The Fairbanks Arts Association has issued a call for entries for its upcoming juried exhibition, "Interdependence," scheduled to run from May 1 to May 30 at the Bear Gallery in Pioneer Park. Open to artists aged 18 and older living in Interior Alaska, the show will kick off with a First Friday opening reception and an awards ceremony on May 1.
Photographer Vanessa Vettorello explores the physical and psychological impact of strabismus, or eye misalignment, through her visual project "Wandering Star." Drawing from her personal childhood experience with diplopia (double vision), Vettorello combines intimate portraits of others living with the condition, medical reportage, and reconstructed memories to illustrate the struggle of navigating a world where depth and distance are distorted.
È nata una nuova collana di libri che tiene insieme il mondo dell’arte con quello delle fiabe
Rome-based publisher Bummy Edizioni has launched a new book series titled "Fiabe d’Arte" (Art Fairy Tales), which merges famous artworks with classic folklore. The debut title, "Gli stivali di Vincent" (Vincent's Boots), written by Beniamino Sidoti and illustrated by Ericavale Morello, reimagines the story of Puss in Boots within the world of Vincent van Gogh. In this narrative, the talking cat encourages the artist to express his inner emotions through painting, blending biographical elements with fantasy.
Agosto Machado, an experimental theater veteran and artist known for his deep connection to New York's avant-garde scene, has died. He was a dedicated archivist who collected ephemera from his friends and colleagues in the downtown arts community.
The Shiga Museum of Art is hosting "Paradise Dungeon," a comprehensive exhibition of Sasaoka Yuriko’s video and sculptural works. The show traces the artist's career from her 2011 response to the Tōhoku earthquake to her latest large-scale installations, characterized by a "grotesque" aesthetic involving marionettes with digitally superimposed human faces. Her work utilizes mediated artifice—including fairground-style soundtracks, repurposed toys, and violent puppetry—to explore themes of consumption, sacrifice, and the dehumanizing nature of digital observation.
Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota has debuted her first Bay Area solo exhibition, "Two Home Countries," at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. The show features Shiota’s signature immersive installations of red thread, most notably the 88-foot-long work "Diary," which suspends handwritten journal pages from World War II soldiers and postwar civilians within a dense crimson web. The exhibition also includes sculptures, video, and performance-based works that explore themes of memory, displacement, and the psychological state of living between cultures.
Artists Niquu Eyeta and Ghizlane Sahli are featured in a dual presentation titled ‘House of Galleries (Volume 11),’ showcased by the gallery Sakhile&Me. The exhibition creates a dialogue between Eyeta’s organic compositions, which utilize plant pigments and clay, and Sahli’s intricate 'alveoli' structures made from silk and repurposed plastic. Both artists emphasize the concept of material as a living archive, focusing on themes of ecological consciousness, ritualistic repetition, and the reanimation of discarded matter.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art has opened 'Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art,' an exhibition curated by Kevin D. Dumouchelle and Serubiri Moses. Developed through years of direct dialogue with LGBTQ+ artists across Africa and its diaspora, the show foregrounds self-representation and community, ensuring artists defined the terms of their inclusion. It features contemporary works alongside historical precedents, creating a continuum of queer presence in African art history.
The de Young Museum in San Francisco has unveiled its completely reimagined Arts of Indigenous America galleries, featuring nearly 2,000 objects from across North, Central, and South America. Developed in close collaboration with Indigenous scholars and community advisors, the new installation moves away from traditional chronological or ethnographic displays. Instead, it integrates historical artifacts with contemporary works to emphasize the continuity and living nature of Indigenous artistic traditions across four regional sections.
The New Mexico Museum of Art has launched "O’Powa O’Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody Folwell," the first solo exhibition dedicated to an Indigenous woman in the institution's history. This career retrospective, organized in collaboration with the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Fralin Museum of Art, features over 30 works by the Santa Clara Pueblo potter. The display includes a newly debuted piece, "Buffalo Hunt," and highlights Folwell’s innovative use of relief techniques and narrative surfaces that address contemporary political and social issues.
C/O Berlin is hosting "Eyes to Fly With," the first major retrospective of Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide in the German capital. The exhibition features approximately 250 works spanning over five decades, ranging from her iconic documentary series of the Seri and Juchitán people to her more introspective studies of Chicano culture in Los Angeles and the personal belongings of Frida Kahlo at Casa Azul.
The Walker Guest House, a 1953 architectural pavilion designed by Paul Rudolph, has been transported from Florida and reassembled inside the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. It is being offered for sale for $2 million as part of the Basic.Space L.A. high-design shopping event, complete with original furnishings and architectural drawings.
MoMA PS1 has unveiled the latest iteration of 'Greater New York,' its signature quinquennial survey showcasing the diverse output of artists living and working across the five boroughs. This year’s edition features 53 artists and collectives, emphasizing those who operate outside the mainstream spotlight or whose contributions have been historically overlooked. The selection leans into a gritty, experimental aesthetic that captures the complex social and physical realities of contemporary life in the city.
The exhibition ‘The Space Between’ at Ojas Art gallery features a collaborative dialogue between designers Siddhartha Das and Chiara Nath, bridging the gap between traditional Indian craft and contemporary design. Das presents architectural interpretations of historic sites like the Jagannath Temple alongside a vast botanical series that evolves from historical Company School naturalism into modern sculptural forms in brass, marble, and plaster. Nath contributes intimate embroidered works that translate personal memories of her family and upbringing into tactile, design-led narratives.
The Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid is presenting a major retrospective, 'Viva el arte vivo,' dedicated to Argentine-Spanish artist Alberto Greco. The exhibition traces his evolution from early Informalist paintings to his radical conceptual practice, showcasing works from 1949 until his death in 1965, including photographs, drawings, collages, and literary pieces.
The Arts Club of Chicago is currently hosting "Into Your Arm’s Length," a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Oren Pinhassi. The installation features a series of anthropomorphic sculptures crafted from sand and polymer, which Pinhassi integrates with rigid architectural elements like steel bedframes, glass panels, and venetian blinds. These hybrid forms create a surreal landscape where bulbous, organic shapes appear to interact with or "clutch" domestic furniture, challenging the viewer's perception of texture and weight.
The Hal Marcus Gallery is celebrating its 30th anniversary, marking three decades as a vital cultural hub for the El Paso-Juarez border region. Founded in 1996 by local artist Hal Marcus alongside his daughter Leilainia Marcus and wife Patricia Medici, the gallery has remained a steadfast physical space for regional talent, ranging from early El Paso masters to contemporary folk artists. The milestone comes at a poignant time for the founder, who is currently navigating a terminal cancer diagnosis while continuing to produce new creative work.
Tang Contemporary Art in Beijing is launching a massive retrospective titled '1985–2025: Chinese Modern Ink Art,' curated by Zou Jianping. Featuring over 120 works by 68 artists across two gallery spaces, the exhibition traces the forty-year evolution of ink painting from the '85 New Wave movement to the present day. The show highlights key figures such as Gu Wenda, Wang Tiande, and Liu Qinghe, showcasing how the medium transitioned from traditional brushwork to experimental forms including installation and digital media.
Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege has launched his largest exhibition to date, titled “ojo|-|ólǫ́,” at the Henry Art Gallery. The show features large-scale soft sculptures, wearable art, and multimedia installations that reinterpret traditional Navajo symbols like the weaving comb and the hogan. Central to the exhibition is Riege’s rejection of traditional museum barriers; he encourages visitors to touch the tactile, plush works to honor the many hands involved in the production of his materials.
The exhibition 'Statues Also Breathe' has opened at the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL) in Marrakech. Curated by Meriem Berrada, the installation features 108 terracotta heads created by artist Prune Nourry in collaboration with artisans and students. The work draws inspiration from the historic sculptural tradition of Ife in Nigeria while directly addressing the ongoing trauma of the 2014 kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls, using portraiture to represent the missing.
The article is a first-person dispatch from Rojava, a Kurdish-majority region in northeastern Syria, where the author meets artists and fighters living and working on the front lines against jihadist groups. It focuses on artist Diyar Hesso, who has exchanged his camera for a rifle, and YPJ fighter Hevi, who articulates the necessity of armed self-defense for women facing a genocidal enemy. Their stories illustrate the impossible choice between artistic creation and survival in a war zone.
Archaeologists at the Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen discovered a rare, eight-inch Ancient Roman phallus carved from bone while cataloging a massive backlog of 16,000 archaeological boxes. The artifact was found alongside high-quality Roman tableware during an €8 million government-funded inventory project aimed at processing collections from defunct storage depots in the province of Gelderland.
A new short film titled 'Silvesterchlausen' by writer and director Andrew Norman Wilson documents the centuries-old Swiss New Year's tradition of the same name. The film captures groups of men and boys in the Appenzell regions who don elaborate, handmade masks and headdresses made from natural materials like pinecones and moss, forming groups to yodel, ring bells, and visit homes over 18-hour days to mark the turn of the year on both the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
« 100 % L’Expo » : 5 jeunes talents qui font l’art d’aujourd’hui à La Villette
The Grande Halle de La Villette in Paris is hosting "100% L’Expo," a major showcase featuring emerging talents from art schools across France. Curated by Inès Geoffroy, this year’s edition highlights a diverse range of multidisciplinary installations focusing on themes of living ecosystems, diasporic memories, and new spiritualities. Notable participants include Zoé Saudrais, whose work blends activism with ceramics and textiles, and Joséphine Berthou, who presents a tense, two-screen video installation exploring social aggression.
Lebanese artist and Bard College professor Tania El Khoury discusses her multidisciplinary practice and her recent experience living through the escalation of conflict in Beirut. The interview highlights her interactive performance piece, "The Search for Power," which uses her own 2018 wedding blackout as a jumping-off point to investigate the colonial roots of Lebanon's systemic infrastructure failures. Originally set for a Beirut run in March, the production was postponed due to the outbreak of war.
The Art Gallery of Burlington (AGB) has launched a new Community and Medicine Garden, a collaborative initiative designed to enhance waterfront biodiversity and serve as a living classroom. The opening event features traditional seed songs by Kaniehtenhawi Deer, tobacco planting workshops led by Michele Dent, and activities focused on sustainable gardening. Artists-in-residence Carly Franklin and Kamaldeep Kaur are also utilizing the space to grow indigo and other plants for their research into natural pigments and textiles.
The Bathurst Regional Art Gallery has launched "Acts of Inheritance," a major exhibition featuring 17 disabled artists from the Western Sydney collective We Are Studios. Curated by Jordan Valageorgiou, the show presents a diverse array of mediums—including music videos, installations, and interactive paper dolls—to explore themes of identity, wrestling culture, and the nuances of living with invisible illnesses.
Japanese artist Etsu Egami is set to debut a solo exhibition titled "Blessings from Afar" at Tang Contemporary Art’s Wong Chuk Hang space in Hong Kong on March 21, 2026. The showcase features over ten recent works that bridge the artist's cross-cultural background with her evolving visual language of rainbow hues and rhythmic line work. The exhibition specifically explores themes of miscommunication and sonic perception, drawing from Egami's experiences living between Japan, China, Germany, and the United States.
MASP CONTESTED NARRATIVES BETWEEN REPLICA AND WEAVING
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) has opened two simultaneous exhibitions that critically examine how narratives in Latin American art are formed. 'Réplica (Replica)' is a retrospective of Peruvian artist Sandra Gamarra Heshiki, featuring over 70 works that appropriate and alter historical pieces to expose the exclusionary mechanisms of museums. 'Vivir, tejer (Living, Weaving)' presents the collaborative textile work of Claudia Alarcón and the Silät collective, a group of over one hundred Wichí women weavers, foregrounding ancestral knowledge and collective creation.
Fragilità e resistenza di un’artista dell’Iran in mostra a Roma
The Galleria Anna Marra in Rome is hosting "Assemblages," the first Italian solo exhibition of Iranian artist Sepideh Salehi. The show features works that blend collage, Japanese paper, photography, and drawing to depict Iranian women living in the United States who have shared experiences of displacement and political upheaval. Salehi’s figures often avert their gaze or conceal their faces, symbolizing a "calligraphy of refusal" and a quiet resistance against the historical traumas of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq war.