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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 24, 2026 visibility 28 link 31 artists, 1 gallery

parties printed matter 50th anniversary

Printed Matter, the nonprofit artists' bookstore and publisher, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala at the High Line Hotel in New York. The event featured speeches honoring co-founder Pat Steir and artist Ed Ruscha, performances from the opera *Einstein on the Beach*, and a crowd of notable artists, museum directors, and gallerists including Joan Jonas, Glenn Ligon, MoMA Director Christophe Cherix, and Larry Gagosian. Founded in 1976 by Sol LeWitt, Pat Steir, and Lucy Lippard, Printed Matter has become a vital platform for artist books, operating a bookstore, exhibition space, and one of the world's largest book fairs.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 22, 2026 visibility 28 link 41 artists, 7 galleries

art new york gallery guide spring

Cultured's spring gallery guide for New York highlights a curated selection of exhibitions across the city, with standout shows including Carol Bove's sculptural installation at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Joan Semmel's retrospective at the Jewish Museum, Jessi Reaves's furniture-based works at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the group show "Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt" at the Metropolitan Museum. The guide also notes exhibitions by Paul Chan, Nicola Tyson, Doron Langberg, and Yuval Pudik that are closing soon, and extends coverage to shows in Philadelphia and Warsaw.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 19, 2026 visibility 18 link 10 artists, 1 gallery

art michael govan lacma renovations

Michael Govan, director of LACMA, discusses the opening of the new $720 million David Geffen Galleries on April 19, designed by architect Peter Zumthor. The 110,000-square-foot space features concrete walls, natural light, and spans Wilshire Boulevard, replacing traditional white-cube galleries with a fluid, non-chronological layout organized around bodies of water. Govan, who has led the museum for two decades, describes the project as a once-in-a-century opportunity to rethink the encyclopedic museum model.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 18, 2026 visibility 23 link 33 artists, 9 galleries

art what to see in nyc galleries right now 2

This week's What's On column highlights must-see gallery shows in New York City, including Simone Fattal's bronze and ceramic works at Greene Naftali and kaufmann repetto, Sol Lewitt's early works at Paula Cooper, Charles Atlas's portraits at Luhring Augustine, John Akomfrah's eight-channel installation at Lisson, and Brenda Goodman's new exhibition at Sikkema Malloy Jenkins. On the Upper East Side, the Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Helene Schjerfbeck's self-portraits in "Seeing Silence," the Jewish Museum features Joan Semmel's radical nudes, and White Cube hosts Marguerite Humeau's cave-inspired show "scintille."

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 28, 2026 visibility 21 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

art pat oleszko sculpturecenter new york

Pat Oleszko, a 78-year-old artist known for her inflatables, costumes, and performances blending burlesque, commedia dell'arte, and protest, is the subject of her first New York solo show in 35 years at SculptureCenter, on view through April. The article features an interview where Oleszko discusses her creative process, the challenges of aging, and her desire to make work about fascism and climate change, while also noting her inclusion in the Whitney Biennial and a presentation at Art Basel Miami Beach.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 19, 2026 visibility 25 link 24 artists, 6 galleries

art fog san francisco gallery show guide

The article is a gallery show guide for San Francisco timed to the FOG Design + Art Fair, highlighting five must-see exhibitions. Featured shows include Tara Donovan's "Stratagems" at the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (now at the Transamerica Pyramid Annex Gallery), Samia Halaby's "Kinetic Paintings" at SFMOMA, Rose B. Simpson's "Lexicon" at the De Young, Heather Day's "Blue Distance" at Berggruen, and Christian Marclay's eponymous show at Fraenkel Gallery. Each entry provides dates, location, and a brief description of the artist's work.

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rate_review review schedule Jan 7, 2026 visibility 25 link 14 artists, 7 galleries

art yuji agematsu judd foundation review

The article reviews Yuji Agematsu's exhibition at the Judd Foundation in New York, where 366 of his "zips"—small assemblages of found objects collected during daily walks and arranged in cigarette cellophane sleeves—were displayed on open aluminum shelves in grids representing each day of 2024. The show ran through August 30, 2025, and marked a departure from previous presentations of Agematsu's work, which had been enclosed in acrylic cases; here, the zips were left exposed, with a fan causing plant matter to sway, making the work feel more alive and immediate.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 5, 2026 visibility 25 link 24 artists, 1 gallery

art must see 2026 museum shows

Cultured magazine has published a preview of must-see museum shows for 2026, highlighting exhibitions across the United States. Featured shows include a survey of the late Los Angeles artist Noah Davis at the Philadelphia Art Museum, the first solo New York institutional exhibition in over 35 years for Pat Oleszko at SculptureCenter, a Carol Bove survey at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Biennial 2026, a comprehensive Raphael exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a Lucas Samaras photography show at the Art Institute of Chicago, a Ming Smith exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art, and a Bruce Conner film showcase at the Marciano Art Foundation.

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article culture schedule Dec 31, 2025 visibility 22 link 19 artists, 1 gallery

art best most iconic photos of the 21st century

Cultured magazine asked 25 photographers to each select a single image for a time capsule representing the first quarter of the 21st century. The resulting portfolio includes works by Juergen Teller (a Balenciaga ad featuring Putin, Trump, and climate imagery), Sinna Nasseri (a cat amid a California wildfire), Naima Green (a domestic scene mediated by smartphones), Lele Saveri (a critique of property ownership), and Trevor Paglen (a CIA black site in Kabul), among others.

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rate_review review schedule Dec 23, 2025 visibility 27 link 16 artists, 2 galleries

art criticism cameron rowland anne imhof

The article reviews several notable art events and exhibitions from 2025, beginning with Cameron Rowland's controversial work "Replacement" at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, where the French flag was replaced with the flag of Martinique, leading to the artwork being deemed potentially illegal. It also covers Johanna Fateman's review of Rowland's "Properties" at Dia Beacon, Ross Simonini's reflection on Joseph Beuys and the Eaton fire in Los Angeles, John Vincler's critiques of Cady Noland at Gagosian and Nicole Eisenman at 52 Walker, and Fateman's year-end roundup including figures like Anne Imhof, Laura Owens, and Jack Whitten.

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article culture schedule Dec 15, 2025 visibility 17 link 6 artists, 2 galleries

art loie hollowell sophia cohen pregnancy parenting

Sophia Cohen, five months pregnant, interviews artist Loie Hollowell about navigating motherhood and artistic practice. Hollowell discusses how pregnancy, childbirth, and perimenopause have influenced her abstract geometric works exploring the female body. The conversation covers the physical and emotional transformations of pregnancy, the fear of loss, and how these experiences manifest—or don't—in her art. Hollowell's recent museum survey at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, “Loie Hollowell: Space Between, A Survey of Ten Years,” mapped the parallel evolution of her visual language and her body.

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article culture schedule Dec 10, 2025 visibility 26 link 26 artists, 3 galleries

the critics table best art books of the year

Johanna Fateman and Blakey Bessire share their picks for the best art books of the year. Fateman highlights a new edition of Claude Cahun's anti-memoir "Cancelled Confessions or Disavowals" from Siglio Press, featuring photomontages by Cahun and Marcel Moore, and the first monograph on Greer Lankton, "Could It Be Love," edited by Francis Schichtel, Jordan Weitzman, and Nan Goldin with an essay by Hilton Als. Bessire selects "Voice of Space: UFOs and Paranormal Phenomena," a catalog from the Drawing Center exhibition exploring UFOs and altered states, and "Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal," a Hammer Museum catalog edited by Erin Christovale that examines Coltrane's sonic and spiritual work.

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person people schedule Dec 9, 2025 visibility 20 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

art howardena pindell interview white cube show

Howardena Pindell, the 82-year-old artist known for her dot-based abstractions and incisive video works, was honored with a Cultural Leadership Award at the American Federation of Arts’s 2025 Gala. In an interview with Cultured, she discusses her current White Cube show “Off the Grid” in London, which spans her decades-long career from early figurative work to new abstract pieces. The exhibition runs through January 18, and Pindell also reveals upcoming projects: a 50-foot-tall stained-glass mural for the University of Texas at Austin, a Dia Beacon acquisition of her works for long-term display in 2026, and her inclusion as the only living artist in the AFA’s touring exhibition Abstract Expressionists: The Women.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 8, 2025 visibility 14 link 9 artists, 2 galleries

art iiu susiraja photography gratin exhibition

Finnish artist Iiu Susiraja, known for her deadpan self-portraits that blend vulnerability and absurdity, is opening her first New York solo exhibition since her 2023 MoMA PS1 show, titled “A style called a dead fish,” at the gallery Gratin on December 11. The article, an interview by a critic, explores Susiraja’s practice of embracing her “inner clown” through photographs that feature nudity, balloons, and domestic props, often staged in her own home or her parents’ home in Turku. New works include images like “Lift up, Breasts” (2025), where helium balloons are taped to her nipples, and a sculpture involving photocopying machines that will distribute keepsakes during the show.

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person people schedule Dec 2, 2025 visibility 24 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

art tunji adeniyi jones young artist

Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, a 33-year-old London-born, Brooklyn-based artist, is featured in CULTURED's 2025 Young Artists list. He contributed a luminous ceiling painting to the Nigerian Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, and his work is represented by White Cube and held in collections including the Dallas Museum of Art and Pérez Art Museum Miami. In the profile, he discusses his painting "Dance in Heat," his influences (including Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Bob Thompson), and his interest in starting a clothing line.

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trending_up market schedule Dec 2, 2025 visibility 28 link 18 artists, 2 galleries

art christine berry martha campbell gallery

Gallerists Christine Berry and Martha Campbell, founders of Berry Campbell gallery, have spent 13 years rediscovering and championing overlooked 20th-century female artists such as Ethel Schwabacher, Judith Godwin, Bernice Bing, and Lynne Drexler. They will present works by these artists at Art Basel Miami Beach for the second consecutive year, following a record-breaking $2 million sale of Drexler's painting at Christie's in 2025. The duo, who previously worked under Ira Spanierman, launched their gallery in 2013 and have since built a market for artists whose careers were marginalized by gender bias.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 14, 2025 visibility 19 link 11 artists, 2 galleries

parties project eats gala lauren halsey dana irwin

Project EATS held its 2025 benefit gala at New York's IAC Building, honoring food writer and former Food & Wine editor-in-chief Dana Cowin and artist Lauren Halsey, a 2025 CULT100 recipient. The event brought together a crowd of artists, patrons, and cultural leaders including Cindy Sherman, Glenn Ligon, Iwan and Manuela Wirth, and Glenn Lowry, with a culinary experience led by chefs Aretah Ettarh and Camari Mick. The evening featured speeches celebrating Cowin and Halsey, and highlighted Project EATS's mission of transforming vacant lots into urban farms and community spaces that provide access to food and culture.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 23, 2025 visibility 19 link 7 artists, 3 galleries

art monuments moca political exhibition

The article reports on "MONUMENTS," a major exhibition co-organized by the Brick and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), curated by Hamza Walker, Bennett Simpson, and artist Kara Walker. The show, on view at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary and the Brick through May 6, brings together nearly a dozen altered Confederate memorials alongside contemporary works. It features Kara Walker's reworking of the Stonewall Jackson monument from Charlottesville, Virginia, among other pieces, and was eight years in the making, spurred by the 2015 Charleston church shooting and the 2017 Unite the Right Rally.

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person people schedule Oct 20, 2025 visibility 23 link 23 artists, 6 galleries

art florence bonnefous air de paris

Florence Bonnefous, co-founder of Air de Paris gallery, is profiled in a feature that traces the gallery's 35-year history from its founding in Nice with poet Edouard Merino to its current industrial space in Romainville, a northern Paris suburb. The gallery, named after Marcel Duchamp's readymade, launched with a legendary 1990 exhibition featuring Philippe Parreno, Pierre Joseph, and Philippe Perrin, and has since become known for championing underground conceptual and challenging art. Bonnefous is described as a preeminent gallerist-curator who prioritizes artistic integrity over profit, representing estates of avant-garde female artists like Sturtevant and Dorothy Iannone, and maintaining close bonds with artists such as Liam Gillick and Flint Jamison. The gallery is exhibiting at Art Basel Paris but recently withdrew from Art Basel in Basel over a booth placement dispute.

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rate_review review schedule Oct 15, 2025 visibility 22 link 47 artists, 8 galleries

art los angeles fall openings review

The article is a review of fall art openings in Los Angeles, written by Juliana Halpert for her Critics’ Table debut. Halpert surveys a range of exhibitions, including Calvin Marcus's show at Karma, Stanya Kahn's solo presentation, the Hammer Museum's "Made in L.A." biennial and its scrappier counterpart "Made in HelLA," Josh Smith's grim reaper paintings at David Zwirner, and Adam Alessi's show at Hoffman Donahue. She also recounts attending the Poetic Research Bureau's 25th anniversary party and fundraiser at 2220 Arts + Archives, where musician Jack Skelley performed. The review weaves a thematic thread of mortality and the macabre, noting how many shows this season engage with death, from fake blood and skulls to sinister landscapes.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 9, 2025 visibility 23 link 23 artists, 13 galleries

art fall new york gallery guide

Cultured's 'What's On' column presents a curated guide to fall art exhibitions in New York's Chinatown, Little Italy, and SoHo neighborhoods. Featured shows include Zoe Leonard's black-and-white photography of medieval armor at Maxwell Graham, Ohad Meromi's cigarette-themed sculptures and paintings at 56 Henry, Ambera Wellmann's hallucinatory paintings and charcoal mural at Company Gallery, and Sam McKinniss's portrait of Luigi Mangione at Deitch. The guide draws from the publication's Critics' Table coverage, offering neighborhood-by-neighborhood recommendations.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 24, 2025 visibility 20 link 12 artists, 4 galleries

art criticism new york upper east side guide

The article presents a walking tour of art exhibitions on Manhattan's Upper East Side, led by a critic. It highlights Jeffrey Gibson's monumental bronze sculptures "The Animal That Therefore I Am" (2025) installed on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's façade, depicting four anthropomorphized Hudson Valley animals. The tour also covers Alix Cléo Roubaud's first solo show outside France, "Correction of perspective in my bedroom" at Galerie Buchholz, featuring intimate black-and-white photographs from 1979–1983, and Nancy Holt's work at Sprüth Magers, including a historic photograph of her in the Sun Tunnels.

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article local schedule Sep 19, 2025 visibility 22 link 34 artists, 1 gallery

art untitled fair houston collectors

Cultured magazine profiles Houston collectors Leigh and Reggie Smith as the city's Untitled Art Fair opens. The couple, who have collected contemporary art for over 30 years, discuss their diverse collection spanning international and local artists, including works by Yinka Shonibare, Francis Picabia, and overlooked mid-century women artists. They highlight Houston's collaborative art ecosystem, public art funding, and the distinct character of its scattered venues.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 10, 2025 visibility 25 link 29 artists, 14 galleries

art armory week diary new york september

The article is a first-person diary chronicling the author's experiences during Armory Art Week in New York City in September. It begins at the Fulton Transit Center for the launch of artist Chloë Bass's public sound work "If you hear something, free something," presented by Creative Time and MTA Arts & Design, which features recorded announcements in five languages playing across 14 subway stations. The author then visits galleries in Chinatown, including Matthew Kirk's show at Fierman and Ohad Meromi's exhibition at 56 Henry, encountering notable art-world figures like Jerry Saltz, Issy Wood, and Naomi Fry along the way.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 3, 2025 visibility 19 link 21 artists, 7 galleries

art new york exhibition guide september

The article, published by Cultured, serves as a curated guide to September's art exhibitions in New York, highlighting both ongoing and closing shows. It recommends balancing the frenzy of fair week with slower, more meaningful experiences, pointing to specific exhibitions like EJ Hill's silent kneeling performance at 52 Walker, Lisa Yuskavage's drawing show at the Morgan Library, the Stettheimer Dollhouse at the Museum of the City of New York, and MoMA's presentation of Hilma af Klint's nature notebooks. It also notes upcoming must-see shows, including a Cady Noland exhibition at Gagosian, and mentions the Gaza Biennial, Nancy Holt, Raúl de Nieves, and Kahlil Robert Irving, along with future features on Ambera Wellmann and Sophie Calle.

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article culture schedule Sep 2, 2025 visibility 17 link 4 artists, 3 galleries

art work sally mann memoir

Photographer Sally Mann discusses her new book "Art Work," a follow-up to her National Book Award finalist memoir "Hold Still." In the interview with Cultured, Mann reflects on her career, her black-and-white imagery of family and the Southern landscape, and her shift to digital photography. She shares insights on the changing photography landscape, the melding of art and commerce, and her hopes for the next generation of artists.

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article culture schedule Aug 27, 2025 visibility 25 link 36 artists, 4 galleries

design inspiration summer interiors collecting

Cultured magazine's article "design inspiration summer interiors collecting" presents five distinct stories exploring the intersection of art, design, and collecting within private homes and studios. It profiles designer John Gachot's Shelter Island studio where his paintings coexist with his father Richard Gachot's sculptures; the Montauk home-workshop of Roman & Williams founders Stephen Alesch and Robin Standefer; artist David Salle's Hamptons residence and his approach to selecting artworks; real estate investor Carl Gambino's art collection featuring emerging and established artists; and author James Frey's personal collection, which he began by purchasing a Picasso with cash.

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article culture schedule Aug 15, 2025 visibility 20 link 16 artists, 2 galleries

collector questionnaire interiors most shocking works of art

Cultured magazine asked 12 collectors to name the single work in their home that most stops guests in their tracks. Responses include Wolfgang Tillmans’s camera-less photograph *Freischwimmer 153* (2010), a medieval illuminated *Book of Hours* (ca. 1480/90), Jordan Wolfson’s robotic installation *(Female figure)* (2014), Julie Curtiss’s hair-covered sculpture *Spider* (2018), and Haegue Yang’s kinetic bell sculpture *Sonic Rotating Geometry Type E – Brass Plated #23* (2014). Each collector explains why the piece provokes awe, laughter, discomfort, or deep conversation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 13, 2025 visibility 20 link 15 artists, 6 galleries

art august gallery exhibition guide new york

This article from Cultured magazine is a gallery exhibition guide for New York, highlighting four major shows in the Hudson Valley, Meatpacking District, and Tribeca. It features Stan Douglas's retrospective at the Hessel Museum of Art, Cameron Rowland's "Properties" at Dia Beacon, Christine Sun Kim's mid-career survey "All Day All Night" at the Whitney Museum, and EJ Hill's endurance performance at 52 Walker. Each entry includes a brief critical description of the artist's work and themes, with details on dates and locations.

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article culture schedule Aug 7, 2025 visibility 12 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

art charlie marder east hampton

Cultured magazine's Hamptons issue features an interview between designer Robin Standefer and Charlie Marder, the East End horticulturalist known as the 'tree whisperer.' Marder, who co-founded an eponymous Bridgehampton nursery with his wife Kathleen—dubbed 'a horticultural MoMA' by the New York Times—has assembled a sprawling field of massive geological specimens across from the nursery. The rocks, some weighing 10 tons, are salvaged from development sites and quarries. Standefer, who purchased one of Marder's boulders for her birthday, discusses with Marder the ethics of placement, the personalities of stones, and the human urge to give new life to ancient matter.

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