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Visit these four amazing (and free) new art exhibits in downtown St. Pete

Four new free art exhibits have opened at the Morean Arts Center in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. The shows include Rebecca Sexton Larson's solo exhibition "Where Leaves Remember," featuring soft paintings and hand-colored photographs; "Day Dreams," a collaboration with SARTQ Artist Collective exploring dream imagery; "A Journey Through My Imagination," a juried exhibition by the National Association of Women Artists; and the Morean Center for Clay's Artist in Residence program show. The first three exhibits run through March 26, while the clay residency show closes February 16.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 13, 2026 visibility 14 link 3 artists

ARTS at King Street Station 2026 Exhibition Calendar

The ARTS at King Street Station in Seattle has announced its 2026 exhibition calendar, featuring a diverse lineup of 13 shows from November 2025 through February 2027. Highlights include "Welcome to Paradise: ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!" by Jo Cosme, which critiques colonial narratives of Puerto Rico; "Living and Loving Under the Carceral State" by Alison Bremner; a South Indian kolam exhibition by Anuradha Samrat; and "Tết In Diaspora" by Nhi Vo celebrating Vietnamese New Year. Other exhibitions explore Afrofuturism, Black figuration, animation, augmented reality, the legacy of Black Arts West Theater, and themes of mothering and gender-based violence.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 21, 2025 visibility 17 link 4 artists

Heidi Lau and Wong Ping both win M+ Sigg Prize

Heidi Lau and Wong Ping have been named joint winners of the Sigg Prize 2025, awarded by the M+ museum in Hong Kong. Each artist receives HK$300,000 ($39,000). The other shortlisted artists—Bi Rongrong, Ho Rui An, Hsu Chia-Wei, and Pan Daijing—each receive HK$100,000 ($13,000). Their works are on view at M+ until 4 January. Lau, based in New York, creates ceramics exploring time, space, mythology, and personal grief; Wong, based in Hong Kong, produces animated videos addressing social and political issues.

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article culture schedule Dec 20, 2025 visibility 17 link 2 artists

Comment | Dave the Potter finally becomes a complete artist

David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was an enslaved African American ceramicist and poet in 19th-century South Carolina who inscribed his stoneware jars with defiant poetry at a time when teaching enslaved people to read or write was a crime. The article argues that despite his recognized genius, Drake was not fully an artist during his lifetime because he was denied the fundamental right to own, control, and benefit from his creations—a right the Berne Convention calls 'inalienable.' Only recently, after the Museum of Fine Arts Boston returned two of his jars to his heirs, has Drake begun to receive the full recognition and economic justice that define true artistic status.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 11, 2025 visibility 11 link 5 artists

‘A passion project’ – Local artist gives voice to Vietnam veterans with powerful exhibit

Somerset artist Brian Fox has created a powerful exhibit titled “In the Valley of the Shadow,” now on display at the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, Massachusetts, through December 27th. The paintings depict the harrowing experiences of Vietnam War veterans, with Fox spending hours consulting veterans like Wayne Smith, a former combat medic, and David Jennings of the 1st Marine Division to ensure historical and emotional accuracy. The project began with a single war-themed painting and has grown into a full exhibition that Fox plans to expand by one or two paintings each year.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 9, 2025 visibility 10 link 6 artists

Space 204 welcomes back 2024 Hamblet Award Recipient, Chidinma Onukwuru in January 2026

Space 204 and the Vanderbilt University Department of Art will host a solo exhibition by Chidinma Onukwuru, the 2024 Hamblet Award recipient, from January 8–29, 2026. Titled "It’s Frightening Having This Much Presence," the show explores Igbo spirituality, ancestral ties, and the continuity of traditional Nigerian ceramic techniques, with an opening reception on January 8.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 27, 2025 visibility 10 link 3 artists

New exhibition lets ‘cheeky dogs’ run wild in the gallery

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery in Queensland is closing out 2025 with three new exhibitions by local artists, opening November 28. The shows include a solo exhibition by Alywarr artist Dion Beasley, titled "Six Dogs," featuring his playful drawings of camp dogs inspired by his hometown of Tennant Creek and his children's books. Also on view are Brisbane-based Tyza Hart's "Appearing," a decade-spanning installation of ceramics and self-portraits, and the collaborative project "Weeds to Paper" led by papermaker Zela Bissett, which transforms invasive plants into handmade paper artworks in partnership with Butchulla Traditional Custodians.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 25, 2025 visibility 11 link 4 artists

The Heseltine Gallery showcases regional artists

The Heseltine Open Exhibition 2025 is currently on view at the Heseltine Gallery in Middleton Cheney, UK, through December 14. Featuring over 60 adult artists and a record 17 youth entries, the show includes paintings, drawings, prints, pottery, glasswork, textiles, photography, and mixed media. Awards were presented by John Childs, Chief Art Examiner for OCR and gallery founder, and Tom Christy, Head of Art and Design at Chenderit School. Commended artists include ceramicists Julia Taylor and Sue Clayton, glass artist Jill Tilsbury, wire sculptor Linda Johns, and several painters and photographers. Two young artists, Lottie Clarke and Annika Dowden, received the Brian Goodey memorial prize.

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article local schedule Nov 25, 2025 visibility 15 link 10 artists

Delta artists show unique flair

The Art Guild of the Delta Annual Showcase 2025 opened on November 13 at Los Medanos College's Library gallery, featuring works by local Delta-area artists. Curator Sarah Lee introduced the event, where artists including Marsha Mees, Rosalinda Grejsen, Rick Haley, Julee Richardson, Susan State, Carol Ligon, and Kathy Emerick presented and discussed their pieces, ranging from clay sculptures and mixed-media works to photography and jewelry. Highlights included Mees's Kintsugi-inspired mixed-media pieces, Richardson's Steampunk dolls and a ceramic commentary on gun violence, and Haley's serendipitous beach photograph.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 24, 2025 visibility 12 link 3 artists

Graduating art students explore change within and around through the senior studio

Six senior art students at the University of Idaho presented their Bachelor of Fine Arts capstone works at the Ridenbaugh Gallery in an exhibition titled "Senior Studio," running from November 18 to December 12. The students—Kieran Heywood, Adelia Hopper, Sofia Nuss, Tyler Ready, and Austin Eike—each explored personal and societal themes through various media, including watercolor, felt, ceramics, and 3D printing. Heywood's work addressed grief and loss of a parent, Hopper's felt creatures examined gender non-conformity, Nuss painted nostalgic childhood memories, Ready critiqued militarism and fascism, and Eike focused on pharmaceutical addiction. Associate professor Aaron Johnson mentored the students to ensure their portfolios met professional gallery standards.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 14, 2025 visibility 15 link 5 artists

Art among the wreckage: An artist brings new life to a long-abandoned pier

Artist George McCalman is preparing to launch his interactive exhibition “A March Through Time” on November 22 at Pier 29 in San Francisco. The exhibition is housed within a curtained-off section of the 122,000-square-foot pier, which McCalman describes as a timeworn space that reflects his belief that the past and present are intertwined. He has worked for nine years from a studio in an Outer Sunset home, a stripped-down, weathered building owned by architect Douglas Jacuzzi and ceramicist Georgia Hodges, which embodies a philosophy of material purity and reverence for process. The studio itself is filled with projects in various stages, including the 155 portraits of Black pioneers that make up his book “Illustrated Black History.”

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 7, 2025 visibility 12 link 2 artists

Time, Work, and Memory Explored Through New Contemporary Art Exhibitions

The City of Irvine is opening two new exhibitions at the Irvine Fine Arts Center on November 15, 2025: "Swing Shift" and "Alisa Ochoa: Splinters." Swing Shift is an interdisciplinary group show featuring nine artists exploring labor in its various forms—formal, informal, domestic, and industrial—through video, sculpture, drawings, and poetic interventions. Alisa Ochoa: Splinters presents new video and ceramic works by the Orange County-based artist, reflecting on memory, love, loss, and renewal. A free public reception will be held on opening day.

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article news schedule Nov 3, 2025 visibility 16 link 5 artists

‘Proof that life goes on’: meet some of the people working to rescue—and re-energise—Ukrainian culture

Ukrainian cultural institutions and artists are actively restoring and creating art despite ongoing Russian attacks targeting the country's cultural identity. The Nahirna 22 arts collective in Kyiv, which runs 30 artist studios, was hit by air strikes in August that killed at least 23 people, damaging studios and forcing relocations. Meanwhile, the Mykhailo Boychuk State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design in Kyiv, named after a Modernist executed in 1937, was struck by a Russian missile in 2024. Contractors in July 2025 recovered surviving works from the academy's archives, including paintings, textiles, ceramics, and student pieces, with support from UNESCO, the Japanese government, and Ukraine's culture ministry. A new conservation training program and exhibitions like Body/Fragility demonstrate ongoing cultural resilience.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 8, 2025 visibility 21 link 5 artists

‘When you’re working with clay, you’re working with the earth’: Studio’s new exhibition offers ‘Clay as Care’

The Clay Studio in Philadelphia has opened a new exhibition titled "Clay as Care: Ceramic Art and Wellbeing," which explores the therapeutic and restorative benefits of working with ceramics. The show features four artists—Adebunmi Gbadebo, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Ehren Tool, and Maia Chao—each using clay to address personal healing journeys, from fertility struggles to military trauma. The exhibition includes interactive elements like communal clay for visitors and is part of a research project in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Center for Neuroaesthetics, Jefferson University Art Therapy Department, and Drexel University Art Psychotherapy team, collecting data on the show's impact on wellness.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 19, 2025 visibility 16 link 12 artists

Asian Art Week Live Sales Total: $46,685,403 - Christie's

Christie's Asian Art Week live sales in New York totaled $46,685,403, achieving 259% hammer and premium above low estimate with a 91% sell-through rate. The three sales—Japanese and Korean Art ($2.46 million), South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art ($12.38 million, 100% sold), and Important Chinese Furniture and Works of Art ($31.84 million)—saw strong bidding across categories. A Yongzheng-period falangcai wine cup led the week at $1.59 million, while a Hokusai painting of a Standing Beauty fetched $444,500 and a Vasudeo S. Gaitonde Untitled (1984) realized $2.39 million. Christie's set four artist records in the South Asian sale, including for Sheikh Mohammed Sultan and Ivan Peries.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 2, 2025 visibility 11 link 1 artist

'Rhino World Order' to open Tyler Art Gallery season

SUNY Oswego's Tyler Art Gallery opens its fall season with 'Rhino World Order,' an exhibition of large-scale ceramic and plaster sculptures by Buffalo-based artist Richard Tomasello. The show runs from September 2 to October 8, with an opening reception on September 5. Tomasello's work draws inspiration from Eugène Ionesco's 1959 absurdist play 'Rhinoceros,' using the rhinoceros as a metaphor for fascism and conformity. His sculptures address themes of physical assault, school shootings, mob mentality, toxic masculinity, and systemic violence, emphasizing the power of individual resistance. Related events include a panel discussion with the artist and gallery director Davana Robedee, and a student reading of the play.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 26, 2025 visibility 13 link 4 artists

NMSU Art Museum to introduce three exhibitions September 19

New Mexico State University's Art Museum (UAM) will open three exhibitions on September 19, 2025: “Necessary Futures,” featuring New Mexico-based artists sheri crider, Haley Greenfeather English, and Szu-Han Ho; “Greetings from Tijuana,” a solo show by Mexican artist Georgina Treviño; and “Jennifer Ling Datchuk: RIPENING,” which examines women's labor and Asian American histories. A free public reception will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on opening night, and all exhibitions run through March 7, 2026.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 21, 2025 visibility 11 link 3 artists

In Milwaukee, Four Artists Unravel Trauma to Move Toward Collective Wellness

An exhibition titled 'No One Knows All It Takes' opens at the Haggerty Museum of Art in Milwaukee, featuring four artists—Bryana Bibbs, Raoul Deal, Maria Gaspar, and Swoon—who use their work to address concealed trauma and its connection to collective wellness. Curated by Colossal, the show includes Bibbs’ weavings made while caring for her dying grandparents, Deal’s portraits and sculptures exploring immigration, Swoon’s installation confronting her mother’s addiction, and Gaspar’s interactive series on incarceration in Wisconsin.

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article local schedule Aug 19, 2025 visibility 11 link 3 artists

Central Coast artists share ideas in Cuesta art exhibition

The Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery at Cuesta College hosted a closing ceremony for its latest exhibition, “High Tide,” on August 14. The event featured live jazz music, driftwood sculptures, and refreshments, showcasing works by over 60 local Central Coast artists. Artists were invited to nominate fellow creatives, resulting in a diverse display of paintings, ceramics, assemblage, digital media, and photographs. Coordinator Tim Stark described the exhibition as a reflection of the region's creative ecosystem, built on mutual trust and recognition among artists.

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article local schedule Aug 14, 2025 visibility 12 link 10 artists

Ullapool-based Art Week set to return across Wester Ross

An Talla Solais (ATS) gallery in Ullapool is bringing back its Art Week from September 5 to 14, 2025, featuring over 150 artists across venues in Wester Ross. The program includes the Artist’s Studio Trail, the Members Show, pop-up exhibitions, workshops, artist talks, a film premiere of 'Scoraig Violin', and a community ceramics project. Highlights include a tribute to late Glasgow Girl Florence Jamieson through her daughter Becky Thomson’s open studio, and new work by artist-in-residence Nina Edge at Ullapool Museum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 4, 2025 visibility 13 link 7 artists

From traditional Japanese woodblock to anime inspiration, Tacoma Art Museum exhibit has fun and fascination in store for all

The Tacoma Art Museum presents an exhibition curated by Kenji Stoll that traces the evolution of Japanese visual culture from traditional ukiyo-e woodblock prints to contemporary anime-inspired works. The show features a diverse range of artists, including Roger Shimomura, whose painting "Minidoka No.5 (442)" references the Japanese American 442nd regimental unit in World War II, alongside self-taught artists like VanVan, who contributes manga-style drawings. Stoll himself, a tattoo artist, exhibits a large mural titled "Nikkei Butterfly," which celebrates Japanese diaspora culture through patterns and a samurai warrior motif. Other artists include Ed Augai, Lauren Iida, Hanako O’Leary, and Yoshiko Yamamoto, whose works bridge historical ukiyo-e techniques with contemporary themes of identity, memory, and female empowerment.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 28, 2025 visibility 12 link 5 artists

PROGETTO, a new project space for contemporary art opened in Lecce

A new contemporary art space called Progetto opened in Lecce, Italy, on June 28, 2019, with a solo exhibition titled "fortaleza" by artist ektor garcia. Founded by artist Jamie Sneider, who splits time between the United States and Puglia, the space is located in a 16th-century building in the ancient Jewish quarter of the baroque city. Progetto will host international artists for short residencies and exhibitions, fostering dialogue with the region's history and landscape.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 22, 2025 visibility 10 link 2 artists

Dive into the works of artist Badri Narayan and the Vitrum Studio at this art exhibition in Mumbai

Curator Puja Vaish discovered ceramic works by artist Vijoo Sadwelkar in the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation's collection, leading her to Haresh Mehta, who preserved original works from the Vitrum studio. This resulted in the exhibition "A Glazed History: Badri Narayan & the Vitrum Studio" at the JNAF Gallery at CSMVS Museum in Mumbai, the first retrospective of the studio that operated from the 1950s to the 1970s. Vitrum, founded by emigre glass expert Simon Lifschutz and his wife Hanna, blended art, craft, and design by having artists create hand-painted ceramic tiles and Venetian glass mosaics for everyday homes.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 17, 2025 visibility 13 link 5 artists

Palmer Museum unfolds contemporary exhibition on the ancient medium of paper

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has opened a new exhibition titled "Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper," running from June 7 to July 27. The show features nine contemporary Japanese artists—Hina Aoyama, Eriko Horiki, Kyoko Ibe, Yoshio Ikezaki, Kakuko Ishii, Yuko Kimura, Yuko Nishimura, Takaaki Tanaka, and Ayomi Yoshida—who transform traditional handmade washi paper into textured two-dimensional works, sculptures, and installations. The exhibition explores paper's versatility through techniques like layering, weaving, and folding, highlighting its connection to the natural world.

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article local schedule Jun 13, 2025 visibility 8 link 3 artists

Now Open: Prospect Refuge Gallery

A new art gallery concept, Prospect Refuge Gallery, opens in Northeast Minneapolis, led by Victoria Sass of Prospect Refuge Studio. The gallery's inaugural exhibition, "Homecoming: Objects of Origin," features works by New York-based ceramicist Jeremy Anderson, a Twin Cities native, showcasing ceramic vessels, lighting, and bronze-cast furniture that draw influence from Midwest rural architecture. The gallery aims to rotate regional talent through exhibitions focused on collectable design.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 9, 2025 visibility 18 link 13 artists

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025 winner announced as exhibition opens

Japanese ceramicist Kunimasa Aoki has won the €50,000 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025 for his terracotta work *Realm of Living Things 19*, which the jury praised for its risk-taking firing process. The piece, made from thin coils of clay stacked and compressed, was fired in an electric kiln until it began to smoke, then finished with soil, glue, and pencil marks. Two special mentions were awarded: one to Nifemi Marcus-Bello for a recycled aluminum bench with bowl, and another to an unnamed artist. The prize is part of an exhibition of 30 shortlisted works at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid, running until June 30.

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article news schedule Jun 2, 2025 visibility 10 link 1 artist

Seven years after brutal fire, National Museum of Brazil to partially reopen

The National Museum of Brazil (Museu Nacional-UFRJ) in Rio de Janeiro will partially reopen its galleries nearly seven years after a devastating electrical fire destroyed around 90% of its collection. The temporary reopening features guided tours of three rooms, including one displaying decorative paintings uncovered during restoration, the surviving Bendegó meteorite, a suspended sperm whale skeleton, and donated objects such as fossils, manuscripts, ceramics, and Indigenous artefacts. The museum's full reopening is scheduled for 2028, with a reconstruction budget of 516.8 million reais ($90.4 million) and an additional 170 million reais ($29.8 million) still needed.

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article culture schedule Mar 19, 2026 visibility 15

Mending Ceramics and Slowing Time With the Japanese Art of Kintsugi

The article explores the Japanese art of kintsugi, the practice of repairing broken ceramics with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. This technique does not hide the damage but highlights it, transforming fractures into visible, celebrated features of the object's history.

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article culture schedule Mar 12, 2026 visibility 13

In Shaker Design, a Zeal for No Zeal

The New York Times explores the enduring influence of Shaker design on contemporary artists and designers, highlighting how its principles of simplicity, utility, and spiritual integrity resonate in today's world. The article features creators like furniture maker Thomas Moser and ceramicist Mary Law, who draw directly from Shaker aesthetics of plainness, proportion, and honest craftsmanship.

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person people schedule Mar 10, 2026 visibility 15

Davide Hjort Di Fabio Recasts the Sick Body

The article profiles artist Davide Hjort Di Fabio, whose work explores the experience of chronic illness and the sick body through sculpture and installation. He uses materials like silicone, resin, and medical paraphernalia to create visceral forms that challenge conventional representations of health and the human form.

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