While these two icons of the American Southwest are frequently exhibited together, this show distinguishes itself by expanding the conversation southward. It integrates Mexican earthenware from Mata Ortiz and Tonalá, highlighting the work of Juan Quezada and Hector Gallegos to showcase a broader regional tradition of abstraction and indigenous revival.

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Two Maine museums will explore influence of a lesser-known Wyeth

The Farnsworth Art Museum, Colby College Museum of Art, and Brandywine Museum of Art are launching a collaborative exhibition titled "By Design: The Worlds of Betsy James Wyeth." This landmark show is the first to focus exclusively on the creative legacy of Betsy James Wyeth, the wife of Andrew Wyeth, highlighting her work as a designer of immersive environments and her role in restoring historic properties like the Olson House and Brinton’s Mill. The exhibitions will feature Andrew Wyeth’s paintings alongside Betsy’s archival materials, maps, and collected objects.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 6, 2026 visibility 20 link 8 artists

Gustave Courbet: realist and rebel

The Leopold Museum in Vienna, in collaboration with Museum Folkwang in Essen, is hosting a major retrospective titled "Gustave Courbet: Realist and Rebel." Featuring 130 exhibits, including 90 paintings and 20 graphic works, the exhibition traces the artist's journey from his early rejection of academic training to his role as the pioneer of Realism. The show highlights his revolutionary choice to depict everyday life and ordinary people on a monumental scale, a practice previously reserved for heroic or mythological subjects.

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Exhibition | Catherine Opie, 'To Be Seen' at National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom

The National Portrait Gallery in London is hosting "To Be Seen," the first major UK museum exhibition dedicated to the American photographer Catherine Opie. Curated in collaboration with the artist, the show spans over 30 years of work, including her seminal 1991 series "Being and Having" and her Holbein-inspired portraits of the LGBTQ+ community. The exhibition is further expanded through a series of interventions where Opie’s contemporary photographs are placed in direct dialogue with the gallery’s permanent collection.

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Mark Rothko’s Historic Painting Sold at Auction for $8.5 Million -

Mark Rothko’s 1949 painting 'No. 10' sold for $8.5 million at Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction in Hong Kong, establishing a new auction record for the artist’s 'Multiforms' series. The sale was part of a high-profile event that also saw Joan Mitchell’s 'La Grande Vallée VI' become the most expensive work by a female artist ever sold at auction in Asia.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 4, 2026 visibility 18 link 1 artist

'Oklahoma should be proud:' OKC museum shows works by major artist

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) has opened a major exhibition of works by the celebrated American painter Wayne Thiebaud. The show, titled "Wayne Thiebaud: The Artist's Perspective," features over 70 paintings and drawings spanning his career, including his iconic depictions of pies, cakes, and San Francisco cityscapes.

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Akron Art Museum to host ‘Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors’

The Akron Art Museum will present a major exhibition titled 'Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors,' featuring the renowned Cree artist's work. The show will include his signature paintings, installations, and a new, site-specific piece, focusing on his critical re-examination of colonial narratives in North American art history.

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40 things to do this April 2026 in NYC

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting "Raphael: Sublime Poetry," the first comprehensive exhibition of the High Renaissance master in the United States. Running through June 28, 2026, the landmark show features over 170 works, including major loans like "The Alba Madonna" and the "Portrait of Baldassarre Castiglione," alongside preparatory sketches that reveal the artist's technical process.

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New York art exhibit highlights Port Arthur's Robert Rauschenberg

The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York is hosting a major retrospective titled "Robert Rauschenberg: Spreading Viaducts," which places a significant focus on the artist's formative years in his hometown of Port Arthur, Texas. The exhibition explores how the industrial landscape and unique coastal environment of the Gulf Coast influenced Rauschenberg’s revolutionary approach to materials and his development of the "Combine" paintings.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 27, 2026 visibility 18 link 3 artists

LGBTQ folks have always engaged with magic, spirituality. Here's why

The Palm Springs Art Museum is launching "A Queer Arcana: Art, Magic, and Spirit," an ambitious exhibition exploring the intersection of LGBTQ+ identities and spiritual practices. Spanning over a century of creative production from 1906 to 2026, the show features 35 artists who have utilized occultism, tarot, and magical traditions to navigate societal oppression and foster community. The collection includes a diverse array of media, ranging from historical occult drawings by Austin Osman Spare to contemporary paintings by Devan Shimoyama and feminist tarot decks.

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What to See and Do at the Denver Art Museum - Spring 2026 Guide

The Denver Art Museum has unveiled its spring 2026 programming, featuring a diverse slate of new and ongoing exhibitions. Highlights include the loan of two Rembrandt portraits from the National Gallery of Art, a major survey of contemporary Australian Indigenous art, and exhibitions on fashion, design, and regional printmaking. The season also sees the reinstallation of Francisco Clapera's complete casta painting series and new collection displays ranging from Japanese bamboo art to historic flatware.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 24, 2026 visibility 23 link 16 artists

How the Gertrude Abercrombie Renaissance Is Reaching a New Apex at the Milwaukee Art Museum

The Milwaukee Art Museum is hosting a major traveling retrospective of Gertrude Abercrombie, the Chicago-based painter known as the "jazz witch" of Hyde Park. Titled "Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World is a Mystery," the exhibition features nearly eighty paintings sourced from major museums and private collections, marking the largest survey of her work to date. The show highlights her unique brand of Surrealism, characterized by dreamlike interiors, stark landscapes, and enigmatic self-portraits.

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A local’s guide best art galleries in Paris

This guide highlights Galerie Daniel Templon as a cornerstone of the Parisian art scene. Located near the Centre Pompidou, the gallery has been a fixture since the 1960s, specializing in contemporary painting and sculpture from both European and American artists including David Salle and Jonathan Meese.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 23, 2026 visibility 22 link 6 artists, 4 galleries

Zhang Huan’s 125 Newbury Show Is Not for the Weak

Zhang Huan has unveiled a provocative new solo exhibition at 125 Newbury in New York, featuring a series of visceral works that utilize unconventional materials like cowhide and incense ash. The show centers on the artist's career-long exploration of the body, spirituality, and the cycle of life and death, anchored by large-scale sculptural paintings that challenge the viewer's sensory boundaries.

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to Exhibit Recognized Works From New York City Participants in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has launched the eleventh annual New York City Scholastic Art & Writing Awards exhibition, titled "Filling in the Gaps." Hosted at the Uris Center for Education, the showcase features 316 artworks and 300 literary pieces from local students in grades 7–12 who earned the prestigious Gold Key distinction. The exhibition highlights original works in painting, printmaking, and drawing, while providing digital access to the winning writing entries.

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Today in History March 17 | Opening of the National Gallery of Art

On March 17, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially dedicated the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The museum was established through the massive bequest of industrialist Andrew Mellon, who donated his world-class art collection, the funds for the building's construction, and a significant endowment. The opening marked a milestone in American cultural history, providing the public with access to a premier national collection of Old Master paintings.

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First Constable 250 exhibition to open this month at Christchurch Mansion

Ipswich Borough Council has announced a major year-long celebration marking the 250th anniversary of John Constable's birth, centered at Christchurch Mansion. The program launches on March 28 with 'Constable: A Cast of Characters,' an exhibition featuring over 100 artworks and personal artifacts—including the artist's paint box and his wife's wedding ring—that explore the social circle and patrons who influenced his career. The celebration will culminate in the historic return of 'The Hay Wain' to Suffolk in July 2026, marking the first time the masterpiece will be exhibited in the county it depicts.

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