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nat ward ditch plains beach monograph

Photographer Nat Ward has published a new book titled "Ditch: Montauk, NY 11954," featuring panoramic images taken over four summers at Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk, New York. The project began during a residency at the Edward F. Albee Foundation in 2018, using a medium format panoramic camera to capture the diverse human interactions on the crowded beach. Ward's photographs document strangers becoming neighbors, political tensions dissolving under umbrellas, and the raw honesty of beachgoers, including a woman in a red MAGA hat and a young man confident in his desirability.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 15, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 17 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Artists In Erbil Turn Canvas Around in Bold Exhibition with No Visible Art

Fourteen Kurdish artists staged a provocative "Non-Art Exhibition" at Media Gallery in Erbil to commemorate World Art Day. In a radical departure from traditional gallery formats, the participants displayed only the reverse sides of their canvases, completely concealing the painted surfaces from the audience. Organized by artist Ahmed Nabaz, the one-day event kept its conceptual twist a secret from the participating artists until the moment of the opening.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 18, 2026 visibility 7 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Sacramento art exhibit puts a SMASH!-ing spotlight on piñata culture

A new art exhibition titled 'SMASH! A Piñata Exhibition' has opened at Prism Art Gallery in Midtown, Sacramento, curated by Bridgett Rex and Vianne De Santiago. Running through May 30, the show features piñatas created by amateurs, professional makers, and multidisciplinary artists, exploring the cultural and emotional significance of piñatas beyond their role as party decorations. The exhibition will conclude with a public smashing of selected piñatas. Artists such as Andres Alvarez and Gilbert Rangel contributed works that incorporate personal and cultural narratives, using materials like corn husks and tissue paper to reflect on heritage, memory, and community.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 7, 2026 visibility 11

Printmakers carve their place at Art Museum of Southeast Texas

The Art Museum of Southeast Texas is hosting a new exhibition focused on printmaking, highlighting the work of contemporary printmakers who are carving out a distinct space in the art world. The show brings together a range of techniques and styles, from traditional woodcuts to experimental mixed-media prints, demonstrating the enduring relevance and innovation within the medium.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 1, 2026 visibility 21

The 81st May Show fills Mansfield Art Center with Ohio creativity

The 81st May Show has opened at the Mansfield Art Center in Ohio, featuring over 100 works selected from nearly 600 submissions by guest juror Wendy Earle, curator of the Akron Art Museum. The exhibition, which runs through the end of May, showcases a diverse range of mediums from Ohio artists aged 16 to their late 80s. Awards include the Fred "Fritz" Culler Award for Best of Show to Bradley Wallace for "Venus 1K Views," the Mechanics Bank Award of Excellence to Barbara Morejon and Luanne Bole-Becker, and the Jeff McBride & Maura Teynor Emerging Artist Award to high school senior Katerina Prykodko.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 27, 2026 visibility 18 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

Californian artists paint state identity in color at annual Brea exhibit

Brea Gallery in Brea, California, opened its 41st annual "Made in California" juried art exhibition on Saturday, featuring over 90 artists from across the state. The show includes a range of mediums such as oil paintings, sculptures, and mixed media, with jurors selecting works from roughly 5,000 submissions. This year's exhibition explores themes of identity and social justice, with pieces like Angel Lesnikowski's "Othered Existence" addressing Arab identity and conflict, and Adam Singer's "Big Feelings" reflecting on aging and mortality in Los Angeles. A solo installation by Lorena Molina, "This must be the place," draws on her Salvadoran heritage and the immigrant experience.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 24, 2026 visibility 21

81st annual May Show celebrates Ohio Artists at Mansfield Art Center

The Mansfield Art Center in Ohio is hosting the 81st Annual May Show, running from April 26 through May 31 in the Elizabeth T. Black and Foundation Galleries. The exhibition features contemporary works in all mediums by artists from across Ohio, selected from nearly 600 submissions by guest juror Wendy Earle, Curator at the Akron Art Museum. An opening reception with awards will be held on April 26, supported by sponsors including Taylor Metal Products, Mechanics Bank, Ohio Arts Council, Park National Bank, and Avita.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 24, 2026 visibility 10 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

'Two Voices, One Road' show opens at C-Art Gallery

Springfield artists and married couple Randy Bacon and Heidi Herrman are opening a new collaborative exhibition titled "Two Voices, One Road" at their C-Art Gallery on Historic Commercial Street, running from April 29 to July 4. The show was inspired by a restorative road trip along Route 66 they took in 2021 after Herrman's mother died and as the world emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. Bacon contributes landscape photographs taken as far back as 1992, while Herrman presents new mixed-media works combining her own photographs with vintage handkerchiefs inherited from her mother, printed on mulberry paper and fused with encaustic materials.

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article local schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 14 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

Open Art Gallery coming to Saluda on May 1

Open Art Gallery will open its doors on May 1, 2026, at 32 West Main Street, Unit C, in Saluda. Owner Hector DelCampo, a silhouette artist who moved to the area three years ago, is launching the space to foster community and showcase local talent. The inaugural featured artist is 15-year-old Sila, whose vibrant works will be on display. The grand opening runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with refreshments and meet-the-artist opportunities.

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article local schedule Apr 22, 2026 visibility 13

Taube Museum of Art calls for artists for new exhibit

The Taube Museum of Art in Minot, North Dakota, is calling for artists of all mediums to submit original artwork for a new exhibit titled "Art in Motion." Artists from across the state can submit up to four entries for a $15 fee, with additional entries at $5 each. Submissions are due by May 6, 2026, and the exhibit will run from May 8 through May 30, 2026.

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article local schedule Apr 20, 2026 visibility 13

Photography exhibit awards announced at Coliseum opening

The Coliseum Museum opened its third annual Focus on Photography Art Exhibit on April 10 with an awards reception. The exhibition, running through May 16, features 59 works by 29 artists across various photographic mediums, and includes a public vote for a People's Choice award.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 8, 2026 visibility 12 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Three years after, Adelakun takes 45 KókóEwà to Mydrim

Prince Saheed Adelakun has returned to Mydrim Gallery in Lagos for a solo exhibition titled "KókóẸwà" (Essence of Beauty), featuring 45 new works. The exhibition is divided into two distinct series: "Dúdúyẹmí," which celebrates the natural richness of dark skin and traditional adornments, and "Ojú Tó ń Sọ̀rọ̀," a collection of portraits focusing on the expressive power of the human gaze. Utilizing a unique and labor-intensive rope medium, Adelakun explores themes of femininity, resilience, and cultural identity.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 6, 2026 visibility 16

Mapped by Tide and Time art exhibition in Mumbai

The solo exhibition "Mapped by Tide and Time" has opened in Mumbai, showcasing over three decades of work by Indian artist Vishakha Apte. Curated by Ina Puri, the show features a diverse range of mediums including painting, printmaking, paper constructions, and ceramics. The collection highlights Apte’s career-long investigation into tactile depth and material dialogue, moving away from artistic spectacle in favor of quiet, process-led inquiry.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 5, 2026 visibility 21

Exhibit at Dayton Art Institute invites you to engage with time at every scale

The Dayton Art Institute has opened a new exhibition titled "Time: A Journey Through Its Many Scales," which features over 50 works from its permanent collection alongside select loans. The show explores the concept of time through diverse artistic mediums, from ancient artifacts to contemporary digital art, inviting visitors to consider time's passage from milliseconds to millennia.

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article local schedule Apr 3, 2026 visibility 6

Wichita’s Great Plains Transportation Museum hosts benching art exhibit

The Great Plains Transportation Museum in Wichita, Kansas, is hosting an exhibition of 'benching art.' This show features artistic benches, transforming a common functional object into a medium for creative expression.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 1, 2026 visibility 12

San Francisco's Fine Arts Museums Will Be Transformed With Over 100 Floral Designs — And It's Only Happening For One Week

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are launching the 42nd edition of "Bouquets to Art," a week-long exhibition featuring over 100 floral arrangements across the de Young and the Legion of Honor. These living sculptures, created by more than 120 floral designers, are specifically designed to interpret and complement the permanent collection's artworks and the museums' architecture. The event includes an impressionist-inspired garden and a series of lectures on the intersection of culture, photography, and floral design.

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article local schedule Feb 2, 2026 visibility 6 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Lake Tahoe Community College Staff and Faculty Art Exhibition celebrates opening reception inside Haldan Art Gallery

Lake Tahoe Community College's Haldan Art Gallery hosted the opening reception for its Biennial Staff and Faculty Arts Exhibition. The event drew over 150 attendees to view 60 works by 19 artists from the college's faculty and staff, featuring a diverse range of mediums including ceramics, painting, sculpture, photography, poetry, and music, unified under a theme of color and collaboration.

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article local schedule Jan 18, 2026 visibility 19 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Santa Maria’s Betteravia Gallery seeking art submissions

The Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture, in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, has announced an open call for local artists to submit works for "Post-Wild: Nature in the 21st Century," a juried exhibition at the Betteravia Art Gallery in Santa Maria. The online submission window runs from January 19 to February 15, 2026, with no application fee; selected artists will be notified in early March, and a public opening reception is scheduled for May 21. The exhibition seeks small-format works across mediums—including traditional and digital art, photography, and conceptual pieces—that address themes of environmental change, urbanization, and human impact on natural spaces.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 3, 2025 visibility 12 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

‘Crossing Lines’ exhibition in Design District brings South African art to North Texas

A new exhibition titled 'Crossing Lines: Contemporary Voices from Zimbabwe & South Africa' has opened in the Dallas Design District, showcasing work by three artists—Lloyd Maluleke, Nothando Chiwanga, and Pardon Mapondera. The show is a collaboration between DHV Artworks and the Indibano Art Residency, a Dallas-based program founded by Zimbabwean-born arts advocate Bukekile Dube. The artists explore themes of identity, movement, cultural boundaries, and ecology through mediums including painting, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and recycled materials.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 3, 2025 visibility 12

Exhibition featuring 24 Otoe-Missouria artists to open Sept. 5

The Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will open “Reflections of Our People, Our Ways, Our Land” on September 5, the first-ever exhibition centered on Otoe-Missouria artists. Featuring 24 artists from the tribe, the show spans traditional to contemporary mediums and runs through December 20. The exhibition is part of the Walking in the Footsteps of our Ancestors project, funded by the Mellon Foundation, which aims to promote healing and reconciliation by reconnecting the tribe to its Nebraska homelands.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 16, 2026 visibility 17 link 1 gallery

“Tales from Fractured Minds” at The Address, Brescia

The Address gallery in Brescia is presenting the group exhibition "Tales from Fractured Minds," which explores the psychological concept of dissociation through the work of contemporary artists. The show examines how artists translate this complex mental state, characterized by a separation from reality across memory, identity, and perception, into visual form.

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article local schedule May 17, 2026 visibility 10 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Raven’s Heart Gallery Summer Show Brings Live Art and Community to Kanab

Raven’s Heart Gallery in Kanab, Utah, will host its Summer Show on June 13, 2026, from 1–4 PM at 57 W. Center St. The free, interactive event features live art-making demonstrations by a roster of Southern Utah artists, including Gail Alger (acrylic animal painting), Angela Woods (oil painting), Rebekka Anderson (color reduction linocut printmaking), Ken Ragsdale (basket illusion technique on wood), David Lane (astrophotography), James Mosdell (lapidary work with Grand Canyon Opal), Ellie Mae Clough (mixed media on encaustic wax), and Gary Kalpakoff (wild mustang photography and metal sculpture). The signature artwork is Gail Alger's 'Raven in Flowers,' and large-scale oil paintings from Cyrus Mejía's 'The Vicktory Dog' and 'Mill Dogs Revenge' collections will also be on view. The gallery, home to more than 30 regional artists, will transform into a working studio with easels, paints, cameras, lapidary equipment, and printmaking presses.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 13, 2026 visibility 11 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Artistic Licence: John Redmond’s New Sculpture Exhibition Beyond Form

Irish artist John Redmond presents a new collection of sculptures in his exhibition "Beyond Form" at Gormleys Gallery in Dublin, running from May 22 to June 4. The show marks a significant evolution in his practice, as he moves from abstract painting into three-dimensional works for the first time, using mixed materials such as bronze, resin, and marble, with pieces cast at a foundry in Greece.

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article local schedule May 8, 2026 visibility 17 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Madras’ Art Adventure Gallery is celebrating 40 years of business

Art Adventure Gallery in Madras, Oregon, celebrated its 40th anniversary with a gathering of over 30 people. The event featured ice cream in handpainted ceramic bowls by Jozil Ceramics and showcased a new multi-medium exhibit highlighting artists from Jefferson County. Board members Mia Kelsay and John Scheideman, along with artist Diana Krugel and gallery director Coralee Popp, spoke about the gallery's role in supporting local talent and the challenges of sustaining a nonprofit art space.

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article local schedule May 7, 2026 visibility 14 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Neosho Valley Spring Art Exhibit opens at Chanute Art Gallery

The Neosho Valley Spring Art Exhibit has opened at the Chanute Art Gallery in Chanute, Kansas, showcasing original works by artists from the Four-State area. The exhibition features a variety of mediums including paintings, photography, sculpture, and ceramics, and will run through the end of the month. A reception is scheduled for May 23, with awards including a $200 best of show prize, first- and second-place prizes in each category, and a people’s choice award.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 7, 2026 visibility 12 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Living In Color: Vibrant textile art exhibition coming to Grand Central District

The Werk Gallery in St. Petersburg, Florida, is hosting "Living In Color," a textile and fiber art exhibition organized by the Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild. Featuring over 100 local artists, the show opens with a free reception on May 8, 2026, and runs throughout the month at the gallery, which also houses The Object Lab gift shop.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 5, 2026 visibility 14 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

Beloved Arts Gallery In The Woodlands Wants You To Look Through Glass — Showcasing a Vital Material

Ardest Gallery in The Woodlands, Texas, is presenting "Thresholds," a juried exhibition curated by Austin-based glass artist Malina Cipleu, running through May 30. The show features kiln-formed glass works from Texas artists, with first place awarded to Deborah Ellington for "Encased in Time III," second place to Mary Torres for "Polka Dot Jungle," and third place to Sandi Neiman for "River Dreams." Gallery owner Julie Verville hosted the opening and awarded ribbons, while Cipleu's curatorial statement explores glass as a material of transition and connection.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 5, 2026 visibility 15 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Five-Minute Tours: Mark Wade at Andrew Durham Gallery, Houston

Andrew Durham Gallery in Houston is presenting "Long Division," a solo exhibition of works by artist Mark Wade, on view from March 28 to May 23, 2026. The show features Wade's mixed-media pieces that explore historical fault lines in the United States, particularly the American Indian Wars, using fragmented and reconstructed materials to question how national narratives are formed and suppressed.

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article local schedule May 1, 2026 visibility 15 link 47 artists, 1 gallery

Art on Main presents "Women in Art: Revealing Our Magnificence" opening reception

Art on Main in Dallas is presenting "Women in Art: Revealing Our Magnificence," a juried exhibition featuring bold, expressive works across mediums such as painting, drawing, photography, fiber art, sculpture, printmaking, and ceramics. The opening reception includes live music by the East Dallas Uke-A-Ladies and a set by DJ MISO, along with a Best in Show award presentation, and the exhibit runs through May 30.

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article local schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 12 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

Driftwood exhibition at Zebra Gallery kicks off Friday

The Star Democrat reports that a new exhibition titled 'Driftwood' will open on Friday at Zebra Gallery. The show features works created from driftwood, highlighting the natural material's transformation into art.

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