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candle obituary schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 18 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

Raghu Rai’s masterful images of Indian life – in pictures

Raghu Rai, the celebrated Indian photographer who was recruited to Magnum Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1977, has died at the age of 83. Over five decades, he produced defining images of Indian life, ranging from intimate portraits of Mother Teresa to stark documentation of the Bhopal disaster. His work captured both the grand and the everyday, from crowds at Mumbai's Churchgate railway station to slums in Dharavi, and he published more than 18 books, receiving multiple awards for his unflinching human gaze.

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trending_up market schedule Mar 24, 2026 visibility 17 link 10 artists, 2 galleries

Chickens, train surfers and Marilyn Monroe: Magnum’s print sale – in pictures

Magnum Photos, in partnership with The Photographers' Gallery, is holding a print sale titled 'Odyssey' featuring works from over 100 of its photographers. The sale includes iconic images from artists like Eve Arnold, Alec Soth, and Chris Killip, with themes ranging from personal journeys and American life to global migrations and cultural rituals. The event runs until March 29, 2026.

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candle obituary schedule Dec 12, 2025 visibility 24 link 6 artists, 1 gallery

franco vaccari artist dead

Franco Vaccari, an Italian conceptual artist known for his participatory photography works, has died at 89. His death was announced by his gallery, P420 in Bologna, just four months before a retrospective of his work was set to open at Museion in Bolzano, Italy, in March. Vaccari's most famous piece, Esposizione in tempo reale n. 4, featured a photobooth at the 1972 Venice Biennale where viewers were invited to take and leave their portraits. He continued to explore themes of public and private space, information, and technology throughout his career, including later works with QR codes.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 15 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Martin Kippenberger at Galerie Gisela Capitain

Galerie Gisela Capitain in Cologne is presenting "Per Pasta ad Astra," an exhibition of works by the late German artist Martin Kippenberger, running from March 21 to May 29, 2026. The show includes a press release, checklist, and 104 images documenting the display, with photography by Daniele Molajoli.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 26 link 9 artists, 4 galleries

“Atlante” at Thomas Dane Gallery, Naples

Claudio Parmiggiani’s seminal 1970 portfolio, "Atlante," is the focal point of a new exhibition at Thomas Dane Gallery in Naples. The show highlights a pivotal moment in 1968 when Parmiggiani began experimenting with cartographic imagery, including painting continents onto cows and encasing globes in glass, all documented through the lens of fellow artist Luigi Ghirri.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 23, 2026 visibility 4 link 8 artists, 2 galleries

Indian Art In London: Sakshi Gallery Marks 40 Years With Landmark Show By Contemporary Indian Artists This June

Sakshi Gallery, a Mumbai-based gallery founded in 1986 by Geetha Mehra, is presenting a contemporary art show titled 'Unfolding Narratives: Perspectives in Contemporary Indian Art' at London's Mall Galleries from June 30 to July 8, 2026, marking its 40th anniversary. The exhibition features works by six artists—Amit Ambalal, Manjunath Kamath, Ravinder Reddy, Rekha Rodwittiya, Shine Shivan, and Surendran Nair—with several pieces created specifically for the show. It serves as a prelude to a larger institutional exhibition planned for 2027 in London.

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article local schedule May 23, 2026 visibility 4 link 8 artists, 5 galleries

Vermont Visual Arts

The article is a roundup of visual art exhibitions and events across Vermont and neighboring New York and New Hampshire, compiled by the Vermont Visual Arts staff. It lists current and upcoming shows at venues including Espresso Bueno, Studio Place Arts, Bennington Museum, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, UVM Fleming Museum, The Hyde Collection, Hood Museum of Art, and others, with details on dates, artists, and locations. Featured exhibitions include silk screen prints by Jodi Whalen, acrylic paintings by Heidi Broner, a group show on Vermont farms, and a Pride-themed closing reception for "Gayzing" at Studio Place Arts.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 20, 2026 visibility 5 link 7 artists, 2 galleries

Unfolding narratives (...)

Sakshi Gallery is marking its 40th anniversary with an exhibition titled "Unfolding narratives: perspectives in contemporary Indian art" at the Mall Galleries in London, opening June 30, 2026. The show features works by six artists—Amit Ambalal, Manjunath Kamath, Ravinder Reddy, Rekha Rodwittiya, Shine Shivan, and Surendran Nair—who have significantly shaped Indian contemporary art. Many works were created specifically for the exhibition, offering insight into the artists' current directions. The presentation serves as a prelude to a larger institutional exhibition planned for 2027 in London.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 19, 2026 visibility 5 link 11 artists, 3 galleries

Don’t miss Ashraf Talaat’s “The Circus” photo exhibition at the Russian Cultural Centre

The article is a roundup of current and upcoming art exhibitions in Cairo, Egypt, spanning May 2025 through June 2026. Highlights include Mostafa El-Razzaz's "Fractals of Art and Soul" at Bibliothek Arkan Plaza, Mahmoud Hamdi's "Journey to the Core" at Difaf, a retrospective for Said El-Sadr and his students at Gezira Arts Centre, and the Egyptian debut of "Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience" at District 5 by Marakez in New Cairo. Also featured are a Swiss-Egyptian photography exhibition on glaciers and the Nile at the Goethe Institute, a Colombian embassy exhibition, a Korean embassy show, and a permanent ceramics display at Al-Fustat Centre.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 29, 2026 visibility 29 link 57 artists, 2 galleries

Exhibitions in May: our selection of Parisian outings

This article, published by La Rédac with photos by Audrey de Sortiraparis, presents a curated selection of exhibitions opening in Paris and the Île-de-France region in May 2026. Highlights include a Giovanni Segantini retrospective at the Marmottan Monet Museum, a porcelain exhibition titled "Sèvres, a Rothschild Passion" at the Mobilier National, a comparative show of Michelangelo and Rodin at the Louvre Museum, the return of the Colors Festival with a street-art exhibition called Colors Light, a historical tribute to Madame de Sévigné at the Carnavalet Museum, a major Lee Miller retrospective at the Musée d'Art Moderne, a family-friendly Lego brick exhibition by Dirk Denoyelle at Espace Champerret, and a video game music exhibition at the Philharmonie de Paris.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 28, 2026 visibility 16 link 9 artists, 1 gallery

What to see at Canada’s largest photo festival

The Contact Photography Festival, Canada's largest photography event, opens Friday in Toronto with over 160 exhibitions across eclectic venues including artist-run centers, commercial galleries, cafes, and a laundromat. Highlights include a towering portrait by Haitian-born artist Thandiwe Muriu on Spadina Ave., and a multi-site exhibition by Turner Prize-nominee Sin Wai Kin, featuring billboards and a two-channel video titled 'The Time of Our Lives.' The festival lost its long-time lead sponsor Scotiabank in 2024, resulting in a reduced budget and less public programming, but organizers remain committed to championing lens-based art.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 28, 2026 visibility 15 link 13 artists, 4 galleries

“Lighting” exhibition by Mohamed Abdalla Otaybi at Swailam gallery is not to be missed

This article is a roundup of art exhibitions and cultural events in Cairo, Egypt, spanning multiple venues and dates. It highlights a photographic project titled "New Cairo, Do You Love Me?" by Judi Yassin and Tia Khalil at the American University in Cairo, which documents the disconnect between the promised luxury of New Cairo and its dehumanizing reality using 35mm black-and-white film. Other featured events include painting exhibitions by Osama Nashed and Alaa Hegazi at Dai, Mahmoud Hamdi's "Journey to the Core" at Difaf, the immersive "Beyond Van Gogh" experience at District 5, the permanent collection at Al-Fustat Centre for Ceramic, and the Empower Her Art Forum at the Grand Egyptian Museum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 25, 2026 visibility 23 link 12 artists, 1 gallery

How This Artist Pivoted Into Surreal Sculpture After Decades of Photography [Interview]

Artist Nic Nicosia, known for decades as a photographer and member of the Pictures Generation, has pivoted into surreal sculpture after losing interest in fabricated images. His work was featured in the 1983 Whitney Biennial alongside Cindy Sherman and others, and in major exhibitions like Documenta IX. Now, after years of exploring sculpture in private, he is preparing for his largest museum exhibition since 2000: "Everyday Surrealism" at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, opening May 16, tracing his career through over 70 works.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 40 link 47 artists, 1 gallery

At the New Museum, Parallel Visions of Humanity’s Future Emerge

The New Museum's latest exhibition explores the evolving definition of humanity through the lens of technological advancement and ancestral wisdom. The show juxtaposes the anxieties of modern machine labor—exemplified by Simon Denny’s Amazon worker cage—with Indigenous epistemologies and animist traditions that offer alternative ways of inhabiting the world. By featuring artists like Jaider Esbell and Santiago Yahuarcani, the exhibition highlights how hybridity and relationality can resist the rigid hierarchies of Western modernity.

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person people schedule Mar 9, 2026 visibility 20 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

Toyota Tsusho Celebrates Five Award Recipients of THE TOYOTA TSUSHO CFAO African Art Award

Toyota Tsusho Corporation and its subsidiary CFAO SAS have announced the five inaugural winners of the Toyota Tsusho CFAO African Art Award. Zimbabwean mixed-media artist Moffat Takadiwa received the Grand Prize, while Gosette Lubondo and Unathi Mkonto were honored with Distinguished Awards. The selection process involved 35 international art professionals who nominated 100 artists, eventually narrowing the field to 12 finalists before selecting the five winners across various categories including painting and photography.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 4, 2026 visibility 14 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Can you feel the love tonight? Elton John's cosy family portrait captured by Catherine Opie

The National Portrait Gallery in London has unveiled a new family portrait of Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish, and their two sons, captured by the acclaimed American photographer Catherine Opie. Taken at the family's home in Old Windsor, the image depicts the group in their library alongside their pet Labradors. The work is a centerpiece of Opie’s major retrospective, "Catherine Opie: To Be Seen," which opens this week.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 26, 2026 visibility 13 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

Landscape ReEnvisioned Exhibition At the Monterey Museum of Art

The Monterey Museum of Art is hosting "Landscape ReEnvisioned," a group exhibition featuring six contemporary photographers who move beyond traditional West Coast landscape traditions. Curated by Helaine Glick, the show presents works by Debra Achen, Tony Bellaver, Adrienne Defendi, Charlotte Schmid-Maybach, Brian Taylor, and Vincent James Waring. These artists utilize diverse mediums—including cyanotypes, gum bichromate prints, tapestries, and sculptures—to address the urgent realities of climate change, wildfires, and environmental degradation.

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article local schedule Feb 25, 2026 visibility 15 link 26 artists, 5 galleries

NEXT in the Gallery: March art is NFL photography, Empty Bowls and a giant egg

Pittsburgh’s art scene is set for a diverse series of openings this March, ranging from historical sports photography to contemporary textile art. Highlights include Michael Zagaris’s 60-year retrospective of NFL photography at the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, the first U.S. solo exhibition for English photographer Ajamu X at Silver Eye Center for Photography, and solo shows by Nicole Renee Ryan and Abby Franzen-Sheehan. The month also features collaborative exhibitions like "What We Carry," which pairs Penny Mateer’s political quilts with Dante Campudoni’s psychological paintings.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 2, 2026 visibility 14 link 26 artists, 2 galleries

10 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This February

This article is a curated guide to ten art exhibitions taking place across Upstate New York in February. It highlights a diverse range of shows, including Kim Tateo's abstract paintings at Context Collective, Barbara Todd's politically charged textile works at Opalka Gallery, Michael Salomon's photographic landscapes, and group shows celebrating creative courage and Hudson Valley artists. Other featured exhibitions include Sita Gómez's paintings of women at Hudson Hall and photography shows by Ocean Vuong and Nona Faustine at the Center for Photography at Woodstock.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 15, 2026 visibility 13 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

Newport Art Museum Busy with Members Revival and Speaker Series

The Newport Art Museum is reviving its Members Annual Juried Exhibition, titled "Springboard," on January 22, after discontinuing the tradition years ago. The show features 140 works by 112 artists, including local Newport figures like brothers Rupert and Sandy Nesbitt, Natasha Harrison, and James Baker, as well as international participants such as Salvadoran artist Oscar Molina, who will represent his country at the 2026 Venice Biennale. The museum is also launching a companion watercolor exhibition by longtime member Pamela Granbery and inaugurating its 97-year-old Winter Speakers Series on January 24 with stone carver Nick Benson.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 9, 2025 visibility 24 link 7 artists, 2 galleries

Rosalind Fox Solomon and Larry Fink reunited with mentor Lisette Model at Paris Photo

At this year's Paris Photo, the MUUS Collection presented "Looking Out, Looking In: Larry Fink and Rosalind Fox Solomon with Lisette Model," an exhibition that placed the work of photographers Larry Fink (1941-2023) and Rosalind Fox Solomon (1930-2025) in dialogue with that of their teacher, Lisette Model (1901-83). The MUUS Collection, founded by Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, owns the archives of Fink and Solomon, acquired in 2024 and 2021 respectively, and partnered with the French gallery baudoin lebon to include Model's prints. The presentation was organized by Anne E. Havinga, curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and highlighted Model's pedagogical legacy as a teacher at the New School for Social Research who emphasized personal vision and creative independence.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 20, 2025 visibility 23 link 10 artists, 1 gallery

San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora marks 20 years with a show about Blackness and the cosmos

San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) has reopened its renovated ground-floor lobby to mark its 20th anniversary, alongside two new exhibitions. The larger show, "Unbound: Art, Blackness & the Universe" (on view until 16 August 2026), explores Blackness and the cosmos through painting, photography, sculpture, and installation. Curated by MoAD's first full-time curator Key Jo Lee, the exhibition features 17 artists including Torkwase Dyson, Barkley L. Hendricks, Lorna Simpson, Oasa DuVerney, and Mikael Owunna, organized under three themes: "Geo-Cartographic," "Religio-Mythic," and "Techno-Cyborgian." The $500,000 renovation also upgraded lighting and HVAC systems.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 23, 2025 visibility 15 link 16 artists, 1 gallery

Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art

The Ford Foundation Gallery in New York presents "Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art," opening September 10, 2025. The exhibition features over fifty works across ceramics, film, photography, and archives, bringing together three generations of Black women artists. It highlights the legacy of Nigerian potter Ladi Dosei Kwali (1925-1984) and traces how Black women artists have transformed ceramics over seventy years. Curated by Dr. Jareh Das, the U.S. debut includes new works by Adebunmi Gbadebo, Simone Leigh, and Anina Major, following critical acclaim at Two Temple Place in London and York Art Gallery in 2022.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2025 visibility 17 link 6 artists, 1 gallery

Review: "Home, Love & Loss" at the Art Museum of South Texas

The Art Museum of South Texas is presenting "Home, Love & Loss," the third exhibition from a partnership between the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and the Art Bridges Foundation Cohort Program. The show brings together artworks from five institutional collections, organized into four themes: Home, Family, Honor, and Loss. Featured works include Raymond Bonilla's "Escuchas" (2009), a diptych about Puerto Rican family traditions; Terry Evans's aerial photograph of Fourth of July gatherings; Earlie Hudnall, Jr.'s intimate portrait of Black children; Ave Bonar's stark image of Border Patrol detainees; and Francisco Delgado's serigraph referencing immigration politics. After closing in Corpus Christi, the exhibition will travel to the Amarillo Museum of Art and the Ellen Noël Art Museum in Odessa.

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person people schedule May 12, 2026 source 3 sources visibility 17 link 6 artists, 1 gallery

FAD News: Gozo Yoshimasu awarded inaugural Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize

Gozo Yoshimasu has been awarded the inaugural Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize, a new biennial award providing £200,000 per recipient over ten years, totaling £1 million in artist support. The jury included Michelle Kuo, Venus Lau, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jonathan Rider, and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Yoshimasu, born in Tokyo in 1939, is known for his interdisciplinary practice spanning poetry, performance, photography, and experimental moving image. As part of the prize, he will stage a solo exhibition at Serpentine North in autumn 2027, traveling to The FLAG Art Foundation in New York in spring 2028—his first major solo institutional presentations in Europe and the United States.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 16, 2026 visibility 28 link 2 artists, 4 galleries

What Makes a Photograph a Photograph? The Photography Show 2026 Offers New Perspectives

The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) has announced the 45th edition of The Photography Show, scheduled to take place at New York’s Park Avenue Armory from April 22–26, 2026. The fair will feature 77 galleries, ranging from long-standing participants like Edwynn Houk Gallery to first-time exhibitors such as Galerie Sophie Scheidecker and Central Server Works. A significant addition to this year's programming is the debut of "Focal Point," a new sector dedicated exclusively to solo presentations that explore the experimental and evolving nature of lens-based media.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 24, 2026 visibility 41 link 3 artists, 4 galleries

frieze los angeles new york dealers noreaster delays

A severe nor’easter in New York City has disrupted travel plans for numerous East Coast dealers and gallery staff heading to Los Angeles for Frieze Week. With nearly two feet of snow grounding direct flights, art professionals have been forced into grueling multi-stop itineraries through cities like Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, and Fort Lauderdale to reach the West Coast in time for fair openings.

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article event schedule Jan 29, 2026 visibility 23 link 9 artists, 52 galleries

aipad 2026 photography show ehibitor list deborah willis

The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) has announced the 77 galleries and dealers participating in its 2026 Photography Show, set for April 22–26 at New York's Park Avenue Armory. The exhibitor list includes established names like Edwynn Houk Gallery and Yancey Richardson, alongside first-time participants such as Ruiz-Healy Art and Leica Gallery New York. A new 'Focal Point' section for solo presentations will be introduced, and the fair aims for greater gender parity, with a third of exhibitors being women-led or founded.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 3, 2025 visibility 19 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

193 gallery bricks and grids

A new dual-artist exhibition titled “Bricks and Grids” has opened at 193 Gallery’s Venice location, running through July 27, 2025. The show features works by Zoila Andrea Coc-Chang, who creates sculptural weavings from materials like dried fruit and industrial objects to explore power and economy, and Modou Dieng Yacine, whose photography-based paintings blend figuration and abstraction to examine urban architecture, memory, and marginalized communities. Curated by Miriam Bettin, the exhibition coincides with the Venice Architecture Biennale, whose theme is “Intelligens. Naturale. Artificiale. Collettiva.”

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article news schedule May 21, 2025 visibility 12 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

photographer isaac wright arrested by nypd at opening of his first solo show at robert mann gallery

Urban explorer photographer Isaac Wright, known professionally as “Drift,” was arrested by NYPD officers at the opening of his first solo exhibition, “Coming Home,” at Robert Mann Gallery in Chelsea on Thursday evening. Witnesses reported that an undercover woman signaled to police before the arrest, which occurred just before 8 p.m. Wright faces a charge of criminal trespassing in the third degree, a class B misdemeanor, and was released the next day. The show continued despite the disruption.

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