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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 10, 2026 visibility 45 link 4 artists

SA ‘white hands on black art’ controversy in court – and on national gallery walls

The National Gallery of Australia has officially opened the 'Ngura Pulka – Epic Country' exhibition, a major showcase of works by 52 artists from the APY Art Centre Collective. The show was originally postponed in 2023 following allegations published in The Australian that white staff members had improperly interfered with the creation of the paintings. After multiple investigations by government bodies and a review by the NGA cleared the artworks of creative interference, the collective is moving forward with the exhibition while pursuing a $4.4 million defamation lawsuit against the newspaper.

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‘OC Made’ at Fullerton Museum Center showcases local artists

The Fullerton Museum Center has launched "OC Made," a new biennial juried exhibition dedicated exclusively to artists living and working in Orange County. Curated by Georgette Collard and Jasmine McNeal, the inaugural show features over 130 artworks by more than 100 local artists selected from a pool of 260 submissions. The exhibition includes a diverse range of mediums, from glass sculptures and ceramics to photorealistic paintings of local landmarks, and awarded top honors to artists Ramón Vargas, Jaime “Germs” Zacarias, and Mahta Jafari.

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LETTER | Wires crossed on art museum crisis

A local resident has criticized the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality and local media for their delayed response to the deteriorating state of the historic NMB Metropolitan Art Museum. The critique highlights significant factual errors in recent reporting regarding the museum's history, specifically correcting the timeline of its construction phases which date back to 1927, rather than the 70-year history recently cited by officials.

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article local schedule Apr 8, 2026 visibility 21 link 5 artists

Hyde Collection celebrates young artists at annual H.S. Juried Show

The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York, has opened its annual High School Juried Show, a long-standing tradition that showcases the creative talents of regional students. This year's exhibition features a diverse range of media, selected by professional jurors from a competitive pool of submissions from local school districts.

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article local schedule Apr 8, 2026 visibility 15 link 7 artists

Bennington Museum hosts 2026 Annual Student Art Show

The Bennington Museum recently hosted its 2026 Annual Student Art Show, an event featuring works from local students ranging from kindergarten to high school seniors. The exhibition showcased a diverse array of mediums, including watercolor, ceramics, and mixed-media self-portraits, while offering free admission and family-oriented activities to the community.

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person people schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 19 link 3 artists

A Conversation with Milwaukee Art Museum’s New Director

Kim Sajet has been appointed as the new director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, bringing an international perspective shaped by her birth in Nigeria, upbringing in Australia, and Dutch citizenship. In an introductory interview, Sajet discusses her extensive leadership background—having previously run two museums in Australia—and how her personal history, including her relationship with her disabled brother, influenced her path toward art history and museum studies.

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Art museum paints a picture of despair

The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum in Gqeberha is facing a catastrophic institutional collapse due to years of municipal neglect and a 64% staff vacancy rate. A recent report reveals that the museum’s priceless collection—which includes works by George Pemba, Gladys Mgudlandlu, and LS Lowry—is being threatened by leaking roofs, spreading mold, and failing fire and security systems. While the galleries have been closed to the public for over a year, the facility currently lacks a qualified conservator to address the mounting damage to its historical and contemporary holdings.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 2, 2026 visibility 11 link 2 artists

New exhibition at Trenton City Museum: African American Abstractions

The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie has launched "African American Abstractions," a major exhibition featuring the works of James E. Dupree, Femi J. Johnson, and Kenneth J. Lewis. Curated by Janis Purcell, the showcase spans three galleries and explores the intersection of vibrant color, form, and cultural narrative. The exhibition is supported by public programming, including an abstract art workshop and an artists' roundtable discussion.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 26, 2026 visibility 17 link 5 artists

Must-See Museum Exhibits in New Orleans This April

New Orleans is set to host several major museum exhibitions this April, highlighting the city's deep artistic roots alongside its famous festival season. Key highlights include "I Am the Face" at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, which explores the evolution of Southern photographic portraiture from the early 20th century to today, and a significant retrospective of Louisiana native Robert Gordy at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 26, 2026 visibility 14 link 6 artists

Museum exhibit on L.V. Hull’s art and life is a visual ‘sensation’

The Mississippi Museum of Art has launched "L.V. Hull: Love Is a Sensation," the first major museum retrospective dedicated to the late self-taught African American artist L.V. Hull. The exhibition showcases Hull’s vibrant, immersive practice of transforming her Kosciusko home and everyday found objects—ranging from sneakers and fan blades to television sets—into a dense, kaleidoscopic art environment. The show is presented in partnership with the L.V. Hull Legacy Center and features individual artworks, archival ephemera, and documentary footage.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 26, 2026 visibility 12 link 1 artist

Must-See Museum Exhibits in New Orleans This April

New Orleans is highlighting its vibrant visual arts scene this April with two major museum exhibitions that offer deep dives into Southern identity and local art history. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art has launched "I Am the Face," a comprehensive survey of Southern photography and portraiture from the early 20th century to today. Meanwhile, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is preparing to open a significant retrospective of Louisiana native Robert Gordy, marking the first major presentation of his multidisciplinary work at the institution in over forty years.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 16, 2026 visibility 15 link 3 artists

Trinity Professor’s Art Installation Comes to Connecticut Museum

The New Britain Museum of American Art has opened "The Museum of the Old Colony," a site-specific installation by Trinity College Professor Pablo Delano. The exhibition uses archival photography, sculptural objects, and text to examine the enduring impact of U.S. colonial rule in Puerto Rico since 1898. For this iteration, Delano has expanded the work to include new materials specifically documenting the history and experiences of the Puerto Rican community within Connecticut.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 9, 2026 visibility 16 link 4 artists

Two New Orleans Artists Selected for the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

New Orleans artists Dawn DeDeaux and Big Chief Demond Melancon have been selected to participate in the 61st Venice Biennale, titled "In Minor Keys." This marks the first time since 2015 that artists from New Orleans have been included in the prestigious international exhibition, and they are the only representatives from the American Gulf South selected for this edition. DeDeaux is recognized for her pioneering multidisciplinary work, while Melancon is celebrated for his intricate beadwork and craftsmanship rooted in the Black Masking Indian tradition.

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gavel restitution schedule Feb 26, 2026 visibility 15 link 2 artists

Back to Assam: British Museum agrees to loan fragile tapestry showing Krishna’s life

The British Museum has reached an agreement with the state government of Assam to loan the Vrindavani Vastra, a 350-year-old sacred tapestry depicting the life of Krishna, for a six-month period starting in 2027. The loan is contingent upon the construction of a specialized new extension at the Assam State Museum in Guwahati to accommodate the textile's extreme fragility. This marks the first time the artifact, which features the earliest known Assamese inscriptions, will return to its place of origin since it was acquired by the British Museum following the 1904 Younghusband expedition to Tibet.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 26, 2026 visibility 12 link 4 artists

TWO NEW ORLEANS ARTISTS SELECTED FOR THE 61ST INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION OF LA BIENNALE DI VENEZI

New Orleans artists Dawn DeDeaux and Big Chief Demond Melancon have been selected to participate in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled "In Minor Keys." Curated by Koyo Kouoh, the exhibition marks the first time since 2015 that artists from New Orleans have been featured in the main international section. DeDeaux is recognized for her pioneering multidisciplinary work, while Melancon represents the Black Masking culture of the Young Seminole Hunters, showcasing the city's intersection of contemporary innovation and ancestral tradition.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 20, 2026 visibility 16 link 4 artists

New McMullen Museum exhibition

The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College has launched "Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family and the Public Arts," a comprehensive exhibition exploring three generations of the Yeats family. Featuring approximately 200 works including paintings, embroideries, and rare manuscripts, the show highlights the collaborative yet often tense creative output of patriarch John Butler Yeats and his children, including the poet William Butler Yeats and the painter Jack B. Yeats. Many of the items on display are being shown publicly for the first time or for the first time outside of Ireland.

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rate_review review schedule Feb 16, 2026 visibility 18 link 8 artists

The Sticky Politics of Wall Texts

A critic's visit to the 36th Bienal de São Paulo led to a pointed critique of the exhibition's didactic strategy. The show, curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, featured floor-mounted placards with QR codes, poorly placed basic labels, and extremely lengthy omnibus section texts, creating a frustrating experience that oscillated between providing too little and too much information.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 9, 2026 visibility 14 link 3 artists

New Palm Springs Art Exhibition Explores the Runway as Architecture

The Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center has opened a new exhibition titled "Fashioning Architecture," on view through August 9. Curated by executive director Christine Vendredi, the show examines the spatial and hierarchical dynamics of fashion shows—such as the front row, runway, and backstage—treating them as architectural constructs. It features photography, video, and objects including audience T-shirts from Virgil Abloh's Spring/Summer 2019 Louis Vuitton show and a LaQuan Smith dress from New York Fashion Week, alongside historical Palm Springs fashion moments like a 1939 Racquet Club show and Nicolas Ghesquière's 2015 Louis Vuitton cruise show at the Bob Hope House.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 4, 2026 visibility 24 link 7 artists

Five artists announced for India's Venice Biennale pavilion

India is returning to the Venice Biennale after a seven-year hiatus with a national pavilion in the Arsenale. The presentation, titled 'Geographies of Distance: Remembering Home,' will feature five artists: Alwar Balasubramaniam (Bala), Sumakshi Singh, Ranjani Shettar, Asim Waqif, and Skarma Sonam Tashi. The exhibition is curated by Amin Jaffer and is backed by India's Ministry of Culture and two cultural institutions.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 3, 2026 visibility 11 link 3 artists

Artist whose recent award ‘saved my career’ has first major solo museum show at SAM

Samantha Yun Wall has opened her first major solo museum exhibition, "What We Leave Behind," at the Seattle Art Museum. The show features her large-scale, black-and-white drawings that explore identity, family, and Korean folklore through surreal, portal-like imagery.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 2, 2026 visibility 14 link 4 artists

Portland Art Museum opens gallery focused on Black artists, named for local trailblazer

The Portland Art Museum has opened a new permanent gallery dedicated to Black artists, named for local artist, dancer, and educator Thelma Johnson Streat. The gallery, which opened on the first day of Black History Month, features a variety of works by Black Oregon artists, including multimedia installations, paintings, drawings, and a large photographic grid.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 31, 2026 visibility 17 link 2 artists

MSU Entomology Partners With Artist Jan Tichy for Darkness Exhibit at Broad Art Museum

Chicago-based artist Jan Tichy has created a new exhibition titled 'Darkness' at Michigan State University's Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. The project is the result of a nearly nine-month collaboration with four MSU labs, most prominently the Department of Entomology, where Tichy worked with researchers and students to incorporate insects and scientific methods like blacklight sampling into the artwork.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 28, 2026 visibility 11 link 13 artists

Wisconsin Artists Biennial exhibition opens at MOWA on Feb. 7

The Wisconsin Artists Biennial exhibition opens at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend from February 7 to April 19, featuring 52 works by 50 Wisconsin artists. Selected from nearly 500 artists who submitted over 1,200 entries, the show was juried by Nicole Jacquard, Taylor Jasper, and Melissa Oresky. The biennial awards $10,000 in cash prizes, including the MOWA Prize of $5,000 and a solo museum exhibition. An opening party on February 7 includes a reception, juror talk, and award presentation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 27, 2026 visibility 17 link 3 artists

New Monographic Exhibition to Debut at New Orleans Museum of Art

The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will debut "Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity," the first monographic exhibition dedicated to American modernist Hayward L. Oubre, Jr. (1916–2006). Organized by the Birmingham Museum of Art, the show features 48 sculptures, paintings, and prints, including Oubre's notable wire coat hanger sculptures, and runs from January 30 through May 3. Oubre, a New Orleans-born artist, was the first BFA graduate of Dillard University and later chaired art departments at Alabama State University and Winston-Salem State University, shaping a network of Black artists in the South.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 23, 2026 visibility 14 link 3 artists

Long lost portrait of Scotland’s great poet Robert Burns goes on show for first time

A long-lost portrait of Robert Burns by Henry Raeburn, painted in 1803, has gone on public display for the first time at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh, just in time for Burns Night on 25 January. The painting resurfaced in a house clearance in Surrey and was auctioned in Wimbledon in March 2025 with a guide price of £300–£500; collector and Burns enthusiast William Zachs purchased it for £68,000 after a tense bidding war, gambling on the Raeburn attribution. Experts including Patricia Allerston and Duncan Thomson have since confirmed the work is authentic, and it is now exhibited alongside Alexander Nasmyth's 1787 portrait of Burns.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 22, 2026 visibility 12 link 3 artists

Ackland Art Museum to Open Two Major Exhibitions Exploring Identity and Color

The Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill will open two new exhibitions on January 30, 2026. "Bill Bamberger: Boys Will Be Men" presents introspective portraits of male students from Durham School of the Arts, exploring masculinity through photography and audio interviews. "Color Concentrated: A Salon-Style Show from the Robertson Collection" reimagines modernist works from the museum's collection in a dense, single-wall installation inspired by 19th-century Parisian Salons.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 22, 2026 visibility 12 link 4 artists

Alfred Ceramic Art Museum to host “Fihankra,” exhibition by Eugene Ofori Agyei, former Turner Teaching Fellow at Alfred University

The Alfred Ceramic Art Museum will host “Fihankra,” an exhibition of ceramic sculptures by Eugene Ofori Agyei, opening February 12 and running through July 19. The works, created during Agyei’s tenure as Turner Teaching Fellow at Alfred University, incorporate Adinkra symbols from Ghana’s Akan ethnic group, wooden benches, batik fabric, yarn, and found objects to explore themes of diaspora, cultural adaptation, and belonging. A reception will be held from 5 to 7 pm on opening day, and the exhibition will be accompanied by the 2026 Perkins Lecture featuring a conversation between Agyei and independent curator Larry Ossei-Mensah.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 21, 2026 visibility 15 link 6 artists

Art@Countway Exhibition Closing Ceremony: Call & Response

The Countway Library at Harvard Medical School is hosting a closing ceremony for the art exhibition "Call and Response: A Narrative of Reverence to our Foremothers in Gynecology" on January 21. Developed by the Resilient Sisterhood Project, the multimedia exhibition highlights the exploitation of enslaved Black women—Anarcha, Betsey, and Lucy—in the origins of modern gynecology, focusing on experiments by Dr. J. Marion Sims in the 1840s. The event will feature speakers including artists Jules Arthur, Dr. Michele David, Michelle Hartney, and others, along with community organizers.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 16, 2026 visibility 10 link 5 artists

Artist recreates snapshots of 1950s resort with colorful quilts, paintings at WAM

The Wichita Art Museum (WAM) is presenting a new exhibition by an artist who recreates snapshots of a 1950s resort using colorful quilts and paintings. The works draw on vintage photographs to evoke the leisure and social life of mid-century American resort culture, rendered in textile and paint.

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article news schedule Jan 15, 2026 visibility 11 link 5 artists, 4 galleries

Iranian galleries close amid protests and communications blackout

Iranian galleries have closed or altered their hours as nationwide protests, sparked by economic turmoil and a crashing currency, escalated into violent unrest. The protests began on 28 December among bazaar traders and spread to artists and gallerists, with many shutting their doors or canceling exhibitions, some under public pressure. A government-imposed internet and communications blackout on 8 January has severely limited information, though one gallerist speaking anonymously described the closures as a unified act of solidarity across society, not merely a response to safety concerns. The gallerist noted that the economy is in its worst condition, with basic necessities unaffordable and even bubble-wrap prices fluctuating wildly. Another gallery founder confirmed that all projects are on hold, and staging exhibitions risks public backlash. Instagram account Galleryinfo.ir faced online criticism for promoting exhibitions during the crisis, while Bavan Gallery reversed its initial stance of "resilience is an art form" and announced it would hold no exhibitions.

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