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Why this WA artist has gained so much acclaim

Joe Feddersen, a 71-year-old artist and member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, has gained widespread acclaim for his prints, paintings, weavings, glass sculptures, ceramics, photography, and digital imagery. His work draws on the Plateau pictorial style and ancient petroglyphs, blending traditional Indigenous motifs with contemporary icons like chain-link fences and high-voltage towers. A traveling retrospective, a new book titled "Earth, Water, Sky," and a 2024 Governor's Arts & Heritage Award mark a particularly busy period, culminating in the exhibition "Past/Present" at studio e gallery in Seattle. Feddersen also addresses painful history, such as the 2021 discovery of unmarked graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, through works covered with skull outlines.

National Museum of Asian Art Opens New Exhibition in June About Its Origin Story

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art will open a new exhibition titled "A Museum in the Making" on June 27, 2026, running through August 8, 2027. The show explores the origin story of the Freer Gallery of Art, America's first national art museum, by examining how collector Charles Lang Freer used his Detroit home as a living laboratory for museum design. It highlights collaborations with artists and architects, including James McNeill Whistler, Stanford White, and Mary Chase Perry Stratton, and features a video walkthrough of the Freer House. The exhibition is part of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations and the Smithsonian's broader "Our Shared Future" initiative.

It’s not all movies: LA’s art, museums and exhibitions are world class

Los Angeles is expanding its cultural offerings with several new and renovated art institutions. The Museum of AI Arts, called Dataland, is set to open this spring at the Grand L.A. complex, created by artist Refik Anadol. It claims to be the world's first museum dedicated to AI art, featuring immersive installations like an Infinity Room with AI-generated scents. Meanwhile, the Natural History Museum completed a $75 million renovation in 2024, adding a 60,000-square-foot wing and displaying a unique green-boned dinosaur named Gnatalie, along with Barbara Carrasco's previously censored mural. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is opening the David Geffen Galleries on May 4, a 110,000-square-foot space for its permanent collection.

‘Get in the Game’ at PAMM puts sports and art on a level playing field

The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) presents 'Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture,' an exhibition running through August 23 that bridges the worlds of sports and visual art. Featuring over 100 works by international artists alongside sports memorabilia—including vintage sneakers, racing equipment, and FIFA World Cup soccer balls from 1930 to 2023—the show is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and adapted for Miami with local additions. Curated by PAMM director Franklin Sirmans and co-curator Fabiana A. Sotillo, the exhibition is divided into six thematic sections such as Fandom, Winning and Losing, and Mind and Body, aiming to make both sports and art accessible to all visitors.

Plymouth museum and art gallery The Box in 'record-breaking year'

The Box, Plymouth’s flagship museum and art gallery, has announced a record-breaking performance for 2025, surpassing its annual visitor target by 18%. Since opening in 2020, the institution reached a milestone of 1.1 million total visitors, driven largely by the massive success of the 'Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy' exhibition. The show attracted 52,000 visitors in just its first nine weeks, with nearly half of those attendees traveling from outside the local region.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Spring 2026 Exhibition Program

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has unveiled its extensive exhibition schedule through June 2026, headlined by the first comprehensive U.S. retrospective of the Renaissance master Raphael. This landmark show will feature over 200 works, including rare loans and masterpieces. Other major highlights include the spring Costume Institute exhibition, "Costume Art," which will inaugurate a new 12,000-square-foot gallery suite, and "Musical Bodies," an interdisciplinary look at the relationship between instruments and the human form.

Hospital Rooms Announces 10-Year Programme and National Artist Edition Launch

The arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms has announced a comprehensive year-long program for 2026 to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The initiative features a nationwide artist edition project titled "10 Posters for 10 Years," involving ten world-renowned artists including Antony Gormley. Key events include a launch at White Cube in July, followed by a major exhibition at Victoria Miro and a fundraising auction at Bonhams in September, all aimed at supporting the charity's Future Fund for mental health environments.

Indigenous Artists Infiltrate the Met With a Guerrilla A.R. Project

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, nonprofit media lab Amplifier launched an unsanctioned augmented reality exhibition titled “Encoded” at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The project features 17 Native artists who have digitally altered 25 iconic American artworks from the Met's collection—such as Thomas Cole's *View on the Catskills – Early Autumn* and Emanuel Leutze's *Washington Crossing the Delaware*—overlaying Indigenous perspectives onto the museum's American Wing. Visitors can view the AR works on smartphones or iPads, and Amplifier representatives are on-site to distribute guides and offer tours through the end of the year.

Between Tropes and Treats at NADA New York

The 12th annual New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) fair opened at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Manhattan, featuring a wide array of contemporary works. Critic Rhea Nayyar notes that while many booths felt interchangeable due to prevalent trends like zany sculptures, shiny materials, and kitschy vibrancy, several standout pieces offered genuine engagement. Highlights include Elena Roznovan's maternal ephemera embedded in concrete with bondage tape, Kelly Tapia-Chuning's deconstructed serapes addressing colonial violence, and Niniko Morbedadze's folkloric illustrations.

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The Henry Street Settlement, a nonprofit social-service organization on New York's Lower East Side, lost its primary annual fundraiser when the Art Dealers Association of America canceled The Art Show in July 2025. After months of uncertainty, Henry Street has partnered with Independent, the art fair that recently relocated to Pier 36, to host its 37th gala preview on May 14, 2026. The collaboration was brokered by art dealer James Fuentes, a Henry Street board member and longtime Lower East Side gallerist. The gala had raised over $38 million since 1989, and the cancellation left a budget gap that forced the organization to launch a virtual campaign raising only $600,000—half the usual amount—while federal cuts compounded the financial strain.

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Intersect Aspen Art + Design Fair returns to the Aspen Ice Garden for its 15th edition from July 29 to August 3, featuring its largest number of exhibitors to date. The fair includes solo presentations by Shepard Fairey at 212GALLERY and Michael Stipe at Jackson Fine Art, an immersive installation by Donna Isham at Varvara Roza Galleries, and a panel moderated by Carrie Scott with Heidi Zuckerman and Maryam Eisler.

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The article reviews two summer group shows in New York. At 56 Henry, "Small Format Painting," curated by painter Josh Smith and actor/former gallerist Leo Fitzpatrick, features 34 artists working on identical 10x8 inch canvases, including blue-chip names like Nate Lowman and emerging talents. At Matthew Marks Gallery, Julien Nguyen presents a solo show of compact oil-on-copper paintings, inspired by Rembrandt's techniques and featuring his muse Nikos.

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Gordon Hall's exhibition "Hands and Knees" at the Kitchen in New York features sculptures made from chrome cantilevered chairs with seats and backs removed, arranged in configurations that evoke bodies on all fours. The show includes unannounced performances where performers are carried in on stretcher-like sculptures and placed on the chair forms, exploring themes of submission, rest, and bodily interaction. Separately, the article reviews Martha Diamond's posthumous exhibition "After Image" at David Kordansky Gallery, highlighting her 1986 painting "White Light" and her abstract depictions of New York City.

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Kasmin gallery hosted its third annual benefit auction for Artistic Noise, a nonprofit supporting youth impacted by the juvenile justice, foster care, and mental health systems. The event honored artist Jordan Casteel as the inaugural featured artist, with over 40 donated works curated by Olivia Toups, including pieces by Lee Dawson, Julia Garciá, Ficus Interfaith, and Milly Skellington. The auction, which ended today, is projected to surpass its $100,000 goal, funding art therapy and resources for system-impacted young people.

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Miami's Contemporary Art Modern Project (CAMP) Gallery has opened the seventh edition of its series program, titled “Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse: Don’t be Absurd.” The group exhibition features dozens of artists who created circular, tondo-like fiber works inspired by absurdist philosophers and writers such as Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Simone de Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett, and José Saramago. Works include RemiJin Camping's cyanotype in an embroidery hoop referencing Kafka's *The Metamorphosis* and Mychaelyn Michalec's hand-tufted wool piece *The Pietà and The Swan*. The show runs through December 20, 2025.

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American artist Lisa Sanditz presents a suite of nine new works in her solo exhibition “Big Boy” at Huxley-Parlour in London, on view through May 31, 2025. The show, her third with the gallery, explores power dynamics within families and across generations through formal devices such as exaggerated scale, vibrant color, and playful imagery. Key works like "Big Boy/Big Gulp" (2025) and "Big Cat" (2025) use a hierarchy of scale rooted in medieval and ancient art traditions to reflect emotional and psychological tensions, while also commenting on broader societal and political shifts in America amid climate change.

April Arts Calendar 2026

The Seattle region is hosting a diverse array of visual arts exhibitions throughout April and May 2026, with a strong emphasis on cultural identity and heritage. Highlights include Akash Pamarthy’s solo photography show "Sikh Ohio" at the M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery, Miya Sukune’s historical installation "TADAIMA: I’m Home" at MOHAI, and a permanent mural installation by Erin Shigaki at Bellevue College. These shows span various media, from traditional Korean moon jar-inspired ceramics by Kelly Haejung Paik to experimental works made of rice and lentils by Yaminee Patel.

Art Gallery Shows in Bangkok to Check Out in February

A guide highlights several art exhibitions currently on view in Bangkok for February 2026. Key shows include 'Minsterwood' by Belgian artist Director Jacq (Wayn Traub) at River City Bangkok, featuring hand-embroidered textile works; 'Roots & Rituals', the inaugural exhibition at the newly relaunched AGNI gallery, featuring artists Swatchrokorn Wannasorn and Dishon Yuldash; and 'Undo Planet: Part 2', a large-scale group exhibition addressing climate change at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC).

Art Toronto gets sales boost from baseball World Series

Art Toronto, Canada's largest art fair, took place from October 23-26 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, coinciding with the first two games of the MLB World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at the adjacent Rogers Centre. Despite concerns that the baseball championship might divert attention and sales, the fair saw increased attendance and a boost in purchases in the C$50,000 to C$100,000 range, according to director Mia Nielsen. Gallerists reported a positive mood, with the National Gallery of Canada even acquiring a work from Central Art Garage. The synergy between the events energized the city, though it worsened Toronto's notorious traffic.

Solidarity and shared optimism take centre stage at 1-54 fair in London

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London, held at Somerset House until 19 October, showcases a wide range of African and diaspora artists. Galleries from Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, and beyond present works that highlight both historical and contemporary practices, with notable sales and institutional interest already reported. The fair coincides with Tate Modern's Nigerian Modernism exhibition and the opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, creating a moment of heightened global attention on African art.

At the Atlanta Art Fair's second edition, the city showed its strengths

The Atlanta Art Fair returned for its second edition from September 25-28, 2024, at Pullman Yards in the Kirkwood neighborhood, produced by events firm AMP. The fair hosted 75 local, national, and international galleries and arts organizations, drawing around 3,500 attendees to its VIP preview and opening night. Exhibitors and organizers were more acclimated to the space than in the debut year, with a more relaxed and confident atmosphere. The fair highlighted Atlanta's unique cultural identity, emphasizing friendliness, community engagement, and a slower, less pretentious pace compared to art fairs in New York or Los Angeles.

Bringing Natalie Home: An Exhibit of Natalie Van Vleck’s Art at Flanders Nature Center

An exhibition titled "Bringing Natalie Home" has opened at the Flanders Nature Center in Connecticut, showcasing the artwork of Natalie Van Vleck for the first time in the newly renovated Van Vleck Gallery. The gallery is located inside the historic saltbox house that Van Vleck urged her parents to purchase in 1926, where she later built her art studio in 1928. The comprehensive exhibit, which began on February 7, 2025, will display her work throughout the year after decades in storage.

NYC Public Schools Teacher Art Show: The Art of the Educator

MoMA's Young Learners team, in collaboration with the New York City Art Teachers Association/United Federation of Teachers (NYCATA/UFT), is presenting "The Art of the Educator" at the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building. The exhibition celebrates the artistic talents of NYC public school teachers, showcasing how their personal art practice enriches their teaching. Organized by David Rios and Larissa Raphael, the show features works selected by a panel including Jackie Cruz, Albert Justiniano, Lisa Kaplan, and Jacob Rhodes.

Memorial Art Gallery admission will become free starting in 2027

The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) in Rochester, New York, announced on May 13 that admission will become free for all visitors starting in 2027, eliminating its current $20 entry fee permanently. The museum, part of the University of Rochester, raised over $9 million through its "Free for All, Forever" campaign, surpassing its original target faster than expected. Key donations included a $1 million gift from Dr. Alexander A. Levitan and his wife Lucy K. Levitan, a $3 million donation from UR trustee Doug Bennett, his wife Abby, and the Sands Family Foundation, and $2 million from Mary Ellen Burris. Additional support came from anonymous donors, Kitty and Nick Jospé, and Sandy Hawks Lloyd and Justin Hawks Lloyd.

Three Venice shows everyone is talking about

The Korea Herald recommends three must-visit museum shows in Venice during the Venice Biennale. At Palazzo Grassi, the Pinault Collection presents "Michael Armitage. The Promise of Change," featuring the Kenya-born British painter's vivid works addressing sociopolitical tensions and migration. At Gallerie dell'Accademia, "Transforming Energy" by Marina Abramovic marks her 80th birthday, creating a dialogue between her performance art and Renaissance masterpieces. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection hosts "Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector," revisiting her formative years and her short-lived London gallery Guggenheim Jeune.

Art as Collective Responsibility: Hestia Artistic Journey Grant Programme Winners

The Hestia Artistic Journey National Grant Programme (Artystyczna Podróż Hestii) has announced the winners of its third edition, selecting eight projects from nearly 200 applications across Poland. The programme, subtitled "Opening Time" (Czas otwarcia), supports artists and cultural institutions planning exhibitions that address collective responsibility for global issues. Winners include "Ślady pamięci" by Fundacja Szałfynster in Katowice, exploring memory and dementia; "Głodne drzewa/Thirsty Trees" by Przemek Branas at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, critiquing human greed through eucalyptus metaphors; and "Tymczasowa pława" by Norbert Delman at the State Art Gallery in Sopot, an installation on ecocide using a sunken fishing boat and amber. Each project will present an exhibition between July 2026 and the last quarter of 2027, with increased funding due to exceptional submissions.

Akron Art Museum transforms church’s stained glass windows into exhibit

The Akron Art Museum is presenting "Transfiguration: Rachel Libeskind and the Tiffany Window," an exhibition centered on a 137-square-foot stained glass window crafted by Frederick Wilson of Tiffany Studios in 1917. The window, originally installed at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, was rescued after a 2018 fire destroyed the church. Developer Tony Troppe purchased the property in 2022, and Whitney Stained Glass Studio restored the panels. New York-based artist Rachel Libeskind created accompanying works that reframe the window as art rather than a devotional object, with the show running through July 5.

Spring brings two new exhibits to Banff's Whyte Museum

Two new exhibitions have opened at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff: "Thick as Thieves," a touring show from the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, and "When our eyes touch," drawn from the museum's own collection. "Thick as Thieves" explores themes of power, secrecy, and trust through works spanning from Auguste Rodin sculptures to contemporary pieces by August Klintberg and Amanda Strong, curated by Crystal Mowry. "When our eyes touch" focuses on portraiture by museum founders Peter Whyte and Catharine Robb Whyte, featuring paintings from their time at art school in Boston and later portraits of Stoney Nakoda community members, curated by Dagny Dubois and Christina Cuthbertson. Both exhibitions run until November 8.

The Carnegie International is a Once Every Four Year Treat

The Carnegie International, the longest-running international art show in North America, returns in 2026 for its 59th edition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1896, the exhibition takes place roughly every four years and features contemporary works from artists around the world, including Zhao Yao (China), Hans Ragnar Mathisen (Sapmi/Norway), Cinthia Marcelle (Brazil), and Walter Scott (Canada). The 2026-2027 edition is themed "If The Word We," exploring the first-person plural as an open and evolving concept. The show is integrated throughout the museum alongside permanent collection pieces, and extends to venues such as the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Mattress Factory, and the Thelma Lovette YMCA.

Brandywine Conservancy Unites Global Partners for $100 Million, 325-Acre Expansion

The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art has announced a $100 million, 325-acre expansion project that will add new art galleries, classroom spaces, walking trails, and a nature preserve. The redesign, led by Tokyo-based Kengo Kuma & Associates and Philadelphia-founded Field Operations, will connect the museum to the historic homes and studios of Andrew and N.C. Wyeth, creating a unified campus. Construction is set to begin in spring 2027, with completion expected in fall 2029, and includes flood prevention measures following damage from Hurricane Ida in 2021.