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A season of colour: Coimbatore gallery showcases works by Kongu Oviya Kalai Kuzhu

An exhibition at the Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery in Coimbatore showcases around 70 works by five artists of the Kongu Oviya Kalai Kuzhu: V. Rajendhran, Kumanan, Murugesan, Ramamoorthy, and Govindarajulu. The show features a wide range of styles—from realistic animal portraits and textured floral canvases to charcoal sketches of crows and Rajasthani-themed paintings—employing techniques such as knife work, spray painting, and texture painting with clay. Rajendhran’s works focus on textile design, Kumanan presents acrylics and seed-covered sculptures, and Ramamoorthy offers a series of crow sketches. The exhibition is part of the AURORA Series 2026 and runs through May 17.

Shaohua Nong | Shaohua Nong Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Twain II… (2015) | For Sale

Chinese artist Shaohua Nong (b. 1960, Linfen, Shanxi) is offering an original oil on canvas titled "Twain II" (2015) for sale at US$1,300 through the gallery Sojourner in New York. The 25 × 37 inch painting is hand-signed, includes a certificate of authenticity, and is listed on Artsy with a money-back and authenticity guarantee. Nong, a member of the Shanxi Branch of Chinese Artists Association, has exhibited widely in China and internationally, including at Hong Kong ART CENTRAL Art Fair, Shangshang Art Museum in Beijing, and the Nanjing International Art Exhibition.

Reston Art Gallery Presents its May Exhibit “ Down the Shore ” by Pat Macintyre

Reston Art Gallery and Studios (RAGS) in Reston, Virginia, is presenting its May exhibition titled “Down the Shore,” featuring acrylic paintings by gallery director and artist Pat Macintyre. The show depicts coastal scenes from the Eastern Shore, Isle of Wight Bay, and Ocean City, including images of rural villages and large shells on pale canvases. A reception will be held on May 10 from 2-4pm, and the exhibit runs through May 31.

Bailey Art Gallery Exhibit Celebrates Life on the Water

The Bailey Art Gallery in Hobe Sound, Florida, will open a new exhibition on April 24 featuring works by local painter Dan Mackin and photographer M.E. Gruber. Mackin’s highly stylized paintings—created with airbrush and traditional techniques—depict idyllic coastal scenes on canvas, navigation maps, surfboards, and a guitar, and include collaborations with Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. Gruber’s mid-century Kodachrome transparencies, drawn from an archive of over 5,000 images, document the emerging surf culture of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. The exhibition will display 50 full-frame prints from this collection.

Kickpigeon Kids

The Grackle Art Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas, will host "BLANK," the fourth curated installation by the Kickpigeon Kids, from May 2 to May 31, 2026. The exhibition explores the concept of blankness as a prerequisite for new beginnings and limitless potential, inviting selected artists to submit work interpreting the theme, often starting from the idea of a "blank canvas."

Meet The Artist Behind “Canvases of the Cosmos” In Darien

Artist Roland Comtois is set to host a special reception for his solo exhibition, "Canvases of the Cosmos," at Geary Gallery in Darien, Connecticut. The event, scheduled for April 11, 2026, allows the public to engage with the artist and view his latest series of paintings, which focus on celestial themes through the manipulation of light and color.

Ink meets canvas with tattoo studio, art gallery grand opening

Toledo Tattoo Company and Bold Lines Gallery are set to host a grand opening for their new combined venue in downtown Toledo on March 14. The event will feature a live jazz band, ice carving demonstrations, and the gallery's inaugural major exhibition, with a portion of proceeds benefiting Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

The Angular Festival blurs lines between art and music, opening Chennai’s galleries to new audiences

The Angular Festival, curated by Focus Group Radio, takes over four spaces at Palomar by Crossway in Chennai, blending music stages, an art gallery, listening sessions, artist installations, and a makers market. Five artists—Arya, Poorvaja Rathi, BVS, Sasithar, and co-curator Rhea Fabian—present works across painting, sculpture, installation, and film, while musical acts like Komododo, CDV, and The Dipshit Ladies perform on two stages. The event also features listening sessions curated by non-musicians and interactive installations by Television Dust and Abhishek Jayaprakash.

Exhibition and meet-the-artist session: Nuit Blanche 2026 at the Polish Institute in Paris

The Polish Institute in Paris is participating in the 25th edition of Nuit Blanche on June 6-7, 2026, with a program featuring photographer and war correspondent Agata Grzybowska, who will give an artist talk titled "Everyone deserves their own story," followed by a guided tour of an exhibition by Anglo-Polish photojournalist Chris Niedenthal. The event runs from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., offering free access to the public as part of the citywide contemporary art festival.

‘Beaming smiles’: Karachi art exhibit puts artists with Down syndrome on path to empowerment

The Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi recently hosted the fourth edition of 'Rangon Ki Lehr,' an exhibition showcasing over 90 paintings by 80 artists with Down syndrome. Organized by the Karachi Down Syndrome Program (KDSP), the event featured works created by students in the 'Education for Life' program, drawing participants from Karachi, Islamabad, and Faisalabad. The exhibition serves as a professional platform where artists take full creative control of their canvases, choosing their own techniques, colors, and subjects.

Mint Museum exhibit reimagines feminine form as art

The Mint Museum Uptown is set to debut "Mint to Be: The Feminine Body as Costume Art" on May 1, an exhibition that explores the feminine form through the lens of fashion and identity. Curated by Professor Perrine DeShield-Jenkins, the showcase serves as a Met Gala–inspired experience featuring interactive narratives, photo activations, and a high-stakes runway competition where 20 Charlotte-based designers will vie for a $1,000 prize for couture that best reimagines the body as a living canvas.

Tatiana Malinovscaia | 130x100cm-Blue Distance in Quiet Light (2026) | For Sale

Tatiana Malinovscaia's painting "Blue Distance in Quiet Light" (2026) is being offered for sale by Artseeker Gallery. The 100x130 cm acrylic on canvas work features a restrained abstract composition with muted blues, ivories, beiges, and charcoals, built through layered textures and tonal contrasts. Malinovscaia, a self-taught Moldovan artist, explores the interplay between architectural clarity and atmospheric abstraction, with light acting as a central structural element that reveals nuanced variations across the textured surface throughout the day.

The annual Deck Art exhibition in stores throughout downtown Rochester

The 16th annual Rochester Deck Art exhibition opened on May 19, 2026, in downtown Rochester, Michigan, displaying skateboard artworks created by artists ranging from elementary school students to adults. The exhibition features multiple categories and is hosted in storefronts and windows throughout the city, with works such as Michelle Villette's first-place winner and Claire LaMontagne's "Phoenix Rising" on view.

‘Light from the Inner Soul’ exhibition celebrates women’s unheard artistic voices in Cumilla

A three-day art exhibition titled “Light from the Inner Soul” is being held at Cumilla Shilpakala Auditorium in Bangladesh, showcasing paintings and handcrafted works by eight women with no formal art training. Organized by Jannatul Ferdous Twonni, the exhibition features a range of media including calligraphy, metal art, wax art, glass painting, canvas works, and AI-inspired pieces, with participants ranging from a 16-year-old to a 90-year-old woman.

Maitland exhibit: Textures of Middle East come to life in paintings woven with cultural memory

Mär Martinez's first solo museum exhibition, “A loom, a fence, a wire, a thread,” opens at The Art & History Museums of Maitland, featuring paintings inspired by traditional Turkish and Middle Eastern textile practices. The works, developed during her 2024-2025 Fulbright research in Istanbul, weave together her Cuban and Syrian heritage, exploring themes of cultural memory, displacement, and resilience through imagery of carpets, barbed wire, and urban barriers.

‘You’re just as good as Picasso’: Utah artist to hold art show featuring work done entirely in ballpoint pen

Utah artist Kipp Howard is hosting a public exhibition of his work at a residence in La Verkin, featuring 18 large-scale canvases created entirely with ballpoint pen. The show represents the culmination of 14 years of private work and includes hundreds of additional pieces spanning various media such as digital art, acrylics, and watercolors.

The forest hears, the field sees: Liavon Volski presents new art project in Poland

Renowned Belarusian musician and writer Liavon Volski has debuted his first solo painting exhibition, titled "The Forest Hears, the Field Sees," at the Museum of Free Belarus in Warsaw. The exhibition features 11 conceptual works characterized by misty landscapes and surrealist elements, each inspired by traditional Belarusian proverbs. The opening event was a multi-sensory experience, incorporating fog machines and a musical performance by Volski to complement the atmospheric nature of the canvases.

Actor-Painter Park Shin-yang Breaks Fourth Wall in Solo Exhibition

Renowned South Korean actor Park Shin-yang has launched a solo exhibition titled 'The Fourth Wall' at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul. The show features a unique performative element where fifteen clowns roam the gallery, acting as surreal extensions of the canvases to bridge the gap between the artist and the public. Park, known for his roles in 'Lovers in Paris,' presents a diverse body of work including paintings of donkeys and bullfighters that symbolize the burdens of life and the struggle for creative expression.

Art exhibition by elderly group showcasing Valletta city

A group of senior citizens from Valletta, Malta, has launched a collaborative art exhibition titled 'Kollettiv' at the Valletta Local Council. Organized by the community group Għeruq il-Komunità and supported by the Alf Mizzi Foundation, the showcase features paintings created by residents over the age of 60 alongside works by local primary school students. Under the guidance of artist Paul Galea, participants translated their personal interpretations of the capital city onto canvas during a series of workshops.

'Held in Motion': Emerging artists explore identity

Sanat Art Gallery in Karachi has launched "Held in Motion," a group exhibition featuring emerging artists Behzad Ahmed Warsi, Laiba Abid, Ronaque Ali, and Shahzad Baloch. The showcase utilizes diverse mediums, including oil on canvas and watercolor, to explore themes of human identity, social fluidity, and the preservation of memory. From Abid’s blurred portraits of the multifaceted self to Ali’s nostalgic documentation of disappearing rural traditions, the collection emphasizes the subjective nature of the human experience.

New Exhibit Explores Connection Of Good Medicine And Art

Dr. Jayasimha “Jay” Murthy, a Houston-based pulmonologist, has opened a solo exhibition titled "World: Photographs" at the Houston Museum of African American Culture. The show features a collection of high-clarity digital landscapes captured across the globe, including a signature shot of a Fofoti tree in Aruba. Murthy, who pivoted from watercolor to digital photography to balance his medical career, draws a direct parallel between the precision of electron microscopy used in lung research and the composition of his artistic photography.

‘Seek Sanctuary’ – Lara Vella’s New Exhibition Explores Calm In A Hyper-Connected World

Emerging Maltese artist Lara Vella is set to debut her solo exhibition, "Seek Sanctuary," on March 20th at the fabric exhibition space. The collection features a series of paintings inspired by the Mediterranean landscape, focusing on the textures, light, and rhythms of the natural world. Vella, a graduate of the University of Malta and a Master’s recipient from Florence, uses her work to encourage viewers to disconnect from a hyper-connected lifestyle and find restoration in reflective moments.

‘Bridge at 909’ art exhibit reception connects artists and community members

The Bridge at 909 art exhibit recently held a reception in the lobby of Evanston’s City Hall, featuring a dialogue between the works of established local artist Chris Froeter and emerging Chicago artist Gabi Bozeman. Curated by Juelle Daley, the exhibition juxtaposes Froeter’s large-scale, monochromatic portraits of activists from his “Voices” series with Bozeman’s vibrant, surrealist canvases focused on young Black women. The pilot program aims to transform public municipal spaces into accessible galleries that engage passersby in their daily routines.

Art Exhibition, “By Any Means Necessary”, opens to the public

The Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem is set to debut "By Any Means Necessary," a collaborative exhibition featuring local artists Owens Daniels, Leo Rucker, and Affee Vickers. Opening February 27, 2026, the show integrates digital photography, traditional portraiture, and mixed-media sculpture to explore themes of activism, personal identity, and community history. Each artist utilizes a distinct medium—from Daniels’ layered digital canvases to Rucker’s historical murals and Vickers’ engineered material studies—to address the central question of what causes individuals are willing to pursue at any cost.

Art exhibit shines light on Black voices, 100 years of Black History Month

An art exhibition titled "Reclaiming the Canvas: 100 Years of Black History Month" was held at the Zhou B Arts Center near 18th and Vine in Kansas City, curated by Roi Wall. The show featured Black artists including Daisha Maria Breona, Xavier Gayden, Feliz Kehinde, and Aisha Imani Sanaa, who presented works exploring themes of identity, heritage, resilience, and joy, with minimal creative constraints.

Studio Joli launches new year with Canvas Caribbean

Studio Joli has launched its 2026 programming with a new exhibition titled "Artistic Expressions" presented by Canvas Caribbean, an artists' group formed in 2004 by graduates of the visual arts programmes of the University of the West Indies (UWI). The show features works by six members—Leona Fabien, Adele Bynoe, Raymond Alexander, Kathy Farabi, Tricia Ward, and Vejaya Mungal—spanning vibrant florals on silk, bold wildlife in acrylic, faceted copper, watercolours, and mixed media. The exhibition opens on January 21 and runs through February 2 at Studio Joli in St James, Trinidad.

Gradient Canvas: Celebrating over a decade of artistic collaborations with AI

Google has launched Gradient Canvas, an exhibition of 13 newly commissioned artworks from multidisciplinary artists that explore the co-evolving relationships between people, nature, and machines. Inspired by the Bay Area’s local ecology, the works were created using Google tools and AI, and are presented both online via Google Arts & Culture and in a physical installation at Google's Gradient Canopy office in Mountain View. The initiative celebrates over a decade of artistic experimentation with AI, tracing back to Google researcher Alex Mordvintsev's development of DeepDream in 2015 and earlier residency programs.

Abstract works by Local artist Frank Herrmann featured in new display at Elsmere's Gallery 506

A new abstract art exhibition titled 'Dimensions' has opened at Gallery 506 in Elsmere, Kentucky, featuring works by local artist Frank Herrmann. The show, running through December 20, 2025, includes paintings, drawings, watercolors, and sculptures characterized by bright colors, organic shapes, and playful forms. Herrmann, a professor emeritus of fine arts at the University of Cincinnati who earned his MFA there in 1972, works primarily in acrylic on stretched canvas but also experiments with mixed media such as sand, brick dust, and soot. His career includes exhibitions across the U.S., residencies at MASS MoCA and the Foundation for Contemporary Art in the Czech Republic, and pieces held in corporate and private collections.

Leslie Powell Gallery to host three art exhibitions

The Leslie Powell Gallery in Lawton, Oklahoma, will open three art exhibitions on November 15 with a reception from 6-8 p.m. The shows include "Discovery" by Thomas Stotts, featuring landscape works on canvas and wood; "So the Days Pass: Works on Paper" by Christen Humphries, a Cameron University alumna and adjunct professor; and a special exhibition of works by Eisenhower High School students. The exhibits remain on display through December 19.

Plein air art exhibition 'Historic Impressions on a Modern Canvas' opens Oct. 9 in St. Augustine

The St. Johns Cultural Council and the St. Augustine Art Association present the plein air art exhibition 'Historic Impressions on a Modern Canvas,' opening October 9 at the Rotunda Gallery in St. Augustine, Florida. Juried by artist Kathy Odom, the show features works created during the city's April Plein Air Paint Out and other local paint-out events at venues including the Lightner Museum Garden and Fort Mose Historic State Park. A public reception with a People's Choice Awards vote will be held on opening night.