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article culture schedule Sep 29, 2025 visibility 7 link 13 artists, 11 galleries

25 of 2025: 5 Groundbreaking Fiber Artists You Need to Know

Artnet News profiles five groundbreaking fiber artists as part of its "25 of 2025" series, highlighting Diedrick Brackens and Melissa Joseph among them. Brackens, born in 1989, has seen his textile works exhibited at major institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and LACMA, with a solo show "the shape of survival" at the SCAD Museum of Art and a U.K. debut at the Holburne Museum in 2025. Melissa Joseph, who only began working with felt in 2020, has rapidly gained attention through solo exhibitions and major public commissions, including a 2024 installation at Rockefeller Center and the 2025 UOVO Prize-winning work "Tender" at the Brooklyn Museum.

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25 of 2025: 5 Painters Who’ve Been Catching Our Eye

Artnet News has spotlighted five painters in its '25 of 2025' series, highlighting emerging talents defining the year. Among them are Pol Taburet, a Parisian painter known for bold color palettes and a rising market presence, with works selling above estimates at Sotheby's and Artcurial, and Maja Ruznic, a Bosnian-born artist whose haunting, jewel-toned works earned comparisons to Klimt and Rothko and a standout at the 2024 Whitney Biennial. Taburet is set to feature in the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, while Ruznic recently opened a solo exhibition at Karma Gallery and is included in Site Santa Fe International.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 27, 2025 visibility 8 link 17 artists, 7 galleries

Director of Contemporary Istanbul urges Turkish art to remain ‘radical and clever’ in face of political tension

Contemporary Istanbul (CI) opened its 20th anniversary edition at the Tersane Istanbul complex, a restored Ottoman shipyard, bringing together 51 galleries from 16 countries. The fair coincided with the Istanbul Biennial, drawing a larger crowd of collectors and museum groups than the previous year. Works by leading Turkish artists such as Nil Yalter, Güneş Terkol, and Azade Köker were on view, with prices ranging from €1,000 for emerging artists to over €2m for a James Rosenquist painting. Despite high spirits, the fair unfolded against a backdrop of political tension following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, ongoing protests, and increasing censorship. Galleries displayed politically and socially engaged works, including Rasim Aksan's homoerotic triptych and Fatoş İrwen's prison-made fabric piece, while collectors sought discounts amid Turkey's high inflation and economic volatility.

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article news schedule Sep 26, 2025 visibility 4 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

Museums and ethics, Fra Angelico in Florence, Cornelia Parker’s PsychoBarn—podcast

This episode of The Art Newspaper's podcast 'The Week in Art' features three segments. Chief contributing editor Gareth Harris discusses his new book 'Towards the Ethical Art Museum,' which examines contemporary challenges for museums including provenance, restitution, funding, governance, and community responsibilities. Digital editor Alexander Morrison speaks with curator Carl Brandon Strehlke about the major Fra Angelico exhibition jointly presented by Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and Museo di San Marco in Florence. Finally, the Work of the Week segment focuses on Cornelia Parker's installation 'PsychoBarn (Cut-Up)' at the Kunstmuseum Basel's group exhibition 'Ghosts: Visualising the Supernatural,' with commentary from curator Eva Reifert.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 26, 2025 visibility 4 link 4 artists, 2 galleries

‘I don’t want to compare myself with these masters’: Giorgio Armani placed side by side with Raphael and Caravaggio in Milan exhibition

Milan's Pinacoteca di Brera has opened a major exhibition titled *Giorgio Armani: Milano, per amore*, juxtaposing over 120 garments designed by the legendary fashion designer Giorgio Armani—who died this month—with Renaissance masterpieces by Caravaggio, Bellini, Raphael, and Mantegna. Unveiled on September 24 during Milan Fashion Week, the show was planned by Armani until shortly before his death, making it his final project. The exhibition also includes a catwalk event in the museum's courtyard on September 28, originally conceived to celebrate 50 years since the Armani fashion house launched in the Brera district.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 26, 2025 visibility 7 link 26 artists, 3 galleries

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.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 26, 2025 visibility 6 link 18 artists, 1 gallery

11 must-see works in MAM's new Bradley Collection exhibition

The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) has opened a new exhibition titled "The Bradley Collection of Modern Art: A Bold Vision for Milwaukee" in the Baker/Rowland Galleries, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Peg Bradley's donation of nearly 400 works to the museum. The show features highlights from the collection, including pieces by Wassily Kandinsky, Raoul Dufy, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, alongside works by American artists like Georgia O'Keeffe and Andy Warhol. The exhibition offers visitors a chance to see these works in a new setting and learn more about Bradley as a collector and philanthropist.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 25, 2025 visibility 2 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Christie's to sell three early paintings by Lucian Freud for £20m

Christie's will offer three early paintings by Lucian Freud from a single private collection at its London evening sale on 15 October, with a combined estimate of £13m to £20m. The works span three decades of Freud's career: *Woman with a Tulip* (1944, est. £3m-£5m), *Self-portrait Fragment* (around 1956, est. £8m-£12m), and *Sleeping Head* (1961–71, est. £2m-£3m). All three have been in the same collection for many years and have been exhibited widely, including in major retrospectives at the National Gallery, London, and the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 25, 2025 visibility 3 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

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.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 25, 2025 visibility 2 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

North America's 1st large-scale manga exhibit opens at San Francisco's De Young Museum

San Francisco's De Young Museum has opened North America's first large-scale exhibition of manga art, featuring over 600 works spanning comic books, fine art, and animated features. Curated by Nicole Rousmaniere, the show includes pieces by artist Mari Yamazaki, who blends classical painting with manga storytelling, and highlights globally popular titles like "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure." The exhibition runs through January.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 25, 2025 visibility 5 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

Ackland’s new exhibit adds splash of ‘Color’

The Ackland Art Museum at UNC-Chapel Hill has opened a new exhibition titled "Color Triumphant," featuring 54 modern paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from the collection of Julian and Josie Robertson. The show spans from the 1870s to the present, highlighting the liberation of color in modern art with works by Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pablo Picasso, Frank Stella, and André Derain, whose painting "The Jetty at L'Estaque" serves as the flagship piece. Curated by deputy director Peter Nisbet, the exhibition was developed in collaboration with the Robertson Foundation after Julian Robertson's death in 2022, and includes student research support. It runs through January 4, with related lectures and film screenings, and a second iteration, "Color Concentrated: A Salon-Style Hang from the Robertson Collection," opening January 30.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 25, 2025 visibility 3 link 4 artists, 3 galleries

Smithsonian American Art Museum Debuts Monumental New Commission by Nick Cave in February 2026

The Smithsonian American Art Museum will debut "Nick Cave: Mammoth," a monumental new commission by artist Nick Cave, in February 2026. This marks Cave's first solo exhibition in Washington, D.C., and represents the museum's largest-ever commission by a single artist. The installation combines sculpture, video, and found objects, drawing on Cave's childhood in Chariton County, Missouri, and exploring themes of family history, landscapes, and craft traditions. The exhibition will be on view from February 13, 2026, through January 3, 2027, and is organized by curator Sarah Newman.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 6 link 20 artists, 3 galleries

13 Art Exhibitions You Don’t Want To Miss This Fall

This fall, galleries and museums across the United States are presenting a series of exhibitions centered on Black life, ranging from historic pioneers to contemporary voices. Highlights include Athi-Patra Ruga's immersive installation 'Lord, I gotta keep on (movin')' at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, which imagines a queer Black nation called Azania; 'Edmonia Lewis: Indelible Impressions' at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center, showcasing the 19th-century sculptor's Neoclassical works; and 'Data Consciousness: Reframing Blackness in Contemporary Print' in New York, inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois's data visualizations. Other notable shows include 'A Taste of Beauty' at the Crocker Art Museum, featuring carved African spoons, and the reopening of the Studio Museum in Harlem, alongside the global energy of Art Basel Miami Beach.

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article news schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 4 link 15 artists, 3 galleries

25 of 2025: 5 Artists Transforming Time-Based Media

This article profiles five emerging artists who are transforming time-based media in 2025, focusing on Ayoung Kim and Meriem Bennani. Ayoung Kim, born in 1979 in Seoul, creates immersive works blending live-action footage, CGI, gaming technologies, and AI, with her piece "Delivery Dancer's Sphere" recently acquired by the Tate collection. Meriem Bennani, a Moroccan-born, Brooklyn-based artist, gained acclaim for her video installations and viral "2 Lizards" series, with works held by the Whitney Museum, MoMA, and Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 8 link 12 artists, 2 galleries

‘There’s no fudging. She deserves to win’: critics react as Turner Prize 2025 opens

The Turner Prize 2025 exhibition opened on 23 September at Bradford's Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, featuring nominees Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami, and Zadie Xa. Kalu, a learning disabled Scottish artist, is nominated for her contributions to the Conversations exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and her work at Manifesta 15 in Barcelona. Her practice, supported by ActionSpace, includes suspended sculptures and vortex drawings. The exhibition runs from 27 September to 22 February 2026 as part of the UK City of Culture festival.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 5 link 7 artists, 5 galleries

Rediscovering Norman Zammitt, a 1960s Visionary of the Light and Space Movement

Karma gallery in New York has opened 'Norman Zammitt: A Degree of Light', the first New York exhibition in nearly 60 years dedicated to the late Light and Space movement artist. The show features two key bodies of work: his laminated-acrylic pole sculptures and hard-edge 'Band Paintings', reintroducing Zammitt's pioneering colorist practice to a contemporary audience. Zammitt, who died in 2007, was a Canadian-born artist of Mohawk and Italian descent who studied at Otis College of Art and Design and was represented by Felix Landau's gallery in Los Angeles.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 22, 2025 visibility 6 link 12 artists, 10 galleries

Thaddaeus Ropac opens its first gallery in Milan.

Thaddaeus Ropac opened its first gallery in Milan on September 20, 2025, located in the neoclassical Palazzo Belgioioso near Via Monte Napoleone. The inaugural exhibition, “L’aurora viene,” features works by Georg Baselitz and Lucio Fontana. The 280-square-meter space is the mega-gallery’s seventh location worldwide. Elena Bonanno di Linguaglossa, a veteran with experience at Lévy Gorvy Dayan, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, and Blain|Southern, will lead the Milan branch.

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gavel restitution schedule Sep 22, 2025 visibility 1 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Jewish collector's heirs revive Nazi loot claim to Van Gogh Sunflowers painting

Heirs of Jewish banker and collector Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy are appealing a lower court's dismissal of their lawsuit against Japanese insurer Sompo Holdings over Vincent van Gogh's painting *Sunflowers* (1888-89), valued at $250 million. The plaintiffs—Julius H. Schoeps, Britt-Marie Enhoerning, and Florence von Kesselstatt, representing over 30 beneficiaries—claim the work was sold under Nazi pressure in 1934. Sompo bought the painting in 1987 for a record $25 million at Christie's London. The case was heard by a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on 17 September 2025, under the 2016 Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act.

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article news schedule Sep 19, 2025 visibility 6 link 13 artists, 9 galleries

The Art World This Week, 19 September 2025

Ocula's weekly briefing reports strong sales at viennacontemporary with 15,000 visitors and six-figure results for Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill. Sotheby's announced $248 million in pre-tax losses for 2024 but achieved $100 million from the Karpidas collection sale and consigned the Pritzker and Lauder collections for November. Haegue Yang was appointed chair of the executive board at Kunst-Werke Berlin. Yemen's National Museum in Sanaa was damaged by Israeli airstrikes. Gallerist Sebastian Gladstone opened a new Los Angeles space, while L.A. Louver closed its Venice Beach gallery after 50 years. Taymour Grahne Projects opened in Dubai. Samia Halaby won the MUNCH Award, Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt received Heinz Family Foundation awards, and the Henry Moore Foundation distributed £100,000 to UK sculptors.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 19, 2025 visibility 8 link 24 artists, 10 galleries

Untitled Art Houston opens with a slew of four- and five-figure sales

Untitled Art Houston opened its inaugural edition on Thursday, September 18, with a VIP preview that generated uneven but promising sales. Lower-priced works sold well, with notable transactions including a $415,000 piece by Carlos Cruz-Diez at Sicardi Ayers Bacino, a $125,000 painting by John Alexander at McClain Gallery, and a $150,000 bronze sculpture by Clare Rojas at Jessica Silverman. Other galleries reported sales ranging from $2,000 to $55,000, with some dealers selling out their stands. The fair marks Houston's first new art fair in years, following the demise of the Houston Fine Art Fair and Texas Contemporary Art Fair.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 18, 2025 visibility 4 link 7 artists, 5 galleries

Despite new autumn slot, Tokyo Gendai remains a largely local affair

Tokyo Gendai held its third edition from September 11-14, 2025, in Yokohama, shifting from its original July slot to an early autumn date to attract more international dealers and collectors. The fair reported mixed sales amid a slow economy, with local Japanese collectors making up the vast majority of buyers. Notable sales were reported by Pace Gallery, while other galleries like Anomaly noted a slower start but eventual sales. The fair also featured a new partnership with Art Busan, bringing Korean and Chinese galleries with subsidized booth fees.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 18, 2025 visibility 5 link 22 artists, 4 galleries

12 art exhibits to explore this fall

Greater Boston's fall art exhibitions feature a range of shows that reflect on social issues and artistic traditions. Notable exhibits include Jean Shin's "Fabricated Imaginaries: Crafting Art" at the Rose Art Museum, which explores textile consumption and Asian stereotypes; "Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black" at Harvard Art Museums, showcasing monochromatic works; "Andrew Gn: Fashioning the World" at the Peabody Essex Museum, highlighting the designer's blend of Eastern and Western aesthetics; and "List Projects 33: Every Ocean Hughes" at MIT List Visual Arts Center, examining the process of dying through video installation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 17, 2025 visibility 9 link 8 artists, 11 galleries

Inaugural Brussels Art Week stakes a strong claim for the city's scene

The inaugural Brussels Art Week took place from September 5-8, organized by the non-profit RendezVous, co-founded by Evelyn Simons and Laure Decock. The event featured gallery openings, artist talks, institutional shows, performances, and offsite interventions across multiple neighborhoods, deliberately avoiding the traditional art fair model. A centerpiece was a commissioned social space by British artist Zoe Williams titled 'A Tip Inn,' a functioning bar and performance venue that hosted talks, readings, and DJ sets. Participating galleries included Xavier Hufkens (showing Charline von Heyl), Gladstone (Nicholas Bierk), and Mendes Wood DM (Julien Creuzet), while Damien & The Love Guru installed Sharon Van Overmeire's inflatable castle sculpture at Wiels garden.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 17, 2025 visibility 5 link 11 artists, 11 galleries

5 Artists on Our Radar in September 2025

Artsy's September 2025 edition of 'Artists on Our Radar' highlights five emerging artists making waves in the art world. The featured artists are Alexandre Diop (b. 1995, Senegal), a Vienna-based mixed-media artist newly represented by Stephen Friedman Gallery with a solo exhibition opening September 19; Ahrong Kim (b. 1985, South Korea), a New Jersey-based ceramic sculptor with a solo show at LaiSun Keane in Boston through September 28; and Marlon Portales (b. 1991, Cuba), a Miami-based painter represented by Spinello Projects. The article profiles each artist's background, recent exhibitions, and notable works, drawing on Artsy's data and curatorial expertise.

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article news schedule Sep 16, 2025 visibility 4 link 15 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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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 16, 2025 visibility 6 link 8 artists, 2 galleries

Comment | Picasso’s ‘Three Dancers’ sparked my love of art. Let's give others the chance to find their own way in

Tate Modern’s exhibition *Theatre Picasso*, opening this week, centers on Pablo Picasso’s painting *The Three Dancers* (1925), which the artist himself valued above *Guernica*. The show marks the painting’s 100th anniversary, featuring Tate’s entire Picasso collection alongside major loans, and is staged by artist Wu Tsang and writer-curator Enrique Fuenteblanca with contributions from contemporary dancers and choreographers. The article’s author recounts a personal journey with the painting, from initial confusion in a secondary school art room to a lifelong passion ignited by teacher Jean Morrison and a school trip to Paris.

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person people schedule Sep 16, 2025 visibility 8 link 12 artists, 6 galleries

Artists Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt receive $250,000 Heinz Awards

Artists Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt have been named winners of this year's Heinz Awards for the Arts, receiving an unrestricted cash prize of $250,000 each. The awards, now in their 30th edition, are bestowed by the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Family Foundation and honor individuals in the arts, economy, and environment. Packer, a painter known for boldly colorful figurative works, and Watt, whose practice spans steel sculpture and textiles rooted in Indigenous traditions, will be honored at a ceremony in Pittsburgh next month.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 16, 2025 visibility 5 link 22 artists, 2 galleries

Sotheby’s secures $120m Pritzker and $400m Lauder collections, with works by Matisse, Munch and Van Gogh

Sotheby’s has secured two major private collections for its autumn New York sales: the Pritzker collection, estimated at $120 million, and the Lauder collection, valued at around $400 million. The Pritzker collection includes Vincent van Gogh’s *Romans Parisiens* (1887) with a $40 million estimate, while the Lauder collection features Gustav Klimt’s *Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer* (1914-16) estimated at over $150 million, along with works by Matisse, Munch, and Martin. The sales will take place at Sotheby’s new headquarters in the Breuer Building this November.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 15, 2025 visibility 3 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

Alexander Calder finally gets hometown space in Philadelphia

Calder Gardens, a $70 million space dedicated to Alexander Calder, will open on September 21 in Philadelphia, the artist's hometown. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the complex features subterranean galleries and open-air pavilions surrounded by gardens, with no wall labels and rotating works from the Calder Foundation, MoMA, and the Whitney Museum. The project, led by Calder's grandson Alexander S. C. Rower and philanthropist Joseph Neubauer, revives a plan that stalled in the mid-2000s.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 15, 2025 visibility 5 link 8 artists, 3 galleries

Ten essential works of art to see at the Museum of Modern Art, New York

The article presents a curated list of ten essential artworks at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, coinciding with the departure of longtime director Glenn Lowry after 30 years and the appointment of Christophe Cherix as his successor. It highlights iconic pieces such as Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" (1907) and Matisse's "The Red Studio" (1911), while reflecting on MoMA's history, its founding vision by Alfred Barr, and its evolution through expansions including the incorporation of PS1 and the $450 million renovation of its 53rd Street building.

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