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나이키 특별전 'Nike: Form Follows Motion'@아트앤디자인뮤지엄(MAD, 9/12-3/7)

The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City will present "Nike: Form Follows Motion," the U.S. premiere of a comprehensive museum exhibition on the sports brand Nike, from September 12, 2026, to March 7, 2027. Originated by Germany's Vitra Design Museum and curated by Glenn Adamson, the exhibition traces Nike's five-decade evolution from a small Oregon running company into a global cultural force, featuring over 200,000 objects from the Department of Nike Archives, including prototypes, design studies, and iconic products like the Waffle Trainer, Air Force 1, Air Jordan, Air Max, Flyknit, and Vaporfly. The exhibition is organized into four chronological sections—Track, Air, Sensation, and a fourth section—highlighting design innovation, athlete partnerships, and the science of the Nike Sport Research Lab.

Artist of the Week: Joey M. Robinson, Seattle-based contemporary artist

Seattle Refined's 'Artist of the Week' feature spotlights Joey M. Robinson, a Seattle-based contemporary artist whose work explores movement, emotion, and color through layered abstract compositions. Robinson has been creating art for over two decades, with his work exhibited at the Seattle Art Museum and held in private collections. He is donating a selection from his Black Maid Tributes series to the Lifelong Pride Gala's live auction, which will take place in Seattle on June 13. The series, inspired by the 1967 shooting death of his mother's best friend, a maid named Lois Spellman, aims to honor the humanity of disadvantaged women. Robinson works primarily in acrylic and canvas, and also uses encaustic painting.

Road Trip Close to Home: The Aldrich Decennial - "I am what is around me"

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, has opened a new exhibition titled "I am what is around me," the first in its Aldrich Decennial series. The show features works by 40 Connecticut artists, all of whom have never had solo exhibitions in the state before. Executive Director Cybele Maylone describes it as the largest show the museum has ever presented, encompassing photography, sculpture, and painting. The exhibition was conceived by Chief Curator Amy Smith-Stuart and organized with Assistant Curator Caitlin Monachino, aiming to highlight the diversity of the state's emerging and under-recognized artists. The museum's Sculpture Garden also includes works from the exhibition and is free and open to the public daily.

Artful ATL returns to Atlanta Contemporary with more than 30 artists

Artful ATL returns to Atlanta Contemporary for its second annual exhibition and sale, featuring over 30 artists selected from more than 200 submissions. Founded by Esohe and George Galbreath, the show operates on a model where artists keep 100% of the sale proceeds. The lineup mixes returning and new artists, with an emphasis on consistency and growth. The exhibition opens Saturday at 6 p.m., with tickets starting at $30.

‘Storytellers in Clay’ Coming to Seattle Asian Art Museum | A&E

The Seattle Asian Art Museum will open a new exhibition titled “The Kondō Family: Storytellers in Clay” on July 15, showcasing 60 ceramic works by four members of the Kondō family across three generations. The display spans a century of Japanese ceramic artistry, from Kondō Yūzō, a Living National Treasure known for blue-and-white porcelain, to contemporary artist Kondō Takahiro, whose work addresses nature and environmental change.

MAM São Paulo Announces Artists for Its 39th Panorama of Brazilian Art Exhibition

The Museum of Modern Art (MAM) São Paulo has announced the 33 artists for its 39th Panorama of Brazilian Art exhibition, titled "Depois que Tudo Foi Dito" (After It’s All Said), opening on September 12, 2026. Curated by Diane Lima, the show features notable artists including Jota Mombaça, Lia D Castro, Caroline Ricca Lee, Allan Weber, Fykyá Pankararu, and Rose Afefé, whose works reflect Brazil’s changing society. The exhibition marks the museum’s return to Ibirapuera Park following renovations.

Teppei Ikehila | Brilliant World (2023) | For Sale

The article lists a work titled "Brilliant World (2023)" by artist Teppei Ikehila as available for sale on Artsy, an online art marketplace. The listing appears to be a straightforward commercial offering of a contemporary artwork.

Atlanta photographer Artemus Jenkins showcases ‘From Afrique, With Love’ exhibition

Atlanta photographer and artist Artemus Jenkins is presenting his exhibition “From Afrique, With Love” at Old Rabbit Gallery and My Garage ATL from June 12 through July 7. The show features photographs from Jenkins’s travels in West Africa, beginning with a 2019 trip to Ghana during the Year of the Return, and includes a collaboration with photographer Nyeusi Mwezi, whose images from the Gambia, Senegal, and Ghana create a parallel narrative. Jenkins describes himself as a “cultural custodian” and self-funded the exhibition to coincide with Atlanta’s World Cup summer, aiming to showcase the city’s capacity for global cultural dialogue.

The Enki Bilal Foundation opens in Paris: a new art space in the Marais — our photos

The Enki Bilal Foundation opens in Paris's Marais district on June 11, 2026, as a new art space dedicated to the work of illustrator, writer, and filmmaker Enki Bilal. The venue, also called the Enki Bilal Collection, will feature a retrospective of Bilal's work through September 2026, along with temporary exhibitions, round-table discussions, screenings, book signings, and artist talks. It aims to showcase contemporary art, comics, and street art, functioning as a creative laboratory for painting, drawing, video, and installation art that explores society and possible futures.

Motoring blueprints transformed into contemporary art go on show at Beaulieu

The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu is hosting a new exhibition featuring contemporary pop art created by French artist Alan Reullier, who transforms original blueprints of classic British vehicles—including Land Rover, Triumph, and Mini—into vibrant artworks. The show runs from 12 June 2026 to 7 February 2027 at the museum’s In Focus Gallery, with original pieces and limited-edition prints available for purchase.

Sir John Soane’s Museum Names Lacey Law and Kanto Ohara Maeda as 2026 Jerwood Artists in Residence

Sir John Soane’s Museum has announced that artists Lacey Law and Kanto Ohara Maeda have been selected as its 2026 Jerwood Artists in Residence. Supported by the Jerwood Foundation, the residency places artists in Soane’s Drawing Office, the earliest surviving working architectural office in Britain, originally installed in 1823. Law will undertake the Autumn residency, while Maeda will be the Summer resident, each developing new work over three months in response to the museum’s collections and legacy. The programme, launched in 2023 after the Drawing Office’s restoration, was renamed in 2025 to recognize the Jerwood Foundation’s three-year commitment.

Tbilisi’s defining art market moment

On April 27, Tbilisi hosted its first-ever international auction dedicated entirely to Georgian modern and contemporary art, organized by Hessink’s Fine Art Auctioneers at the Museum of Modern Art. The sale featured 90 works spanning the 20th century to today and achieved a rare "white glove" result, with every lot sold. The total hammer price reached €1,019,070, exceeding €1.3 million with premiums and taxes. Notable results included Alexander (Shura) Bandzeladze's "Dream of Noah" (1989) selling for €250,000, well above its estimate, and strong performances by Mamuka Tsetskhladze, Iliko Zautashvili, Vera Pagava, Lia Bagrationi, and Guela Tsouladze. Bidders participated from the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, Spain, and Switzerland, both in person and via online platforms Drouot and Invaluable.

Hypha Studios to open Major New South Bank Cultural Hub

Hypha Studios will open Hypha Gallery South Bank on 25th June, transforming a vacant office building near Tate Modern into a major cultural hub. The 9,000 sqft site includes exhibition spaces, artist studios, a project space, and a showroom for Hypha Curates, supporting around 600 artists through exhibitions, studio provision, and sales platforms. Developed with HUB and Bridges Fund Management, the hub launches with three exhibitions exploring connection, movement, and ecological systems, and offers free studio space to 17 artists from collective Lobby.

Egyptian pavilion at Venice Biennale silently speaks volumes

The Egyptian National Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale presents "Silence Pavilion: Between the Tangible and the Intangible," a solo exhibition by Egyptian artist Armen Agop. The immersive installation guides visitors through three sequential spaces—reflective, tactile, and contemplative—featuring three granite sculptures and two large paintings, with soft sounds and lotus scent enhancing the experience. Visitors are asked to enter in silence and put away cameras and phones, encouraging a meditative engagement with the works.

Artists Amy Douglas & Lou Winwood unite for first joint Exhibition, COLLISIO

Artists Amy Douglas and Lou Winwood have come together for their first joint exhibition, titled COLLISIO, held from June 11-14, 2026, at Studio Two Point in London's Perseverance Works complex. The exhibition presents a disruptive sensory mix of painting, collage, drawing, and ceramics, exploring themes of memory, family, nostalgia, and pets through materials like broken ceramics, discarded books, and textile scraps. Douglas, a Brighton-based ceramic artist and printmaker, and Winwood, a Hertfordshire-based artist who transitioned from a fashion career, have been friends for over three decades. The show is curated by Anne Mullee.

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On June 4, 2026, the Hanwha Foundation of Culture and Paris Centre Pompidou opened Centre Pompidou Hanwha in Seoul's Yeouido district, marking the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and Korea. The 11,000 m² exhibition space, designed by Wilmotte & Associés, is housed in the iconic 63 Building and will present eight monographic and thematic exhibitions over five years drawn from Centre Pompidou's Musée national d'art moderne, alongside contemporary shows highlighting Korean artists.

Asidere/Duke: Artist’s dual identities unfold on canvas

The article profiles an artist whose dual identities—Asidere and Duke—are explored through their work on canvas. It delves into how the artist navigates these two personas, using painting as a medium to express contrasting yet complementary aspects of their cultural and personal background. The piece highlights specific works and techniques that embody this duality, offering insight into the artist's creative process and the narratives behind their art.

Yooyun Yang’s Solo Exhibition “Dog-ear 복기” on View Through July 18, 2026, at Duarte Sequeira Seoul

Duarte Sequeira Seoul presents "Dog-ear 복기", a solo exhibition by Korean artist Yooyun Yang, running through July 18, 2026. The show features eleven new paintings on Korean paper (Jangji) that depict dissolving, blurry figures—more like traces of memory than conventional portraits. This is the first solo exhibition by a Korean artist since the gallery opened its Seoul space.

After-work art: National Gallery opens until 7pm throughout summer

The National Gallery in London is extending its opening hours throughout summer 2025, remaining open until 7pm daily from 3 July to 31 August, with its usual late opening on Fridays until 9pm. The initiative, called National Gallery Summertime, responds to audience demand for more flexible visiting hours, particularly for Londoners and commuters who cannot visit during traditional daytime hours. The gallery’s food and drink venues will also stay open during the extended hours.

8 Must-See Exhibitions at Zurich Art Weekend 2026

Zürich Art Weekend returns for its ninth edition from June 12th to 14th, 2026, featuring over 75 exhibitions and 150 events across more than 70 venues. The weekend serves as a concentrated showcase of Zurich's dense gallery scene, with participation from local stalwarts like Mai 36 Galerie and international names such as Hauser & Wirth, and is strategically timed just days before Art Basel opens on June 16th.

New Currents: Melody Qingmei Li’s Porous Selves

Hong Kong-based artist Melody Qingmei Li explores skin as both subject and medium in her multimedia practice, which includes painting-sculptures, collages, and video works. Her solo exhibition “my gaze is as clear as your breath” at Square Street Gallery in 2025 featured pieces such as “in fragments, seeking flickers” and “touching you in hollow cracks,” where delicate silk and mineral-pigment collages were mounted on custom mirrors to create endless self-examination. Li also led workshops titled “The Body Map Experience” at HART Haus, documented in the two-channel video “to see is to touch to care is to mutate is to be” (2025).

The Current in Stowe, VT stages 35th annual free, outdoor, sculpture exhibition

The Current, a contemporary art center in Stowe, Vermont, is staging the 35th annual edition of Exposed, a free outdoor sculpture exhibition running from June 20 to October 17, 2026. This year's exhibition honors Vermont sculptors Christopher Curtis and the late John Matusz, who as former curators helped establish the exhibition and expand it into public spaces. Featured artists include Christopher Curtis, Miles Greenberg, Tomokazu Matsuyama, and John Matusz, along with open-call selected artists such as M. Julian Isaacson, Scott Boyd, Marcel Regueiro, Eva Tellier, Christopher Yockey, and Duy Hoàng. The exhibition opens with a free public festival on June 20, including artist talks, a guided walking tour, and live music.

An artist who treated his bookshelves as source material on display in New Paltz starting June 17

The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz will host an exhibition from June 17 to November 8, featuring R. B. Kitaj's complete portfolio of 50 silkscreen prints based on book covers and dust jackets from his personal library. The show also includes a companion series by contemporary artist Daria Irincheeva, depicting books that were suppressed during the Soviet era. Kitaj (1932–2007), an Ohio-born, London-based figurative painter known for merging Pop Art collage with dense literary and political references, used his bookshelves as source material for this rarely exhibited body of work.

Curatorial Democracy in Action at MCASB

The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) is hosting its third annual 'Arte del Pueblo' exhibition, a jury-free, open-call community art show that welcomes all artists regardless of professional status. The exhibition features a diverse array of works, including paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media pieces by artists such as Javier Nuchita, Miriam Slater, Brett Schoonwoerd, and the youth collective Corazon del Pueblo Painting Project, among many others.

Galleri Kaya celebrates 22nd anniversary

Galleri Kaya, a Dhaka-based gallery serving the city's art scene for 22 years, launched a group exhibition on Friday to celebrate its anniversary. The show features 73 artworks by 45 artists, spanning seven decades from 1957 to 2026, in diverse media including oil, acrylic, charcoal, and printmaking techniques. United States Ambassador Brent T Christensen opened the exhibition, which was attended by senior artist Shahid Kabir and barrister Nihad Kabir. The exhibition includes works by eminent Bangladeshi artists such as Goutam Chakraborty, Shahabuddin Ahmed, Monirul Islam, and Hamiduzzaman Khan, as well as noted Indian artists Jogen Chowdhury and KG Subramanyan. The 15-day exhibition runs through June 26.

WATCH: Artist Lucy Ash brings hidden LGBT histories to Trafalgar Square gallery

British-Canadian artist Lucy Ash presents 'Invisible Portraits' at Canada Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, running until 3 October. The free exhibition uses painting, film, and sound to highlight forgotten LGBT figures, including filmmaker Derek Jarman, painter Simeon Solomon, and poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Several works are dedicated to Ian Baynham, a victim of a 2009 homophobic assault near the gallery, whom Ash knew personally; the show includes a portrait of his sister Jen and a film on grief and loss.

Saudi artists showcased in Venice exhibition

The Saudi-backed exhibition "A Necessary Fiction: Maps, Art, and Models of Our World" is currently on view alongside the 61st Venice Biennale at the Abbazia di San Gregorio in Venice. Featuring 78 works by 29 contemporary artists, nine of whom are from Saudi Arabia, the show includes pieces by Ahmed Mater, Sarah Abu Abdallah, Nasser Al-Salem, and Basmah Felemban. Mater contributes "100 Found Objects" (2015), a work inspired by objects found near the Kaaba in Makkah, while Abu Abdallah's "Following the Lines" (2022) maps emotional landscapes through collaged photos and drawings. Al-Salem's "Each Time a Star Goes Astray" is a specially commissioned aluminum-and-stainless steel sculpture transforming Arabic calligraphy into astronomical imagery, and Felemban's "Voyage 01" uses AI to create prints inspired by cultural narratives.

Munson Museum of Art kicks of Juneteenth with celebration

The Munson Museum of Art in Utica, New York, is kicking off Juneteenth weekend with a free community celebration on June 18, 2026, from 5-7 p.m. The event features music by DJ Doneilous King, a gallery tour highlighting African American artists, a watercolor mini-class inspired by Charles Burchfield, children's crafts, and refreshments. The museum's Director of Performing Arts and Special Programs, Bob Mortis, emphasized the evening's focus on creativity, culture, and community, with funding provided by Sheila and Ron Cuccaro.

Cao Fei Finds the Romance in Technology

Ocula profiles Chinese contemporary artist Cao Fei, whose work explores the intersection of technology and human emotion. The article highlights her multimedia practice, including films, installations, and digital works that examine how technology shapes modern life and identity, often finding unexpected beauty and romance in digital and virtual spaces.

6 engaging museum exhibitions to view this summer

This article highlights six engaging museum exhibitions to visit during the summer, including a survey of American Pop art, a deep dive into a scandalous early 20th-century French painting, and an immersive tribute to Yoko Ono. Each exhibition is presented as a worthwhile cultural outing for the season.