A Mestre il nuovo centro d’arte MUVEC è una vera “Casa delle contemporaneità”. Ecco perché

The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia has opened a new museum in Mestre called MUVEC (Casa delle Contemporaneità), housed within the Centro Candiani. Directed by Elisabetta Barisoni, the museum presents 50 works from the civic collections of modern and contemporary art from Ca' Pesaro in Venice, spanning from 1948 to the present. It explores the evolution of contemporary art in the region after World War II, with a dual focus on international art that has passed through Venice and local artistic developments tied to Mestre's own growth.

Transforming the old San Siro Stadium into a mega contemporary art museum for monumental installations. A new suggestion for Milan

Trasformare il vecchio Stadio di San Siro in un mega museo d’arte contemporanea per installazioni monumentali. Una nuova suggestione a Milano

The article discusses a proposal to transform Milan's historic Giuseppe Meazza stadium (San Siro) into a contemporary art museum for monumental installations, inspired by the Tate Modern model. The stadium, opened in 1926 and owned by the city since 1935, is set to be partially preserved after Inter and Milan acquired the site for €197 million in November 2025, with a new stadium planned for completion by 2031. The idea, advanced by critic and curator Antonio Grulli and reported by architecture blog Urbanfile, suggests converting the surviving parts of the old stadium—including its helical towers and vast interior spaces—into a museum that could host large-scale outdoor sculptures on the former pitch.

From the Musée d'Orsay exhibition to the film: "The Dawn of Impressionism" debuts on Sky Arte

Dalla mostra del Museo d’Orsay al film: “L’alba dell’Impressionismo” debutta su Sky Arte

A new documentary film titled "L’Alba dell’Impressionismo. Parigi 1874" will premiere on Sky Arte on Thursday, June 4. Produced by Phil Grabsky for Exhibition on Screen and directed by Ali Ray, the film is based on the Musée d'Orsay's 2024 exhibition that marked the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris. The exhibition gathered around 130 works to re-examine the movement's origins, and the film extends this exploration by giving voice not to historians and curators but to artists, journalists, and ordinary Parisians of the time, set against the backdrop of post-war Paris after the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune.

Borders artist marking major 70th birthday with floral art exhibition

Borders artist Ann Oram is celebrating her 70th birthday with a new floral exhibition titled "Into the Garden" at Morningside Gallery in Edinburgh, running until June 21. The show features her expressive flower and still life paintings in watercolour, gouache, acrylic, and oil, alongside works by six other artists including Kate Bentley and Jacqueline Orr. Oram, who studied at Edinburgh College of Art and has exhibited widely across the UK and Vienna, draws inspiration from her garden and local flower farms.

From online platform to neighbourhood gallery

Art Cube Gallery, a new contemporary art space, has opened in a residential neighborhood in Virugambakkam, Chennai, housed in a 50-year-old family home. The gallery launches with 'First Impressions,' an inaugural exhibition running until June 10, featuring works by 18 emerging and established artists. Founded during the pandemic by Dakshayani Balakrishnan and artist AV Ilango, the gallery began as an online platform to support underrepresented artists and has now expanded into a physical space to make art more accessible to local communities.

Open-air gallery showcases work from artists across the country

Brighton’s Art Yard Sale transformed Jubilee Square into an open-air gallery on Sunday, May 31, as part of the closing celebrations for Brighton Fringe 2026. Organized by Kaos Projects, the event featured over 30 artists from across the UK, offering original pieces, limited editions, and exclusive releases directly to visitors. The lineup included established and emerging talent working in painting, printmaking, illustration, photography, street art, and mixed media.

Emami Art's latest exhibition, An Ancient Ballad, features twelve artists

Emami Art's ongoing group exhibition, 'An Ancient Ballad,' features twelve artists across generations showcasing a diverse range of mediums including photography, painting, printmaking, textile, ceramic, and wood. The show highlights works by Rahul Sarkar, whose androgenous figures explore gender and memory through intricate ink and charcoal engravings; Sayandeep Kangsabanik's dense monochrome compositions; and established names like modernist painter K.C. Pyne and photographer L.M. Sen. Other participating artists include Arunima Choudhury, Ajit Kumar Das, Alakananda Sengupta, Tapas Biswas, Subrata Biswas, Partha Dasgupta, Chandra Bhattacharjee, and Raja Boro.

Vallejo artist JeanCherie unveils new exhibit at Mare Island Art Studios

Vallejo artist JeanCherie has unveiled a new exhibition at Mare Island Art Studios titled "Wendy the Welder & The Mare Island Shipyard Workers." The show celebrates the women who built ships at Mare Island Naval Shipyard during World War II, centering on a sculpture inspired by over 11,000 female shipyard workers. The exhibit also features works by seven additional artists, a wall of community testimonials, and contributions from photographer Gary Cullen and photo-illustrative artist Mike Narcisco. JeanCherie, who spent over 30 years sculpting for film and large-scale installations, hopes to eventually cast the clay maquette of "Wendy the Welder" into a 10-foot-tall bronze sculpture.

"INTREPID": A Group Exhibition at Salt Pond Studio

Salt Pond Studio in Friendship, Maine, presents “INTREPID,” a group exhibition featuring 11 Mid Coast artists. Curated by artist/owner Pam Cabanas, the show includes paintings by Gregory Dunham, Bjorn Runquist, Lyn Asselta, Stephen Florimbi, Jane Herbert, Doug Smith, Thomas Bucci, Karin Strong, Margaret Creighton, Molly Mugler, and Jean Kigel, with works ranging from plein air landscapes to seascapes. An opening celebration is scheduled for June 13 from 3:00 to 7:00 pm.

Meet the women behind London’s new gallery scene

A Financial Times article profiles the women founders and directors driving a wave of new commercial galleries in London, highlighting their distinct curatorial visions and the diverse spaces they have opened across the city. The piece features figures such as Hannah Barry, founder of Hannah Barry Gallery; Candice Nembhard, director of Numbi; and others who are reshaping the capital's art landscape with fresh perspectives and a focus on emerging artists.

Five-Minute Tours: Patrick Puckett at Wally Workman Gallery, Austin

Patrick Puckett's solo exhibition "Daze of Our Lives" is on view at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, Texas, from May 9 to May 31, 2026. The show features Puckett's figurative paintings characterized by assertive brushstrokes, bold color, and compositions that blend stillness with energy, drawing on his life in the American South. The exhibition is part of Glasstire's Five-Minute Tours video series, which highlights current shows across Texas commercial galleries, museums, and artist-run spaces.

Five-Minute Tours: Jürgen Wolff at Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston

Glasstire's Five-Minute Tours series features a video walk-through of Jürgen Wolff's exhibition "Paper-Cuts – Structures in Light" at Gallery Sonja Roesch in Houston, running from May 2 to August 1, 2026. Wolff, who studied engineering in geodesy, creates delicate paper cut-outs that explore the interaction of density, rhythm, and space, enhanced by light and shadow, blending constructive-analytical and poetic means.

Artists Threaten to Sue Venice Biennale for Including Them in Awards

A group of artists has threatened legal action against the Venice Biennale, demanding their names be removed from a public vote to determine the best artist and national pavilion. Traditionally, these awards are decided by a jury of experts, but the Biennale introduced a popular vote component, prompting concerns from artists about the integrity and seriousness of the selection process.

Wildlife artist and conservationist to headline Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts

Wildlife artist and conservationist Matt Patterson, a New York Times bestselling illustrator, has been named the headlining artist for the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, running June 26-28, 2026, at the Lakewood Center for the Arts and George Rogers Park in Oregon. Patterson will discuss his artwork and conservation efforts on June 26, lead a children's turtle paint-along on June 28, and display his original illustrations in the Dee Denton Gallery throughout June. His work focuses on scientifically accurate portrayals of reptiles and birds, often supporting turtle conservation through proceeds from sales.

Exhibition explores artist’s transformation - China Daily

Beijing-born artist Ouyang Chun presents his solo exhibition "Nirvana" at White Space in Beijing's 798 Art Zone, as a special program of Gallery Weekend Beijing 2025. The show features paintings created between 2018 and 2025, including the 2021 oil painting "Nirvana" made with sand and asphalt, marking a stylistic shift from his earlier exhibition "Road to Heaven" (2023) toward richer detail, color, and explosive tension. Ouyang describes his current work as depicting the world's "structure, atmosphere and entanglements."

OPENING RECEPTION: Gallery 908 Inaugural Summer Benefit Art Exhibition 2026

Gallery 908 in Southampton, New York, is hosting its Inaugural Summer Benefit Exhibition 2026, opening with a reception on June 5. The show features works by eight artists—Christopher Charveriat, Bruce Lieberman, Paton Miller, Oscar Molina, Jeff Muhs, Meredith O’Leary, Julia Scheuer, and Karen Sole—across painting, sculpture, mixed media, and craft. Proceeds benefit Sea Scouts Ship 908, an inclusive maritime program for neurotypical and neurodiverse youth.

Works by Galesburg Artist and Photographer Rich Ankeney on Display at Monmouth College

A rare summer exhibition at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, features works by Galesburg artist and photographer Rich Ankeney. Titled "Improvisations in Light," the show runs through July 31 in the Len G Everett Gallery at Hewes Library, with a reception on June 5 during the college's Golden Scots Celebration. Ankeney, who has over fifty years of experience in photography, draws inspiration from jazz music and artists such as the Fauves and Kandinsky, using color and abstraction to create rhythmic energy.

Art e Fekts Gallery to host Mary Kroptavich – Robert Bergstrasser art exhibit

Art e Fekts Gallery in Pittston, Pennsylvania, will host a joint exhibition titled “Variations on Theme: Light & Shadow, Form & Color” featuring local artists Mary Kroptavich and Robert “Bergie” Bergstrasser. The exhibition opens on Friday, June 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gallery's Lombardo Gallery space and runs through June 26, coinciding with the City of Pittston’s 2nd Friday Art Walk. The show presents photography, sculpture, watercolor, and mixed media works exploring the interplay of light, shadow, form, and color.

“Aesthetic Engineering: V-RAN MCCT Stochastic Compositions” at 1/9unosunove, Rome

The article discusses the exhibition “Aesthetic Engineering: V-RAN MCCT Stochastic Compositions” at 1/9unosunove gallery in Rome, featuring works by artist Lombardo. The pieces are polychrome minimal prototypes generated through the V-RAN algorithm, which randomly displaces vertices to create patterns from a single tile. The works are described as Minimal, Compact, Complete, and Toroidal (MCCT), saturating the pictorial surface.

Histoire de l'art, numéro 97

This issue of *Histoire de l'art*, number 97, is a scholarly journal dedicated to exploring hierarchies and reconfigurations of artistic value across time and cultures. It features an interview with Philippe Peltier on hierarchies in Oceanic and African arts, along with studies on Greco-Roman art, 19th-century French classification struggles, medieval artist collaborations, Iranian art from 1600 to 2000, Islamic art historiography, the chief sculptor at La Granja de San Ildefonso, administrative hierarchies in Louvre collections, French views on the Dutch Golden Age, a 1908 women's retrospective exhibition, colonial museum classifications in Vietnam, the strategies of the journal *Third Text*, and the recomposition of artistic hierarchies in 1990s China. The volume also includes chronicles on instrumented art history, a book on Jacqueline Lichtenstein, the restoration of Ghiberti's *Porte du Paradis* in Lyon, women at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, Catalan artists in Paris, and online varia on public clocks and Roseline Bacou.

A petition against the departure of Mont-Saint-Michel from the CMN

Une pétition contre le départ du Mont-Saint-Michel du CMN

A petition has been launched by inter-union groups against the transfer of Mont-Saint-Michel from the Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN) to the newly created public establishment of Mont-Saint-Michel, a long-standing demand of the Normandy region. The decision, made under President Emmanuel Macron and pushed by current Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu (a Norman elected official), is described as disastrous for heritage. The petition argues that the CMN relies on revenue from major monuments like Mont-Saint-Michel, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Sainte-Chapelle to fund the upkeep and restoration of less-visited sites such as the Château de Carrouges and the Abbey of Montmajour.

A First Biegas for Chicago

Un premier Biegas pour Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago has acquired its first work by Polish symbolist sculptor Boleslas Biegas: a plaster sculpture that resurfaced at a Bonhams Cornette de Saint-Cyr auction in Paris in autumn 2025. The piece was sold by dealer Stuart Lochhead and purchased by curator Emerson Bowyer, who announced the acquisition on Instagram.

Gateways:Across Time, Across Blackness

The Rockwell Museum in Corning, New York, is presenting 'Gateways: African American Art from the Key Collection,' an exhibition featuring over 75 works by 71 artists. Spanning painting, sculpture, photography, and works on paper, the show traces 150 years of African American artistic production from the late nineteenth century to the present. The works are drawn from the collection of curator and arts administrator Eric Key, highlighting artists who have shaped and redefined the American cultural landscape.

SAIC Puts Professor on Leave After Palestine Reference

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) placed Savneet Talwar, chair of its graduate art therapy program, on leave after she assigned students a case study involving a hypothetical client affected by violence against Palestinian civilians. Talwar received a notice of investigation into allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, and was subsequently placed on leave by Provost Martin Berger. Talwar has denied the allegations, defended the pedagogical value of the assignment, and filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights alleging discrimination based on her association with Arabs and Palestinians.

Iron Horse Arts District opens new art gallery with grand opening ribbon cutting and artist reception

The Iron Horse Arts District in Holdrege, Nebraska, has opened a new art gallery called the Iron Horse Art Gallery in the basement of the First State Bank of Holdrege. A grand opening celebration on June 11, 2026, features a ribbon cutting with the Holdrege Area Chamber of Commerce and an artist reception for Christy Kosmicki, a former Holdrege High School art educator whose work inaugurates the space. The gallery will host rotating fine art exhibits highlighting local and regional artists throughout the year.

Three Men Convicted in High-Profile Dutch Museum Heist of Ancient Romanian Gold

Three men have been sentenced to 47 months in prison for stealing ancient Romanian gold artifacts from the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands, in January 2025. The thieves blasted open windows and stole Iron Age treasures including the golden helmet of Cotofenesti and Dacian gold spiral bracelets from the exhibition “Dacia—Empire of Gold and Silver.” The artifacts were partially recovered in April when two suspects surrendered the helmet and two bracelets as part of a plea deal, while the third suspect rejected the agreement. The heist triggered a diplomatic dispute between Romania and the Netherlands, with Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu accusing the museum of security failures and the director of the Romanian National History Museum being ousted after a review of the loan agreement.

Nearly Half of Mid-Career Women Are Thinking of Leaving the Art World: Report

A new report titled "Hardwiring Change: Buying Back Time," the second annual collaboration between Artnet and the Association of Women in the Arts (AWITA), reveals that nearly half of mid-career women in the art world are considering leaving the industry within the next five years. Based on over 2,000 survey responses, the report highlights that women aged 35–44 face the highest attrition risk (50.6%), driven by structural barriers, administrative overload, and pay inequity. Key findings show that 76% of women aged 35–54 encounter barriers related to gender, race, or class, and 48% of full-time workers report excessive administrative burdens.

Mexico Demands a Halt to an Auction of Mexican Artifacts in Colorado

Mexico’s Ministry of Culture has demanded the suspension of an auction organized by Artemis Fine Arts in Louisville, Colorado, scheduled for today. The sale, titled “Fine/Visual Art, Ancient, Ethnographic Art,” includes 80 artifacts of Mexican origin flagged by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Culture Secretary Claudia Curiel de Icaza stated, “Our heritage is not an object of profit,” emphasizing Mexico’s commitment to cultural sovereignty. Under Mexican law, such artifacts are property of the state and their export has been illegal since 1827, meaning any found abroad are considered illegally extracted.

Police Investigate Suspected Arson at Boston Museum of African American History

Police and federal authorities are investigating a suspected arson at the Museum of African American History in Boston after a package containing materials for an upcoming Juneteenth celebration was set on fire outside the institution. The incident occurred around 8 a.m. on Wednesday at the museum’s African Meeting House site on Beacon Hill, where security footage shows a man opening the package, scattering contents, and setting items ablaze in an alley behind the historic building. Museum president and CEO Noelle Trent stated the burned items were clearly marked as Juneteenth-related materials, and authorities are working with civil rights groups to identify any possible bias motive.

Stonehenge’s Altar Stone Was Hauled 430 Miles From Northeast Scotland, New Study Argues

A new study published in the Journal of Quaternary Science reveals that Stonehenge's altar stone, a 4,500-year-old megalith, originated in northeast Scotland, not Wales as previously believed. Researchers from Curtin University, Sheffield Hallam University, and other institutions used geological fingerprinting to trace the stone's source. They propose that glaciers transported the stone partway to Dogger Bank, a now-submerged landmass in the North Sea, during the last ice age, after which Neolithic humans moved it the remaining hundreds of miles to Salisbury Plain. The study builds on earlier work ruling out glacial transport for other bluestones, suggesting a combination of natural and human effort.