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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 29, 2026 visibility 16 link 2 artists

Design Museum Stages First-Ever Retrospective For Streetwear Pioneer Nigo

London's Design Museum is opening "NIGO: From Japan with Love," the first UK retrospective dedicated to Japanese designer Nigo, founder of streetwear brand A Bathing Ape (BAPE) and current artistic director of Kenzo. The exhibition, featuring over 700 objects including rare archival garments, a recreation of Nigo's teenage bedroom, and ceramics inside a life-size glass tea house, traces his career from 1980s Tokyo street culture to global fashion influence.

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Global Retrospective Exhibitions

A major retrospective titled "NIGO: From Japan with Love" opens at the Design Museum in London on May 1, 2026, marking the designer's first major exhibition outside Japan. The show features over 700 objects spanning three decades, including around 600 items from NIGO's personal archive, a reconstruction of his teenage bedroom, vintage clothing, early designs, collaborations, hand-thrown ceramics, and a life-size glass tea house created for the exhibition. The display traces his career from Harajuku street culture through founding A Bathing Ape to his current role as artistic director of Kenzo.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 28, 2026 visibility 18 link 2 artists

Must-See Museum Exhibits in New Orleans This May

The article highlights two must-see photography exhibitions in New Orleans this May. The New Orleans Jazz Museum presents "Less is More: The Photography of Steve Rapport," which opened April 21 and combines Rapport's earlier rock 'n' roll photography with new, emotionally charged portraits made since he moved to New Orleans—the first time both bodies of work are shown together. Meanwhile, the Ogden Museum is hosting "Herman Leonard: Images of Jazz" (through July 12), featuring the legendary photographer's iconic images of jazz musicians from the bebop and cool jazz eras, including a print of Ella Fitzgerald. Leonard lived in New Orleans later in life, and the Ogden Museum protected his negative archive during Hurricane Katrina.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 21, 2026 visibility 9 link 1 artist

‘Raw honesty’: new museum preserves Thai-Chinese art rebel’s remarkable legacy

The Tang Chang Private Museum opened on May 1 in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, dedicated to preserving the legacy of the late Thai-Chinese artist Tang Chang. The museum was established by his grandson, Nawapooh Sae-tang, who inherited the responsibility of managing the artist's vast archive, a duty originally passed to his father, Thip, by the artist himself.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 20, 2026 visibility 17 link 4 artists

Museum Rietberg A Kind of Paradise Reframes Colonial Photography Narratives

The Museum Rietberg in Zürich has opened the exhibition 'A Kind of Paradise,' which critically reexamines colonial-era photography through the work of 20 contemporary artists from the global diaspora. The show is structured into four thematic sections—Shapeshifters, Confrontation, Care, and In the Photo Fantastic—and transforms archival images from tools of colonial power into sites of reinterpretation and resistance.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 18, 2026 visibility 19 link 2 artists

Daniel Roseberry plays tour guide at V&A Museum’s Schiaparelli exhibit

Creative director Daniel Roseberry led an intimate tour of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s landmark exhibition, "Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art," which opened in London on March 28, 2026. The retrospective features over 400 objects, ranging from Elsa Schiaparelli’s 1927 trompe l’oeil sweaters and the 1938 Skeleton Dress to Roseberry’s contemporary surrealist designs. During the walkthrough with British Vogue, Roseberry highlighted the historical continuity between the house’s archival disruption and his modern innovations like the hand-painted puzzle dress.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 13, 2026 visibility 23 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Exhibition | Allison Katz, 'Outta the Bag' at Hauser & Wirth, New York, Wooster Street, United States

Artist Allison Katz presents 'Outta the Bag,' her first solo exhibition with Hauser & Wirth in New York. The show features a diverse range of works that blend personal history, art-historical references, and linguistic wordplay, including her signature 'cock paintings' and motifs of mouths and architectural apertures. The exhibition serves as a homecoming for the Montreal-born, London-based artist, who spent her formative years in New York studying at Columbia University.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 10, 2026 visibility 18 link 1 artist

DePaul Art Museum Bids Farewell with Barbara Nessim’s Retrospective

The DePaul Art Museum (DPAM) is hosting a career-spanning retrospective for New York-based artist Barbara Nessim titled "My Compass Is the Line" before the institution permanently closes in June. The exhibition marks Nessim’s first solo show in Chicago, featuring works from the 1960s to the present that span painting, computer art, and her iconic 1982 Time magazine cover. The show highlights Nessim’s exploration of femininity and sexuality, drawing stylistic parallels to the Chicago Imagists while showcasing her technical versatility.

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article local schedule Apr 8, 2026 visibility 14 link 4 artists

Three exhibitions opening April 18 at Annapolis Royal gallery

Artsplace Gallery in Annapolis Royal is set to launch three new exhibitions on April 18, headlined by a community-focused project titled "AfterBurn: Stories from a Season of Fire." This central exhibition features a diverse range of media—including visual art, photography, and film—created by artists from across Nova Scotia in response to the devastating 2025 wildfire season. The initiative also incorporates personal reflections and archives from local residents, particularly those from West Dalhousie who were directly impacted by the fires.

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article news schedule Apr 6, 2026 visibility 23 link 1 artist

Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation Releases First Posthumous Artist's CV

The Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation has released the first comprehensive posthumous CV for the pioneering American sculptor Richard Hunt. Drawing from digital archives and research, the document reveals a career far more expansive than previously recorded, documenting 193 solo exhibitions and over 350 group shows across seven decades. This release follows the 2022 acquisition of Hunt’s massive physical archive by the Getty Research Institute, which continues to process over 1,000 linear feet of historical material.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 31, 2026 visibility 12 link 4 artists, 2 galleries

‘Under the Red Tent’ weaves memory, labor, and community at The CAMP Gallery

The CAMP Gallery in North Miami is hosting "Under the Red Tent," an immersive fiber art exhibition presented in collaboration with Red Thread Art Studio Miami. Featuring over 20 women artists, the show transforms the gallery into a monochromatic red environment where threads are suspended, woven, and draped to create a tactile sanctuary. The exhibition launched on International Women’s Day and functions as an evolving space that integrates a living oral history archive alongside physical textile works.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 4, 2026 visibility 14 link 1 artist

Women in the Frame: Art, Fashion, and Colorado History

The Denver Art Museum and the Center for Colorado Women's History have launched a collaborative initiative to celebrate International Women’s Day and the upcoming exhibition "DIVA." The partnership highlights the intersection of art, fashion, and regional history, specifically focusing on how women like Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor used clothing to assert status and identity. Key displays include Tabor's elaborate silk and lace wedding gown and the museum's current exhibition, "Conversation Pieces: Stories from the Fashion Archives."

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 23, 2026 visibility 15 link 6 artists

Conceptual artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s gets expansive tribute in California show

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is presenting *Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings*, the first survey of the late conceptual artist’s work in over two decades. Running from January 24 to April 19, the exhibition draws on BAMPFA’s substantial holdings of Cha’s art and archives, showcasing her multidisciplinary practice—including concrete poetry, mail art, textiles, ceramics, performance, and film. Curator Victoria Sung, alongside curatorial associate Tausif Noor, aims to de-emphasize Cha’s best-known work, *Dictée*, and instead highlight the fluidity of her process, revisiting themes across different media from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. The show features a recreation of her 1980 film *Exilée*, documentation of performances such as *Réveillé dans la Brume* (1977), and early ceramics and textiles never before shown publicly.

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article news schedule Jan 12, 2026 visibility 11 link 2 artists

Ground Control to London: David Bowie’s childhood home to be restored by heritage charity

The Heritage of London Trust has acquired David Bowie's childhood home at 4 Plaistow Grove in Bromley, southeast London, and plans to restore it to its early 1960s appearance. The railway workers' cottage, where Bowie lived from ages 8 to 20 and is believed to have written "Space Oddity," will open to the public in late 2027, offering an immersive experience centered on his bedroom. Geoffrey Marsh, co-curator of the V&A's "David Bowie Is" exhibition, will oversee the restoration, funded by a £500,000 grant from the Jones Day Foundation and a public fundraising campaign.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 16, 2025 visibility 14 link 2 artists

Arlington museum to host Hollywood-themed show on author Jane Austen

The Arlington Museum of Art will open a new exhibition in January 2026 titled "Dressed for the Drawing Room: Fashion in Jane Austen’s World," celebrating the author's 250th birthday. The show features costumes and jewelry from the 2005 film adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" and the 2020 film "Emma," loaned from NBCUniversal Archives & Collection, and is presented in partnership with the Jane Austen Society of North America - North Texas Chapter. The exhibition runs from January 9 to March 22, 2026, and is free to the public.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 5, 2025 visibility 10 link 7 artists

Miami's Women Photographers International Archive finds a new home

The Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) has opened its first physical space at Green Space Miami on the city's Upper East Side. Founded in 2018 by curator Aldeide Delgado and artist Francisco Masó, WOPHA is dedicated to researching and promoting the contributions of women and non-binary photographers to modern and contemporary art. The Green Family Foundation Trust, which owns Green Space Miami, is lending the space to WOPHA until December 2026. The inaugural exhibition, "tide lines of the frame" (through December 14), features works by 2025 artists-in-residence Kat Thompson and Nathyfa Michel, curated by Cecilia González Godino of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.

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article local schedule Oct 7, 2025 visibility 12 link 3 artists

Storied media arts centre launches emergency fundraising appeal to avoid closure

Vivo Media Arts Centre, a storied media arts centre in Vancouver, has launched an emergency fundraising appeal to avoid closure after five decades of operation. The centre faces a 30% rent increase imposed by the city of Vancouver, which consumes all of its operating revenue from the city, leaving nothing for staff or programming. It has raised nearly C$9,500 of the C$50,000 needed by the end of the year to sustain operations through early 2026.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 18 link 3 artists

New Bell Gallery exhibition ‘ojo|-|ólǫ́’ honors Diné mythology, culture

Artist Eric-Paul Riege presents 'ojo|-|ólǫ́,' a new exhibition at Brown University's David Winton Bell Gallery that combines fiber sculpture and performance art to explore Diné (Navajo) mythology and culture. The show, curated by Nina Bozicnik and Thea Quiray Tagle, runs through December 7 and features pieces borrowed from Brown's Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, which Riege felt were 'buried alive' and needed to be activated. Riege encourages visitors to touch the works and incorporates dance performances, including a recent opening where he carried a humanlike figure named Hólǫ́ through the gallery.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 11, 2025 visibility 13 link 4 artists

The V&A's David Bowie Centre opens this week—here's what visitors can expect to see

The David Bowie Centre opens on 13 September at the V&A East Storehouse in Stratford, east London, offering free timed-entry access to a 90,000-piece archive acquired from the Bowie estate. Lead curator Madeleine Haddon highlights discoveries like Bowie's paint palette and a framed photo of Little Richard, alongside an interactive installation tracing his influence on pop culture. The centre features nine rotating curated displays, including guest-curated ones by Nile Rodgers and The Last Dinner Party, and connects to the upcoming V&A East Museum exhibition 'The Music Is Black: A British Story'.

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article local schedule Aug 29, 2025 visibility 14 link 5 artists

What's open and closed on Labour Day in Ottawa?

Labour Day in Ottawa on September 1, 2025, will see most grocery stores, malls like Bayshore and Place d'Orléans, LCBO locations, and all Ottawa Public Library branches closed. However, several national museums including the National Gallery of Canada, along with the agriculture, aviation, history, nature, science, and war museums, will remain open. Some grocery stores such as Metro on Rideau and Bank streets, Whole Foods at Lansdowne Park, and select Beer Store locations will operate, while Rideau Centre and Tanger Outlets will be open with varying store hours. Municipal services like green bin and garbage collection are suspended for the day, and city beaches will no longer have lifeguards.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 23, 2025 visibility 15 link 2 artists

Immersive Game of Thrones exhibition blows ‘The Winds of Winter’ into Arlington

The Arlington Museum of Art will host "Game of Thrones: The Exhibition," an immersive showcase of over 60 original costumes and props from the HBO series, running from October 4, 2025, to April 5, 2026. The exhibition, produced in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Globe Experiences, includes behind-the-scenes sketches and design insights highlighting the historical influences behind the show's iconic looks, from Daenerys Targaryen's gowns to Jon Snow's Night's Watch gear.

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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 22, 2025 visibility 11 link 4 artists

Recently discovered and restored Artemisia Gentileschi painting will go on view at the Getty in Los Angeles

A recently discovered and restored painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, depicting Hercules and Omphale, will go on view at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles from June 10 to September 14. The work, which experts believe has not been publicly exhibited for at least a century, was damaged in the 2020 Beirut port explosion while hanging in Sursock Palace. After extensive conservation by Getty conservator Ulrich Birkmaier, the painting has been attributed to Gentileschi and is considered a major masterpiece by scholars.

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article culture schedule May 12, 2025 visibility 16 link 7 artists

The art of being Pope Leo: from a Raphael portrait to the first pontiff to be captured on film

The article examines the artistic and historical legacy of popes named Leo, following the election of Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV on 8 May. It traces the name through figures like Leo I (Leo the Great), Leo IX, and Leo X, focusing on Raphael's iconic 1518-20 portrait of Pope Leo X with cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de Rossi. The piece also discusses Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican's Stanze and Loggia, which depict earlier Leonine popes, and highlights the Medici family's role in bankrolling the Renaissance.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 12, 2025 visibility 14 link 3 artists

Wes Anderson’s priceless ‘Renaissance portrait’ to go on show in London

The Design Museum in London will host "Wes Anderson: The Archives" from November 21, 2025 to July 26, 2026, featuring over 600 items from the filmmaker's career, including props, sketches, and notebooks. A highlight is the "priceless Renaissance portrait" Boy with Apple from the film The Grand Budapest Hotel, which was actually painted in 2012 by British artist Michael Taylor as a commission for Anderson.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 28, 2025 visibility 10 link 5 artists

Mohonk Mountain House Unveils a New Art Exhibition Celebrating History and Nature

Mohonk Mountain House, a historic resort in New York's Hudson Valley, has unveiled a new art exhibition titled "Essence by Design" on Earth Day (April 22). The exhibition features 41 hand-painted glass slides from 1902, originally created by artist Walter T. Weaver, depicting exotic and native flora. The slides, preserved in the resort's archives thanks to Daniel Smiley and his daughter Pril Smiley, have been digitized into large-scale prints (26×32 inches) and permanently installed in the Grove building. Pril Smiley, a fourth-generation steward and Director of Art, curated the selection to continue the legacy of founder Albert Smiley, who believed in blending indoor and outdoor experiences.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 19, 2025 visibility 18 link 5 artists, 2 galleries

Between Ruins: Zazou Roddam by Ben Broome

London-based artist Zazou Roddam explores the intersection of pop culture nostalgia and historical trauma through the manipulation of found objects and archival media. Her practice, rooted in a long-standing fascination with the 'detritus of history' found in London’s Portobello Road Market, gained significant attention following her debut solo exhibition at Brunette Coleman. Central to her recent work is the video piece 'Pop Inflection (The City)', which meticulously edits footage from 'Sex and the City' to track the architectural and psychological shifts in New York City before and after the 9/11 attacks.

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article policy schedule Feb 17, 2026 visibility 37 link 5 artists

UK artist resale right at 20: how successful has the pioneering scheme been?

The UK's Artist Resale Right (ARR), a law entitling visual artists to royalties from secondary market sales of their work, marks its 20th anniversary. Initially met with fierce opposition from auction houses and dealers who feared it would drive high-value sales offshore, the scheme is now largely accepted by the UK art trade, though concerns about administrative burdens compared to markets like New York and Hong Kong remain.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 13, 2025 visibility 23 link 10 artists

Spanish Artist Juan Saliquet Explores Urban Soul in Art Exhibition

Spanish artist Juan Saliquet opened a solo exhibition titled "Archaeology of a City: Almaty" at Esentai Gallery in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on September 5, running until October 15. The show, organized by the Embassy of Spain in Kazakhstan and ART FUTURE, culminates Saliquet's international residency with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). Through photography, Saliquet captures Almaty's urban details—architecture, graffiti, reflections, and street fragments—treating the city as a living archive layered with memory and identity.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 26, 2025 visibility 13 link 1 artist

Students curate the past and look toward the future: SVAD centennial exhibition showcases 100 years of art at USC

Students at the University of South Carolina curated "Generations: 100 Years of Art at USC," a centennial exhibition at the McKissick Museum celebrating the School of Visual Art and Design (SVAD). Developed in an exhibition design course taught by museum director Lana Burgess and professor Susan Felleman, the show traces the art department's history from its founding in 1925 by Katherine Heyward to its current status as the state's largest art program. Junior art history major Agostina Mercado and her classmates researched archives, conducted oral histories with former faculty like Philip Mullen, and uncovered themes of mentorship and community that have defined the school for a century.

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