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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 25, 2026 visibility 23 link 9 artists, 2 galleries

MOCAD Reopens with New Exhibitions from Detroit Artists

Detroit's Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAD) has reopened after an eight-month closure for construction, unveiling four new exhibitions as part of its 2026 Spring Exhibition and 20th anniversary. The renovations include a new HVAC system, educational space, and windows that allow passersby to see inside. The building has been renamed the Julia Reyes Taubman Building in honor of the late co-founder, whose family contributed $1.8 million toward the $3 million first phase. Mayor Mary Sheffield toured the exhibitions at an April 23 media preview, praising the museum's role in community healing and access. Featured exhibitions include "Olayami Dabls: Detroit Cosmologies," the first retrospective of the artist's nearly 50-year career, showcasing his evolution from figurative acrylics to abstract collage.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 24, 2025 visibility 11 link 3 artists

ronen zien tel aviv museum of art

Ronen Zien, an artist born in the Arab city of Shefa Amr in northern Israel, presents a solo exhibition titled "Walking Into" at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The show features works that explore memory, time, and borders, including a life-size video piece where Zien walks into a faded family photograph from the 1990s. Using chroma key technology, he inserts himself into images from his childhood and historic photographs, such as a 19th-century print by Félix Bonfils. The exhibition draws on Zien's family history within the Druze community, which is divided by the Israel–Syria border, and includes works created in the six months before its February 2025 opening, amid ongoing war tensions.

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pope francis art artists

Artnet News has compiled a selection of artworks created in anticipation of Pope Francis's first visit to the United States. The works include Anthony VanArsdale's portrait for the North American College in Rome, a new addition to the 'Franks' mural at Philadelphia's Dirty Franks bar, a massive photo-realistic mural by Van Hecht-Nielsen overlooking Madison Square Garden in New York, a large-scale mural by Caesar Viveros for the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and a controversial, officially licensed portrait by Perry Milou. Other featured pieces include an illustration by Omkar Shivaprasad and a vandalized mural in Bolivia by William Luna and Guillermo Rodriguez.

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pussy riot labeled extremist organization by russias justice ministry

Russia’s justice ministry has officially designated Pussy Riot, the feminist punk rock band and art collective co-founded by Nadya Tolokonnikova, as an “extremist organization.” The ruling follows a December 15 closed-door hearing at Moscow’s Tverskoy Court, where prosecutor general Alexander Gutsan filed a lawsuit against the group. The designation bans all Pussy Riot activities in Russia and allows the state to seize property of members and their families, and to prosecute anyone supporting the group. Tolokonnikova told ARTnews the group will appeal, calling the decision a source of “anxiety and bureaucratic nonsense.” In September, five members were sentenced to 8–13 years for spreading “fakes” about the Russian military, and Tolokonnikova was placed on Russia’s wanted list in 2023 after her performance *Putin’s Ashes*.

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art market mugrabi nahmad kenny schachter

Kenny Schachter critiques the art market's doomsaying media narrative, coining the acronym Salsa (Scribes Always Love Sensational Apocalypse) to describe clickbait-driven hype. He contrasts current market anxieties with past downturns, notably the 1991-1996 recession when the market evaporated, citing a 1991 Roberta Smith article. Schachter observes that the Nahmads and Mugrabis, once feuding families, now invest together, and he recounts his experience at Phillips during his "Hoarder 6" exhibition, where young collectors showed genuine interest. He argues that the market, though wounded, remains healthy and calls for a less transactional, more patient approach to selling art.

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article local schedule Apr 16, 2026 visibility 47 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

An art gallery

Students from Becket Washington School and their families gathered at the Becket Arts Center for the opening of a dedicated exhibition featuring student artwork. The show, hosted in the center's upstairs gallery, highlights the creative output of local youth and remains open to the public through April 26.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 10, 2026 visibility 45 link 17 artists, 1 gallery

Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb at the High Museum

The High Museum of Art has launched the first solo museum exhibition for American photographer Mimi Plumb, titled "Blazing Light." Spanning five decades of work, the exhibition features over 100 photographs across three major series: "The White Sky," "Landfall and The Golden City," and "The Reservoir." These gritty, black-and-white images document the evolving landscape of the American West, specifically California, while capturing the psychological tension of a society grappling with environmental decay and economic instability.

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article news schedule Oct 9, 2025 visibility 18 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

henry street settlement independent art fair

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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article local schedule May 22, 2026 visibility 4 link 2 artists

How families can turn the Carnegie International into a family scavenger hunt

The Carnegie International exhibition, a prestigious contemporary art showcase held every four years, has opened at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. This year, the exhibit spans four locations across the city, and the article suggests families turn it into a scavenger hunt. KDKA-TV's Kristine Sorensen interviews Dana Bishop-Root, director of education at the museum, who advises letting children lead the exploration and asking simple questions like 'What do you see?' to spark conversation. Featured works include Ginger Brooks Takahashi's perilla plant garden outside the museum, Peter Jameson's painted van, a colorful sculpture at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, an immersive installation by two Peruvian artists at the Mattress Factory, and an animated piece by Torkwase Dyson at the Kamin Science Center's Buhl Planetarium.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 8, 2026 visibility 15 link 12 artists

At this art show, kids make the rules

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto is hosting 'Colourful Parachutes: Imagining Alternative Futures Through the Power of Play,' a group exhibition that centers children as active participants rather than passive observers. Curated by Frances Loeffler, the show features interactive works by artists including Temitayo Ogunbiyi, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers and Susannah Wesley), Claire Greenshaw, Rivane Neuenschwander, Harold Offeh, Sassa Linklater, Tobias Linklater, and Robin Rhode, with installations that invite climbing, drawing, playing, and touching. The exhibition draws inspiration from a 1968 show at Moderna Museet in Stockholm that transformed the museum into an adventure playground.

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gavel restitution schedule May 4, 2026 visibility 21 link 5 artists

Musée d’Orsay displays Renoir and Degas works looted by Nazis

The Musée d’Orsay in Paris has opened a new gallery dedicated exclusively to artworks suspected of being looted or forcibly sold during the Nazi occupation of France. Among the 13 works on display is Edgar Degas's *Dinner at the Ball* (1919), originally owned by Jewish collector Fernand Ochsé, who was deported to Auschwitz with his wife in 1941. The painting passed through multiple hands before being identified as one of over 100,000 artworks plundered by the Nazis. The museum has assembled a team of six provenance researchers to spend three years tracing the original owners of these works, which are part of the "MNR" (Musées nationaux récupération) collection—some 2,200 pieces deemed too important to sell but whose owners remain unknown.

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article local schedule May 3, 2026 visibility 18 link 6 artists

The Parrish Art Museum Held Annual Spring Fling Benefit Honoring Bobbie Braun

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill held its annual Spring Fling benefit on April 25, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Access Parrish, an initiative that makes art accessible to visitors of all needs and abilities. The event featured art, dance, music, and food, and honored Bobbie Braun of The Neuwirth Foundation as the museum's inaugural Civic and Community Leader Honoree for her unwavering commitment to the program since its inception in 2016.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 14 link 3 artists

Ruth Orkin: Women on the Move | Exhibition

The National Museum of Women in the Arts is presenting "Ruth Orkin: Women on the Move," an exhibition of 21 vintage photographs by the mid-20th-century American photographer Ruth Orkin (1921–1985). Drawn from the museum's collection, the show highlights Orkin's depictions of women in diverse settings—from Hollywood celebrities and Broadway stars to Women's Army Auxiliary Corps members, tourists in Europe, and families in an Israeli kibbutz. Orkin, who was barred from joining the cinematographers' union due to her gender, turned her narrative eye to photography, often collaborating with her subjects to invert the conventional male gaze. The exhibition runs from December 12, 2025, to April 19, 2026.

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article local schedule Jun 24, 2025 visibility 18 link 5 artists

Fort Worth’s 7 Must-See Museum Exhibits This Summer

Fort Worth's top museums are presenting seven must-see exhibitions this summer, ranging from a deep dive into the life of primatologist Jane Goodall at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History to a joint survey of abstract painters Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Other highlights include a hands-on exploration of indigenous knowledge in 'Roots of Wisdom,' a survey of pop-culture-infused paintings by Alex Da Corte, and a behind-the-scenes look at photographer Richard Avedon's process at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 16, 2025 visibility 14 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

huxley parlour lisa sanditz

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.

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person people schedule Apr 9, 2026 visibility 23 link 6 artists, 3 galleries

Robilant and Voena gallery founders part ways to start separate ventures with their children

Edmondo di Robilant and Marco Voena, the founders of the prominent gallery Robilant + Voena (R+V), have announced the dissolution of their 22-year partnership to launch two separate family-run firms. The split results in the creation of 'Robilant' and 'Voena,' with both founders bringing their children into senior leadership roles to ensure long-term succession. Michele di Robilant will serve as director of Robilant, while Edoardo and Virginia Voena will take on director and sales director roles respectively at Voena.

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article news schedule Apr 13, 2026 visibility 18 link 3 artists

Chicana Painter Criselda Vasquez Says ICE Detained Her Father

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained the father of Chicana painter Criselda Vasquez, who served as the primary subject for her acclaimed 2017 painting "The New American Gothic." The artist reported that her father, a resident of the United States for over 40 years, was racially profiled and arrested while returning from work in California. In response, the family launched a successful crowdfunding campaign that raised nearly $68,000 in ten days to cover legal fees and lost wages.

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gavel restitution schedule May 13, 2025 visibility 14 link 3 artists

germany settles century long restitution over royal artifacts

Germany’s federal government, along with the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, has reached a settlement with the descendants of the House of Hohenzollern, ending a nearly century-long legal dispute over ownership of 27,000 artworks. The collection includes a portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder and an 18th-century table service commissioned by Emperor Frederick II. Wolfram Weimer, Germany’s new Minister of State for Culture, announced the deal in Berlin, confirming the works will remain in public museums such as the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the German Historical Museum.

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article local schedule Apr 6, 2026 source 4 sources visibility 19 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Santa Monica City Gallery Opens At Bergamot Station

The City of Santa Monica has officially opened the Santa Monica City Gallery, its first municipal art space, located within the Bergamot Station Arts Center. The gallery launched with the inaugural exhibition "Case Study: Adapt," which showcases architectural models designed by students and professional firms to address housing needs for families displaced by the 2025 California wildfires. The venue is designed to host a rotating schedule of exhibitions, artist residencies, and selections from the city’s permanent Art Bank collection.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 26, 2026 visibility 20 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Gelitin “All for All” at Perrotin, New York

The Austrian group Gelitin has opened a new exhibition titled "All for All" at Perrotin gallery in New York. The show continues the group's long-term exploration of artworks as social forms, focusing on building chosen families and temporary publics through their collaborative practice.

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article local schedule Dec 5, 2025 visibility 12 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Once a dairy barn, now a free contemporary art museum

A 125-year-old dairy barn converted into a contemporary art museum will open May 1 in Indianapolis's Garfield Park neighborhood. The Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), founded by Big Car Collaborative co-founders Jim Walker and Shauta Marsh, spans 40,000 square feet and includes six exhibition spaces, 18 artist studios, five storefronts for creative businesses, a performance space, a cafe, and a culinary arts area. The museum will be free to the public, with its inaugural exhibition featuring Puerto Rican painter Ivelisse Jiménez in the Jeremy Efroymson Gallery. CAMi aims to offer a welcoming, barrier-free environment—no security guards, no stern signage—and will focus on paying artists to create work rather than acquiring a permanent collection.

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grant william penn foundation support low income disabled museum goers philadelphia

The William Penn Foundation has awarded $7.6 million in grants to six Philadelphia-based cultural institutions to enhance accessibility for low-income families and individuals with disabilities. The funding is allocated based on the volume of visitors using the ACCESS card program, which provides deeply discounted admission to residents receiving public assistance or those with disabilities. Key recipients include the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Academy of Natural Sciences, and the Franklin Institute, along with Art-Reach, the organization managing the program.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 22, 2026 visibility 7 link 3 artists

What To Expect at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s New Brick Planet Exhibition

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science has opened "Brick Planet: A Magical Journey Made With LEGO® Bricks," a temporary exhibition by award-winning Lego artist Sean Kenney. Featuring 1.5 million bricks, the show includes life-size animal sculptures like a polar bear, a ruby-throated hummingbird, and a Galapagos tortoise, along with interactive elements such as a "Mystery Mosaic." Kenney, a former Lego Masters guest judge, has toured his Lego exhibitions globally since 2012, with this installation emphasizing nature and environmental responsibility.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 1, 2025 visibility 14 link 6 artists

Every Year This Wisconsin Museum Hosts the Best Modern Bird Art in the World

The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its annual "Birds in Art" exhibition in September 2024. The show, the largest in its history, features 142 artworks by 142 artists from 16 countries, including paintings, sculptures, and collages. The exhibition originated in 1976 as "Birds of the Lakes, Fields, and Forests," organized by wildlife artist Owen J. Gromme, and has since become a premier global showcase for modern bird art. This year's selection included 101 works chosen from 1,160 entries, plus 41 pieces by past Master Wildlife Artists from the museum's collection.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 8, 2025 visibility 13 link 7 artists

Banking family’s treasures go on show at Bath’s Holburne Museum

Nearly 200 Old Master treasures from the Schroder Collection, amassed by the late banker Bruno Schroder and his family over more than a century, will go on long-term display at the Holburne Museum in Bath, UK, starting 10 September. The collection includes silver, maiolica, and paintings by artists such as Lucas Cranach the Elder and Hans Holbein the Elder, many shown publicly for the first time. The loan was facilitated by Bruno’s daughter Leonie, who requested the works remain in the UK and be placed in a regional museum rather than London.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 5, 2025 visibility 14 link 2 artists

Major show of African American quilts opening at BAMPFA — despite federal funding cuts

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is opening "Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California" on June 8, the first major museum survey of its vast African American quilt collection. The collection, bequeathed by Oakland collector Eli Leon in 2018, includes over 3,000 quilts, with 100 featured in the exhibition. The show focuses on migration during the Second Great Migration (1940–1970) and highlights artists like National Heritage Fellow Laverne Brackens, Rosie Lee Tompkins, and Arbie Williams, alongside multi-generational quilting families. The exhibition opens despite recent federal funding cuts for conservation work on the quilts.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 27, 2025 visibility 12 link 3 artists

The Gallery Children’s Biennale Is Back, With 8 Baby-Friendly Interactive Zones & Free Entry

The Gallery Children’s Biennale returns for its 5th edition at National Gallery Singapore, launching on 31 May 2025. Themed “Tomorrow We’ll Be…”, the exhibition features eight interactive artworks by Singaporean and Asian artists, including Fern Wong, Wyn-Lyn Tan, Hiromi Tango, Souliya Phoumivong, and Vicente Delgado. For the first time, the Biennale is baby-friendly, with zones designed for infants and toddlers. The event runs in conjunction with the National Gallery’s 10th anniversary and SG60, celebrating Singapore’s 60th year of independence.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 28, 2025 visibility 14 link 7 artists

Wonders of Nature: New nature-themed art exhibition featuring Japanese artists like Go Yayanagi and more

New Art Museum Singapore has launched 'Wonders of Nature', its first immersive exhibition designed for children and families. Curated by local creative Warren Wee, the show features works from eight international and local artists including Go Yayanagi, Go Ogawa, Yuji Kanamaru, Masato Inagaki, Osamu Watanabe, Jackson Tan, and Jesse Franklin. The exhibition includes interactive zones such as the Animal Kingdom with candy-colored sculptures, a Canyon of Cuddles playground with inflatable cacti and a ball pit, a digital ocean with life-sized projected fish, and a Garden of Senses with augmented reality games. A pop-up by Waga Waga Labs offers matcha drinks inspired by the exhibition's colors and themes. The exhibition runs until October 5, 2025, at the museum's Tanjong Pagar Distripark location.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 26, 2026 visibility 21

A Storied Rockefeller Art Trove Goes on View at Asia Society

The Asia Society in New York has unveiled a major exhibition drawn from the Rockefeller family's extensive collection of Asian devotional sculptures. The show, curated by the institution's own critic, spans 70 years of acquisitions and features works the critic was personally involved in installing decades ago.

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article local schedule May 14, 2026 visibility 17 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Dive deep into creativity at AMSET’s Free Family Arts Day celebration Saturday

The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) will host a Free Family Arts Day titled "The Art of H2O" on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Beaumont, Texas. The event features hands-on art activities inspired by the museum's current exhibitions, "Julius Stockfleth: Dawn of a Century" and "Bill Pangburn: Printed Traces - A Neches River Journal," both celebrating water. Visitors can explore galleries, create art, and enjoy live entertainment from Sonny “The Birdman” Carlin, with treats from the IScream Ice Cream Truck available for purchase.

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