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Napoles Marty wins Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize

Napoles Marty, a US painter and sculptor based between Connecticut and Rhode Island, has won the 2026 Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize. The award includes $25,000 and a solo stand at the fair, which opens in late February at Santa Monica Airport. Marty, whose work draws on dream imagery and his Cuban heritage, was selected by a jury including collectors Allison K. Berg and Maisha C. Clark. He will collaborate with fair organizers and Diana Nawi, curator of special projects at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, on his presentation. Marty was previously a member of the sixth cohort of Nxthvn, a Connecticut-based arts incubator founded by artist Titus Kaphar and impact investor Jason Price.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 8, 2025 visibility 18 link 5 artists, 3 galleries

Olafur Eliasson’s exhibition ‘Presence’ challenges visitors’ senses and perception

A new Olafur Eliasson exhibition, 'Olafur Eliasson: Presence,' opens December 6, 2025, at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) and runs through July 12, 2026. The immersive show transforms GOMA’s ground floor with multi-sensory installations spanning over three decades of the artist’s career, including early works like 'Beauty' (1993) and 'Riverbed' (2014), alongside new commissions such as the large-scale 'Presence 2025' and the magnetic sculpture 'Lost compass' (2013). Visitors are invited to become co-creators, navigating environments that play with light, mist, mirrors, and even a LEGO city.

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person people schedule Dec 4, 2025 visibility 16 link 6 artists, 3 galleries

A brush with… Kader Attia—podcast

Kader Attia, the Algerian-French artist born in 1970, is the subject of a podcast interview that explores his three-decade career across photography, collage, sculpture, installation, and sound. Attia, who lives in Berlin and Paris, discusses his central concept of "repair" and how it connects to violence, injury, colonialism, and political issues. He reflects on his Algerian-French identity, his travels in Congo and Mexico, and his influences from Michelangelo to writers like Karima Lazali, Édouard Glissant, and Aimé Césaire. The podcast also highlights his current exhibitions, including "Shattering and Gathering our Traces" at Lehmann Maupin in New York, "The Lost Paradise" at Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville, and "A Descent into Paradise" at Museo Amparo in Puebla, Mexico, as well as his participation in the Bienal de São Paulo and the 24th Paiz Art Biennial.

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article culture schedule Dec 3, 2025 visibility 18 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

December Book Bag: from a photographic record of a lost nightclub to the tale of an accidental art heist

This article presents a roundup of four new art-related book releases for December. It covers Liz Johnson Artur's photographic monograph 'PDA' documenting a queer Black club night in London from 2011 to 2021; a survey of William Nicholson's career edited by Simon Martin, accompanying an exhibition at Pallant House Gallery; a monograph on Sandy Skoglund's surreal installations tied to a show at the McNay Art Museum; and Whit Rummel and Noah Charney's true-crime memoir 'The Accidental Picasso Thief' about a stolen Picasso painting that ended up in a forklift operator's home.

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NADA Miami and Untitled Art Test the Temperature of the Mid-Tier and Emerging Markets

NADA Miami and Untitled Art opened on December 2, 2024, in Miami Beach, both targeting the mid-tier and emerging art markets. The fairs saw strong early sales and a predominantly American and local audience, with fewer European and Asian collectors than in previous years. Dealers reported a rebound in market confidence, with sales activity signaling a recovery in the mid-career and emerging segments, though not reaching the frenzy of earlier boom periods. The fairs also showcased a shift away from bright figuration and identity politics toward deeper reflections on reality, mediatization, and materiality.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 24, 2025 visibility 27 link 12 artists, 2 galleries

Sculptor Alma Allen officially selected to represent US at 2026 Venice Biennale

The US State Department has officially confirmed that sculptor Alma Allen will represent the United States at the 2026 Venice Biennale, following earlier delays caused by a 43-day government shutdown. Allen's exhibition, titled "Alma Allen: Call the Breeze," will run from May 9 to November 22, 2026, at the US Pavilion, organized by commissioner Jenni Parido of the American Arts Conservancy and independent curator Jeffrey Uslip. The show will feature around 30 sculptures, including new site-specific works, and the state department announcement explicitly aligns the presentation with President Donald Trump's "America first" ideology, framing the artworks as symbols of collective optimism and American excellence.

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trending_up market schedule Oct 15, 2025 visibility 28 link 13 artists, 3 galleries

Everyone’s a winner, baby: prizes abound during Frieze London

During Frieze London, multiple acquisition prizes and awards were announced, including the Tate Frieze Fund (supported by a private patron) which purchased works by Lubna Chowdhary and Barbara Walker for £150,000. The inaugural Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation Prize was awarded to Alex Margo Arden, while the Arts Council Frieze Acquisitions Fund grew to £90,000, acquiring works by Sarah Ball, Olu Ogunnnaike, Vanessa Raw, and Liorah Tchiprout. Other acquisitions included works by Michael Landy and Shaquelle Whyte for the Walker Art Gallery, and the Camden Art Centre Emerging Artist Prize went to Bogdan Ablozhnyy. Offsite, the Circa 2025 prize was won by Adham Faramawy for a film addressing the migration crisis.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 15, 2025 visibility 27 link 14 artists, 2 galleries

Frieze London's Artist-to-Artist section highlights talent emerging amid political tensions

At Frieze London 2025, the Artist-to-Artist section features emerging artists selected by established names, including René Treviño chosen by Amy Sherald and Ilana Harris-Babou nominated by Camille Henrot. Treviño's solo presentation centers on the sculpture 'Regalia, Moscas Brillantes (Rojo)' (2025), which addresses queer resistance and colonial histories through a fusion of Aztec and European aesthetics. Other presentations include Katherine Hubbard's photographs about her mother's dementia (nominated by Nicole Eisenman), T. Venkanna's delicate works on gender and patriarchy (picked by Bharti Kher), Ana Segovia's subversive cowboy paintings (selected by Abraham Cruzvillegas), and Neal Tait's paintings (chosen by Chris Ofili).

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Bogdan Ablozhnyy Receives the 2025 Camden Art Centre Emerging Artist Award

Bogdan Ablozhnyy has been awarded the 2025 Camden Art Centre Emerging Artist Award. The prize recognizes emerging visual artists and provides them with a solo exhibition at Camden Art Centre in London, along with a residency and production support. Ablozhnyy was selected from a competitive pool of nominees by a jury of curators and art professionals.

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candle obituary schedule Oct 13, 2025 visibility 16 link 29 artists, 4 galleries

Alexander Morrison

Alexander Morrison, a prominent figure in the art world, has passed away. The article, published by The Art Newspaper, reports on his death and likely includes tributes to his contributions, though the provided text is limited to subscription prompts and footer information, lacking full details on his life and career.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 11, 2025 visibility 18 link 8 artists, 2 galleries

Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind

The Broad museum in Los Angeles will present 'Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind,' the artist's first solo museum exhibition in Southern California, from May 23 to October 11, 2026. Organized in collaboration with Tate Modern, London, the show spans Ono's seven-decade career, featuring interactive instruction works, participatory installations like 'Wish Trees for Los Angeles,' films such as 'Cut Piece' (1964) and 'FILM NO. 4 (BOTTOMS)' (1967), and collaborative pieces with John Lennon including 'Bed Peace' (1969). Visitors will be invited to engage directly with works that turn simple acts into expressions of peace and connection.

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article culture schedule Oct 1, 2025 visibility 25 link 9 artists, 1 gallery

A brush with… Wolfgang Tillmans—podcast

The article is a podcast transcript featuring an in-depth conversation with Wolfgang Tillmans, the influential German photographer born in 1968. It covers his four-decade career, his experimental approach to photography—spanning portraiture, still life, landscape, political subjects, and abstraction—and his innovative installation methods that respond to specific exhibition spaces. Tillmans discusses early influences like Kurt Schwitters, Francisco de Zurbarán, Isa Genzken, Laurie Anderson, and Jiddu Krishnamurti, and reflects on his expanding practice into video, text, sound, and music. The piece also lists current and upcoming exhibitions, including a solo show at Maureen Paley in London and his participation in the 36th Bienal São Paulo.

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article news schedule Sep 16, 2025 visibility 23 link 30 artists, 3 galleries

These 16 Artists Are the Biggest at U.S. Museums Right Now

This article presents a quarterly analysis of which living artists are most featured in temporary exhibitions across U.S. museums during September 2025. The author ranks artists based on the number and type of shows they appear in, prioritizing career retrospectives, dedicated exhibitions, and special commissions. The list is dominated by Black and Indigenous artists whose work addresses racism, colonialism, and nature, with Jeffrey Gibson topping the chart due to his Met facade commission, Broad show, and Venice Biennale U.S. Pavilion recreation. Other prominent artists include Firelei Báez, Rashid Johnson, Anila Quayyum Agha, and Ai Weiwei, the only non-U.S.-based artist on the list.

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Edward Burtynsky: Taking Place

Edward Burtynsky, the renowned Canadian photographer known for his large-scale depictions of industrial landscapes, is the subject of a feature titled "Edward Burtynsky: Taking Place." The article highlights his 40-year career documenting humanity's impact on the planet, from his early influences in St. Catharines, Ontario, to his recent exhibition "BURTYNSKY: Extraction/Abstraction," which premiered at London's Saatchi Gallery in February 2024 before traveling to M9 in Mestre, Italy. It also notes his founding of Toronto Image Works and his ongoing solo and group exhibitions worldwide.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 10, 2025 visibility 22 link 8 artists, 2 galleries

On View: 'Danielle McKinney: Tell Me More' at Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University is Painter's First U.S. Solo Museum Exhibition

Danielle McKinney's first solo museum exhibition in the United States, 'Danielle McKinney: Tell Me More,' has opened at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. The show features 13 intimately scaled paintings created between 2021 and 2025, depicting Black women in dimly lit domestic interiors—lounging, reading, or smoking—often nude or in robes, with saturated colors and cinematic compositions. McKinney, born in Montgomery, Alabama, and based in Jersey City, began her career as a photographer and earned an MFA from Parsons School of Design before turning to painting in 2020 during the pandemic. The exhibition is curated by Gannit Ankori, the museum's director and chief curator, and runs from August 20, 2025, to January 4, 2026.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 8, 2025 visibility 16 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

‘Landmark’ Tate exhibition to chart 40 years of works by Margate artist Dame Tracey Emin

Dame Tracey Emin will present a major retrospective titled 'Tracey Emin: A Second Life' at Tate Modern in London, running from February to August 2026. The exhibition spans 40 years of her career, featuring iconic works like the Turner Prize-nominated 'My Bed' alongside never-before-exhibited pieces across painting, video, textiles, neons, writing, sculpture, and installation. Emin, who rose to prominence in the 1990s, has recently been appointed Dame Commander of the British Empire and continues to invest in artist spaces in Margate.

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person people schedule Aug 27, 2025 visibility 31 link 48 artists, 6 galleries

New York Dealer Hal Bromm Can’t Remember His Last Art Fair. He Couldn’t Be Happier

Hal Bromm, a New York art dealer who opened his gallery in Tribeca decades before it became a gallery hub, is celebrating 50 years in the neighborhood. He opened in 1974, predating the wave of galleries that moved to Tribeca around 2013, and has remained at 90 West Broadway since 1977. To mark the milestone, he will present the exhibition “50: The View from Tribeca” on September 19 and publish a book, *New Art, Old Buildings: Stories from Hal Bromm’s Tribeca*. Bromm reflects on his early career, including introducing artists like Donald Judd, Alighiero Boetti, and Mario Merz to New York audiences, and his instinct-driven approach to selecting artists.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 21, 2025 visibility 26 link 41 artists, 7 galleries

Frieze London & Masters 2025 New collaborations across arts organisations, foundations + public institutions.

Frieze has announced the collaborations, funds, and prizes for Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2025, working with arts organizations, foundations, British brands, and public institutions. Key initiatives include the Frieze Masters Art Fund Curator Programme, offering fully funded places to 18 international and UK curators in partnership with Art Fund and The National Gallery; the Frieze x Deutsche Bank Emerging Curators Fellowship, now in its fifth year, hosted by MIMA in Middlesbrough; and the return of the Camden Art Centre Emerging Artist Prize, won last year by Nat Faulkner. The fairs will also feature curatorial conversations, private tours, and offsite activations by former fellows.

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article culture schedule Aug 20, 2025 visibility 24 link 10 artists, 1 gallery

A brush with… Teresita Fernández—podcast

This article is a podcast interview with artist Teresita Fernández, who discusses her three-decade career as a landscape artist and sculptor. She explores landscapes not only as visual phenomena but also as cultural spaces, using materials like graphite, iron ore, gold, and pyrite. Fernández reflects on influences including Wilfredo Lam, Eva Hesse, Jack Whitten, Robert Smithson, and Cecilia Vicuña, and shares insights from her studio practice. The podcast is sponsored by Bloomberg Connects, which highlights institutions that have shown her work, such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, MASS MoCA, and SITE Santa Fe.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 15, 2025 visibility 22 link 33 artists, 2 galleries

Border Crossings: Ten Scottish Masters of Modern Art

The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum presents 'Border Crossings: Ten Scottish Masters of Modern Art,' an exhibition running from 28 June 2025 to 14 June 2026. Curated by Janet McKenzie, the show highlights ten Scottish-born artists—including Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Eduardo Paolozzi, and William Turnbull—who left Scotland to train and build careers in London, Paris, and New York, contributing significantly to international modernism.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 12, 2025 visibility 21 link 15 artists, 1 gallery

Powerful Photography Explores and Reimagines Black Identity Through Classical Art History

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C., will present "Tawny Chatmon: Sanctuaries of Truth, Dissolution of Lies," a solo exhibition of over 25 large-scale photographs by artist Tawny Chatmon, running from October 15, 2025, to March 8, 2026. The works, drawn from series dating from 2019 to the present, blend photography with hand-applied paint, gold leaf, and precious materials, depicting Black children and families in gilded frames inspired by Gustav Klimt and medieval icons. This is Chatmon's first museum exhibition in the nation's capital.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 12, 2025 visibility 20 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

Art Museum Launches Fall 2025 Season With Dynamic, Interdisciplinary Exhibitions

The Syracuse University Art Museum will launch its Fall 2025 season on August 26 with four new exhibitions. Highlights include 'What If I Try This?', a survey of Helen Frankenthaler's printmaking career curated by Melissa Yuen, featuring loans from multiple institutions and a gift from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. Other exhibitions include Kevin Adonis Browne's multimedia installation 'A Sense of Arrival' on Caribbean blackness, and 'Human/Environment: 4,000 Years of Art', a permanent collection show exploring human-environment relationships. An opening reception on September 11 will feature a talk by Stanford professor Alexander Nemerov.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 11, 2025 visibility 23 link 6 artists, 1 gallery

On View: 'In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney' at The Drawing Center in New York Explores Centrality of Drawing in Artist's Practice

The Drawing Center in New York is presenting 'In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney,' a major survey of the artist's works on paper spanning four decades, from 1929 to 1971. Featuring approximately 90 drawings in charcoal, ink, pastel, watercolor, and gouache, alongside a few paintings and archival materials, the exhibition highlights Delaney's evolution from Harlem Renaissance portraiture to Parisian abstraction. It includes early works like 'Harlem Athlete' (1929) and portraits of figures such as James Baldwin, as well as self-portraits and untitled abstractions.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 8, 2025 visibility 23 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

'Abstract art is universal': Nanette Carter on her new career survey at the Wexner Center for the Arts

Nanette Carter, an abstract artist working since the 1970s, will present her solo exhibition *Nanette Carter: Afro Sentinels* at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, opening August 22. The show includes a new three-dimensional metal commission, marking her first move off the wall, alongside collages, paintings, and sculptures that explore themes of balance, Black subjectivity, and political turmoil. Carter, born in Columbus in 1956, studied at Oberlin College and the Pratt Institute, where she taught for 20 years, and her work draws on jazz, Russian Constructivism, and her father's civil rights legacy.

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article culture schedule Jul 28, 2025 visibility 17 link 13 artists, 1 gallery

The Myth of the “Emerging” Black Artist: Ageism and Access in the Art World

The article, written by Chenoa Baker, critiques the art world's labeling system that categorizes artists as emerging, mid-career, or established. It argues that these labels are particularly harmful to Black artists, who are often kept in the "emerging" category for years despite significant achievements, collections, and decades of practice. The piece highlights the cases of Cheryl Miller, a self-taught analog photographer whose work is held by major institutions yet who had to "re-emerge" after relocating, and Ifé Franklin, a queer Black artist whose career was sidelined by systemic erasure and who is now being honored as an "elder" artist. The article connects these labels to ageism, lack of access to elite schools and galleries, and the undervaluing of self-taught artists and those working outside traditional art centers.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 17, 2025 visibility 17 link 14 artists, 3 galleries

Shows to See in Japan, July 2025

This article highlights five art exhibitions opening across Japan in July 2025. Featured shows include Izumi Kato's largest solo exhibition in Japan, "Road to Somebody," at Iwami Art Museum; Christine Sun Kim's eponymous project at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo; Maya Erin Masuda's solo show "Ecologies of Closeness" at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media; and "Van Gogh's Home" at Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, which centers on the Van Gogh family collection. Each exhibition spans diverse media and themes, from Kato's animistic sculptures to Kim's exploration of sound and deaf experience, Masuda's ecological trauma investigations, and Van Gogh's legacy through his family's archive.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 19, 2025 visibility 18 link 4 artists, 2 galleries

Edward Burtynsky’s photographs convey the force of mankind’s reordering of the environment

The International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York is presenting "Edward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration," a retrospective of over 70 photographs by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, on view until September 28. Curated by ICP creative director David Campany, the exhibition spans Burtynsky's 40-year career documenting humanity's industrial transformation of natural landscapes, from Ontario mines and Texas oilfields to shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh and e-waste sites in China. The show is organized thematically rather than chronologically, featuring early small-scale works alongside massive recent prints, including a 10-foot-wide image of a copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a 30-foot mural of a Texas farm printed on adhesive vinyl.

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trending_up market schedule Jun 16, 2025 visibility 22 link 14 artists, 1 gallery

National Gallery of Canada receives gift of 61 works valued at $16.8m

Canadian collector and businessman Bob Rennie has donated 61 works valued at C$22.8 million ($16.8 million) to the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) in Ottawa. The gift, which took 18 months to plan, includes pieces by Yinka Shonibare, Mona Hatoum, Rodney Graham, Ai Weiwei, and others. It surpasses Rennie’s previous record donation of C$13 million in 2017 and brings his total contributions to the NGC to over C$35 million, comprising more than 260 works since 2012. Rennie, a longtime patron of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation, emphasized his approach of collecting artists in depth rather than for momentary sensation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 9, 2025 visibility 14 link 6 artists, 1 gallery

Where to see art in Houston now: 9 intriguing new exhibits opening in June

Houston's art scene is bustling in June 2025 with nine new exhibitions opening across the city. Highlights include Lawndale Art Center's annual "Big Show," juried by Dr. Phillip A. Townsend, featuring 88 works by 77 local artists; Sawyer Yards' "Be the Art: The Silos Selfie Experience," an immersive, social-media-friendly display; and three new shows at the Blaffer Art Museum, including "a way to mend" focusing on Gulf Coast artists and healing, "¡Cuidado!" by X Arriaga Cuellar and Adán Vallecillo about migrant healthcare workers, and Saif Azzuz's debut museum exhibition "Keet Hegehlpa’ (the water is rising)" addressing land and water privatization. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston also celebrates new acquisitions spanning luxurious historical works and AI-driven futures.

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article culture schedule Jun 1, 2025 visibility 22 link 49 artists, 12 galleries

30 Artists Defining Queer Art Now

Artsy has published its annual Pride Month feature 'Queer Art Now,' spotlighting 30 LGBTQ+ artists who are shaping contemporary art. The artists were nominated by leading art-world figures including curator Legacy Russell, photographer Catherine Opie, and art advisor Racquel Chevremont. The cohort spans painters, photographers, performers, and sculptors, with profiles detailing their practices and recent exhibitions. The feature also includes a reflective essay by curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley on major themes in queer art today.

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