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A new gallery opens in Milan: Ghiringhelli Art Gallery. It starts with Japanese art

A new pop-up gallery, Ghiringhelli Art Gallery, opens in Milan on May 8, 2026, with its inaugural exhibition "Refracted Worlds. Contemporary Japan Through Multiple Lenses" at Via Tortona 20. Founded by Nicola Ghiringhelli Forlani, the gallery specializes in contemporary Japanese art and will feature works by seven Japanese artists—Kohei Nawa, Yukie Ishikawa, Kenjiro Okazaki, Mr., Ayako Rokkaku, Yuji Ueda, and Noritaka Tatehana—alongside the Chim↑Pom collective from Smappa!Group. The temporary format allows the gallery to maintain a flexible presence in Milan while the founder travels frequently to Japan to follow artists and market dynamics.

Local artists take over two SF neighborhoods

The San Francisco neighborhoods of the Marina and West Portal are set to host "The Art of Place," a three-month exhibition featuring 24 local artists. Organized by Ingleside Gallery founder Shrey Purohit in partnership with the BarbCo real estate group, the fair will showcase cityscapes, sculptures, and photography across two commercial offices starting April 17. The initiative aims to integrate art into everyday community spaces, featuring works by artists like Sarah Horowitz and Rhonel Roberts that capture the unique geometry and secret views of the city.

New Pioneer Square art gallery focuses on immigrant art

Saina Heshmati and Amir Amini have opened ANTiPODE Art Gallery in Seattle’s Pioneer Square, a new space dedicated to showcasing the work of immigrant artists. Located in a basement shared with the Seattle Jazz Fellowship, the gallery functions as a multi-modal hub for cultural exchange, hosting art exhibitions alongside film screenings, tea ceremonies, and experimental music. The founders, both Tehran natives, aim to bridge the gap between Seattle and distant global cities through diverse programming that emphasizes the intersection of different artistic disciplines.

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Rosa Park, founder of Francis Gallery, has opened Casa Francis, a new exhibition space in her former family home in Los Angeles. The inaugural show, “Have You Eaten Today?,” features nine Korean and LA-based artists exploring themes of care and sustenance, with artworks displayed alongside home objects like silk floor cushions and ceramics. The space operates by appointment only and enforces a strict no-social-media policy, emphasizing an intimate, offline viewing experience.

Marlene Dumas painting set to break auction record for a work by a living woman artist

Marlene Dumas's painting *Miss January* (1997) will be auctioned at Christie's New York on 14 May with an estimate of $12–18 million, sourced from the collection of Mera and Don Rubell, founders of the Rubell Museum. The work is expected to surpass the current auction record for a living woman artist, held by Jenny Saville's *Propped* (1992) which sold for £9.5 million in 2018.

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Interior designer Michelle R. Smith has collaborated with Scandinavian textile maker Nordic Knots on its debut flatweave rug collection. The collaboration, born from a decade-old friendship between Smith and Nordic Knots co-founder Liza Laserow Berglund, features four rugs—three flatweaves and one all-natural jute—inspired by vintage Esprit pocket squares from the 1980s. Smith describes the rugs as subtle, flexible, layered pieces meant to complement a room without dominating it, drawing on her signature neutrals-focused palette of sludge greens, dusty blues, khakis, and browns. The collection reflects influences from designers Madeleine Castaing and Jacques Grange, as well as old-school men's suiting patterns.

Longtime art and studio complex in downtown Wilmington is for sale

Acme Art Studios, a longtime visual arts institution in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, has been listed for sale at $4.4 million. The one-acre complex at 711 N. Fifth Ave. includes a 12,000-square-foot warehouse with studio and gallery space, plus four vacant lots. Founded in 1991 by a collective of artists in a former carpet warehouse, Acme has become a vital hub for the local arts scene, renting to dozens of artists and hosting countless shows over more than three decades. The property is owned by five artists, including co-founder Pam Toll, who said the decision to sell was unanimous and that the timing is right for a number of reasons.

'Hidden heritage' Metro art shown in exhibition

An exhibition at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead is showcasing "Blazing Trails," a project by local artist Sofia Barton originally commissioned for Tyne and Wear Metro trains. The artwork celebrates the hidden heritage of north-east England by depicting lesser-known community leaders, including suffragette Kathleen Brown and Chinatown founders Koon Kiu Cheng and Peter Cheng. The display runs until 27 September in the Baltic's pop-up shop.

MarfaMUST & Martha Invitational Return for Arts Weekend May 29-30

The Marfa Untitled Studio Tour (MarfaMUST) has announced an arts weekend on May 29-30, featuring a tour of local artist studios, the return of the Martha Invitational at Rule Gallery, and a pop-up group exhibition titled "Homecoming" at New Star Marfa. The Martha Invitational, a spoof of the larger Marfa Invitational, will showcase works by co-founders Martha Hughes, Leslie Wilkes, and Diana Simard, along with Bettina Landgrebe. The weekend also includes tintype portraits by Carolyn Macartney and other Marfa artists.

‘Fully Immersive’ Beeple Survey Lands in Silicon Valley

Digital artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, is launching a major mid-career survey titled "BEEPLE: / INFINITE_LOOP" at Node, a new non-profit art space in Silicon Valley. The exhibition features immersive installations including the kinetic sculpture "Human One," the multi-screen tower "Diffuse Control," and a comprehensive presentation of his long-running "Everydays" project. This survey marks a significant moment for the artist as he transitions from the viral NFT boom into large-scale physical and generative museum-style installations.

No Place Gallery turns 10

No Place Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a sprawling exhibition titled "Between Fields and What Isn't: A Decade Inside No Place," opening February 12 at Beeler Gallery and continuing at No Place. Founder James McDevitt-Stredney, a CCAD graduate and former skate rat, reflects on his journey from showing friends' work to strategically curating artists like Florian Meisenberg and Cameron Granger, who praises McDevitt-Stredney's collaborative, risk-taking spirit.

Miami Advice: Nina Surel on the historic Villa Paula and its future

Nina Surel, a Buenos Aires-born, Miami-based artist and founder of Collective 62, discusses the historic Villa Paula in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood. Originally built in the late 19th century for Cuban consul Domingo Milord and his wife Paula, the Neo-Classical villa features imported Cuban materials, Tuscan columns, and hand-painted ceramic tiles. After years of disrepair, a civic-minded landlord transformed it into a cultural venue now hosting the design gallery the Future Perfect, with works by artists including Autumn Casey and Faye Toogood during Miami Art Week. Surel highlights the building's layered history, ghost stories, and its significance as a misplaced architectural gem.

Figge Art Museum marks 100 years with new exhibition

The Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a new exhibition titled "100 Years of Collecting," opening September 13 and running through January 11, 2026. The show highlights major gifts and donations that have shaped the museum's collection, including American, Haitian, Spanish Colonial, and contemporary works, tracing back to founder Charles August Ficke's initial 334-piece donation in 1925.

The NMWA Honors 50 Years of the Women’s Studio Workshop

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is honoring the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Studio Workshop (WSW) in Kingston, NY, with an exhibition titled "A Radical Alteration: Women’s Studio Workshop as a Sustainable Model for Art Making." Curated by Maymanah Farhat, the show runs through September and features over 40 objects—including artists’ books, zines, ephemera, and archival materials—dating from 1974 to 2024. The exhibition highlights WSW’s history as a feminist arts organization that supports women, trans, intersex, nonbinary, and genderfluid artists, with a focus on book arts and marginalized communities.

Artist Mashonda Tifrere Launches New Exhibitions

Mashonda Tifrere, an art collector, musician, and founder of two art-based nonprofits, has launched two new projects in San Diego. She created a mindfulness audio tour titled "Inscape: Art and Collection at the Stuart Collection" for the Stuart Collection at UC San Diego, guiding listeners through 22 site-specific artworks. She also curated a group exhibition called "Somewhere in Between" at Quint Gallery in La Jolla, featuring works by artists including Taylor Chapin, Megan Gabrielle, and Nathan Wong.

This art collector went from running his own marketing firm to opening galleries in Hong Kong and London

Calvin Hui, a Hong Kong native who began collecting art as a student with a print by Joan Miró, has turned his passion into a career. After buying his first 'serious' work—Jar with Horizontal Colour Bars (2005) by Farhad Moshiri—he expanded his collection and eventually opened 3812 Gallery in Hong Kong in 2011, specializing in Chinese contemporary art and ink works. In 2018, he and a co-founder opened a second gallery in London’s Mayfair, which is set to relocate to The Whiteley London. Hui previously ran his own public relations, events, and marketing firm before transitioning to the art world.

Above & Beyond, Wisconsin folk artist will explore Mexican immigrant experience in next cultural exhibit

Above & Beyond Children's Museum (ABCM) in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, will host a listening session on May 4, 2025, as it prepares the second iteration of its Culture Exchange Exhibit, this time focusing on the Mexican immigrant experience. The museum is partnering with Gabriela Marván, a Mexican artist from Viroqua and co-founder of the Mexican Folk Art Collective, who specializes in cartonería (paper sculpture). Marván will create monumental alebrijes, an ofrenda altar, and papel picado for the exhibit, which will be installed in November. The project also includes workshops, Aztec dance, bilingual story times, and loteria games, aiming to engage visitors in Mexican folk traditions over several years.

Anti-Russia Protests Spread Beyond the Biennale and Into Venice

Protests against the reopening of the Russian pavilion erupted at the Venice Biennale and spread across the city on the second day of the 61st edition. Visual artist Shalva Nikvashvili, who grew up in post-Soviet Georgia, began a silent performance wearing a muzzle-style mask and carrying a chair, holding a sign reading “La Biennale di Venezia” and “violence.” Shortly after, a group of about 20 protesters led by Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova gathered outside the Russian pavilion, chanting against Vladimir Putin, waving Ukrainian flags, and releasing a pink smoke flare. The protests followed the Biennale's decision to allow Russia to participate for the first time since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, despite calls from artists and politicians to exclude the country.

From galleries to guest rooms: The best art-inspired stays in Europe

A number of European hotels are integrating art collections and museum-quality experiences into their accommodations, offering travelers the chance to stay within or adjacent to art spaces. Notable examples include MACAM in Lisbon, Portugal, which combines a contemporary art museum with a hotel featuring the private collection of founder Armando Martins, including works by Marina Abramović and Paula Rego; the Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amistà in Verona, Italy, blending Renaissance architecture with avant-garde art; and the Elizabeth Arthotel in Ischgl, Austria, which has showcased art and sculpture since 1976 and recently added a rooftop commission by the artist duo NONOS.

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art reveal inaugural exhibition schedule

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA) has announced its inaugural exhibition schedule, curated by founder George Lucas himself. Opening on September 22, the museum will feature over 30 galleries and more than 1,200 works, exploring human history and the human condition through narrative art forms including illustration, sequential art, and cinema. The exhibitions will showcase production designs, props, and costumes from the Lucas Archives, alongside works by iconic artists such as Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Beatrix Potter, Jack Kirby, Alison Bechdel, Frank Miller, and Mœbius, spanning adventure, fantasy, sci-fi, children's literature, and comics.

New exhibition explores the evolution of St. Pete’s Dalí Museum

A new exhibition titled “The Architecture of the Dalí” will open on May 2 at The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. The show traces the museum's architectural evolution from its origins in a Cleveland factory to its iconic waterfront building, culminating in a preview of expansion concepts including an immersive flyover video. It features three-dimensional models, archival photographs, and newspaper clippings, and pays tribute to founding collectors A. Reynolds and Eleanor R. Morse.

Gerd Harry Lybke, from artist’s model to gallery founder in East Germany showing in Mallorca

Gerd Harry ‘Judy’ Lybke, the founder of the influential German gallery Eigen + Art, is making his debut at the inaugural Art Cologne Palma Mallorca. Lybke, who began his career as a nude artist's model in East Germany before opening an underground flat-gallery in 1983, reflects on the evolution of the art market from a socialist system defined by censorship to the modern capitalist landscape. For this fair, he is presenting a diverse roster ranging from New Leipzig School star Neo Rauch to emerging talent Maja Behrmann, with works priced between €2,000 and €20,000.

Pictorial Foundation Opens New Gallery in Newburgh with “Foundations of Practice”

Pictorial Foundation, an organization born from the international photography magazine The Pictorial List, has opened a new gallery space at 105 Ann Street in Newburgh, New York. The 1,500-square-foot gallery, located within the ADS Warehouse complex, debuts on February 7 with the group exhibition “Foundations of Practice,” featuring 19 artists whose work emphasizes process over finished results. Founder Karen Ghostlaw Pomarico, a Pratt Institute-trained artist, collaborated with her husband, architect Michael Pomarico of Pomarico Design Studio, to create a flexible system of suspended partitions that can be reconfigured for each show. The gallery grows out of a desire to move beyond the limitations of online art visibility and create a physical space for slow, thoughtful engagement with art.

TIERRA FUTURA: Boricua Land Futures, a solo exhibition by Shey Rivera Ríos and a group exhibition of 22 Boricua artists

The WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, is presenting "TIERRA FUTURA: Boricua Land Futures," a dual exhibition featuring a solo show by Shey Rivera Ríos and a group exhibition of 22 Boricua (Puerto Rican) artists from both Puerto Rico and its U.S. diasporas. The exhibition, curated by Rivera Ríos with co-curators Ruchika Nambiar and Anabel Vázquez Rodríguez, runs from March 5 to March 29, 2026, and explores themes of land-based memory, eco-feminism, queer joy, and cultural sovereignty through diverse media.

Scandinavian art exhibition brings rare Nordic works to Hagerstown

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown is hosting a major exhibition titled 'The Scandinavian Home: Art and Identity, 1880-1920' from February 7 to May 17, 2026. The show features over 80 objects, including paintings, textiles, ceramics, and furniture, drawn primarily from the private collection of Dr. David and Susan Werner. It is organized into thematic sections exploring movements like Norwegian Revival, Art Nouveau, Vitalism, and Symbolist Experimentation, showcasing works from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

Kochi Biennale co-founder Bose Krishnamachari steps down as president

Bose Krishnamachari, co-founder of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India, has stepped down as president of the Kochi Biennale Foundation and as a board trustee after 14 years, citing pressing family reasons. His departure will not affect the ongoing sixth edition, titled "For the Time Being," which opened last month and runs until March 31. Krishnamachari founded the biennial in 2012 in Fort Kochi, Kerala, alongside fellow artist Riyas Komu, who left in 2018 amid sexual harassment allegations.

When Masha met Ragnar: Pussy Riot member’s life-changing encounter

Maria "Masha" Alyokhina, a member of the protest group Pussy Riot, recounts her life-changing meeting with Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson at the opening of the GES-2 art centre in Moscow in late 2021. In an extract from her new book *Political Girl: Life and Fate in Russia*, she describes their encounter, during which Kjartansson praised her group's "Punk Prayer" as one of the greatest performances in art history. The book charts her years of dissent, including her 2012 imprisonment with fellow Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova and her 2022 escape from Russia disguised as a food courier, allegedly facilitated by Kjartansson.

Animation Producer & Advocate Marge Dean Discusses Her New Art Exhibition Illuminating the Value of Domestic Labor

Marge Dean, an Emmy-winning animation producer and head of Skybound Entertainment, opens a new conceptual art exhibition titled "The Sweepers" at Automata gallery in Los Angeles' Chinatown on November 7. The show imagines a world where housework is valued as highly as fine art, presenting the fictional "Floor Field Cleaning" art movement (1940-1975) through portraits, floor samples, biographies, and an animated interview with a housewife named Laurie Poons. Dean, who is also founder of Women in Animation, created the work during the COVID lockdown, using rotoscoping and Photoshop to explore the intersection of domestic labor and artistic value.

Philadelphia museum opens $20m expansion after winning back cancelled funding from Trump administration

Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia will unveil a $20 million expansion on November 1, adding the Frances M. Maguire Hall for Art and Education—a converted 19th-century mansion with 14 galleries and an education studio. The project, which also includes four acres of new green space, was funded in part by a gift from the Maguire Foundation and follows the museum's acquisition of the adjacent building in 2021. The expansion allows the museum to display more of its 8,000+ works by regional artists, including Pennsylvania Impressionists and Violet Oakley's preparatory sketches.

From Mondrian to Man Ray, Here Are the Best-Sellers at Auction So Far This Year

The article analyzes the best-selling artworks at auction in the first half of 2025, covering Old Masters, Impressionist and Modern, and Postwar categories. Notable sales include a pair of Francesco Guardi views of Venice that sold for $10.5 million at Sotheby’s New York, a Piet Mondrian abstraction from the estate of Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio that fetched just under $50 million, and a monumental rhinoceros-shaped desk by François-Xavier Lalanne that more than tripled its high estimate after a 13-minute bidding war. The report highlights that Old Masters sales were up 24% year-over-year, while top Impressionist and Modern lots saw lower prices compared to 2024.