Artist Jax Foster has launched Bowling Green’s Tiny Gallery, a miniature exhibition space located outside the Grounds for Thought cafe in downtown Bowling Green. The gallery officially opened on April 5 and features hand-crafted miniature works created by local artists, with the display rotating on a monthly basis to ensure a wide variety of community members can showcase their talent.
Cincinnati-based artist and activist Paul Kroner is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his space, Studio Kroner, with his first solo exhibition titled "What Have I Done?" opening April 17. Since its founding, the 1,200-square-foot venue has evolved from a private studio into a vibrant community hub, hosting national artists, theatrical performances, and social justice-oriented exhibitions. The upcoming show will feature a diverse range of Kroner’s own work, including paintings, illustrations, and a new series of bronze sculptures called "Liminals" created through a hybrid process of wax casting and digital scanning.
Wyoming artist Zak Pullen is returning to the Nicolaysen Art Museum (the NIC) for his first solo exhibition in eleven years. The showcase features his signature comically exaggerated style and includes the first-ever public display of the complete interior oil paintings from his latest children’s book, "A Home for Steamboat." The exhibition also provides a rare look into Pullen’s creative process, featuring sketches and reference photos that highlight his meticulous approach to character-focused storytelling.
The globally acclaimed exhibition "Art of the Brick" has officially opened in downtown Cincinnati, showcasing over 100 sculptures crafted by artist Nathan Sawaya. The display features millions of LEGO bricks transformed into large-scale original works, including a 20-foot T-Rex, alongside brick-built interpretations of iconic masterpieces like the Mona Lisa and The Starry Night. Visitors can also engage with a hands-on building zone designed to foster creativity.
The Artist’s Window charity has launched a massive 660-square-metre pop-up exhibition titled Art Space within the Festival Place shopping centre. Featuring 17 professional and amateur artists, the showcase includes a diverse range of media such as fine art, photography, and upcycled furniture. The venue also functions as an interactive studio, offering community workshops and "Stay and Play" sessions for families throughout its run.
The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) has named Farida Sherif, a senior at Verona High School, as the recipient of its 2026 Paul Bartick Emerging Artist Award. Sherif was selected by an award committee for the strength, individuality, and compelling voice of her work, which she developed through SOPAC's Inspired Minds Young Artist Exhibition program. She will receive the award at a gallery opening reception on May 14, 2026.
The New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) has launched ArtNow 2026, its largest juried high school exhibition to date, featuring 97 student artists from 36 schools across Santa Clara County. Selected from over 600 submissions, the featured works respond to the theme "Before / Between / Beyond," exploring concepts of identity, heritage, and the future. The exhibition process is designed to mirror professional standards, requiring students to submit artist statements and undergo a rigorous selection process by a panel of arts professionals.
Peter Licht, a German musician, author, and playwright, appears as a guest on the 82nd episode of the "Fantasiemuskel" podcast, where he discusses his view of the world as a sound phenomenon. He reflects on his 2006 song "Lied vom Ende des Kapitalismus," which preceded the 2008 financial crisis, and explores how language, fear, and utopian moments manifest through sound in his work—whether in pop songs, theater pieces, or novels. Licht also describes a recent "problem-solving show" at Schauspiel Köln, where audience members submit problems that are collectively sung, turning singing into an act of resistance and community-building.
Le teaser délirant des créateurs de « Panique au village » pour la réouverture du musée de la Figurine à Compiègne
The Musée de la Figurine in Compiègne, France, is set to reopen on May 23, 2026, after a major renovation. To promote the reopening, the museum commissioned Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, the creators of the cult stop-motion series "Panique au village" (known for its absurd plastic figurines), to produce a teaser video. The museum, which holds a rare collection of nearly 155,000 figurines spanning from prehistory to the present, has been redesigned with a 1,000-square-meter space, six thematic areas, interactive displays, and a monumental diorama of the Battle of Waterloo featuring 12,000 figurines, now enhanced with augmented reality. Admission will be free for all from May 23 to August 16, 2026.
Funun Arts Group, in collaboration with Novotel Sharjah Expo Center, launched the fourth chapter of its Epochs of Art series titled 'Light in Motion: Impressionism to Post-Impressionism' at the hotel in Sharjah, UAE. The exhibition runs from April 24 to June 24 and was inaugurated by artist-guests including Ahmed Al Awadhi, Abdul Jabbar Weiss, Majd Faraj, and Anjini Prakash Laitu, alongside Robin Solomon, General Manager of Novotel Sharjah Expo Center. The event featured an immersive meditative painting session and direct artist-visitor interactions, showcasing works by international artists exploring the interplay of light, movement, and emotion.
The Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs presents two concurrent exhibitions opening May 9 through June 14. 'Residual Light' is a group show curated by Galina Kurlat and Andrea Cote, featuring eight female artists working with alternative photographic processes and camera-less techniques. 'What the Garden Remembers' is a solo exhibition by Avani Patel, displaying paintings and drawings that explore memory, ecology, and nature. Both exhibitions include opening receptions, artist talks, and a cyanotype demonstration.
The Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts has concluded after an extended run from November 8, 2025 to April 26, 2026. The exhibition invited artists to respond to four themes tied to America's semiquincentennial: Unfinished Revolutions, Power of Place, Tell Everyone's Story, and American Experiment. Eighty-five artists submitted 198 works, with 62 selected for display. Over 13,500 visitors attended, and more than 3,000 participated in the popular vote. The first-place winner was James Roberts for his work "Fabric," a mixed-media piece critiquing gun violence.
To mark the 130th anniversary of Louis Vuitton's Monogram canvas, the Parisian auction house Gros & Delettrez is hosting a free exhibition of rare travel trunks and accessories from May 18 to 20, 2026. The display features iconic pieces including two expedition bed trunks (one from 1911 with the initials 'B.B.'), a library trunk, a desk trunk, and other travel innovations designed between 1880 and 1930, all before they go up for auction on May 21.
The Museum of Sex in Miami is presenting a new group exhibition titled "F*ck Art 2026: Nature & Artifice," opening April 29, 2026. Featuring over 30 local artists including Ana María Caballero, Cheryl Pope, and Justyna Kisielewicz, the show explores themes of bodies, desire, identity, surveillance, censorship, and intimacy through painting, textiles, sculpture, photography, and digital media. Works are displayed in glass vitrines to mimic the experience of browsing a digital feed.
A free reception for the exhibition “Bridges of Belonging: Cinco de Mayo, Bi-National Identity, and the Spirit of Chignahuapan” will be held on May 1 at the Clark County Government Center Rotunda Gallery in Las Vegas. The event, themed “Puentes de Pertenencia,” features live music, cultural performances, visual arts, and food, with the exhibit on display through May 28.
Over 600 artworks by 60 artists from across Nigeria were displayed at 'The Coalition' exhibition held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan from April 23 to 25, 2026. The show, organized by Dunmade Ayegbayo of Constance and Sons Art Gallery, featured a diverse range of styles including abstract works, portraits, and pieces exploring African identity, family, and everyday life. Notable participating artists included Ogo-Oluwa Christianah, Okunade Olamilekan, and Gobe Joseph.
Eight students from Deer Park schools have been selected to have their artwork featured in an exhibition at a Long Island museum. The students' pieces were chosen from a larger pool of submissions, highlighting their creative talents and the support of their school's art program.
An interactive exhibit titled “Shaun the Sheep: Flock This Way!” will open at the Reading Public Museum in Pennsylvania on May 16 and run through September 6. Created by the Minnesota Children’s Museum in partnership with Aardman, the hands-on experience is designed for children ages 3 to 9 and features activities inspired by the popular film and television character, including balance boards, costume play, stop-motion animation, and problem-solving challenges. The exhibit is sponsored locally by the Berks County Community Foundation.
The African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA) has opened a new exhibition revisiting W.E.B. Du Bois' groundbreaking "Exhibit of American Negroes" from the 1900 Paris World's Fair. Developed in partnership with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), the show builds on a Black History Month project by reporter Mirtha Donastorg and photographer Natrice Miller, who revisited Du Bois' original data and photographs. The exhibition features contemporary portraits of Black Atlantans alongside historical images, asking what has changed and what has endured in Black American life over the past century.
Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC) has partnered with the Portland Museum to display artwork created by inmates in the 'Chance 4 Change' program, a voluntary 90-day substance abuse treatment initiative. The exhibition, titled 'Human, Too,' features paper-based works by at least ten inmates and will run through the end of August, with a public reception scheduled for Friday evening.
Two new exhibitions will open at the Brno House of Arts on Tuesday, 28 April, with a public vernissage at 6pm. The first, 'Distorted Image: Chapters from the Beginnings of Video Art', is an international show examining how artists in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary from the 1960s to the 1990s manipulated analogue and digital images to question truth in media, featuring experimental films, early animations, and independent video magazines. The second, 'Words of Dalibor Chatrný', is a retrospective marking the centenary of the Czech artist's birth, focusing on his 'word works' that explore language and the interplay between reading and seeing, while retaining painterly qualities.
The Quad City Arts International Airport Gallery is hosting a three-person exhibition featuring the work of Aaron Butcher, MaryKay Hymes, and Diane Murtha from April 29 through June 29. The showcase brings together Butcher’s whimsical illustrations on shaped wood with diverse fiber art pieces created by Hymes and Murtha, highlighting a range of techniques from collage to intricate quilting.
Artist Debra Wick is presenting a new series of hyper-realistic watercolor paintings focused on the intricate physics of raindrops at the Redlands Art Association. The exhibition, running from April 18 to May 15, showcases Wick’s unique self-taught technique involving masking fluid and layered washes to capture atmospheric reflections, alongside her earlier works and functional art pieces like painted umbrellas and pillows.
The Evanston Art Center is hosting its annual teen exhibition, titled "Stronger Together," running through April 22. Organized by the center’s teen board, the showcase features works that explore themes of peace, unity, and community resilience. This year’s display includes watercolor and digital pieces, specifically highlighting works by local students like Frances Wade, who contributed pieces reflecting on personal and communal connections.
Freshwater Parish Council has launched a community-driven fundraiser featuring a skate deck art auction to support the development of a new skatepark and pump track on the Isle of Wight. The initiative kicked off with an opening night at the Newport and Carisbrooke Community Centre, showcasing custom-designed decks by local artists alongside historical displays of the island's skating culture. The event also secured a significant financial boost through a donation from High Sheriff Jacqueline Gazzard.
The Contemporary at Blue Star in San Antonio is hosting a retrospective of the "Mini Art Museum," a unique institution founded in 2013 by Mary Cantú and Gabriela Santiago. The exhibition features nearly 100 business-card-sized artworks by prominent local artists, presented within an immersive, miniature neighborhood installation. This showcase serves as a tribute to Cantú, a significant figure in the San Antonio art community who passed away in 2025.
International Outdoor, a Farmington Hills-based advertising firm, has launched an "open-air museum" across Metro Detroit featuring the work of French pop-street artist Jisbar. The initiative utilizes over 57 billboards and digital panels across three counties, displaying vibrant mashups of art history icons like the Mona Lisa with pop culture figures such as Bart Simpson and SpongeBob SquarePants. The exhibition, which runs through mid-June 2026, aims to transform the regional landscape into a public gallery accessible to commuters.
North Edinburgh Arts has launched the "Art For Grown Ups" exhibition, showcasing the creative output of its first three local artists-in-residence: Yasmin Shorter, Kirsty Sutherland, and Kevin Jack. The show marks the culmination of a nine-month residency program designed to foster local talent within the community. Visitors can explore the finished works and participate in a special celebration event featuring artist talks and studio tours.
The art world is witnessing a significant shift toward the 'one-work exhibition,' a format that rejects the traditional gallery model of high-volume displays in favor of singular, immersive encounters. By isolating a single masterpiece or installation, institutions are encouraging 'slow looking' and recasting the act of viewing as a deliberate spatial experience. This trend serves as a direct response to the digital age's relentless pace and the overwhelming 'glut' of contemporary visual culture.
Dorset-based artist Tom Winter, a finalist on Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year, has launched a solo exhibition titled "Lightscapes" at the Coda Music and Arts Trust in Christchurch. The showcase features works spanning several years, including pieces created during his time on the television competition, all centered on the transformative power of light on everyday subjects.