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Seattle Art Museum’s Latest Exhibition Explores French Farm-To-Table

The Seattle Art Museum has opened "Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism," a traveling exhibition exploring the connections between food, art, and national identity in late 19th-century France. Featuring over 50 works by Impressionist masters including Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Eva Gonzalès, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the show examines both the privileged dining experiences of the upper class and the labor of those who grew and harvested food. The exhibition, organized by the American Federation of Arts in collaboration with the Chrysler Museum of Art, runs until January 18, 2026, and includes interactive elements such as a seated discussion table with conversation prompts and a series of panel talks on food-related topics.

George Rouy Bends Flesh and Bone in 'Shadowing'

British artist George Rouy has opened a solo exhibition titled 'SHADOWING' at Almine Rech's venue in Château de Boisgeloup, Gisors, France, running through November 23. The show is staged inside Pablo Picasso's former sculpture studio and features new paintings that explore the tension and flux of the human body, with figures emerging and dissolving in bruise-colored palettes and expressive brushwork. The exhibition is supported by Hannah Barry Gallery and Hauser & Wirth.

Plains Art Exhibition Highlights Women Artists, Addresses Imbalance

Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota, is launching a major exhibition titled “Women Artists: Four Centuries of Creativity,” running from November 1, 2025, to March 1, 2026. The show features 77 works, including 40 from the museum's own collection—20 of which are being displayed for the first time—and 37 loans from the Reading Public Museum in Pennsylvania. The exhibition was prompted by an internal assessment revealing that only 10.5% of the museum's 6,000-object permanent collection is by women artists. It will also host the first North Dakota appearance by the Guerrilla Girls, who will give a presentation and lead workshops. Student-authored texts from Minnesota State University Moorhead complement the show.

Curator Conversation: Behind The Honest Eye

On October 25, 2025, co-curators Clarisse Fava-Piz, Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, and Nerina Santorius will host a conversation at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the exhibition "Pissarro’s Impressionism." The talk will explore Camille Pissarro’s life and legacy, from his Caribbean roots to his role in Impressionism, and detail how over 80 works were assembled for the first major U.S. retrospective of the artist in over 40 years. The event is sold out in person but will be livestreamed.

Extravagant Munich museum dedicated to Symbolist Franz von Stuck to reopen after €13.5m renovation

Munich's Museum Villa Stuck, the former home of Symbolist artist Franz von Stuck, reopens on 18 October after a €13.5m renovation. The project upgraded infrastructure, restored the facade, and renewed historical rooms, including music and reception salons with restored Pompeii-inspired wall paintings and new silk curtains. The museum's display of Stuck's paintings has been reconfigured, with fresh exhibits such as a recently donated work, and the total number of Stuck paintings on view has increased. The reopening coincides with a contemporary art exhibition, 'A Song of Ascents,' featuring Manchester-based artist Louise Giovanelli.

Michelangelo Pistoletto: ‘AI will not destroy humanity, we are doing it ourselves’

Italian artist and Arte Povera pioneer Michelangelo Pistoletto, aged 92, has opened a new exhibition at Helly Nahmad Gallery in London, pairing his latest Mirror Paintings with Cubist works by Pablo Picasso, including Picasso's 1924 painting *Partition, Guitare, Compotier*. In an interview with The Art Newspaper, Pistoletto discusses how his mirror works—first presented in 1963—break down the traditional perspective of art, reflecting society and reality in a 360-degree space-time continuum, and how Picasso's shattering of the image paved the way for his own innovations. He also touches on his Cittadellarte foundation in Biella, his Nobel Peace Prize nomination, and his "Third Paradise" philosophy.

Portland Art Museum celebrates opening of major expansion with four days of free admission

The Portland Art Museum will celebrate the opening of its major expansion and renovation with four days of free admission and activities from November 20 to 23, 2025. The centerpiece is the new Mark Rothko Pavilion, a nearly 22,000-square-foot transparent entrance that connects the museum's two campus buildings, adding nearly 100,000 square feet of new or upgraded public and gallery space. The transformed museum features a complete reinstallation of its collection with nearly 300 major new acquisitions by artists including Marie Watt, Simone Leigh, and Carrie Mae Weems, alongside thematic displays that emphasize place, community, and identity. Free tickets are available for reservation starting November 1, and the museum will also expand its regular hours beginning November 25.

New London venue to focus on global majority arts—and host ‘necessary conversations’

A new cultural centre called Ibraaz is opening on 15 October in a historic Grade II-listed mansion at 93 Mortimer Street in London’s Fitzrovia. The inaugural exhibition is Ibrahim Mahama’s installation *Parliament of Ghosts*, which fills the ballroom with colonial furniture and plinths evoking Ghana’s past. The multi-disciplinary art space is entirely funded by the Kamel Lazaar Foundation and led by Lina Lazaar, who previously founded Jeddah Art Week and worked at Sotheby’s. Ibraaz will host talks, performances, film screenings, and exhibitions, and includes a bookshop, café, screening room, and a library-in-residence by the Otolith Group.

A ‘town square for the arts and humanities’: The new Princeton University Art Museum shares opening details

The Princeton University Art Museum will open its new building to the public with a 24-hour celebration from 5 p.m. on Oct. 31 to 5 p.m. on Nov. 1, 2025. The event includes tours, artmaking, live performances, film screenings, poetry readings, and yoga, all free of charge. Planning began in 2012, and the museum has also scheduled preview days for Princeton students, faculty, staff, and members before the public opening.

UC Davis Artist, Sociologist, Ph.D. Student Reflect on ‘Breathe' Exhibition at Manetti Shrem Museum

Three UC Davis scholars—artist and professor Margaret Laurena Kemp, a sociologist, and a Ph.D. student—reflect on the exhibition 'Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice' at the Manetti Shrem Museum. The show, curated by Glenn Kaino and Mika Yoshitake, combines climate change and social justice themes through works like Jin-me Yoon's video installation 'Turning Time (Pacific Flyways),' 2022. Kemp incorporates the exhibit into her course, using breathwork and dance to engage students with Black literature and visual art, culminating in a student performance at the museum on November 13.

Two years on from 7 October attacks, Israeli museum directors are in ‘complete isolation’

Two years after the 7 October 2023 attacks, Israeli museum directors report feeling isolated from the international art world. Tania Coen-Uzzielli, director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, says most international collaborations were put on hold, delayed, or cancelled. The museum, which has a history of political activism, closed partially during protests against judicial reforms and has taken a public stance to end the war and suffering in Gaza. Meanwhile, the Tel Aviv-Yafo City Museum, which opened just after the attacks, shifted to documenting wartime reality and supporting artists, but has received no direct support from international colleagues. The National Library of Israel repeatedly deinstalled and secured its collections during Iranian missile attacks, reopening when safe.

Delaware Art Museum Presents Imprinted: Illustrating Race

The Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) will present "Imprinted: Illustrating Race," an exhibition assembled by the Norman Rockwell Museum and co-curated by Robyn Phillips-Pendleton of the University of Delaware. Opening October 18, 2025, the show features over 200 works originally commissioned for newspapers, magazines, books, trade cards, posters, packaging, and advertising, tracing how illustration reflected and shaped perceptions of race in the United States from the 19th century onward. It places Norman Rockwell’s Civil Rights–era images alongside works by artists such as Faith Ringgold, Emory Douglas, Howard Pyle, and Loveis Wise, highlighting both harmful racial stereotypes and the efforts of artists and publishers who used illustration to challenge those narratives.

In first peek at collections, Art Museum announces two opening exhibits

The Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM) has announced its two opening exhibitions for the newly rebuilt museum, set to debut on October 31. The inaugural shows are “Princeton Collects,” featuring approximately 150 works donated over the past four years including the largest piece by Irish-American artist Sean Scully, and “Toshiko Takaezu: Dialogues in Clay,” a ceramics exhibition highlighting the late artist’s closed-form works and her connections to teachers, peers, and students. The museum, described by Director James Steward as a “once-in-a-century remaking,” will open with a 24-hour public open house after student and member previews.

Princeton University Art Museum Announces Inaugural Exhibitions in New Building

Princeton University Art Museum will open its new building on October 31, 2025, with two inaugural exhibitions: *Princeton Collects* and *Toshiko Takaezu: Dialogues in Clay*. *Princeton Collects*, curated by director James Steward and the museum’s curatorial team, features approximately 150 works donated during a “campaign for art” that began in 2021, including pieces by Sean Scully, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, and Zanele Muholi. *Toshiko Takaezu: Dialogues in Clay* highlights the pioneering ceramic artist and longtime Princeton professor, showcasing her “closed forms” alongside works by her teachers and contemporaries.

Marina Abramović to have historic solo exhibition at Venice’s Galleria dell’Accademia in 2026

Marina Abramović will have a historic solo exhibition at Venice’s Galleria dell’Accademia in May 2026, during the art biennale. Titled "Transforming Energy," the show first debuted at the Modern Art Museum (MAM) Shanghai in 2024 and is inspired by her 1988 walk across the Great Wall of China with former partner Ulay. Abramović becomes the first living female artist to exhibit solo at the Accademia in its 250-year history, following her 2023 milestone as the first woman with a solo show at London’s Royal Academy of Arts and her 1997 Golden Lion win at the Venice Biennale. Curated by MAM artistic director Shai Baitel in collaboration with the artist, the exhibition will feature historic performances such as Rhythm 0 (1974) and Imponderabilia (1997), alongside newer works incorporating precious stones and a photograph of Pietà (with Ulay) (1983) displayed alongside Titian’s Pietà.

Letter calls on Judy Chicago and Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolakonnikova to cancel Tel Aviv exhibition

More than 50 artists and cultural figures, many based in Israel, have signed a letter urging American artist Judy Chicago and Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova to cancel their collaborative exhibition "What if women ruled the world?" at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The show, which opened last week, features a digital quilt responding to the titular question. The letter, seen by The Art Newspaper, argues that holding the exhibition in Israel makes the artists "complicit" in what the signatories describe as genocide in Gaza, citing a recent UN commission finding. Tolokonnikova stated she is not involved in the ongoing project, while Chicago declined to comment. The museum defended the exhibition as a space for reflection and dialogue, not an endorsement of any political position.

CIMB Artober Art & Soul 2025 is set to catalyse the growth of Malaysia’s art scene

CIMB Artober Art & Soul 2025, an annual art event organized by CIMB Group in Malaysia, has evolved from a pandemic-era lifeline for artists into a major cultural and commercial platform. This year’s edition features over 30 galleries, more than 100 artists, and includes never-before-seen works by the late Malaysian artist Datuk Ibrahim Hussein. The event has been recognized as an official programme of the Asean Economic Ministers’ Meeting, underscoring its growing significance in the region.

Exploring environment, humanity at core of new art exhibition opening in Flint

A new art exhibition titled “This Bitter Earth: Living in Harmony with Nature” opens on September 12 at MW Gallery in downtown Flint, Michigan. The show features artworks from the Mott-Warsh Collection by artists including Ron Adams, Bisa Butler, Nick Cave, Maren Hassinger, Pope.L, and Howardena Pindell, exploring humanity's complex relationship with the natural world and the four classical elements. A featured video installation, “Zion” by South African artist Mohau Modisakeng, addresses themes of displacement and belonging. The exhibition runs through January 24, 2026, with free admission.

Chef Daniel Humm Is the Latest Star to Leave Their Mark on Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated Auction Series

Chef Daniel Humm, the renowned culinary figure behind Eleven Madison Park, has guest-curated Sotheby's Contemporary Curated auction series, selecting artworks with the same rhythmic and intentional approach he uses in menu creation. In an interview with CULTURED, Humm describes how a transformative encounter with Claude Monet's Water Lilies at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris inspired his curatorial philosophy, emphasizing stillness, contemplation, and dialogue between works. His selections include pieces by Roni Horn, Alex Katz, Keith Haring, Sarah Crowner, and Jean Dubuffet, reflecting personal friendships and a desire to create an immersive, sensory experience akin to a multi-course meal.

Wausau, WI Prepares To Celebrate 50 Years Of ‘Birds In Art’

The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, is preparing to open the 50th annual 'Birds in Art' exhibition over Labor Day weekend. The show features 102 juried artists from 16 countries, selected from over 700 applicants, and includes paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. Museum director Matt Foss notes that the exhibition has evolved from traditional realism toward more diverse, contemporary interpretations of birds, with artists experimenting with new styles and mediums.

Fragments of Home: A Dual Review of New Exhibitions at the Amarillo Museum of Art

The Amarillo Museum of Art is hosting two concurrent exhibitions: "Home, Love, and Loss" (May 31 – September 14, 2025) and "Jeri Salter: Rugged Beauty of the Texas Panhandle" (June 20 – September 28, 2025). The first, organized in partnership with the Amon Carter Museum of Art, features over 60 works by artists including Thomas Hart Benton, Rania Matar, and Francisco Delgado, exploring family dynamics, identity, and belonging. The second showcases Jeri Salter's pastel landscapes of the Texas Panhandle alongside miniature studies by 19th-century artist Frank Reaugh.

Caravaggio’s ‘Judith Beheading Holofernes’ coming to Kimbell Art Museum from Rome

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth announced on August 29, 2025, that it will display Caravaggio’s monumental painting *Judith Beheading Holofernes* (1599–1600) as a Guest of Honor loan from the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica in Rome, where it normally hangs in the Palazzo Barberini. The canvas, approximately six feet wide and five feet tall, will be on view in the Louis I. Kahn Building from September 14, 2025, through January 11, 2026. The painting depicts the biblical moment of Judith decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes, showcasing Caravaggio’s signature bold realism and dramatic chiaroscuro. The loan follows the museum’s 2022 Focus Exhibition “SLAY,” which featured Artemisia Gentileschi’s and Kehinde Wiley’s interpretations of the same subject.

Pinacoteca de São Paulo and Chanel Culture Fund launch new residency for women artists

The Pinacoteca de São Paulo and the Chanel Culture Fund have launched a new residency for women artists, with Brazilian artist Juliana dos Santos as its inaugural recipient. Dos Santos, who holds a doctorate from São Paulo State University, creates work exploring plants, pigments, and the sensory experience of color, notably using the blue pigment of the Clitoria ternatea flower. She recently opened her first solo museum exhibition, "Juliana dos Santos: Temporã," at Galeria Praça within Pina Contemporânea, and will present a VR work at the 36th Bienal de São Paulo in September 2025.

Tour the Museum-Quality Art Exhibition Inside the Megayacht Carinthia VII

The luxury megayacht Carinthia VII, owned by the Austrian billionaire Heidi Goëss-Horten and designed by Tim Heywood, has been transformed into a floating museum this summer. Curated by Florencia Cherñajovsky, the yacht features approximately forty museum-quality works from her family's collection of around 500 artworks, including pieces by Tracey Emin, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rosemarie Trockel, Lutz Bacher, Petrit Halilaj, Louise Nevelson, Carol Rama, Sarah Lucas, and Brazilian women artists like Ana Maria Maiolino. The exhibition spans photography, painting, drawing, and sculpture, arranged to create dialogues between artists and the yacht's interiors, which include reclaimed 17th-century parquet floors and custom rugs from Cherñajovsky's brand Lalana Rugs.

Epic Palmer Museum exhibition explores 30 years of ecology and art

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is opening "Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld" on August 30, the first survey of the two artists' work spanning three decades. The exhibition features sculptures, paintings, works on paper, and a new collaborative diorama, exploring themes of ecology, environmental collapse, invasive species, and climate change through scientific and artistic lenses. Both artists, who met in New York in the 1980s, combine intensive research, dark humor, and museum display methods to subvert traditional narratives about nature and humanity.

Combine art with nature at these local sculpture parks and trails

This article highlights several outdoor sculpture parks and trails in Luxembourg where visitors can experience art integrated with nature. It features the Domaine Mondorf park in Mondorf-les-Bains, which houses 21 sculptures by local and international artists, including works by Wil Lofy, Lucien Wercollier, and Catherine Lhoir. The sculpture trail in Lultzhausen, established in 1999, showcases site-specific stone works by artists like Georg Ahrens, Ton Kalle, and Bertrand Ney, designed to harmonize with the landscape around the Upper Sûre reservoir.

Guggenheim Fellows Featured in Stockton’s Art Gallery

Stockton University’s Art Gallery in Galloway, New Jersey, will present a fall exhibition titled “Diverse Perspectives in Photography: Four Black Guggenheim Fellows in the Philadelphia Region,” running from September 4 to November 8. The show features works by four African American photographers who are Guggenheim Fellows: Donald E. Camp (1995), Ron Tarver (2021), William E. Williams (2003), and Wendel A. White (2003). The exhibition opens with a free reception and panel discussion moderated by Julie L. McGee, associate professor at the University of Delaware, and includes a lecture by Laura Auricchio, vice president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, on the fellowship’s 100th anniversary.

‘You’re so close you can see how their toes grip the floor’: Wayne McGregor on his radical new immersive dance experience

Wayne McGregor, artistic director of the Biennale Danza in Venice, has created a new immersive dance installation titled 'On the Other Earth' in collaboration with artist Jeffrey Shaw and digital museologist Sarah Kenderdine. The work features a 360-degree 'nVis' environment with a massive 12K LED screen, allowing dancers from McGregor's company and the Hong Kong Ballet to perform in extreme close-up. The installation will travel to the Venice Film Festival, Stone's Nest in London as part of McGregor's exhibition 'Infinite Bodies' at Somerset House, and later to the Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts in Hong Kong.

Meet the Curator: Informal Conversation on Monet’s Floating Worlds

The Portland Art Museum is hosting a series of informal, interactive conversations with curators and a conservator about the exhibition "Monet’s Floating Worlds at Giverny." Participants include Jeannie Kenmotsu, The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Asian Art, and Hugo Torii, Garden Curator at Portland Japanese Garden. The free events explore connections between Monet’s waterlilies, Japanese printmaking, and conservation, encouraging open discussion and audience engagement.

Elizabeth Catlett: “A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies”

The Art Institute of Chicago announces a major retrospective of Elizabeth Catlett, titled “A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies,” on view from August 30, 2025, through January 4, 2026. The exhibition brings together over 100 works spanning Catlett’s career as a sculptor, printmaker, feminist, and social activist, highlighting her enduring influence and her commitment to addressing poverty, racism, and imperialism through art and activism.