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Coumba Samba, a 25-year-old artist based in New York, is featured in Cultured's 2025 Young Artists list. Her recent installation at Kunsthalle Basel uses 176 steel poles spaced four inches apart to evoke the U.S.-Mexico border wall, referencing policies from the George W. Bush and Trump administrations. Born in New York and partly raised in Senegal, Samba creates work about the permeability and absurdity of international borders. Her show “Red Gas” at Arcadia Missa incorporates found home radiators painted with colors from a photo of former Senegalese President Macky Sall shaking hands with Vladimir Putin at the 2023 Russia-Africa Summit, blending abstraction with global politics.

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Sidle House Gallery Presents: “Anne Hebebrand: A World That Is”

Sidle House Gallery in Freeport, Maine, opens its 2026 season with a solo exhibition titled “Anne Hebebrand: A World That Is,” on view from May 1 through June 13. The show features cold-wax and oil paintings created over the past seven years, described by the artist as intuitive maps of memory. Related events include an opening reception, an artist talk, a cold wax and oil workshop, and a violin performance by Katherine Liccardo.

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In Venice, Su Xiaobai will fill a historic palazzo with works crafted in natural lacquer

Artist Su Xiaobai will present a major solo exhibition titled "Alchemical Universe" at the Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel as an official Collateral Event of the 61st Venice Biennale. Curated by Stephen Little of LACMA, the show features 35 works spanning two decades, highlighting Su’s transition from oil painting to the mastery of natural lacquer. The exhibition includes his latest series, "Niao Niao," which utilizes mineral and metallic powders to create monochromatic, ethereal surfaces that emphasize material spontaneity over rigid artistic control.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 11, 2026 visibility 16 link 1 artist

Sea change

The William Havu Gallery in Denver is hosting "Sea Change," the 11th solo exhibition by artist Amy Metier. The show features a new body of work consisting of paintings on panel and works on paper that utilize abstraction to reference landscapes, still lifes, and architectural forms. Metier, a seasoned artist with a significant international residency history, continues her long-standing relationship with the gallery through this latest collection.

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Review | Women are trailblazers in abstract art. These 6 works show their vision.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts is hosting "Making Their Mark: Works From the Shah Garg Collection," a comprehensive exhibition featuring eight decades of abstract art created by women. The show includes approximately 80 pieces by nearly 70 artists, spanning a diverse range of media including painting, sculpture, ceramics, and textiles. By showcasing works that often blur the lines between figuration and abstraction, the exhibition highlights how female artists have consistently acted as trailblazers in a genre historically associated with men.

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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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Dóra Maurer, ‘towering figure’ of the Hungarian art scene, has died aged 88

Dóra Maurer, a seminal figure in Hungarian conceptual and abstract art, has died at the age of 88. A versatile artist whose career spanned printmaking, photography, filmmaking, and painting, Maurer was celebrated for her rigorous exploration of movement, time, and mathematical systems. Her death was confirmed by the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts, where she had served as president since 2017.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 13, 2026 visibility 14 link 9 artists

Fine Artist Vanessa Johansson's Debut Solo Exhibition

Fine artist Vanessa Johansson is presenting her debut solo exhibition in the Sky Garden Penthouse of Gramercy’s 200E20TH in New York City. The show features atmospheric acrylic abstract paintings, displayed in a residential setting that complements CetraRuddy’s contemporary architecture. Johansson, who studied at the Art Students League, will next participate in the group exhibition “Women and Abstraction” at Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr in Paris.

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Long Overdue, First Museum Retrospective of Mavis Pusey Explores Artist's Geometric Abstraction Over Five Decades

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania is hosting "Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images," the first museum retrospective of Jamaican-American artist Mavis Pusey (1928-2019). Curated by Hallie Ringle and Kiki Teshome, the exhibition spans five decades and features over 60 works, including seven paintings shown publicly for the first time. Pusey, who studied at the Art Students League and worked at Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, was known for her geometric abstraction at a time when many Black artists focused on figuration. The show will travel to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and the Studio Museum in Harlem.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 8, 2025 visibility 16 link 8 artists

As an Emily Kam Kngwarray survey opens at Tate Modern this week, contemporary Indigenous artists are finally taking centre stage in the UK

Tate Modern opens its first major exhibition of Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray (c. 1914–96), featuring over 70 works including early batiks and vast late-career paintings. The show, adapted from a presentation at the National Gallery of Australia, is co-curated by Hetti Perkins and Kelli Cole, who emphasize presenting Kngwarray's work within its Anmatyerr cultural context rather than through a Western abstraction lens. Concurrently, London's Camden Art Centre hosts an exhibition of Duane Linklater and his family, and a Manchester show features Santiago Yahuarcani, signaling a broader UK focus on contemporary Indigenous artists.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 7, 2025 visibility 13 link 1 artist

Mavis Pusey’s First Solo Museum Exhibition Spotlights Her Work in Geometric Abstraction

Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images, the first major museum survey of the Jamaica-born artist and educator Mavis Pusey (1928–2019), opens at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Philadelphia on July 12 and runs through December 7. Co-organized with the Studio Museum in Harlem, where it will travel in spring 2027, the exhibition features over 50 years of Pusey’s work in geometric abstraction, including paintings, prints, and works on paper. It highlights her Broken Construction series (1960s–1990s) and incorporates photographs, personal notes, and archival materials to contextualize her practice.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 27, 2025 visibility 18 link 1 artist

Joyce Pensato at the ICA Miami, FL, USA

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) will present a major survey of Joyce Pensato (1941–2019) from December 2, 2025, to March 15, 2026. The exhibition brings together approximately 65 works spanning five decades, including rarely seen pieces from the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, and traces the evolution of her recurring motifs—from early Batman drawings (1976) to enamel paintings and imagery drawn from cartoon and live-action figures like Felix the Cat and South Park.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 26, 2025 visibility 17 link 1 artist

A Testimony to Survival and Hope Amid Chaos and Destruction

Vian Sora's first solo museum exhibition in the United States, 'Outerworlds,' is on view at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) through September 7. The exhibition features vibrant, layered abstract paintings that the artist describes as deeply personal, including 'Forest Remains,' a 2023 SBMA acquisition that she considers a self-portrait about migration and assimilation. Sora, born in Baghdad and a survivor of the Iran–Iraq War, Gulf War, and the 2003 invasion, discussed her work in a conversation with SBMA Chief Curator James Glisson, explaining how a 2015 hysterectomy led to a dramatic shift in her style toward bold, colorful compositions. The show will travel to the Speed Art Museum in Louisville and the Asia Society Texas Center after its Santa Barbara run.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 14, 2025 visibility 12 link 3 artists

2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition Transforms the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery

On April 26, 2025, the School of the Arts held its annual MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, featuring twenty-nine emerging and established artists. Curated by Amal Issa, the show spans a wide range of mediums including installations, videos, paintings, drawings, and sculptures, with many works exploring themes of memory, ancestry, and identity. Notable pieces include Maya Dixon's immersive installation using gourds and found objects, Daniel Castro's surreal cityscapes, and Ridwana Rahman's interactive carpet piece that invites reflection on direction and prayer.

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The City That Inspired Rothko (It’s Not New York)

A major exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, "Mark Rothko: The Artist's Museum," presents a significant collection of the artist's monumental works, including the rarely seen Harvard Murals and the Seagram Murals. The show focuses on Rothko's late-career shift towards creating immersive, chapel-like environments intended for deep, meditative viewing.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 9, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 15 link 9 artists, 2 galleries

Branchport Galleries presents "The New Botanical"

Branchport Galleries in Long Branch, New Jersey, presents "The New Botanical," an exhibition curated by Ellen Martin that reimagines traditional botanical art through contemporary works by Suzan Globus, Kevin Hinkle/Ellen Martin, Daniel Sroka, and Gao Yuan. The show, on view from May 14 to June 30, 2026, features techniques such as flower-pounding, extreme close-up photography, and photo-based wall sculptures, moving away from classical precision toward essence and abstraction. An opening reception and artist talk are scheduled.

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Art House Productions presents "Playing Favorites"

Art House Productions in Jersey City, NJ, presents "Playing Favorites," a solo exhibition by artist Bryant Small, curated by Andrea McKenna. The show runs from May 2 to May 31, 2026, at the Art House Gallery, featuring a selection of Small's most cherished works, many never publicly exhibited before. The exhibition includes an opening reception on May 2 and an artist talk on April 17, with all artwork available for purchase in person and online.

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A Look Back at Newport’s Historic 1974 Sculpture Show

The Preservation Society of Newport County is hosting "Full Circle" at the Rosecliff mansion, an exhibition that revisits the landmark 1974 outdoor sculpture show "Monumenta." The current display features scale models, preparatory drawings, and archival photographs of works by modern masters such as Claes Oldenburg, Alexander Calder, and Willem de Kooning. A significant portion of the show is dedicated to Richard Fleischner, whose site-specific earthwork "Sod Maze" remains the only original piece from the 1974 project still standing in its original Newport location.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 29, 2025 visibility 14 link 3 artists

Joanna Allen at Bowman Sculpture

Bowman Sculpture Gallery in London announces "Subconscious Playground," the first solo exhibition by emerging British contemporary artist Joanna Allen, running from May 1 to May 30, 2025. The show features Allen's sculptural works that explore human psychology, moving between figuration and abstraction, with pieces like "Shadow" and "Monument" examining themes of identity, memory, and the subconscious. The exhibition includes a catalogue with a forward by art historian Dr. Jon Wood.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 21, 2026 visibility 1 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Emerging Zambian Artists Take the Spotlight at Imvelo Studios

Imvelo Studios, a Zambian gallery, has opened a group exhibition titled "Rise and Shine" featuring emerging Zambian artists across diverse mediums, including painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Curated by gallery founder Ng’onga Silupya, the show highlights artists such as Jeremiah Ludaka, Boyd Bishonga, Kaluba B. Chilawa, Hassan Yasini, Clare Chilemu, and Hezroth Simanda, whose works employ abstraction, Neo-Expressionism, and traditional techniques to explore themes of youth, cultural identity, and social commentary.

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Debbie Ma's solo exhibition "The Language of Surface: Paintings by Debbie Ma" is on view at the Bridgehampton Museum on Long Island through December 30, 2025. The show features Ma's geometric abstractions that incorporate marble dust and impasto techniques, creating tactile surfaces that bridge visual abstraction and material investigation. Works such as "Red Between the Lines II" (2025) and "From the Earth" (2025) demonstrate her exploration of line, shape, and color while referencing Modernist movements like Abstract Expressionism and Constructivism.

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Top Five: April 30, 2026

Glasstire's "Top Five: April 30, 2026" highlights five art events across Texas, including solo exhibitions by Alfredo García at Monterroso Gallery in Houston, Angela Weddle at Un Grito Gallery in San Antonio, and Ludwig Schwarz at Conduit Gallery in Dallas, as well as a group show "Homeward Bound" at DORF in Austin. The article provides details on dates, opening receptions, and artist statements for each event.

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Winfred Gaul | May (1969) | For Sale

A screenprint titled "May (1969)" by German Abstract artist Winfred Gaul is being offered for sale through RoGallery Auctions on Artsy. The work, edition 6/100, was originally featured as the image for May in the 1969 Domberger calendar, which included screenprints by 12 prominent artists. The print is signed and numbered in pencil, with an estimated value of $600–$900 and a starting bid of $250. The listing includes a biography of Gaul, noting his studies at the University of Cologne and the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, his first solo exhibition in 1956 at Gurlitt Gallery in Munich, and his participation in Documenta 2 in 1959. His work is held in major museum collections including MoMA, the National Gallery of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 13, 2026 visibility 10 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Alice Peach “Still Curly” at Iowa, New York

Alice Peach’s solo exhibition "Still Curly" at Iowa, New York, features a series of new sculptures constructed from popsicle sticks. These humble, mass-produced materials are transformed into modular, skeletal forms that mimic biological structures such as spines and torsos. The works are displayed in various states of tension, either splayed against the gallery walls or suspended from the ceiling to create a sense of precarious movement.

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trending_up market schedule May 18, 2026 visibility 6 link 14 artists

Da Medardo Rosso a Josef Albers: il Novecento va in asta da Il Ponte a Milano

Il Ponte auction house in Milan will hold sales of Modern and Contemporary Art on May 26-27, 2026, followed by Prints and Multiples, with previews from May 22-24 at Palazzo Crivelli. Highlights include Josef Albers' *Study for Homage to the Square: Full Tenor* (1959, estimate €200,000-300,000), Medardo Rosso's wax sculpture *Enfant juif* (€70,000-80,000), and works by Giorgio Morandi, Bruno Munari, Felice Casorati, Giorgio de Chirico, and others spanning the 20th and 21st centuries.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 15 link 6 artists

100 anni fa nasceva Nuvolo. Ecco chi era l’artista partigiano che firmava col nome di battaglia

Giorgio Ascani, known by his partisan nickname Nuvolo, was born 100 years ago in Città di Castello, Italy. He adopted the name during the Resistance at age 17, inspired by his ability to appear and disappear like a cloud. Nuvolo became a painter and taught at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, serving as director from 1979 to 1984. His works are held in museums and collections worldwide. In 2025, a major exhibition curated by Bruno Corà, Aldo Iori, and Paolo Ascani was held at Palazzo Collicola in Spoleto, and in 2018, New York's Galleria Di Donna mounted a retrospective curated by Germano Celant. Now, the fair AMAB in Assisi joins centenary celebrations with 15 works spanning his career, including pieces from the Genesi cycle, Serotipie, and OIGROIG series.

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75 Years of Making Art in Ardsley

The Ardsley Art Commission is presenting a unique exhibition featuring the works of mother-and-son artists Valda Hancock Wagner and Rich Wagner, spanning 75 years of artistic creation. The show includes oil and acrylic paintings, watercolors, drawings, etchings, and wood block prints, ranging from traditional realism to abstraction. Valda studied with notable artists such as Reginald Marsh, Robert Rauschenberg, and Robert Beverly Hale, and later taught art in inner-city New York. Rich studied at the Art Students League, the Royal Academy of Arts, and the Royal Drawing School, and has participated in over 80 exhibitions. The exhibition is on view at Ardsley Village Hall through October 1.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 12, 2026 visibility 8 link 5 artists, 3 galleries

Exhibition | Daniel Crews-Chubb, 'Pareidolia' at MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Pièce Unique, Paris, France

MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique in Paris presents 'Pareidolia,' an exhibition of new paintings by London-based artist Daniel Crews-Chubb. The show explores the psychological phenomenon of pareidolia—the brain's tendency to see faces in random patterns—through heavily layered works created with hands, ink, oil, sand, and collage. Three paintings are featured: 'Immortal XXXVIII' and 'Immortal XXXIX' (2026), large-scale works drawing on cultural memory of ancient sculpture, and 'Mask XXIV' (2026), which tests the minimal cues needed for facial recognition. Crews-Chubb's process involves building up and tearing back surfaces over weeks, with charcoal lines added last to define emergent figures.

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Leading contemporary stars take center stage in Leon Gallery’s year-end sale

León Gallery's The Kingly Treasures Auction 2025, taking place on December 6 at 2 p.m., features works by leading Filipino contemporary artists. The sale highlights Bernardo Pacquing's experimental abstractions, Leo Valledor's geometric explorations, Jigger Cruz's layered and destructive techniques, and Manuel Ocampo's provocative social commentaries, among others.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 6, 2026 visibility 16 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Katie DeGroot: The Arboreal Life

Katie DeGroot's exhibition "The Arboreal Life" at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York (April 2–May 9) presents tree paintings that anthropomorphize branches into human-like figures. Works such as "Chit Chat" (2026) and "Family Matters" (2025) depict trees leaning, gesturing, and tangling in ways that suggest intimate relationships, arguments, and familial bonds. DeGroot, who moved from New York City to a farm in upstate Fort Edward, began using fallen branches as models after lacking human subjects, developing compositions that emphasize color, texture, and the interplay of fungi and lichen. Her use of opaque and translucent watercolors balances natural observation with poetic interpretation.

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