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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 27, 2026 visibility 1 link 2 artists

7 ‘Body Types’ in the Met’s ‘Costume Art’ Fashion Exhibition

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute has announced its upcoming spring exhibition, titled '7 Body Types,' which will explore fashion through the lens of diverse physical forms. The show will feature garments designed for seven distinct body types, challenging traditional fashion norms and highlighting inclusivity in design. Curated by Andrew Bolton, the exhibition draws from the museum's extensive collection and includes works from contemporary designers.

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New Bedford Art Museum invites you to 'Fiesta Viva Mexico' gala

The New Bedford Art Museum is hosting its annual spring gala, 'Fiesta Viva Mexico,' on May 7 from 6 to 8:30 PM. The event will feature an immersive evening with the exhibition 'Resistance: Cultural and Political Narratives in Mexican Art,' live Mariachi music, a traditional Mexican dance performance, an illusionist show by Lyn Dillies, themed cocktails, and a Mexican-inspired menu. The Patron of the Arts Award will also be presented during the gala.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 25, 2025 link 1 artist

Amy Sherald Exhibition Headed to High Museum in Atlanta in Spring 2026, News Follows Artist Withdrawing Show From Smithsonian Due to Censorship Concerns

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta will host a solo exhibition of works by Amy Sherald in spring 2026. The announcement comes shortly after the artist withdrew a planned show from the Smithsonian Institution, citing censorship concerns.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 24, 2025 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

New Bell Gallery exhibition ‘ojo|-|ólǫ́’ honors Diné mythology, culture

Artist Eric-Paul Riege presents 'ojo|-|ólǫ́,' a new exhibition at Brown University's David Winton Bell Gallery that combines fiber sculpture and performance art to explore Diné (Navajo) mythology and culture. The show, curated by Nina Bozicnik and Thea Quiray Tagle, runs through December 7 and features pieces borrowed from Brown's Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, which Riege felt were 'buried alive' and needed to be activated. Riege encourages visitors to touch the works and incorporates dance performances, including a recent opening where he carried a humanlike figure named Hólǫ́ through the gallery.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 19, 2025 visibility 1 link 4 artists

UNH Gallery of Art Displays "Current: Fall 2025 Faculty Exhibition"

The University of New Hampshire Gallery of Art opened its triennial faculty exhibition, "Current: Fall 2025 Faculty Exhibition," on September 2, 2025. The show features work from 18 faculty members of the art and art history department, spanning mediums such as sculpture, fashion design, painting, and photography. A reception on September 5 drew students, faculty, and community members, with department chair Ben Cariens—also a featured artist and gallery director—joking that students could now grade their professors' work. The exhibition runs through October 17, with free admission.

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article culture schedule Sep 18, 2025 visibility 1 link 8 artists

From Dior's golden coat to landscape jewellery at Christie's: where the worlds of art and luxury collide this autumn

The article highlights two luxury-art crossovers this autumn: Jonathan Anderson's debut Dior menswear collection for spring/summer 2026, presented in Paris, and Natasha Wightman's new jewellery collection displayed at Christie's London. Anderson's show reimagined Dior's iconic women's silhouettes for men, featuring a standout €200,000 coat embroidered with ancient Indian mukesh work that took 12 artisans 34 days to create. Wightman's jewellery incorporates bog oak, a semi-fossilised wood from British fens, carved into pendants celebrating the country's remaining temperate rainforests.

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article news schedule Sep 15, 2025 link 1 gallery

‘Final spurt’: decades-long rebuilding of Dresden’s Royal Palace nears completion

The decades-long reconstruction of Dresden's Royal Palace (Residenzschloss), a project costing €400 million, is nearing completion after beginning in 1985. The palace, which was reduced to a burnt-out shell by Allied bombing in February 1945 and remained a ruin through much of East Germany's history, will see its final phases unfold from autumn 2024 through 2027. These include a new installation in the former picture galleries, the rebuilt Schlosskapelle (palace chapel) opening in November, a Rüstkammer installation in the ballroom in early 2026, the completion of the Grosser Schlosshof courtyard in 2027, and a new exhibit in the Gothic Hall chronicling the palace's history. The palace now houses major collections of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD), including the Grünes Gewölbe, Kupferstich-Kabinett, and Rüstkammer.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 14, 2025 link 1 artist

‘Faraday Cage’ art exhibition reimagines Kerhonkson house slated for demolition

Brooklyn-based street artist RAE BK has transformed a modular home at 1049 Samsonville Road in Kerhonkson, New York, into an immersive exhibition titled “Faraday Cage.” The house, slated for demolition by spring 2026, has been painted and reimagined as an art installation before its materials are recycled. The exhibition includes themed rooms such as the “Eggman” room, and was documented on September 14, 2025.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 11, 2025 link 15 artists

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The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago has announced nine new commissions by ten artists for its 19.3-acre campus, set to open next spring. The commissioned works include a text-based sculpture spelling 'HOPE' by Jack Pierson, a bronze sculpture by Kiki Smith, a digital mural by Jules Julien, a textile-and-sound installation by Nick Cave and Marie Watt, paintings by Jenny Holzer and Idris Khan, a sculpture by Nekisha Durrett, a mural by Aliza Nisenbaum, and an outdoor bronze by Alison Saar. These join five previously announced commissions, with plans for over 25 site-specific works total.

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person people schedule Sep 10, 2025 link 3 artists, 3 galleries

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Ralph Rugoff, curator of the 2019 Venice Biennale, is leaving his post as director of the Hayward Gallery after 20 years. The Southbank Centre announced his departure for spring 2026, after which he will work as an independent curator and writer. During his tenure, the Hayward staged acclaimed shows like “Kiss My Genders!,” surveys for Kader Attia and Tracey Emin, and Rugoff was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2019. He previously led the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art in San Francisco.

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article local schedule Sep 10, 2025

Little Picassos celebrates 20 years of creativity with spring art exhibition

Little Picassos Art Studios is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a spring art exhibition in Adelaide Arcade, opening September 26, 2025. The show features over 600 original works by young artists aged from toddlers to teens, spanning drawing, painting, clay, ceramics, sculpture, and mixed media. Founded in 2005 by Janine Boyd, the studio has become a cornerstone of children's visual arts education in South Australia.

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person people schedule Sep 10, 2025 link 5 artists, 3 galleries

London’s Hayward Gallery director Ralph Rugoff to step down after 20 years in role

Ralph Rugoff, director of London's Hayward Gallery for nearly 20 years, will step down in spring 2026. The gallery declined to provide a reason for his departure, but Rugoff, 68, plans to continue working as an independent curator and writer. During his tenure, he curated 23 major exhibitions, commissioned public works by artists including Tracey Emin, Yinka Shonibare, and Phyllida Barlow, and oversaw the Hayward Gallery Touring program, which produced exhibitions like the British Art Show across the UK. He also served as artistic director of the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019 and received an OBE for services to the arts.

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article culture schedule Sep 9, 2025 link 6 artists, 1 gallery

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Fashion designer Jason Wu has collaborated with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation to create a Spring 2026 collection titled "COLLAGE," inspired by the late artist's work and presented during New York Fashion Week. The collection draws on ten works from the foundation's holdings, including pieces from Rauschenberg's "Hoarfrost" series (1974–76) and "Airport Suite" (1974), with Wu granted rare access to study the artist's use of fabric and collage. The collection will be shown alongside a major Rauschenberg piece on September 14, 2025, and will be available for purchase in February 2026.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 5, 2025 visibility 1 link 27 artists, 11 galleries

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The Armory Show's VIP preview day on Thursday saw long queues and a cautiously upbeat mood at the Javits Center, despite a shaky art market marked by gallery closures and fair cancellations. Dealers reported serious interest and solid sales, including a $1 million work at Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, a Kehinde Wiley painting for $265,000 at Sean Kelly, and a Kennedy Yanko sculpture for $150,000 at James Cohan. The highest-priced work, Alex Katz's 1962 painting *October 2*, was listed at $1.2 million but remained unsold. The fair attracted major collectors like Don and Mera Rubell and institutional figures such as Thelma Golden and Scott Rothkopf, with the Presents section for emerging galleries also seeing brisk sales.

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