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.
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, is launching a new exhibition titled "Pressing Importance: Salem and the Declaration of Independence" on May 2, 2026. Curated by Dan Lipcan, the show features rare materials from the museum's Phillips Library, including two of the earliest surviving broadside editions of the Declaration. The display focuses on the Revolutionary-era manuscripts, newspapers, and pamphlets that were instrumental in circulating the message of independence throughout the colonies.
The Harvard Art Museums have launched "Celtic Art Across the Ages," a first-of-its-kind exhibition that challenges traditional Eurocentric narratives focused on Greece and Rome. Spanning from the Iron Age to the modern Celtic Revival, the show features objects like the abstract Heidelberg sandstone head and the bronze Dea Artio sculpture to highlight a visual language defined by ornamentation and deconstruction.
Pittsburg State University's Art Department will host a series of free exhibitions and receptions this spring at Porter Hall, featuring works by Virginia Derryberry, Marie Hines Cowan, and Richard Alpert, along with a faculty exhibition. Derryberry's "Private Domain" series blends mythological narratives with collage, Cowan's "Musing" presents immersive graphic-novel-style installations, and Alpert's "Primary Trances" showcases sculpture, film, and performance art.
Bow Arts, a UK charity founded in 1994, has acquired two buildings in east London to create permanently affordable studio spaces for artists. The purchases include a site in the Hackney Yards development, developed in partnership with housing association Notting Hill Genesis and supported by Arts Council England and the London Legacy Development Corporation, which will provide 38 studios by 2026, and the Brutalist Lakeside Centre in Thamesmead, already housing over 40 artist studios. This follows Bow Arts’ first owned building, Three Waters, acquired in 2022 on a 999-year lease with 70 studios. The charity now owns three of the 28 buildings it manages across London, with an annual turnover of £5.1 million, most of which is reinvested into the creative community.