Chicano Humanities and Art Council Community Spotlight Opening Reception

The Denver Art Museum (DAM) and the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council (CHAC Gallery & Cultural Center) are hosting an opening reception on May 13, 2025, for the Community Spotlight exhibition titled "Chicano Humanities and Arts Council: The Legacy and Power of Chicano/a/x Artists in Denver." The presentation features artwork by CHAC Gallery member artists, exploring themes of self-identity, family, cultural heritage, and spirituality, and will be on view in the Creative Hub of the Martin Building.

Speed Art Museum exhibit 'Brilliant Exiles' empowers a new generation

The Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, is hosting the traveling exhibition 'Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900-1939,' on loan from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. The show highlights the trailblazing work of American women artists, writers, and designers who moved to Paris at the turn of the 20th century, exploring their contributions across disciplines like art, fashion, and literature. The museum has added interactive QR codes with curated playlists, and the exhibition runs through June 22, 2025.

Opening date announced for major Birmingham attraction

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery will reopen its history galleries to the public on Friday, May 2, 2025, after a five-year closure that began during the pandemic. The 850-square-meter refurbished exhibition chronicles Birmingham's history from medieval times to the present day, featuring unique objects and installations. The phased reopening of the museum began in October 2024, and the history galleries were developed with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

D’ART Gallery opens in Baku’s White City with inaugural “From Generation to Generation” exhibition [PHOTOS]

D’ART Gallery has opened in Baku’s White City district with its inaugural exhibition, “From Generation to Generation,” featuring nearly 50 works by Azerbaijani artists spanning multiple generations, including People’s Artists, Honoured Artists, and emerging painters, graphic artists, and sculptors. The gallery aims to bridge Azerbaijan’s historical artistic heritage with contemporary art, and all exhibited works are available for sale. The opening ceremony included remarks from notable figures such as sculptor Ömər Eldarov, Executive Director Rəvan Həsənov, Vice-Rector Fuad Salayev, and gallery co-founder and director Dilara Muzaffarli.

Art Gallery explores home and identity in ‘Mi Casa es su Casa’ exhibition

The El Camino College Art Gallery is hosting 'Mi Casa es su Casa,' an exhibition featuring ceramic works by artist Yvette Trujillo and curated by Dulce Stein. The show, which opened October 30 and runs through December 1, transforms common Mexican household cleaning products like Fabuloso and Zote into saint-like ceramic sculptures, alongside clay shrines and an ofrenda celebrating Dia de los Muertos. The exhibition includes sugar skull face painting, dancing, and works by Hispanic artists.

Youngest Artist Among Highlights at Mountain Home Spring Art Show

The 2026 Spring Art Show in Mountain Home, held May 8th and 9th, featured artists of all ages and experience levels, with Madeline Martinez as the youngest participant. Her work was displayed alongside pieces by established local artists including KC Duerig, Julia Schmidt, Kathleen Hiler, Linette Nesbitt, Dara Lea Corvus, and Jennifer DeVore.

“The Meanderings” art exhibition opens in Jammu

Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo inaugurated a three-day painting exhibition titled “The Meanderings” by Pradeep Wahule, an Indian Forest Service officer and Conservator of Forests, at Kala Kendra Jammu. The event, organized under the Department of Culture, featured around 40 artworks displayed at the Master Sansar Chand Gallery, with Brij Mohan Sharma as Special Guest and remarks from officials including Sarvesh Rai, Harvinder Kour, and Dr. Javaid Rahi. Curator Rashmi Rao noted this is the sixth state where she has managed the show.

Vietnam Military History Museum holds lacquer painting exhibition marking national milestones - Vietnam Investment Review

The Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi is hosting a lacquer painting exhibition titled “Homeland and the Soldier,” featuring 55 artworks by multiple generations of artists, lecturers, and students. The exhibition, running until the end of May, marks the 51st anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification, as well as the 136th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh. It is jointly organized by the Vietnam Military History Museum, the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, and the University of Arts and Design, and is structured into three thematic sections: “Homeland Imprints,” “The Soldier,” and “Colours of Peace,” highlighting landscapes, wartime experiences, and post-war development.

Kickernick Gallery Celebrates the Legacy of WARM’s Pioneering Women Artists

Kickernick Gallery in Minneapolis is launching a landmark exhibition titled "LEGACY: The Women of WARM Gallery" to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota. Founded in 1976 as a feminist cooperative and slide registry, WARM grew into the largest women’s art collective in the United States, providing a vital platform for female artists who were historically excluded from mainstream institutions. The upcoming showcase features works by 73 groundbreaking artists who were instrumental in shaping the region's artistic and feminist landscape.

‘My personal language’: Edmonds artist to hold final exhibition

d'Elaine Herard Johnson, a 93-year-old artist from Edmonds, Washington, is preparing for her final exhibition in December. Born legally blind, she began sculpting and painting as a child, later earning a scholarship to Central Washington University and a master's degree from the University of Washington. Over her career, she has completed more than 1,200 paintings, exhibited in over 700 shows, and developed a Myth and Lore series since 1971. Her final show will feature works inspired by goddesses, reflecting her journey as a woman artist. Johnson plans to donate her estate, including her art, to Edmonds College to fund scholarships through its arts program.

WATCH ArtUA fifth anniversary exhibition ‘Revived by Art’ launches at People’s Museum of Limerick

The Ukrainian Art Studio ArtUA has launched its fifth anniversary exhibition, 'Revived by Art', at the People's Museum of Limerick, running from November 1 to 15, 2025. The exhibition features 150 works by nearly 40 artists, both Ukrainian and other nationalities, aged six to seventy-seven, using techniques such as painting, graphics, decorative arts, and graphic design. Founded by Ukrainian artist and teacher Lyubov Makarenko, who fled Mariupol after the Russian invasion, ArtUA has been holding free art classes at the Redemptorist Church in Limerick since July 2022. The exhibition focuses on personal memories and places dear to the artists, including Mariupol, Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Limerick, reflecting nostalgia, pain, and love.

53 oil paintings in a Palestinian exhibit were lost in the 1940s. A new exhibit on display in Brookline reimagines what could have been.

A traveling exhibition titled "The Lost Paintings, A Prelude to Return" is on view at the Brookline Arts Center and Unbound Visual Arts in Brighton through December 17. The show reimagines 53 oil paintings by Palestinian-Lebanese artist Maroun Tomb, which were lost in the chaos of the Nakba and the 1948 Arab-Israeli war after his 1947 exhibition opened in Haifa on the same day the UN adopted the Partition Plan. Curators Rula Khoury, Haidi Motola, and Joëlle Tomb—Maroun's granddaughter—commissioned 53 contemporary artists from Palestine and the diaspora to create new works inspired by the original titles, using mediums including textiles, prints, paintings, sculptures, and video.

Artist John E. Dowell, Jr. explores life experiences in exhibition titled 'I Got Through It'

Philadelphia-based artist John E. Dowell, Jr., now 84, is preparing for a solo exhibition titled 'I Got Through It' at the James Oliver Gallery, opening October 18, 2025. The show features over 20 works spanning printmaking, painting, photography, and music-inspired pieces. Dowell, a professor emeritus at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and Architecture, discusses his lifelong creative journey, his use of jazz and blues as inspiration, and his experiments with translating visual art into sound.

The Art of a Lifetime: USU Galleries Present Marion Hyde Retrospective

The Marion Hyde Retrospective has opened at the Tippetts & Eccles Galleries in the Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State University. The exhibition celebrates the late Utah artist and educator Marion R. Hyde, who taught painting, drawing, printmaking, and art education at USU for 35 years, serving as department head. Curated by his son Matt Hyde (a current art teacher at Bear River High School) alongside current Art + Design Department Head Kathy Puzey, the show spans Hyde’s artistic journey from his master's thesis to his final works, including his last painting completed shortly before his death. The chronological display highlights his evolution through figurative work in the 1970s, woodcut prints of Mexican landscapes in the 1980s, a series on Park City in the 1990s, and later Utah landscapes focused on Capitol Reef.

Over 35 Indigenous pieces from six artists on show at Castellani House

Over 35 pieces of art from six Indigenous artists, primarily from the Arawak tribe, went on display at Castellani House in Georgetown, Guyana, on Monday evening at the annual Art Exhibition and Pop-up Fashion Show. The exhibition, a collaboration between Castellani House and the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, runs until the end of the month and marks Indigenous Heritage Month. Curator Ohene Koama noted the works are wood-based, inspired by the artists' environment and heritage, featuring abstract and symbolic forms. Featured artist Roaland Taylor, from St Cuthbert's Mission, has participated since the exhibition began in the late 1980s, originally at Umana Yana.

Local art exhibition confronts apartheid silence

A live exhibition titled "Uncovering / Recovering the Past" was held on 21 May at the Stellenbosch University Museum in South Africa, featuring sound, sculpture, and archival material. Created by artist Haroon Gunn-Salie, the exhibition explores the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's failure to prosecute apartheid-era crimes, focusing on the reopened inquest into the 1969 death of anti-apartheid cleric Imam Abdullah Haron while in police detention. The event was presented by the Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and The Reparative Quest (AVReQ) and included speakers such as human rights lawyer Odette Geldenhuys and senior research coordinator Westley Ceasar.

Independent spaces in Palermo, the new path of art

The article explores the rise of independent art spaces in Palermo, Italy, where artists have formed collaborative, non-commercial studios and exhibition venues outside the official art system. These spaces prioritize shared research, community growth, and collective projects over individual achievement or market goals, creating a unique artistic ecosystem rooted in the city's social fabric.

Children From Local Schools Bring St Brendan To Life In Exhibition At Kerry County Museum

Children from four local primary schools along the St Brendan Way—Ardfert NS, St Brendan’s Fenit, Spa NS, and Scoil Naomh Eirc Kilmoyley—have created a collaborative art exhibition titled 'Colour Me Brendan' at Kerry County Museum. Led by artist Amanda Bentley-Curran, the project began in March and features colorful collages and paper-mâché displays reimagining the life and adventures of St Brendan the Navigator. The exhibition runs until June 9 and was funded by Creative Ireland and Kerry County Arts Office.

The New York Nonprofit Where Generations of Artists Got Their Start

The New York Times profiles a New York nonprofit that has served as a launching pad for generations of artists, providing studio space, resources, and community support. The organization has nurtured emerging talent for decades, helping many artists transition from obscurity to professional recognition.

NRW will Verbot für Handel mit Holocaust-Dokumenten

The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is introducing a legislative bill to ban the commercial trade of personal Holocaust documents and artifacts, such as letters from concentration camps, Gestapo cards, and yellow stars. The initiative follows international outrage over a planned auction in Neuss in November 2025, which was halted at the last moment; around 460 objects from that auction were transferred to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. The bill, to be presented at the Bundesrat session on May 8, aims to prohibit the sale of items directly linked to Nazi victims, while exempting museums, archives, and research institutions.

The Museum of the Surrender of Reims Reopens After a Year of Renovations

Le Musée de la Reddition de Reims rouvre ses portes après un an de travaux

The Musée de la Reddition de Reims (Museum of the Surrender of Reims) reopened on May 7, the 81st anniversary of the German surrender signed in its map room, after a year-long closure. The renovation, costing approximately €2 million, focused on conservation: protective glazing, improved ventilation and lighting, and anoxic treatment of collections to halt degradation of original maps, documents, and war room objects. The museum also overhauled its scenography, designed by Belgian agency Kascen, to present a clearer chronological narrative covering the occupation, Allied presence in Reims, liberation, postwar reconstruction, and reconciliation, rather than just the surrender itself. The museum now displays 17 uniforms, 130 objects and weapons, and 65 archival documents, including the act of capitulation and General McAuliffe's jacket.

Baumgartner Restoration Painstakingly Brings a Neglected Portrait Back to Life

Art conservator Julian Baumgartner, who runs Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago, received an anonymous portrait that arrived severely damaged—folded inside a mangled parcel with substantial creases, tears, and worn-away paint. Using reversible, archival materials and meticulous attention to detail, Baumgartner painstakingly restored the neglected painting, giving it a second chance at life.

These colors will enchant you. An exhibition of Niehliubka weavers opened at the Art Museum

On May 7, the National Art Museum of Belarus opened the exhibition "Harmony of the World of Niehliubka Weavers," showcasing traditional weaving from the village of Niehliubka in the Vetka District. The display features about 50 textile works from the museum's collection, along with tools, rare costume elements, and photographs provided by the Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life and the Vetka Museum of Old Believer and Belarusian Traditions named after Shklyarau. This tradition, which originated in the 17th century, includes towels, clothing, and interior items made with original weaving and embroidery techniques.

Katara exhibition showcases 170 artworks by 29 artists

The Katara Cultural Village Foundation in Doha, Qatar, inaugurated the “Contemporary Graphic Art” exhibition on Monday evening, featuring 170 artworks by 29 artists from Qatar and various Arab and international countries. The exhibition showcases diverse modern printing techniques, including relief, intaglio, porous, flatbed, and monochrome printing, and will run until May 18 in Hall 18 at Katara.

New Oxfordshire Museum exhibition marks over six decades of collaboration for local artists

A new free exhibition at The Oxfordshire Museum will showcase the works of local artists David Lockett and Peter Ross, whose friendship and professional collaboration spans over six decades. Opening on September 6 and running through September 21, the show features landscapes, portraits, and abstract works, with many pieces available for purchase. Lockett presents recent landscapes and seascapes painted from direct observation, while Ross exhibits a selection spanning fifty years, including his 2024 Open Art Competition-winning portrait “Emma Groves, Belfast 1978.”

Venkatappa Art Gallery reopens in Bengaluru after renovation

The Venkatappa Art Gallery in Bengaluru has reopened after months of renovation, coinciding with its Golden Jubilee year. The refurbished space now features dedicated sections for artists K Venkatappa and KK Hebbar, five mini galleries for rotating exhibitions, a curated bookstore, a state-of-the-art restoration room, a sculpture park, and improved accessibility with ramps and elevators. The gallery displays 436 objects by Venkatappa, 68 works by Hebbar, and 26 sculptures by Rajaram. The renovation, led by Brigade Foundation at a cost of Rs 10 crore, began in March 2024.

Svolta per il Museo del Fumetto che chiuse a Milano: nuova sede in un’ex biblioteca di Monza

The Franco Fossati Foundation's Museo del Fumetto (Comics Museum), which was evicted from Milan due to a €180,000 debt to the city, has found a new permanent home in Monza. The Monza city council approved the foundation's proposal on April 30, paving the way for the renovation of a former library in the Cederna district, which has been abandoned for years. The archive of 500,000 pieces will be temporarily stored in Desio while the Monza building is refurbished with €850,000 from the municipality and additional funds from the foundation.

fashion buccellati shanghai retrospective milanese jewelry

Buccellati, the Milanese jewelry house founded in 1919 and now owned by Richemont, held a major retrospective titled “The Prince of Goldsmiths” in Shanghai. The exhibition traced the family-run enterprise’s 100-plus-year history, showcasing signature pieces such as four butterfly brooches representing successive generations of the Buccellati family—from founder Mario to great-granddaughter Lucrezia—alongside sumptuous jewelry and lesser-known home decor, including animal-inspired silverware and chrome lobster sculptures.

art east end studio archival photography

Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch have compiled an archival collection of photographs documenting the studios and homes of artists in the East End, spanning nearly two centuries. The project highlights the enduring appeal of the region as a creative haven for generations of artists.

Board game celebrates Philippine modern art - BusinessWorld

A new board game titled "Likha" has been released, celebrating Philippine modern art. The game features artworks from renowned Filipino modern artists and aims to educate players about the country's art history and cultural heritage through an engaging, interactive format.