The autumn edition has arrived: discover the Art Shopping fair at the Carrousel du Louvre.

The Art Shopping fair returns to the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris for its autumn edition, running from October 23 to 25, 2026. The 38th edition features over 300 artists and galleries from around the world, showcasing painting, sculpture, digital art, printmaking, street art, and photography. The fair attracts more than 10,000 visitors annually and offers a free admission weekend, with Friday reserved for invitation-only entry.

A Milano c’è una mostra di bambole giapponesi. Un tempo prodotti industriali oggi pezzi da collezione

A new exhibition in Milan at the gallery N.51 presents the work of Japanese artist Shigeru Arai, known as NAGNAGNAG, who is celebrated for transforming industrial soft vinyl dolls (Sofubi) into unique art objects. The show, titled "Shigeru Arai Tribute Exhibition," marks the first time his work is displayed in Italy, tracing the history of Sofubi from its post-WWII origins in Japan—where it replaced dangerously flammable cellulose toys—to its elevation as a collectible art form through Arai's distinctive techniques, including biting the soft vinyl and applying multiple layers of paint.

Kathmandu this week with food fest, a theatre play, a solo exhibition, and more

This week in Kathmandu features a diverse lineup of events including a solo exhibition by Israeli artist Ohr Marom Munk titled "Where the water falls" at Gallery Mcube, showcasing video, installation, and new media works inspired by Nepal's ancient water systems and urban life. Other events include the Bikki Gurung Live Tour, Anuv Jain's Dastakhat World Tour, the Himalayan Rhythm and Festival, and a startup networking event called The Founders Room.

Check out adventurous artists in the running for the Carlos Malamud Prize at UCF and Rollins this week

The Carlos Malamud Prize, a biennial group exhibition, opens this week at the UCF Art Gallery and the Rollins Museum of Art in Florida. The show features work from six emerging Florida artists working in diverse media, from traditional ceramics and portraits to unconventional materials like furniture and a Modelo beer can. The winner will receive $10,000 and a solo exhibition in 2027, and will serve as a juror for the 2028 edition. The opening receptions are split over two days: Wednesday at UCF and Thursday at Rollins, where the winner will be announced.

Vernon Public Art Gallery unveils four new diverse summer exhibitions

The Vernon Public Art Gallery (VPAG) in British Columbia is launching four new summer exhibitions in June 2026: Emergence, featuring recent BFA graduates from UBCO; Fireline Kinship, a multidisciplinary response to the 2021 Nk’Mip Creek wildfire by Taylor Baptiste; Through Our Eyes, showcasing youth from the Boys and Girls Club Okanagan’s Teen Junction Youth Program; and Gathered, a group exhibition by School District 22 Indigenous students. An opening reception will be held on May 28, and all exhibitions run through June and July.

Artist to Watch: Hugo Toro Explores Origin, Belonging, and Identity in Emotionally-Charged Paintings

French-Mexican artist Hugo Toro is debuting his first solo art exhibition in the United States at Perrotin New York on May 20, 2026. The show features over a dozen paintings and sculptures that explore themes of origin, belonging, and identity, with water serving as a recurring metaphor for memory. Toro, who also works in architecture and interior design, describes his creative process as instinctive, starting from emotional impulses and moving from abstraction toward figuration.

Vibrant Miniature Dioramas Burst from Vintage Compacts by Shannon Taylor

Shannon Taylor creates vibrant miniature dioramas inside vintage cosmetic compacts, using watercolor on paper to depict scenes ranging from dusky woodlands to fantastical landscapes with mythical creatures like mermaids and unicorns. She sources the compacts from flea markets, vintage shops, and friends. Taylor is preparing for a solo exhibition titled 'Minor Mending' at Modern Eden in San Francisco opening August 6, and her work is also included in 'Common Waters' at Arch Enemy Arts. Additionally, she curated 'Fairyland @ 75: A Legacy of Magic' at the Oakland Museum of California, organized on behalf of Children's Fairyland, where she serves as Director of Art and Restoration.

Shades of Grey: Divyaman Singh’s Contemporary Art Exhibition to Open at Bikaner House Delhi

Aalekh Arts & Culture Foundation presents 'Shades of Grey', a contemporary art exhibition by artist Divyaman Singh, at the Main Art Gallery of Bikaner House in Delhi. The exhibition opens with an invitation-only preview on 29 May 2026 and runs publicly from 30 May to 1 June 2026. Featuring oil-on-canvas abstract landscapes and atmospheric horizons in monochromatic greys, the works explore the emotional and psychological dimensions of womanhood, using tonal variation as a metaphor for memory, resilience, vulnerability, and strength.

When the Art World Dismantles Itself

Wenn die Kunstwelt sich selbst zerlegt

James Cahill's novel "The Violet Hour" offers a satirical and precise portrait of the contemporary art world, featuring characters such as curators with revolutionary fervor, collectors with superyachts, and artists oscillating between genius and pose. Cahill, a former gallery employee, curator, and critic, draws on his insider experience to craft a milieu study that is both humorous and incisive.

Ghosts in a Postcard Idyll

Geister im Postkartenidyll

Kôji Fukada's film "Nagi Notes" premieres in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, following Yoriko (Takako Matsu), a sculptor and farmer living a quiet, self-sufficient life in the rural Japanese town of Nagi. Her routine is disrupted when her old friend Yuri (Shizuka Ishibashi), an architect, arrives to model for a sculpture, stirring buried emotions and past conflicts. The film explores the slow, delicate process of creating art and the psychological tensions between the two women, set against the backdrop of Nagi's idyllic but symbolically flat landscape.

Waddesdon’s Art in Nature returns with a new 70-metre land artwork by James Brunt and Jon Foreman

Waddesdon Manor in the UK has launched the 2026 edition of its Art in Nature program, featuring a monumental 70-meter mandala created by land artists James Brunt and Jon Foreman of Sculpt the World. The collaborative work, made with support from Mark Ford and Eric Ford, draws inspiration from the manor's architecture and surrounding landscape, using natural materials like leaves, stones, and branches. The program runs until May 31 and includes workshops, talks, and participatory making sessions with artists such as Rebecca and Mark Ford of Two Circles Design, Tim Pugh, Ana Castilho, Richard Shilling, Julia Brooklyn, and disability activist Sam Cleasby.

“You already have everything you need”: interview with Thomas Dambo opening his first museum exhibition

Danish recycle artist Thomas Dambo has opened his first museum exhibition at the ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art in Ishøj, Denmark, on May 24. The exhibition, running until November 29, features his signature giant troll sculptures, which have previously been installed in forests, mountains, and deserts around the world. The show marks a shift from Dambo's typical outdoor, site-specific installations to a formal museum setting.

This new exhibition shrinks contemporary art into pocket-sized cards for collection and trading

Pocket Art, Hong Kong's first art collection card exhibition, will take place at PMQ from May 29 to June 21, 2025. Curated by local artist armechan, the show features 10 local and overseas artists presenting over 50 original works reimagined as trading cards. Visitors can purchase collectable card packs with rarity tiers including Common, Rare, Super Rare, Signature Rare, and Original Rare hand-painted cards. The exhibition also offers on-site grading and authentication by Grading Eleven Authentication, limited-edition streetwear co-created with local fashion brand Grocery, and free admission.

Great Pulteney Street gallery presents Soho Solos: 4 solo exhibitions by Soho Open prize winners

Great Pulteney Street Gallery (GPS Gallery) is launching the inaugural edition of Soho Solos, a new exhibition programme developed from last year’s Soho Open in partnership with Parker Harris. Running from 10th–28th June, the show features four solo exhibitions by prize-winning artists Mandy Hudson, James Robert Morrison, Conor Quinn, and Alice Sheppard Fidler, each presenting new work that explores themes from queer memory and car-crash eroticism to the transformation of everyday objects.

Danish recycling artist brings his giant trolls indoors for a first museum exhibition

Danish recycling artist Thomas Dambo, known for creating nearly 200 giant wooden troll sculptures hidden in natural landscapes across 19 countries, is presenting his first museum exhibition. Titled "The Garbage Man," the show opens at the Arken Museum of Contemporary Art near Copenhagen and features a new narrative in which mischievous trolls secretly take over the museum, building a giant human figure from trash as a lesson about waste. The exhibition runs from Sunday until November 29 and includes works made from discarded materials like electronics, cardboard, and clothing, some of which would not survive outdoors.

Pocket Art exhibition at PMQ | PMQ | Art in Hong Kong

Pocket Art, Hong Kong's first art collection card exhibition, curated by local artist armechan, will run at PMQ from May 29 to June 21, 2026. The show features 10 local and overseas artists, including Li Chi Tak, Rex Koo, Lio Yeung, Erika Shiba, and Abby Lee Yan Yee, who have created nearly 200 collectable palm-sized art cards. Visitors can buy packs, swap cards, and build their own mini collections, with grading and authentication services provided by Grading Eleven Authentication. A collaboration with local fashion brand Grocery also translates the card motifs into wearable items.

“Related Stories”—A Visual Dialogue On Memory And Experience

A new contemporary art exhibition titled “Related Stories” opens today at the Museum of Folk Art and Tradition “Angeliki Hatzimichali” in Athens’ Plaka district, running from May 22 to July 12, 2026. Curated by Stavroula Pisimisi, the show brings together three Greek artists—Eleftheria Kousiaki, Kostas Nikakis, and Efi Tsoulouchopoulou—whose works span photography, graphite drawings, ink on fabric, polyptychs, artist books, paintings, and ceramic objects, creating a multilayered dialogue on materiality, gesture, memory, and transformation.

New exhibition is 'ükskõik' for Estonian artist Marta Vaarik

A new exhibition titled "1kõik" by Estonian artist Marta Vaarik opened Tuesday evening at Tallinn's Artrovert Gallery. The name plays on the Estonian word "ükskõik," meaning "whatever" or "one or the other," and symbolizes letting go to achieve inner peace. The show features works across photography, painting, video, performance, and sculpture, incorporating social themes characteristic of Vaarik's practice. It runs through June 27.

New İstanbul art exhibition questions the meaning of animal shelters

The exhibition "Barı-n/m-ak" has opened at Müze Gazhane in Istanbul, curated by Hicran Aksöz as a social responsibility project that merges contemporary art with animal rights advocacy. Featuring works by 27 Turkish contemporary artists, the show uses a typographic play on the title to question the concepts of shelter and sheltering, prompting reflection on cohabitation in the city, the right to shelter, and interspecies solidarity. Alongside the artworks, the program includes artist talks and workshops on animal rights-themed art, and at the exhibition's close, artists will connect with collectors to generate funds that will directly purchase supplies for Beşiktaş Municipality Shelters and Angels Farm.

‘These artists have much to say’: Longview art museum exhibit gives voice to ‘Native Perspectives’

The Longview Museum of Fine Arts in Texas will open 'Native Perspectives: America 250' on May 23, running through September 12. The exhibition celebrates indigenous voices from across the American South as part of America's 250th anniversary, featuring ceramic traditions, contemporary painting, beadwork, and mixed media works from 11 artists representing 13 tribes including Caddo, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Seminole. Co-curator and Caddo artist Chase Kahwinhut Earles, whose work is held in 32 national museums including the Smithsonian, describes his personal journey of rediscovering Caddo pottery traditions and applying them to contemporary art.

Student art work shines at Kapiʻolani CC’s Koa Gallery

Kapiʻolani Community College’s Koa Gallery hosted the Kapiʻolani CC Student Show 2026 from April 29 to May 8, featuring works by introductory and intermediate studio art and new media art students. Student artist Geneva Mellison, an English literature major, exhibited her photography series *My Perfect Mask* (2025), a set of gelatin silver prints exploring social conformity and masking. The show included mixed media, ceramics, drawing, painting, and sculpture, emphasizing material processes and contemporary artistic exploration.

The art of Brad Chapman Bleau

Artist Brad Chapman Bleau has been featured in a series of images showcasing his mixed-media works, including paintings like "Skäl!" and "Big Mac," which incorporate acrylic paint and found objects on wood. His pieces have appeared in the Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition Show at the Danforth Art Museum in Framingham, and he maintains a studio space called The Bleau Pig at the newly opened Almanac Market in Paxton. An upcoming group exhibition titled "CATS" featuring his work "The Duality of CAT" is set to open May 28 at Worcester State University’s Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery.

Art House Gallery to Present OUR OWN LANGUAGE, Curated by Andrea McKenna

Art House Gallery is set to present "OUR OWN LANGUAGE," an exhibition curated by Andrea McKenna. The show will feature a group of artists exploring themes of personal and collective expression through visual language.

Lakshmi Shankarreddy’s Art Exhibition Explores Life Between India And California

Artist Lakshmi Shankarreddy presented a solo exhibition titled 'Bringing Two Cultures Through Art' at the Consulate General of India in San Francisco on May 15. The show featured paintings exploring landscapes, florals, and portraits that bridge her Indian heritage and life in California, including the work 'Blossoms,' now part of the Consulate's collection. Shankarreddy, who studied fine art at Stanford University and has worked for over three decades in impressionistic and abstract styles, also uses her art for philanthropy, supporting organizations like Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.

The Cabins Make a Max of It!

Les cabanes en font un max !

The article reports on the 10th edition of the "Mini Maousse" competition, which invites students in architecture, art, design, and landscape to design micro-architecture around a theme. This year, participants reimagined the contemporary symbol of the cabin ("cabane"). Winning and commended projects were exhibited in May at the Cité de l'architecture in Paris and are also compiled in a book published by Éditions Alternatives, featuring contributions from artists, architects, and writers such as Marielle Macé, Claire Brunet, Gilles Tiberghien, and Joëlle Zask.

5 Artists Inspired by Moroccan Rugs and North African Weaving

Artsy Editorial profiles five contemporary artists from the Maghreb region who draw inspiration from Moroccan rugs and North African weaving traditions. The article highlights how these artists transform the loom-based craft—historically dismissed as "womanly craft" by academia and the avant-garde—into a contemporary art form that honors and updates longstanding weaving practices. Each artist uses the grammar of signs, stitches, rhythm, color, and designs inherent to North African textiles to articulate narratives and philosophies.

Electric Slide at Gallery Kendra Jayne Patrick

Electric Slide, a group exhibition at Gallery Kendra Jayne Patrick, features 96 images documenting the show with no accompanying videos or text descriptions. The exhibition brings together multiple artists in a curated display, though specific artist names and artwork details are not provided in the article text.

Locky Morris, Liz Vitlin at Gertie

Locky Morris and Liz Vitlin are featured in a two-person exhibition at Gertie, a gallery space. The show presents a selection of works by both artists, documented through 59 images on the Contemporary Art Daily platform, though no text descriptions or curatorial statements are provided in the article.

Strange Stranger at Timeshare

Contemporary Art Daily presents documentation of the exhibition "Strange Stranger at Timeshare," featuring 35 images and no videos. The page provides a visual record of the show without text descriptions or additional context about the artists, works, or venue involved.

“Ekrani i Artit” at Shkodër

The 9th edition of Ekrani i Artit, an event dedicated to experimental cinema, video art, and contemporary visual culture, will take place in Shkodër from 27 to 31 May 2026. The five-day program brings together artists, filmmakers, curators, and audiences from Albania and abroad, organized for the second year through a collaborative effort.